God, she did miss Swap. A lot. But, maybe she could change him, right? She could..she could bring the old Swap back. It would just take a bit of time. One day, break the rules, the other, listen to him. Remind him of the times they used to have..Talk to him about the monsters he dusted. Make him feel an emotion other than his insanity, his..love for her, how DESPERATE he was. Make him feel like the Swap she knew, the Swap she remembered. The Swap, that was her friend. Yes, she would do it. She quickly looked around and took in her surroundings more closely this time. |I just have to remember..this will take a long time, so while doing it..Don't fall victim to his tricks, don't fall..for ANY of it. It'll mess the whole thing up, got it? Okay.| "Now..let's go get my friend back." Fluff's; She waited for him. For once, she wasn’t hiding in a corner, dreading the moment he arrived. She took a shaky breath, steadying herself. |First step: listen to him.| She didn’t have to wait long. He opened the door, looking as insane as ever. It still hurt seeing him like this- |No. concentrate.| “Hello, Tavia!~” He came close to her, hugging her. For once, she didn’t fight back, or squirm. No, she just… stayed. The logical thing would be to return it, but… not yet. |Not ready for that.| “Uh… h-hi, Sans.” She smiled, shakily. This was going to be harder than she thought… “You’re acting so nice today!! I’m so glad, we can do something fun today!! I’ll even let you choose!” He released her, almost bouncing with excitement. “Yeah! Uh, maybe we can go get… Nice cream?” …that memory… no. Stay strong. “Remember the first time we got it? That was really fun, maybe we should… get it again?” |C’mon. …this better work.| Player's; Swap practically lit up at the sound of hearing this. "Yes, yes!! That would be perfect, dear." He unlocked the cell and held her hand, smiling brightly. |Stay strong, Tavia..| He wasn't holding it that tight, surprisngly, little progress..thats good. She thought anyway. "C'mon!" He chuckled, "Let's go!" He teleported them both to a nicecream cart in hotland. "Wouldya like to eat here, or somewhere else?" She took a deep breathe. "Uhm- Maybe WaterFall? You said it was your fa-favorite place so.." His highlights changed to- wait. HIS HIGHLIGHTS CHANGED, They changed to stars for a split second. However, when they changed they were still blood red. "Aw, you want to go to my favorite place?~ How sweet of you, let's go there now!" He held his nicecream and gave Tavia hers, then teleporting them both to WaterFall. They were both sitting on rocks, Swap talked about himself and really..anything with her. She sighed and nodded to what he was saying, half listening. |Well..I suppose this is a start.| Fluff’s Work: “…and it’ll be perfect, don’t you think?” Oh. He was still talking. |.. Crap. Respond respond respond respond-| “Uh- yeah! It’d be amazing, I’m sure!” |What am I agreeing to-| He leaned his head on her shoulder. “It would be… you with me forever? We could do whatever we wanted!” He chuckled. …Tavia felt her face pale. Forever, that meant… She couldn’t travel anymore. |Alright. This /really/ has to work-| “Tavia? Are you okay?” Swap looked at her in concern, snapping her out of her thoughts. |Focus.| “Uh, y-yeah!” “ are you sure? You don’t sound confident in that~” There was a dangerous edge in his tone. Alright. Truth it is. |Nope nope nope, that’ll make things worse.| “I’m just- processing it all, I guess!” She tried a smile. It was too unsure. Too shaky. |Keep it together. You’ll be fine.| …this wasn’t going as planned. Players: "Are you sure, dear? You sound..quite..lost in thought. What are you thinking about? " He chuckled. "You'd better not be thinking of escaping. Or of a n y o n e e l s e. Okay, deary?~" Tavia gulped, "Y-yes." Swap smiled insanely. That look on her face, the shake in her voice. How she acted. GOD, he loved it so much. He wanted more..HE NEEDED MORE. He grabbed her chin, tightly, making his face his way and looked at the fear building up inher beautiful brown eyes. He laughed. He threw her onto the rock, her head hitting the rock and slightly bleeding. "We were having SUCH a good day. And you just had to ruin it, you rat!" He looked at the blood from her injury, he rook of his glove and touched it. "This color..isn't it so pretty, my dear? Don't you agree?" He chuckled and sat her up again, she was panting and her vision was blurry. "I know you do." He hugged her. Fluff’s (regretful) work: No. NONONONO- She couldn’t heal. The potion. She- her entire body started shaking. He watched it, and- oh god, he was /enjoying/ this. Her immediate instinct told her to stop giving him what he wants, but… another idea popped into her (desperate) head. |What if- if I give him what he wants, maybe he’ll… lay off? A little bit?| She tried to breathe. “I’m- i’m s-sorry. I s-shouldn’t have-“ She had to stop. The pain was too much, She couldn’t- it hurt. It hurt so much. (Cont)
Even in her pained state, she knew she would say something she’d regret. |Just SHUT UP. Act terrified. …actually, don’t act. Don’t have to.|
