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The Souls Guide To Not (Not) Avoiding People

Summary:

Flying at top speeds shouldn't be that shocking to you even though you are a Soul, but it still is. It doesn't matter that you were able to beat the Knight who you had to be fighting at top speeds. Being afraid of death is universal.

But being afraid of people finding about YOU, well that's just a you fear. You'd rather be the unknown hero that no one knows. So that's why it's concerning when Susie sees you in the closet and shines her flashlight on you.

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Chapter 1: First Step: Avoid Being Seen.

Notes:

Have at you, a normal Red Soul! It's just chilling. Completely unaware of the fourth wall and not even having the SAVE files. Also AO3 bugged or smth because one of the dialogue lines just... Disappeared??? I fixed it already dw tho it was... WEIRD wink wink

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As you're flying through the air at what feels like mach speed but is probably much slower, you think to yourself: How did you get here?

Was it perhaps when you released that Clown from it's cage? No, you tired him out and gotten a nice reward for your troubles. Maybe it was loading the Email guy into that body? Even though you won the fight by releasing him from the strings, it sure didn't feel like it. Watching him just fall over once that final string was cut and all the music stopped was… unnerving. Much more unnerving was killing your party members in that weird game.

But it probably begins with the KNIGHT that was the start of your mistakes. IT destroyed your party members with a single blow and the only reason you were able to ‘win’ was spamming the Revive Mints. Not like it mattered much - all what you got from it was a Shadow Crystal and a weird Black Shard.

So where were you going with this? Ah, right, the reason you're imitating a bullet. Noelle slipped on accident and sent the Angel Doll plus you flying. As the Angel Doll breaks when finally hitting a wall, you're flung conveniently to that room. The one where your landlord? owner? friend? bestie? oomfie? enem- Kris ripped you out just so that you couldn't read the numbers on that guitar. You land on the ground and waste no time going to the guitar once again since this time you can finally read the numbe-

SKJSHWIWHSOSHSJJSLAKAN!

You felt something heavy collide with you, breaking you out of your floaty state and reuniting you with the floor. You see Kris crawl out of the bed and go to you, picking you up when suddenly the door opens and a flashlight shines on you both. Right when Kris is holding you.

“...Kris? What are you h-holding there?” Says Noelle, her tone concerned and questioning. Right behind her you see a Susie-like silhouette start to approach and you feel Kris alternate between staring at you and then Noelle. Eventually they respond:

“...a smoothie.” Their tone and voice being very raspy and quiet, probably because they were not used to speaking which was. Concerning. Because that would mean you weren’t a helpful guid- Wait no nevermind, you need to get out of here! You try to wriggle your way out of their hand but their grip is too great for your feeble body. Noelle notices you moving and lets out a loud SCREEEEECH, dropping her flashlight for the second time that day. Kris immediately opens the closet nearby and shoves you there right before Susie-like footsteps are heard nearby and stop moments later.

“Ummm… (Kris you dumbass, you were supposed to be searching for clues! Not pranking Noelle and me!)” You hear the whispers from your new prison cell, this one being much more better than your previous five(or you guess one since the other four were when you were inhabiting Kris)you were in. The birdcage had much less room to float around, that's for sure…

Noelle sighs and presumably picks up her flashlight if the noises are to be believed. “Seriously Kris? I thought it was a real beating heart for a second! (Much more realistic than the previous times, that's for sure.)” It is here that you realise that there are still some things to do, and that's making noise which you're very good at! You start making thuds within the closet by throwing yourself at walls and whatever is nearby.

“Huh? What's that noise coming from the closet?” Susie says and tries to go closer before someone else(probably Kris) stops them. “Fine, we won't look unless we hear more noise being made.” As she says that you notice one of the creepy wind up dolls in your jail, perfect for making noise! You push against it and activate the doll, creating obnoxious noise from the closet.

“Hey, you hear that Noelle? Let's investigate the source of the nois- Kris stop trying to block our way. If the noises become louder I'll have to use my secret technique I learned!” And that's the cue for you to find another creepy doll. You push one of the boxes away and lo and behold, a creepy doll right below it! You activate it and more obnoxious music fills your jail. Much better than the screams of pain and anguish that accompany you normally.

“C'mon Kris let me see inside of the closet… fine, if you're going to be like that, then- WAIT WHAT'S THAT TO THE LEFT OF YOU!” She shouts and then you hear rapid footsteps to your closet before it opens. You stare however much you can at Susie and she stares back. It's completely silent up until she closes the closet with over the top strength, a loud THUD being heard and making you flinch. You back away as far as you can. Which is not much.

“Kris. Kris. Kris. Kris. What the hell is that, KRIS???”She asks and you hear someone being picked up by their shirt. “Why is there a heart in the closet? Actually more better question - why is it the same one as the SOUL you used when sealing the fountains???” She asks and shakes Kris… completely forgetting about the giant elephant(but more accurately, the small deer)in the room.

“Umm… Susie? What do you mean by that last one?” She asks, her voice concerned and questioning. “Wait, you don't mean fountains as in… Dark Fountains?” Her voice becoming disbelieving as she utters the last two words.

You already know that today will be surely a very, VERY long day.