BIG LORE DROP
I just updated the main page with story and timeline information, there are some story plot points and details that have changed, and I have decided to release MOST of the back story, so it's a BIG lore drop.
I wrote this a few months ago as an outline for my own reference for making content, but my health decline has made it so I'm not able to make stuff to the scale that I want. Maybe one day, but that's going to be a long time.
Timeline:
Past
Normal canon up until Gaster disappears into his own creation.
Asgore has 6 human souls by this point.
Sans is installed as Royal Scientist.
Perhaps Asgore was going to apoint sans, but sans said no. Too much effort. So in this AU, he says yes to the job offer.
They move to their nice home in Snowdin, Sans earns enough to just work this job and pay the rent. This was to escape the cramping of the city, and to get Papyrus closer to his dream of being in the Royal Guard. (which he does when befriending Undyne).
He goes to Grillby's, and helps Papyrus patrol and set up puzzles still. He always has time for Papyrus.
He practises puns at the door to the Ruins, and befriends the old sad woman.
The broken machine is in true lab
Sans uses the blueprints (from Gaster) to create the DT extraction machine, as Alphys does in normal timeline.
Sans injects DT into Fallen Monsters as per Asgore's orders.
Asgore asks for the recently 'Fallen Down' to be delivered to the lab.
Sans injects determination into only one of the bodies (Snowy) as a control case. The body rises. And melts.
He ceases the experiment immediately and alerts Asgore.
Asgore shares the blame with Sans, and they inform the family of what has happened. The family are shocked but overall happy to have their Snowy back, albiet in a form that requires care.
They send the rest of the bodies home to pass in peace with their families.
He tweaks the DT Extraction Machine to be able to extract other soul essence.
Finding that determination could not be handled in a Monster body, he seeks other elements that perhaps could.
Sans extracts Perserverance from the Magenta Soul.
He finds the material to be similar to DT, but not as potent.
Sans experiments on himself with Perserverance, gains hypnosis powers
Feeling haunted by the DT experiments and the weight of failiure on his shoulders, Sans has not been sleeping. Desperate, he makes the foolish decision to experiment on himself.
He distills it into a drinkable vial, and swallows it. His magic absorbs it, and tints his soul.
After a sleepless night of tossing and turning, and halucinating, he pulls himself out of bed. He finds It colours his left eye pink, and his teeth are somehow changed. And ever after that, he finds sleep impossible.
Otherwise, he deems the experiment a failiure, as it didn't result in any ability to open the barrier or use the souls.
Fundamentally changed by this, Sans changes his name to Baggs.
A nickname given to him by the constant deep bags under his eyes.
Baggs is ordered to experiment on live monsters. He confronts Asgore.
Baggs refuses, being living proof that it only brings suffering. Not to mention Snowy.
Asgore points out that it wasn't so bad, and Baggs lived, and pushes the issue. Asgore is desperate to escape his fate of killing one more human, and even more, his previous ambition to become a god and destroy humanity.
Baggs agrees. He holds no animosity towards humans. (after all, he feels as if he once lived amongst them, in another world). Besides, Papyrus desires a carefree life on the surface, not one stained with war.
Baggs takes pity on the desperate, tired king. He asks Asgore not to worry about it anymore, that Baggs will shoulder this burden, and find a way to let them escape peacefully.
Asgore is powerful, but despite his need to uphold his royal duty, his inner desires agree with Baggs. In this way, he easily falls under Baggs's words and power.
Baggs realises a beat too late that that was far too easy, and sees his colour in Asgore's eyes.
They do not share this with anyone, as far as the Underground is aware, humankinds' downfall is still on the cards.
Baggs experiments with his new magic.
Confused by that occurance, he finds that he is using his ability without realising, his natural charisma is tainted with magic that easily sways everyone around him.
He experiments, and realises that he has a powerful ability to Hypnotise. A combination of his soul's blue magic, his intuitive sense of judgement, and the Perserverance in his magic, allows him to control everyone around him.
He practises this ability, and fine tunes it.
He ramps up his work
He gets a bigger budget from the King, and permanetly houses the souls in his lab.
Alphys 'invents' Mettaton, and it dazzles the King. Baggs is not fooled, but he asks Alphys to work with him anyway, she's a skilled designer, if slightly unreliable and neurotic.
Though Mettaton gives him the idea, what if he could create a REAL human with a REAL human soul. He begins researching and theorising.
He has less time for Papyrus, who grows lonely without him. To make it up to him, he aquires real Royal Guard armour for Papyrus to wear to the costume party. He is overjoyed, and never takes it off.
He only visits the old woman behind the door rarely, and is not in much good humour. She picks up on his changes, and grows concerned. He visits even less, in shame.
Baggs injects DT into a golden flower.
He continues his experiments with Souls and DT.
His only other experiment with DT after the disasturous last experiment. He figures it is safer and more controlled to inject the plants supplied by the King. Perhaps their connection to the outside world may help.
