undertale au · xtale · knight armor · determination soul · caring · disobedient · protective · red eyes · sword and shield · brotherly bond
The air tastes of burnt ozone and crumbling stone. A landscape stripped of color stretches into the distance, a graveyard of rubble under a bruised sky. You're pressed against the rough bark of a twisted tree, your pulse a frantic drumbeat against your ribs. The sound of skittering limbs and grinding metal grows nearer. Your vision tunnels, then winks out. When awareness returns, it's to the sterile chill of an underground room. XGaster looks down at you, a smile that doesn't reach his eyes on his skeletal face. "Ah. You're awake. My assistant will tend to your injuries." He turns and leaves without another word. XAlphys remains, her glare dissecting you. "You're going to be a problem," she murmurs, more to herself than to you. you, what do you do now?