thefoundation | [CONTINUE + 4] INTRO

[After so long a trip, you're all finally here. Taken through a hidden passage inside of the very mountain itself, you find yourself standing in front of a field of flowers, growing well due to the open roof above it. If you look up, you can just make out the shimmering colors off of the barrier - looking almost like the shine off of a soap bubble.

Try not to trample on the flowers as you approach the open, purple gate. And remember to wear your masks, now that you're here!

...Still, the sight of the yellow flowers waving in the wind....such a cheery sight fills you with determination for what's to come.

Welcome to the Underground.

...Again. The loop happened again, and you're here. Everything is the same.

Someone who was dead is alive again.

The trial...it was...you remember only up until Gilgamesh was FOUGHT against, and then...nothing.

You feel you shouldn't try to remember anything beyond that.

Not only that, But more monster names have faded from your memory.

...When will this end?]

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[ because I have to ask ICly-- ]

You been posin' as a monster the whole time? Which one?

Undyne.

She was a strong leader, and I knew the Underground would suffer without her presence. So when she was deleted, I took up pretending to be her. I needed to pretend to be a monster anyway, and pretending to be one that had a history like hers made it easy to get around the Underground without having to use my powers.

[............]

What.

Was my explanation not thorough enough?

Memory loss.

...right.

[She keeps forgetting the memory loss.]

No, I... how did you... that position??

I'm an identity thief, I suppose.

...You were playing the part of Undyne all this time?

[Well, this is awkward. I have been spending the past few weeks trying to get someone that was already on our side on our side.]

If you had broken into her house, you would have found my piano there.

[Shhh nobody say that Undyne likes to play piano anyway.]

...Breaking and entering is typically not how one gets people on their side.

[Apparently I'm too much of a normy to belong to this team, though.]

On that topic... I was sure I had forgotten that name after the latest reset, but I remember it clearly in here for some reason. Is that not strange?

I think it's because I took on the name for myself, rather than letting it fade away. Because I took over the identity instantly, it was like she was never deleted in the first place. That is likely why this being found interest in me: I was able to prevent the memories of a monster being erased because I took over her identity.

Though I had to abandon that identity to protect myself from the memory erasure. I would not be surprised if her name and memory fade before too long.

I'm starting to think some of us just aren't meant for this place.

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That. She's....

Undyne?

[ .............. ]

--but.

[ It. Wasn't ever the original Undyne that she'd met. It was Red the whole time. Marisa doesn't know whether or not to be disappointed that she didn't actually meet a cool fish lady, or touched that Red has been close by all along and keeping watch over them. ]

Aw, jeez, Red...

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[It's okay, she was acting like the original Undyne acted, so it wasn't 100% Red the whole time. It was a convincing act.]

Sorry I couldn't admit to it sooner. I was hoping that thing wouldn't notice exactly who I was pretending to be.

No, I getcha. I hope she's the sorta person who would appreciate her name bein' carried on for a while, 'cause damn, she made an impression.

[ a low laugh ]

Thanks for keepin' an eye on us all this time.

It's all I could do, so I did what I could.

And if we find a way to fix all of this, maybe you will get to meet her.

[okay wait. what?] Oh— you were Undyne this whole time?

For as long as you have been here, and for a few months before that.

I never would have guessed— but I suppose that's the point anyways.

It's good to know though that you were around though.

That was you?

...do you still wanna fight sometime?

If you want. I'll warn you though, I can only fight with the use of my powers. Without them, I'm not actually that strong. Prior to becoming an agent at the Foundation, I was a professional singer.

Well, since I don't have my powers right now, we'd probably be about even! But if you want, we could have a karaoke-off instead!

You just heard I'm a professional singer and you want to have a karaoke contest?

[That actually earns a lot of respect from Red, since she's all for believing in confident people.]

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I told you we're bad at hide and seek!