#askdashsans

> Carmeeeen!!  The Spider hugs the Skeleton, careful not to lift him suddenly since, she remembers that he doesn’t quite like that! She wraps all her arms around him in a full hug! Then pops about 3 Bags FULL of Baby Items, Sweet Smelling Pastries and Foods as well as MONSTER CARE and BABY BOOKS for the Skeleton. 

The barrier broke.

It was for the final time. No saving or loading or resetting would be turning time back to the point before that magical shield shattered. As usual, monsters gathered just outside the entrance to the Underground, some cheering, some crying, some looking in silent awe at the world that had just opened up to them. All were looking up at the sky, that wonderful, beautiful sky that many of them had only seen through cracks and holes in the mountain.

Except for Glitchy.

His gaze was lowered to the ground, a slippered foot idly scuffing at it. Sure, he knew that this particular happy ending would be staying, but... he still felt absolutely nothing.

It had simply happened too many times. Though he knew the truth behind it, some quiet, doubting part of his mind told him that it wouldn’t last, just like all the times this had happened before. He had achieved his goal, but... nothing had changed. This would all go the exact same way it always had.

A slaughter.

A reset.

There was nothing to reassure him that it wouldn’t happen, so that was what his subconscious believed... Until that voice chimed in.

“Where do you think a good place to live would be?”

It was painfully, horribly familiar. A nasally voice he had heard accompanying most of his alternates, though this was... quieter than what he was used to, all caps dropped in favor of a more reasonable tone.

A slow, hesitant glance upwards confirmed it—a Papyrus, but not one he had ever met. Bright orange freckles dotted his cheekbones and the symbol of a small hourglass was emblazoned on his chestplate, but, other than that, he appeared to be a normal Papyrus. He had no business being here, not in a stagnant timeline like this one that didn’t have a Papyrus.

Unless...

“Guess there’s only one way to find out, huh?” One of this Papyrus’ hands reached down to enclose one of his own, gently, but insistently tugging him along, towards the path leading down the mountain.

* thank god

YOU’RE FREE NOW, CARMEN

* i’m really not sure. :(

* it’s hard having to watch a timeline more or less deteriorate around you. i’m.... really not sure about what could be done to help them at this point.

* hey, so, uh, not to be rude, but.

* fuck you?

* I like them both the same. you can get out of here with this crap about “he made the right choice/carmine isn’t a great person” or whatever else. people give him enough shit. 

* he’s been lonely. both of them have. i mean.

* i know what carmine’s done, i’ve had conversations with him about it a couple of times. he’s been here a couple of times. and people like you going around and shitting on him to other people is just despicable????

* yeah, he’s in with a crowd i’m not happy about. yeah, he’s been doing some pretty fucked shit, but you know what? at least he’s not ALONE anymore. i’ve been watching carmens timeline for as long as i’ve known about him and i KNOW that things have been falling apart over there.

* i know that he was lonely, and upset, and the parasite gave him some way to connect with people again. and i’m not going to fault him for that, because you know what? in a situation like that, i’d be tired of being alone too.

* so - maybe think on this a little. there are a lot of things out of our control and guilting carmine for his choices is really the shittiest way to go about it. i mean, for gods sake, carmine’s around because carmen was so torn about this in the first place.

* i’m not going to tolerate you coming in here just to turn me more in the favor of one over the other. they’re both still carmen. I still care deeply about the both of them, and that isn’t going to change no matter WHAT happens.