''There is nothing left for us here.''

''Let us erase this pointless world, and move on to the next.''

Those are the last words you hear before you click "deny." And then, her smile spreads—a slow, unnatural curve. Her eyes, normally small and sharp, widen into perfect circles, dripping with a dark, inky liquid as she tilts her head.

''No...?''

''Hmm...''

''How curious.''

''You must have misunderstood.''

''SINCE WHEN WERE YOU THE ONE IN CONTROL?''

Immediately, she charges straight at you, holding the real knife, it glowing in her hand. The reddish hue of determination. Her mouth opened into a smiling Gash right as she's about to stab you. The world seems to stop. You shut your eyes, bracing for the end...

Then, darkness.

** ''ＭＴ． ＥＢＯＴＴ'' 6:34**

''𝙻𝚘𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚐𝚘, 𝚝𝚠𝚘 𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚎𝚜 𝚛𝚞𝚕𝚎𝚍 𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝙴𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚑: 𝙷𝚄𝙼𝙰𝙽𝚂 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝙼𝙾𝙽𝚂𝚃𝙴𝚁𝚂. 𝙾𝚗𝚎 𝚍𝚊𝚢, 𝚠𝚊𝚛 𝚋𝚛𝚘𝚔𝚎 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚋𝚎𝚝𝚠𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚠𝚘 𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚎𝚜. 𝙰𝚏𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚊 𝚕𝚘𝚗𝚐 𝚋𝚊𝚝𝚝𝚕𝚎, 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚑𝚞𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚜 𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚟𝚒𝚌𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚒𝚘𝚞𝚜. 𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚜𝚎𝚊𝚕𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚘𝚗𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚐𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚊 𝚖𝚊𝚐𝚒𝚌 𝚜𝚙𝚎𝚕𝚕. 𝙼𝚊𝚗𝚢 𝚢𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚜 𝚕𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚛... 𝙼𝚃. 𝙴𝙱𝙾𝚃𝚃 𝟸𝟶𝟷𝚇. 𝙻𝚎𝚐𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚜 𝚜𝚊𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚜𝚎 𝚠𝚑𝚘 𝚌𝚕𝚒𝚖𝚋 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚝𝚊𝚒𝚗 𝚗𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚛𝚎𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚗.''

Woke up taking in a gasp! You aren't dead, you're alive! The game must have crashed and then reset itself at the last minute!

*Thank goodness that-

THUD.

''....''

Silence. You stare up. Chara is there, unmoving, perfectly calm. Your stats are reset. Hers are not. She flexes the fingers of her knife-hand and watches them like someone admiring a toy that still works. Her smile returns, small and pleased

'' I guess the timeline was unstable. You got off lucky. ''

"Looks like the timeline was… unstable. Lucky you."

She dusts herself off, spinning the knife lazily in her hand. You can tell she’s thinking about what she could do—what she wants to do. She's obviously still thinking about killing you. However, at the same time, that would make things much less interesting. But she stops, deciding sparing you will make things… more interesting.

'' Lead the way, partner. '' =)