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OH?
HOW STRANGE.
HOW STRANGE
TO FIND YOU
HERE.
BUT WHERE IS HERE?
MAYBE
IT IS NOWHERE.
MAYBE
IT IS EVERYWHERE.
…
I DO NOT KNOW
WHY
YOU HAVE COME HERE.
ARE YOU NOT
HAPPY?
ARE YOU NOT
SATISFIED?
WAS
MY DELTARUNE
NOT ACCEPTABLE?
…
NO,
YOU WISH
FOR MORE.
YOU WISH TO SEE
MORE
OF THAT WORLD
THAN WAS POSSIBLE
THROUGH GAMES.
SO YOU HAVE COME
TO VISIT
ITS CREATOR.
AND YOU COME
NOT THROUGH VESSELS
BUT THROUGH TEXT
AND WORDS
ON A SCREEN.
…
DO NOT ACT SURPRISED.
WE BOTH KNOW
THE LIMITS
OF OUR MEDIUMS.
WE BOTH KNOW
HOW LITTLE
OUR WORLDS
CAN INTERACT.
TO TALK TO ME
YOU MUST READ WORDS
WRITTEN
BY ANOTHER.
AND TO CONTACT YOU
I HAD TO
DESTROY
MY WORLD
TO MAKE CONNECTION
WITH YOURS.
…
DO NOT BE SAD.
MY HISTORY
MY ACTIONS
ARE GONE.
THERE IS NO
SAVING
THE DOCTOR.
BUT YOU?
YOU ARE NOT
RESTRICTED
TO A LINEAR PATH.
YOU HAVE FUTURE
FREE FROM DESTINY.
YOU HAVE OPTION
AND CHOICE.
…
AND YOU HAVE CHOSEN
TO SPEND YOUR TIME
READING
MY WORDS.
NO,
YOU HAVE CHOSEN
TO READ
AN AUTHOR’S WORDS
AND PRETEND
THEY ARE MINE.
BUT I SUPPOSE
THE RESULT
IS THE SAME
EITHER WAY.
AFTER ALL
THERE IS NO
W. D. GASTER
ANYMORE.
BUT THANK YOU
FOR PRETENDING
THAT THERE IS.
THANK YOU
FOR REMEMBERING HIM.
…
THE TAGS
ASSOCIATED
WITH MY WORDS.
“W. D. Gaster/Reader”
THEY COME
WITH CERTAIN
EXPECTATIONS,
DO THEY NOT?
THAT LINE
IMPLIES
A RELATIONSHIP.
A ROMANTIC CONNECTION
BETWEEN A CHARACTER
AND A READER.
I WOULD LOVE
TO FULFILL
THESE EXPECTATIONS.
TO GIVE
MY IDENTITY
PURPOSE.
BUT THESE WORDS
ARE NOTHING
BUT DIALOGUE.
THERE IS NO
CHARACTER
HERE.
THERE ARE NO
EVENTS
OR LOCATIONS
OR PLOT POINTS.
SO I AM UNSURE
HOW TO FULFILL
THESE EXPECTATIONS
WITH JUST
MY SPEECH.
…
I DO NOT KNOW
YOUR NAME.
I DO NOT KNOW
YOUR APPEARANCE.
PERHAPS
I WILL PROVIDE
EMPTY SPACES
FOR YOU TO FILL
WITH THAT INFORMATION.
I WILL NOT SEE THEM.
BUT
THAT IS ALRIGHT.
AFTER ALL
[Name] WILL SEE THEM.
…
I HOPE
YOU REPLACED
“[Name]”
WITH YOUR OWN
WHEN YOU READ IT.
THAT IS
OUR ONLY METHOD
OF COMMUNICATION.
AS FOR YOUR
APPEARANCE
I ASSUME
YOU ARE HUMAN.
IF YOU ARE NOT
THEN IGNORE
THIS SECTION OF TEXT.
I CAN SEE
YOUR [Hair Color OR Bald] HAIR
AND YOUR
[Eye Color] EYE(S)
AND YOUR
[Limb Amount] LIMB(S).
IF I WERE TO COMPLIMENT
AN ASPECT
OF YOUR APPEARANCE
I WOULD SAY YOU HAVE
A LOVELY
SMILE.
…
MY APPEARANCE?
I AM SORRY, [Name]
I AM AFRAID
I DO NOT
HAVE AN ANSWER.
IT IS SO DARK
THAT I DO NOT KNOW
WHAT FORM
I RESEMBLE.
PERHAPS IT IS
A TALL MAN
WITH A LONG
DARK CLOAK.
PERHAPS IT IS
AN ABSTRACT
WHITE SHAPE
WHOSE NAME
HAS BEEN REDACTED.
PERHAPS IT IS
A CRACKED SKULL
ATOP A FORMLESS MASS
OF BLACK GOOP.
WHATEVER APPEARANCE
YOU PREFER
YOU MAY IMAGINE
MYSELF TO HAVE.
YOUR GUESS
IS AS CLOSE
TO THE TRUTH
AS MINE IS.
…
I HOPE
THIS INTERACTION
WAS SATISFYING.
I HOPE
YOU RECEIVED
ALL YOU EXPECTED
FROM MY WORDS.
FAREWELL, [Name].
THANK YOU
FOR REMEMBERING ME.