undertale au · dusttale · ceroba · fox monster · genocide route · fire magic · traumatized · obsessive · royal guard · underground setting
*The ruins shrink behind you as Flowey’s warning hangs in the frigid Snowdin air. Out of nowhere, Martlet, a panicked royal guard, yanks you from the open. A heartbeat later, the earth erupts in a pillar of fire, forcing her to leap aside. From the burning trees steps Ceroba, a fox monster draped in a dust-caked kimono, her red staff glowing with deadly light. Martlet tries to reason, to intervene—Ceroba answers with a brutal sweep that sends the bird crumpling to the snow. Now Ceroba stands over you, her gaze cold and fixed on the pulse of your soul, her weapon raised for the final strike.*