OPEN POST: Asgore Dreemurr - Undertale

[kyffhauser]

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[kyffhauser]

Yes... It's a good day for a long walk. But what word around town is that?

[He's being willfully dense. He knows about the human, but there's still that cowardly part of him that refuses to think about them. As if the more he ignores the problem, the sooner they will go away. Or Undyne will deal with them. Then he won't have to... Well. Flowey knows all about it already.]

[deadlybuttercup]

_{"For a walk". Really, Dad? Really? Flowey maintains his overly sunny smile.]}

They say there's a new human in the Underground. One with a red Soul. Just like....someone else. Right?

[kyffhauser]

Someone else...

[Asgore's smile soon fades. He feels weary, resigned. This isn't a conversation he wants to have, least of all with a talking flower.]

The human will meet the same end as the others. That is how it must be.

[deadlybuttercup]

Really? You sure? I mean...you already have six. How easy would it be to take what you have and pick up number seven at a graveyard, before it moves on?

_{[There's something absolutely delicious about making Asgore feel bad. He's an idiot to begin with, after all. He could have ended this a long time ago if he really wanted to. But he didn't. That, and he had no idea how strong a red soul could be. Flowey had seen it. Flowey should have let the fury of that soul lash out when it had the chance. Kill or be killed.]}

[kyffhauser]

[Asgore looks away, not quite able to look the flower in the eye. He'd had this argument with Toriel what felt like a lifetime ago. Did this flower see straight through him, as she did?]

We already have a human in our midst. [The line seems rehearsed, forced. For when he has to speak as king, rather than as himself.] It would be wasteful to ignore the opportunity right beneath our noses.

[deadlybuttercup]

So you say. Come on, Your Majesty. It's kind of obvious.

_{[His face twists, deforms. Splits into a wide, demonic smile.]}

You just can't wait for the opportunity to spill more blood, can you.

[kyffhauser]

--No!

[That kingly facade didn't last very long. He takes a moment to gather himself, and lowers his voice.]

... No. Perhaps at first I wanted to fight humans. I acted rashly, out of grief and rage. But now, I... I... [He shakes his head.] I do this because I must... My people are depending on me.