TBD

This is the replacement for "Battle Against a True Hero".

I always found the Altertale set of swaps to be interesting, and am disappointed at how poorly they're executed in the original AU. 

Swaps:
- Undyne with Mettaton. Mettaton NEO takes the place of Undyne the Undying, and is an actual boss fight this time.
- The two themes of the Genocide route (the NEO/BAaTH theme and Megalovania) switch places.

Leitmotifs:
Megalovania
Another Medium
CORE (Death by Glamour)


External references:
Issues from Grace (Storyspin)

Altertale - Issues From Grace

* RUN, HUMAN, RUN!!!

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* (This is a good hiding spot, human!)
* (Just stay quiet, then we'll be fine!)

031 - RUN, HUMAN!

* A long time ago, monsters would whisper their wishes to the stars in the sky.
* If you hoped with all your heart, your wish would come true.
* Now, all we have are these sparkling stones on the ceiling...

This is the wishing room. Do you have a wish, human?
... Nyeh heh. I have one. A wish I cannot wish for. 
... I wish I could talk with you about it.
Well, it's coming true fairly soon, as our adventure treads!
... What will you wish for, friend?

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* (YOU HEAR A PASSING CONVERSATION.)
* C'mon, sis!
* Make a wish!
* I wish my sister and I will see the real stars someday...

* (YOU HEAR ANOTHER PASSING CONVERSATION.)
* ... hmmm, just one, but...
* It's kind of stupid.

* (YOU HEAR ANOTHER PASSING CONVERSATION.)
* Don't say that! Come on, I promise I won't laugh.

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* (WISHES.)
* (I FIND THIS UNPROVEN MYTH RATHER UNPLEASANT.)
* (A WISH IS A THREAD FLUNG INTO THE VOID.)
* (MILLIONS OF STRANDS FALL, YET FEW EVER UNRAVEL.)
* (BUT WHAT IF MANY SUCH STRANDS CROSS PATHS?)
* (WHICH VOICE BREAKS THROUGH?)

Is everything alright, human?
You look like you're hearing something.

032 - Shallow Streams

(this track only plays at the waterfall dump.)
(the 'Memory' statue is not present in Waterfall.)

033 - Elsewhen

Nyoh ho ho...
Isn't this a tragedy.
A disproportionately small gap...

It's too small to swim across, but too big to jump over!
(Ahem)
BUT WORRY NOT!
I am, in fact, a master of NAVAL ENGINEERING!

Wait.
...
It's a two feet wide gap.
My BONEVOYAGE won't fit here.

Well then.
Forget about it.
Here goes nothing.

(Sad bridge music)

...
Don't look at me like that, dear bird friend.
It's not that you can carry two people at once.

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(funny note: I actually tried to draw a bone-ship made by papyrus. That didn't go well, so you guys are stuck with this not-so-cool bone bridge.)

034 - GRAND VOYAGE!

* Hey! Check this out!
* Yeah! Check this out!

* Look at that…
* There’s like… some weird kid hanging out here??

* Oh my God.
* Yeah, like, who even comes to a junkyard dressed like THAT?
* Maybe they’re like… competition?
* Trying to steal OUR prime scrap?

Ahem.
Ladies, we are just-

* ...
* Psst, Catty?

* Huh?

* I think uhh...
* I recognize them.
* Like, They were in one of Alphys' videos.

Excuse me, what are you-

* Like, are you sure?

* Like, totally sure.
* ...
* (Alright, I got this.)
* Hey, you!

* I'm Bratty, and this is my best friend Catty.
* I'm Catty, and this is my best friend Bratty.

* You're not totally ignoring me, right?

* We like, collect JUNKs here in WATERFALL.
* Because Alphys wants us to.

* Catty, it's not JUNK.
* It's really valuable.

* ... Yeah! Our garbage is REALLY valuable!

* Anyways, you're interfering with our business here.
* With your hot bony friend, too.

* HUH?

* Also, we are...
* Pretty...
* Hyped for the DESTRUCTION of humanity!!

035 - Gossip Girls

* THE SCAVANGER SISTERS CRAWLS IN.

I think there's a HUGE misunderstanding, ladies!!

036 - Scavanger Hunt

* ... sorry, i interrupted you, didn't i?

* Oh heeeyy blooky~
* Oh hiiiii blooky~

* oh... 
* hi...

* you guys looked like you were having fun...
* oh no...
* i just wanted to say hi...

* Uhm.. wanna join?
* Yeah, wanna join?

* oh...
* well...
* i'm going to head home
  now...

* oh... umm...
* feel free to "come with" if you want...
* but no pressure...
* i understand if you guys are busy...
* it's fine...
* no worries...
* just thought i'd offer...

(Napstablook leaves)

* Uh...
* Actually, this is getting pretty dumb.
* Why don't we like, hang out with blooky for a while?

* Yeah, why not?
* Wanna join, boys?

(Phone call)

* Hiya, Alphy~
* What's up??
* Huh?
* Uhuh...
* Mhm...
* Ok, ok.
* God, Catty.
* Alphys' calling us back.

* What?
* Nooo!!
* I kinda wanted to hang out..

* She needs another...
* 'Therma-mirror'.

Uh, you mean thermometer?

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* (!)
* oh...
* you really came...

Yes, we did!
Sadly the Sisters had to leave early, Napstablook.

* sorry, i...
* wasn't expecting that.
* and you can call me napstablook...
* or blooky...
* it's not much, but make yourself at home.

