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Susie was numb, mostly. Her brain registered that she was cold. Her cheeks were burning from salty tear trails. There were little stings along her scalp where she had been too rough with her claws. Her nose was running and forced her to sniffle here and there.
Susie squeezed her eyes tightly and felt more tears spill down her cheeks. She refused to look over to the dark prince wailing. She would not look at the human's co-, bo-
She shook her head. She wouldn't say it. She couldn't. Kris couldn't be…
Yet they no longer breathed, they no longer saw, no longer blinked, no longer felt. They were cold. Lifeless. They stank to high heaven.
"Susie!" Kris burst forward and slammed their shield into Susie, shoving the dragoness out of the way of the King's attack.
Susie stumbled and tripped over the edge as she heard Kris scream in agony. Before she could fall off the roof, Kris caught her by the tail. Instinctively, Susie growled and looked up to chew the human out but her throat clamped down on the words. Blood poured down onto her clothes, a couple of drops even got into her eye.
Kris pulled her up. "Kris, you-"
Susie didn’t know what she was going to say next. The next moment was a blur. It was painfully clear as King's blade tore through Kris's guts. She knew Ralsei was doing everything he could to save the human.
Susie looked over at Lancer. The darkner was bawling in a pile of dust. Susie's hands ached, and there were several dusty abrasions across her knuckles. She couldn't feel that though.
She couldn't feel anything.
Except that's what she wished. She could feel the blood drying on her hands. She always wondered what blood was like. It was thick and slippery, kinda like motor oil. It was so warm, too. Almost boiling water hot. Dust didn't have temperature. Dust wasn't sticky and slippery. It clung to you, yes, but it washed off easily enough. Some people claimed that the feeling never really left your skin.
Susie didn't register the King's dust covering her hands, torso, and lips. She couldn't when the blood soaked up the dust and overwhelmed it all. She knew she stunk of iron and ash and shit.
Kris was heaving and gasping for breath as their remaining hand grasped for the intestines that were splattered across the rooftop. Tears poured down their cheeks.
Susie felt sick. She… she never actually wanted to kill anyone. It just fit the hardcore persona she had. But she just had. Her hands were aching so much and she could barely move her fingers. She knelt down beside Ralsei, "Alright, what do we need to do?" Her voice scared her with how level it was.
Ralsei couldn't make the words correctly. It just came out as half sounds and gags. His fur was white, not black. His hat was off, tossed to the side. A red blood splatter covered his face and glasses, smearing due to the mucous and saliva pouring out of the respective orifices.
Susie growled and moved towards Kris. She took their hand and squeezed it reassuringly, desperately. "Hey, Freak, you're gonna be alright, yeah? We just gotta get you to one of those star things you talked about-
Kris never said anything. They only ever spoke one word in the entire time Susie had known them, and that was her name. They signed mostly. Their soft hands were elegant with their movements.
-and once we get to one you'll be alright!" Susie said.
Kris was supposed to be a light blue skin colour in the Dark World. They shouldn't be near white. They shouldn't be sweating that much. Why is their breathing slowing down? No, no, no, not yet.
Susie squeezed the human's hand tighter, "Come on, you cannot give up just yet…" She slipped an arm beneath their back and started to lift them while holding their hand to what little remained of their guts. They cried out in pain and buried their head into her shoulder weakly. "Please, Kris, stay determined…"
They didn't get very far before what little of their intestines spilled out and they vomited blood and the contents of their stomach. Susie was more than capable of carrying them by herself, but as the human collapsed she found herself following. They had only made it a few feet. Kris's breath became ragged and so small. Susie opened her mouth to berate the human.
But Kris gave a long sigh, and Susie heard the shattering of glass.
Eventually when her tears lessened and her mind and body became numb she collected the pieces of one of the few true friends she had ever had. The spade had obliterated Kris. There likely was no hope in saving them after all. They were the only ones that knew of where the stars were. They would've been too delirious to give proper directions to any of them, as well. There was no telling how far the closest one was, either.
And now Susie was trapped in the Dark World. Without a human, she couldn't return. She didn't mind it. She only wished that she could tell Toriel what happened. Susie wanted to apologize for killing their child.
She stood and approached the still weeping Ralsei. "Come on," she whispered, "let's get them somewhere peaceful. Can we head back to Castle Town?"
Ralsei looked up. His eyes were full of distraught and pain. He eventually wiped his snout on his sleeve and nodded. "Follow me," he rasped. He began to lead the way.
Susie glanced over her shoulder towards a grieving Lancer. She couldn't find the words. She couldn't find any hope to give him, much less any to give herself. It was hopeless to do anything now that the world was ending with no human to stop it.
She picked Kris up carefully making sure nothing was left behind. She carried them all the way to Castle Town. She buried them in the center of town. She waited right beside them for the end of the world. It was pointless to persist in a doomed world, after all.
THEN THE WORLD WAS COVERED IN DARKNESS.
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Kris blinked as they lowered their hand from the save point. They knew what to look out for now. This time they'd end it quickly if they were faced with another reset. They steeled their resolve and walked forward towards the King. He would not hurt their friends. He would not end the world.
THEN THE FUTURE WAS IN THEIR HANDS.