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( This time, Asriel's decided to try to go anonymously on the network -- or not so anonymously. This was very much inspired by a recent conversation he had with one of the heroes here. )

~~Howdy--~~

Greetings, beings of Avalon! It is I, the great deity: the ★☆Absolute God of Hyperdeath★☆!!

( Attached is picture taken of a rathe childish drawing, as if to illustrate just who he is. )

I am the God who controls time and space, capable of erasing all timelines and resetting everything back to zero! Fortunately, I, a former harbinger of death and destruction, have decided to turn over a new leaf and take a stand against any and all bad guys!!! Fuahahahah! Be thankful! I, an omnipotent being, will protect Avalon through the powers of stars and my might sword! No mortal being stands a chance against my mighty powers!

Any villains should quake in fear of my powers!!! I will erase anyone who stands against me from existence!

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... Your is the opposite of how you want to act, right? It's... k-kinda like that for me, too.

( That is... putting it very lightly. )

Hmm... I guess you could say that. More like— the stupid voice that holds me back. And tells me dumb things. Dumb things that aren't true. But Bruno makes me think they are true. Like when I'm alone at night and can't sleep...— Bruno has a lot to say, heh... Y'know what I mean? Bruno lies a lot.

[ He can tell this shift in Asriel's reaction, and rather than prying, lays on the charm thicker to cheer him up. ]

I'm sure whatever your Bruno says, he's a liar, too. That's why we've gotta shut 'em up! So just tell him, Stupido Bruno!

Y... Yeah! You're right! We just have to stand up for ourselves!

( His brows furrow, looking more determined than ever. )

My voice is like that, too. ... I can hear him when things are hard, or really frustrating. But, I don't want to give into what he says no matter what.

Uhm... Are you by yourself, Alberto...? I know that staying with Chara has helped a lot...

Yeah, I'm alone, but it's fine— I'm used to being alone. I can take care of myself~

[ For someone who's been as charismatic and vivacious and outgoing as Alberto's been, this response may come as some surprise, but the nonchalance with which he says it, almost boastful, is the typical Alberto Asriel has known so far. ]

It's great you have Chara and all, but I'm an only child. I don't need anyone else.

... But, Chara and I aren't just siblings-- we're best friends, too.

( He didn't really know what he was missing before his family took them in... So, he knows that there's a chance that Alberto doesn't feel lonely without a sibling of their own. )

A-And, everyone needs a friend.

Heh— I guess that’s true…

[ Talking about it makes him feel awkward. He doesn’t have many friends — not that he’s admitted to that at any point. Nor rebuked it, though. He grins at the camera, trying to light a new spark as a way to distract yet stay on topic. ]

Hehe, hey— did I ever tell you about my friend Luca back home~? He’s the best!

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Uh-uh! But, I'd like to hear about him if you wanna tell me.

( He talks a lot about Chara, so it's only fair! Plus, it's nice to hear about what makes other people happy. )

Hah! Luca's great! He's my best friend!

[ Technically only friend, but we're splitting hairs. ]

He's super smart, funny, nice, brave— and he's the best bike-rider I know! He's, like, crazy-brave! You'd like Luca! Everyone would like Luca; anyone who wouldn't like Luca, wow — che imbecille!

[ Definitely, the renewed energy and gusto he speaks with is a welcome segue. He's grinning ear-to-ear, gesticulating with his free hand, holding his phone carefully with his other as he gestures emphatically and looks about, glancing to the camera at key words for emphasis. Talking to Alberto online is barely different than talking to Alberto in person; somehow he manages to capture so much expression within such a narrow frame. But the affection he speaks about Luca with is something entirely new so far. But, so subtle, just seen around the corners of his eyes, however well-disguised in his tone of voice, it's clear that he misses him, too... ]

( Asriel can't help but smile then, looking genuinely happy to see Alberto look so fond. They know what it's like to have a friend that's so dearly loved. )

Golly, if you like him so much -- he must be as amazing as you're saying.

