Avid Adopter

33 - Glasses

Time for the Ink hate to roll in. Pease form an orderly line and remember to keep the fourth wall intact. Thank you.

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It had been six months since Cross began to join us on our missions. Since then, he had gained LV and a title, which was the "Guardian of the Independent." One month ago, we had finally found out what Dust's standard was; he hallucinated. The multiverse had ordered him to kill someone else, but he missed his attack, and he was punished for it. He hallucinated that the ones he had killed were after him; I wished the attacks on the sanity of my middle son would cease..between Ink and the multiverse, he was never going to come out of his shell. As for my youngest, today was the day we had all dreaded for the past five years; he had turned ten yesterday. The multiverse was reaching its limit, and a Destroyer was needed to preserve the Balance of Creation and Destruction. Error and I were currently in the training room with the blueberry, preparing Error for his job. 

"You're going to want these on your bones." The blueberry put some sort of armor onto Error's leg bones, with more for his arms and torso.

"Why?" Error wondered.

"This is the same stuff Dust uses; it acts as a paint repellent, to keep it from burning your bones. It's uncomfortable, but you'll get used to it eventually."

"It's cold."

"The coldness counteracts the burning sensation; it has to be cold."

"Okay.."

"Do you remember your defense rundowns? His paint flings?"

"Yep! Duck, dodge, and lift myself up; worst-case scenario, block with bones."

"You'll do great."

"What am I going to destroy?" 

"You're going to destroy whichever universe the multiverse decides needs to be removed; we can't choose it." I sighed; I wished we could choose it.

"Okay.."

"Now, we don't know exactly when this will happen, but when you feel some sort of disturbance, you let us know. It could come as a twitch in your soul, a burst of physical pain, or just the multiverse telling you it's time. Have you been working on your portal magic?"

"I still can't make them."

"I have a feeling that when the multiverse needs you, your magic will grant you that capability automatically."

"Really?"

"Yes, I believe so. If not, I'll have to make the portals for you." 

"Will you be coming?"

"Yes, I'll be accompanying you when you destroy; the others may come once you improve your skill, but for now, I don't want to risk having any of them inside of an AU that is being destroyed."

"Will Blue come?"

"Nope, I won't be coming." The blueberry shook his skull. "Ink doesn't know I've been training you, and if he finds out, I do not want to face that type of publicity."

"Fair enough." I admitted.

Error whimpered for a second; I assumed that was it.

"Is it time?" I questioned.

"I think so.." Error relaxed after a moment.

"Try to open a portal." 

"Okay.." Error activated his magic, and a portal bathed in glitches opened; I knew it. "Woah.."