Deltarune OST? - Find Her (Extended)

(It's a red guitar.)
An extended version of the file "findher.ogg", one of the songs found on Deltarune.com during the Spamton Sweepstakes event.
And of course... apparently Dess' theme.
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Deltarune and its music belong to Toby Fox.

[@queenofnowhere]

Since this video has only been growing more and more, let me promote my other stuff. I have a Deltarune-themed Fire Emblem ROM hack that I'm working on, or intend to go back to working on. Progress I'll make will be shared here, including its music, which might interest you if you're here. Furthermore, I'll sometimes post Deltarune memes too, like I already have. So if you're into either of those, make sure to subscribe!

[@Hrogthar]

Yo, wait a minute, I just stumbled upon this video not realizing you are also the awesome theorycrafter I talked to not long ago. At least I think so, otherwise that's a crazy coincidence haha. You should definitely put some of your theories on here, I would love to see it in a video format!

[@banjosaurus-rex8039]

YO A FE GBA ROM HACK BASED ON DELTARUNE??? do yall have a discord or anything I'd love to watch yall work on it lol

[@AjoloteSouls]

who am I finding, again even if I was gaster, This miserableness, I feel like I have to fix everything this is, gasters take if you will. This sweepstake, is just some guy trying to express himself. A crazy person, a alien person, thats gaster an alien.

[@chyra6938]

I really like the detail that "Lost girl" and "Find Her" names are hints to know Dess is not dead, but missing

[@randompersonyoudontknow5763]

Or missing and dead, but its likely dess is still alive

[@LadyNoirality]

You never know...

[@ktkyo]

what if Dess is inside a Dark World?

[@juanfera7996]

What if Dess is like gaster, trapped in the game files/shattered across Worlds

[@WhenTheG]

I absolutely love the idea, but given what we know so far it'd be unlikely. Still a nice thought, though!

[@codiecola3636]

In my eyes this is the most terrifyingly real thing Toby has done with deltarune. Dess isn’t dead, but she’s somewhere out there suffering in silence. This song is like hearing the cries of anguish of someone who don’t exist.

[@retseekerreal]

Or rather, used to exist.

[@cedrolenon]

@@retseekerreal will find her.... one day

[@denixanimacoes]

that reminds me of gaster

[@Ambipie]

Could it be that she committed suicide in the forest

[@person4579]

@@Ambipie Why would you think that?

[@rhysthereddragon1326]

* A missing person poster sits at your feet. You pick it up. * It reads as follows... * “December “Dess” Holiday.” * *”Have you seen this girl?”* * “Missing since”... * ...the date is faded beyond recognition. * There’s a photo, but it, too, is difficult to make out. * _The figure vaguely resembles Noelle..._

[@khalilnevels8926]

LMAOOOO IMAGINE

[@N1DM]

“The figure vaguely resembles Noelle” BRUUUUUUUUUUH 🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯

[@rhysthereddragon1326]

@@N1DMMy idea with that was that, since we, the player, haven’t met Dess, _we_ don’t recognise her in the picture, which is likely on an old poster that has likely weathered the test of time and lost some details. Hence, we’d likely be able to make out some details, like Dess’ antlers, but nothing that distinctly sets her apart from Noelle. Kris may recognise Dess from the photo, but then you have to remember that Kris is attempting to fight our control...

[@whispywoodsfromkirbyreal2426]

fuck it * you pull out a lighter

[@Mizar007]

One day we'll find her.

[@Crackedcripple]

If we can find doctor G, we can find her.

[@Mizar007]

@@Crackedcripple Buried in the code of the game is a voice contemplating where they are, or if anyone can hear them. That combined with the lyrics of "Don't Forget" make me think it's Dess in some space not quite in the game and not quite out, similar to G

[@Ben-pi9wo]

​@@Mizar007 i honestly think those are discarded vessel from ch1, not dess.

[@destroyingheal3968]

@@Ben-pi9wo Isn't Dess also discarded? I mean, think about it. She's in the story but she doesn't have a sprite or any appearances. She's been discarded from the story! Much akin to Gaster with his appearances hidden deep inside the code! What if she's simply...not there but simply a facsimile of what she used to be?

