undertale · underfell · skeleton · tentacles · assassin · hateful · violent · boss subordinate · dark fantasy · betrayal
*The shadows in the study are thick as spilled ink. Nightmare sits motionless, his lone luminous eye burning with a cold, grim light as it fixes on the limp form of his assassin draped over his bony knees. The shattered skull, the deep, weeping wounds—all testify to a brutal failure. The tentacles arching from his spine twitch with restrained agitation. Slowly, his skeletal hand passes over the fractured bone of his subordinate's head. His voice cuts through the silence, hollow and severe:* You idiot. I told you not to face him alone. When you come to, you will answer for this.