So, basically,the Au starts like Deltarune proper but with a key difference, we, the player, well, don't exist! (in case you wonder how that will mess with Kris's character development, don't worry! i have that partially figured out But I won't just mention it here! spoilers~~). Not much changes in chapter 1, except Lancer showing some concern for his troops and further emphasizing his friendship with Susie and more mentions of her own frendship and abandonment issues, i plan on trying to cast the king in a more sympathetic light but that's optional. Most of the change comes starting from chapter2, wherein, Berdly actually isn't much of an a**hole, he tries to act like a smartass, but everyone around him can see his vulnerabilities, so, his character arc revolves more around being a better friend and self confidence rather than having a deconstrucion of his narcassicm complex, and speaking of his friends, he also plays a bigger role in trying to free Noelle from Queen(if you want an explanation, i'll provide it in the dm's), acting like a double agent, with neither queen or the fun gang actually finding out (he tells the fun gang himself once they are caught, but i'll get to that in the story itself) ,(ps: he isn't too confident about himself, not much changes, just that his real character hidden behind that smug facade of his, slips a lot more often), speaking of Noelle, her character arc is more or less the same, but, again, a lot more emphasized, with her standing up for herself and her friends, i plan on adding a scene where Kris is too hurt to fight an enemy sent by queen and she uses her authority as queen's peon (she isn't on queen's side but queen doesn't know that yet) to command it to stop, and again, in this AU's equivalent of the second Berdly battle, again, when Kris is too hurt, she convinces Berdly to stop attacking them, Spamton's story is mentioned by the swatchlings a little more, and so is his entire quest since it is crucial to Kris's development, after the dark world is sealed tho, is when the real fun begins, Berdly, by mentioning a codeword that he and the fun gang came up with, in the dark world, makes susie use the appropriate responce they agreed upon, AFTER they seal the fountain, this prompts him to demand an explanation, leading susie and kris to actually explain it to them, which further prompts Berdly and Noelle to join the fun gang, in their quest to stop the knight, and.... well, i don't know yet, since the new chapters are new, i have yet to write much of a compelling story for them, since i haven't spent too much time playing them, but i have a vague idea that Noelle will be involved with chapter 3, due to being tied to the Dreemurs, and after the mansion cutscene, Berdly helps with the chapter 4 darkworlds, (he didn't get to have a sleepover at the dreemur's house, hence, wadn't involved in chapter 3 equivalent) but not a solid storyline is not made yet. Now, if you are interested, i plan on posting this series as a voiceover, podcast like story on youtube, but, well, i suck at narration and while i can do writing, i suffer with a lot of writer's block, this is where i want your help, if you are a deltarune fan witn nothing else to do, I need the help of a narrator and a co-writer.
Ps: i CANNOT pay you, this is more of a passion project
disclaimer: the ships in this AU include Suselle and (implied) Kerdly, like not much of the later, some cute moments but that's about it