Prologue - A Suffering Soul



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The kid finds nobody alive.


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They're not giving up that easily.


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How many times are they willing to come to an empty wasteland?


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Can they just leave already?


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Why can't they get it through their head that there's not going to be anybody but me?


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How many times have we fought?


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How many times have I won?


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How many times are they going to force me to dust everybody?


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When will they run out of determination?


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Is that even possible?


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When will it end?


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Will it ever end?


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Do I even want it to end?


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Papyrus says I'm overworking myself. Maybe I am.


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I'm not getting tired of this anymore.


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Is it just me or did it take longer for them to come back?


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Did they bother saving that time?


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My bed doesn't feel like my own anymore. I'm sleeping on the ground.


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When I write in certain books, the words stay through resets. I've started logging everything in hopes of keeping my fragile sanity.


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There are so many ways to get rid of this kid.


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I must have done them all.


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Why is it so satistying?


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Dusting everybody gets easier every time, but it's so predictable. They never change, even when I do.


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I laid traps just about everywhere. Is the kid memorizing my patterns?


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I changed it up this time. Kid never saw it coming.


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Papyrus still wants to be in the Royal Guard.


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I didn't think Papyrus's puzzles could be so deadly.


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I don't remember the last time the kid made it to Snowdin.


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The conveniently shaped lamp was shattered. Kid was too.


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I don't think the kid saves anymore.


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They just die then reset.


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Do they think I'll stop?


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Why would they think I would stop, when they're the one who started it in the first place?


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They should have thought about the consequences of their actions.


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I made a pilgrimage to New Home after the kid was gone. It usually takes a day for the reset to take effect. I'm going through all the books to see which ones carry over. So far, I think all books in the underground are preserved through resets. 


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My theory was correct.


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The kid stocked up on food and kept healing before they eventually died. I'm burning some food and hiding the rest.


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What am I going to do when the kid gives up?


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Who am I kidding, they'll never learn.


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At least I can affect the outcome of this loop.


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Even if it will never stop.


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The kid nicknamed me. "Murder," they said. It suits me.


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Papyrus started calling me Murder on occasion. The kid has a few good ideas every once in a while.


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The kid likes to talk when they die. Sometimes, they can hold a pretty good conversation.


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Doesn't change what they did though.


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Nothing will change that.


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Nothing will change.


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We'll keep going in this cycle.


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Forever.


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Until the end.


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