(This won’t really make any sense if you haven’t read that post.)
Yes, I’m actually going to write a fanfiction based on this idea! I said I wasn’t, but I think through making the files and writing out the whole backstory stuff, I actually feel like I have some good ideas to make a story around it! It will probably take me forever to finish this, as I procrastinate like nobody’s business (who knows if I’ll finish this at all) but, hey, I’m gonna give it a go. I wrote this little part of a chapter just now, so I thought I’d stick it up here as a preview of things to come! Enjoy!
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The Skype chat loaded and Robin’s face appeared on the screen. “Hey Jack!” Robin said with a smile. “Hey…” Jack replied, trying to sound like nothing was wrong, “What’s up?” “I just got the files for your new video,” Robin said, “I didn’t know you were moving!” “Yeah it’s…it’s kinda of a last minute thing. I didn’t know this was happening either…I made that vlog literally a few minutes ago.” “Oh…” Robin said, “What’s going on? Do you need help?” “No, no, it’s fine!” Jack said quickly, “I’ve got it all sorted out. Everything’s fine!” Robin raise an eyebrow skeptically. “Alright…if you-“ BANG! The two men jumped in their seats at the noise. Jack turned to the door. You can’t leave those idiots alone for five minutes…Anti said in Jack’s mind.
Fuck…what have they done?! Jack thought, his heart rate speeding up.
“Um…what the hell was that?!” Robin said, bringing Jack out of his thoughts. “I’m sure it was nothing!” Jack stammered, his mind racing. Whatever the clones were doing, they’d end up alerting the neighbours, and then their position would be given away. He had to stop them. He had to- CRASH! “Fuck!” Jack cried, standing up. “Jack, what’s going on?!” Robin demanded, leaning close to the screen to try and see what was happening. Jack turned back to the computer. “I…I need to go. Give me a sec…” “Jack!” Robin said, “Jack, stop! What’s-“ Jack ignored his cries and ran down the stairs to the living room. He could hear shouting and banging, which only made him quicken his pace.
He opened the door and everything went silent.
The room was dark. As Jack’s eyes adjusted to the lack of light, he could see the lampshade was on the floor and the lightbulb was smashed. Jackaboy Man and Marvin were floating in the air, looks of terror on their faces. Chase and Schneeple was stood to the side, frozen in the fight they’d been having moments earlier; Schneeple had Chase’s nerf gun in his hand and was holding it away from Chase. The sofa and the chair in the room were turned upside down and the shelf stacked with figurines and plushes was face down on the floor, figures and plushes scattered all over the floor. No one spoke for a moment. “Jack…” Schneeple said, but trailed off. Jack didn’t speak. He honestly didn’t know what to say. Suddenly, he felt a deep anger start bubbling inside him. Go on…Anti said, Look what they’ve done to you. You let them into your house, your property, and this is how they repay you! Go on…make them pay… Jack shut his eyes. He hated feeling angry. It was the worst emotion of them all. He tried to avoid it at all costs, but Anti was doing a pretty good job at making him feel a deep seated rage that made him want to tear each and every one of the clones apart. He shut his eyes tighter as the logical part of his mind took over. They had never had an experience like this before. They had never had to worry about a bunch of breakable objects in the room they were able to play in in the lab. They’d never had the experience of being completely free, with no one to tell them what to do. Of course they were going to lose their minds! It was just natural!
“No…” Jack said quietly in response to Anti, feeling the anger wash away. “No…?” Chase replied, overhearing him. “What? Oh no, it doesn’t matter!” Jack said. “Jack, I’m sorry!” Schneeple said quickly, taking a step forward, “Everyone lost it! Zhey were fighting and screaming and I vas trying to stop them but-“ “It’s ok! It’s ok!” Jack interrupted, putting his hands on Schneeple’s shoulders, “It’s fine!” “Your’e…not angry with us?” Marvin said, still hovering in the air. “Of course not!” Jack said, walking into the center of the room, “I understand why you did this, I really do! Besides…” he walked over to the TV (which was lucky not broken) and turned it on, “I’m not like them.” Everyone flinched at the mention of the scientists. Jack pulled out his PS4 and turned it on, and the TV screen flashed to life, showing the PS4 menu. “What are you doing?” Marvin asked, floating down slightly but still remaining in the air. “Are you punishing us?!” Jackaboy said quickly, panic in his voice. “Of course I’m not!” Jack said with a chuckle, “Were you listening to anything I just said?!” As he spoke, he shifted through his PS4 games, looking for one specific one. Finally, at the bottom of the pile, he found it. “Take a seat!” he said as he put the game into the console. Schneeple and Chase threw themselves into the sofa and chair (after turning them the right way up) and Jackaboy and Marvin floated down and sat cross-legged on the floor in between them. Jack handed the controller to Schneeple as the game he’d just put in appeared on the PS4 menu.
Undertale.
“Under…tale…” Chase read slowly, rolling each word over in his mouth, “What kind of name is that?” “It’ll make sense when you start playing,” Jack said, taking a seat next to Schneeple. “I…don’t understand…” Jackaboy said, turning to face Jack, “What is this? What are you doing?” “This is a video game.” Jack replied with a smile, “ And I’m trying to keep you guys entertained in less…destructive ways.” “Vhat do I do vith zhis?” Schneeple asked, staring down at the controller blankly. “Press the X button,” Jack replied. Schneeale stared at the controller for a good minute longer, trying to work out which button Jack was talking about, before finding the button and pressing it. And he’s supposed to be the smart one…Anti snarled. Give him a chance, Jack thought back, He’s never had to do anything like this before. He can perform complicated heart surgery on a complete stranger with no medical training whatsoever, but he can’t work a PS4 controller? How does that make any sense?! Jack ignored this comment and focused on the screen as the menu music started to play. Jack couldn’t help but smile as he saw Marvin and Jackaboy start dancing to the music. Even Chase was bobbing his head to the beat. “Catchy.” Chase said, a smile forming on his face. “Oh, it gets a hell of a lot better than this!” Jack said, grinning wider. He held his hand out for the controller and Schneeple placed it in his hand. “Now, watch closely,” Jack said, getting the controller right in his hands and pressing X to start the game, “I’m going to teach you how to save lives.”
A Glitch Named Anti 