As Woona once again passed by the bucket of umbrellas, she took another one to keep the rain off of her as she kept going. As she moved into an area filled with rain, however, she paused. "Chara," she asked, "where are the clouds?"
What clouds? Chara asked curiously, somewhat amused that she'd already put the events of the Legendary Artifact chamber behind her.
"Rain comes from clouds," Woona explained firmly. "So if it's raining here, there must be clouds. But there are no clouds." She gestured towards the distant cloud free ceiling of the cavern. "So...how can there be rain?"
The rain vanished in a puff of logic.
"Really?" Woona marveled, moving her umbrella to see the puff of logic. Her eyes then went flat as she moved the umbrella back over her soaked body. Glancing around, she spotted a puddle. Walking up to it, she proceeded to give her reflection the stinkeye.
In the puddle, she could see Chara giggling, but there was something different about him. What are you staring at? he asked finally.
"Your eyes...they're brown," Woona replied softly. She then smiled. "A really pretty brown-"
Chara vanished from the reflection, and fell completely silent. Woona could still feel him inside her, but apparently something had upset him. Shrugging, Woona kept walking, deciding to let Chara adjust on his own to whatever had caught him off guard like that.
As she walked, she spotted MK in a covered alcove to the side of the path. "MK!" she called out happily.
"Hey Woona!" MK called back. "You got an umbrella? Awesome!"
"Wanna share?" Woona offered, holding the umbrella higher in her magic so MK could duck under as well.
"Sure!" MK agreed readily, dashing to get under the offered shelter. "Let's go-say, how come you're so wet?"
Woona sighed. "I was trying to figure out how the rain worked without clouds."
"What are clouds?" MK asked curiously.
"Something I'd read about," Woona replied, deciding to not mention coming from the surface. She virtuously told herself that it wasn't a lie, since Toriel had a whole book on clouds alone that she'd read cover to cover. The self-justification made her feel much less guilty when she felt Chara's amusement at it. "So how does the rain work?"
"Oh, we just studied this in school!" Mk proclaimed excitedly. Scrunching up his face, he carefully recited the lesson. "Water seeps through from the surface to make stalactites. When the water reaches the end of the stalactite, it falls to the ground as a raindrop, creating our water table. There are a lot of stalactites in Waterfall, since it's apparently directly under a lot of water from the surface, which is where the waterfalls that give the region its name come from. Because water flows down the stalactites frequently along this particular path, it undergoes frequent rain showers." He smiled widely. "I get good grades! Mom says I have to do good in my studies if I ever want to join the Royal Guard and be like Undyne!"
Woona giggled at the last tidbit. "That's fascinating," she murmured, having enjoyed learning so much new information about the Underground. Since Toriel had wanted to be a teacher, Woona had done her best to be a good daughter for her Mommy by being a good student.
"Eh," MK replied, managing to shrug shoulders he didn't actually have. "I don't really like school. But Mom knows her stuff, so I listen if I ever want to be like Undyne. She's so cool!" MK bounced happily as he got into his subject matter. "She beats up the bad guys and never loses!" He shivered in excitement. "If I was a human, I'd wet the bed every night, knowing she was gonna beat me up!" He let off a playful laugh.
Woona shivered before continuing. After all, even if she wasn't a human, Undyne still wanted to beat her up.
Woona continued to lead the way along the path, listening to MK babble about his life and whatever past events popped into his head. She was interested in what he had to say about 'Mr. Dreemur', the King...but he quickly sidelined into talking about Undyne again. Woona almost suggested a word association game just to see how many words it would take for him to connect anything to Undyne...but she was pretty sure at this point the answer would always be 'one'.
Woona paused at one point along the path when a wide open vista gave her a distant view of a massive castle. She wasn't surprised that MK paused as well. Despite that, she decided to keep moving.
Reaching the end of the rainy section, Woona returned the umbrella to a bucket. She then found she was confronted by a high ledge.
"This ledge is way too high to climb," MK murmured. "Yo, you wanna see Undyne, right?"
Woona thought about that. While she wanted to avoid Undyne until that 'traditional FIGHT' Papyrus had told her about, she knew she'd have to face Undyne then. She couldn't keep running away. "Yes," she confirmed.
"Hop up, then!" MK offered, moving to brace himself against the ledge.
Seeing what he was offering, Woona scampered up his back to his head. She hopped up to try and reach the ledge, but couldn't. "I can't get high enough!" she exclaimed.
MK stared up at the ledge. "Then jump after I do!" he instructed. Bunching up his legs, he jumped as high as he could.
