a slightly down kiddo

[dustless]

Hey, Mun? I...kinda miss...everybody.

[Frisk really doesn't like admitting when they're lonely, but...they really can't keep it in anymore.]

Think monsters an' stuff might come here?

Comments

[itstheend]

Exchanging one prison for another... perhaps the sun would be the deciding factor.

[For Chara the former is the more salient...

Hello Frisk, it's good to see you again.]

[dustless]

Oh! Chara!

[THEY'RE VERY EXCITED AND FLING THEIR ARMS OUT but do not move forward into the hug they really want to give, 'cause Frisk's pretty sure they're not a fan. They just end up wiggling like an octopus with nowhere near enough limbs.]

--Dunno, sun's fine, but other people an' friends an' stuff are better usually.

[itstheend]

[Chara regards the open arms somewhat like they would a venus fly trap; harmless but still not something they'd want to touch... still, from the small smile on their face it's clear they appreciate the thought and even return it.]

If you say so.

[The aloofness is somewhat undercut by that lingering literal expression of fondness.]

What has been happening, since I... left? So have others, it seems.

[The 'left' is in question because they don't actually remember leaving or ending up anywhere after, but it clearly happened.

(also the mun is waving. it's good to see you again jules! you're a sight for sore eyes : D)]

[dustless]

[This just means they
♥ WIGGLE HARDER

until they sag a little.]

Oh, um. Some stuff happened after, like me turning into a really mad wolf for Halloween, but not lots. Think pretty much everybody left too. Tired writers or something, I guess.


(o/ o/ o/ good 2 see u here also!)

[itstheend]

[Chara can't help but make a face at 'Halloween'.]

Ah yes, the season of involuntary transformation.

[They don't miss it! Their Frisk does, a little, but it's complex because of it.]

...maybe one day, they will return.

[The Castle has it's whims... but this is more intended to comfort in Chara's own way rather than something they necessarily believe.]

Have they not thought of placing you somewhere else?

[Chara's thoughts on the entire concept of a mun are not charitable. It's icy.]

(yessssss <3)

[dustless]

Bein' a demon was more fun... [Extremely unfair. They've got nothing against demons, but wolves are like dogs, right? They would've thought being dog-y might turn out better, but no, they had to want to eat everybody. Nasty, nasty, nasty.]

Maybe! Just looking around now in other places, though. An' look! [They again wiggle their limbs, this time jazzhands at Chara in general.] It worked!

[Frisk sighs.] No. They're busy and I've been too quiet. [Of course they're being quiet, they're not getting enough attention.]

[itstheend]

[Chara mildly presses X to doubt because in their experience, being a demon is not fun.

It did! [They glance around at the blank white void and test it with a foot and folded arms.] Five star accommodations and everything.

[They prop their head on a hand and lean in on it.] That's been going around, it seems.

[dustless]

[Frisk is a bundle of optimism! Most of the time! Also, they had wings at the time. Nothing can make wings unfun.]

Uh-huh. And it coulda been someplace grosser, right? Like a datin' meme. [Frisk is guessing Chara would hate one of those, even though Frisk has a party in 'em.]

It sucks.

[mercybutton]

[Now, that voice, those words. They recognize it.

Wow, it’s been a phenomenally long time. Frisk musses their hair to get some of the dust out that must’ve accrued since the Castle.]

I miss them too.

[And they missed Frisk. Other Frisk, not-blind Frisk.]

[dustless]

Frisk-Frisk-Frisk! I knew it, knew other friends'd show up sometime.

[Stage whisper:] Can I hug you?

[mercybutton]

[♥Hug, yes, absolutely yes, it's been far too long. Frisk holds their arms out wide open. (They'd go in first, but there's always a chance they'll miss and it'll be really clumsy, and they don't want to embarrass themself immediately after finding an old friend again.)]

C'mere!

[dustless]

[♥ BIG HUG
so big it's nearly a tackle!]

Missed you an' everyone an' I've been really, really bored! Been anywhere nice? Or...well, anywhere?

[Also wow they hope that was dust-dust and not monster dust in their hair.]

[mercybutton]

[It's definitely dust-dust. There's a couple trails of comically visible spider webs that wave gently in the air.

They stumble backwards a little; they'd expected a big hug, definitely, but a near-tackle hadn't crossed their mind until they registered the speed of those footsteps in the half-second before collision. They can't help but giggle.

As for the question, Frisk just shakes their head.] No, I wish. Mun's been around, just... not with me.

[Shrug, and then a smug grin, if a little bitter.] But I'm still their favorite. Have you gone anywhere?