Before the Storm ( Sans x Reader )

Q/A

THIS CHAPTER HAS SPOILERS FOR THE NOVEL. I RECOMMEND READING THR BOOK FIRST AND THEN READ THIS

If you're reading this, then you've someone managed to endure the cringe that is my writing. Frankly it is curious how people can read this without getting a seizure from how bad this book is. But because I'm an egocentric and I like talking about myself, I'm going to put in a question/answer chapter that hopefully addresses any confusing elements within the plot and upcoming novels.

1. I don't understand this book.

PLOT SUMMARY TIME THAT HOPEFULLY MAKESE MORE SENSE:

One of the really big problems with writing a book - at least for me - is that my head knows pretty much everything about what's going on and what will happen since I'm literally the one that came up with the plot. The biggest challenge is trying to translate that into writing to make the audience understand as much as you do about the novel.

Kris was supposed to be this human that was trapped in the laboratory that knew that the universe they were in was caught up in this endless cycle of resets with Frisk who was always venturing throughout the Underground. Kris got tired of this and took matters into their own hands, taking over Gaster's mind.

(Y/n) was able to do this sort of spell that removed them from the minds and memories of everyone in the timeline. Before Kris and Gaster's combined consciousnesses faded, they left a part of their soul inside Papyrus to sort of keep watch on (Y/n) and San. This of course made Sans and (Y/n) lose their memories of the lab and they lived a life on Snowden for a few months, oblivious to the fact that Papyrus was actually not who he seemed.

Kris and Gaster's combined consciousnesses latched onto Frisk's vessel when they fell into the Underground, thus taking over the timeline. The original timeline for this universe was supposed to be that Sans, Papyrus and (Y/n) would eventually escape the lab, live out their lives and eventually be killed by Frisk. The original timeline never happened in this book because of all the messed up things going on.

(Y/n) was able to stop Gaster and Kris for a second time, though they had to choose which consciousness to erase from their universe forever with the limited power and time they had. (Y/n) decided to erase Kris rather than Gaster because Kris was more of a threat. Kris was booted from their universe and thrown into the Void, where they made a deal with Nightmare and got their own world. This essentially set up the plot for Deltarune.

Everyone wakes up back to normal in the lab after (Y/n) resets. Kris is no longer in the picture. Gaster, however, can remember what happened in the previous timeline because he has once shared a consciousness with Kris. He learns about the original timeline, the timeline where Frisk falls down into the Underground and kills all of the monsters.

He therefore tries to speed up the experiments to free the monsters before Frisk can fall down and kill everyone. He takes Papyrus and tries to increase the strength of his vessel so that he can hold a human soul, the same thing he tried to do in the last timeline before Kris had possessed him.

The similarity between what Gaster was going now and what had happened in the last timeline triggers some memories in (Y/n)'s mind to resurface. They don't remember everything, but they know that something bad is going to happen if they can't save Papyrus. They escape their cell along with Sans.

However it's too late. Gaster has already made Papyrus this hollow vessel and rips out (Y/n)'s soul, then putting that soul into Papyrus' lifeless form. However, Papyrus isn't strong enough to hold the soul and begins to wither into dust. Sans sees this happen and is determined not to let Gaster live if his friends are going to die.

He takes (Y/n)'s soul into his own body, giving him needed strength, and casts Gaster into the Core. As Sans begins to die, he's sort of reflecting on his memories and brushes against some of (Y/n)'s since their soul is inside him. He sees a memory of (Y/n)'s when they reset during the timeline with Frisk and decides to do that himself, thinking that Gaster has forever been eradicated from this universe and won't come back even if he resets.

So Sans resets, but as he does, that version of himself that absorbed (Y/n)'s soul is ejected into the Void because he's a flaw in the universe as he absorbed a human soul. This is essentially the background story for Ink and sets up the plot for Rising Storm.

But everything goes back to normal. While that Sans may have been ejected, a new Sans was created and everything is fine and happy. Sans, Papyrus and (Y/n) wake up near Snowden and live out their happy lives. After all those bumps in the road, they have finally reached the 'normal' timeline. Of course, with Gaster and Kris erased, they don't remember anything about who they used to be.

The story then ends on a cliffhanger where Frisk falls down, suggesting that everyone is soon going to die because that's how the normal timeline of this universe is supposed to go. Does that make sense?

Probably not.

2. How does this tie into your other books?

This book sets up the stage for The Balance (my Deltarune book) as well as Rising Storm (an Ink x Reader I wrote). It loosely suggests how Ink came into being as well as how Kris ended up in the universe of Deltarune.

I'm also using this book to set up the stage for Shadows and Monsters, a Nightmare x Reader I am currently working on that explains how Nightmare took over the multiverse. If you've read some of my books, mainly Rising Storm, you'll have noticed that Nightmare has taken over the multiverse and no one knows how. Shadows and Monsters explains how he did it.

The alliance that Kris made with Nightmare will be featured in that book.

3. Why was this book so awful and how long did it take for you to write it?

So I initially started writing this book in November. However during the course of the month, I kind of forgot that this book existed and it wasn't until December 23rd, 2018, that I realised that there were still fifteen chapters I had to write before this book was done. I had set the release date for January 1st which is why I had to rush through everything.

So in a nutshell, I essentially wrote fifteen 3000+ word chapters in the span of a week and a half that effectively killed my wrist and worsened the self-diagnosed case of tendonitis in my left hand. You're welcome.

4. Didn't you have another Handplates book before?

Yes, it is called 'Fall of the Empire' and is probably one of the worst books I've written apart from this one, Divided and Wilted. I didn't like how I had tried to initially centre the entire book around the Handplates universe but then made it so that the reader left their universe and hopped from dimension to dimension, which effectively shifted it away from being a Handplates storyline and just some generic crappy book.

So I then got the bright idea to exploit the Handplates universe entirely, making a novel where it is set completely in the universe and the reader doesn't hop around from place to place. That's pretty much the reason why I made this.

5. How do you write so much?

I don't really like this question, but I'm shoving it in here because I've seen people leave comments and stuff like 'How do you write all of this when I can't even write a book or have the inspiration to do anything?'

I've been on Wattpad for about four years now, starting in sixth grade when I started my crusade of really bad writing. I guess over time it just got easier to write stuff on the spot and write longer chapters. As inspiration goes, I just sort of type and words come out. Most of my books don't have a planned plot set in stone which for me is easier because as I come up with ideas on the spot, it's easier to develop that into a chapter and make it longer and sort of have inspiration as I go. But you do have to force yourself a little bit before the whole thing gets going.

But that being said, if you like writing, keep practising. It's not something that comes overnight but rather over time. It's normal to be frustrated and lack inspiration, it happens to me all the time. You just have to throw yourself at it and get it done.

I'm not really the best on giving advice as to how to write a book. I don't really intend on writing professionally or seeking a career in this, this stuff is just more of a hobby.

Anymore questions? You can leave any unanswered questions down in the comments and I'll try to reply as soon as I can!