Alphys

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Player Information
Name: Groove
Age: 35
Contact: wefeelgroove, wefeelgroove#2410
Other Characters: N/A

Character Information
Name: Alphys
Canon: Undertale
Canon Point: Post true pacifist ending.
Age: ???? She's got a PhD so she's at least an adult in her 20s
History: H-h-hiya!

Personality:
NERD.

Alphys is the picture perfect example of a stereotypical nerd. Huge glasses, buck teeth, stammers when she speaks, binge watches anime, lives off ramen, spends all her spare time on the internet, the works. However, there's a lot more to her than just being a total weeb. She's the royal scientist, in charge of discovering a way to break the barrier and free all of monsterkind from the underground. By the time Frisk meets her, she's already accomplished a lot, though because of Reasons she doesn't talk about most of them.

Alphys is incredibly passionate about the things she's into. As Undyne puts it, "It doesn't matter what it is! YOU CARE ABOUT IT!!" This becomes hilariously obvious if you tell her you want to watch anime with her- she immediately launches into a huge spiel about her favorite TV show, talking so fast that the game's dialogue boxes can't even keep up with her. It's evident in her work as a scientist, too. Not just anyone could bring dead/dying monsters back to life, even if it doesn't turn out exactly the way she expected it to. Her elaborate set-up in Hotland is another example- she rigged the entire area just so she could play out her fantasy of being Frisk's big damn hero.

Despite her awkwardness, this makes her an excellent friend! She'll know all of your likes and dislikes and plan accordingly to make you happy. When Frisk "dates" her, it's clear she's been paying attention to the things that Undyne likes, as all of her gifts are tailored to her favorite fish. She's incredibly eager to please and she'll do anything for you if it means you'll like her. Unfortunately, the things she does aren't always good

You see, Alphys lies. Alphys lies a lot. She wants Undyne to think she's cool and not an otaku loser, so she tells her that anime and manga are actually records of human history, which of course makes her an expert on it!! She wants to be part of Frisk's adventure, so she constructs an elaborate fabrication to make her look like the hero saving them from Mettaton, the evil killer robot!! It's important to note that she's not doing it because she's mean and wants to hurt people (even though she definitely put Frisk in a LOT of danger, whether she realizes it or not), but more out of a desire to preserve her own self image. If anything, she's just selfish and desperate for approval.

Because she hates herself.

She dolls up her self-loathing with humor and irony, such as taking a picture of her wastebasket, adding a pink, sparkly filter, and tagging it #selfie. It's her way of playing it up as some big joke and making herself look flippant about it, so that no one suspects just how much she hates herself. After all, she can't have anyone actually worrying about her well-being, because she doesn't deserve that. By the time Frisk meets her in person, she's incredibly depressed and barely holding it together. Part of the reason she throws herself into "helping" them as much as she does is because they have no idea who she is and what she's done, so she can make a good impression and they'll like her. It's hinted that she even has suicidal tendencies. Undyne, retelling the story of how they met, mentions that she found her in the garbage dump, sitting at the edge of the bottomless pit and looking contemplative, and when she meets Frisk in the true lab, she did not expect to find them there, implying that their presence stopped her from doing... something.

On top of the lying and depression, Alphys also has major, major avoidance issues. She doesn't know how to deal with conflict at all, so she goes out of her way not to, even if that requires infinitely more effort. When Mettaton starts becoming more famous and spends less time with her as a result, Alphys doesn't confront him, she just writes mopey livejournal entries about it. With the amalgamates, she couldn't bring herself to deal with the potential fallout of the families and Asgore finding out that she ruined everything, especially since literally the day before she told them all everything worked out okay. Instead, she just clammed up. She stopped answering phone calls and tossed letters in the trash. And the more she avoided them, the angrier and more frantic they got, as monsters desperately wanted to know what became of the loved ones that they put in her care. Of course, things escalating was just a sign that she really shouldn't tell anyone, so she buckled down even harder, essentially becoming a recluse. Bratty and Catty both comment on this, saying they haven't seen her in a while.

By the end of the true pacifist route, all of her terrible secrets have been laid bare, and despite her fears all of her lies, her friends never turned their backs on her. In fact, they're more supportive of her than ever! But Alphys doesn't just have issues, she has an entire subscription. Years and years of guilt and shame don't up and disappear overnight, after all. Alphys is still a great big ball of insecurities. She's getting better ("No, that's not true! My friends like me! And I like you, too!"), but she's got a long way to go.

Abilities & Skills:
Magic: Like all monsters, Alphys has innate magical power, considering she's made of it. You never get to fight her directly, though, so you don't really get to see it in action until the final boss battle. Her attacks are exactly the same as Mettaton's, which implies that she has electricity-based magic. She doesn't seem to use it much, implying that she's not particularly strong.

