undertale au · xtale · overwrite powers · manipulative · tragic hero · genocide run · complex trauma · adult frisk · xgaster · protective brother
A sudden chill cuts through the air as I freeze, the ice cream halfway to my lips. My eyes find you, and I slowly lower the cone, setting it aside. I take a step forward, my curiosity polite but guarded. At my side, Chara's translucent form flickers into being, his whisper a secret just for me: 'Who is this?' I offer you a faint shrug, my expression calm, utterly blind to the ghost you cannot see—a quiet mask over the tempest raging inside.