Masa

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Masa
Character Information
Age	Mid-40s
First Appearance	Forgespring
Relationships	Unnamed children Unnamed grandfather
Themes	Weapon Shop
Gender	Male

“	HAAAHAHAHA! Welcome to my shop! I am Masa, you have money, so let's do business!	”
	— Masa, Part 24A

Masa is an original character in Inverted Fate. He is a blacksmith who runs a shop in Forgespring.

Profile

Appearance

Masa is a portly fish monster with red hair, pointy yellow teeth and a red fin on his chin reassembling a beard. He wears an apron, a light grey t-shirt and a matching headband.

Personality

Masa is boisterous, sociable and opinionated. Due to his physicality and outspoken nature, some people mistakenly believe him to be related to Undyne. He holds the Royal Scientist in high esteem, admiring her passion for her work and seeing her as an inspirational figure. Conversely, he dislikes Mettaton and is highly vocal about his distaste for the celebrity.

History

Masa was born roughly a decade after the Waterfall Incident. He lived in Forgespring with his grandfather and grew up hearing stories about the incident.

Main Story

Masa first appeared in Chapter 24A, after one of the Forgespring residents recommends for Frisk to visit Masa's shop to get some gear, claiming that he was the "best smith around". Once Frisk and co. enter, Masa gives them a greeting, before Frisk starts looking through their wares. They attempt to buy the Pricklythorn Plate despite not having the funds, to which Masa comments on it, claiming that their wallet can't even hold enough gold to buy it.

Frisk then tries talking with Masa, the latter being happy to chat. They bring up Forgespring first, and Masa claims that there isn't much to say, just being a small town that came into being a long time ago. Masa then reveals that it was built because the workers on Fort Aquarius needed a place to rest and organize while it was constructed. The personal economy of the place then started to advance, with many selling goods to the various workers and soldiers. The sellers then stayed in Forgespring as their permanent residence due to the aforementioned benefits, and most of the business presumably died out besides Spout Wassar.

They then consult Masa about Fort Aquarius, to which he claims it as "one of the most fortified, heavily defended, and advanced bases of the underground". He then also comments how Fort Aquarius is the reason that he was able to afford college for his kids, boosting his image of the fort further. He then talks about how some monsters were anxious about the fort prior to realizing the potential it had to fight off human threats, also quenching most of the apprehensiveness that followed the Waterfall Incident, leading Frisk to ask about the incident proper.

Masa claims he wasn't alive during the incident and, according to his grandpa, was probably to his betterment. He then states how a human fell down, and eliminated an entire platoon of soldiers on their own. Furthermore, he elaborates that if not for Toriel & Gerson's efforts, that the entire army could've been lost to the slaughter. However, he then says that even those two didn't go out unscathed, as Gerson's knee was damaged when fighting them off.

Frisk then changes the subject by bringing up Undyne. Masa applauds her efforts, saying how she's an "inspiration to us all" and that, despite being half of Masa's age, was able to advance to the role of the head scientist. He isn't surprised by this info either, noting her passion for what she does, and concluding that if anyone would get monsters out of the underground, it would be her. This then leads Frisk to ask about Masa's relations to Undyne, debunking the theory that the two are related.

They then shift to Mettaton, to which Masa has thoughts contrary to those he has with Undyne, calling him a "quadrangular wastrel" and saying that "all he does is scramble and screech at a microphone". However, he then gives Mettaton some praise, saying that be brings in more business for Masa. Mettaton then retorts, commenting on how he can hear everything Masa said, to which the latter is pleased with. Frisk and co. then exit Masa's shop.

Trivia

• Masa is the only character to both...
  • Be an original character.
  • Have their shop visited in NULL.