FRIEND

[Green stands at the lake's edge with a thick, bony staff with an orange orb in one hand and their cast-iron pan in the other. Now they just need to wait for everyone else's arrival.]

@the-cowboy-yellow @bluesdancestudio @kawkawgroup @entry-number17 @cat-009

[*Soon.]

[*The confrontation will be very, very soon.]

[*As you look at the water, you see your reflection vaguely shifting as small waves make their way across the lake. It would be a nice day, if not for the scheduled events. Peaceful even.]

[*A dead frog floats to the surface of the lake near where you stand on the bridge, bobbing in the water for a few moments before it is snatched up by a nearby bird of prey.]

[*….]

[*It’s probably not the best day to believe in omens.]

[It's huge, seemingly 4 stories tall, possibly more. It's double as long as it is tall

[at the front is 2 windows, no doubt made of something that isn't glass, separated by a huge section of reinforced metal in the center. Trenchcoat's in the view of the left one, with the mechanical arms behind their back.]

[Shinjo is the pilot, in the big box separating the windows]

Green…Blue..

arrived, i have :3

for being late, i give my apologies

lots of preparations i made before coming here

*The friendling approaches the submarine. At first it struggles a bit with opening the entry since it was initially using its paws, fortunately it figures out how to open it by using its pointed tail.

enter, we all can now

Wh-?? A COW??!?!? W-why me!?!? W-why can't YOU be the cow??!?!

shapeshift-noise.lol plays

a cow, i can be too

..blue?

what happened?

turned you into a friendling, who did? :<

-@cat-009

...

*[ Blue turns his head away, looking down at the floor. ]

worry, do not

if turn you into a friendling, anyone does again...

*the scribbles in the friendling's eye becomes more erratic, more violent...

*orange hears a slight scratch at the door of her room

*open the door?

yes 🧡 no

-@cat-009

[She perks up at the weird sound. It could be a netskie... or Aqua playing around.]

Hello...?

if that is helpful information, i am not sure

named friend too, all the other friendlings are...

@birdanonn

worry not, polite avian

avians, i do not usually prey on

except if avian in question is cooked chimkem leg, but mention that, i will not

here, bird feed, i have, from my past trip to the light world :3

*Friend has acquirred EGG! *EGG has been added to Friend's inventory

*orange hears a slight scratch at the door of her room

*open the door?

yes 🧡 no

-@cat-009

[She perks up at the weird sound. It could be a netskie... or Aqua playing around.]

Hello...?

*[ Seems everything is close to starting. Everyone is in their seats (with the exception of Yellow and Yeller, whom stand bravely at the alter with their suits on and their hair styled to however they choose, AND Aqua whom is the flower girl who will be approaching a little before Blue comes out) and are ready to watch the show. All dressed beautifully upon white-clad seating as ambient music floods the room.

"Hey, Green Bean." The music suddenly stops and the UI goes blank. The battle is... Over. "Do you like shish kebabs?" He all but teleports behind the chef and spears them through the middle with his icy trident, pinning them to the ground before summoning another one to aim at their head. Miraculously, he missed their spine, but that just means they can really feel the way it eats away at their insides.

*[ Blue, who was about to run over and help up Seth, stumbled back. Bewildered and shocked by the display of severe damage upon his best friend, his eyes opened wide as they began to water. ]

Guh...? Wh-wha-? [ * Seth tries to make sense of their surroundings, sounds like the battle's quieted down... But...? ] [ * Their heart runs cold at the awful, visceral noise of something- No, someone, being punctured. ]

[* TOYellow pointed the gun at Flowery at first, rushing to take aim. He slowly lowered the gun with the last sentence of the enemy. He stared at Green with a horrified message expression, looking back at Flowery. ]

[* Why are ya doin' tis?.. ]

"Huh? Why am I doing this?" He raises an eyebrow pensively at TOYellow, the prongs of his trident remaining fixed on Green's neck. "Well, you've been relatively unobtrusive. I guess I can give you a hint!"

Flowery smiles, tinged with malice and yet... Genuine care, somewhere underneath. "Let's just say it's a lesson learned for someone I love."

g-green..

no..

