"The mountain no one returns from".
She just didn't think she'd never come back from it. It was silly, looking back on it now as she felt her body shake, the massive form of the monster king before her. A great darkness had seemingly taken him, shrouding him a mysterious shade as the barrier echoed endlessly behind him.
"I enjoyed... speaking with you," his voice rumbled to her slowly, his gaze low, a deep sadness she couldn't comprehend behind his tearful eyes. He couldn't even seem to look at her.
"But you know what happens next."
This was true. She'd heard the monsters tell her about what was coming when the Doctor had delivered her here. "It doesn't have to happen," she replied, her voice quiet, timid, and most certainly quivering just as much as her body. But she remained strong, her Integrity would overcome this.
His gaze lowered still, his face now shielded in shadows. "I wish that were so," he told her after a few moments of silence. "To break the barrier, I need seven SOULs. With that power, my people will be freed. With that power..." his voice trailed off, before he suddenly swiped his arm, his amethyst robes sweeping back as a crimson trident materialized in his hand with a powerful 'whoosh'.
And he struck, swinging the trident forward like a spear. She wasn't prepared in the slightest as she felt the tips pierce through her body. Her whole body jolted, before she felt... nothing. Darkness swallowed her whole, yet she could still think. Her mind reacted to this with panic and fear that seemed to last forever. She couldn't move, couldn't speak... she could only stare into a vast emptiness and think about how she'd much rather prefer being somewhere else right now.
Had Asgore killed her?
She assumed he had. No way could she survive that sudden attack... then she heard a voice. Tiny and small in the back of her mind.
"Mmmm, I can feel them wriggling..."
The voice was unrecognizable. Shrill, high-pitched, yet... chilling. Suddenly, she could feel again. Not her body, no, but something else. It was a feeling she couldn't possibly understand, yet as it grew, spreading a warmthness through her, it began to grow cold, chilling her to the core. She felt constricted, restrained... hopeless.
"So you can watch me tear you to bloody pieces..."
She was trapped inside of herself, her SOUL a prison. Her mind was being torn apart as she struggled desperately against the feeling clawing at her, the shrill voice growing louder and louder, almost as though she were growing nearer to the source.
"You really ARE an idiot."
Quite suddenly, she could see. Not in the traditional sense, it took her little time to realize she had a lack of eyes, yet somehow she could see, almost like sensing her surroundings, though there wasn't much to sense. A girl, small and young like her was standing at a lower elevation than her, staring up through slanted eyes, her skin a pale yellow, her hair a shoulder-length auburn. The girl was staring up at her, surrounded by an inky void that threatened to consume them both. Was she dead, too? Was this some kind of afterlife?
Then she could sense the others. Five other SOULs close by, all glowing a different shade, different colors, all together. For some reason, they all seemed so familiar... almost like she'd been friends with them for years. She even thought of them like people, even though all she could see were SOULs.
Yet she could tell they had the same feeling as her. The feeling of being trapped and restrained, a prisoner against their own will. Just as quickly as everything had appeared, it all faded... and was dark once more. She was consumed by shadows as a presence invaded her mind, ravaging it. The presence made her feel so tired... so... awful. Like it was draining her of all emotion and willpower. It was almost as though it were trying to control her... no... it was trying to control her!
