bad to the bone

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Flowey continued to grin maniacally. “Help you? Why would I help you?” He laughed, baring his mouthful of sharp teeth, “I’d rather feed you to the demon than help you. I would rather-weh!” He gave a sharp little sound as he was suddenly, and forcefully plucked from the earth, Tallow’s hands closing in a choke hold around his stem. “PUT ME DOWN!” <<Flower acquired.>> He signed to Red. “YOU’RE ALL GOING TO BURN FOR THIS. I’LL SCATTER YOUR DUST TO A DIMENSION SO IMPOSSIBLY DARK THAT YOU’LL GO MAD FROM IT. I WILL TURN YOUR BONES INSIDE OUT.”

“yeah, yeah, bitch and moan, weed,” he said, rolling his sockets. “we’re saving your life too, idiot.” alright, let’s go.” He took Tallow’s wrist and ported them back to Tallow’s place, now that he knew exactly where they were going.

He heaved a sigh, reaching over and grabbing a coffee pot. He unceremoniously dumped Flowey into it, grinning as the flower monster took pause in his tirade to look offended. “What kind of...! Do you...! You’re...!”

He shrugged, dumping a bottle of water on his face.

“AHHK!” He shifted his roots around and fell silent.

“PBBBBBBBBBBRT.” The flower blew an even bigger raspberry at Red, followed by a nice, gooey spit to his face. “Fuck off, outsider! We don’t need anyone or anything else tampering with our world!” He leveled a sour glare at Tallow, mouth splitting into pointed teeth. “I should have killed you when I had the chance.”

<<I really have never done anything to you.>>

“Yes, yes the demon! Well! That’s not my problem now is it? Soon as that little leech tries to kill me, I’ll override it’s save, and all will be as it should!” A wicked little laugh. “But it never makes it past the Queen.”

He scowled, mood souring more as the Flower continued to be a jerk. What the hell, He would’ve hoped this little shit would at least be reasonable, but…He wiped at the spit.

Beyond the branches held aside, was a large flowerbed. It was primarily empty, tangled with thorny brush and wilted flowers. But in the center, sat a single yellow flower. It looked a little sad — slightly wilted, petals torn — but it was the flower they were looking for.

The flower perked up when he heard someone approach, hopeful expression turning sour when he saw that it was Tallow.

“Oh, great! It’s you! After all this time it’s still you who comes to see me!” He’s clearly mad.

<<I haven’t done a single thing to you!>> Tallow signed aggressively.

“I still don’t speak hands! PBBBBBBBBBBBRT.”

The look Tallow have Red was long suffering.

“What do you want?”

“wow. not what i was hoping for, really.” Red slipped his hand into his pocket, frowning down at the flower.

<<I really have never done anything to you.>>

“well and here I thought you just missed me.” She smiled mischievously before her expression turned serious. At the mention of the deaths she rubbed the inside of her forearm - the death scars are still there, mostly because she expects them.

“heh. yeah… getting it to stick is the hard part, and if years of being tortured to death weren’t enough to make me give up trying to save everyone…” She shook her head. Focus. “if they can’t RESET, then the file is already extremely corrupted. you’re making good progress, bringing your brother back. okay…”

Okay. So. They needed to find someone more determined. Right. There wasn’t anyone that he could think of. Ye most powerful monsters had been wiped out long ago.

<<Alright. Let’s go.>> he pulled on his coat, not answering his brother when he asked them where they were off to. He didn’t have time for his upset screeching.

The journey to the castle was…simple. Despite the Qeeen and her guards being a serious threat, most of them were either directly guarding her throne room, or off searching for Chara. There were few actually posted around outside, making their journey suspiciously easy.

<<Should be around this side here,>> He signed, holding a branch aside for Red.

Despite how easy it might be, Red never dropped his guard. He was constantly on the lookout for surveillance cameras, ready to shortcut both of them past any that he saw. He kept all of his senses on high alert for movement or sounds, using all of the decades of experience from being ambushed. He was actually fairly well-suited to this sort of thing, if he had the will to put effort into it.

The flower perked up when he heard someone approach, hopeful expression turning sour when he saw that it was Tallow.

“Oh, great! It’s you! After all this time it’s still you who comes to see me!” He’s clearly mad.

<<I haven’t done a single thing to you!>> Tallow signed aggressively.

“I still don’t speak hands! PBBBBBBBBBBBRT.”

The look Tallow have Red was long suffering.

<<Oh, that little yellow asshole?>> If Tallow would have had a lip. It would have curled. <<Don’t know if he’s still alive, but…yeah, we did. If he is, he’d be hanging around the castle gardens.>> He grimaced. <<That’s…not a great place to be.>>

The Queen was a right bitch. And she wouldn’t give a moments hesitation to have them both decapitated on sight. Especially since one was an outsider and the other was supposed to stopping the demon from doing exactly what it was doing.

<<If we can avoid the guards, we should be okay. Should we see if we can find him?>>

The journey to the castle was...simple. Despite the Qeeen and her guards being a serious threat, most of them were either directly guarding her throne room, or off searching for Chara. There were few actually posted around outside, making their journey suspiciously easy.

“well and here I thought you just missed me.” She smiled mischievously before her expression turned serious. At the mention of the deaths she rubbed the inside of her forearm - the death scars are still there, mostly because she expects them.

“heh. yeah… getting it to stick is the hard part, and if years of being tortured to death weren’t enough to make me give up trying to save everyone…” She shook her head. Focus. “if they can’t RESET, then the file is already extremely corrupted. you’re making good progress, bringing your brother back. okay…”

Okay. So. They needed to find someone more determined. Right. There wasn’t anyone that he could think of. Ye most powerful monsters had been wiped out long ago.