Determination
After a time, Asgore managed to calm down and gently set Woona and Chara back down, wiping the tears from his eyes. "It is wonderful to meet you, Woona," he greeted warmly, his voice deep and strong now. "And it is good to see you again too, Chara. Now, is there anything I can do for you both?"
"I still wanna see your Battle Fork," Woona piped up, snickering a bit at the name.
"Oh?" Asgore asked curiously as he conjured the weapon again. "Why's that? Surely you have no need of such a weapon for combat." Reaching to his hip, he drank from a small flask of tea to steady his nerves.
"I need it to spank you," Woona explained bluntly.
Chara allowed the spray of tea from Asgore's mouth to pass through his body as he burst into laughter, Asgore coughing to clear his throat. "Woona, I think we've had enough laughter to break the ice," he chided his sister. "We can be serious now."
"I am being serious!" Woona insisted, stamping her hoof irritably. "This is the next step of bringing our family back together!"
Asgore's eyes widened, shocked. "Woona...as much as I would love for that plan to succeed...I do not think it can. And...I fail to see how spanking me with my own weapon would allow that to happen."
"I think I'm with 'Mr. Dad Guy' here, Woona," Chara agreed. "I'm all for getting Mom and Dad back together again, but what does spanking him have to do with it?"
"Mom left Dad cause he was a poopyhead," Woona insisted firmly. "At least, I think that's what happened, as far as what Mom said. So if Daddy gets punished and says he's sorry, Mommy will forgive him and then they'll get back together!" She grinned widely at her brilliance...only to glance back and forth between Asgore and Chara, who were looking at her with oddly mixed expressions. "Right?"
"You know, it's moments like this that remind me, no matter how mature you sometimes act, that you're still only five," Chara finally offered with a chuckle.
Asgore's deep chuckle joined as well, much to Woona's displeasure. "We are not laughing at you, child," Asgore promised. "However...things are not that simple when it comes to Toriel and myself. As much as I would want it to, I do not think such a simple approach will fix things."
"Why not?" Woona asked, confused and upset. "It's worked everywhere else in the Underground!"
Asgore stared at Woona with his jaw hanging. "Uhh..."
"Woona, when have you spanked anyone else in the Underground?" Chara demanded suspiciously.
"Not spanking specifically," Woona countered, confused as to why this caused Asgore to let out a huge sigh of relief. "But if I do the right thing for the right Monster at the right time, a problem gets fixed, every single time. It's just a matter of figuring out what the right thing is to do, and when to do it, and who to do it to or for to fix each problem."
And now I suddenly understand how Flowey could have gotten bored with helping everyone, Chara thought silently to himself. Aloud, he responded, "That may be...but I don't think spanking Dad is going to fix him and Mom."
Asgore nodded his head, confirming Chara's conclusion.
"If you want that to help things, it should be Mom spanking him after forgiveness is granted for when they make up-"
"Chara!" Asgore gasped out, blushing profusely. "Did you not just finish saying that she was five?"
As Chara burst into laughter, Woona tilted her head in confusion. "So...I should wait till Mom gets here and give her the Battle Fork to spank Daddy?"
Asgore quickly waved his hands in front of his face as Chara laughed. "No no no, Woona, that's not what we're saying at all!" He put his fist to his mouth and coughed nervously. "What we're saying is, while that may very well be how things work, we are pretty certain that spanking me, no matter who does it, is not the one right thing in the right place at the right time you need to find to fix things between me and Toriel. Though personally, as much as I might want to believe otherwise...I don't think there is such a thing..."
"I think you might be a bit pessimistic there, Dad," Chara spoke up. "I mean...I'm pretty sure Mom still loves you, and it's obvious you still love her."
Asgore's eyes widened in disbelief and hope. "Are...are you certain?"
"Not entirely," Chara admitted, "but I think the whole reason things went bad between you two is because you loved each other so much. It...made it so you each had a great deal of power to hurt each other. And...what you did really hurt her. And the worst part for her...is because she knows you didn't have any other choice. You had to give Monsters hope...or you would be King to an empty kingdom. She couldn't blame you for your choice, but the choice itself made it hurt too much for her to stay with you, especially in your shared hour of grief..."
