You nearly had a panic attack at the school today, desperately needing to get away from everyone or you would feel as if you'd embarrassed yourself in front of the entire class.

Clicking your shoes against the tile floor, you asked if you could have been excused from the classroom. Ms. Alphys has always understood why you would need to take a break from the class, you did have to take ADHD and Anxiety medication, and the information was stated on your school record. She let you go out of the classroom by nodding her head.

Stepping out of your desk chair and exiting the room, you took a deep breath in and started running towards the supply closet, knowing you'd be able to see your friends for a bit as Kris and Susie were old enough to be out of high-school now, but they sorta... how do you put this... they live in the dark world now.

You open the door and run into it, passing through the dimension like as if it were a portal to another version of your own world. Floating down as you transformed through your school uniform into an outfit ever so resembling what you would have enjoyed being in the real world. You wore a suit and tie, splattered with all sorts of colors, some even you couldn't recognize. It twirled around you as armor was plated on your chest and limbs. You reached your feet down towards the ground, touching down and quickly looking around the little lounge area you had created here. Nobody. That's strange, most of the time Lancer would be hanging around here, maybe he decided to hang out somewhere else today.

You decide to search the entire dark world for Kris and Susie, untill...

clink

Had a rock just fallen on your head? You look around a bit for whatever had fallen just then, and then you saw it. A small, dark- almost black looking gem was sitting at your feet. You bent down and reached out to touch it.

"OW- what the??-"

There was some sort of smoke covering the entire crystal, it was hot, very hot, it almost burned through your gloves. Wiping your hand through the sand of the darkness, you attempted to quickly pick it up again. But then...

You could feel your heart stop, you were still breathing, but your heartbeat had... completely vanished, and your vision began to fade.

Dropping the crystal, you gasp harshly, sucking on your tongue as you flap your hand around. Looking down at your palm, it had engraved a... almost brand like marking on your hand. It looked like, some sort of doll, puppet looking thing? Reminded you of some old puzzle movie, but you couldn't think of it's name. The burn felt... almost pleasant now that it was cooled off, an interesting description to say the least. The last time you had one of these crystals it didn't burn into your hand, but it left you with a joker card. You've tried to throw it away but, it's almost as if it is permanently attached to you.

Keeping and eye on the crystal as you walk towards a water puddle, you place your hand in it and wait a few, allowing the burn to finally be completely cooled. Yeah, this did not look like any kind of nutcracker toy you've ever seen before. But it didn't bother you too much other than the fact that you now have a permanent tattoo without your consent. Either way, you looked back at the crystal, wiped your hand in the dirt again and tried to pick it up again. It... didn't burn now. You put the crystal back with the other crystal in you little knee pouch. Kris had given you the other crystal in congrats to have helped them complete high-school. Speaking of, you still need to find them. Your search continued.

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A while passes as you search, and you began to grow tired until you reached the fountain. It gave you energy but, there were other things there that were going to make this world alot less.... what's the word... it's not going to feel like home anymore.

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You crumble down to your knees, looking down at the pink robot parts shattered around the area, not only that but... You had a feeling that whatever came here to finish the job hasn't yet done so. The ground felt... lifeless, you hadn't realized what might have happened since you got here. There were like... 3 shopkeepers from the original Dark World that were still here. There was... noone. Not a single other soul here. Everyone was. Gone. You couldn't even find Kris or Susie. They would always come out of the castle at the same time... every day. What happened. You began moving around some of the metal chunks, searching for anything that might have helped give you some kinda answer to all of this.

Tossing parts, left and right, you couldn't find anything. You didn't expect much to come from what seemed to be the main piece of scrap of what had happened here. Whatever battle happened to cause such an unforgivable sight, it was going to take a while to find some answers.

Taking your time to go through the pile of metal, there was a... doll? A puppet? Whatever it was, it gave you chills, but there was a... note attached to the back of it. You read the note to yourself as you hugged the doll, despite it making you paranoid or brought you some kinda of comfort.

You couldn't handle it. Your best friends had left you in the dust for reasons you may not understand just yet, you had nobody to talk to, nobody to tend to, and not a single soul here was willing to chat with you at that moment. You could feel your heart begin to sink as tears swarmed your sockets. Holding back as best you can, you gripped the doll tighter and tighter, slowly walking away from the debris. Your arms couldn't keep up the little weight of the doll for much longer, your body had given all its energy into holding back your tears.