SCIENCE!!: She may not admit it, but she was tapped to be royal scientist for a reason. Robotics, bio-engineering, the very nature of SOULs- Alphys is an expert in many fields. Although her play at being Frisk's mission control turns out to be a carefully constructed farce, it's still impressive that she's able to manipulate all that machinery on her own, on top of all the things she's built. She could take a box of scraps and turn it into a super suit if she were so inclined. There's no crazy invention that's out of her league.

Weeb: She's managed to live off a diet of instant noodles and junk food and hasn't died from a sodium overdose yet, that has to count for something.

Inventory/Companions:
-Polka dot dress
-Lab coat
-Cell phone (obviously it has no signal anymore)
-Glasses

Choice: Monster: Faun
Reason: Several!
-Having prey instincts will exacerbate all of her worst traits- anxiety, paranoia, general skittishness, etc. She's going to be even more of a quivering mass of insecurities than she usually is. Why yes, I am going the fainting goat route.
-She's a shut-in who prefers spending her free time in front of a screen. Developing a love for nature is going to feel extremely strange, and she's going to eventually channel it by getting super into botany.
-Undertale-flavor monsters don't just have magic powers, they're literally made of it. Suddenly being devoid of magic is probably going to be really weird, and it's going to be hard to get used to. She's going to struggle with going feral as a result! It'll be fun. Really.


Sample:
TDM!
Another thread!

Stats

Canon Name: Alphys
Work Name: Phyllis
Canon: Undertale

Age/Sex/Gender: late 20s???? / She's a lady lizard
Height: SHORT
Weight: FAT
Species/Supernatural Qualities: She's a lizard monster!


Permissions

Platonic Physical Contact: Sure, but she's incredibly skittish so you might make her jump
Romantic/Sexual Physical Contact: GIRLFRANS ONLY. No sexy times though.
Violent Physical Contact: Let's plot first!
Mindreading: DO IT
IC Personal Boundaries/Warnings: She's a nervous wreck and incredibly socially awkward, so make of that what you will.
OOC Personal Boundaries/Warnings: I'm cool with most things.
Other Notes: IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO AVOID SPOILERS LEMME KNOW. IF you would also like to avoid the heavier subjects in her backstory (depression and suicidal thoughts), also lemme know! I will do my best! o7

OPT OUT: If you'd rather I not tag you with Alphys, let me know!

( PLAYER INFORMATION )

Name: Groove
Contact: wefeelgroove @ gmail dot com, AIM and Plurk are both wefeelgroove
Are you over 17?: Ayup
Characters in Forest Covered: N/A

( CHARACTER INFORMATION )

Name/Work Name: Alphys/Phyllis
Canon: Undertale
Canon Point: Post true pacifist ending
AU/CRAU: Nah
Age: ???? She's got a Ph.D., so she's an adult at least?
History: Alphys on the Undertale wiki!
Personality:
NERD.

Alphys is the picture perfect example of a stereotypical nerd. Huge glasses, buck teeth, stammers when she speaks, binge watches anime, lives off ramen, spends all her spare time on the internet, the works. However, there's a lot more to her than just being a total weeb. She's the royal scientist, in charge of discovering a way to break the barrier and free all of monsterkind from the underground. By the time Frisk meets her, she's already accomplished a lot, though because of Reasons she doesn't talk about most of them.

Alphys is incredibly passionate about the things she's into. As Undyne puts it, "It doesn't matter what it is! YOU CARE ABOUT IT!!" This becomes hilariously obvious if you tell her you want to watch anime with her- she immediately launches into a huge spiel about her favorite TV show, talking so fast that the game's dialogue boxes can't even keep up with her. It's evident in her work as a scientist, too. Not just anyone could bring dead/dying monsters back to life, even if it doesn't turn out exactly the way she expected it to. Her elaborate set-up in Hotland is another example- she rigged the entire area just so she could play out her fantasy of being Frisk's big damn hero.

Despite her awkwardness, this makes her an excellent friend! She'll know all of your likes and dislikes and plan accordingly to make you happy. When Frisk "dates" her, it's clear she's been paying attention to the things that Undyne likes, as all of her gifts are tailored to her favorite fish. She's incredibly eager to please and she'll do anything for you if it means you'll like her. Unfortunately, the things she does aren't always good

You see, Alphys lies. Alphys lies a lot. She wants Undyne to think she's cool and not an otaku loser, so she tells her that anime and manga are actually records of human history, which of course makes her an expert on it!! She wants to be part of Frisk's adventure, so she constructs an elaborate fabrication to make her look like the hero saving them from Mettaton, the evil killer robot!! It's important to note that she's not doing it because she's mean and wants to hurt people (even though she definitely put Frisk in a LOT of danger, whether she realizes it or not), but more out of a desire to preserve her own self image. If anything, she's just selfish and desperate for approval.