Asgore sighed sadly, nodding in understanding. "I did...what I had to do. Sometimes, being a ruler doesn't mean choosing between a right choice or a wrong choice. Sometimes...all you can do is make the choice which seems the least evil." He leaned against a pillar, covering his face. "I was not ready for the crown when it came to me...but I have done the best I could...it was all I could do..."
Woona thought for a time. "Then...that decision you made isn't the problem that needs fixing to get you and Mom back together!" Woona concluded. "I mean, Chara can tell Mom about the starvation thing when she gets here, and you've taken good care of the souls...so if the Barrier gets broken and Chara and Asriel come back, then you and Mom can make up!" She grinned widely, pleased she came to such a logical conclusion.
Asgore chuckled softly at Woona's confident enthusiasm. "And you believe you can do that?" he asked softly.
"Yup!" Woona confirmed, rubbing the Soulstone hanging around her neck. "Where's the Barrier?"
Asgore stared, instantly recognizing the relic. "Wonder of wonders..." Turning, he led Woona past the throne room, and along a narrow corridor to a final door. Through the door, Woona stared out at an endless twilight, the boundary between reality and unreality, between life and death, between freedom and imprisonment. "The Barrier..." Asgore murmured. "The one point where it can be safely broken."
"Safely?" Chara asked, confusion in his voice.
Asgore nodded. "When the barrier breaks, there will be a magical backlash, as the energy of the barrier is released all at once, focused on the break itself. Since there's a way out here, the magic will be released outward safely to disperse, as the other end of the tunnel opens straight out into open air. Anywhere else, and the magic released would either damage something - if we used the opening above the Ruins - or backlash against the Underground itself, possibly destroying everything."
Woona nodded in understanding. She carefully stepped out before the Barrier, ready to make the attempt. As Chara once more infused himself into her, she reached into the Soulstone with her magic, and filled herself with DETERMINATION.
...unaware of the golden flower that watched from the doorway.
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OH SHIT SUN ITS ABOUT TO GET REAL.
In all seriousness, Tatsurou, your work has been phenomenal. I eagerly await the epic finale (and epilogue)
It's coming...
Another enjoyable chapter. Good work.
Friggen crazy pants flowers, man!
I don't think I could make any puns to ... Fork over.
That' the only pun I could come up with that has not already been used in a earlier chapter.
Over to you Other Sans
Wait, during her date with Papyrus, didn't she say she was four?
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Since there's no way to tell time in the Underground, she isn't entirely sure how old she is.
Oh nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo....
This calls for the X-TRA Large bucket of Popcorn...
So alright, as long as no one touches the child, everything should be just fine.
The curse of TorielXSans lives on, even in this fic.
Hmm... well, if you consider the trope that whoever the female lead treats differently is the one she ends up with in the end, I GUESS it could work, but I don't know. It seemed to be implying that this was one of those rifts that takes time to be filled. I can sort of see how they could get back together, but from what I gather from the canon AND the lore of this fic, they BOTH have issues to work out (Asgore and his overwhelming guilt, or Toriel and her capacity to see more than one side) before considering getting back into a romantic relationship... now then, let's see how things will be "complicated".
Calling it now, Woona's going to engage Trickster Mode next chapter (or the one after).
So... Let's see if we get Omega Flowey, straight up Asriel, or possibly something completely new. Looking forward to seeing how this one all goes to hell and back.
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One point I'd like to raise.
Woona's stated goal when she started her journey was to bring the family back together. That means Asgore, Toriel, Woona, Chara, and Asriel living as a family. This doesn't necessarily require that Asgore and Toriel become husband and wife again...or at the very least not right away. Merely an agreement on their parts to either work through their issues or set them aside for the sake of their children...something that is in character for both of them...even if this ends up in a family situation where the parents have separate bedrooms at first.
Not to say there won't be a solution for the pair that has them happy together. I'm also not saying there will. I'm saying that, if there is, it won't necessarily be immediate.
should be "for"
I'm all four getting Mom and Dad back
1. For.
Man, Woona asking her dad to fork his weapon over is a real spank in itself.
At least we know Flowey is doing what he's supposed to do and... stalk them.
At one point in this story, Woona is going to need to break. Probably next chapter.
Man my puns are getting thin.
7347179 *sniff* You mean... their relationship is going to be organic? This'll work like a living, breathing relationship with time and energy put into it?... You're so thoughtful!
{Tatsurou: Um... thank you?}
Don't mention it!