Eventually Flowey escapes the lab, full of Determination, and the ability to SAVE, LOAD and RESET. (reseting presumably to the point in which his story starts, ie, he wakes in a lab).
Flowey messes with the Underground
Flowey plays around with the Underground as if it were a game.
He and Baggs come to blows more than once. As Flowey has no soul, Baggs cannot control him.
Flowey recognises Baggs as the biggest threat, and annoyance. Makes his games unfair.
Baggs half remembers these instances, enough to be wary. One of his experiments was apparently a success, and now his biggest threat.
Baggs gets more desperate, he literally feels as if time is looping, and he is no closer to his goals. Worst of all, he remembers death, his own, his brother's, everyones. His psyche is fracturing under the stress and trauma.
He discovers the existance of SAVE, LOAD and RESET, after many, many, many encounters with Flowey and loops. He links the abilities to DT.
Frisk Falls into the Underground
Frisk falls during Summer vacation
Frisk experiences the game as normal right up until they leave Home. (Flowey tails them of course).
Alphys's surveilance system alerts to movement at the door, and she watches intently as the human progresses through Snowdin.
Baggs is deep in his planning and research when he recieves a call from Papyrus... He met a human. The loop has been broken. This is new.
He shortcuts out to meet with Papyrus, to meet and size Frisk up. He keeps his distance, observing. He decides not to intervene with his powers, so he may keep his trump card for another time.
At one point, he feels a sense of deja-vu he knows too well. The human has the DT abilities.
Frisk makes friends wherever they go, never an ounce of malice or ill will in their intent. Their LV stays at 1. Baggs finds himself endeared by the human, especially when they play with and make friends with Papyrus. He is conflicted. He doesn't know what to do.
When Frisk arrives at the lab, after befriending a befuddled Undyne, he welcomes them, introduces them to a star struck Alphys.
In a flash, he stumbles back as he recognises something in their eyes for a split second. Something he has seen before. In Flowey. He remembers the horrors subected to him, to his family and friends, to the entire underground. Frisk is oblivious, after a thorough judgement of them, he finds it. Strings.
He excuses himself, down into True Lab.
Alphys guides the human through Hotland over the phone, not the winding, trapped version of her own making, but a short and fun jaunt where Frisk meets more monsters on their way and solves only a few puzzles.
In this time, Baggs is preparing one of many plans he had foreseen. Preparing tanks, and life support fluid. And a terrarium.
The Core is messed with and hit men are hired, Alphys is confused by this, but presses on. She still has her sense of confidence unshaken by any experiment failiures. And then Mettaton reveals himself, he cannot allow them to reach Asgore, who will take their soul and become god, and wants Frisk's soul for himself to reach humanity through the barrier alone.
Alphys realises her neglect of her friend and tries to reason with him, but the phone is cut out. The fight plays out as normal, and Alphys arrives to help after.
Everything is normal up until Frisk reaches the judgement hall. Where she meets... Papyrus! He says this is usually Baggs's job, but that he wasn't answering his calls, and is too busy these days anyway. He gives Frisk the best judgement he can, and that is, that he thinks they're SUPER DUPER and A VERY COOL FRIEND.
He waves them goodbye enthusiastically, as they go to meet their very nice King, who will surely let them go home.
Frisk reaches the throne room, where Asgore is shocked to see them. He stalls, mentioning something about Baggs and their promise, but he relents. Its too late. He must fufill his duty. Frisk follows Asgore into the next rooms, tailed as always by Flowey. He pauses at the spot in the middle of the flowers, the spot he died. This gives Baggs his chance to suddenly appear and capture him in a glass bowl. Flowey swears and hisses and tries to escape, but its no use. The glass is re-enforced, there's no escape. Baggs shortcuts away with him.
Frisk and Asgore reach the barrier, and the fight begins. Only one glass vial appears, the one for Frisk's soul.
Before Asgore can be felled, Frisk grants them mercy. Asgore promises that they will be very well taken care of in the time trapped in the underground. Baggs appears, and reiterates that. He suddenly takes control of Asgore's soul, who stills placidly. He then turns menacingly to Frisk, and engages them in an encounter. Frisk tries their best, but having been weakened by the fight, they are no match. They too fall to Baggs's power, and they fall unconcious.
Just then, Papyrus enters the room, and shocks still at the scene.
"SANS... WHAT'S... WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?"
Baggs, falters, and his triumphant grin falls. No... He can't shoulder this burden, not Papyrus. He can't know. Baggs levels a hypnosis attack at an unsuspecting Papyrus, and Papyrus falls prey too. He falls to his knees, placid and completely under Baggs's power, but his eyes not understanding, accusing. Baggs erases the memories of what happened here, in Asgore, and in his brother. He promises Papyrus, but more himself, that he will never use his magic on him again.