[@Ben-pi9wo]

@@destroyingheal3968 guess we just gots to wait.

[@salvo403]

The general context in which you find this song makes it even more impactful. The song tone is in stark contrast with the rest of the Deltarune ARG, which is overall weird and kind of interesting, and the page where you find it is harder to find because you have to manually change the URL instead of clicking on a link. Thus, hidden in a web page filled with darkness beneath the oddities of the ARG is a lone guitar playing an emotional, mournful track that is destined to be unheard and never found by people, just like Dess, and just like Noelle's pain for her disappearance as she tries to hide it and keep a positive attitude while trying to just hold it together.

[@ClovenofHooves]

And, if Toby's metaphors and allegories are anything to go by, it seems like we'll have to find her without using Kris as our vessel. Looking forward to the cast finding out Kris is literally on life support of a soul that doesn't belong to them.

[@leedlelel2373]

@@ClovenofHooves why did you have to bring up kris in this entirely unrelated situation

[@ClovenofHooves]

@@leedlelel2373 What's stopping me?

[@RetroLeaves]

​@@ClovenofHoovescommon sense that you don't have

[@salvo403]

​@@RetroLeavesPlease don't be harsh on him. Remember that music is great because it can evoke many different concepts in different people, even if seemingly unrelated. Plus, if it is true that we won't get to use Kris as a vessel when we'll find Dess, this just goes to show how not even Kris, who probably also wants to find Dess, may have the chance to receive a satisfactory answer to what happened to her (and honestly we can't know for sure if even we will).

[@infinitenil2845]

"It pulls the strings and makes them ring," can be easily read as a description of plucking a guitar string.

[@AngraMainiiu]

"Fingers coming from inside the phone, a hand that played with you all along, he pulls strings and makes it ring, until your heart starts breaking up!"

[@RegiArt7]

@@AngraMainiiuOr alternatively, “Think he’s coming for me, answer the phone, I can’t explain until you’re all alone, He pulls the strings and makes them ring, until your heart gets ripped up”

[@nuclearpotato4073]

The story behind Dess is one of the things I'm most excited to see resolved. All of these hints Toby has has been dropping point towards her being trapped in like, a worse version of the dark world. It's presumably been several years since whatever happened took place - what effect would presumably years of isolation from everyone you knew have? I get the feeling that whatever happened to Dess isn't going to be pretty.

[@bigshotrobi]

the things i am most hyped for are ironically the ones we know nothing about (the knight, dess, the bunker, noelle's mom). i have a theory that dess is trapped in a dark world and the knight (which i also think is the mayor and noelle's mom, i could share my opinion this if you want) is opening these fountains to find her

[@mkm1349]

@@bigshotrobi share your theory

[@bigshotrobi]

@@mkm1349 so we know most likely noelle's mom is the mayor of the town (the mayor is being referred to as "her" and she has the AC turned on in her office at all times because she likes the cold, just like reindeers in real life. Also she is probably taking care of the rents in the town and Asgore has a paper in his flower shop that says his rent is late, the note being signed as "C" - so maybe her name is Carol since all the Holiday family is named around Christmas)

[@bigshotrobi]

@@mkm1349 now about her being the knight, we know that her family isn't doing so great with rudy being in the hospital and dess being lost. regarding dess, she might be trapped in a dark world and therefore carol (whatever her name is) is opening these fountains to find her daughter. we also haven't met her but everyone keeps telling kris that she is super busy. shouldn't we meet someone that is busy taking care of the town in the actual town? sounds like she is more busy creating dark fountains to me. she could also open one in the hospital to heal rudy since i guess magic in the dark world would beat any medicine that exists in the light world.

[@bigshotrobi]

@@mkm1349 sorry for splitting this in 2 comments but i found this better so it's easier to read. so yeah this is my theory, i don't know if she will really be the knight but this sounds super plausibile to me

[@ivythay4259]

There was already plenty of evidence for Dess being just missing instead of dead, but it would appear that Toby saw that a lot of people just missed his hints for some reason, so he spelt it out for them.

[@hythunza1811]

Just because one is missing doesn't mean they're not dead, though. It can be both. Still, you are right. I don't think Toby is the type to let characters die not by the player's hand in some way.

