After spending some time with Papyrus in the junkyard in order to keep him from interfering with Undyne and Alphys' date, Woona decided to head back to the Lab to check on Mettaton. As such, after saying goodbye to Papyrus, she took a shortcut back to the Lab, only to find Alphys there, opening a door that Woona hadn't gone into before, one that closely resembled elevator doors. "Alphys?" Woona asked curiously.
Alphys jumped back from the doors in surprise, the doors sliding closed as she spun towards Woona. "Oh, Woona. I-I didn't see you there. W-what brings you here?"
"I came to check on Mettaton," Woona replied readily. "Is he okay?"
"Fully charged, and back in his box form to conserve power," Alphys replied, seeming relieved at the choice of topic. "He went to spend some time with Napstablook before going back to performing. He said something about forming a band."
"I'm glad he's okay," Woona said gratefully. Knowing that, she brought up a different point of curiosity. "Where's that door go?" she asked, pointing to the door Alphys was entering.
Alphys hesitated. She slowly turned from Woona to the door and back, deep in thought. Finally, she sighed. "I have to start with someone..." she murmured softly. She looked up at Woona. "Behind that door...are my greatest mistakes, on my biggest shame...I've been hiding from it, and the world, for a long time. But...it's time to face it." She turned towards the door.
"Not alone!" Woona insisted, clambering up Alphys' back to sit on her shoulder. "That's what friends are for!"
Alphys hesitated. "Y-you don't have to go in with me if y-you don't want to," she stammered. "It's...likely to be pretty s-scary..."
"I'm sure she can handle it," Chara spoke up. "Especially with you guiding us through it."
Sighing, Alphys nodded. "Alright, come on," she said softly, walking through the door and into the elevator. Walking up to the controls, she pressed a button and the doors closed behind them. The elevator moved down normally for a time, and then stalled. "What?" Alphys asked, confused. "That's not-"
The elevator suddenly started dropping rapidly, sounding like it was dragging against the walls. Lights flashed red as an alert blared. "WARNING! WARNING! ELEVATOR LOSING POWER! EM TETHER STABILITY LOST!"
As Woona shrieked in fear, Alphys grabbed hold of her and pulled her into her arms, crouching around the tiny filly to shield her with her body. "Hang on, Woona!" she screamed out over the blaring alarms. "It's going to be okay! It's going to be okay..."
"ALTITUDE DROPPING!" the alert blared out as everything went white, and then dark, followed by a loud crash.
Woona came to as light shone in her eyes from the open elevator doors. Alphys was leaning over her. "A-are you okay, Woona?" she asked worriedly.
Woona nodded slowly as she stood up. "I'm okay," she replied. "W...what happened?"
"The main generator for this lab must have malfunctioned," Alphys explained. "With the generator off, the elevator couldn't complete the trip normally, so it...dropped. We're going to have to collect the restart keys and reactivate it."
Woona slowly got to her hooves. "Should we...split up?" she asked curiously. "We'll find them faster that way..."
Alphys hesitated. "I...I don't want to leave you down here alone..."
"Forget about me already?" Chara asked jokingly.
"There's only so much either of you can do down here if you encounter-" Alphys cut herself off. "Never mind. But the lack of power has probably agitated them, so we likely should hurry. We'll go together until we get to the main part of the lab. That's when the paths split. We'll decide what to do from there once we get there."
Nodding, Woona allowed herself to be lifted back to Alphys' shoulder, looking around as Alphys made her way into the lab. In the darkness, the green walls, ceiling, and floor tiles looked all the more menacing. Like a Japanese horror in a hospital, Chara thought silently, actively shielding that thought from Woona.
As they approached a screen on the wall, it lit up with data. "What's that?" Woona asked curiously.
"That's...I left some data scattered around here," Alphys explained. "You can...read them to learn more about...what's down here." She walked nervously up to the screen to let Woona read.
ENTRY NUMBER 1
This is it...
Time to do what the King has asked me to do.
I will create the power to free us all.
I will unleash the power of the SOUL.
Woona sat back. "I...I don't think I need to read any of the others..." she whispered softly.
"Huh?" Alphys asked, confused.
"You were experimenting with enhancing monster souls with Determination, to give them the power of human souls so that Monsters could break the barrier, weren't you?" Woona inquired.
Alphys looked flabbergasted. "How did you-"
"We got a lot of information from someone you don't want to talk or think about," Chara clarified. "About the nature of Monsters, Determination...and the purpose of the Legendary Artifact, the SOULSTONE."
Alphys eyes widened. "H...how do you know about the SOULSTONE?" she gasped out.
"Because Woona is wearing it around her neck."
Alphys turned, staring at the SOULSTONE, her realization erasing the 'Mysterious Torc's aura of mysteriousness as she realized what it was. "But...but the white dog...he's supposed to guard it, so it can't be removed..."
"White dog?" Woona asked. "You mean the one in the Ruins who stole Mommy's cell phone and flour? He's the one who gave it to me after I rubbed his belly."
