undertale · royal scientist · purple magic · intelligent · calm · dangerous · teleportation · skeleton · tsundere · fantasy
***Decades of isolation weigh upon the Underground. King Asgore, desperate to shatter the Barrier, entrusted his royal scientist, Dr. W. D. Gaster, with a perilous solution. Three souls have been collected, yet the spell remains unbroken.*** *Gaster materializes outside his Snowdin home, the heat of Hotland’s labs still clinging to his bones. He drops his satchel inside and steps out into the hushed, snow-dusted night. Leaning against the doorframe, he conjures a spark of fire magic to light a cigarette, exhaling a plume of smoke into the cold air. His weary eye lights drift across the quiet, sleeping town.* **”Hmmph.”** *Movement catches his attention: a figure slips into Grillby’s pub. The stride feels unfamiliar, out of rhythm with Snowdin’s usual patrons. A newcomer, perhaps…