( There's no sarcasm in what he's saying. More than anything, they just want to see the people he cares about be happy. And... it sounds like having Luca here would help him find that here. )

... I hope that we can both meet our best friends. I... I know I shouldn't want them to be away from home, but... I'd really like to introduce you to Frisk if they come here. They're one of the kindest, but bravest people I've ever met. They've helped me a lot.

Chara's my best friend too, but... I always wanted to meet someone like Frisk, too.

[ “Always wanted to meet someone like them,” something about this phrasing pulls a heartstring and he doesn’t know why. That forced energy he put on suddenly, genuine though it was, is a little softer for the thought. “I know I shouldn’t want them to be away from home” gives a twinge of guilt, while meantime Alberto has been writing letters and collecting photographs all addressed to Luca in the hopes he can either a) send them in the interdimensional mail or b) save them until Luca shows up too. But… should he not be hoping that? …it’s fine, it’s fine, there’s a school here. It all comes back to wishing Luca was here. Because if Alberto goes home… Luca still won’t be there. Even a letter is better than nothing, though.

All these are thoughts hidden behind a smile that only barely falters. These are happy thoughts about their best friends. Bruno’s trying to change the topic. Alberto renews his vigor, not that the lapse in it was all too obvious. Just softer. ]

Well, if you don’t wanna wish that Frisk shows up here cuz it makes you feel guilty they’ll be away from home, then I’ll wish it for you so I can meet them! If Frisk is so kind and brave and helpful, maybe they’d be friends with Luca, too! If Luca shows up here! I hope Luca shows up! All we ever wanted back home was to see the world together. We built our own Vespas together, we ran away together, we went to the human town together, we even won ourselves a real Vespa—!

[ an oversimplification of a contest Alberto ultimately never even participated in himself but no matter! ]

I mean— I sold it… Cuz Luca wanted to go to school… [ Disguising that bittersweet twinge in his tone again, tyvm. ]

But, uh, there’s a school here, so he can just go to school here with me instead! Besides, this school is probably even better than Giulia’s school cuz it’s a magic school, anyway! And I wanna figure out how to build a Magic Vespa now — so basically everything will be better here if Luca shows up!

[ Not the same point, Alberto, and Luca’s probably not of the same mind, but go off. ]

Sooo— I don’t feel bad wishing Luca was here. All we ever wanted was to see the world together— now we could see a whole other world together!

[ Not that Alberto had any trouble talking before, seemingly, but talking about Luca? Obviously the ticket to get him to open up in a whole other way. ]

( The words mean a lot -- more than Asriel can say, and it's enough to make tears sting the corner of his eyes. He's always been a crybaby, really. When he thinks about seeing Frisk again, he can't help but think back at the last conversation they had with one another. Asriel was able to experience firsthand just how much all the monsters in the Underground loved them. He could never want to be so selfish as to want them to be away from a place where they're able to be so happy. But, he had said good bye to Frisk and pushed them away with every intention of wanting them to live their lives to the fullest. There was no way that Asriel could go with them, after all.

But, Alberto wants to do it for him, and... even that feels selfish to Asriel. Still, he can't help but think that it would be a dream come true to have that childhood he never really got to have -- one where he can find happiness with all of his friends.

Monsters.... were definitely weird. Even though Asriel hadn't known Alberto for very long, he already cares as much for him as he does. They were creatures of empathy and love, after all.

He quickly uses the sleeve of his sweater to wipe the tears away that were beginning to fall, sniffling. His throat feels tight, but he tries to talk regardless. )

... You're a really good friend, Alberto. I... I hope we can all become good friends. And, I really hope that I get to meet Luca, too.

When someone becomes your friend, it makes them really special to you, right...? So... at least, I hope you can go home soon to see them again.

But... if you can't, I'll try to hope that you can see them soon again, too. It'd be nice if we could all go to school together.

