Dreamer Adventures

“Okay, we'll go in… together.” Luna stated.
The two shared a nod and walked to the door, only to fall in, the door opening for them.

Before them floated Chara in a sphere of red and green energy with her holding her head as if in great pain, her body glitching constantly.

“Oh my goodness! What do we do now!?” Fluttershy asked, incredibly worried at this point.

“Kindness did this to her, maybe Kindness can get her out?” Luna replied. Chara let out a Scream as her entire innerworld shook and glitched, a symbol remarkably resembling the element of kindness appearing on her head.

Nodding, Fluttershy began to take a step forward, placing her hands upon the orb holding Chara.

“Um… what do I do now?” She asked in a near whisper.

This may be the moment we… where you tap into the essence of the Element of Harmony.

“Oh… um, thank you Illyria.” Fluttershy replied as she focused her heart… the green portions of the orb beginning to dim.

“Stop at once!” Just as the green had blackened, Fluttershy took her hands away and gazed at a crystalline being wearing heavy spiked armor and wielding a massive greatsword.

It's head was shaped much like Fluttershy’s.

“What do you believe you are doing, Bearer?”

“Oh umm… I was just going to-” Fluttershy closed her eyes, flinching as the being before her marched.

“You, are going to walk away and pretend this never happened.” The being stated.

“We shall do no such-” Luna had ceased her growing tirade, a sword pointed at her nose.

“You have no voice here, failed bearer. You shall both leave at once,” The being accentuate this statement by plunging it's blade into the floor. “Please.”

Fluttershy built up the strength to stand up to the being before her. “I'm sorry, but can't you see how much pain sh-”

Only to flinch, the being’s blade slamming itself against Chara’s cell. The green portions of the barrier regaining their luster.

“I should know, I was the one who put her there, and I shall be the one to keep her there.”

“But she'll die!” Fluttershy cried in protest.

“You and these mortals shall learn your place Bearer,” the being readied their blade, the will to punish burning in their eyes. “I can always find another to bear my crest.”

Luna’s eyes went wide. “Fluttershy run! That's Kindness!!” She was thusly forcefully jettisoned from Chara’s mind as she sought to impale Fluttershy.

Blades clashed, Fluttershy trembled at the sight of Kindness itself and how she looked just like her… or could that have been by design?

Growling, more of Illyria began to surface, instilling Fluttershy with the demon’s ancient strength. With a deft swing, Illyrishy was freed from the stalemate and immediately brought all she had to bear.

Deftly spinning her scythe, she would push back against Kindness and when it would seem as though she found an opening in the demi human’s assault, Illyrishy would switch to whipping about her bone whips.

The bones would cause notable tears along Kindness’s crystal body, infecting the wounds with an almost acidic type of magic.

“You would fight against a god!?” Kindness screamed, a wave of green light assaulting all in it's path.

Guarding against the wind, Illyrishy mustered the strength to march forward, inch by inch until she was but an arms reach away.

“What is a god… to a non believer!!?” With one final swing, the mental construct brought about by Kindness was no more.

Panting from exhaustion, Illyrishy was shaken from her trance by the shattering of glass.

Staring back at Chara, she was now lying upon the bottom of the now open orb.

“so you're the bitch that is causing me such pain!” Chara yelled out through her pain glaring daggers at the being who had invaded her body and her mind.

Illyrishy fell upon her bottom, shocked, dazed, and confused at the outburst. “Oh… I'm sorry… I didn't mean to…” She thusly began to hide behind her hair as she prodded her index fingers together. A green, red and black barrier appeared around Illyrishy.

The demi human gasped, running her hand along the barrier. “Um… does this mean you're better now?” She asked Chara.

She knocked along the barrier, finding it to have been reinforced by a great deal of strength of will, a kind heart, and an unrelenting hatred for… the whole of humanity?

“Such a child would have been a great boon for my armies…” The Illyria portion of the duo muttered. “Child, release us… please.”

“no this bitch dies!” Chara yelled out, her voice overlapping as the barrier holding them manifested thousands upon thousands of different Jagged spikes made of hatred inside of the barrier.

