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[stillyou]

[Frisk is so relieved to hear from Chara again, especially after Mettaton and Napstablook's mysterious disappearance. The relief is practically dripping from their text.]

No. I didn't see you at the Halloween party. I'll share my candy.

[smileyfaced]

[They figured that if anyone would be worried, it'd be Frisk. The younger kid was always so softhearted.]

I'll only take chocolate.

[stillyou]

Okay. [This means Chara will get all the chocolate Frisk has.] Where are you?

[smileyfaced]

[Frisk knows Chara too well.]

I am in the aquarium.

[stillyou]

Okay. [And Frisk is off to the aquarium! With their bucket of candy, of course.

The bucket has been decorated with big googly eyes. That's important.]

[smileyfaced]

[Chara has been watching the fishes. Their hair is still wet from their swim. They got back not too long ago. When they see Frisk they walk over--

-- and they make a face of mock surprise at the bucket.]

Who is this?

[stillyou]

Google. [Listen. They're nine. Frisk reaches in and pulls out a handful of chocolate candies, holding the fistful out to Chara.] Where'd you go?

[smileyfaced]

[GOOGLE - ATK 0 DEF 0. This friend has a reputation for carrying more than their fill. Satisfied with the name of the bucket, Chara takes the candy and squeezes it in their tight fist. They don't have pockets, so they want to hold on to them.]

... hm.

[They're trying to figure out how to piece together their thoughts. Frisk isn't like other people. They know they can trust Frisk with secrets they'd never breathe to anyone else. But it's hard for them to come out clean when it comes to their feelings.]

People were having bad dreams. I decided to skip out on them.

[stillyou]

[Frisk watches Chara, keeping far more still than most children are capable of. Of course, Frisk has always been like that when they want to be.]

They were bad. [Frisk can't blame them.] Did you find a way?

[smileyfaced]

Of course.

[They would've asked Frisk to come with them, but Frisk was the stronger of the two. It wasn't Chara's DETERMINATION that carried the pair through the underground. They'd never admit it openly to anyone. To show weakness was like baring your neck to a knife. That's what they'd been taught their whole life, what they couldn't unlearn even with the Dreemurr's help--

So they went alone.]

The Monolith's life pods puts you in a coma for a period of your choosing. I just thought... when I slept last time, it wouldn't be too bad.

[Their language, usually stuffed with vocabulary far beyond age, is giving way. Their voice dwindles.]

So I slept.

[Chara squeezes the candy tighter.]

But, um, it didn't go well.

[stillyou]

[Frisk takes a few deliberate steps, until they're nearly pressed against Chara's side. Nearly, because maybe Chara doesn't want to actually be touched right now.] Why?

[smileyfaced]

I wanted to stop dreaming.

[Chara isn't the perfect child. They know, because they hurt their adoptive father. They tried to make Asriel do something unforgivable. But they're still a child, and all the stress from the past months-- the homesickness, the claustrophobia, the overwhelming loneliness, the nightmares -- finally boils over in the form of tears.]

All I saw were nightmares, all the things I did and wanted to do, but I couldn't get out. Frisk--

[They press the palms of their hands over their eyes.]

--I killed him again. I killed Asriel.