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When Toriel saw the trio pull out all the things that she had taken out of the classroom, she was a bit confused. "...Wait, so you all gathered everything back up that was in here... and brought them back..? Why..? I take it that the reason involves whatever you're showing me..? ...And Berdly?"

Kris nodded some. "...Yeah. It's complicated... But, you'll see what it means. And we can point some stuff out if need be." Susie chuckled and nods as well, looking at Berdly. "Yeah. And, uh. It'll hopefully explain why I snapped at you over the one card. I hope."

Player helped out a bit with putting everything back, to try and speed up the process. Toriel and Berdly just watched- Toriel especially surprised because of how much detail was being put into it.

But once they were done, the group nodded. "Okay. This might be odd, but now we need to head over to the closet adjacent to the room. Noelle hasn't seen this one yet, since... well, it stopped existing when things got cleared out. But, it should... hopefully... be back to normal." Toriel and Berdly just nodded again, still somewhat baffled by it all.

They headed out of the classroom, and then to the closet... opening the door to pitch black. Both Toriel and Berdly were surprised at the sheer lack of light in the room, but the rest not so much. "...Wait, there's normally at least SOME light in there, right?" Berdly asked. Noelle just chuckled at this, knowing what was to come. And Kris smiled lightly. "...Okay. Be warned- there's a bit of a drop." they said, before they jumped in, alongside Susie, Noelle, and the Player- to the sheer shock of Toriel and Berdly.

"Did they just... jump into there? And FALL?! That... that goes against so many scientific properties! This... I mean... ah, forget it. If what they said is true, then... it'll be explained. I hope. Come on, Ms. Dreemur- let's go ahead and see what Kris was talking about."

Toriel simply nodded, a bit at a loss for words. And with that, they too jumped into the darkness...

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Once they all arrived, the group of Kris, Susie, Noelle, and the Player got up first. They looked around for a few moments, before seeing Toriel and Berdly arrive as well- also in unique outfits.

Toriel's outfit was quite simple, and yet it felt quite fitting for her. It was a purple dress with what appeared to be a motif of the Angel that Ralsei had mentioned quite some time ago. She also no longer had her glasses on- which was actually the first thing she noticed, reaching up and trying to check for them, noticing she could still see just as well as she had before. This also revealed a simple hood of sorts, making her appear somewhat like Ralsei had when Kris and Susie had first met him. However, she looked less like a healer and more like one who would take part in battles as well. Her dress seemed like it wasn't going to be damaged easily.

Berdly, on the other hand, gained some more sci-fi based clothing. He gained what appeared to be a futuristic chestplate, a visor that looked nearly straight out of a sci-fi movie (with a few of the benefits too!), leg plates that covered his rather thin bird legs, and even arm plates with what appeared to be built-in laser blasters. He quickly began trying out some of the features, discovering that the laser components of his arm plates had a sort of laser-blade functionality, allowing him to have triangular blades on his arms. Surprisingly, they didn't hurt him if he accidentally touched the blade- another odd discrepancy he took note of.

Toriel, after finishing looking around, chuckled slightly upon seeing the surroundings, consisting mainly of the Card Castle and it's outer courtyard. "...So this is why you were doing all this... I'm curious, what did the items in the old classroom have to do with this place..?"

She didn't have to wonder for long, as Lancer and Ralsei soon emerged from the castle alongside a number of the inhabitants. Toriel and Berdly were far more surprised, and took a few steps back until seeing that the others weren't phased.

As for the Player, they were just trying to stay to the side of it all, wanting to let Kris, Susie, and Noelle get the attention. But in all the chaos and celebration going on, they were dragged into the excitement, as were the two new figures.

After regrouping, Ralsei and Lancer greeted the original group, before Toriel saw Ralsei and gasped. Ralsei then saw Toriel, eyes widening a bit. Toriel was the first to speak. "...Asriel..?"

Ralsei chuckled lightly. "...No, sorry. My name is Ralsei. I haven't seen you before, what's your name?"

Toriel nodded some. "...Of course. Asriel was coming from his college- I should have known. My name is Toriel. It's very nice to meet you, Ralsei." she said, her expression losing all traces of shock.

It wouldn't be long until Lancer made his introduction to both Toriel and Berdly- finally noticing the duo after reuniting with Susie. "Oh wow! I almost didn't see you two! You look like... um... I don't know, grape and blue raspberry. I think. Susie, who are these two? Do you know them or something?"

Susie chuckled and nodded. "Yeah, these two are other Lightner friends of ours. Toriel here is actually Kris' mother, and Berdly is a classmate who... while he was a bit annoying... he seems to be kinda understanding our situation through some science-y mumbo jumbo. So it might be nice to have him around so we can clear up that sort of stuff. If he can dumb down the complicated crap for us- unlikely."

