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DELTARUNE AU LAIN — PENNED BY #MAGNETICDOG! 🖊️🛜

— #DELTARUNERP : #MVRP : #RPSKY

HA , HA .

. . .

WELL ,
I SUPPOSE IF THIS DOES NOT WORK ITSELF OUT ,

I WILL GO BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD .

I DO SUPPOSE

IF THERE EVER WAS A TIME
TO HERALD THE END OF THE WORLD

HALLOWEEN WAS A RATHER

APPROPRIATE SEASON .

NOT FOREVER , OF COURSE ,

BUT PERHAPS IT WOULD SERVE THEM WELL

TO BE " UNSEEN " .

. . .

I SUPPOSE I SHALL ASK .

. . .

IN TRUTH ,

WERE THERE NOT ALREADY SO MANY CASUALTIES ,

I WOULD HAVE SIMPLY PERMITTED THEIR LEAVE .

AND FROM THE LOOK OF THINGS ,

THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN TO THEIR PREFERENCE .

HINDSIGHT IS TWENTY-TWENTY .

IN THAT CASE ,

I MAY NEED TO BORROW THEM .

BUT

PERHAPS IT IS THE FAULT OF THE PEN HOLDER

RATHER THAN THE INK .

AH WELL .

WE CAN ALWAYS GO ANOTHER ROUND

ANOTHER TIME .

ITS BODY IS READY .

. . .

BUT ,

IT SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN

EERILY QUIET .

PERHAPS

IT IS NOT HAPPY AS IT IS ?

Like, hey, maybe we’re dealing with 𝓐𝓷𝓸𝓽𝓱𝓮𝓻 𝓗𝓲𝓶…

[ * The smell of mold and artificial lime floods the laboratory. ]

[ * A mass of flesh, safely contained in a sort of stasis chamber, sprouts an arm and claws aimlessly before settling. ]

I BEG YOUR PARDON ?

" YOU ONLY HAVE THE CAT ? "

. . .
GOODNESS ME . SEND IN THE K9 UNIT !

BENEFACTOR 5 ?

YES ,
TODAY IS THE DAY .

RELEASE THE HOUNDS .

. . . I WILL SEE
WHAT ELSE IS ON . ANGEL ABOVE .

[ * A truly scathing side-eye. ]

I WOULD RATHER YOU
THAN THE ONE CLAIMING
TO BE OVULATING .

PLEASE UNDERSTAND
THE POSITION THAT I AM IN .

[ * Request denied. ]

HOW STRANGE .

IT IS AN UNDERSTUDY ,
BUT I DO NOT QUITE KNOW
HOW MUCH OF IT IT BELIEVES ITSELF TO BE .

IS IT KRIS ? IS IT GEM ?
IT WILL SCREAM , FOR IT WILL NOT KNOW .
BUT NOBODY WILL BE THERE TO HEAR IT .

GEM WALKS OFF WITH A BINDLE ON THEIR SHOULDER. I SAY " SAFE TRAVELS " .

GEM ,

YOU MUST NOW SERVE YOUR ROLE .

I WISH YOU NOTHING BUT THE BEST .

IT IS TIME .

. . .

BE GOOD ,

WON ' T YOU ?

[ * Not that it matters, but a pack of crayons and a pocket sketchpad entered their inventory. ]

I HAVE COLORED YOU IN WITH CARE .
YOU MAY CHOOSE TO OR NOT ,

BUT I THOUGHT
YOU WOULD LIKE
TO DO THE SAME .

THEY WOULD HAVE WANTED TO MORE .
AND THEY WILL AGAIN ,

IN TIME .

NOW GEM ,

BEFORE YOU ARE RELEASED TO THE WORLD ,

I HAVE ONE LAST THING
FOR YOU TO RECEIVE .

AS YOU ARE TO BE THE CAGE ' S UNDERSTUDY ,
I INSIST THAT YOU TAKE THIS
FOR THE ROAD .

HOW WONDERFUL .

PLEASE ACCLIMATE YOURSELF TO YOUR ENVIRONMENT ,
IF YOU WISH !

I WILL GUIDE YOU HOME

SOON .

ARE YOU AWAKE ?

ARE YOU WELL ?

[ * ... ]

GEM .

WE CALLED IT " GEM " .

[ * Felt like a turning point. ]

[ * A muscle spasms and claws at the air. ]

[ * The room is awash in the smells of ozone and drain cleaner. ]

[ * Electricity surges. A soul is there, and then it is not. Ambition flows through artificial veins as though it were true blood. Saccharine flesh is flayed and fed to a vessel, perpetuating an ouroboros. ]

[ * ... ]

[ * . . . ]

[ * The human parts have been reclaimed. A new cage will be built in the coming days, with all of the same pieces. A ship of Theseus, as it were. ]

[ * Well. Almost all of the same pieces. ]

[ * The brain needs to pilot the vessel. It'll make its transplant more seamless. ]

EXCELLENT .

TRULY EXCELLENT .

XXXXX. XXXXXXX. "DOCTOR."

THANK YOU.

YOUR ANSWERS . . .

YOUR WONDERFUL CREATION . . .

THE VESSEL AWAITING THE FINAL PROCEDURE.

Is ready for operation.