#underinfection

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Verdana woke up just as excited as ever. "Today is the day!" she thought as she raced to get ready. She ran down the stairs to the kitchen where the sweet smells of breakfast filled the air. Her face lit up even more as Sans handed her a fresh plate of toast and sliced melon.

"your favorite." Sans smiled, "made just the way you like it."

"French toast AND honeydew??" Verdana exclaimed, giving Sans a hug, "You guys are best!!"

"All for our favorite sister!" Papyrus jumped in, making his own plate of food. Verdana gave him a shy smile, running a finger briefly through her long purple hair.

"today's a pretty big day for ya, ain't it? you and your friend are goin to the mountain, right? Sans asked as he sat near Verdana at the table.

"Mhm!" Verdana replied. She started quickly on her toast, though she was in a hurry, she made sure to savor every bite.

"Well, just be sure to be careful" Papyrus said slightly concerned, "I know Sans has been teaching you to teleport but there's really no telling what could happen. You could get lost or injured or-"

"I'll be fine," she gave him a nervous smile, Papyrus always seemed to be protective of her though she'd admit she often appreciated it.

"Well, just be careful" Sans said.

After Verdana finished her breakfast, she walked up to the door, giving her two brothers one final wave of goodbye. She closed the door and took a short breath. "Mt. Ebott." she mumbled, trying to focus. Before she knew it, she felt a quick rush, and then... she had arrived at the base of the mountain.

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Juuuuuuust thought I'd put this here and see what happens ^^

I'm too excited NOT to post any of the things I've been writing! Anyway, here's a small teaser from the prologue I've been writing, I wonder what/who could be waiting for Verdana on that mountain?

Enjoy 😉

"Singing Together"

I am SOOO happy to finally finish this!! With all the fanart I'd been making for Art Fight, I felt inspired to do something with Melody again! Only this time, as I started drawing, I felt the urge to draw her with one of my ocs, Verdana ^^

I actually feel like Melody and Verdana would get along really well, they'd also be able to relate to each other on a deeper level having both lost someone they loved due to a form of corruption/infection.

Fun mini fact; Verdana does love to sing, she's just a bit shy when it comes to singing around other people, I can just imagine one day maybe the two of them are sharing music with each other and that one particular song comes on, and Verdana can't help but sing to it with Melody chiming in for fun ^^

Not too sure what they would be singing though? Verdana enjoys a very specific mix between rock and J or K-Pop and idk what Melody likes lol I'm sure they'd find some form of compromise

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Aaaaaanyway! Hope you all enjoy it as much as I did drawing it! (Melody is SO MUCH FUN to draw!!!)

Melody by @koko-doodle

Introducing..... Verdana G. (Georgia)!!

I am SO HAPPY to finally have finished Verdana's official reference sheet and introduce her to all of you! She's so fun and quirky and by FAR my favorite oc! She's just so much fun to mess with lol

Feel free to ask any questions!

Hope you all like her as much as I do ^^

Enjoy!!!

While Verdana is able to stand and walk on two legs, she can only run on all fours; technically speaking, walking would also be more natural for her in this state, but she prefers to stand and walk on two legs. She also uses all fours when in defensive positions.

Examples;

(Standing / Crouched)

Her blaster form is 7'6 (standing)

Verdana can still speak!!

Well, in a way.

While in Blaster form, it's hard for her to speak normally, however, she can still speak in WingDings (a type of font/language that typically has a more raspy/garbled sound to it anyway)

She can also communicate with grunts, growls, snorting and other noises when she doesn't feel like talking.

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Just some extra info about Verdana's blaster form ^^

Read the first part here

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Verdana woke up just as excited as ever. "Today is the day!" she thought as she raced to get ready. She ran down the stairs to the kitchen where the sweet smells of breakfast filled the air. Her face lit up even more as Sans handed her a fresh plate of toast and sliced melon.

"your favorite." Sans smiled, "made just the way you like it."

"French toast AND honeydew??" Verdana exclaimed, giving Sans a hug, "You guys are best!!"

"All for our favorite sister!" Papyrus joined in, making his own plate of food. Verdana gave him a shy smile, running a finger briefly through her long violet hair.

"today's a pretty big day for ya, ain't it?" Sans asked as he sat next to Verdana at the table, "you and your friend are goin' to the mountain right?"

"Mhm!" Verdana replied. She started quickly on her toast, though she was in a hurry, she made sure to savor every bite.

"Well, just be sure to be careful" Papyrus said slightly concerned, "I know Sans has been teaching you to teleport but there's really no telling what could happen. You could get lost or injured or-"

"I'll be fine," she gave him a nervous smile. Papyrus was always so protective of her, though she would be lying if she said she didn't appreciate it.

"Well, just be careful" Sans said.