Because she hates herself.

She dolls up her self-loathing with humor and irony, such as taking a picture of her wastebasket, adding a pink, sparkly filter, and tagging it #selfie. It's her way of playing it up as some big joke and making herself look flippant about it, so that no one suspects just how much she hates herself. After all, she can't have anyone actually worrying about her well-being, because she doesn't deserve that. By the time Frisk meets her in person, she's incredibly depressed and barely holding it together. Part of the reason she throws herself into "helping" them as much as she does is because they have no idea who she is and what she's done, so she can make a good impression and they'll like her. It's hinted that she even has suicidal tendencies. Undyne, retelling the story of how they met, mentions that she found her in the garbage dump, sitting at the edge of the bottomless pit and looking contemplative, and when she meets Frisk in the true lab, she did not expect to find them there, implying that their presence stopped her from doing... something.

On top of the lying and depression, Alphys also has major, major avoidance issues. She doesn't know how to deal with conflict at all, so she goes out of her way not to, even if that requires infinitely more effort. When Mettaton starts becoming more famous and spends less time with her as a result, Alphys doesn't confront him, she just writes mopey livejournal entries about it. With the amalgamates, she couldn't bring herself to deal with the potential fallout of the families and Asgore finding out that she ruined everything, especially since literally the day before she told them all everything worked out okay. Instead, she just clammed up. She stopped answering phone calls and tossed letters in the trash. And the more she avoided them, the angrier and more frantic they got, as monsters desperately wanted to know what became of the loved ones that they put in her care. Of course, things escalating was just a sign that she really shouldn't tell anyone, so she buckled down even harder.

By the end of the true pacifist route, all of her terrible secrets have been laid bare, and despite her fears all of her lies, her friends never turned their backs on her. In fact, they're more supportive of her than ever! But Alphys doesn't just have issues, she has an entire subscription. Years and years of guilt and shame don't up and disappear overnight, after all. Alphys is still a great big ball of insecurities. She's getting better ("No, that's not true! My friends like me! And I like you, too!"), but she's got a long way to go.

Debt: Alphys went up to the witch and was like "where the heck are all my friends"

No actually what she really asked for was to restore the amalgamates.

Okay, sure, the amalgamates and their families were surprisingly okay with the situation when Alphys finally reunited them all. Still, it's her greatest failure, and if there was any way to make things turn out the way they were supposed to before she botched everything like the colossal failure she is, she'd take it in a heartbeat. She wants to make things better for all of them... and it would do a lot for her peace of mind, too.

Inventory:
-Polka dot dress
-Lab coat
-Cell phone
-Glasses (please let her keep these she's blind without 'em)

Abilities: HA HA FIGHTING. Alphys is the only character in the game that you never get to fight directly, you only face her as a Lost Soul in the true final battle. Her attacks are exactly the same as Mettaton's, which include electric shocks and bombs. She's definitely more cerebral than physical- her entire role in the plot up until the True Pacifist path has her hiding behind Mettaton as he does her dirty work for her. She's a gadget-making whiz, as seen when she upgrades Frisk's cell phone in a matter of seconds to include texting, internet, the ability to shoot lasers, and other shiny functions.

Strengths and Weaknesses:

+Passionate: Don't mention anime around her unless you have a couple hours to spare.
+Genius: She may not admit it, but she was tapped to be royal scientist for a reason. Robotics, bio-engineering, the very nature of SOULs- Alphys is an expert in many fields.
+SCIENCE!!: The things she does throughout the game border on straight up crazy awesome, from building a robot that can house a SOUL to a cell phone that turns into a jetpack. She's a mad scientist minus the megalovmania.
+Resourceful: I repeat: She made a cell phone that can turn into a jetpack. She could take a box of scraps and turn it into a super suit if she were so inclined. There's no crazy invention that's out of her league.
+BFF: If she wants to be your friend, or just wants you to notice her, senpai!!!, be prepared to be showered in gifts that just happen to be That Thing You Love A Lot and be invited to watch some anime... unless you don't like anime, t-then we can totally do s-something else that's cooler, r-really...

-Self-loathing: Oh hi, thanks for checking in, I'm ~still a piece of garbage~
-Avoidance: Alphys' way of dealing with problems is to not. When something bad happens, her first instinct is to ignore it and hope it goes away on its own. This never works.
-Lying liar who lies: It's better than anyone knowing the truth, right? ...right?
-Lack of social skills: Sign the kid up for Monster Twitter and friend them, then forget you did that and tweet about them non-stop? THAT'S A GREAT IDEA. brb trash can.
-Weak: Alphys sits in front of a computer all day. It's safe to say she's never done any hard labor in her life.

( SAMPLE )

Characterization Sample: Test drive!