Spaces'verse

The Spaces in Between and The Restaurant at the Corner of Frisk and Chara's shared Voidspace are a part of Spaces'verse, which isn't really an AU but more of a headcanon, that whenever Frisk or Chara reset, they stay in this Void for a little while, until they actually reset and get back into the real world. 

The Void is easily manipulated, and given that Frisk and Chara have been in the Void for centuries, since every time Frisk dies (even of old age, after they've escaped the Underground), time resets, they're both able to bend the space to their whim. It's easier to recreate memories, but if they wish to create something original, they are able to.

Frisk, in this universe, is very tired of everything in general, especially since even though they manage to get out of the Underground and become Ambassador of Monsters and everything, time still resets back to when they first fell in the Ruins once they die. They have tried nearly whatever they could tink of to spice it up - living with Toriel, eating only one type of food during a run, staying in Snowdin, becoming Mettaton's co-star, jumping into the CORE, inheriting the Underground after Asgore adopts them, etc., etc. Since it just resets, sometimes they just stay in the Void for however long.

Chara, in this universe, is similarly bored, but just doesn't care about anything at all, because if they did, they'd be depressed too, and they and Frisk's shared body can only have one depressed occupant at a time. They spice things up whenever they can  - they try a pacifist run, try a neutral run, kill Flowey from the start, befriend Sans (much to Sans' uneasiness, because he can tell the difference between Chara and Frisk), became the Ambassador of Monsters, led protests on nearly everything (animal rights, equality, pride, Donald Trump), became Supreme Overlord of the World Government via sleeper agents (Frisk actually had fun on that one), became a famous musician, became an assassin, etc., etc. Sometimes they get tired and sleep during a run and let Frisk run the body without hindrance.

Both of them have come to a semi-harmonious state of co-existence at this point, and just hang around the Void whenever they get tired of having to do another loop. 

They haven't tried making up their own adventures in the Void (they totally can if they want), but hopefully, they will. It's a lot more fun than normal LARPing because they can actually bend the world to their will.

In this universe, they're actually millenia old, but because of the continuous resets, they usually just end up as the same age they were when they fell into the Underground (or when they died, on Chara's end). They've pretty much become unconventional best friends, especially with the longevity of their existence and the fact that they only have each other as support. Sans, although he remembers every loop, doesn't really count, since he hates half of the duo. 

As per my usual headcanons, they both have red eyes and Chara stands a foot tall over Frisk. Also, for some reason, I imagine Chara with a British accent and I don't know why.

Some of the monsters and humans they interact with have vague senses of deja vu (especially if they repeat things over and over in their loops), but other than that, nobody except Frisk, Chara and Sans really remember that the world has been looping for more than thirteen thousand times. Neither Frisk and Chara have found a solution to this dilemna either, although Frisk would like one. Sans would definitely like one. Chara doesn't really care.

They should both engage in a LARP in the void though, because the possibilities are endless.

The concept of Spaces'verse is based on OFF's own Nothingness, where the Puppeteer and the Batter retreat to whenever they have to travel between Zones. Before they actually get to a Zone, they stop in the Nothingness and decide where they go to. The same concept is with the Void, except instead of Space, Frisk and Chara choose Time. They can access any point in time as long as they have lived through it.

The Void also symbolizes the player's own space from where they play Undertale. Every time they disengage from the game and choose to do something else, they are in their own 'Void', the space from which they stop and do something other than a series of scripted events they've probably gone through for more than one loop. Frisk and Chara are the 'players' in their universe.

I also love reality-bending characters, and already have a handful of characters who are able to bend the world to their will (but are unaware of it) and wanted to explore it with Chara, because I love Chara, especially if it's a sassy Chara. 

Theoretically, they can actually do anything once they're in the real world - they can choose not to go through the series of events they think they're supposed to do and do something else. Like, per se, upon falling in the Underground, attempt to scale the walls to get out of the crater. They're just convinced that this is the way things have to go, and have only been daring a few times (Chara mostly).

The reason why I am putting up the informatin for Spaces'verse is because I wrote this au during my decline of interest in the Undertale fandom, and despite the thought put into it, I cannot bring myself to continue it anymore, even if it's just a series of drabbles without actual plot.

If anyone wants to have fun with the AU, they're welcome to, as long as credit is given and they link back. Or else we're back to another mess again.