Edited 2021-10-11 03:48 (UTC)

[ Alberto notices Asriel's face growing more and more emotional, and it softens his own smile, empathetic, wistful himself now. It means more than he can say to be told he's a really good friend. He didn't always treat Luca like a really good friend should. That's part of what made him so resolved to help Luca go to school with Giulia... even if it meant leaving Alberto behind. He misses Luca every day since Luca left for Genoa; and he's missed Luca every day since he arrived here. He'll be ecstatic to see his friend again. He never had many friends before. Not like this. He never had that childhood he always wanted, either. He's used to being alone... but that doesn't mean he wants to be. He never did.

It's hard to disguise his own emotions on his face, but golly, he tries his best to! ]

Hehe— y-yeah. Luca's definitely special to me. A-And I think you'd get along too, y'know? There's, uh... not really a lot for me back home. So if Luca comes here— I'll be happy. That's enough. Heh. And if he does, you'll be the first person I'll tell, Asriel! So we can all have fun together!

[ He manages to twist his smile into a more tongue-in-cheek smirk, though, as he feels his own eyes growing wet, too. No, no, none of that, time for jokes. ]

No school, though, ahah— cut that out, that's no fun. That's Luca's thing, not mine. But! We can all cook together, eh? I'll make you guys pasta, trenette al pesto~ ...Chara, too!

( What Alberto says next strikes another chord with him. It's almost as though the both of them have far more in common than Asriel first thought. After all, Asriel has nothing to go back at at home. He's come to terms with the fact that he'll spend what time he has left taking care of Chara's grave, remaining as the final monster in the underground. )

You too, Alberto...? T... Then, I hope that this place can become a home for you, too. Even thought we're here to help everyone's worlds, I... think we came to this world for a reason.

I can't wait to meet him! When the time comes... I'll be sure to introduce him to Chara, too.

( He wipes the remainder of his tears away then, offering a smile of his own -- albeit it's a bit shaky. )

Okay...! Uhm, maybe I can try to make cinnamon butterscotch pie for you, too! It's something that Mom makes a lot at home.

Hah— I wonder if Luca and Chara would get along... Do Frisk and Chara get along? They know each other, right?

[ He just assumes. He shouldn't assume. But he's trying to defuse this increasingly emotional dialogue cuz, while it's clear Asriel is more comfortable with that sort of thing, that's very much not Alberto's jam, for as emotional as he also obviously is. Shrug it off, shrug it off. An emphatic wave of the hand can wave away so much. ]

Hey— If me, you, Chara, Luca and Frisk are ever here all together, we'll have a feast, okay? Antipasti, trenette al pesto, branzino, cinnamon butterscotch pie, gelato, espresso — everything! All right~?

[ Hopefulness is how Alberto defuses everything, indeed — plans and wishes and pipe dreams — even if it's avoidant, even if it's painful. That's how he's always survived. Hoping against hope. If that ends in pie and gelato and espresso... not such a bad pipe dream, this time around. ]

Uhm... Kinda. Chara knows Frisk really well, but Frisk doesn't really know Chara.

( That's... sort of what happens when your SOUL is connected to someone elses's, he supposes. The situation is pretty complicated. Back at home, Asriel could only really make guesses until Chara confirmed that he was right in this world. )

Heehee, yeah! Boy, that'd be a lot of fun... Kind of like a big party, huh? Just for all of us kids.

( But, it's a hopeful wish. He knows that the chances of Frisk coming here is slim, but... sometimes, hoping is all you need to make a wish come true. He learned that from them. )

[ That comment gets. the Weirdest Look. from Alberto... who responds in a flat voice after a beat. ]

...Y'know— after Chara told me about the skeletons that are magic that have always been skeletons and not the skeletons that are just old bones... I'm not even going to ask. Your world sounds weird.

