Are you and Flaps still trying to be pacifists? Or is it getting harder and harder to see the good in everyone, and keep your anger in control? There’s no shame in killing for the right reasons, like self-defense or justice.

* { it’s been…. difficult. i don’t think we were good at striking the line of “what’s going too far” at all, early on, you know. we got doormatted. }

* { we both still firmly believe that everyone has good in there somewhere, but…. we’ve just realized that it can’t be up to us all the time to find it and fix things. }

* { the only time either of us would condone killing right now would be in self-defense. i don’t like the idea of killing someone just to get justice. }

* { maybe…. in seriously extreme cases, where it’d be needed for the safety of others overall. but. i don’t see anything like that coming around anytime soon. }

* { i Also don’t like saying “there’s no shame in killing” even if it is for the reasons listed. taking a life is a pretty serious thing, and it should be treated as such. }

* { i realize that i haven’t upheld these kind of methods and such since i woke back up, but i’m. firm in sticking to them now. i don’t want more of that. }

* { i still have, uh, three more asks, but. }

* { i think they’re things flaps should answer himself, you know. a lot of them kinda revolve around his thoughts and feelings on things, and they’re pretty personal, so… i’d really. rather not comment on them in his place. }

Flaps will bounce back someday, right? As long as he takes better care of himself from now on? And you will too, won’t you?

* { god… i hope so. for his sake. }

* { but at the same time, like…. i don’t know if we really ever will. we’re both more or less happy most of the time, for sure, but…. you know. i don’t think he’ll ever get that old energy back, not after what he’s pushed himself through. }

* { only time will tell, i guess. }

Sounds like you were quite a spoiled child. Have you told anyone else your backstory? It’s quite a sad one, but I admit, I expected something a little more dramatic. Were the other kids jealous of all your fancy gizmos? Do you miss your family and your friends?

* { i haven’t, no. i was never really asked in depth about it before and i figured it wasn’t really important to share. }

* { i’m…. i don’t particularly remember much outside of my immediate family. i miss my parents – they were good to me, but…. this is my home now. and this is my family now. }

* { i don’t think i’d trade it for anything. }

Are you or Flaps good cooks? Is that why you share so many recipes? Because those recipes are real scrumptious!

* { he is, actually! he typically does and has cooked a lot of what he’s put up on the blog, and he used to be really forwards with offering it to people as much as he could. }

* { that kinda…. fell through after we left the big chat, but i’m not sure how he’ll react to things once he comes back to his senses. he rarely makes the effort to offer food anymore. }

You killed Flaps’ followers shortly after meeting Flaps, yes? Why so? How could they have gotten in the way? Are they dead forever? Does Flaps miss them?

* { they aren’t dead forever, no. they’ve been back and around for a while – though i think they’ve more recently gone dormant. }

* { we needed something that would be able to survey timelines while not strictly being part of one – the followers were something that would work perfectly, but in the state they were in, they were still bound to the void. }

* { killing them was the only thing that was able to unbind them, and i reworked their code into something different, and sent them out on their way. }

* { i didn’t take into account that we’d lose communications with them, though, and.. well. once they remembered what they were made to do they weren’t too happy. }

* { that whole incident is actually what kicked off flaps being in contact with others in the first place. }

How much do you know about the canon Undertale game, and how much do you know about the various AU’s, Runiel? Did you see every single piece of dialogue the game had to offer? And because you know it’s all just a game, does that diminish the feelings you have for all these people you’ve met?

* { i never did, no. i’ve… researched a lot of it since waking back up, for sure, but i definitely don’t know everything. }

* { i’ve admittedly stopped paying attention to a lot of AU stuff going on. most of it doesn’t concern Flaps or myself, so it just…. seems kinda pointless to try and get wrapped up in it all beyond whatever people we’re close with are in. }

* { as for if it diminishes my feelings at all – no, not for a moment. this is my reality now as much as it is theirs, and their lives are real. they’re important to me. even the people i hate, i don’t see them as less than myself for originating from where they may have. }

Well, that certainly was a nice story! I’m assuming that after you got stuck in the room you met Flaps? You made a deal with him so you wouldn’t be lonely, and so he would have more freedom, yes? Did you have any idea what you were getting into? Would you still play the game the way you did, and make the deal with Flaps, knowing what you know now?

* { mhm. well – yes on the fact that i met him after getting trapped here. }

* { we made the deal because we knew neither of us would survive otherwise – he was near dying and i was almost out of energy to keep myself alive in here. so we decided to just…. fuse our code to that of the room. i’d handle the nuances involved in being able to manipulate the space, and he would remain as the actual present being. }

* { seeing as, you know. gasters are almost all you see here. }

* { if i knew what would happen – everything leading up to how things are now? }

* { i’d do it without hesitating, i think. }