Strange Times, Stranger Places

Chapter 9: Underground Explanations

Welp. This is gonna be a mighty information heavy chapter. While reading it, reader, remember that this chapter is going to be information heavy because of the other characters- either inquisitive people or people who need it spelled out for them.

Hooo boy.

Well, it wouldn't be that heavy if you skipped it and said they knew everything.

BUT WHERE'S THE FUN AND STORY DETAILS IN THAT ASSHOLE OF AN ENTITY IN THE VOID?!

God you hit hard *Fakes tears*

OH MY FUCKING GOD YOU DID NOT- Anyway.... Let's get to this. Asshole.

Bitch.

FUCKING DEAL BOY.

Well, can I-

NO CIPHER.

Fineeee.....

All the kids sat on the bed, prompted by Sans and Frisk. They looked at each other, sighing.

"So... Here's what's going on..."

"First of all, you can speak?" Connie interrupted.

Frisk sighed, looking to the side. "Yes. I don't like to all the time though. I prefer to be silent."

"Why?" Steven asked.

Frisk again looked pained. "I don't want to talk about it. That's all."

Sans took Frisk's shoulder. "Look, the kid only started to talk to me once he realized I remembered the timelines too. They're nervous about the whole thing."

"Alright, question. Why did that... Other kid that took over you but was really possessing you... What was their name? Anyway, why did they call you a girl?" Mabel asked in her classic, long winded way.

"First, the kid's name was Chara. They died a long time ago in the Underground, and there's a whole story behind that too. Anyway, they called Frisk a girl because Frisk, while they want to remain genderless in this timeline, switches between being a girl and a boy between timelines. It's hard to distinguish the two ways that Frisk is, so they like to be genderless to avoid that issue."

They all made a sound that sounded like an 'Ohhhh' in realization. Sans pat the striped sweater wearing child on the head, and smiled toward them. "Anyway, Chara likes to take over my body, keeping me from being able to complete a full adventure through the Underground that allows all the monsters to live, and allows for us to all get out of here."

"What did Chara mean by the power of RESET? What exactly are timelines? I mean, I've read up on theory relating to the time-space continuum but-" Dipper began to rant on, but Sans held up his hand.

"Kid you've gotta slow down. Alright, so timelines are basically the alternate universes that lay on the same plane, right?" He got out a piece of paper, and a pencil. He drew lines next to one another, and labeled them. "Alright, so these lines are like the timelines, right? Each is separate, and have different things. This one has all of you added into the mix." He pointed to a center line. "This one has me and Paps with switched personalities, as well as everyone else, including Chara and Frisk" He pointed to another line, then another. "Let's say this one is totally ansty and dark, where everyone kills each other. Or they could be identical to this one. The possibilities are endless." He drew lines, connecting various parts of lines to the beginnings of others. "Frisk and Chara have the ability to RESET, essentially jump from one timeline to another. It allows for them to change the ending of timelines, and cause good or bad to happen. Myself and one other remembers the timelines- a stupid flower by the name of Flowey. He turns into a Temmie in the swapped timelines, by the way."