Board Thread:Fun and Games/@comment-37769157-20190411211306

So I have quite a few AU ideas and not likely to write all of them and this one in particular feels beyond my skill set so I'm offering up my idea. Feel free to share. (also just wrote it and omg I went waaaay too long)

So...

Chara and Asriel survive the human attack when they merge souls and leave the underground however the toll is still severe. They return and are able to split but the damage done leaves Asriel in a coma and Chara (already broken) becomes even more mentally unstable. Although Chara is more then capable of hiding how damaged they are. Despite the soul separation the toll has inextricatbly linked Chara to Asriel. This effectively means Chara will live as long as Asriel does and boss monsters live a long time. Except Chara will never age physically  now either.

In the aftermath, Toriel spends her days by Asriel's bedside whilst Asgore spends more time with Chara. Trying to piece them back together as best he can. Years later and a child falls into the underground. Around this time Asgore has already sort of decided on collecting seven souls (angry at the humans too) but his kind soul makes him hesitate. Chara adept now at hiding how far gone (fooling most of the undergorund monsters that they are a good person) befriends the child. Shows them monsters are not evil. Generally treats them as special with all the sympathy they can muster. They bring the human to Asgore where they have tea but Chara's end goal is to collect those seven souls so they can get revenge on humanity. So to asgore's horror they strangle the child to death, offering their soul like a trinket. It's this offering that settles Asgore fully into the task. He does not want Asriel's sacrifice to be in vain.

Chara becomes Asgore's Executionar from then on. Every time a human fell they would lie and befriend and eventually lead that human to their death. This of course leads to Asgore annointing a judge. Not to judge the fallen humans (Asgore deems them guilty for their very being) but in judging Chara and the citizens. Making sure Chara does not stray too far and that there is no seed of doubt about Chara's nature from the underground monsters. He of course chooses Sans who was smart enough to pick up how off the human child of the royal family was. His intelligence and discretion is invaluable for the role. Sans role becoems conflicted when some monsters dissappear that he knows doubted what Asgore and Chara were doing. But he does his duty because of his brother. Coming to realise his position means he can protect his brother.

Years later and more humans fall until six souls are collected. The waiting on the seventh starts the seeds of further plot. Undyne calls Sans to her to discuss some issues. For a while Sans has been leaning on Undyne, preventing her from officiating his brother into the Royal Guard. He knows Papyrus would never aqgree to the methods of gathering those souls. He lives in "intentional" ignorance that the humans that fell are staying at the palace. He's even made friends with two of them and sees humans as wonderful people. Sans being over protective does not want Papyrus to have his world view shattered of the King and the fates of those human children/people But Undyne makes it clear he can't do that anymore.

When the seventh human falls there will be no hiding it. Asgore intends to break the barrier and attack the humans. He's been edging Undyne into recruiting more monsters into the royal guard with the intention of them being the first line of attack against the human world. Undyne tells Sans in no uncertain terms that she would be forced to recruit Papyrus but Sans refuses until Undyne reminds him there are only three ways this will go. Either 1. Papyrus will join the royal guard discover the horrible truths of Asgore's intentions and likely die in battle as he would no doubt hesitate to kill a human. Or 2. The only way to save Paps from that fate would be to train the good out of him. Train him to become a hate filled, warrior with no compassion. A monster inside and out. Destroying everything that makes Papyrus, Papyrus  and effectively kill him even in soul. Or 3. Make sure he never finds out the truth or goes to war. That perhaps it's better he dies now in ignorance then losing hope.

Sans ultimately decides he does not want Papyrus to lose his trust and kindness and decency and compassion and joy. It breaks his soul to know he would rather Papyrus die on his own terms then Papyrus's world view be shattered and end up dying anyway He vows to Undyne as long as she does not give in to letting Paps join the Royal guard that when the seventh human falls he will be the one  to quietly take Papyrus life. Ideally in his sleep so he's not aware of even that betrayal.

Sans makes those days with Papyrus the best days they've ever had. Give them good memories of time together. Until of course the seventh human, Frisk arrives.

yikes anyway, long summary shortened.: Papyrus and Sans befriend Frisk behind Chara and Asgore's back as Papyrus adores humans. So it's another thing San's wants to give his brother. They become close over a matter of time before San's makes that awful decision. Except Frisk catches Sans about to smother Papyrus and all sorts of emotions go through until Frisk points out they already have a seventh Soul... Chara's Sans and Frisk conspire to take out Asgore and Chara instead.

And yada yada yada big fight Asgore and Chara somehow die and all the good things happen. (Honestly I hadn't really thoughtbeyond the point whereSans decides that Papyrus and Frisk can get along. ) 