Desperatale

\* This article contains information that is from a cancelled AU, an AU that has been put on an "Indefinite Hiatus", or an AU that has not had a story update in a year. As such, some information here may not be found in any established story, and could be considered non-canon.
Time of Last Story Update: March 16, 2020
Time of Cancellation: Absentia

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**Desperatale** is a sequel of Undertale playing after a Flawed Pacifist ending where Frisk got pushed into Mt. Ebbot by a bunch of bullies and decided to stay in the Underground this time, and got adopted by Toriel. A few years afterwards, a terrible accident happened during the opening of a new CORE expansion, killing Toriel and harshly injuring Undyne and Alphys, leaving Frisk to rule as Toriel's heir to the throne. More malfunctions happened over time, and Frisk desperately reinstated the anti-human policy, or else monsterkind would not survive for long...

The reason Frisk didn't RESET is the fact the accident created a new starting point (presumably due to the high amount of Void energy), and if they tried, Frisk would RESET to the point they woke up after the explosion.

The story isn't shown from one single character's perspective, but instead from multiple. As of now, these are planned to be: Frisk, Sans, Flowey, Undyne, Mettaton, Muffet, Aliza, Jacob and Gaster.

## Characters

### Undertale Characters

#### Frisk

The new king of the Underground after the tragic accident. Being a pacifist, Frisk deeply regrets they have to let more humans get killed, but with their friends' lives being at stake, they know they have no other option. Unlike Asgore, they plan to only kill one fallen human and gather the other 6 souls at the surface, as when the 7th would fall down, it very likely would be too late for monsterkind. They often visited the Underground's other locations, but when the news of another fallen human reached them, they decided to stay in their throne room, hoping they wouldn't be the one having to take their life.

#### Chara

A voice in Frisk's head, giving them advice on things. She's not evil, because no genocide route has happened. Frisks Determination in genocide allows her to take a more physical form to assist Frisk in battle, looking like a more ghostly version of herself.

#### Sans

Sans is Frisk's best and most trusted friend. Used to slack off and make jokes all the time, but after the accident, he became a lot more serious and concerned for his friend, and took the position of Royal Scientist. He is burdened with the task to absorb the human soul to take the other 6 once it is gathered.

#### Flowey

After Flowey's defeat as Omega Flowey, he slowly got a hatred for Frisk. He took over the Ruins with force, forcing the inhabitants to flee, waiting for a human to kill to start their cruel plan.

#### Papyrus

Papyrus is mostly the same as in Undertale, but he is officially a part of the Royal Guard now, and patrols with Undyne more often, and is also tasked with watering flowers from before Frisk reinstated the anti-human policy. In genocide he also actually fights now. He is also the one who saved Aliza from Flowey.

#### Susie

After a bunch of CORE malfunctions, Frisk decided to create alternative energy sources to prevent blackouts. One of them was a hydrothermic power plant in Snowdin, and Susie was hired to cut down the forest where it would go, due to her being good with axes. She's also a part of the Anti-Human-King Rebellion, not because she dislikes Frisk, but because she just needs something to rebel against.

#### Undyne

Due to her physical strength, she didn't get harmed as much as Alphys and Toriel during the accident, however, a big amount of her body had to be replaced with cybernetic parts, similar to Storyshift Undyne. Due to this she has her full eyesight back, and even improved with infrared and ultraviolet vision. Her left arm now has a cannon attached to it, shooting spears at rapid speeds, and her body contains cooling systems for easier travel trough Hotland. Her Undying form now has the MTT NEO shoulder-pad at one side.

#### Monster Teen

Monster Kid has grown up to be a teenager, and trains for the Royal Guard, usually hanging out in the dump looking for things he can use as armor. While not having arms, it doesn't stop him from following his dreams, and he created a fighting style made of kicks and headbutts, and eventually his magic grew strong enough to create 2 floating hands, which he uses in Genocide.

#### Ruins Dummy

After escaping the Ruins, they became Monster Teen's personal training partner. They assist them during their genocide battle.

#### Temmies

The Temmie Village got discovered more after Frisk ordered the construction of a proper road, and it became well-known for having the only shop that buys items. Most Temmies have attended college, and Bob even became one of the most educated people in the Underground. The shopkeeper Temmie meanwhile uses the items she buys to make new and more useful things to sell for higher prizes.

