Dust

## Glitchtale

*"Don't worry, I'll keep my promise. I'll turn all those monsters to dust."*
―Bête Noire
***Dust*** is the second episode of the second season of *Glitchtale*.

## Synopsis

After the events of *My Sunshine*, Jessica begins her plan to get revenge on the Monsters for killing her daughter. Mettaton holds his first show on the surface, but things go horribly wrong. Sans and Asriel go to investigate the situation and they find the true mastermind behind the show incident.

## Plot

After Asgore Dreemurr admitted to killing six human children, he was taken into custody for further questioning. Frisk and his friends are upset with these events, and there is tension between humans and monsters. Frisk visits W. D. Gaster's House to see W. D. Gaster and Betty, as the latter's "mother" allowed her to stay for a couple of days. When asked about Betty's SOUL, Gaster admits that he does not know, and warns Frisk to be careful whenever he goes outside, especially with one of his friends who are monsters, since there are Anti-Monsters Department cameras around the city of Determino.

Wanting to go see Mettaton's first live report, Frisk and Betty meet up with Papyrus, Sans and Asriel Dreemurr before going to the city region where Mettaton is. While walking around, Papyrus sees what appears to be a child stuck on the hook of a crane. He used it to hover the hook on top of a building's ceiling, and the child instructs him to press a certain button, resulting in the child disappearing and steel beams to drop. Using his powers, Sans hovered the beams in mid-air, but Jessica Grey, hidden, shoots Sans with a Anti-Magic Ray, causing the beams to crash onto the crowd. Papyrus is subsequently arrested for the incident.

Discontent with the situation, Frisk, Sans, Asriel and Betty begin discussing. After Asriel suggests that they access the AMD cameras to find an answer, Frisk nervously states that they could try find a way to reset, angering Sans. The comedian furiously rebukes Frisk for breaking his promise, propounding that this timeline will not repeat again. During their argument, Sans expresses how he is upset with Frisk wanting to supposedly take away his future. Asriel disperses the confrontation, and Sans returns the friendship bracelet before teleporting to the Anti-Monsters Department Headquarters with Asriel.

Sans and Asriel arrive at the AMD security room and begin investigating through the recordings. They then found footage of Frisk supposedly saving Betty's life, except the car was not present. Next, there is a video of Betty leaving Gaster's lab during the meeting day, but they were told she was sleeping there at the time. Sans and Asriel conclude that Betty is behind the dilemma, deciding to warn the others. However, Betty and Akumu enter the room.

Meanwhile, Gaster reads the Tale of the Twin Siblings, Copper Lightvale and Agate Lightvale, who were powerful wizards responsible for creating the Barrier and rulers of Meropos. They had a dispute about monsterkind, with Copper, having a SOUL of Determination, wanting to destroy the Barrier, and Agate, having a SOUL of Bravery, believing that monsters should still be sealed. The twins had a duel to see who was stronger, and the victor would decide the action for the Barrier. Copper was successful in their battle, and Agate's humiliation costed her her SOUL Trait and magic, turning from orange to grey. Agate ventured off to search for a trait stronger than determination.

Agate changed the essence of her SOUL allegedly into the pink trait using a forbidden spell. Confronting her brother, she murdered him and the destruction of their conflict ruined the kingdom. Since her SOUL could not adapt to the sudden change, Agate was slowly dying, so she sacrificed her SOUL to create a powerful and destructive being to ensure humans and monsters never live in peace. Gaster realizes in horror that the creature, Bête Noire, is none other than Betty and has the pink trait Fear.

At the AMD building, Bête reveals her true, evil nature. When Sans tries to teleport, he is shot again by Jessica's AMR, weakening him. While Jessica's SOUL is cracking, Bête tries to take Asriel's rainbow SOUL by distracting him with a hallucination of Chara. When Bête throws a Spear of Fear towards Asriel, Sans teleports in front of him, taking the blow. Fatally injured, Sans starts turning into dust before a tearful Asriel's eyes, and after he asks Asriel to enjoy the future for him, Bête feeds Sans's SOUL to Akumu, turning Sans into dust. Meanwhile, Gaster feels in his SOUL that Sans has died, dropping his mug, his blue eye dying out, and heartbroken.

Enraged at Bête, Asriel begins summoning his full power before deciding to follow Sans's advice to warn the others, escaping the building. Bête demands the HATE vile from Jessica, but when she refuses, Akumu attacks her. Making Jessica hallucinate Bête as Alina Grey Rutrow, Bête ruthlessly takes it from Jessica while she screamed in agony. Bête swears to fulfil her purpose and turn all monsters to dust, while also remarking that a person cannot run from their fears forever.

## Cast

* Project SNT as Bête Noire
* Zedrin as Sans / W. D. Gaster
* MEMJ0123 as Jessica Grey
* Adox Talks as Asriel Dreemurr
* Strelok as Frisk / Akumu
* Citrus as Papyrus
* Lumisau as Bête Noire (hallucination) / Cop
* Ultima Almighty as Happstablook/Mettaton

**Non-Voiced Characters**:

* Undyne
* Asgore Dreemurr
* Isabelle
* HATE
* Agate Lightvale (hallucination)

## Appearances

### Locations

* Meropos
	+ Determino
		- Toriel's House
		- Determino City Police Station
		- W. D. Gaster's House
		- Papyrus's House
		- Determino City
		- Anti-Monsters Department Headquarters
* Underground (mentioned)
	+ New Home (mentioned)
		- Barrier (mentioned)

### Events

* Bête Noire's War
	+ Arrest of Papyrus
	+ Assassination of Sans
* Arrest of Asgore Dreemurr (mentioned)
* Chara's Erasure Plot (mentioned)
	+ Battle of New Home (mentioned)
	+ Rescue of W. D. Gaster (mentioned)
* Frisk's Moral Experiments (mentioned)
	+ Battle at the Last Corridor (mentioned)
* Duel of Determino (depiction)
* Assassination of Amber and Copper Lightvale (depiction)
* Sacrifice of Agate Lightvale (depiction)

### Items

* Golden Flowers
* W. D. Gaster's Mug
* *Human History*
* Battle Body
* Anti-Magic Ray
* Frisk and Sans's Friendship Bracelet
* Spear of Fear
* Sword of Determination (flashback)
* Shield of Determination (footage)
* Bête Noire Spell (flashback)

### Sentient Species

* Humans
* Monsters

### Organizations

* Determino City Police Department
* Human Safety Organization (mentioned)
	+ Anti-Monsters Department (mentioned)

### Mentioned

* Chara
* Patience Fallen Human
* Bravery Fallen Human
* Justice Fallen Human
* Kindness Fallen Human
* Perseverance Fallen Human
* Alina Grey Rutrow
* Copper Lightvale (depiction)

## Music

* *Glitchtale: Dust (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)*

## Errors

"We know it wasn't Asgore the one who broke the barrier" is not grammatically correctBête Noire said "comming" instead of the proper spelling "coming"Chara has 2-toned hairSans has no sign of blood around his mouth or on the Spear of Fear, SOUL, and jacketSans has no puncture wound nor blood on his shirt
## Trivia

* This episode is the Anti-Magic Ray's debut, which, before the release of *Dust*, it was first announced in an Amino post.
* Sans is able to create his own Determination, as revealed right before he sacrifices himself.
* Although Veir is credited as a co-writer, Camila Cuevas confirmed he was only a story consultant and that he had coerced her to credit him as one.

## References

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1. ↑ Bete Noire (Betty) Speedpaint! #15
2. ↑ English at 0:13 | Español 26:51 | English 37:14