A Splash of ink

Chapter 19- Best friend! (Shattered S̸t̶a̸R̴s̷ Multiverse)

Star makes a new friend! The Shattered Stars are absolutely baffled at Stars weird luck.

(Wishing you all a great day! 🎄)

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Shattered S̸t̶a̸R̴s̷ Multiverse

Doodle Sphere

"-they can do so many tricks! I bet Creator and Destroyer will love my new friend!"

HĬ̵͇̎ṣ̵̼̙͋͐̊S̸̱̭͆̏

"You are totally right. I'm so glad the numbers led me to you! We are going to be best friends forever!"

Shattered was speechless as he watched the babybones interact with the thing. He hadn't seen it in centuries, pretty sure Ink had hid it away or simply forgotten about its existence, as with many of their other items.

While happy they had easily found the child again, what they had brought back with them wasn't nearly as welcome.

"Ink. How did the child find your Bro- thing? "

He quickly changed his words, as the strange item that used to be called 'Broomy' didn't seem to react well to the name. Blue had earlier accidentally blurted the name out in alarm and nearly got decapitated by the feral thing in response and would have surely been dusted, if it wasn't for the babybones accidental intervention.

Ink was blank, not unusual considering his lack of paints but there was a slight pinch to his expression, as even he looked lost on how Broomy was here.

"...No idea"

He said honestly, having nearly forgotten about his old tool. He briefly remembered enjoying using Broomy and all the fun he had but as with how his paint had failed him, his relationship with his weapon has also seemed to change as time went on.

The connection he had with 'Broomy' had started to dwindle, feeling an odd disconnect and even an aversion to being near it.

It was when 'Broomy' started getting the occasional glitches and felt uncomfortable to the touch that reminded him far too much of Error was when he had discarded the weapon.

He hadn't wanted to risk it turning on him or worse , so had put it in the far reaches of the Doodle Sphere and locked its Code, so it would be unable to leave or use most of its powers.

He knew that Broomy was a powerful tool, his finger twitching at some unknown feeling rising at the thought of certain people getting their hands on it..but apparently Star had no issues touching it, even treating it like it was a mere pet.

"...it kind of hurts my eyes to even look at it"

Blue mumbled, still annoyed at his near dusting and not willing to get any closer to the living paint brush.

"Worse then Error really"

Shattered nearly had to squint at the dizzying image in front of him, watching the multitude of error symbols and how parts of Broomy seemed to abruptly freeze before speeding up, as if out of time.

How Star could stand to even look at it was just another mystery of the babybones.

He truly brought an enigma into his home, looking at Ink when he felt them twitch beside hum. They had been doing that a lot lately, coinciding with when he brought the babybones home but he assumed that was just a mere coincidence.

"Another AU being attacked?"

He said softly, laying a tentacle across Inks shoulders to funnel away some of their pain. Ink was a Protector but without the paints, the incentive wasn't truly there anymore and they rarely had to deal with it after their 'fall' but perhaps his brother was trying to draw him out again.

His twin could have such odd ideas but he thought it could be fun to play along, especially with the new player he could add to the game.

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BrỌ̵̅̇͋ö̸̩̤̟́̚͝ḿ̶̳̼̲̔̀y̴̦̺̌̒ let out another hiss when the Protector friend?/betrayer/EnEmy moved, his form shifting in warning. He settled down when the tiny creature Creator?/Destroyer?/MINE pet him, not used to such touch anymore.

P̶̩͝͝u̴͂̓ͅR̶͙͉̪͗rrr

"You make such a cool buzzing sound!"

BrỌ̵̅̇͋ö̸̩̤̟́̚͝ḿ̶̳̼̲̔̀y̴̦̺̌̒ was unsure what tiny creature meant, his own purring growing louder when tiny creature began purring as well. He had chosen well with his new partner, already feeling a bond between them start to settle. He would destroy any who would try to take them away, shrinking his form to make it easier for the tiny creature to hold him.

"Wow! That was so cool!"

He preened at the praise, tempted to form eyes to properly glare at his old partner.

"..why do i feel like that thing is planning to kill me?"

"It definitely has enough rage but it will most likely try and kill Ink first, so no need to worry Blue"

"You do realise that isn't comforting in the slightest, right?"

BrỌ̵̅̇͋ö̸̩̤̟́̚͝ḿ̶̳̼̲̔̀y̴̦̺̌̒ thought they were idiots, as if he would waste his energy on them when he had something much more important now.

"Oh, I never asked you your name and your numbers are kind of fuzzy...im called Star! Creator helped pick it out for me. What do you want to be called?"

..a name? He had never chosen his, Ink having been the one to assign it to him and he no longer liked it, it reminding him of things better left forgotten alone/help/wHy won't AnYoNe Save Me!

"No rush. It took me years to even have a name! The Voices were very useful though..hey! We could go to the white place and maybe they could help!"

Star giggled in his seemingly one sided conversation, getting intense looks from the three adult monsters at his words, Shattered deciding to intervene before having to drag a questionably sane babybones out of the AntiVoid.

He wanted entertainment, not to hurt the child.

"How about we go out to an AU? I'm sure you haven't managed to see them all yet"

Shattered was pleased when Star looked at him in interest, even the thing having settled down and not spitting out what he was betting was cursing not like he could really understand what the glitchy noises were even supposed to be .

"That would be great, Goopy Positivity!"

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"You tell funny jokes. We don't eat Goopy Positivity!..their goop doesn't taste that nice, I've already tried."

Shattered expression stiffened, eyeing the thing with wariness. It was giving the babybones even more odd ideas but Stars words were hardly reassuring either.

He was kind of regretting his past actions to bring the babybones here now...

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Shattered: *Warily eyeing Broomy who is radiating malice*..what do you have there Star?

Star: *Hugging the hissing brush happily* A new friend!

Blue: *On the opposite end of the room, after nearly being dusted by the demon brush* Im not dealing with that!

Ink: *Confused how Star even found Broomy*...Children are much more complicated then i thought

Shattered: *Realising with growing horror how attached Star is to the brush* We are never getting rid of it, are we?