Voice

Voice
The Voice first connecting with Player in the introduction to Deltarune.
Character Information
First Appearance	Introduction

ARE YOU THERE?
ARE WE CONNECTED?
EXCELLENT.
TRULY EXCELLENT.
NOW.
WE MAY BEGIN.

The Voice speaking to the Player

The Voice, often referred to as the Narrator, is an unseen character in Deltarune. They are the first person encountered during the game, as they are first heard during the Introduction.

Profile

Personality

The Voice is a mysterious character whose goals are not known. They talk to the Player and offer to create a vessel for them.

The Voice's dialogue is entirely uppercase. In the Japanese translation of Deltarune, the Voice's dialogues use a mix of kanji and katakana, an unusual writing style that is not used by other characters.

The Voice's text displays more slowly than text for other characters, suggesting that the Voice speaks slowly.

According to information in the Undertale 10th Anniversary Weekly Famitsu, it is confirmed that the Voice is aware of the Player behind the screen, and that they may be planning something.

Main Story

Chapter 1

The Voice greets the Player during the game's introduction, asking: "ARE YOU THERE? ARE WE CONNECTED?"

After that, the SOUL appears on the screen, to which the Voice asks the Player to create a vessel. The vessel is shaped after a human looking like Kris, with options for its head, torso and legs, as well as its personality.

Once the vessel is done, the Voice asks for the vessel's name, then the creator's name. Once done, the voice says that the creation will be discarded because "no one can choose who they are in this world." This voice is about to say Kris's name when the scene cuts into Kris's bedroom, and Toriel shouts their name instead.

Upon getting a Game Over in Chapter 1, the Voice speaks to the Player similarly to how they did in the intro, saying they appear to have reached an end and asking them if they want to try again. If the player chooses to continue, the Voice tells them the future is in their hands, after which the screen fades to white and goes back to normal gameplay. Alternatively, if the player chooses to give up, the Voice tells them that the world was covered in darkness, followed by the screen turning black and remaining that way while "Darkness Falls" plays in its entirety. In the original Chapter 1 release the game then closes, and in the rest of the releases the game returns to the chapter select screen.

If the player closes and reopens the game, they are presented with a load menu. If Chapter 1 has not previously been completed, the menu narration is implied by the word choice and capitalization to be the Voice.

Chapter 2

In Chapter 2 and beyond, there is a proper Game Over screen and Ralsei or Susie speaks instead, urging Kris to not give up. If neither are in the party, nobody speaks and the player immediately gets the option to continue or give up. Choosing to continue has the screen fade to white and return to normal gameplay, and choosing to not plays out the exact same as in Chapter 1 (with the Voice returning as well), although on PC, the game returns to the chapter selection screen instead of closing.

Chapter 3

When the Shadow Mantle is equipped upon losing far enough into the fight against the Roaring Knight, the Voice will appear and comments that even though the player is guaranteed to lose the fight, they persist despite it. They ask if they want to try again, and the player is given the choice to either "Go Back" and restart the fight against the Knight, or "Go Forward" and continue with the game. The Voice will automatically give the player the two choices without any other dialogue upon subsequent losses on the fight. If the player does not get far enough into the fight on their first attempt (before Susie's first dialogue appears), the Voice will not appear, therefore not giving the player the choice to retry the Knight's fight unless they reload their save.

If the player loses without the Shadow Mantle equipped, then the Voice will mention that Kris is missing something important, and won't be able to win without it, but still gives them the choice to persist either way.

If the player loses on the Knight's finale attack, the Voice will say "incredible," saying that it felt Kris's power shining. It asks to take it a little further before giving the choice again.

Chapter 4

At the end of the Chapter 4 credits, the Voice will congratulate the player for reaching the halfway mark of the game, and questions how long it will take for Deltarune to be fully released. In the PlayStation version of Deltarune if you avoid getting any achievements, he gives extra dialogue where he is flabbergasted at you not achieving any achievements, he mentions that you have failed to achieve any "marks" and questions what are you after this he says he looks forward to your progress.

Other Appearances

Chapter 1 Pre-Release

Leading up to the announcement of Deltarune, the UnderTale and UndertaleJP Twitter accounts had their names and avatars blanked out, and began to tweet cryptic messages. These messages are written in-character, but for an unknown character. This character speaks in all capital letters in English, and in a mix of kanji and katakana in Japanese, which are the distinctive writing traits of the Voice.

In the first sequence of tweets, posted October 30, 2018, the unknown character notes that the reader has been looking for them, and that they likewise have been looking for the reader. They then say that they have something to show to the reader, but that it is not complete, so the reader should return in "[24]" hours. They mention that they intend to use the reader's responses to "approach its realization," possibly a reference to the vessel creation process in the introduction.

In the second sequence of tweets, posted October 31, 2018, the unknown character thanks the reader for their patience, noting that they both have been waiting a "very long time," but are excited now that they and the reader are on the "verge of connection." They comment that they are looking forward to creating a new future with the reader, then link to the Deltarune website.

At the time, the Deltarune website included a message in same font and writing style as the voice, which advised the reader to read the warnings below, then "take it in [their] hands." The website included a download for a file named "SURVEY_PROGRAM," which was the installer for Deltarune Chapter 1.

When running the installer, instead of containing a license, the license text in the license agreement of the installer simply says "YOU ACCEPT EVERYTHING THAT WILL HAPPEN FROM NOW ON." This likewise is written in all caps, indicating that this message was written by the voice.

Chapter 2 Pre-Release

After the announcement of Chapter 2, the UnderTale and UndertaleJP Twitter accounts once again tweeted in-character in the lead up to Chapter 2's release, in the unique style of the Voice. The voice noted that it had been a long time, and proposed that they could make a second connection.

Trivia

• The name of the music track playing during the introduction is titled "ANOTHER HIM" in all capital letters, similar to how the Voice speaks. Several other songs in Deltarune's OST follow this pattern.
  • In Undertale's files, Gaster's Theme is labeled "mus_st_him", indicating a connection. The two songs also share a similar melody. Additionally, both songs utilize Chrono Trigger's soundfont of the piano instrument and have an interval of 1+ 7+ 7- 1- suggesting a shared leitmotif.
  • Most in-game assets regarding the Voice or the Introduction are also internally referred to using all capital letters.
  • The songs that share this stylization are "THE WORLD REVOLVING" and "THE HOLY" for Chapter 1; and "A CYBER'S WORLD?", "WELCOME TO THE CITY", "HEY EVERY !", "NOW'S YOUR CHANCE TO BE A", "KEYGEN", and "BIG SHOT" for Chapter 2.
    • "Gallery", "Darkness Falls", "Before The Story", and "Faint Courage" are stylized this way in the game files, but not the soundtrack.