Undertale: RTL

*Warning! This page contains spoilers for Undertale: Real-To-Life, Undertale: A Certain Flower’s Point of View, as well as the original Undertale! If you have not played Undertale or have read Undertale: ACFPV, please go do so first.*

**Undertale: Real-To-Life**, or abbriviated as Undertale: RTL, is the parent universe in which Undertale: A Certain Flower’s Point of View, takes place, and belongs. It is a take on the popular, hit-indie RPG Undertale, by Toby Fox.

## Background

### Origin

Undertale: RTL is an AU/AT/etc. created to add more realistic details and info to the Undertale universe, while also adding a unique story, as well as retaining the original nature of Undertale. The newly-added additional story, which would be an heavily expanded version of the original, cannonical lore, would also serve in building the Undertale universe. It was created on either the 1st of February, 2021, when Undertale: A Certain Flower’s Point of View’s first dialog strip was uploaded, or in-between November and December of 2020, when it’s creator first began brainstorming Undertale: RTL.

### Premise

Undertale: RTL’s premise was to add more realistic and defined details to many ambiguous details within Undertale’s lore and environment. It would initially be disguised as an elaborate mod, which added some realisitc things such as a interactive Cell Phone, more detailed lore, as well as a new character. Through repeated playthroughs, the mod would reveal itself as part of a much larger story that revolves around the main lore of Undertale.

## Mechanics

### Plot

Undertale: RTL utilises multiple AUs, and may be considered to be a “Parent AU/AT/Universe/etc.” to at least a few universes. Newly-created AUs such as Undertale: Kingdom of Darkness, belong to this series. Another indie game made by Toby Fox, *Deltarune*, is also utilised as another “parent universe” as Deltarune: RTL, which is (At least as Chapter 1) is essential to Undertale: RTL’s plot. Certain media, and even some material from other video game universes (Such as Earthbound) are utilised (Sometimes as essential parts of the AU/AT/etc.’s “plot”) in Undertale: RTL.

## Summary

### Characters

Undertale: RTL seeks to portray some of Undertale’s most major characters, as well as newly-added major and unique characters within the AU/AT/etc. as morally ambiguous. An example of this can be:

- The First Human, or Chara: In Undertale: RTL, Chara is not a one-dimensional character, but is initially portrayed as one-dimensional and even as an unredeemable evil being with no other purpose but to be evil. Over the events of Undertale: RTL, Chara becomes an increasingly good character, with more explanation behind their misdeeds and evil, and mostly seeks to protect the “good guys” of the story. By the end of Undertale: RTL, ultimately becomes redeemed by their will to show love and care, and through their actions, becomes an Intermediate.

In Undertale: RTL, they have a unbespoke love for chocolate, and seem to have an affinity for flowers. Chara’s ambitions initially are to break the barrier (As implied in the original Undertale), although this is mirred by her hatred for humanity, which ultimately kills her and her best friend, Asriel Dreemurr.

- Papyrus: While Papyrus is often portrayed as a naive, man-childlike skeleton, Undertale: RTL portrays him as a seemingly man-child-like skeleton with incredible powers. While not as powerful as his brother, Sans, Papyrus is equivalently as powerful as Undyne, and can arguably even contest Asgore. Out of his pacifistic nature, however, Papyrus restrains himself from harming his opponents, and only breaks this nature when his opponent shows intentions on harming both him and his friends. Papyrus is a pasta-lover, and can name any type of pasta. and a good friend. Initially, Papayrus’ aims to become a part of thr Royal Guard, and as such, popular. This is changed depending on whatever action the human takes, which is undefined in Undertale: RTL.