When he reached the peak of his jump, Woona leapt off, catching hold of the ledge and scrambling up onto it. "I made it!" Woona called out, looking back down at MK. "But...what about you?"
"Don't worry!" MK called back. "I always find my way through!" With that statement and a wide grin, he turned and rushed off, pausing only long enough to push himself back up when he tripped on his sleeves.
Giggling at his antics, Woona continued onward, the cavern brightening as she walked out onto a high wooden bridge with distant twists and turns. Things seemed like easy sailing. But as she continued, she felt the same eerie sense she'd had when Undyne attacked her the first time. Deciding not to take chances, she ran for it.
As she ran, she noticed spots on the bridge glowing in her vision. Avoid those! Chara instructed her.
As Woona dodged around one, spears erupted from the spots Chara'd marked in her sight. "Undyne!" Woona gasped in fear, continued her headlong dash.
She could see Undyne below her on another set of wooden platforms, sending her magic upward to attack. The bridge was filled with twists and turns, making it a very confusing and inefficient path, but the gaps between bridge segments were rather narrow. Using her wings and magic, Woona leapt across the gaps to keep running. This action seemed to surprise Undyne, who raced to keep up, sending her magic after the little pony.
Before long, the bridge split into numerous divergent and intersecting pathways, and Woona wasn't certain where to go. She couldn't see far enough, and she couldn't stop while Undyne was chasing her.
This way! Chara barked, making part of the path flash yellow in Woona's vision. Without hesitation, Woona followed Chara's directions, dodging around the spears as they formed.
An odd image appeared in her mind from Chara's. ...why is Flowey wearing a slinky black dress? And why is Asgore a dragon with a key around his neck?
...never mind, Chara replied softly as they reached a very large platform. Just keep running.
Before long, Woona came to a dead end, the bridge platform jutting out into darkness. What now? Woona shrieked in her mind.
Jump!
What?
Trust me!
With no other options as Undyne approached behind her, Woona leapt into the void. The only light for her to see by came from her soul, surrounded by the grey fog that was Chara. Seeing that grey fog, she knew...Chara was getting better. As the void swallowed her up, that knowledge filled her with DETERMINATION.
Better in what sense? Better as in a better spirit, or better as in getting more and more powerful?
*Plays as Chase begins*
Well this is getting a lot more awesome mate!
I can hardly wait for the next chapter...
Sir, a naval fleet is approaching!
What! Can you tell where they're from!
No sir! They all say 'Chara x Woona' on the sides, and they appear to be getting ready to attack the shipping port!
6999195 It used to be a black fog. You decide.
6999262 All of our defenses are worthless against that kind of fire power. Retreat! RETREAT!!!
join usss... don't be afraid....
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Do not worry friends!
Arstotzka is here to save the day!
Glory to Greatest country.
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What's the reference?
Wtf Chara. What up with that mental image? It's funny actully, everyone else is talking about Chara's powers (6999195) or the newly arriving ship (6999262, (which I too am starting to ship)) but me? Nooooo, I'm thinking about that weird mental image that Chara had.
.....i dont understand the flowey in a dress and dragon asgore reference......
6999262 Meanwhile on the PapyrusPie...
Sir, the Soriel is requesting back up!
"We won't make it in time, private. Hail the Spaghetti Warehouse."
Why, sir?
"It's party time."
Sir, with all due respect, we must hail other ships!
"There's not a single spaghetti ship!"
There's more ships than your OTPs, sir! I'm calling FlutterDash. *click-click*
"You will turn this ship around and not call that-"
SIR, WITH ALL DUE- *BOOM*
"Anyone else? Good. Other private, hail the Spaghetti Warehouse."
I guess the next part will be Woona exploring the garbage area and her eventual fight with the Mad Dummy, eh? That's gonna be interesting. There's also a part before that, but I won't say it since a bit spoiler-ish.
Whaaaaaaaaaaaat?! You're making Chara a discount AI?! Yoooo, I...
Actually don't know how to feel about that. I mean, on ONE hand, he's a psychopathic genocidal piece of shit, and on the OTHER, Chara Dreemurr...
Hmm...
I mean...
I don't know. Can't decide.
6999389 It's... At the very best, a sex reference. At worst... I'm scared to go there...
Guess Woona isn't jumping for joy here.
I can't imagine what caused Chara to visualise Flowey in a dress. Must've... Stemmed from somewhere deep in his mind after talking with Gaster. Not to mention Asgore being the... Key player in it too.
