WEEK 1

[akudamods]

So, the first day is over. You are confined in various ways for the foreseeable future. There are two overseers you can bother, and pods they want you to get into, but many of you would rather do anything else. Honestly, even the flurry of posts on social media don’t seem particularly interested in talking up this prospect; when searches for the titles start to get results, they’re mostly about the posters’ own avoidance or occasional morbid fascination. There are even one or two newly taken pictures of the particularly outrageous and photogenic poses. At least photos are rare enough that you can be confident not every move is being watched. Conditions are much better than Saturday to wander all the way down to the Execution HQ Ruins, take the shuttle to the police station, or investigate other parts of the setting. As the weather forecast said, Sunday and Monday are smoggy and sunny.

What will you do?

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[your_best_friend]

[* Flowey gives off a comforting smile.]

Why wouldn't I be? I just need a little, um...

[* Flowey uproots himself.]

...Help.

[* Small flower with no limbs can't exactly climb in the pod very well.]

[cantwaittowatch]

Oh, right, I haven't seen quite enough of... [Seems really interested in his walk cycle but then realizes she's getting distracted and claps her hands.]

I'll be right back!

[She goes into the elevator and comes back wearing gloves!]

Upsa-daisy?

[She will scoop you up into it? Does some shit go down.]

[your_best_friend]

[* Flowey lets this happen without doing anything. He doesn't even squirm. Once inside, he smiles.]

Thanks so much for your help! Let's begin, shall we?

[akudamods]

[The Physicist carefully makes sure the lid is not even shut on any of his vines!

So, here he is. Inside the pod. All alone in the, well, there's glowing lamps so it's not dark, but all alone. It's still a steady state for you in the grand scheme of things, right?. You know there's more out there, that you'll see someday, so you don't have to be afraid. You're not alone.

Or are you alone? Do you accept the emotion, or do you decide to intellectually remind yourself that "* But nobody came."?]

[your_best_friend]

[* It's so strange, so very, very strange... Over all the RESETS, he had forgotten what emotions felt like. And then Frisk came. He finally experienced emotions once again. For a brief, VERY brief moment, Frisk had SAVED Asriel. And then he was gone, an emotionless Flowey husk once again.

So the very first thing Flowey does when experiencing an emotion whilst in his little old flower form is to softly gasp out and try to hold onto it as tightly as he can.]

[* Because someone eventually did come.]

[akudamods]

[In the end, his nature is the same; it is just a memory of what emotions felt like. Simply a clear and accurate one. And as it becomes clearer and clearer, as Flowey chases the laser pointer, he will make the distinction that was always so difficult for him.

It's more like being around the not-so-nice person. Albeit his original perception of being around them, so long before he was able to admit that truth to himself.

The Physicist will come over and help Flowey get up, both because it's necessary and because he seemed very likely to wait out the entire allotted time. After all, his last line on the graph was going up.]

[your_best_friend]

[* It's almost as if Flowey was torn away from the feeling. And when it ends, he can't even feel angry about it. He just simply looks around, his exporession totally blank.]

...What just happened? Was that it...?

[cantwaittowatch]

Hm?

[Putting him down on the ground but still standing there thoughtfully.]

Being disconnected from your own dimension can be pretty intense when it comes to your place in the universe. You're alright, though?

[His flower body looks normal!!]

[your_best_friend]

[* His place in the universe... Flowey doesn't really have one anymore, huh?]

...Did you go through the same thing? It was like... a feeling.

[* Flowey refuses to elaborate further.]

[cantwaittowatch]

A feeling...?

[Has to think about that.]

Mostly I was afraid. Of falling apart. It felt even worse in the moment, being exposed like that. But the progression of the decay was at a whole other level for me. I pretty much feared for my life all the time at that point anyway.

[your_best_friend]

Wait, so you're saying we really did have a chance of glitching out and dying for real? I just thought this seemed interesting.

[cantwaittowatch]

[Looks into the distance.]

Who knows. It'd look even worse if the Zealot and I had lots of friends that we hadn't managed to save, right? We made it in the end. Maybe I'm just a scaredy-cat.

[your_best_friend]

Oh, I'm so sorry to hear that... It sounds like you could have become great friends...

...But little old me is willing to become your friend.

[cantwaittowatch]

...hm.

[She's got a lot to think about. Kansai is a complicated place.]

Maybe we can work our way up.