hadriel_logs | Endgame Log: The Ice Planet

Who: The characters accompanying [Name] to the ice planet
What: The closed event log for the virus upload
Where: On the ice planet, at the Null communications array
When: June 15th
Warnings: None

It's time. There's a plan that needs to be put into motion, and you're the ones who volunteered to do it. You know going in that it's going to be dangerous - but there's no other choice. This is the end, and it's you or the Null.

Upon arrival, you have a little time to prepare. The Null don't know you're there at first, and once they do there's a delay of a few hours before they're in position to fight back. Now's the time to set up defenses or anything else that might help you stay alive. You have to know the fight will be hard, because they know their lives are on the line, too.

Then, the Null attack. With everything they have, they try to stop you, try to beat past your defenses to get to [Name] and stop it from uploading the killswitch. Fear helps out, and the sky goes dark, but it won't last forever. When Fear flees, that particular defense is gone... along with any chance of getting out of there. Here's where those without courage might break, because it certainly looks like it could be a last stand. It doesn't help that Hope can't reach you here either, that any deaths will not be resurrected during the battle.

But it does end. With very little warning, [Name] completes its task. It goes dark, and as it does, the other Null see their end coming. They cannot stop it, they cannot escape. They crumple to the ground, all consciousness and animation gone from them.

And then you're alone on the ice planet. Tend your wounds, mourn your dead, and hope that someone will come for you before the cold does.

► This log covers June 15th
► Please tag headers of threads with content warnings where they apply
► As this log takes place away from Hope's influence, any deaths will not be resurrected until people and gods are able to travel to the ice planet again. Have fun!

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[She'll accept any shelter from the outside world right now. After Mettaton and now [Name], everything feels like it's falling apart. She got Mettaton killed coming here to protect [Name], and in the end she couldn't even fucking do that. What was the point? What was she even good for?]

I got people killed. Following me to, t-to do something I couldn't and...

[Alphys presses the little chassis of [Name] further into her chest.]

They deserved better. They deserves to live and I promised them and...

[Her voice trails off, raw and strained, into a choked nothingness.]

[Tinya leans in a little bit closer and reaches over with her free hand to squeeze Alphys' shoulder. she hates to see her in such a state]

It's not your fault. They did what they did because they wanted to.

[she leans in closer and spreads the cloak to fully cover [Name]]

Maybe--maybe when the aliens come to take us back, something can be done?

[she pulls a monogrammed handkerchief out of one of her pouches and offers it to Alphys]

[It's weird to think people are so... receptive to her. Trying to comfort her into a safe space, reassure her from the evils of the world. It's still a lot to accept. Really, she doesn't know if she'll ever get used to it.

Alphys takes the handkerchief, but instead of using it to wipe her own face, she cleans the dirt from [Name]'s face, along with where her tears have fallen.]

I... told Hope. About them, b-before we left. He said there was nothing he could do.

[At least the others might be okay. Mettaton has to be. The alternative is too much to bear.]

I'm sorry. I tried.

[why wouldn't she be receptive to Alphys? she's been nothing but kind and sweet to Tinya ever since she came to Hadriel. she considers them friends and when a friend is hurting, comforting them is the least she can do.

[Name] sacrificed themself to save everyone at Hadriel. in her opinion, [Name] deserves to be treated as a hero]

Oh. Oh no. Really? Did he say why he couldn't do anything?

[and Pratt. he has to live again or she doesn't know what she'll do]

[It's nice to hear someone think of it that way. It's what she needs. It's just... hard, sometimes. It's all just hard. She finishes her work, making sure they're free of any water.]

He said that, uhm, Null consciousness was stored in these servers. They couldn't upload a code to modify all Null and not, uhm, n-not modify themselves. Souls and Null, they're... not the same.

[She should get up. She can feel the chill slipping into her past the panic, the way her body can't regulate her temperature from her surroundings and that she needs to find somewhere warm. But everything already feels so wrung out, it just feels... pointless. Painful. Maybe she deserves to die here too, for the job she didn't finish.]

