Chara was dropped. The hunched man looked at us. Chara and I gasped. "Gaster!" We said at the same time. The dead Doctor looked at us. "Çhårå, lët hïm gø." So many off tune voices said, yet all were his. Chara did nothing.

"Fïñë." Gaster lifted his hollow hand, palm out, and Chara screamed an inhuman scream. She looked like a ghost as she was being torn from Andrew's body. All I could do was watch, helpless. "G-Gaster!" I managed.

He looked at me. "Yës, Frïsk?" He asked. I finally noticed that he was actually speaking, his hands still. I guess that makes sense, since we are where those who die but go nowhere go (wait wat).

I didn't know. So I just began asking questions. I guess I was scared? But of what? What was W.D. Gaster gonna do? Okay, don't answer that. Back to the questions.

"What are you doing? How did you get here?" Finally, Gaster dropped his hand. Chara fell to the floor, breathing heavy. Andrew collapsed, too. I ran over to him, still looking at Gaster.

"Ï fïñd ït sïlly thåt yøü åsk høw Ï gøt hërë." He said in a matter-of-fact tone. I tilted my head in confusion. Chara sat up and sighed. "Frisk, you idiot, don't you know anything?" I shook my head.

"When Gaster died, he never entered the void, he created it. HE IS THE VOID." I looked back to the scientist, and he nodded in approval. "Any more history I should know?" I asked. "Maybe what the heck the reset is?"

Gaster slid around. Up close I realized how tall he was. Oh mai. "Frïsk, wøüld yøü lïkë tø hëår å støry?" He asked me. I raised a brow. "What story?" I asked quietly. "Thë støry øf høw Ï dïed." He replied.

Let me just throw this out there; when someone dead asks you if you want to hear the story of how they died, politely decline. In fact, run away because it's probably a demon.

I nodded, interested in his story.

Then Gaster began.
"Ï, bëïñg yøüñg åñd stüpïd, wåñtëd tø ïñvëñt å tïmë måçhïñë." He went on and on and on, but long story short, he failed. Basically, Gaster created a Time Machine, but when he tried to use it, it screwed up very much.

There was like, a time explosion for the Underground. That was what created the loop. The barrier was too strong for the blast to pass it, and the hole was too far for the blast to leak out onto the surface.

A set time, as soon as you fell to when you fall asleep in Toriel's house, is where the blast reached. It keeps you in, and the force keeping you from moving on to Thursday is...

"...më." Gaster finished. "Ïf Ï lët yøü lëåvë thë üñdërgrøünd, thërë ïs å pøssïbïlïty yøü ålløw thë tïmë blåst tø... Øütbrëåk, Ï süppøsë." He paused. "Ïf ït 'øütbrëåks,' ït çøüld çørrüpt tïmë."

I actually... Kind of understood. "So, you're attempting to keep every human safe by keeping the fallen trapped?" I summarized. Andrew also seemed 100% okay with this. Chara seemed to have disappeared, but she was just sitting over in nonexistent shadows.

Gaster nodded. "Büt," He creepy smiled. "Ï håvë føüñd å wåy tø fïx thåt!" I grinned, too. Why? Is it just cause I wanted to get to Thursday really bad? Probably. "How?" I asked, excited. Gaster's smile faded. I frowned.

"I swear, if anyone has to die..." I warned. Gaster shook his head. "Ñø øñë wïll dïë!" He promised. "Ït's jüst..." He looked at Andrew. Andrew noticed and stepped behind me. "Tø fïx ït, Ï ñëëd sømëøñë pøwërfül lïkë Åñdrëw."

I stepped back, bumping into my friend. "What do you mean, someone powerful like me?" He beat me to saying. Gaster looked around and, if he had any, he'd be biting his lip. Males do that.

"Frïsk," Gaster looked again at me, with his deep sockets. "What, Gaster?" I replied, angry. "Hås Åñdrëw såïd ør døñë åñythïñg dïffërëñt frøm å prëvïøüs rësët?" I remained silent. I knew that if I answered, he's take Andrew away.

He'd kill my only friend.

"Frïsk? Wïth hïm, Ï çåñ gïvë åll thë fållëñ çhïldrëñ åñøthër çhåñçë tø lïvë. Hë ïs thë Trüë Rësët."

All the kids?

"Ï çåñ såvë mysëlf, Çhårå, Åsrïël Drëëmürr..."

I saw Chara perk up at that. She jumped up to me. "For the love of God and sake of everyone, Frisk, TAKE THE OFFER!!" I pushed Chara away, and thought.

And I decided what I wanted to do.

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