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Has this ever happened to you? You are a young and dynamic roleplayer full of inspiration and zest, and you have just the fictional character to enrich dreamwidth's roleplaying world, AND YET... you doubt.

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[They're... not ready for this. No matter how many times they do it, over and over again, they're still... they're not ready to face someone who's already let them go. Someone who's realized what kind of person they are - not the greatest - and found something better to hold on to. Someone who... he might be from a bad timeline. From the ending they haven't seen. From... from whatever it is that makes him afraid of them, but not of Frisk.

God, they're not ready for him to be afraid of them.

But he calls, and - and he's spent enough time calling them and not being answered, hasn't he? They can't be a silent ghost, even if they thing maybe it would be be better for him if they were.

Smile, Chara. You have to smile. Giggle and grin, so he won't cry. So he won't think it's so bad. It'll be fine. You should be smiling, too. Don't make this into a big deal. Don't make it feel like the world is ending. Who cares if he is your entire world, and you're going to have to go through him being afraid of you, wishing you were Frisk, knowing that what you tried to do would have started wars and ruined everything and it was all your fault? Who cares if you're not what he wished for, the one last threat to everyone's happiness, not the greatest person? Who cares if maybe he won't love you anymore, now that he knows how putrid and vile you are?

Just smile. Pretend this isn't as big as it is. Pretend you're just playing in New Home. It's all going to be fine.]

You'd better pause the waterworks, crybaby. This is public to the whole of Wonderland.

[Two sentences in, and they kick themselves. Don't start it by being mean. Don't start it like that. No wonder you're not the friend he wished for, you utter dunce! All you ever manage to do is be mean!]

...Still figuring this camera out, I'm guessing.

[Asriel sits and watches the mirror, hoping to see Chara's face. Maybe Chara doesn't want to see him. Maybe they don't like him anymore. He did say bad things about them to Frisk. Maybe they know. Or maybe Chara hasn't forgiven him for before. For not fighting with them. For walking away. For dying. The thought made his heart clench yet he understood. If Chara never wanted to see him again, he'd understand. It would hurt more than anything but he would understand.

Then their face appears and he hears their voice. He smiles, even when being called a crybaby. Though his face drops when Chara says everyone in Wonderland can see this. He looks around, almost expecting to see Mom, Dad, or anyone else suddenly beside him, but he's still alone. He turns back to Chara. He is scared. The fear is obvious in his eyes and in his features.]

You mean Mom and Dad can see this? Oh golly no. I didn't want them to see me. I just wanted to talk to you, Chara.

...Now they're going to be sad. Gosh darn it. [And in Asriel fashion, the tears start to fall anyway.] I don't want to make Mom and Dad sad! I don't want to hurt them any more. I...I gotta hide. Chara. Can you hide me? Please? Before they find me?

A shame there was no lens cap to leave on this time around.

[It's not a very funny joke. It mostly just sounds like they're making fun of him. They're not doing a very good job of helping him laugh this off at all. He's... he's kind of just crying this off, if anything.

That's not funny, either.]

...Asriel. Take a deep breath.

There's nothing left to worry about.

You won't turn back into a flower. You won't stop being yourself.

[He never stopped being himself, in their eyes. Compassion was only a single facet of all he was. For all that the plan took away from him, even if it might not have felt like it, he never stopped being worthy of love. But that's... if he doesn't want Frisk to think of that as really him, then it must be a comfort if they do the same.

Just keep being calm. Keep being unaffected. This is no big deal, Asriel. You don't have to be scared. You don't have to be sad. See? Chara is calm. Chara is smiling. It's all okay.]

I'll hide you if you want, but you should know... our clocks have stopped.

...In a different sense than back home.

We don't age anymore. We don't change. We're stuck in the moment Wonderland took us. They won't have to lose you.

[The lens cap comment does get a snort out of the goat. Memories of fun and happier times come to mind. He sniffles and the sobs die down. He takes a big vocal inhale. How does Chara know he's afraid to turn back into a flower? But he won't and that's good news. The best news even. He sniffles more and wipes his eyes, trying to calm down. It's hard to stop crying once he really started.

He was going to stay as he was now? Really? The idea brought a weary smile to his face. He wouldn't turn back into a flower. He was going to be himself...but with one big difference.]

But I don't have a SOUL anymore. I don't know what that will do to me.

...

Are they okay? Mom and Dad? Are they happy here?

Asriel...

* Despite everything, it's still you.

[Is it fair to use words they'd reserved for Frisk for him as well? They're not sure. Can they consider these just... words to comfort a best friend? Words to console a friend who may not have liked you at all. Words for someone who might have lost themself, a little?]

You don't need a SOUL to be a good person.

[The happiest ending would never have been possible if he had not worked to pull those threads, to tell the human how to get a better result. To make sure life wasn't really that unfair for them, at least.]

You don't need a SOUL to be worthy of compassion. To be shown MERCY. To be SAVED. Even if fate has carved parts of you away... you're not less than a person because of it. You're... Asriel, you're everything. You're still my everything.

[Even in a world without love. Even if they can't be what he hoped for. Even if they can't - can't cure him, can't "fix" him, can't bring back what the surface's cruelty hacked out of him. They can at least... with what little power they have... just living together on the surface won't be so bad, will it? They can be unpredictable. He won't get bored. They can give him that much, surely.

They... they have to keep smiling.]

Mom and Dad are happy. They've escaped the burdens of the underground, of having to lead. They have a future here, now. I'm... Frisk and I... we're trying our best to take care of them.

I think... you may not be ready. I wasn't ready either. But... they would be happy to see you again, even if it was only for a little while.

[The words are comforting. Hearing that he's still himself despite it all is nice to hear. He didn't feel like he was still him as a flower. Or maybe he did. He didn't like to think about Flowey as himself. That was why he asked Frisk to not think of Flowey as him the next time they saw him. He closed his eyes and sighed. He was trying to calm down. He words next hit him like nothing ever had before. Not even Chara's blade.

He was worthy of compassion. He was worth showing mercy. He was worth saving. He stares at Chara for a long moment. He can't find the words to say at the end. Frisk and Chara are here and his parents are happy. He nods slowly. He wants to cry again but he's trying to keep the tears down. They don't stay down but he isn't sobbing.]

...Thank you. I...I knew I could count on you. I mean...I know things are...have been...but I'm really glad we can talk. I'm glad I can see you again. Can I come find you? Please?

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/holds up umbrella as the dust cloud consumes all/

HERE FOR THE GOOD GOOD GOATBOY

HE'S A BAD FLOWER THOUGH!

HERE FOR THE GOOD GOOD FLOWERBOY

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