#### Ragel

After Temmie Village became famous, Ragel became a local celebrity, and he gathered a big chunk of the villages money by giving dancing shows (the autographs are an issue though).

#### Onionsan

Onionsan had to move due to the construction of a new power plant, and now lives in a newly dug lake located in Temmie Village.

#### Alphys

Alphys survived the experiment, but did not recover well, being unable to move her legs and having trouble with her painful arms. She now resides in a corner of the lab, watching anime the whole day.

#### Gaster

After one of the bigger CORE malfunctions, a rift between time and space opened up for a short time, which allowed Gaster to escape the Void... mostly at least, as one of his feet was still in there when the rift closed. His return didn't go unnoticed, as he returned to his position as Royal Scientist, now working together with Sans. His missing foot is replaced by a metal one, the place it connects to his body is glitching out constantly, and the part of his coat around it is missing, with the edges glitching as well.

#### Mettaton

Mettaton is always in his EX or NEO form and is officially banned from the CORE after one of his shows caused a malfunction which blew his old legs off, which are now replaced by stronger and flashier ones. His batteries are also way better than in Undertale, and his NEO form has better defenses. The explosion also gave him head trauma, after which he became more sarcastic, egoistic and self-centered (and occasionally slightly self-aware).

#### Bob

Bob is one of Gaster's most brilliant assistants, and discovered a cure against Hoives.

#### Amalgamates

After Gaster's return, he decided to reveal their existence (which Alphys wasn't happy with), and now they live with their families, similar to the True Pacifist ending.

#### Napstablook

Napstablook is now a part of Mettaton's shows, working as a DJ. He is still a ghost, and still likes lying on the ground and feeling like trash though. He is fought at floor 1, and is also a part of the MTT NEO battle.

#### Burgerpants

Frisk helped Burgerpants funding his acting lessons, and he tried to become a part of MTT's shows. However, he laughed at him and told his acting was only good for a Court Jester, at which he replied by throwing the entire supply of Face Steaks in his face. It cost him his job, and now he is performing his acts in an improvised theatre at the second floor of Hotland.

#### Mad Dummy

Mad Dummy is a devoted member of the Anti-Human-King Rebellion, as when Alphys started to miss the Mew Mew animatronic she was nearly fused with, Frisk ordered her to abandon it. She now resides in Hotland, guarding the section of floor 3 the rebellion has in its control.

#### Muffet

Muffet is the leader and founder of the Anti-Human-King Rebellion, and really hates Frisk. Originally she hated Toriel for letting the Ruins spiders perish by Flowey's hands or in the cold of Snowdin during his invasion, but it shifted to Frisk after she realized it wouldn't have happened if they payed her enough to let the spiders reunite safely. She closed off one side of her lair, expanded it creating a 4th floor, and turned the entire floor in front of it into the rebellion's headquarters. She sent her spiders all over the Underground to spy for her, and crowned herself queen of the rebellion, and "soon all of monsterkind".

#### Grillby

Joined the rebellion because Muffet convinced him Frisk was the reason the amount of customers lowered, and closed his restaurant and became a loyal member. However, he doesn't truly believe what he does is right.

#### Red Bird

The Red Bird followed Grillby to translate for him, though doesn't believe in the rebellion.

#### Jerry

Jerry joined the rebellion, because they promised him free wifi. He's quite useless though. Assists Grillby with his attacks.

#### Rocky

Susie took them from Snowdin -which he escaped to after the Ruins attack- to the rebellion to use him as a security mechanism for their HQ. They don't like it.

#### Nice Cream Guy

Nice Cream Guy took over Burgerpants' old job, to spread kindness and joy over the visitors of MTT Resort. However, even *his* optimism is lowering.

#### Dead characters

* Asgore, got killed by Flowey during the events of Undertale
* Toriel, died during the CORE accident
* Gerson, passed away due to his old age and the sadness of Toriel's death
* A Whimsun, got killed by Flowey
* The Ruins spiders, got killed by Flowey or froze to death
* Micro Froggit, got killed by Flowey

### Added Characters

#### Aliza

Aliza is the 9th fallen human, with the soul of Fear, similar to most of the other post-neutral AUs, and the first human to survive Flowey's rage. She fell down during the time humans would be treated as friends, excluding her from the anti-human policy, and she now lives in New Home. Despite this, the Anti-Human-King Rebellion wants to take her soul to go trough the barrier.