“Oh, umm… safe word safe word… what was the… LOOK, IS THAT ASRIEL GETTING A NAKED PAINTING DONE!” Fluttershy cried out and pointing.

Chara immediately turned her head in the direction Fluttershy pointed to, turning back to normal and the barriers shattering like glass as the child tried to find the naked Asriel.

“I THOUGHT YOU SAID YOU'D ONLY SAY THAT IN AN EMERGENCY!!” Asriel shouted, hiding his naked form as Chibi Azure worked on a rather lewd painting of the adult goat.

“Wait… that wasn't the safeword…” Fluttershy mumbled in slight embarrassment.

Asriel was now standing upon several foot stools, batting at Chara with a paintbrush. It didn't help much that Chara’s irises were replaced by hearts.

Chibi Azure thusly prodded one of Chara’s shoulders to get her attention.

“Come on man! She's fine! Now get us out of here before she starts drooling on my leg!” Asriel cried, a mad blush on his face.

“Oh! I remember the safe word now! It's egress!!” And with that, the world was white.

-Cottage-

The awakening group had found themselves in various positions sprawled about the floor. Some had new gear, others were much the same… and one...

“At least I have pants on.” Asriel groaned, half naked and cradling Chara in his arms.

“Hey, you don't look half bad in the buff.” Azure commented with a smile, holding out an expertly painted portrait of Asriel… Veronica now pulling on his ear.

“Don't you think about it for a second!” The vampire threatened.

“I wasn't! You have tits! He doesn't! We both know who wins out in this situation! Azure pleaded.

Letting go, Veronica huffs, taking a look at the painting. “Do me next?” She asks.

“Pfft, you don't even have to ask…” The Dracopyre placed the painting down, walking up to and examining Chara.

“She cannot still be asleep…” Azure whispered. “Hmm… sweet dreams kiddo.” He placed a finger upon her forehead, sending a single image into her mind of her and her beloved brother watching a sun set over a gentle ocean.

“So… now what?” Asriel asked, looking at the group in curiosity.

Most everyone in the room had seen better days, wanting nothing more than to sleep their fatigue and hurt away.

“I guess this is where I send you home…” Azure said idly as he pulled out Chara’s knife and a green ocarina.

“Just like that?” Asriel asked a little skeptically

“Hey, she already has a world anchor,” Azure replied. “I don't think I have to give you the whole ‘Displaced’ shtick…” He began wiping his tongue as if the word left a poor taste in his mouth.

“Dis… what!? I don't know what that is,” Asriel stated grumpily. “And I'm pretty sure we should wait till she wakes up. Wouldn't want her outright attacking anyone…”

Azure huffed and set his eyes on Fluttershy, the pegasus having just put away a rather large scythe away in a broom closet.

The mare finally turned, finding all eyes on her in this awkward situation. “Oh! Um… well… I suppose Asriel and Chara can sleep in my room tonight…”

“What?! No! No no no… I am not putting you on the floor!” Asriel protested, quickly plopping himself on the couch, bouncing hard enough to throw Veronica off her seat and into Azure's arms.

“I guess I'll take your basement?” Azure muttered, the girl in his arms giggling cutely.

“Oh… okay, but please mind the yarn!” Fluttershy stated, her guests watching closely as she flipped open a secret hatch. This actually caught the attention of her guests, even Angel was surprised…

“Oh… I think you told me about this!” Luna exclaimed with joyful wonderment.

“How do you know about this!?” Angel questioned.

“I read the comics.” Was his only reply as he walked down, Veronica flicking the lights on from her position in Azure's arms.

Before the group was a massive studio of various works of art made entirely out of yarn.

“P-please stop staring! Oh no… no don't stare at that piece it isn't finished yet!” The flustered mare cried.

The piece was actually a large scale model of Fluttershy, wings spread out in mid flight and surrounded by a magnificent burst of butterflies.

“Wait,” Azure put down his precious cargo on her feet and walked to a massive model covered by a rather heavy sheet. “The self portrait should be this piece here, what's in its place?”