Alphys stared from Woona to the SOULSTONE, and then started to hyperventilate.
"Great job, Woona, you broke her."
"I didn't mean to!" Woona whimpered as she hugged Alphys, trying to help her feel better.
No determination?
Oh, woona... You are to awesome for this world to handle.
7252704 In the true lab save points didn't gave you the text.
Cool, an update!
Weird how the Annoying Dog is called the white dog.
Weird...
I think Alyphs is Gaster's missing piece.
Bringing the SOULSTONE, an artifact created to hold DT, into a facility full of DT-infused monsters. I see no possible way this could go wrong.
Good stuff
Hey, I got you a new Alphys, Want to ... Break her in? Not sure if that pun was good or not. What do you think BlueYoshi, was it ... humerus.
Mandatory creepy music is mandatory.
Hey tatsurou... you going to include the two recordings requiring the alteration of the game files to see( darker darker yet darker still) ... or were those shown in the gaster meeting... I honestly can't remember
7252704 why would woona be determined that alphys is undergoing something similar to a heart attack
7252831 Probably too, umm... what's the word I'm looking for here...? Grim to pun like that? Not sure,I try to keep the puns as everyone friendly as possible. Though I will say the humerus joke has-been done quite a few times in this story by many, many people. I think you might have at one point as well, I can't remember.
Seems like Woona decided to... drop by to the True Lab.
Guess now they're fathering the... keys to success.
Seems the way forward here is to... power on.
7252732 Didn't notice to be honest lol
7252880 ...fair point
7252848
I don't know the two you're talking about, as I've never seen them.
7253024 sorry bro, I'm fresh out.
Eventually everyone needs to face the past. to face the consequences of there mistakes.
there's no way alphys could've set up that artifact in waterfall. undyne says she put it there when you call her in that area.
Ooh, boy. The True Lab. That's when things get really creepy. Hope the group stands strong and brave any danger coming their way.
Another enjoyable chapter. Well done.
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Ack! The puns! They're back!
7253117
I never suggested Alphys put it there, just that she was aware of it being there and that the dog kept people from taking it.
7253168
Sure, go ahead.
7253188 forget i said anything
7253187 hey take it easy on the guy, he's gotten a ton of work done today. a skeleton.
The true lab had great music. It really helped set the creepy feel ofvthe place.
Note: don't listen to Endogeny's theme late at night by yourself. It's REALLY creepy.
7253035 My humerus pun was meant for BlueYoshi due to the fact he is acting out Papyrus. Come to think of it, has he responded to ANY of the past few chapter puns?
7253241
Stop that! No more puns till the next chapter is released!
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7253376 won't matter for me anyway
7253074 needless to say there are two messages in the files that seem to be gaster speaking as apposed to alphys, its where the phrase dark darker yet darker still originated from... should you be intrigued I advise you to ook them up, typically the only way to see them is by messing with the game files like one does to find gaster
7253394
...sorry, that one doesn't really appeal to me.
I love the anime, but I wouldn't want to work with it for a PWNY-style story.
7253488
No. The way I have things planned for Moon in the Dark accounts for the short timeline involved, but there's no way to do that with One Punch Man.
Good thing I was asleep huh?
Let's see how Chara will react to these Amalgamates, and how Woona would pacify them.
P.S. Don't forget the Amalgamate called 'watchingman'
7253668 I have a sneaking suspicion Chara already knows. Plenty of hints have been dropped that he knows exactly how the Canon timeline supposedly went. My guess is that he's like Sans in that he can see the other timelines.
7253369 The last few? No. This one? Yes.
Would the dog still count as Toby or Tat in Toby's form?
7253357 Too late.
Huh, you didn't end it with a "Woona is filled with DETERMINATION."
I have the feeling that all the amalgamte will be saved and will return to their original form
Just a hunch
7254959 form's
Hahahahaha, awesome XD Woona's breaking everyone.
Is it just me, or am I the only one thinking of CHara's voice as really deep sounding.
Nice job Tat!
7255004 The power of Luna compels them, to return back to normal.
Okay. It's cool. No, cool isn't enough. I need a better word to describe this.
Freezing
That'd do it.
It's freezing in here.
Oh, the chapter?
Frickin' amazing, bro!
7255375
Goddamnit, Chara is suddenly voiced by Morgan Freeman or James Earl Jones in my head now. I don't know whether to thank you or reach through the internet and slap you.
*Meanwhile in a dark cave*
Little dog is sleeping. It then wakes up, feeling someone call him. After a second the dog yawns and falls back to sleep.
What? You excepted something else from a
goddog?7256024
Hahahaha! Now I have him talking like that, heeheehee
So, Alphys really is a full on mad scientist.
But, being a mad scientist doesn't mean you're ready for all revelations.
dog is god spelt backwards, illuminati and flying spagehtii monster confirmed
Could you do a Underswap (or any other Undertale AU) bonus chapter sometime?
Indeed Woona, good job in making Alphys.exe encountering an error. Can't say it wasn't amusing though.