(HUMAN!!)
(I NEVER GOT INVITED TO ANOTHER HOUSE BEFORE!!)
(WHAT WAS I SUPPOSED TO BRING??)

037 - Pathetic House

* this is a ghost sandwich...
* do you want to try it...

Of course, Mr. Napstablook!
I-I am delighted to try it!

* (YOU BOTH ATTEMPT TO BITE INTO THE GHOST SANDWICH.)
* (YOU PHASE RIGHT THROUGH IT.)

Oh...
* oh...
* nevermind...

* after a great meal i like to lie on the ground...

Ah, I suppose we share the same great hobby! I-

* ...and feel like garbage...

Oh.

* it's a family tradition...
* do you want...
* ... to join me...

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* okay...
* follow my lead...

* here we go...
* you'll lie down as long as you don't move.
* so... only move around when you want to get up, i guess.

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* well, that was nice...
* thank you...

* ... do you ever get that feeling?
* like, usually i’d just say i feel like garbage...
* but right now... 
* it’s not just that...
* i can’t put it into words... 
* it just feels empty.

... I think i’ve felt that too.
Like there’s a puzzle piece that wandered off somewhere.
Maybe if we KEEP LOOKING, we’ll find it again!

038 - Chill

* Woah there! I've got some neat junk for sale. 

...?
Huh?
Excuse me, sir. 
Are-
Are you Gerson Boom?
The Mighty Hero?
The Hammer of Justice?

* Ha, Haven’t been called that in a while. 
* Who’s looking for him?

P-Papyrus!
It is an honor, sir.

(HUMAN, THIS IS THE MIGHTY GERSON BOOM!)
(TH-THE HAMMER OF JUSTICE!)
(HE FOUGHT BESIDE KING ASGORE.)
(A LIVING LEGEND AND THE HISTORY.)

I-I did not expect at all to see you sir.
I just wanted to say..
Thank you for what you did.

* What a courteous young man, Wahaha!
* ... 
* Come on in, come on in.
* Don't be shy now.

[About yourself]
* I've been around a long time. Maybe too long.
* Studying history sure is easy when you've lived through so much of it yourself! Wa ha ha!

...Nyeh heh heh.
Could you perhaps tell about your past?

[About yourself (NEW)]
* Nah. That would be for next time, son.
* ...Today is not a good day.
* Maybe come again some time, Wa ha ha!

[That emblem]
* Eh? You don't know what that is?
* What are they teaching you kids in school nowadays...? Wa ha ha!

Actually, I-
...I, uh, don't know it for sure!
Please, continue.

* That's the Delta Rune, the emblem of our kingdom. The Kingdom...

... of Monsters.

* Wahaha! Great name, huh? It's as I always say...
* Ol' King Fluffybuns can't name for beans!

[Emblem's meaning (NEW)]
* That emblem actually predates written history. The original meaning has been lost to time...

Woah...
(THIS IS SO COOL, RIGHT??)

* All we know is that the triangles symbolize us monsters below, and the winged circle above symbolizes...
* Somethin' else.
* Most people say it's the 'angel,' from the prophecy...

[The prophecy (NEW)]
* Oh yeah... The prophecy.
* Legend has it, an 'angel' who has seen the surface will descend from above and bring us freedom.

...

* Lately, the people have been taking a bleaker outlook...
* Callin' that winged circle the 'Angel of Death.'

...!

* A harbinger of destruction, waitin' to 'free' us from this mortal realm...
* In my opinion, when I see that little circle...
* I jus' think it looks neat! Wahaha!

...Nyeh heh.

[The King]
* King Fluffybuns? He's a friendly, happy-go-lucky kind of guy...
* If you keep walking around long enough, you'll probably meet him. He loves to walk around and talk to people.

Sounds like Santa!
He used to come to Snowdin often.
...They would be great friends!

* Eh? Why do I call Dreemurr 'Fluffybuns?' Oh, that's a great story!
* ...
* I don't remember it.
* But if you come back much later, I'm sure I'll have remembered by then.

[About Undyne]
* Undyne? Yeah, she's a local hero around here.
* Through grit and determination alone, she fought her way to the top of the Royal Guard.

Indeed!
She is your pupil as well, right??

* ...She's really come a long way since she was a little urchin.
* When she was younger, Undyne would follow me around, to watch me beat up bad guys...
* Sometimes she'd even try to help!

Wowie!!

* Though, most of the time the folks she attacked weren't bad guys. 
* It'd be the mailman or something like that.
* Always pushing for what she thinks right...
* It is her character.

...
Can you tell us more about it?
I... 
I need your advice about it.

[About Undyne (NEW)]

* ...
* Young man.
* You aren't exactly on good terms with her, are you?
* This another young soul... must be the reason.

...Right.
I..I do not agree with her.
B-But I am a nobody.
A nobody that knows nothing even about my own life.
How... How can I ever stand against her?

* So the story goes, so the story goes.
* But ain't every story better with a little twist?
* You are questioning if you should stand against her.
* Why?
* You're in the right, she's in the wrong.

I-

* There are things you need to face danger head on to protect.
* Follow what you believe...
* If you truly want to find what is lost.

Wait, what do you MEAN-

* I'd watch your back, kids. 
* And buy some items... It might just save your hide! Wa ha ha!

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(jesus that was long)

Altertale - Issues From Grace

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