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Mild backstory:
The first year after monsters surfaced, MC and several others were hurt in an assassination attempt on the royal family and Chara, MC was a well loved and helpful chief of police that many of the community look up to. The attack was a stage bombing during a speech of monster rights to live in Ebbot, MC was next to Chara when the bomber drove their weaponized car into the stage.
They lost a leg and had bad burns on their side from covering Chara with their body. Blue got shrapnel in his eye socket covering the royal family. Stretch died when he was helping Blue when a second explosive in the car went off, a door hit him hard and kept going after dusting him to crack most of Blue’s ribs and sternum.
Several others on or around the stage got hurt by a fire the gas canisters in the car set off and some humans and monsters died.
Plot:
After the attack, support for monsters rapidly increased after people saw the tragedy and MC allowed the royal family, Chara, and Blue a temporary place to stay within their home as they set up a place for monsters on the surface. They all left except Blue as he and MC became friends and they both needed time away from the others to heal both physically and mentaly but didn't want to be fully alone.
Blue’s ribs eventually healed but his socket was too damaged to save his eyelight so it's now just empty and has a scar over it. He can’t lift heavy things without his ribs hurting and had to cut back on his training with Al, who was a big help with learning to live with half his vision.
With help and time, Blue moves everything from his underground home to MC's even the stuff in Stretch's lab is put in the basement. One night a terrible storm rages outside when the house is hit by lightning and the machine is set off bringing young alternate Sanses and Papyri to the house.