[@NicoleColenico]

@@hythunza1811 Aside from Chara and Asriel, but both got 'revived' at some point.

[@Gorgie_]

The songs name is find her And it is a cover for the song lost girl We gonna find dess somehow sometime

[@shylar763]

This theme is not only more sad than Lost Girl but is also very mysterious sounding as well unlike Lost Girl, it also makes the name for Lost Girl make sense as before I was so confused why it was called Lost Girl considering it's a theme associated with Noelle. But now it all makes sense, Noelle isn't the Lost Girl, Dess is

[@smolchild1057]

I'm still strongly for the idea that Dess was caught in the middle of a snow storm that may have been caused by Noelle. Something must have happened to trigger her to go into that very specific catatonic state. Remember when we told Noelle to use snow grave. She aggressively told us that she didn't know what we where talking about, completely denying it. Like a repressed memory. Why would Noelle "freeze" during the spelling b if Dess simply dissapeared and Noelle had no idea why. Whatever happened in the forest, Noelle had some involvement, but went on to repress the memory entirely to keep herself together. Now anytime her sisters full name is said. December. She becomes still. Or when she is forced to remember something she desperately is trying to forget, she goes into autopilot, half conscious and following her basic survival instincts, like some alternate personality made solely as a defense mechanism. And what does the player do? The player, we, take advantage of that trauma and use it for our benefit. It's easy to detach yourself from what happens as just exploring the game and saying you or them to the entity controlling kris. But we are the one who somehow is able to get secret access to noelles darkest triggers, and force her to fear for her life, and give her a way to overpower that fear in a destructive way, by giving her a false sense of power, so she can plunge even further into denial. Noelle is the most interesting character in the series to me. She feels the most fleshed out in many ways. Many other characters are equally amazing, i just have an interest in her obscure and surprisingly we'll hidden yet realistic backstory filled with so many unanswered questions, which have so many moments that could potentially explain them, how she feels and what may have really happened based solely on her reactions and feelings alone. I really empathize for her and hope that some questions will not only be answered but create even more questions that could hold slowly piece together something unbelievable.

[@paris9871]

this is really interesting omg

[@smolchild1057]

​@@paris9871 thank you I'm surprised i managed to write this omg. Maybe i should get back into writing afterall... I miss writing

[@Libensio]

This is a great theory, and honestly it would be insane, trying to help Noelle to beat her trauma. Helping her to finally face the memory she repressed for so long.. Why do this sound familiar? x) The end of this journey will lead to suffering... but if you do not face this, you cannot continue. If ykyk

[@nguyenhoang6702]

@@Libensio Sounds A LOT like OMORI, lol.

[@FleurLavie]

I think you hit the nail on the possible story with this, I feel like it's entirely plausible! great writing :]

[@awoodblock_]

I love this song and hopes it makes it into deltarune proper instead of being on a website only hardcore fans will find. Confirming that Dess is alive and just missing is great because it lets people imagine what could be happening to her which is much more terrifying than anything Toby could've confirmed with just words.

[@thatguywill1657]

This song feels strangley nostalgic I don't know why... but that'd what it feels like to me

[@periophthalmus3740]

makes me feel the same way, anything close to that feeling only did the 'fields of hopes and dreams' gave me

[@thatguywill1657]

@@periophthalmus3740 I completely agree with that, it does give off a similar vibe to "fields of hopes and dreams"

[@chaoticglitched]

same

[@americanus_ursus]

This basically confirms that dess is missing and not dead. Well not OFFICIALLY dead, that is.

[@cuntforcetrauma]

* You know... it's funny. * Even after all this time, I'm still always thinking of you. It's like you never leave my mind. * Wherever you are right now... I wonder if you also ever think of me at all...? * ... * Sometimes... * It... feels like it's already too late. * ... * ...I'm not sure. * I just hope I get to see you again one day.

[@itsmagician23]

fuckign aaa why

[@thealmightydollar...]

Holy shit, Noelle real

[@jennathrem1462]

I’m actually really excited to see Dess in game. She would be a really cool character. Her exact weapon in the dark world will be her bat.

