*You enter the tem shop.
???: "B-but...that's twice the amount of a month ago."
*You spot the Temmie you battled behind the shop counter.
College-Driven Temmie: "Hoi, colleg tuitiun go UP UP UP! So tem price ne ed up up up too! That just buzziness"
???: "Oh, o-okay."
*The monster covers her face with her fins. Ashamed that she'd asked at all.
Frisk: "How much is tuition anyway."
College-Driven Temmie: "Temmie thougt 999, But the houze crash has made economy very bad. Now it 9999!"
Frisk: "9999 is a 10x increase though. But your prices only doubled, I don't think you've got your math right Temmie"
College-Driven Temmie: "Hoi why u think Temmie need Colleg!"
Frisk: "That...makes sense. Well, I've got plenty of money."
*You turn to the fish monster
Frisk: "What do you need?"
???: "Ah no...you don't...I mean-"
*The monster quickly hides in a corner, trying to appear small. A hard task considering her size.
Frisk: 'Did you just call her fat?'
*That was not my-
Frisk: 'I really didn't think you had it in you. Especially to someone who's clearly struggling with her self-image.'
*It's not even a bad thing to say, you idiot!
Frisk: 'For shame Chara! FOR SHAME!'
College-Driven Temmie: "Hoi, ignoru Shyren. She ssshy! She juz WAAnt TEM FLAKES."
Frisk: "What's tem flakes?"
College-Driven Temmie: "Drugs."
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Frisk: "..."
College-Driven Temmie: "Ha ha, Temmie jokin! Tem Flakes are most dulicious food EVUR!!! Look!"
*...It's just a bunch of torn-up pieces of colored construction paper.
College-Driven Temmie: "As uu saw, vury heigt Quality!! Now Temmie has normal, only 6g, cheeeeap! But expensiv? 40G. A-and premiem? Hoi, that 2000oG!!!"
Frisk: "What's the difference between them?"
College-Driven Temmie: "Nothing. But idiots buy the higher price ones all the time to flex how "rich" they are, then they go broke for a bit and we buy out all the closest resources. Houses, food, luxury items, etc. Once they start to starve it's the perfect chance to swoop in and offer them...Hoi Temmie do't have mafiu! U know that right? An if u dudn't... you wouldn't tell...WOULD YOU!?"
*Temmie's eyes go bloodshot red.
Frisk: "Nope, never! Mafiu? What even is that?"
College-Driven Temmie: "Ha ha, good!"
Frisk: "So...what tem-flakes did Shyren want-"
Shyren: "Noooo."
Frisk: "Oh, what's your problem? I'm helping you out!"
Shyren "..."
*It doesn't seem like she wants to rely on you.
Frisk: 'T-that's ridiculous! I have better things to do then-'
*You remember Woshua's sagely advice.
Frisk: 'I...did not remember it, but-'
*You remember Mad Dummy's uncaringness, how it bothered you how similar you two were. How...annoying it was-
Frisk: 'You are not talking me into-'
*You remember Moldgynormous greater wisdom. Their wiggles compel you.
Frisk: '...no.'
*...Please? Just...a bit of consideration for another person? For anyone other than yourself?
Frisk: '...'
*You look Temmie straight in the eye.
Frisk: "If we get enough money for your colleg will you lower the prices?"
College-Driven Temmie: "Suree! But Colleg vury expensiv."
Shyren: "Y-you don't have-"
Frisk: "Keyword on we. We're raising money Shyren! Their poorly hidden Mafia scheme-"
College-Driven Temmie: "Tem has a gun under this counter."
Frisk: "Their wonderful village is sure to have piles of money! All we need to do is give them a good reason to give that money to us! So...uhm...do you have any skills? Products? Uh-" (every)
Shyren: "I...I can sing."
Frisk: "Alright...then-"
*You offer Shyren a hand.
Frisk: "Let's do a duet!"