You fell to the ground, feeling... incapable. You didn't know what to do, besides sit there and wait for someone, something to come down and search for you, but that wasn't going to happen was it.

You took a deep breath in... and started weeping, sobbing as quietly as you cried into your hands as you curled into a small round figure. Your head felt fuzzy, you couldn't handle processing this information. But you could get through it, someone believed in you.

.... Your hand started to burn again.

Gripping tightly onto the doll with your gloved hand, you reach down to your knee pockets and try to pull out the right crystal. Randomly picking from the two, you chose the right one and overall... this thing was vibrating, you didn't know why or how, but it had some sort of life in it. Looking down at the doll, you wipe your eyes free of your tears and dry your hands off with the little bit of fabric that the doll had.

The crystal was getting warmer, and you don't think you could hold onto it for much longer. Remembering what the note said about the crystal and the puppet, you sorta guide the crystal to the puppet and touch it into the things head. That definitely did something.

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The puppet began vibrating at the touch of the crystal, it seemed as if it's power source came from the gem.

You quickly back us as your vision became blurry from the tears still flowing through your eyes. You didn't need to see what happened, but you wish you could've, but it was too bright, it's almost as if the items were fusing with eachother. And then-

Darkness.

You panicked as you looked around, all it seemed to be was a void, a void of nothing, but also everything. You felt like you had to be dreaming. Why were you here? What happened? What the hell was that puppets existence so significant for? -

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You got startled awake.

You were still crying as you woke up, faintly wheezing as you thought you nearly had a heart attack. Turning to see where you were, it seemed like whatever was there had brought you into one of the castles guest rooms. You don't know how or why, but you stretched your arms out as you turned your body, letting your legs hit the side of the bed.. until-

"Oh! Hey, you're [Insomnia] awake!" A small, black and white... almost plastic looking figure came into the room. His voice was loud but still almost enjoyable to listen to because of the radio static. "Are you [Feeling Better]??"

You tried wiping your eyes off with the soft thin blankets of the bed, hoping to be able to see who this was. "I'm doing fine-" You set the blanket down, having a clear sight of things now, you looked at the smaller figure. "-uh, who are you-" You couldn't believe it- I mean this is the Dark World still so anything could happen- but still. "W-why are you moving? You are a puppet I don't think they can move on their own." You held your legs close to your chest.

"Oh I'm no [Puppetry], I don't even have [Silly Strings]. What are you talking about? You and I were [Hanging out alone?] Just a little bit ago remember?" The man gets closer to you and just kinda hops onto the bed with you, pulling himself up as you shot a bit away from him.

"Yeah but you weren't... moving? Was that... was the crystal like... holding you captive or something cause, you were just lifeless before I put that crystal next to you."

"My [4.99] life is not something to be rid of. I am here for you and only [hot singl-] you!."

You could tell he wasn't from this world, nor this specific one anyways, but being around him made you feel... calmer, almost completely relaxed.

"Why do you uh... talk like that? You know what, that's not important- who the hell are you? Where's Kris and Susie?"

"Spamton." He smiles.

"Th... is that your-"

"Spamton G. Spamton! [No1 Greatest Salesmen 1997]. I'm a salesman. I've been programed to tell you about [Every Known Offer from ages 7 and up]. And I can tell you have a bit of [Suicide Hotline] going on right now. My scanners are not the best so they [De4ls] might not cooperate even through my [Glasses?]." He stood as tall as he could on the bed, and couldn't even pass your shoulders.

You question what other worldly being had made this man, cause they did something wrong. But he was... manageable, so you would stick with it.

"I'm... not doing too well I guess.. you could say I'm... depressed. " You rub your shoulder and curl into a little ball, not really wanting to show yourself as you talk about this kind of topic to this new person you had technically just met.

"If you would like to [Rate 5 Stars] talk about it, i am willing to [Listen in] to your problems. I want you to be [Happy]."

He's was such a sweet little soul you almost felt bad for him, but you took a deep breath in and out, and tried to pick which words wouldn't make you cry, but you were already tearing up again just by thinking about it.

"I..." You hiccup as you cover your mouth with your hands, your eyes watering up as you begin to loosen up and cry.

"Oh [Heaven], are you OK? What is [Somethign wrong]?" He waddled over, trying to not fall over off the bed as he leans against your shoulder. "You don't have to [Describe your Pain] if you would not want to. Just... if you really need to.. you can hug me! I know that hugs [Help Bring The Happiness Meter Up]."

"Y-you don't have a clue..."