*[ Seems everything is close to starting. Everyone is in their seats (with the exception of Yellow and Yeller, whom stand bravely at the alter with their suits on and their hair styled to however they choose, AND Aqua whom is the flower girl who will be approaching a little before Blue comes out) and are ready to watch the show. All dressed beautifully upon white-clad seating as ambient music floods the room.

Hey now, loosen up a bit, yeah? Todays gon go great..

*[ Seemingly, Mr. Butterfly covers Blue's face to conseal his face for just a little while longer, while Mr. Butterfly himself has a proud smile on -- albiet with cartoonish tears. ]

*[ The groom dressed in blue finally makes his way to the front, where Yellow and Yeller are. The preist....is also a kawkaw from @kawkawgroup . Though it has been given a translator for plot reasons, and thus will be able to be heard out-loud by the audience. ]

*yeller swallows, then looks between yellow, blue, and the kawkaw.*

(priest kawkaw waits for a second.)

*[Weird Yellow stands up]*

"Well well well, look at this lovely wedding! My congrats to the bride and grooms." He chuckles, going "muahahahflowershahaha".

"But what's a fairy tale wedding without the Maleficent? I mean really, you didn't invite any of my cohorts? For shame!" He reaches for the white rose at his wrist, then pulls out a chalky, alabaster seed. He smirks at Seth, then chucks it through their Glasses attack, making a second one, both hurtling towards the happy throuple. They sprout midair, thorny roots cracking through the shell, and get ready to blossom in new hosts. "How'd you like my Na-wedding gift?"

*[ Blue acts fast, SLAMMING his foot into the ground and summoning a wall of Blue roses to block the incoming attack. He grabs his lovers hands, jumping to the side out of the way. ]

* The Prince of Dust makes his entrance!

"Don't get too cocky, you two. You and I both know we're not really bothering with each other. Still, I can't have you getting ahead of yourselves!" He twirls his trident around, then pierces the ground with a shout, sending plumes of dust that weren't there before flying. As it settles on you, you feel a creeping sense of dread...

My love...I promise I will be safe. If...it is any consolation, if you would like to help it would be tactical if you and Yeller shot from the sidelines...

[* The other Yellow with the "NOT the groom pin", to not confuse him with Yellow and Yeller, was quietly sitting in the back rows of seats, writing everything down the whole time. He wanted to see how a wedding goes, to maybe, one day have it with his own Blue. He didn't know anything about weddings. ]

*MAGIC

[Green begins the battle by cooking up some FAST FOOD and storing it for later, to counteract the effects of the dust.]

Flowery flutters around the various attacks lobbed his way, deflecting some with his trident either into the walls, into each other, or back at their attackers. "Can I just say, you've got a lovely ceremony set up here! Why, I don't think I've seen a wedding like this since Asgore's!" His infuriating congeneality cracks for a moment as spite creeps into his tone.

White and red roses blossom along his trident before he makes sweeping stabs to the left, right, and center. They leave similar roses in their wake which flare like bombs, petals scattering about.

[Flash unleashes a sunburst light, which Absent directs fully into the pale flowery's eyes to blind them.]

* Flowery ac lowered

[meanwhile the air around flowery grows cold from Icebox while Overgrowth uses the opportunity to stab flowery with an allelopathic plant]

* Flowery ac lowered

* Flowery and the weeping rose both take DoT damage

[Trenchcoat has attached something to their energy blaster arm and is now charging it with circuit]

[Trenchcoat motions for someone to protect them and circuit while they charge the obliterator]

*obliterator 20% charged

*Trenchcoat takes 6*10 damage from environment

*each of the others take 10 from the environment

*trenchcoat loses 5 max HP from a red attack

*[ Blue flies upwards with his wings, normal attacks that make the ground shake or do something to the ground in general wil not affect him for now unless taken down from the skies. ]

[* initiative: 2 , attacker ]

[ * For those that even care to get a glimpse of Seth's expression, it seems like they're trying to stay serious. Trying their hardest not to crack a prideful grin. ]

(I.. I knew there was gonna be an ambush!! I knew it, I knew it, I knew it...!)