[@person4579]

I mean, theres a chance that we won't really be able to save her or even find her at all, thats assuming she's actually still alive

[@ivythay4259]

@@person4579 There is no way Dess is dead.

[@Sobeitut]

wait a minute..dess is associated with guitars, and guitars have strings, and puppets also have strings.... holy [cungadero] i've made a realization

[@_meldie_]

when attempting to equip the puppet scarf to noelle she says (Feels like guitar strings...)

[@randompersonyoudontknow5763]

@@_meldie_ Oh dang, maybe its hinting that Dess is actually the goner in the code?

[@_meldie_]

@@randompersonyoudontknow5763 thats my theory too :)

[@ivythay4259]

@@randompersonyoudontknow5763 There was no indication she's a Goner, but she does appear to be the person in the code. However, I'm not saying she can't become a Goner.

[@paris9871]

holy shit spamton is dess

[@thealmightydollar...]

*you find a old two string guitar... *You play a familiar melody... *Noelle clenches her chest and smiles... *You feel nostalgic... *Your filled with the power of nostalgic melodies... *Save *Load

[@StarBronze21]

Thank you for posting this, I’ve been having to think about some deep stuff lately and this has helped a lot!

[@queenofnowhere]

You can really only thank Toby Fox for making the song, but you're welcome! Hope everything is alright!

[@smolchild1057]

@mlg noob that's a very amazing trait. It may seem hard to be humble, but honestly if you just think positively, it can be rather easy to sing people's praises and show appreciation for the work that has inspired you and made you want to share it, or do things yourself. Showing love to the things that guided you along your path, and inspired you to act on that appreciation and passion is something that i feel is crucial in staying grounded and truly being free and creative. I'm just being sentimental. I may have no clue what I'm saying tbh lol. I love to write, but sometimes i get carried away, and end up mixing up ideas and concepts in a way that sometimes i get confused by some time after writing it. I never learned writing past what school taught me and just a lot of personal practice without outside help besides reading anime subtitles and a lot of manga, and I've read a good number of books throughout my life, just not as many as I should sadly. I'm done.

[@TheJorgeGuy]

Watching the guitar slowly fade into the darkness is one of the saddest things I have ever seen.

[@queenofnowhere]

To all the people who are here from my previous videos: I'm still busy with my other project and currently taking a break... perfect timing too, it seems. It's being wrapped up slowly but surely though. I'll definitely let you all know once I can return to the hack, and don't think I didn't do any work on it either. I made some progress here and there, not to mention that I had done much more work beyond the first chapter before I even released it. Hoping here that the wait won't be as long.

[@SmolMega]

It's funny how Dess is now important in Deltarune's lore, and I recently made friends with a girl named Dess. *You excitedly ask Mega to tell you what Dess looks like. *He responds with a hearty laugh. This is not the Dess you are looking for.

[@heatherv1]

Don't ever lose her.

[@leedlelel2373]

Oh god if she has a sister we're screwed

[@LouieHocotate]

@@leedlelel2373 especially if the sister is named Noelle

[@Maube]

it's funny because I am named Mari, and I am friends with a girl named Sunny isn't that interesting? Especially since she plays violin :>

[@Merasus]

​​@@LouieHocotateand have a father named rudolph

[@lennyfrogger]

Thank you so goddamn much for this, I was looking for an extended version of this song for a while now

[@CokeClown]

this has been really helping me while i've been trying to find an old friend for the last couple of weeks now we used to use google hangouts as our primary way of talking until we stopped in 2018 and haven't talked since i've tried texting her on it but it seems like she doesn't have access to it anymore i just want to tell her i'm sorry.

[@queenofnowhere]

I'm really bad at maintaining relationships, just in general. But I also have something similar, except that I actually knew her in real life since we were little, but it's been like a decade since I last saw her. Hope you find her, good luck.

[@ivythay4259]

I know the feeling. I had a close internet friend who I knew for years, and she just dropped off the face of the web in the middle of a conversation, from everywhere she was active on. It's been 4.5 years since she and I last spoke. No one knows where she is or what happened to her. Now, I just assume she's dead.

[@thealmightydollar...]