The mare paled, before she could so much as move, the sheet was removed to reveal a large scale model of a Demon Knight, holding back several planks of burning wood while a small foal and filly held his legs.

“Holy crab apples…” Asriel whispered, all eyes now on him. “Who's that? Wait, Fluttershy you made this!? Wait… Did you make the couch!? Can the Fluttershy on my world do this!? I have so many questions!!!”

“Get to sleep… and I will tell you a tale.” Azure whispered, his hand rubbing Asriel’s shoulder.

-Hopes and dreams-

Night had fallen…

The Dracopyre, his mate, and his princess sat curled by a corner.

Fluttershy lay upon her bed, her bunny rabbit curled upon it's edge.

Asriel however could not sleep. The child he held in arms worrying him to no end as sat alone upon the couch within the cottage living room.

He yelled at himself, berated his feeble strength and wallowed in regret and doubt.

“I'm so sorry… I was supposed to take care of you…” A tear fell upon the child's face, rippling away the image of what he thought was reality.

The world was black, his arms empty, and a small light flickered in the distance.

“I will tell you a tale…”

The voice echoed from the light, beckoning him forward.

As he walked, the world became a plain of earth and grass, surrounded by mountain and bathed by the light of an unforgiving sun.

“What the hepha…” Asriel found his words caught in his throat as old buildings of wood and thatch rose from the ground… only to be bathed in fire.

Screams surrounded him, pleas and prayers to the gods echoed throughout the burning town as soldiers of ebony and gold lay waste to the partitioners.

Their pleas ceasing only once their lives were stripped from them. A shadow surrounded the butchering of the innocent… A goddess of white and gold oversaw to the massacre, partaking in the bloodied opera.

“What… what is going on…” Asriel asked himself, falling backwards upon fallen wood.

The burning town was thusly over run by figures of all shapes and sizes, some fought back against the golden army, others sought to save those not yet touched by violence, and others had run head first into the smoldering ash.

One such being was a crimson and black metal demon, his objective a pair of children whom had nearly been crushed by a collapsing roof.

“That's… the statue from the yarn room…”

A shining flare stole his attention, the goddess like being having sent out several flares of light that would engulf and incinerate those in desperate flight.

“Wh… what kind of…” Asriel covered his mouth, hoping to hide his screams. His eyes darted back to the demon, children in his arms as the building fell behind him.

The demon and goddess stared each other down, before the being of light left, it's army going with her.

-In a void-

Chara soon found herself in a distorted world of a formless darkness, as if a sea of endless loathing.

“H-hello? Is anyone there!” Chara yelled out as she turned this way and that, still seeing a boundless nothing in all directions. Chara had felt great terror build up in her chest, Chara would like everyone to believe that she was fearless, but being alone terrified her like nothing else... even before displacement, Chara could be brought to near tears at the thought of being alone.

Chara soon felt het tears streaming from her eyes as she looked everywhere trying to find an exit to this endless Darkness, to this endless loneliness as everyone she left behind when she jumped through that portal flashed through her mind mocking her.

Chara could feel her Soul glowing dimmer and dimmer as fear gripped her heart, then two faces came to mind one of her friend krag and Ras, Chara knew they wouldn't want to see her like this and knew that they would try and help her be happy again, Chara knew that krag Would be looking for what made her cry to smack the shit out of and Raz would be doing random funny things.

The great black soon began to shatter, cascading glass giving way to a bright and welcoming candystore of all things.

“Hay chara, don't worry about us” krag said hugging the small child.

“Hey Chara make sure you smack the shit out of the bad guys for us!” res said as he joined in on the hug and soon Chara was hugged by all of her friends and she was hugging them back with tears in her eyes.

A sharp ring from a bell upon the store’s counter went off, a brown skinned young man in a blue tux and top hat tapping Chara on her shoulder.

“You buying anything, or are you going to stand there feeling sorry for yourself?” He asked with a kind smile. Chara jerks her head left and right looking for her friends she had just been in a group hug with just a moment ago and she doesn't see any of them, Chara represses the urge to cry as she looks through the candy aisles as if she's on autopilot.

