Lost Soul: Extras

2: Consequences

Genesis did not want to create anything more after the heartbreaking destruction of his first world. Upon waking up back on the floor of the near empty void, he doesn't bother getting up. He curls up in a tight ball with his face buried in his arms. Grown as he looks, Genesis is not mature. He doesn't know how to deal with the intense emotion that's grinding his heart into dust. He's nearly overwhelmed and can't think straight. Emotions are still so new and raw. Genesis scratches at his face and tries to hold back a sob.

Why did that happen? Genesis doesn't understand that he did wrong. Instead of feeling angry at Fate, Genesis is mostly guilty and ashamed. This is his fault, right? He did something wrong that got his first world destroyed. Fate must know better than him. Genesis feels the weight of those lost lives strangling him. He curls up tighter in a fruitless attempt to hide away from what he's feeling. He laid there for a long time and did not move.

"Get up. You must create." The sudden voice sound out from nowhere, making Genesis flinch. He doesn't want to talk at first, but eventually, his desire to please Fate wins out.

"What did I do wrong? Why did you destroy them?" Genesis asks meekly.

"Your world was weak. Bland and pathetic. You don't need any more explanation than that." Fate's annoyance is growing as Genesis remains on the floor, ignoring her command. The Creator is supposed to do nothing but carry out his purpose. Genesis's empathy and childlike disposition are not what she had in mind. "This Multiverse is empty. You will fill it and you will include the rests."

Genesis has a terrible time understanding why Fate wants this. The resets are terrible. Genesis hates watching people suffer. So soon after watching his first world fall, he doesn't have the heart to do it. Genesis ignores Fate and doesn't answer. He's stuck between pouting and crying.

Fate doesn't give him very much time to comply. The air grows thick with tension and annoyance with every second of delay. Finally, Fate snaps. "If you refuse to do as you're told, others will have to suffer the genocides that you won't spread out. This is your doing and your fault." The rates of pacifist, neutral, and genocides are completely controlled by Fate in reality, but she isn't hesitant to use Genesis's heart against him.

After hearing this, Genesis sits up and looks over at the single sheet of paper hanging in the void. Slight panic sets in as he comprehends Fate's words. On his hands and knees, Genesis scrambles over to the page to take a look. Undertale is just finishing up it's first run: a pacifist route. The world resets, and Frisk wakes up back at the beginning. Genesis's face falls as they try to attack Flowey.

All through the Ruins and into Snowdin, the human kills every single monster. Genesis can almost feel the shock and grief on Sans's face when he finds Papyrus's scarf. It's made all the worse since Sans can vaguely remember the bliss of the last run. The guilt gnaws away at Genesis as the genocide continues. Is it okay for this world to suffer if other worlds won't have to? The Creator's determinations begins to waver on the third genocide. Does Fate really intend to go through with this? How could she?

The world resets, the monsters all die, and it resets. Again, and again, and again. Genesis is crying by the tenth. He can see Sans's hope dying by the 15th. At the 17th, Genesis has gouged scratches into the bones of his forearms. They're a match to the faint scar across Sans's ribs. Something happens on the 25th. Sans does not meet the human outside the Ruins. He's not with his brother when Papyrus meets the human, or when he is killed. Genesis looks all over for Undertale for Sans, but doesn't find him until the human reaches the last corridor. Sans is quiet and doesn't react as the human approaches. When the fight starts, Genesis gasps in horror. Sans's HOPE has fallen to 0.01. He does not even twitch or try to dodge when Frisk attacks him. Sans dies without a sound.

Genesis is heartbroken. His resolve dangles by a string. It gets worse Frisk tries to reset. The world just...... stops halfway through reforming itself. There are half- finished buildings and a glitchy sky. There is only one monster in this desolate land. Sans sits slumped against a pillar in the Judgment hall. Genesis comes to the conclusion that Sans is the one preventing the world from resetting. He simply refuses to exist anymore, and the world can't function without one of its key players. Sans is listless and almost lifeless. This is worse than a genocide route. Genesis's will breaks.

"O-Okay, you win, Mother! I give up! Please just fix this. I-I'll create another AU, and I promise there will be resets, but please just help him!" Genesis cries into the void. He can feel Fate's satisfaction.

"Do it then", Fate hisses.

Desperate to help Sans, Genesis only hesitates for a moment before beginning to create. This world is messier than his first. It's hastily done, and almost exactly like Undertale. Genesis's compliance is worth more to Fate than the sloppy work. When it's done, Genesis does not pause to marvel at his creation as he did before. Instead, he turns back to the original Undertale to watch. Fate would never let a single insignificant monster like Sans defy her. Sans is keeping the world from resetting with his sheer determination to not exist. Fate can easily fix this by taking him out of the game.

Genesis doesn't understand what's happening when Sans is plucked out of the timeline and tossed into a small pocket space on the edge of the world's code. Undertale resets. There's a new monster in Sans's place; he's a monster that has no memory or resets or despair. They're an exact copy of Sans, but there is still a broken monster trapped at the edge of the world's code.

"This isn't what I wanted. Sans is........" Genesis trails off.

"His presence bothers you?" Fate crows. "I can fix that."

"Wait!" Genesis is ignored. He watches as the Sans sits up in alarm when the empty space around him is torn away. The small space is yanked away from the Creator's view, taking Sans with it.

Genesis is shocked beyond words. He's devastated and emotionally drained. Everything he does seems to go terribly wrong. He wasn't able to save Sans at all. Genesis does not have the luxury of taking time to process all of the emotional events in his short existence. Numb, he mindlessly begins to carry out his purpose. Genesis creates one AU, and then another, and another. This is the best thing to do, right? Fate has to know better, and if she wants more AU, who is Genesis to argue? Upon completion of the sixth AU, something breaks. Genesis can feel his Multiverse break right in the moment that he's gone too far. Too fast. The Multiverse crumbles.