Doused Flames

Created by Vuristo

**Doused Flames** is an Undertale AU created around the concept of characters switching roles with each other, and keeping their personalities.

After Toriel got killed and Asgore got heavily injured by a human, Asgore was taken away to the lab and put in a coma for many years. Later he became a cyborg, while Toriel was seemingly killed, but unbeknownst to anyone, had turned into a ghost. This event changed the underground forever, and the results would prove to be unique.

## Character Changes

* The Ruins Celebrity Mettaton takes the Caretaker role.
* The Fallen Queen Toriel takes the Recluse role.
* The Retired Royal Scientist Alphys takes the Judge role.
* Head of The Royal Guard Undyne takes the Ambitious role.
* Owner of the "Hopes and Drinks" bar Asriel takes the Restaurant Owner role.
* The Lazy Patrol of Waterfall Sans takes the Captain of the Guard role.
* The Brilliant Royal Scientist Papyrus takes the Royal Scientist role.
* The Motivational Cybernetic Asgore takes the Celebrity role.
* The Human in Hiding Chara takes the Outrageous Vendor role.
* The “Brave” and “Noble” King Napstablook takes the Monarch role.
* Muffet and Grillby are both dead (from reasons unknown).
* No one takes the Empty One, Soulless Angel, and Fallen roles.

### Mettaton

He's bright, he's glamourous, he's the star of the Ruins! I am of course talking about Mettaton! Mettaton is a name everyone in the Ruins has heard. After all, he is the owner of all the TV channels and shops there. He's flexible in his work, being a quiz show host, news anchor, cook, and much more. As for his news, he mostly gets it from Alphys on the other side of the door right outside his home in Flickerhammer, the city of the Ruins. Although it can be said that he doesn't care if he is subjective or not, as he twists and turns news as he sees fit.

He's mostly in his ghost form, where he wears a tie and a pink wig with a blue lining at the bottom. However, when he appears on TV or when he is in town, he likes to use his sexy rectangular glamorous body. This robot was found broken in the Ruins one day until Alphys came and fixed it up. Now it's looking as dapper as ever.

The reason he holds to himself in Flickerhammer is because of a feud with Napstablook on who would become the next leader. Fate had chosen Napstablook and because of his rage, he ran away to the Ruins, hoping to build a solid name for himself there. He has never been seen by any outside eyes besides Alphys' since that day.

### Toriel

No matter how kind she is, it's almost as if she is destined to be alone in the dark. Toriel takes a very similar role to the one she does in Undertale. She still does live in her home in the Ruins, away from everyone. However, instead of being all alone, she does hold conversations with Mettaton sometimes. She often teaches Mettaton on various different things: how to bake, monster history, and how to be more kind, things like that. Mettaton has even offered her a chance on the radio to have an informational radio program for all the monsters in the ruins.

Now, a long time ago, when the second human fell underground, Toriel and Asgore had just left a meeting with the royal council. It was on this faithful day that the human and the monarchs crossed paths, and the human surprised Toriel by stabbing her in the back and shoving her off the walkway, down into New Home. That act almost killed her. She was in shock, she was confused, and she left for the Ruins, ashamed that her husband Asgore didn't save her.

Although she is still incredibly bitter about this, she does her best to help any fallen human and guide them through the catacombs of the Ruins. She believes that humans are not evil by nature, just misguided. She still has scars from the day she was almost killed, on her ears and face. She also wears a capelet and a robe with the top part of the Delta Rune on it.

### Alphys

Alphys is quite smart, although it is often overshadowed by her nervousness. Previously she was the Royal Scientist, working together with Papyrus under the rule of Napstablook's grandfather. Their main mission was to revive the fallen king Asgore after he was attacked by a human and had fallen down. During this time they discovered the substance called Determination. This could be the key to reviving dead monsters!

First, they needed test subjects before they could use it on their main subject. They accepted other monsters from families across the underground. In the beginning, things were going smoothly, however, after a while, they began melting together into hideous creatures. Clearly, this was not the correct solution. This episode put Alphys into a serious downward spiral and it took a toll on her health. Asgore did manage to wake up after a while, much to their delight. Both Asgore and Papyrus noticed how stressed Alphys was and encouraged her to quit her job as Royal Scientist. She did exactly that and went on to live her life in Snowdin with Undyne.

Most of her time now goes to hanging out with Asriel, doing small maintenance at the training grounds, or watching anime at home. Sometimes she even goes to a small door in the Snowdin forest talking to her secret friend. Most often she wears a big dark blue raincoat with a pink hood on it.

### Undyne

When there's a problem, you can count on a fish lady to solve it. Of course, it has to be Undyne. She is the captain of the Royal Guard, the sworn protectors of the throne, and the people of the Underground. Not only is she the captain of the guard, but she is also the leader of the "Royal Guard Training Grounds". It's behind Snowdin Town in Snowdin's Forest, so it's a local place for Undyne.

Most often she spends her time patrolling the forest, keeping up her guard in case any human wants to step onto their soil. She also spends a lot of time training up her fellow guard members out in the cold of Snowdin. She also tries to hold maintenance at the stronghold connected to the training grounds which has become a headquarters for the Royal Guard. When training her fellow members she uses very brash techniques as she feels the best way to learn something is to ram it into you. (Sometimes literally).

When she is in the town, however, she takes up a more calm attitude, as she doesn't want to startle any of the townsfolk. Due to her taking up this persona, she is a tad more kind than how she acts in UNDERTALE. Still, she swears that killing seven humans and taking their SOULs is the only way to break the barrier. And she will keep fighting for justice as long as she needs to.

She wears a full suit of armor with a helmet that resembles a stylized owl. Over her armor, she wears pants boots, and a long purple coat, along with a green scarf.

### Redux

* Part 1: The Underground's Star
* Part 2: Tripping Through Mauvestone

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