[Sorry for yapping. Vessel!AU is an AU where you're in Deltarune, but in the vessel you discarded in chapter one. Enjoy this slice of life chat! Edit- holy moly y'all like this :>]

You turn off Deltarune, just after completing Chapter four. You sigh. That was fun! The new chapters are just as good as the old ones, if not better.

You lie down in your bed, feeling a bit tired. You close your eyes for a second, Nintendo Switch still resting on your lap. You take a long breath, thinking about the ending.

You care about Kris, you really do. It hurts you that they don't like you at all. You just want to help them. To save December.

You've done hours of research on this. You know what happened to them, and you're determined to hell them save Dess.

Your thoughts are interrupted by a creak of the floorboard, barely recognizable. You open your eyes again. You're just being paranoid, right?

...right?

You hear someone, something, getting closer. Closer still. Your breath stops as you hold it subconsciously. Is it your...?

You sit up, a small bit scared. You look around, the room suddenly seeming darker then it was before. Darker. Darker still. Until you can't see anything.

Right, you're proper scared now. You swing your legs over the side of your bed to leave your room, before...

(The distant sound of your scream fills the darkness.)

You open your eyes, sitting up immediately. Was it just a dream? What was that?

You suddenly notice you're on the floor. You stumble to your feet towards the nearest wall and feel for a light. You find one, click it, and...

...you're in...? No, this can't be real. This has to be a prank. There's no way you're in Kris's room.

It's just how you remember it from playing. The stars on their brothers side, the computer they share, and the actual Kris, who is not sitting up and staring at you like you're a fucking alien.

"What are you... Who...?"

They stammer, confused. They look sceptically at you, not quite understanding what's going on. They glance over to their birdcage, now empty of the soul they took out, just for a night. Their eyes widen, barely enough to notice.

"...you. It- it can't be..."

They stare daggers at you, feeling quite...threatened.

"Where did you get that? A..body?"

You finally look down at your hands, which are gray. Your whole body is. Just like the vessel you discarded so long ago...

Your eyes widen. This can't be...

"...answer me." They demand.