A Killer Life

Chapter 3*

I woke up to a scare with the floor in my face. My body twisted in a weird angle, tangled up in my jacket that I used in place of a blanket last night.

Ugh, what time is it even?

I stretched my neck to the side to see the clock's small arrow pointing to 6. I looked outside the window to double check the time. It was 6 a.m.

I rubbed my eyes as I sat up. Seems like I wasn't tired as I thought.

I stood up and walked towards the door, rethinking yesterday's plans.

- go to hotland and kill everyone there first before i go to Waterfall.
(fuck off demon, i know im being unoriginal.)

I stepped outside into the cold, the air was chillier than usual and significantly lacking magic. I hugged myself to try to keep myself warm. Huh, was the CORE not working?

- check the status of the CORE while i'm there too, ig?

I'm pretty sure this didn't happen in the last run, which is weird. Did the RESETs finally start to affect the world negatively? Better be safe than sorry then, don't wanna die off too quickly, am I right?

I tried to shortcut to Hotland, only for my magic to dissipate. I tried it again a few times only for the same thing to happen. Weird...

Having no other choice, I took Riverperson's boat to the entrance of Hotland.

When I got there, the bold letters of 'WELCOME TO HOTLAND' were big as always, but looked slightly.. dimmer? I might be seeing things again.

As I took my dagger out and got ready to kill, I remembered that I forgot to bring healing items. Shit.

Fights are going to be slower if I can't heal myself right after a fight.

Reluctantly, I put my dagger back into my inventory and started walking back towards Snowdin.

Turns out, I don't have enough gold to take the Riverperson express, which was one of my regrets.

Maybe paying respects to every monster by placing gold I got from each fight in their dust isn't a good idea...

It's going to be a long walk since someone forgot to bring food.

When I enter Waterfall, the loud sounds of the waterfalls were calming yet anxiety inducing.

Each step I took echoed through the dim cavern. The water was clear even when running, and sparkled under the light of echo flowers.

Curiously, I looked over the edge to see what it looked like up close.

*Despite everything, it's just you.

In the water showed a skeleton, wearing a fluffy hooded blue jacket and a black turtleneck.

At glance, I looked similar to a certain crying skeleton, with the tar like tears that flowed down my bony cheeks, and the target shaped soul right in the middle of my chest.

So the water was reflective enough to be a mirror I suppose.

I was kind of surprised at how similar I looked to Killer, but.. I am pretty confident that I'm not him.

With all the additional quirks that I have that he lacks, I was more likely to be an alternate branch of what could have been him.

To put it more simply; I was just a copy of him...

This is why I was hesitant to look at my reflection. I didn't know what kind of reaction I would have if I did, but I seem okay for now so it should be alright.

What I'm more interested in was my tears that seemed to vanish when it passed my cheeks, and the dainty purple glow at the center of my bright red soul.

Those were the only two details that popped out to me, making me rethink being the original Killer. Because from what little I remember, he didn't have anti-gravity tears or a purple tinted soul.

The tears were supposed to stain Killers clothes, and his soul only showed one solid color of determination. How interesting.

My makeshift theory I came up with for now was that I, a reincarnated human, being in the body of a skeleton monster, might have messed with whatever DNA was to a monster, which caused the difference in my physical traits.

How much it might have affected me would be the next problem, but that's for future me to think about on a later date.

I stood up from my crouched position and took one last glance at my reflection.

The void like eyes in the water taunted me, watching, but I only turned and walked away towards my destination again.