[ * With their book in hand, and a pencil in the other, they begin scribbling some things down. ]

[ * ACT.

* CHECK - FLOWERY. ]

(W-what's the point in attacking if we don't know what we're up against...!?)

[ * They breathe in a deep sigh to ready themself, but end up choking a bit on the dust... ]

[Green begins distributing their FAST FOOD to each of their party members to use at their convenience. They put serious effort into each piece, providing 2 pieces that heal for 100 damage each.]

-10 hp

[They get hit by a white flower and graze a red one, reducing its size!]

He dips out of the way of TOYellow's shot, but bashes into one of Blue's flowers in the process. "Tch, and you're not even the one getting married... I bet you feel invincible around him, huh? Don't get attached."

* ACT

* * CHECK

* * ??? (Invalid ACT)

* * ??? (Invalid ACT)

* FLOWERY - ATK 🤍 DEF 🤍. A dust soaked flower loyal to the Weeping Rose. Binds Fountains in vines for his King to shatter so their Dark Worlds may be erased.

*court flowery's vision is significantly impaired

[Flash gives circuit and Trenchcoat umbrellas to protect from the seed rain]

[Icebox brings the arm that flowery holds their Trident with to near freezing temperatures]

[overgrowth creates a plant wall around the BFG Kaw thousand]

[circuit and Trenchcoat hold fast]

*Trenchcoat takes 60 damage in total from dust ( current health 30/145)

*the rest take 10 (current health 5/25)

*Flash takes a seed to the face, protecting circuit and downing in the process

*[ Blue grunts, looking around himself in panic as he'd dodge the white seeds with an 18, and make contact with a red flower mid-air with a 13. ]

*[ -5 MAX HP. ]

Gahck-- You insolent fool..!! What good are you doing by trying to kill me!?

*[ Blue is still airborne, but not for too long. He releases a desperate melody from his lungs, trying to fire musical note bullets with a 5 against W!Flowerys AC. ]

[* TOYellow was relentlessly trying to get his guns to work, slight panic making him breathe more, as a result breathing in more dust. - 20 HP ]

[* He tried to avoid the seeds, still getting hit by one of them. - 10 HP ]

[* Even if it ain't myh weddin' it doesn't mean I won't try and stop ya from ruinin' it for other mes! I'm servin' justice. ]

[* He unloaded his handheld gun and reloaded it with clovers. TOYellow shot the clovers at all his allies, healing 10 HP each as a result! He needs to help somehow while he is figuring out what is wrong with his main guns. ]

[ * Adjusting their glasses, they crack an... admittedly dorky grin. ] Persistence is our specialty!! Though I personally prefer the term perseverance..

[ * ATTACK - SUMMONING SCARLET RING~ SOUL SEEKER

(...Yes, they do announce their attack out loud. The entirety of it. ] [ * As they continue writing things down, they circle a specific word in their book. More specifically, a name. Flowery's, of course. And, in tandem, a gray ring seems to form nearby the arrogant enemy. An eye is settled neatly in the middle, in which the pupil follows the pale flower closely.

Seems like it's set to go off to cause some blast damage any second now... Seems like it's watching his movements closely. Any enemy inside the ring by the time it goes off will be damaged! ]

[ * Thankfully, thanks to TOYellow's assistance, Seth's HP recovers from their brief coughing fit! ...NON-Thankfully, they seem to remember something. ] [ * DEBUFF - BAD LUNGS A certain incident has left their already weak lungs feeling extra unwell. Passive damage taken by DUST will increase in increments of 5 each turn! ] -15 HP.

[ * Seth seems a little wheezy... ]

[ * As they stagger back, they unknowingly step onto a seed. ]

[Green sends out sweeping waves of fireballs. They evaporate upon contact with something flammable, quickly consuming it.]

-10 hp from dust

[One or two of the seeds stick to Green, causing ambient damage.]

-10 hp from seeds

His good fun is abruptly cut off when he gets blinded and his weapon turns to ice in his hands. "Tsk-!" He throws the frigid weapon in the last direction he saw Blue, it shattering into red petals on impact, and summons a new one from his rose. Hearing Seth's incantation, he doesn't stay in place for too long, nor does he cross his own path. Of course, literally flying blindly isn't doing him too many favors in terms of dodging Green's fireballs. Unfortunately, it doesn't burn him like it did with Orange, but that doesn't mean he isn't damaged.