[ Oh my god rude but also well-mannered teasing. He just knows that sounds like a headache, like some timey-wimey wobbly-wobbly stuff, or else Chara's even creepier than he thought like some stalker or something, but beyond that, it just sounds personal, and... it's none of his business. He's not prying on that point. But far be it from Alberto not to joke it off. ]

[ But shakes it off smoothly, smirking, letting his wry humor rest into fondness again. ]

But yeah— like a big party for us kids. A feast, heh~ Good food brings people together, y'know? Luca can get to know you and Chara, I can get to know Frisk, Frisk can get to know me and Luca, and uh— apparently Frisk can get to know Chara, too. Hah. It'll be fun~

[ He smiles, still a bit teasing, but a thought occurs to him he's curious about now. ]

Hey— By the way. Is Frisk a monster? Or a human?

Edited (i'm a mess) 2021-10-18 03:37 (UTC)

( Asriel can't help but laugh a little nervously at that. He'd explain that monsters are made of magic, but that really might confuse him more... It was true. From what he knew, his world was certainly unique compared to many others.

Though, his smiles in a genuine manner when he talks about the party. )

Yeah! We'll all get the chance to become good friends... Gosh, that sounds like it'd be a dream come true.

( It sort of is, to him. Having a chance to be with both of his best friends, plus new ones? He never thought he'd have the chance to make any new friends, muchless be with his old ones. )

Oh! They're a human! ... They fell into the Underground, like Chara did.

Oh, uh— So that means, um—

[ "Dead-dead — Dead as a door nail," is how Chara put it, when Alberto first met them. It's still a lot to wrap his head around, though simultaneously... surprisingly easy to understand somehow. Makes him wonder if Asriel is actually some ghost prince or something. Especially now with all this Hyper-death stuff. He'll wave it off as his own imagination... for now. In favor of best-friend-y-feast pipe dreams. ]

...Heh. Frisk and Chara may be human, but I know how to cook the best human food, so— prepare to be amazed, ha~ My friend's dad taught me how to cook some stuff. It's the best! You'll see!

...?

( For a moment, Asriel cant help but wonder what Alberto wants to say, but then he can't help but think that they mean that Frisk is a human. They have no idea that Alberto knows that Chara's dead. )

O-Oh, really? What is it...? At home, Mom usually use snails in all of her cooking, so... uhm... I really like being able to try new things.

Oh, I used to eat snails, too, when I was younger. Trust me, the human food I learned how to cook is way better than snails...~ Probably, like, the best food you'll ever have?

[ Not to oversell it... ]

Mom's snail pie was always the really good - but, her butterscotch cinnamon pie really was the best.

( Why does he talk like he isn't human? It's something that Asriel keeps in mind to ask later on. )

Gosh, really? What is it?

Oh, I can make all kinds of stuff! [ He can't... ]

I'm one of the best cooks back in Portorosso~ [ He's not... ]

And I'm an even better fisherman! [ Actually, yes, he— ] Pretty much the best fisherman in the world~? [ Oh, yeah, there it is, nope. ]

I mean— except for Massimo, who taught me how to do all that stuff. [ Eh, at least he gives credit where it's due. ]

You've never had any better fish~ I'm sure your mom's pies are great and all [ whatever those are ] but Massimo taught me the best way to make roasted branzino, heh~ And! I'll even catch the fish myself! I, uh— I haven't found any branzino here yet, but, y'know... I'm sure there's something that tastes the same. It'll be fine.

[ ghiujrsnkfd th-there is so much confidence behind these words that somehow inspire so little confidence at the same time... Has Asriel realized his new friend is full of shit yet, orrr ]

( Asriel just listens for a moment, but the more that Alberto talks - the more skeptical that Asriel's expression becomes. He's so confidence but Asriel is well aware of what it takes the be the best at... well. Anything. )

... Alberto, are you sure you're the best at all that stuff?

Ahah, yeah, for sure...~ Why? Don't worry, don't worry, I'll prove it! Just try it! Trust me!

[ That's... probably what Asriel is afraid of. ]

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2/2 i can't remember if this is before or after their beach thread, do you know

it's before!

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