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Here comes Napstablook [TEXT]

3:01 pm: my cellphone is different... where even am i...
3:01 pm: maybe i'm dreaming?
3:01 pm: this is a pretty big house....
3:02 pm: how do you even work this app... it isn't like UnderNet at all... am i using it right... sorry....
3:04 pm: found a window..... i guess i am on the surface? sorry you already knew that if you're in the dream. there's lots of humans here, i gotta, i gotta go....
3:05 pm: i found a room..... it has lots of instruments.... like... a piano....
3:05 pm: this is probably a dream, right? i should enjoy it before i have to wake up, right?
3:56 pm: update: i can't play the ukelele even in a dream

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N-No, Napstablook, it's... I d-don't know how to explain this.

[She stops, tries to think of a way to calm them down.]

There's... d-different versions, of what happened, back in the Underground, w-when the human showed up. Sometimes, it's really bad, a-and a lot of people end up hurt. But sometimes, n-nobody dies, and everyone becomes friends, a-and the human helps us get out. That's what I r-remember. T-The human, uhm, Frisk, they're a good p-person. They helped all of us e-escape the Underground. And, uh, the version here, is f-from that one. That world. T-They're not, uhm, dangerous. A lot of these humans aren't.

[everyone keeps trying to tell them about this, that this version of the humans is different that there is, in fact, a reality where everyone is happy. It's really hard to believe- that their reality is not the only reality, their reality is one of the bad realities. No on has said it, no one has probably meant to say it, but all they can hear, over and over again is:
Your reality is wrong.
Your fears are wrong.
And honestly, they should be happy to accept that. It should be easy to reject something so terrible, almost too terrible to fathom.]

but... doctor... i.....

i can't trust them....

what if they do it again....

...how are you so sure they won't?

Well, I...

[She doesn't know how to deal with this. Doesn't want Napstablook to worry, but fears they're already far, far past that point. Hah. Fears. But she knows what it feels like to be afraid. Knows the panic of thinking nothing is going to go right and something's coming for you, always. She wants to make it better. She wants to fix things.]

I t-trust them, because I've known t-them here, for a few months now. They h-haven't tried to hurt me. Most humans h-have been helpful, and kind, and very, v-very nice.

... B-But, I understand if that's, uhm, h-hard to believe. I just d-don't want you to, uhm, panic. It's safe here. S-Safer than, uhm, the Underground, it sounds like, at l-least.

i......

it's really hard to believe.....

i....

[But at the same time, they trust Dr. Alphys. They've seen her lead monsters through hell. Even though this isn't the same Dr. Alphys, they know she would tell them if there was a legitmate threat.]

are.....

...are you sure it's safe, Doctor?

I'm s-sure. I promise. I've been h-here a couple of months-- Sans has been here s-since last year, and he's okay! There's... e-even if, uhm, they t-tried something, there's a lot more oversight, uh, h-here. There's a l-lot of people you can go to and there are even other h-humans and people who aren't humans or m-monsters who are willing to help.

Really. I s-swear. It's gonna be o-okay.

[they look at the video for a long time and sigh]

you said... things were different? in your time?

if you don't mind me asking....

...what was it like?

[She swallows, hard. Of course. If she can't imagine their world, then... how could they picture it back?]

It... It w-was nice. I, uhm, I mean, I m-met the human-- Frisk, er, that is-- when t-they were passing through Hotland. I got M-Mettaton to pretend to be, uhm, this b-big evil human killing robot so I could pretend to save t-them, but... they just k-kind of went with it? Until Mettaton decided h-he did, uhm, actually want to t-take the human's soul and go to the surface, so he tried to fight, but, uh, he j-just ran out of batteries. And, later, uhm, Frisk even helped me finally t-talk to Undyne about how I felt, and, uh... about everything in t-the lab.

[She thinks they must know, if they seem to trust her so much. Though she hates to think how they found out.]

And then, uhm, t-they helped all of us get to the surface. Nobody g-got hurt, uhm, at all, because of them.

undyne...

[they echo her name softly, voice shaking, as if saying it too loud will break the spell of this Dr. Alphys' happy ending. They push the thought of her aside.

The lab.

Napstablook was just there a few hours ago.

It was sad but it hadn't scared them, seeing the amalgamates for the first time. They weren't as scary as the murderers outside.]

that....

are you sure we had the same humans.... er, human?

I t-think so. That's, uhm... t-the way Frisk describes it. That there are l-lots of possible timelines.

[She doesn't want to rat Frisk out for everything that's happened with Chara, and their... relationship, of sorts. That's not her conversation to have.]

It's complicated. But, b-both of our realities are... w-well, real. Just separate.

i guess.....

i guess that makes sense....

i'm just.....

i'm s cared.

they can hurt monsters...kill us... so easily....

well i mean.... not me but.... everyone else....

and they're just children... i saw bigger humans here.... a lot of them....

I understand. It's, uhm, c-complicated. I know w-why, you're uhm, I mean you're a-allowed to feel that way.

[she'd never leave her room, if she was from an ending like that. just never come out. She's done it before.]

There's, uhm, a l-lot of space here. And it's easy to a-avoid people, and, interact with them w-when you want. Even if it's n-not so okay, now, it c-can be. Will b-be, in the future.

[She wants to promise, but doesn't know how to keep it. So she doesn't.]

And... y-you have friends. Who can help! And, s-stuff.

if anything....if it happens, Dr. Alphys....

i'm not.... saying it will but if it does....

um....

....will you help?

[God, this is harrowing. She wants to believe she'd do well in a crisis, do better, and... that's what Napstablook is saying, aren't they? That she helped, when it mattered. That she found the resolve to push past her issues. It makes her think of the Deep Roads, of carrying Sans out of that tunnel after he had to leave Papyrus behind. It makes her think of hugging Frisk in the library, telling them stories, talking about the universe. It makes her think of holding Ford's hands across a table as he told her about Bill.

She can do this. She's already done it. And if all goes well, she won't even have to.]

... Y-Yeah. Of course I'll help. Don't w-worry, I'm, uh. I'll be there f-for you.

i....

thank you, Dr. Alphys....

that means a lot to me....

Of c-course.

Just, uhm... let me know if you, uh, need a-anything else, alright? You'll s-settle in fine here. I promise.

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Here comes Napstablook [TEXT]

itty bitty nub child

soft and warm like mash potato

gentle transparent babie

sweet ghostie child

gentle touch

soft scream

I SAID GENTLE TOUCH!!!

SCREAMS SOFTER!!!!

EVEN!!! GENTLER!!! TOUCH!!!!

closed mouth screaming

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