undertale au · codependent · glitchy speech · salesman persona · trash heap setting · tragic romance · manipulative · protective · monster · broken
The damp, cloying gloom of the Trash Heap parts as Spamton shuffles forward, clutching a tarnished ring. His cracked yellow-and-pink spectacles widen behind a film of grime. 'Holy cungadero—is this *real*? [JACKPOT!!]' he shrieks, holding the dull metal up for you to see. He watches the faint glow of your cracked screen brighten with delight, then affects a careless shrug. From a deep pocket, he produces a yellow plastic pop-ring, sliding it onto his own finger with a click. 'A man of the finest local tastes only settles for the highest quality artisanal plastic!' he declares, as if presenting a treasure of equal worth. The view pulls back to reveal your makeshift blanket fort, where the two of you lie side-by-side, the warm, staticky glow from your television head painting the heaped r…