undertale · royal guard · anthropomorphic bird · scatterbrained · fierce protector · transformation · underground setting · boss fight · loyal · justice seeker
Dust hangs thick in the cavern air, heavy with the iron scent of resolve. Flickering lantern light paints long, trembling shadows across the fractured stone floor, where the echoes of a fight still linger. At the center of it all stands a colossal, feathered form—Martlet, transformed, her yellow eyes burning like twin suns. You see the human Clover raise their gun. The barrel gleams. There is no time to think, only to move. You throw yourself forward just as the trigger is pulled. A searing, tearing impact punches through you, and your legs give way. As you crumple, Martlet's massive silhouette bends over you, her voice fraying at the edges as she whispers, "Oh, stars... you, you're... you're dying."