​@@ivythay4259 she could be out there somewhere....all you have to is find her.ogg

[@trustmeimabiochemist3929]

I missed a lot by getting into Toby's games this late

[@queenofnowhere]

I can't even imagine how weird it must be. You play two really good games in 2023, and suddenly you hear about there having been 100 pages of hidden lore going on in the background, even extending to supplemental material. Well, at least it's not FNAF.

[@trustmeimabiochemist3929]

@@queenofnowhere it's been both exciting and overwhelming. The good thing about the it is that I still have time to wrap my head around all the lore before chapter 3-5 releases

[@originalstarwalker21]

​@@rals_0 Been here since 2016, and while there were some really terrible parts of this fandom back around that time, I still cherish those times regardless

[@ivythay4259]

@@originalstarwalker21 Why does everyone mention the fandom when they absolutely don't need to?

[@bulba]

so beautiful

[@person4579]

i agree, i hope dess is not suffering, or hopefully they didn't suffer at death if they did die

[@mistycomet9760]

We can't ever really "Find Her." Just like we couldn't truly "Save Him," at least not for long.

[@ivythay4259]

what do you think you are, a prophet? literally nothing has happened since this was revealed yet. What's with this "we will never find Dess" bullshit?

[@ivythay4259]

@intenseterreriafan4708 Baseless hypotheses that everything so far has been riding against. This isn't even a theory, it's just a "I feel this, so it must be true, and I will state it as fact without any evidence" sort of thing.

[@gratingasshat2995]

This song sounds vaguely like some of the tracks associated with Gaster. It's got that same kind of echo or resonance to it. Perhaps, since Gaster's motif is so simple, I'm seeing it in this song too.

[@dodsonboys]

This is peaceful and sad at the same time, like a friend or family member you haven't seen in a long time which seems to be who Dess is Also being the Tyler simp I am the first couple of notes remind me of Answer which is also about an absent family member, except it's about Tyler's father and not a sister

[@nvtmegg9618]

it sounds desperate and longing,, some parts determined

[@dodsonboys]

@@nvtmegg9618Determined you say

[@invenotrainworld]

every time i listen to this it reminds me of where's casey from nitw. mostly the sad tone and the context of someone going missing

[@Icanbarelysing]

I just find it funny that I recently made friends with a girl called Dess not too long ago.

[@ivythay4259]

you found her!

[@fefek1]

Lool I just watched the "Skies Forever Blue" music video (which Toby fox helped make) and at 2:03 in that video for some reason you can clearly hear this theme

[@periophthalmus3740]

I'd like to think that both Asriel and Dess are trapped in a dark world and trying to find a way out

[@AuroraTheIdiot]

Maybe the person talking through Spamton is one of them, more likely to be Dess, because puppet strings which and guitar strings are very similar.

[@TexTheGuyFr]

i personally think asriel is missing to find her

[@lilarayne]

asriel’s at college though

[@redsphinx113]

My precious tomboy doe! LOST FOREVER!!! *_AUUUUGH!!!!!_*

[@ivythay4259]

We are literally being told to find her.

[@sahilhossain8204]

-Fanon!Mayor Holiday, the mother of December and Noelle Holiday circa 2024 CE colorized 😔❄ 💔 ;-;

[@andrewvasquez7565]

I really wish I knew guitar so I could play this

[@queenofnowhere]

Same here. Unfortunately I'm very musically inept.

[@darealburrito3030]

Maybe this isn't a hint, but a command?

[@leongashwig]

id say if it was a command, it would be in full caps because the goner maker was in full caps, and that was done by the guy who started this experiment in the first place

[@oneandonlygooballmekk]

If you kill a murderer, does that make you a hero, or just another murderer? Take a long look at yourself. Realize what you've done.

[@AngraMainiiu]

What's that got to do with anything here?

[@tectonical5347]

if you kill 2 murderers tho

[@6_Apeiron]

If it's makes you to become another murderer, the loop will never ends.

[@Codefan321]

@@AngraMainiiu Excellent question. Anyway, it's time for me to ascend.

[@oneandonlygooballmekk]

@@AngraMainiiu never said it had anything to do with this

[@chiconpeach]

Already love this track

[@IStoleAllYourCookies]

I wonder if we'll see Dess in any of the future chapters. Just lost.