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Just before writing this chapter, I watched Nosalgia Critic's "Dragon's Lair" video. Chara making parts of the path flash yellow to tell Woona where to go was a reference to the game.
Flowey in the dress was the 'blonde Princess' from the game.
Asgore was the dragon holding 'the Princess' hostage, with the key around his neck.
Hmm... perhaps, Waterfall "exists" underneath a large body of water, and the groundwater leaks through in the form of rai-
I agree with Woona... *Looks at imagination* Really?
{Tatsurou: *whistles innocently*}
Huh, I was somewhat right (I keep forgetting about how stalactites exist for some reason). Good on you, MK. Good on you.
This is one of the only times where I will accept the main pony to use her cuteness to her advantage... or should I say, her moe appeal.
I wonder what he'd say in response to Woona asking about his arms/
{MK: *Grins* I have arms, you know... they're right under my shirt!!!}
[quote]This way! Chara barked, making part of the path flash yellow in Woona's vision. Without hesitation, Woona followed Chara's directions, dodging around the spears as they formed.
An odd image appeared in her mind from Chara's. ...why is Flowey wearing a slinky black dress? And why is Asgore a dragon with a key around his neck?Omigoddragon'slayerthat'ssoawesome!!!
See you later.
6999514 Oh, yeah. That.
Still seems like a discount Family Dollar Cortana.
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I'm glad someone caught the reference without me having to explain it.
What is the "PWNY" universe?
I see what you did there
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MORE PUNS? AGAIN?!
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http://www.fimfiction.net/group/207466/tatsurous-pwny-verse
When I first started these types of stories, I got ideas for several, and someone suggested making an eventual crossover of crossovers, so the ponies from each of these stories could meet each other, just to see what happened. I decided to run with it. The eventual mega-crossover will be called "My Little PWNY", which led to the stories themselves being dubbed "The PWNY-verse".
This story isn't going to be part of that mega-crossover.
6999608 YES! ALL OF THE PUNS! MOAR PUUUUNNNSSSS!!!
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Oh I see, thanks for replying.
You know what would be a crazy twist?...
If Chara has actually been Frisk all this time...
I said it was crazy, not sensible.
6999618 ... I must confess my sins. When I first heard about the PWNY-Verse... this was the first thing that came to mind.
Hmm...
Is nice.
Have thumbs up.
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I'm so glad I was not the only one.
6999726 That's actually the assumption I always ran with. Chara was another timeline-variant of Frisk who went the Genocide route. Note that I said assumption. I could be wrong. In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if I was.
6999780 Cool.
6999514 And here I thought it was some sort of reference to Dragonshy.
Another enjoyable chapter. Well done.
you do realize that MK's shirt doesn't have sleeves, right? kind of like Donkey in that regard
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Creative license for adorableness.
6999514 Ahh, I played that one. But, like the Critic's video points out, that game's fucking hard, & a little rare, so many people didn't get far enough to see that part, and I can't recall the key being too obvious to, say, notice it in the idle menu trailers....
Also:
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Do a one-shot of her landing in the wrong game. XD
Why is she so surprised of Woona using magic? She is literally an unicorn and a pegasus put together, also earth pony but that last one doesn't give any visual cues.
Also she is literally breaking her promise to explain things to Woona, since her HP is so low she would kill her in a single hit.
Hehehehe, awesome chapter dude, awesome chapter well done!
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Luna didn't use her magic.
Undone was surprised at Luna jumping and gliding over the turns in the path, instead of following it like you have to in the game.
With that in mind, Undyne had to move faster to catch up, as her path also had the same turns, but she couldn't jump them like Luna did.
I understood that referen-
Wait.
............I want fanart of this.......
AND I WANT IT NOW!!! please
P.s
Well now I'm imagining an au where everyone has a dragon like resemblance..... I WANT FANART OF THAT TO!!!! please
6999514 Cool!
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Sans: So cool.
7005325 more!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! sorry but if you do not finish i will do fluttershy's Stare eep not only that i can make it stronger with the darkside lol
Another good chapter.
Also that mental image from Chara. Can't get it out of my head now
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7005212 yes, really.
the terms were "if no Monster speaks my True Name before I am whole again" and at present the only ones I've told are other humans, a demon, and a pony (assuming they can even hear us, which, Chara might).
meaning the only monster in danger of saying your name is you.
so shut up and get your holey-handed butt back in the story.
Your quest to reunite you family and finally see everyone happy again fills you with DeTemmienation.
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