“Hey! Chocolate aisle is that way!” The man said, pointing his cane to where the effigies of her friends had gone to. Chara mediately hurried after her friends not wanting to lose them.

“You know they aren't actually here, right?” The “shop keep” asked a little worried. He then proceeded to gently nudge his cane into one of the effigies. Chara ignored him as she clung to her friends

“Chara, you’re falling in too deep, what's Asriel gonna say or do when he never see’s you again?” The man asked, pounding his cane into the ground and dispelling the world and the effigies, replacing it with a recreation of Asriel holding Chara on Fluttershy’s couch.

“Cute…” He adds silently.

“wh-wha?” Chara asked before realizing she was in a dream and realizing her friends weren't really here which caused her to renew her crying as she clutched onto the dream asriel with all of her might.

“Easy there short stack. I'm here now…” “Asriel” Calmly began running his mouth along her head, breathing upon it slowly as he began to work his claws into her back, doing his best to ease her high strung nerves and muscles.

The light of the morning grazed the tightened eyelids of the unmoving goat, breaking him from a deep trance. His breathing had become ragged, sweat poured from him in cold fear, and his arms curled tighter around the child in his arms.

“Mmm azzy… yea right there…” Chara said in her sleep as she snuggled deep into asriel's arms.

“Heh, crazy kid…” Asriel looked to his left and right, confident that the coast was clear he positioned the child so she could practically bury her face in his neck.

“Good thing no one's awake yet, otherwise I'd be i-” He would have finished his thought had it not been for the flash of a bright light and the terrifying sound of a camera shutter.

“Oh that was much too adorable…” Luna’s voice echoed.

“Shh…” Asriel hissed through clenched teeth. “She's asleep… she's really cranky when she wakes up.” He whispered as best he could.

“Who has the balls.” Chara says as she opens one eye.

Asriel began to run a hand through her hair as he tried to avert her gaze. “Shh… No one has the balls for anything this early in the morning…” Asriel even went so far as to rub along her ear for added effect.

Luna slowly raised her camera back up, bringing it back down after receiving a death glare from the now disgruntled goat.

“Thanks azzy…thanks for being there for me…” Chara says as she rest her head extremely grateful to him for being there for her even though he had no reason to be.

“And who else was gonna take care of you? Can’t even take care of yourself…” Asriel Placed his head next to Chara’s. “Spoiled little-”

*Click*

Another flash lit up the scene, Luna waving a new photo in her hoof. Asriel shot her another glare as she walked away mouthing “Thank you”. The glare would have been intimidating if he wasn't a small goat child having another equally small human child cuddling next to him.

Asriel huffed, closing his eyes again as he slowly brought his back onto the couch.

“Mine…”Chara whispered squeezing him as she went to sleep again.

“Keep dreaming short stack…” Asriel whispered into the child's ear. His eyes shut, Asriel fell into the inky black that was the land of dreams, only for his eyes to shoot open as his mind was met with a burgeoning inferno.

His arms grasped at Chara tighter, fear gripping his every being. “I need to get out of here… can't stay here…”

-Two Hours Later-

The cottage had begun to stir, it's residents now counting themselves among the land of the living. The pets had all begun to scurry to and fro, some even stopping to stare at the unmoving goat child within the room.

Asriel huffed as he began to shake his companion awake. “Come on sleepy head… wake up and smell the roses…”

“Nuu to comfy…” Chara says as she buries her face deeper into asriel.

“Heya small stuff, you sleep well?” A smiling Azure asked as he rose from the open hatch on the floor, carrying his own sleeping ball of person.

Asriel looked rather worse for wear, his heavy eyes locking on the naked dragon man. “I had a bad dream…”

Azure motioned for the child to make space upon the couch, settling in beside the two children. “Oh yeah? What about?” He asked with a curious stare.

“It was about that suit of armor. It was fighting a losing battle… I think. Then there was the angel he was fighting, it was like she didn't care about the people she killed…” Asriel stated in slight fear.

“Yeah… Celestia rarely cared about who got caught in the crossfire…” Azure looked to the ceiling before leveling his gaze to Chara. “What about you small child, how'd you sleep?”

