Polly's Eternal Adventure (P.E.A)

Segment 0.5 | This Is A Proper Tu[Toriel]

In the next room, I see what looks like a practice dummy...

Polly: That thing looks weird, for a practice dummy...

Toriel: As a human living in the UNDERGROUND, monsters may attack you. You will need to be prepared for this situation.

Polly: Flowey... I mumble.

Toriel hears me worried about my last encounter with a monster. However, she remains high-spirted.

Toriel: However, worry not! The process is simple. When you encounter a monster, you will most likely enter a FIGHT!... Sadly...

Polly: I will be fine, Toriel; it's no problem.

Toriel: Right, when you are in a FIGHT, strike up a friendly conversation... or at least one to help your situation. Stall for time, and I will come and resolve the conflict.

Polly: Excuse me, "friendly conversation?"

Toriel: Is that a problem?

Polly: ... Possibly.

Toriel: How so, my dear child?

Toriel looks at me suspiciously and slightly seriously.

Polly: Never mind; pretend you didn't hear that.

Toriel: Ahem, alright, try talking to the dummy.

Toriel leads me closer to the dummy and steps out of the way of me facing the dummy.

I am stuck with the scene of me staring into the eyes of a lifeless dummy. I was unable to feel anything but awkwardness. I wonder to myself, "Does she not feel the intense and awkwardness of this?"

I turn my head to look at her and see a soft smile, waiting patiently for me to say something.

Okay, this is only going to pass if I just say something—anything, I thought hurriedly.

Polly: Um, hello, my name is P-Polly. Nice to-uh meet you?

And just like that, my surroundings became the same, like when I faced Flowey- Lack of coldness or warmth; no winds; nothing but me and the enemy.

Polly: It's a battle!? But Toriel, I thought you said that it only happens with monsters?

Toriel: Well, this is a special case; although it isn't a monster, it is a practice dummy.

Polly: What does that even mean?

Toriel didn't elaborate any further than that.

*You countered the Dummy* as the text appears.

Polly: That is strangely ominous... Is anyone going to talk about that? No, okay...

Mani speaks up and informs me of something new.

Mani: Hey, look, Polly, sliding from the bottom of you!

Polly: Huh? What are-

Five boxes appear from below me, and they float from just above my midsection. As they slightly curve around me, it goes like this:

Fight (on the far-right side), Act (on the far-left side), Item (secondary to the left side), Mercy (secondary to the right side), and finally Special (in the middle). They are all outlined in a weird orange color, kind of like bronze.

Mani: These boxes with words on 'em are called "buttons" or "options."

Polly: Yeah, I figured. Thanks, though. I say, focused and pressing each button.

Unsurprisingly enough, I can't use the button in the middle just yet, it seems. When I press it, it just rejects it by sending a message saying, "Can't use now" or "Requirements haven't been met."