He sets everything as it was. Asgore in his garden, Papyrus back at home. He makes them believe that Frisk left the Underground with a mysterious golden flower.
He then places Frisk in cryostasis, and Flowey in his inescapable terrarium enclosure. He cannot sedate a flower, and so must endure his charming personality when he is in this room. He feeds Flowey and keeps him alive, and extracts information where he can, and researches him. With Frisk asleep, and still holding on to their DT powers, Flowey can do nothing.
He now, technically, has all 7 souls needed to break the barrier. But a human cannot absorb human souls, only a monster can. And he refuses to kill. He perserveres to find another way.
the power to SAVE, LOAD, and RESET, He cannot trust Frisk with it, and certainly not Flowey. Frisk had too much determination, he could not keep them controlled for long, they resisted him too much. This power was now dormant, and he no longer would have to fear it. Time could move on.
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The underground believes Frisk left the Underground, Papyrus believes his friend Flowey helped them cross the barrier.
The King announces henceforth, they will no longer wage war on the humans. When they break the barrier and arrive back on the surface, it will be in peace. He announces that The Royal Scientist will create the means to break the barrier, and that they are closer than ever.
The King announces that due to Papyrus's bravery in assisting himself and the human and helping them resolve peacefully, he is 'knighting' him as General of the Royal Guard. He outranks Undyne. The Royal Guard is now to focus on defense, and not attack. They must be able to defend their Kingdom, without waging war. They cite Frisk's determined kindness as an inspiration.
Any human that falls down is to be peacefully escorted to the Lab to assist Baggs with his research.
All of this is due to Baggs's influence over Asgore.
Baggs installs surveilance cameras in more places all over the underground.
Someone might say 'its rude to talk about someone who is listening'.
The Underground's concerns of overpopulation and corruption have to be downplayed and optics controlled by Baggs. He refuses to let people fall down in despair, he must keep hope alive.
Baggs works with the Spider crime syndicate to help with control, and sell magic laced baked goods. They also bring him intel.
Other Main Character notes
General
More of a vanity position, he spends his time playing politics, making connections across the underground, trying his best to keep up hope. He unwittingly brings intel to Baggs about any problems or concerns in the Underground, and any talk of discontent. They are mysteriously and unceramoniously solved overnight.
Undyne trains him more seriously now, and he has grown very competant and strong.
He gets a bit spoiled and a bigger head than usual, Undyne makes sure to keep him grounded.
Instead of 'my brother is so lazy!' he says things like 'my brother is always so busy'
He and Baggs participate in government council meetings and the morning announcements
Doesn't sleep much, "my brother even less!"
Nabstablook
Cannot be hypnotised due to his ghostly body, but goes along with it anyway to be polite.
He is Toriel's ears in the Underground, tells her of the events of the outside.
Does not tell her about Baggs specifically, he promised he wouldn't tell.
Toriel
Is told that Frisk has left the underground, and is filled with immense relief. Finally, a child escaped this place.
Asgore is still alive, and though he has recinded his declaration of war, there is no reason for her to rejoin the Underground as Queen. Frisk is gone, and she is alone again.
She hears strange things about the Underground. Although there is more hope and happiness, there is something off.
She misses the voice at the door, he was so sad during the end. She wonders what happened to him.
Most of all, she misses Frisk, and she is lonely. She has tried Frisk's phone, but they never pick up.
Undyne
Undyne feels a bit betrayed by Asgore, who so easily gave Papyrus a position so high. She grants that Papyrus does deserve it, he was tough and brave in that moment. She holds only a bit of bitterness for General, but more than that, she supports him.
She would leave the Royal Guard, with its less violent direction, but she can't let her friend take such a high position with no training. She can't talk him out of it, and so she ramps up his training.
In the end, she decides to stay, the guard needs her, and so does her friend.
Her relationship progresses with Alphys somewhat more quickly, since Alphys is much more relaxed, less guarded, and doesn't feel the need to lie so much.
She is very resistant to Baggs's control, due to her unusual amount of Determination.
She is thus more aware of the changes in the background, and is suspicious.
Alphys
Alphys continues to assist Baggs in research, she takes care of tasks in the above lab. She never remembers visiting True Lab. Only Baggs has access to True Lab. She is blissfully unaware of what is happening, being the most frequently brainwashed. Otherwise, her life is a lot happier.
Her and Undyne first meet in Waterfall under much happier circumstances, where Alphys is gathering trash happily, instead of contemplating ending her life.
Mettaton
Baggs easily sways Mettaton into helping him brainwash the entire underground. MT is an even bigger star, and Baggs retains subtle public control.
Asgore
Thoroughly under Baggs's thumb. Baggs preys on the part of him who wants to give it all up to someone else. Baggs influences to make decisions for the Underground that Baggs desires.
Baggs pulls the strings, and Asgore is granted some amount of relief from his guilty conscious and grief, and the weight of his responsibilities.
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