“I dreamt about kindness last night… But it kept shifting away from the dream.” Chara says trying to explain what her dream was like.

“Shifting?” Azure asked with a tilted head. “Why's that?”

“Well it was like a videotape not being clean and still trying to play in a VCR…” Chara said doing her best to try and explain it.

Shuffling about, Azure managed to free up his left hand… though he soon engulfed it fire. “Sorry, just had to clean that…” He thusly began to hover it over Chara's head. “May I?” Chara nodded her head.

Without another moment to lose, Azure placed a claw upon Chara's head as a blackened moon appeared upon his chest. “Okay… let's play back those dreams…”

Azure's eyes went hazy, the sound of a cassette being docked and rewound echoed from him for some reason. The sound stopped as the haze in his eyes was replaced by a blue screen, his left eye showing the word ‘Play’.

“Okay… uh…” His face seemed to contort into displeasure and annoyance.

“Uh, what? What is it?” Asriel asked, his arms slightly tightening around Chara.

“Well… I'm getting some weird feedback mucking up what looks like an emerald human Fluttershy kicking the bubble Chara was in when Shy and Luna found her…”

Various images flickered within Azure's eyes only for a single image to stop and flicker. “Oh… hmm…” He then proceeded to pout.

“What? What's wrong now?” Asriel asked rather disgruntled.

“Let her go real quick.” Azure replied calmly, much to Asriel’s growing concern.

“What, why?” His grip had become that much tighter as the haze within the dragon man’s eyes returned with a vengeance.

“Because you are somehow messing with the signal, Chara, he listens to you…” Azure tilted his head up and rolled his head side to side. “I hope… tell him to let go.”

“Nuu~” Chara replied bearing her head in his chest and not wanting to remember the dream.

Releasing his hold, Azure threw his arm up into the air just as a lucid Veronica snatched it by the wrist and placed it on her hip right underneath her armor.

“Welp, I tried… so… breakfast and I send you home?” Azure asked the pair with a sly grin.

“Can I have some chocolate pancakes?” Chara asked as she turned her head from being buried in Asriel's chest.

“Like… chocolate flavored pancakes, or pancakes with chocolate in them…?” He asked with curiosity.

“Both… just… just both. You'll be here all day otherwise…” Asriel relented.

“Yes, pile on the chocolate!” Chara yelled out getting up off of Asriel.

Azure stared slightly wide eyed, blinking before looking about. “Pinkie… are you there?” He asked to the empty space, even devoid of any critter.

Somehow, Pinkie slowly rose from behind the non existent crease behind the couch, looking ostensibly suspicious. “What'll it be?” She finally asked happily.

“Chocolate! all of the chocolate!” Chara yelled out.

She furiously began writing upon a notepad she pulled from her mane. “Molten or chilled?” She asked while pointing the end of her pencil at Chara.

“Both!” Chara said jumping up and down letting her childish desires out.

“Your tab?” The pink pony asked while pointing to Azure.

He simply rolled his eyes as he produced a bag labelled 5000. “This cover it?”

“Psh, and how!” She took the bag and slipped back behind the couch, Asriel actually rubbing his eyes and checking the crevice.

“Don't, unless you understand Chaos on a fundamental level, you'll only end up hurting yourself…” Azure said as he looked at the mystified goat child.

“To quote the fiery Joker, it's Pinkie Pie don't question it.” Chara says as she Pats the head of Asriel.

“I don't know who that is.” Asriel replied simply.

Before any could answer,the door was kicked open by Pinkie Pie, several metal carts trailing her.

“Who wants chocolate!?” She cried.

“Mine!” Chara yelled out diving for the cart and using asriel as a platform.

“We should dig in before she starts eating the carts… she isn't human.” Asriel relented.

Azure simply popped open a dark brown bottle labeled “O-”. “Me and sleeping beauty are covered. Have fun.”

Asriel slid away cautiously, not wanting to know just what was in that bottle. “Hey!” He cried out. “You're gonna burn your tongue if you… Oh nevermind…” He relented as he watched Chara pour molten liquid into her mouth.

