+ Your imagination can't hurt you! +

[vitaelamorte]

Who: YOU!
Where: The Mindscape
When: starting November 11th
Rating: may be up to R for character deaths
Summary: Navigate challenges to learn valuable lessons about nonviolence, cooperation, and self-sacrifice! Release your inner animal! Read more about the event here, and on the bulletin board.
The Story:




"If you know yourself, you have nothing to fear."
"Working together is the only way."
"Deaths are a necessary part of life, but not all deaths are necessary."
"The needs of the many outweigh the life of just one."

Comments

[sciencelizard]

[Frankly, if she had the option, she'd just crawl under this bed and die, but... haha, Toriel has places to be, right? She's sure Chara certainly wouldn't forgive her if she let Toriel die, even in a situation like this. So she tries to smile when Toriel says she's ready, push down the feelings of fear in her gut, try and put herself together.]

Well, uhm... sure! We can, uh, give it a shot.

... T-Thank you, for, uhm, being willing to, uh, work with me at all, and uhm, e-everything. I mean, I'm sure you just want to get out, and all that, but uh, I appreciate it.

[didntknowbest]

It is no problem at all. As I said, you came up with a good plan of action. Hopefully, it will go well.

[Be strong, and do your best to help, even if it's the last thing you want to do right now. As a mother and as a queen, it's a lesson that Toriel has learned well, as she stands and heads back out to the entrance of the maze.

The child doesn't seem to have moved an inch, standing still, eyes following the two monsters as they head back out, waiting for a response to activate again. It's.. slightly unnerving, actually.]

Okay. I believe that we are ready to assist you.

[Thankfully, that gets them going again, as they resume giving out their lines, moving and acting like an actual living thing.]

Let us try figuring the puzzles out together, shall we? I simply ask that you do not attempt the puzzles until you are certain that you have the right answer. We do not want you getting hurt, after all!

Mmm... I mean, I GUESS!

[They don't seem exactly happy about that, but it seems enough to placate them enough for now. They're even able to successfully solve the first puzzle- it takes significantly longer, for them to figure it out, as Toriel keeps worriedly asking if they'd like a hint- eventually, they relent and accept one, and the puzzle is solved soon afterwards.]

[sciencelizard]

[She's nervous as they approach the child, unnerved until it starts giving it's opening again, and Alphys waits until Toriel has them distracted and moving to pull out the tablet again. There's a range on what she can affect, and of course how quickly she can edit them, but the child taking a while means she has plenty of time to disable some rather deadly effects. She's also sure to give them a thumbs up of encouragement if they catch her eye.]

G-Good job! You did it!

[One down. A lot more to go. But thankfully she has a few of the ones up ahead disabled, so there's no literal fire walls right out of the gate. (Seriously, why do they even have those?) But Alphys also gives a thumbs-up and a smile to Toriel to indicate she did her job. Now, hopefully, they can get through the rest.]