"Alright, if you're all going to gang up on me like this..." He growls, the dust in the air suddenly swirling. "Who says turnabout isn't fair play?" He spins his trident around and slams it into the ground again, the dust in the air thickening dramatically. You can barely see an inch in front of your face, and it scrapes against your throat with every breath. The sense of dread from before worsens.

* Flowery spread his negative statuses to the field!

18: flash

14: Absent

14: fume (just rolled for this one of the kawkaws, will be joining this turn)

10: Overgrowth

8: Icebox

5: Trenchcoat

2: Circuit

[Flash is down!]

[absent eats part of their meal and helps hand out gas masks to everyone else that isn't the flowery, partly by focusing light to see better]

[fume is helping, making sure every kawkaw has put their gas mask on]

[Overgrowth helps with the flowers and other bystanders, and eats part of their meal]

[Icebox is freezing flowery's hands, starting with the fingers, and eats part of their meal]

[Trenchcoat equips their masks and uses their free hand to reroute more power to the BFG]

[Circuit surges power through the BFG, charging it quicker]

*Trenchcoat is down!

*Circuit is down!

*Overgrowth, Absent, and Icebox heal for 20, then takes 5 to environment and is hit for 15 [5/25 hp]

* fume takes 5 to environment and loses 5 max hp

*[ -10 HP. ]

*[ Blue blindly sings once more, trying to target W!Flowery with a roll of 19. When trying to maneuvour the battlefeild, with a 4, Blue's wing gets STRUCK with one of the petal geysers -- knocking him back down to the ground with a yelp! Though narrowly missing any other on-ground dangers with a 17. ]

URGH-- What curse!? What curse are you planning on cursing me with!?

*[ -25 HP. ]

[Behind the open doors are a party of 13, not in wedding outfits and all but the one at the front extremely annoyed]

[And they're all floating. Oh, Void they all floating]

[Say hello to the majority of Dimentio's adopted family]

IS THE WEDDING STILL ON?

[They were here at first, but Dimentio teleported them out 5 minutes in out of nerves]

I KNOW IM A BIT LATE, BUT I CAN EXPLAIN!

[He looks at the floor and at the other guests]

Are weddings usually this chaotic?

[Meet Count Bleck. He tried to destroy all the universes, and is currently wondering who was getting married for this much chaos]

Oh, alright.

Now.

I want you to CLEAN. UP.

Theres dust, seeds, and thorns all over the floor.

We're having another wedding here in an hour, and I want it to be TIDY.

[Here's Magolor. He is in love with Dimentio, and may or may not want the Master Crown again]

[Seth and Aqua, now with more character development]

[Rouxls Kaard, as annoying as always]

[Ralsei, still he/them, and doesn't actually know Flowery]

[He got plucked out of Chapter 4]

[And let's not forget the 6 fallen humans from Undertale nobody really got to know]

[Anyway]

Alright.

I'm returning in 20 minutes.

If it's not clean by then...

I'm cleaning with fire.

[ INITIATIVE: 1 . HEALER ]

[* TOYellow gave up on fixing the guns, passively breathing in more dust with the raising panic and dread. - 10 HP .]

[* He loads another clover into his handheld gun and shoots it into his hand. It dealt him 20 damage, and left him with a poisoned effect for 4 turns! The wound on his hand caused him to lose 10 of his max HP. - 20 HP. ]

[* The healing clovers are now poisonous! Dealing passive 5 damage for 4 turns, the damage could be higher or lower depending on the defense level. ]

[* Rolled 20 for aim. He aimed at Flowery, shooting the poisonous "healing" clover at him. ]

Gh- T-that.. I-isn't fai-! [ * Seth tries to retort, but only ends up coughing and hacking more, trying to squint through the dust cloud. ] -20 HP.

