LV 1 - Human

Like, imagine if the second coming of Jesus Christ happened, but it was only for one town. Hilarious.

This is strange, because magic usually does something, even if not what was intended. A lesser, or unexpected effect appears. Magical energy can't just dissipate into nothingness, it must do something!

Just goes to show how bad they are, the student thinks.

That's what they think.

Turns out they ARE "bad" at necromancy, because they're missing a crucial step. The process of necromancy is twofold: reanimation of the conciousness and reanimation of the body.

The student has accomplished the former but not the latter. In other words, each and every one of the specimens which the student has made attempts on -each corpse, that is- is conscious. Conscious, but with no capacity for movement. In fact, all organs, muscles, tendons, and nerves are nonfunctional.

These beings, animal and human alike, not quite dead yet certainly not living, are unable to see, hear, taste, smell, touch, speak, or move. All they can do is think, forever.

One of them says, "This isn't working. Do you want to stop?"

You're playing a brand new chapter of Deltarune.

A knock on the door. Toriel answers. It's her son, Asriel, back from university!

Asriel greets with a "Howdy!"

Hugs and kisses. Standard-issue welcome home from Mom. Toriel even has a pie, baked in preparation.

Kris is here! They're so happy to see their brother again, or you suppose they must be. You can't exactly see them emote, or hear (read) what they say.

Conversation with Asriel continues. He's such a Golden Boy, exactly what you'd expect from his many awards, and the way everyone speaks so highly of him.

But as the cutscene progresses, you notice something. The music.

The music track playing isn't You Can Always Come Home, or a variant.

The music doesn't have the His Theme motif.

No, it's something else.

A melody you'd know anywhere. Not quite the vaguely ominous chiptune, but still glaringly recognizeable.

Tenna when happy, based on Toby's latest post