The Spaces in Between started as a comedy called '100 Things Chara wants to do before Resetting' that became an unfinished thing. The Restaurant at the Corner of Frisk and Chara's shared Voidspace is a snippet of one of hundred things Chara would love to do.

And there is, in fact, a constant restaurant in Frisk and Chara's void, because they both like the reprieve and the phantom food. 

100 Things Chara wants to do before Resetting

1. Climb the Eiffel Tower

2. Be buried inside a cake

3. Visit the Victorian times

4. Try on a corset

5. Attempt to recreate Frankenstein's monster

6. Eat at that one fancy restaurant during that one conference in France

7. Own a wine cellar

8. Swim from one island to another non-stop

9. Learn swordfighting

10. Learn archery

11. Do the spiderman swinging thing

12. Strap a camera to a floating balloon so that they'll know what the view is like as the balloon slowly floats up to space

13. Fly a plane

14. Be a hitman

15. Collect ancient torture instruments

16. Grow a third eye

17. Own a greenhouse

18. Stand in corners, smiling, and scare the living hell out of people

19. Eat at that one fancy cafe near Frisk's college that they never got to eat at

20. Punch their English professor

21. Theatre

22. Drop a chandelier in a theatre

23. Yell 'MACBETH' at the top of their lungs in a theatre

24. Set a theater on fire

25. Convince the delegates at Frisk's ambassadorial conferences that Hamilton is the best thing ever and that they should all go to the theatre to watch it before they went back to their regularly scheduled bickering.

26. World Domination

27. Become president of an island that has nothing but animals

28. The annihiliation of the human race

29. Find a way to get Frisk and them separate bodies

30. If #29 is impossible, find a way to adjust Frisk's height whenever Chara is in control

31. If #30 is impossible, find a way to walk in heels comfortably 

32. Lead an alien invasion

33. Tell Asriel they are sorry

34. Push Sans into the CORE

35. Go to college

36. Become a lawyer

37. Go on a vacation to Hell

38. Learn how to shoot a gun

39. Gardening

40. Gardening using human body parts

41. Find out what's so great about cannibalism

42. Filmmaking

43. Go to their grave

44. Attend Frisk's funeral

45. Be an heir of a kingdom on the Surface

46. Be an heir of a kingdom on the Surface with Frisk as an heir of a neighboring kingdom and they both lead their armies into war

47. Real life snakes and ladders

48. Hoard Golden Flower tea to piss Frisk off

49. Tell Asgore they are sorry

50. Learn to bake Butterscotch Cinnamon pie

51. Learn monster physiology

52. Be a chemist

53. Find a way to change eye color

54. Learn baseball

55. Actually, mostly just learn to swing a bat so they can try murder with a blunt weapon

56. Meet the other human Souls and swap stories

57. Tell Toriel they are sorry

58. Teach Poppy-russ how spaghetti is really cooked

59. Learn what Poppy-russ' real name actually is, they never remember it

60. Make face masks out of actual faces

61. Learn Frisk's birthday

62. Celebrate Frisk's birthday to piss them off, because it's probably the same as theirs

63. Find a way to get Asriel back

64. Jump into the CORE

65. Learn how Sans teleports

66. Find Gaster

67. Wear sunglasses

68. Rap

69. Raise a pet

70. Raise an exotic pet

71. Raise a dragon

72. Tea party while trying to kill the guests one by one creatively; method of murder cannot be repeated

73. Tell Frisk they are sorry

74. Chill with Blooky

75. Find the Annoying Dog

76. Visit their old village

77. Carve their old bullies' faces

78. Carve their old bullies' families' faces

79. Actual Halloween with Frisk, in separate bodies

80. Dye their hair something bright, like red

81. Find Gaster

82. World trip

83. Road trip in a car with classic rock for soundtrack

84. Beach trip

85. Swim to the deepest trenches of the ocean and found out what's there

86. Ride a shark

87. Ride a whale

88. Live in a cottage on a very tall mountain

89. Piss the employees of Starbucks off

90. Go to a convenience store and break all of the butterfingers

91. Go to a convenience store and shake all the soda bottles and cans

92. Win the lottery

93. Go to church and look at all the pretty sculptures

94. Have a good cry without being judged or have expectations put on them

95. Apologize for everything they've done

96. Tell someone what they've actually been through

97. Find a way to end the Determination loop cycle

98. Find a way to revive the other Souls

99. Be buried inside a pie

100. Get a second chance to redo life