[ * Their movements are a bit clumsy by now, writing down a block of words... ]

[ * ATTACK - BOOKISH BARRAGE ]

[ * Two books appear at either side of the battlefield, sending out words in... admittedly uneven handwriting, and in uneven waves. Seems like Seth isn't exactly on their A game... Or their B, C, D, E, F, Game, for that matter. ]

[ * ...You swear, you can see some of the letters shift into odd symbols. ]

[ * Seth tries to hop and step around the enemy's bullets, but they find themself blindly staggering into some of the many petals and seeds being whisked around. ]

-5 HP

-5 HP.

*so why haven't they all come for flowery yet...?

visible, the egg should be

so why, my ex-packmates, have not come yet, i wonder?

because hunting flowery down may end everyone's pain, my ex-packmates know?

known, i should have...

as well as protein, feed on pain, friendlings like to...

...

perhaps, used for something, my teeth could be, after all...

that version of flowery, my target is, from now on...

*the friendling steps out of the shadows, taking damage and coughing violently from the thick fog of dust as their blind eye becomes more scribbled, more chaotic.

-5

-5

-5

HP: 65/80

and chasing him, i will not stop to do.. until he stops causing harm and trauma to what was supposed to be the happiest wedding of this world...

*[ Seems everything is close to starting. Everyone is in their seats (with the exception of Yellow and Yeller, whom stand bravely at the alter with their suits on and their hair styled to however they choose, AND Aqua whom is the flower girl who will be approaching a little before Blue comes out) and are ready to watch the show. All dressed beautifully upon white-clad seating as ambient music floods the room.

Hey now, loosen up a bit, yeah? Todays gon go great..

*[ Seemingly, Mr. Butterfly covers Blue's face to conseal his face for just a little while longer, while Mr. Butterfly himself has a proud smile on -- albiet with cartoonish tears. ]

*[ The groom dressed in blue finally makes his way to the front, where Yellow and Yeller are. The preist....is also a kawkaw from @kawkawgroup . Though it has been given a translator for plot reasons, and thus will be able to be heard out-loud by the audience. ]

*yeller swallows, then looks between yellow, blue, and the kawkaw.*

(priest kawkaw waits for a second.)

*[Weird Yellow stands up]*

"Well well well, look at this lovely wedding! My congrats to the bride and grooms." He chuckles, going "muahahahflowershahaha".

"But what's a fairy tale wedding without the Maleficent? I mean really, you didn't invite any of my cohorts? For shame!" He reaches for the white rose at his wrist, then pulls out a chalky, alabaster seed. He smirks at Seth, then chucks it through their Glasses attack, making a second one, both hurtling towards the happy throuple. They sprout midair, thorny roots cracking through the shell, and get ready to blossom in new hosts. "How'd you like my Na-wedding gift?"

*[ Blue acts fast, SLAMMING his foot into the ground and summoning a wall of Blue roses to block the incoming attack. He grabs his lovers hands, jumping to the side out of the way. ]

* The Prince of Dust makes his entrance!

"Don't get too cocky, you two. You and I both know we're not really bothering with each other. Still, I can't have you getting ahead of yourselves!" He twirls his trident around, then pierces the ground with a shout, sending plumes of dust that weren't there before flying. As it settles on you, you feel a creeping sense of dread...

My love...I promise I will be safe. If...it is any consolation, if you would like to help it would be tactical if you and Yeller shot from the sidelines...

*conveniently, even after making the protein cupcake, friend still had a spare egg, which it had quietly placed on the evil flowery's person, visible to the naked eye but hidden in a way that only he couldn't see it.

*because, cats are not very smart, but they are cunning, always watching. and once they have their eyes set on a target..

got my magic ball, i did

going to use it to watch wedding, i am

beautifully dressed, all the guests are

the husbands to be, also beautiful

crying, i am now

is this what love looks like, i wonder?

is this what family looks like, i wonder?

how would they react, if my ex-packmates found me not lost in the void, i wonder?

if i ended up being too lost, how would they react?

what if, to be a friendling, a beast, i didn't want?

would i be accepted as darkner or lightner, i wonder?

...

that the darkners here enjoy my protein cupcake, i hope they do

but slightly of laughter, this time

because funny, the flower girl was

threw the petals right into their faces, she did

playful, she seems