Hey, Underpony Moonfolk people. An Undertale thing you might be interested in... maybe... I dunno... I think it's cool, anyways.
The flower is watching. The flower is ALWAYS watching!
7347221 somewhere, Papyrus screams in agony
Well golly, it's time for our best nightmare, isn't it? LETS SEE HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE FOR WOONA TO BREAK
There's something seriously wrong with me.
Jeezums. This gun b good. Can't wait to see how this all plays out.
Get ready! Here comes the feels!!!
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I think that in the end, Woona is, after beating Asriel, give him the soul stone.
7347298 Yes there is.
Oh man, the end is coming! It's almost here!
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YES, IT FEELS GOOD TO RAGE AT YOUR PUNS AGAIN!
7347560 That first pun was great, but you're right, they're starting to lack meat.
7347283 Seen it. Still following it. It's freakin' awesome.
I don't know how to feel about all these revisions to the game's plot that ensure that no one actually did anything wrong, even when they did.
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It's not saying no one did anything wrong.
It's saying it was a situation where there was no right choice, and all involved made the best choices they could...which is true.
oh please oh please let us has omega flowey Woona needs at least one fight where she cant win through simple friendship just like in the games paragon run
Ah, good laughter. The innocence of the young. Always precious.
So, moment of truth. Flowey, your turn.
Also, I wonder if Asgore's fledgling descent to insanity will be mentioned again.
All I could think throughout the whole chapter... "Bad Asgore, Naughty Asgore!" "A spanking, a spanking, there's going to be a spanking!"
I'd link it but I think the Castle Anthrax scene is probably over the fic's rating...
Things are getting sery up in here, nicely done Tat my boy~
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Well while some people are skin and bones, you're just bones. You're beyond thin, so I guess your jokes had to follow suite eventually.
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You didn't include the Sans Vs Flowey video. I know it's not officially part of the series, but it still takes place (Non-linear time-wise) before the rest does.
Here we go asriel dreemur!
So will we get Omega Flowey, Asriel Dreemurr God of Hyperdeath, or a fusion of the two? Omegod of Hyperdeath Asriel Flowey?
7347221 These puns will lead to our Ruins.
They've already broken barriers, dispersing towards many places.
How will this story end? Only Tat can DETERMINE that answer.
There's a storm coming... I can feel it in me roots! Or... well... Flowey can.
...I got nothing. Though, I want to add: If Woona was Goku and the barrier was Lord Freezer... "I am going to break you!" *K-RICT* "...Like a Kit-Kat bar!"
... Why do I get the feeling that Flowey's going to be like that edgy twelve-year-old from Overwatch?
DEMON FLOWER!
Argh!!! This story is really tugging my heartstrings and eagerness!!! When will this great fantastic story end?!
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Oh god not trickster mode. Anything but that.
7349109 Hmm... well, since this is Undertale, I doubt he'll do anything too disappointing. This'll probably be as necessary and chock-full of emotion as one would expect the final battle to be.
Flowey sacrifices himself?
FLOWEY! DON'T YOU DARE!
7347142 Did I miss her picking up a spiral sucker at some point?
7350146 OK, I think it's time to elaborate some things. I find it very unlikely that Woona will actually be able to Engage Trickster Mode, whether it be the lack of said spiral sucker, the absence of Homestuck in the PWNY-Verse, or something else that I don't want to say to prevent heartbreak and such. That being said, it is likely that something involving the canon and various outside influences will cause an incredible event to happen, disparate in tone from preceding and subsequent events, that will cause a challenging/impossible obstacle to be trumped with minimal effort on a character's part, just as it has for earlier foals in this strange process. In a sense, that would sort of be like Engaging Trickster Mode, wouldn't it?
Looks like Asgore will be... Asgone.
*Frantically listens if Megalovania starts playing*
7350193 Ah, I see. This kind of reminds me of the trope names on TVTropes. I can totally imagine Trickster Mode being on there, but there's probably another name for it already.
7350326 That's the thing about Homestuck. It consistently parodies itself, the Internet, and fan works. A trope from it can just as easily be a trope of the "reality" within the integrated network some call home. Thusly, we get crabby trolls, ironic hipsters, and crappy fan-artists. And it's all hilarious.
Ok Woona... Time for a golden flower to get...fuzzy