#### Jacob

The 10th fallen human, with the soul of Determination. A fighter by default, and easy to push in the direction of genocide.

#### Dalv

As Flowey's attack eventually spread to the Dark Ruins, Dalv had to flee as well. He now resides in New Home.

## Locations

### Undertale Locations

#### Ruins

The Ruins are completely overrun by vines, and every monster that's not killed or evacuated is completely under Flowey's control. None of the puzzles work anymore, and many walls have holes in them. Toriel's house is mostly ignored by Flowey though, though there are still vines inside it. Flowey attacks [tba] in the room with the tree instead.

#### Snowdin

With Flowey's attack on the Ruins, many of its former inhabitants now live in Snowdin, as New Home was too hard to reach for the majority of them. Due to this and it containing one of the alternative power plants, it's decently bigger than before.

#### Hotland

Hotland is expanded, due to Napstablook's and Burgerpants' new facilities, and floor 3 is almost completely in the rebellion's hands, with the exception of everything past the opera.

#### CORE

The CORE is nearly abandoned, as it's too dangerous there.

#### New Home

The capital of all monsters, slightly bigger than in Undertale, as it now houses most CORE and a few Ruins monsters.

### Added Locations

#### Hydrothermal Power Plant Snowdin/Hydrothermal Power Plant Waterfall

2 hydrothermal power plants build to generate energy for when the CORE malfunctions.

#### Muffet's Castle

The newly built 4th floor of Hotland is a giant maze of spiderwebs, and at the end, Muffet resides.

## Misc Changes

* The Neutral endings are much darker than in Undertale, ranging from Underfell and Horrortale-esque scenarios to the complete extinction of Monsterkind.
* The overworld design of the Amalgamates resembles the in-battle ones.

### Sub AUs

* Desperatale If Toriel Lived: Toriel survives the accident, but the CORE still malfunctions like it does in the main AU. Frisk wants to take a human soul to save the monsters, while Toriel refuses to help them. Eventually the Underground gets divided into 4 different factions: the Protectors, led by Toriel, Papyrus, Aliza and Napstablook, with the Temmie village inhabitants, Burgerpants and Nice Cream Guy being notable members, the Escapers, led by Frisk, Sans, Undyne, Mettaton and Gaster, with Alphys, Monster Teen, the Royal Guard members and Dalv being notable members, the Controllers, led by Muffet, Mad Dummy and Susie, with Jerry and unwillingly Grillby and the Rock being notable members, and the Killers, led by Flowey alone. (Gonna be expanded upon eventually)
* Desperatale No Human: while Aliza falls down, Jacob doesn't, leading to Frisk committing suicide so their soul can be used and putting Sans, Undyne, Papyrus and Aliza in charge of monsterkind's future.
* Desperatale Friskless: Frisk doesn't return to the Underground, but the CORE related events happen like normal. Sans rules over the Underground, Mettaton was nearly completely blown up after the third CORE malfunction his show caused, and is stuck in a very broken head which was put next to Alphys, Mad Dummy never had to leave the Mew Mew body and thus never joined the rebellion (which doesn't exist anyways, since Frisk is not king, giving Muffet no reason to start one) and instead took his place as the celebrity and Napstablook became very depressed as he thinks his cousin died in the explosion.
* Desperatale Stable CORE: the opposite of Friskless: the CORE never blows up but Frisk stayed. Flowey is the main threat in this sub AU.

## Story

* Pre-Jacob story
* Route 1 (Genocide)
* Route 2 (Neutral 1)
* Post Neutral 1

* Back Down
* Meeting old friends pt. 1
* Meeting old friends pt. 2
* 5 Years After
* The Accident
* A New King

* The Deal

* A Change of Mind?

## Trivia

* The idea for this AU came when listening to Ethan Harper's Bestimmung + FRISK, and thinking what kind of AU could have them as king.
* There's a scrapped plotline of Gaster unknowingly replicating the Flowey experiment using one of Gerson's books.