Determination (Charisk) [OUTDATED]

28 - SCIENCE WITH THE NEW GUY

(FRISK POV)

     "O...kay?" As soon as I said that a bunch of the VOID tendrils erupted from the floor... and all around us... I think. Space and time are all janky here.
     "Janky is not the term I'd use, but it is appropriate."
     "How did you— oh. Right."
     "Now as I was saying... SOUL TRAITs are the defining characteristic of your SOUL. There are 6 main TRAITs a SOUL can have: Integrity. Also known as honesty, it helps define trust, and loyalty. Patience, which is also your temper, shows how much you can tolerate people and things. Kindness, your capacity to care for others. Justice. Also your conscience. That little voice in your head that says 'this isn't right' or 'this isn't fair'. Bravery, the courage to face and desire to conquer that which keeps you from your goal. And perseverance. Steadfastness in doing something despite difficulty or delay in success." A colorful bar with all of the colors of the TRAITs appeared on the blackboard made of VOID. "The SOUL TRAITs fall in a spectrum. And one SOUL may not have all TRAITs in perfect balance, so the graph is often skewed. Let me show you." Suddenly I felt my SOUL being grabbed by a cluster of VOID tendrils and brought closer to the skeleton. I never noticed before but he had a sort of droopy left eyesocket. Not only that, but his skull was cracked. He had one crack from the top of his right eyesocket go along the top of his skull, and another from his left socket going down his skull. And his hands, which had no arms attached, had holes through the center. What happened to this skeleton? "That's a story for another time, it's rude to stare." My bad. He finished examining my SOUL and the spectrum changed. It showed that my second largest TRAIT was kindness, then perseverance, then bravery, and justice and integrity were tied, and my smallest TRAIT was patience. Typical. But there's one thing I don't understand. "What is it, human?"
"What's the red TRAIT, my SOUL is red so that must be important, right?" A sans level smile crept onto his face.
"Human. You have the most powerful SOUL of anyone alive. Your TRAIT is DETERMINATION." DETERMINATION. Everything always comes back to DETERMINATION. "You have the sheer willpower to achieve literally anything. Your presenting power is red magic. Most people only have minuscule amounts of DT, but you. You have so much that you overpower all of your other TRAITs. If I could just harness that power I could— Agh... My apologies, h-human. I've just never seen such power before. It's an awesome sight to behold."
"HoldonwaitjustasecondWHAT? I'm not the most powerful. I've been beaten so many times, no offense, but you are kinda crazy."
"Ironic how you are calling me crazy."
"I-"
"Speaking of which, your Honoris Insanium, if you look on your SOUL chart, is just because of gaps in your TRAITs. There are gaps in your kindness and integrity TRAITs. Your SOUL corrected this by filling in the gaps with the DETERMINATION. Which is why during your... lapses... you become incredibly powerful and your red magic aptitude increases."
"Which is why I used red magic subconsciously when..."
"When you killed everyone without a second thought." The holes in his hands flared up with yellow and purple magic. Before I could think, he was directly in front of me. "Speaking of which:" Then he punched me in the gut.

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