I don't know about everyone else, I just... I can't think about what it'll be if, uhm. If they can't. I'm not... strong enough, to. To think about that yet. I'm sorry.

[she knows that [Name] is a Null, but they're a Null that has helped them out and has generally been kind and sweet. so she sees [Name] as an individual who deserved to live]

And [Name] knew this and helped anyway?

[Tinya's cloak is covering Alphys, too, so maybe that should help with the cold? and Tinya leans in close, close enough for her own body heat to be felt, but not so close that it feels like crowding. and Alphys definitely doesn't deserve to die. she's a good person who tries her best at everything she does. what happened today, it isn't her fault]

The aliens, they'll bring us back. [a forced laugh] Might not be as fast as we want, but it'll happen.

[It's something for sure, but cold blood means she needs a strong heat source before long. She may just need to be sheperded there a little bit. A reminder to take care of herself.]

I guess a-all we can do is hope, right?

[She has to get up. She has to move. The whole thing is just so hard.]

I'm sorry. I'm sorry that you're tired and I still need help. I... it's hard. It's all hard.

[Tinya notices that Alphys looks really cold and manages to make the connection between her lizard like appearance and cold blood]

Right. Hope. [a pause] Do you want my cloak?

[if she gets up, Tinya will accompany her. and it's very hard, not knowing if the aliens will come back and get them or leave them stranded here]

There's nothing to apologize for. And I'm happy to help in any way I can. [she squeezes Alphys' shoulder]

I, uhm, d-don't want to take it from you...

[She's trying to get up, at least. Just a shift to her legs under her body. It's some kind of movement, after all.]

But, uh... thank you. I don't really have much else to say, but, I... thank you.

[She'll carry [Name] with her, though. She won't abandon them anymore.]

I'll be warm enough without it. Promise.

[since she's not actually standing up yet, Tinya will remain in place on the ground.

she smiles gently] You don't have to thank me. [a pause] Do you want a hug?

[[Name] deserves a proper remembrance service, of whatever type Alphys feels is best]

[She's bad at asking for things for herself, but thankfully, Tinya can at least surmise what's good here. Alphys nods, just a little thing, as she pulls herself up with [Name] still in her arms.]

Yeah. If it's not, uhm. T-Too much trouble.

[It'll be okay, but it doesn't feel like that now. Maybe, soon enough, it will.]

[it doesn't matter if Alphys is bad at asking, Tinya is good at giving. she unhooks her cape from her touchstone and drapes it gently over [Name]. shortly after, she gives Alphys a gentle hug]

It's never too much trouble. Especially not for you.

[and she continues to hold Alphys gently in her arms]

Edited 2019-07-23 04:06 (UTC)

[Thanks to all that is good that someone cares about her, now. She lets the cloak be wrapped around her and [Name], leaning into the hug as a few more tears escape her eyes.]

Thank you. T-Thank you so much. Let's... we can...

[She tilts her head in the direction of others.]

Help bring me over there?

[It'll be okay eventually. At least she's not alone.]

[Tinya cares about Alphys very much and the death of [Name] pains her because she knows it pains her friend. and she continues to hold Alphys close, letting her cry as much as she needs to.

gently] You don't need to thank me.

[she looks over at them. Pratt's body is over there. she'd been avoiding that area because of it, but. if that's where Alphys needs to be, she can swallow her own pain for now]

I will. I'm going to pick you up now, if that's okay?

[she's definitely not alone]

[Alphys never knows how to ask for help, frankly. The fact she's even trying to reach out now is something in itself, a learned behavior with the knowledge that if she doesn't she'll fall apart.

So she just nods, lets herself be moved. She'll be back, hopefully. They all will.]

Okay. P-Please.

[They'll make it yet.]

[that's okay; Tinya's always been one to offer help even when unasked for.

she gently picks Alphys up and holds her so Alphys can rest her head on Tinya's shoulder]

All right. [she pats Alphys' back gently as she starts to carry her over to the others]

It'll be all right. I promise.

Endgame Log: The Ice Planet

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wrapped I think ;O;

probably, but. /CLINGS ;;