Berdly scowled- except, it seemed more in a joking manner. "Hey! I can make it easier for you plebeians to understand the more intricate details of these situations! It might take a bit but it's a lot easier to lower the IQ levels than raise them. I think."

Susie laughed a bit at this. "I think you just lowered my IQ with whatever you just said, so surely it won't be that hard!" she said, making everyone but Berdly laugh some, while Berdly just rolled his eyes- albeit grinning some. Clearly he was actually enjoying the situation by some chance.

The Player was just trying not to intervene, but Toriel spoke up before they could really avoid anything. "So Player, you knew about this world too? Is this where you came from?" she asked.

The Player shook their head. "No, this isn't. I don't know how to fully explain it, but this world is a layer lower than yours- it's known as the Dark World, and yours is the Light World. I'm... not sure what mine would be called. But this world is a layer lower- mine is a layer higher."

Berdly, once again, seemed to understand every word. "...Ah, so in this sort of layered-universe thing, there's Player's world, our world, and then this world... but how are you getting from one to the other..? Is there some sort of one-way gate?"

Despite everyone else being confused entirely, Player responded. "...Sort of? I guess it's more like you can only go to the highest layer you originate from. You can go down as far as there are worlds, but never higher than your home layer. So while I can go down to both the Light and Dark worlds, you guys wouldn't be able to go to my world, and Ralsei and Lancer wouldn't be able to get to the Light World."

Berdly nodded in understanding- before Susie cut them off in exasperation. "Can you two idiots speak English?! None of us have any fucking clue what you're saying except you!" she said, gesturing to the rest of the group and their confused expressions.

Berdly and Player chuckled nervously, with Player being the one who responded. "...Sorry. I guess this is just me guessing at what's going on. It just sounds like it's what's going on. I think."

Toriel just chuckled. "...Well, I think you all have shown us what was going on. I'm guessing everyone here is from those things in the classroom you all brought back?" she said. Noelle nodded. "Y- yeah. I thought it was crazy, too. But, whenever we went somewhere, it always seemed to be like that. And that card Susie has seems to be Lancer... he comes with us wherever we go, as long as Susie has that card."

Berdly nods some more, once again putting the pieces together. "...I see. And the reason Susie was so protective of that card was because that card- or rather, Lancer- was close friends with Susie. And taking away the card would be taking away Lancer- taking away her friend."

Susie nods. "Finally, some sort of smartass bullshit I can actually somewhat understand. Yeah, taking that card would mean Lancer would be gone. And he's probably the first person I actually got to be friends with."

This results in Berdly sighing some. "...ah. I... I'm sorry, Susie. I suppose that, being the one person most people are terrified of, managing to make some form of friend is... difficult. But, clearly that has changed- you have Lancer, Kris, Noelle, Ralsei, Player... and I suppose, me as well. Though, I suppose it's more of you have my respect. We aren't quite friends yet..." he says, crossing his arms stiffly, before relaxing a bit. "...However, since we're likely going to be getting to know one another more now that you've shown me this place... eventually that may change."

Susie chuckled some. "...I suppose it might, birdbrain."

I'm actually keeping my word for once- this wait was, in fact, shorter! Part 16, finally out and readable! This one has a lot of interactions between Toriel, Berdly, Ralsei, and Lancer, plus a bit of descriptions of their outfits. Toriel is very similar to that of her Undertale appearance- after all, there's not much else that'd be fitting... And Berdly is similar to his Chapter 2 appearance- with some notable changes. One of these changes is that the visor is now fully extended and goes over both eyes instead of only his left eye, and that he no longer wields his Halberd, instead using dual laser blasters/blades. It'll be hard to explain in text so hopefully I can get a general sketch out for that. But, don't expect Chapter 2 content- I'm not planning on mooching off of that. That'd be more lazy of me than anything. If anything, the only reason I'm using the outfits from Undertale and Chapter 2 is because GOOD GRIEF outfits are tricky to explain when making them from scratch... Aside from that, this is simply Toriel and Berdly getting to see the Dark World... and big brain mumbo jumbo making Susie annoyed. I plan on a couple more explanations- one of which likely being simply the name of the Over World being cemented so that I can have a consistent name to refer to it as. Anyways, I finished writing this at a quarter past 2 in the morning, so now that my brain is done writing all this and whatnot, I think I can finally get some sleep. I hope you enjoy this part, it's probably one that I'm not quite as proud of- but, I don't know what anyone else thinks of it. So here you all go. Hoping it's at least good in terms of the story. See you all next time! Previous Part | First Part | Part 16.5 | Next Full Part LynxGriffin’s Paper Trail Comic (This part of Disconnected takes place within the first two thirds of part 66 in the comic. Things are definitely different this time. However, it's always nice to know what happened in the original. Go check out the original comic for that!)

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