### Lore

#### Point-Form

* Flowey (Aster Abbot) is created due to an experiment gone wrong by Alphys, involving a human, a flower pot, and Flowey (Asriel), and is sent back in time to March 23rd of 1980.
* Flowey (Aster Abbot) first interacts with the Dreemurr family, including their adopted human child, the First Human (Chara) and forms bonds with the family.
* Flowey (Aster Abbot) later interacts and (soon enough) become friends with Dr. W.D Gaster and his two pupils, Alphys and Sans. (This is also where Flowey learns that he had an Intermediate SOUL, more powerful than even a human SOUL.)
* Flowey (Aster Abbot) watches Asgore and Toriel lose Asriel and Chara. (Note that Asriel’s SOUL was turned into an Intermeidate SOUL upon his fusion with Chara’s SOUL (Somehow.) ) (Asriel would soon become a flower, and Chara a demon, due to the trickery, incitement of a power-hungry, intellectual demon and servent to The Darkness, Neumarck.)
* Asgore begins killing humans, prompting Toriel to flee to the Ruins. (Gaster also objects, but he compliants weren’t relavent enough)
* Flowey (Aster Abbot) resorts to selling junk close to the newly-constructed CORE’s control centre with two other monsters, Catty and Bratty. (This is also where Flowey gets his dark-blue/gray beret, which disinguishes him from Flowey (Asriel) in future.)
* Flowey (Aster Abbot) begins selling newspapers, and founds Forager News as Photosynthethic News.
* Flowey (Aster Abbot) becomes good friends with a human named Joseph, who helps Flowey to forge connections in the surface world. (Joseph later reveals himself to be a Intermediate, much like Flowey.)
* Money from Photosynthethic News gives Flowey (Aster Abbot) incentive to found Photosynthethic Enterprises, both within the Underground and the Surface. (Flowey also adopts a human persona, which is how the name *Aster Abbot* was originally made.)
* Dr. W.D Gaster begins planning on Project DELTARUNE, which would result in the CORE Incident in 2001.
* Photosynthethic Enterprises becomes one of the world’s top businesses in the 1990s, which was later used to Flowey (Aster Abbot)’s advantage.
* Project ASRIEL was founded by Flowey and an international collaboration of scientists from over 100+ countries in order to attempt reviving the dead and conduct costly and experiment scientific studies on SOUL power, longevity, and even experimental weaponry, among other things. (Three other Intermediates are introduced to Flowey during this period.)
* Sans, after a fatal injury, had his monster SOUL fused with a volunteer human SOUL, turning him (Somehow) into an Intermediate.
* Gaster uses the CORE’s power to turn himself into a god while initiating his plan (Project DELTARUNE), and is shattered through the time and space of his own new universe (For a short while) as a result in the CORE Incident on October 29th, 2001.
* Dr. W.D Gaster returns to his original universe completely unscathed in 2008, and tried to stop his fellow Project ASRIEL scientists from using his machinery, due to fears that Project ASRIEL would fail because of what he made.)
* Project ASRIEL is ended due to degeneration of successfully ressurected patients, which is caused by the instability and openess of a SOUL made by Dr. W.D Gaster’s SOUL Creator. Over 10,000 people die due to the incident, after an emergency ventilation system protocol floods the entire undeground facility with hydrogen cyanide (Which was questionably brought there because of said emergency protocol.)
* Flowey begins to collect Asriel’s SOUL Dust after the Project ASRIEL incident in 2010.
* On September 20th, 2015, Flowey discovers that (Due to a laptop falling into the trash area of the Underground, where he was spending time with Alphys.)
* The events of the original Undertale play out within the “True Pacifist” route and by miracle, allows Flowey gather enough SOUL Dust to piece Asriel’s SOUL back together, thus re-introducing Asriel as an Intermediate.)
* Flowey absorbs his Intermediate friends’ SOULs (Seven in total, inclusive of Flowey’s own SOUL.), becoming Photoshop Nightmare Flowey, an entity powerful enought to control computers. This was partially the result of Neumarck and Chara’s infuence on Flowey, as well as Flowey’s own hatred for being ina game where he himself does not truly exist. (Eventually, however, Flowey stops.)