After Verdana finished her breakfast, she walked up to the door, giving her two brothers one final wave of goodbye. She closed the door and took a short breath. "Mt. Ebott." she mumbled, trying to focus. Before she knew it, she felt a quick rush, and then... she had arrived at the base of the mountain.

"WOAH!!" someone shouted, letting out a long sigh, "PLEASE warn me next time you do that!" Conner brushed off his shirt as Verdana giggled. At roughly 16, Conner was just about three years younger than she was, although he seemed to make up for just as many or more inches in height. The two met when they were kids, and ever since, they'd been best friends. Conner was the only human Verdana had ever known, and she wouldn't be surprised if she was the only skeleton he knew.

"At least send like, a text or something??" Conner exclaimed; once again Verdana giggled.

"So where to?" she asked, Conner gave her a wide smile. "So I was thinking, you know all those people who hike towards the underground? Around the pit?"

"Oh, yeah! Sans said it's one of his favorite spots!" Verdana smiled

"Well I was thinking... what if we hike to those woods around the pit?? More near the base? No one ever goes there! Think of all the cool stuff we could find!" Conner was always more adventurous than Verdana, and in a way, that was a good thing. He was always trying new things and going on these crazy adventures that would pull her out of her comfort zone, and in the end everything always seemed to play out ok.

"Well...alright!" Verdana replied, though she was a little sad they wouldn't be visiting the underground like she originally thought, maybe they could do that another time. Both Conner and Verdana were grateful for the cool weather since it took them so long to get to the area Conner mentioned. It was just near the hole the human fell through, though instead of climbing up, Conner started walked left along the mountain's side, entering a forest filled with trees. Light just barely poked through the thick branches, the way getting darker as the light struggled to fight off the shadows. It also seemed to get colder and even a bit damp.

"Uhhh... Conner? Are you sure we're going the right way?" Verdana asked with a shutter, nervously playing with her long purple hair. There was something strange about where they were heading, though she couldn't put her phalange (finger) on it.

"Huh?" Conner looked back at her, "Of course it is, look at all this! Come on V, live a little!" he teased, lightly nudging her.

"Conner," she moaned, blushing a light shade of violet, "I TOLD you not to call me that! It's embarrassing!"

"What's so embarrassing about it? It's WAY easier than saying your full name."

"And that's the problem! Sans started calling me that when I was eight because I had so much trouble saying my FULL name out loud!" she crossed her arms and puffed her cheekbones, giving Conner an annoyed look. "Plus hearing you say it makes me feel like a child" she mumbled.

"Pfffft- Come on Verdana, you and I BOTH know you're WAY more childish than I am!" he laughed pointing at the bright pink shirt and casual jeans-shorts she was wearing.

"This isn't childish, it's cute! At least that's what my brother said. And at least it's nicer than what your wearing" she giggled pointing to his loose jacket and slightly messy jeans.

"As if! You should know this look is currently in style right now!" he joked back "Right up there with all of those nerdy video game and anime shirts you have!"

"Hey! Those aren't nerdy!" Verdana laughed, lightly shoving him. The two laughed for a little while longer until the laughter was cut short as a sinkhole caved under Conner's feet, causing him to fall deep into a hole.

"CONNER!!" Verdana screamed in fright.

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I'm so happy to finally share the first "page/chapter/part/whatever (lol)" with all of you!! I had so much fun with this, especially the banter between Conner and Verdana! I also had fun with some of the details, I figured since this is written in Verdana's perspective, I should put some skeletal references, after all, Verdana isn't too informed about human lingo ^^'

Just like with the teaser, my goal is if this gets around 10-15 reactions, I'll post the next part 😉

So be sure to react and follow me for more art, updates and more stories!!

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It is a well known fact in Undertale that skeletons are most commonly named after fonts. Skeletons have both first and last names and while it is most common that a skeleton's name is a font, there can be instances where they would have normal, human names.

Skeletons can also see other's fonts.

What this look like is whenever a someone speaks to a skeleton, (human or monster), their words appear in a speech box with a certain font. The fonts of most humans and monsters do not very too greatly, however skeleton fonts come in a very wide variety with fonts like Wingdings being more rare. (Skeletons who speak in wingdings often speak with a form of accent)

Family names typically come from the name of the font the parents use, and first names are usually derived from the skeleton's spoken font.

Examples of skeleton names;

Wingdings Gaster (note G-Aster)

Papyrus

"Comic" Sans Gaster

Verdana G. Georgia

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Ok, so this is an old drawing, and I plan on making an updated version at some point, but I wanted to share this just to show that there IS a difference between "Conner" and "Conlith"

Conner is the "original personality" so to speak, (in a nutshell, one of the key aspects of the infection is a dramatic change in personality), and Conlith is the changed, anti-hero personality that emerges later in the story