look at all that which surrounds me [ open ]

[determinedest]

Who: FRISK and YOU and/or TIM and YOU
Where: Mostly outside tbh like just generally gonna be in the woods
When: 2/09 - 2/11
Rating: PG-13; general cw for mental health shit for Tim in particular
Summary: Frisk climbed a mountain. Tim's lost time. Neither of them is particularly okay.
The Story:

[Just kidding starters are in the comments again so I don't spam the log comm lol. Anyway if you want closed starters just smack me here or over at arrpee. Also feel free to use either prose or brackets and I'll match you.]

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[codlet]

[Instantly, with the practice of a monster who's been told this a thousand times in class:]

That's because human SOULs don't need love and compassion to exist! But monsters do need that stuff!

[The spears have dissipated, magic not strong enough to keep them solid for too long.

Undyne grins and folds her arms, completely missing how upset the human is getting. She's just proud she can say she learned something from school.]

[determinedest]

[Then it's true. Humans really are just...this is why they're here. This is what they're capable of. They do horrible things, just because they can.]

[The edges of the bandage have begun to itch. Absently, they reach to scratch at it before their hand drops away.]

What happens if you're mean?

[codlet]

Why would you be mean on purpose?

[Undyne doesn't really get the question.]

Monsters can be mean without combusting or whatever. Anyone can be mean.

[But Undyne has a much different measurement for what's mean or not.]

[determinedest]

What happens if you're bad?

[They should've been more specific than that. What happens if you're bad? What happens if you're not compassionate, or kind? Do you just...wither away?]

[codlet]

Ummm. One of my teachers likes to say, there aren't bad monsters, just monsters who make bad choices. And then they tell you you're making a bad choice and make you go sit in the corner.

[Undyne makes a lot of bad choices, if that's not obvious.]

[determinedest]

Do you die?

[BOY THAT'S UM, KIND OF DARK FOR A KID DON'T YOU THINK.]

[But the alacrity with which it comes through, the ease and immediacy of the idea's origins and the way they utter it without hesitation - that might speak volumes.]

[codlet]

No!!! You just learn!! It's school!!

[Jeez!! Undyne is far too young to look too far into this line of questioning, or reflect on it in any capacity. Mostly she's just confused at it.]

[determinedest]

[That's not how learning usually works. Sitting in a corner doesn't teach children anything. It just teaches them not to get caught later. Doesn't it?]

What if you're always bad?