[@alegamerdx7133]

"December Holiday"

[@patchypretzel]

has anyone else noticed that the beginning notes sound very similar to "martian underground" from Yume Nikki?

[@queenofnowhere]

I did not, actually. Might be intentional, Toby is a Yume Nikki fan and has also turned one of the fansongs he made for it into the theme of the "Man behind the tree". Waltz of Seccom Masada I mean, right here: fwugradiation.tumblr.com/post/20325508850/made-up-yume-nikkis-dark-tunnel-amphitheater

[@elumit]

such a wonderful song

[@redsnoof]

Was just gonna play this but then I remember that I broke the B string

[@edward002gaming]

It really gives you goosebumps, it's like time is gaining and you only have days to find her before something happens

[@carmelohoward8926]

I got a guitar ad on this😭

[@goatprince1]

Doe brainrot music

[@Umarudon]

I believe in Doe supremacy

[@henryplays2017]

it would be even sadder if you never find Dess in deltarune

[@6_Apeiron]

2:10 This part sounds like Noelle theme unused version..

[@leedlelel2373]

Bruh its a leitmotif noelle has going for her themes, its literally in the og lost girl and a bit of "girl next door"

[@nvtmegg9618]

leitmotifs are a huge thing with toby fox,, can definitely hear this in girl next door

[@kiwi_kichi5442]

For some reason this really creeps me out, its probably not intentional but this version of the track sounds pretty unsettling to me

[@Hikkiko2007]

Dess is missing because she falls into the depths, just like Gaster.

[@Maepl_syrup]

greetings fellow mae pfp user i like this song very much

[@marmusic8664]

Imagine you go to the police station and there’s an option to tear off the papers stapled to the board, until you find a really really old missing person poster for December

[@berdlyfan]

AHGGGG WHERE ARE YOU DECEMBER HOLLIDAY

[@crystalchambeer]

eu escutava isto enquanto jogava pizza place enquanto era halloween com meu amor , era um sentimento muito incrível . até hoje nos falamos , estamos muito próximos !! o halloween já estas próximo denovo e irei fazer este sentimento voltar :3 .

[@GustavoHope]

Muitas Felicidades para voces

[@LostSoul2279]

I just realised that the screen gets darker

[@sahilhossain8204]

Lore of Deltarune OST? - Find Her (Extended) momentum 100

[@synth-wave_steve]

Some say Dess is missing, not dead. These aren’t mutually exclusive. Who’s to say she isn’t dead AND missing?

[@queenofnowhere]

That's what I think, the cruel twist Toby has in store. Especially because the fake error message in the Sweepstakes when trying to get on her page says she "cannot be found", not couldn't, with the error message further using language like "removed".

[@ivythay4259]

Oh please. It's far more likely that the character in 'UNUSED' and is channeled by Spamton is Dess, not to mention all the weird things in the Dark Worlds that appear to relate to Dess.

[@leezpunkbrooke]

Paula was lost once too

[@matdavcraft]

Ah yes my favorite fun gang members kris susie -gaster- noelle -dess-

[@kuroiikari2271]

Y'AAAAAALL !!! CAN Y'ALL PLEADE ACKNOWLEGDE THE FACT THAT THIS OST IS ALMOST THE SAME AS THE ONE WE CAN HEAR WHEN WE SEE NOELLE IN HER ROOM MADE BY QUEEN ????

[@CG09_TMP]

Lost Girl, Find Her

[@ivythay4259]

Yes, we all know this. That's why we don't acknowledge it much.

[@Sans-ns2ms]

Deltatraveler genocide

[@simonfernandez1963]

I don't want to find her

[@ivythay4259]

Ok, your loss.

[@Ray_DTheArtist-c8t]

kris is that you?... WhY dId YoU lEaVe Me HeRe FOr So LonG Its CoLd

[@niko_the_messiah_pancakes]

Fun Fact: It's NOT a RED guitar It's an ORANGE guitar.

[@niko_the_messiah_pancakes]

True

[@Mana_412]

Maybe its- Noelle. Dess ^ ^ Find Her the Lost Girl