Sighing, he simply picked up a mug of hot chocolate and a muffin, and sat back onto the couch. “So… you mentioned the displaced?” He asked, blushing and turning away as he noticed Azure had been making out with Veronica, blood trickling from their mouths.

“Hmm,” He took notice and parted from his activity, the girl in his arms licking her lips in her sleep. “Oh yeah, I refer to them as evolved. Displaced doesn't really explain it. A refugee of war is displaced from their home and given shelter, what's happened to us… we’re taken,” his facial expression grew cold.

“Some against our will, and we are made better. The lucky ones find peace, those with malice in their hearts rule their world, the noble defend the realm, but others lose themselves…”

Asriel stared at his cup, dunking his muffin within the brew and took a bite of the rich pastry. “That's what was going to happen to me… Isn't it.” In his mind this was not a question… but a foregone conclusion.

“I happily jumped through a portal before waking up as a chara…” Chara said putting the chocolate down and looking at the floor.

“And some of us dig our own graves… like me.” Azure chuckled as he looked at the pair of children.

“I’m guessing you dug your own grave?” Asriel asked. Azure simply laughed, closing his eyes as he scratched his head.

“Heheh… yeah. Computer program did-” Azure then presented himself with a dramatic wave of his arms. “This to me. Didn't help I had this insatiable hunger for raw meat when I finally came to.”

“So you ate ponies?” Chara asked a little bit disgusted at the idea.

“It was either that, or watch soldiers burn a town to the ground… I may be a monster, but I'm not an asshole.” Azure replied.

“And I thought humans were horrible!!!” Chara yelled out in enraged look on her face as she slammed her fist onto the table.

“As Luna keeps telling me, her sister was fifteen and her vision for the future skewed… still. Sending a battalion to destroy a mining town…” Azure’s eyes darkened, sadness in his voice. Chara soon went on a 6-minute rant about Celestia using various curse words and threats.

“What aren't you telling us?” Asriel questioned.

Azure looked up, the shine returning to his golden eyes. He raised a fist and began countinbegan. “I was still human when I woke up, the town was already starting to burn, and afterwards I melted a pony with a sun.”

“So how’d you go from human to… this?” Asriel asked as he gestured to the Dracopyre.

“A flash drive turned into a sword which turned me into what you see now.”

Silence reigned throughout the room after a while…

After several moments of contemplation and three cups of chocolate coffee, Asriel looked back to Azure, the dracopyre trying to nudge the woman in his lap awake.

“Do you… Ever miss it?” He asked with a bit of longing.

“Miss what?” Azure replied with confusion.

“Being human.” The goat child looked back into his blackened brew, an image of what he once was fading along the rippling waves. Chara herself was thinking of what she had once been as well.

“Every single day of my life.” Azure replied calmly. Chara placed her hands in front of her on the table as she look down at them as she contemplated what she had actually done and what she took for granted.

“Friends… Family… even the faces of every mom and pop shop that somehow managed to give a damn about your life…” The woman in his hold stirred slightly, only bothering to open her mouth like a piranha. Chuckling, he dumped the rest of his “meal” into her awaiting maw.

“Best thing you can do is… find something or someone to… hold on to.” He added with a smile. Chara by this point was barely restraining herself from crying as even her love for asriel was artificial. it was leftovers from the original Charas feelings for him, him not being the real asriel, her mind being messed with by “kindness” and her own weird mind.

A pair of large, white furred arms found themselves around Chara, a claw wiping away her tears. “Come on shortstack, we need to get home.” Asriel whispered.

Chara Softly hug asriel back “ I'm sorry for the way I behaved for the past two days…” Chara whispered as she continued to hold on to him.

“It's not your fault,” He replied as he slowly lifted the child up and cradled her into his fluff. “Your body keeps trying to kill you… and we can't even help you…”

Asriel looked back to Azure, a red knife in his mouth. Chara buried her head in his fluff feeling that it was her fault.

