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Tenna art by @9Aaaalt29 on twt

The crowd roared in confused enthusiasm as Tenna gave a gracious flurry of low-FPS bows, pausing only for the occasional stink-nose at his audience plants who weren’t throwing enough 3D roses.

Eventually, the room fell silent. It was Senshi’s turn to speak.

He puffed out his chest, took a long, sweeping look over the audience… and shook his head.

“I can see not all of you are eating properly.”

The crowd murmured with embarrassment.

“I don’t know who needs to hear this, but it’s time to take the turkey out of your icebox. I have seen the ingenious technology with which your people store food... and I have also seen the waste which results from such convenience.

“The food you take had a life. Beasts grew fat on the grass of the field, plants grew from the sun’s rays, and mushrooms grew from minerals in the cracks of caves. And yet, it sits in your iceboxes, collecting moisture until it perishes.

“Eat what is given to you. Because its life will make you stronger, too.”

Without another word, Senshi left his podium and stepped away from the stage. The crowd murmured in confusion. “Is he really like that?” somebody said. “I only remember reblogging the photosets of him tripping and showing ass.”

--

Back in the Green Room, Tenna wrung his antennas nervously.

“Y-y-you think they liked me!? They HAD to!! I mean, I don’t know what Asgore was thinking, getting that weird haircut and running that food waste campaign, but… YOU thought I did good, didn’t you, Kris?”

Laios nodded aggressively, a streak of blue face paint peeling from his forehead.

“You did AMAZING, Tenna! By the way, now that we’ve seen all your insider campaign secrets, do you have any more videos of Susie? Especially her tail... If I could get a look at that, I could finally tell if she’s a dinosaur or --”

THWACK. Fake antlers butted Laios’s head.

“LAIOS?? Weren’t we dressed up to help SENSHI???” Marcille hissed, gesturing awkwardly with her hooves.

Suddenly, Tenna turned to the two adventurers.

“Hey, WAIT a second. SOMETHING’s not right here...”

Laios and Marcille held their breath.

“Where the heck are my POINTS!?”

Just then, the door opened. Chilchuck took one step into the room, whistling and holding a large bag.

Everyone turned to him.

Chilchuck paused, took a step backwards, and closed the door.

“CHILCHUCK!!!” yelled Tenna.

“How come Chilchuck got to stay Chilchuck!?” yelled Marcille at the same time.

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GEE LIKE FUCK YOU STAFF

and if i said i think the flowers are representations of kris and their issues?

I've seen a lot of Krusie(lle) fans despairmaxxing after seeing this because they interpret this line as, "Susie now sees the lake thing as a romantic thing, and her saying this implies that she doesn't want to take her relationship with Kris there."

Well, what if I told y'all that this does nothing to refute the possibility that Susie will reciprocate Kris's feelings, but it may actually be really good evidence that she might end up doing so!

It's easy to take this at face value and assume that Susie doesn't want to have with Kris what she now has with Noelle. But if you look at the finer details, you'll realize that's not quite the case, because you can learn a lot about how she really feels, not just from what she says, but also HOW she says it and also HOW SHE DOES NOT SAY IT.

If you pay close attention, you'll notice that she corrects herself at the start with, "We... I mean," and that she finishes the sentence by asking herself/Kris, "right?" It may not seem like much, but these two little details matter a whole lot because it shows that SHE'S NOT ACTUALLY SURE OF HERSELF when she tells Kris they don't need to go to the lake together!!! In other words, she may, deep down, actually love to go to the lake with them!!!!!

And this is not the only hint that how she sees her relationship with Kris has changed, because in Snowgrave of all places, she tells Kris this after talking about the Festival King and Queen (and not how she ACTUALLY BLUSHES when she speaks the second line):

So with that in mind, has she not told Kris she wants to be an item with them like she is with Noelle because she really wants to have that kind of relationship with Kris OR PERHAPS BECAUSE SHE DOESN'T THINK KRIS WANTS TO HAVE A ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIP AND THAT THEY WOULD BE WEIRDED OUT BY IT?!

And what's also interesting is that SHE DOESN'T REFER TO KRIS AS A FRIEND (OR HER RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM AS A FRIENDSHIP) ONCE IN THIS ENTIRE CHAPTER. And that's a huge deal because she was totally fine with calling Kris a friend in the previous Chapter! And yet, she doesn't do so at all in Chapter 5, and it just so happens to be RIGHT AFTER SHE EMBRACES HER ROMANTIC FEELINGS FOR NOELLE!

Gee, it's almost as if her newfound understanding of love and relationships, thanks to her blossoming romance with Noelle, has changed her perspective on her bond with Kris and on what she wants their relationship to be!

Flowey and Noelle express similar frustrations that the people around them are video game characters.

Flowey exhausting all the dialogue options.

Noelle noticing townsfolk don't notice things they should.

Flowey & Noelle noticing everyone around them are locked into paths.

OH MY GODDDDDD the festival is Kris torture simulator imagine having to third wheel your best friend who you have a fat crush on and your childhood best friend who you had a falling out with and don’t even get me started on the weird route bro NOTHING GOOD HAPPENS TO KRIS and while all this is happening they are also dealing with the horrors of being possessed by an other worldly being AND having to go behind their friends backs to work for carol AND their mom locked them out of the house to get drunk and crack sans AND THEN they gotta watch flowery go on dates with their father

Anyway here is my chapter 5 fanart

Close ups under the cut this drawing was mostly an excuse to draw Susie one million times because I love her so much