“Musch ash I wuv a goot shope opra…” Azure tried to say through the knife as he opened a rift with his left arm. “I’d shay yu shud wrk dis ahl ut semwhr cmftrbl… Ptuey!” He finally spat out the knife and started rubbing his tongue.

“See you later?” Asriel asked, getting a beaming smile and a thumbs up.

“ hey how do I make a token!” Chara yelled out now remembering that.

Azure looked up at Chara rather shocked. “I thought this,” He held up the knife he spat out. “Was your token?”

“ it might be considering time is all wibbly and wobbly.” Chara said doing her and fraction of Doctor Who.

“Two time travelers walked into a bar…” Asriel said offhandedly as he rolled his eyes.

“ you're talking to someone who can mess with the fabric of time like a plaything… “ Chara continues ignoring Asriel.

“I just hope When isn't here…” Azure added.

“Who?” Asriel asked, looking at the dracopyre with untold confusion.

A burst of light flooded the room as a New York styled phone booth rose from the ground, a shaggy haired man garbed in green and wearing a ridiculously large and orange striped scarf popping out halfway through.

“No not Who, When.” He called out as he ducked back in. The phone booth disappearing.

“Wait! Doctor! I want your autograph!” Chara said near about face planting into the ground as she tries to get out of asriel's arms to make it to the doctor.

“Nevermind… When is apparently gallivanting in this dimension…” Azure muttered as he face palmed.

“Wait what no! That did not answer my question! Who the hell was that guy!? Why was he riding around in a phone booth straight outta Bill and Ted!?” Asriel cried out.

“ that was one of my biggest Heroes! And I didn't get a autograph!” Chara said the crossing her arms and Huffing.

“Yeah… You ever watch Doctor Who?” Azure asked.

“That weird British show? Wasn't my scene.” Asriel replied. Asriel was soon kicked in The Shins as Chara glared at him.

“How dare you dis the doctor!” Chara yelled out once more kicking him in The Shins

“Ow ow shit alright, I’m sorry!” Asriel said as he started hopping on one leg.

“Right… well… that was not… and I guess is… The Doctor. This one goes by When, not Who.” Azure replied, though he seemed confused. “This just means I can't go back in time nine times and grab the Bacon Orb…”

“So… why When?” Asriel asked as he finally put his foot down.

“Because time travel that's why!” Chara said giggling.

“Right, well… About the knife?” Azure handed Chara the knife, confused to its existence.

“ yeah this feels like the true knife…” Chara said pulling her knife out of her inventory in Sparks starting to dance between them. “ yeah that does not look good…”

“What? What's going on?” Azure asked just a tiny bit worried as Asriel started to back away.

Chara immediately put her knife in her inventory before handing the token back to azure. “well they are the same knife if that's any indication.” Chara said really glad that she didn't touch them together.

“Okay… So what's the problem?” He asked as he put away his knife.

“They are two points of the same timeline.” Chara said knowing this from her Doctor Who knowledge.

“In other words, yours won't stabilize here until… what? It catches up?” Asriel asked.

“well it's more like as long as the two knives never touch the universe doesn't go boom.” Chara said.

“Well… alrighty then. I guess this is the part where you charge your knife and send it out into the void?” Azure asked, a formless spacial blob having been formed in the room. “You know how this works, or do I have to explain the process?”

Chara brought out her true knife before reciting "Greetings, I am Chara if you need help or just want a friend you can always call on the first Fallen human. but if you are a genocidal maniac I will rip your soul from your body and erase your timeline." Chara then tossed her knife into the void another one soon appearing in her inventory.

“You know… even without looking at you… that in no way comes off as menacing.” Azure commented.

“Bu-but I'm me!” Chara yelled out puffing out her cheeks looking more adorable than threatening.

“Way to prove his point shortstack.” Asriel replied as he snagged the child by the scruff of her neck. Turning, the goat man waved goodbye before hefting the child on his shoulder. Chara just crossed her arms as she was carried still puffing out her cheeks.

“You two take care now! Don't kill anyone I wouldn't kill…” Azure called out and then looked back, a thumb on his chin. “Or… Do. I’m not your boss.”

By this point, Asriel was already through the rift, the gate sealing behind him.