Falling

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Error's pov
Marrow drips down my bones as i stand on this hollow cliff on Outertale.
Maybe this would finally work, let me die to nothingness, and hope the death Fate had planned would at least be painless.

I'm sorry Nightmare, Chara's, Bad sanses. I can't continue, centuries of pain. It's all too much.
I step out, and put my weight forward, falling into the midnight black depths of the Void.
Pain flashed over every part of me as i could feel every bone ripping apart.

A soft blue butterfly lands where he had been standing, as a skeleton picks up the crystal blue butterfly.
"So long Error, i won't tell of your death, yet. Brah deserves to rest."

Until it refused.......
???'s pov
I walk down the street, my suitcase of a backpack trailing down the road, a chilly wind whipping through the small street, cutting through my jacket, but as i stop to deal with the warm, buzzing phone in my jacket pocket, when a black portal rips open above me.
I gasp and drop the suitcase as what sounded like a bag of bones drop through and the portal closes.
"Oh goodness, for pete's sake, what was that?" I slowly step closer, gently reaching out and i touch the black boned pile, and it flinched, leaking a strange gold and blue glowing liquid.
They're alive.

I don't hesitate to put the handle of my suitcase down to turn it into a backpack, pulling it on, before i carefully manage to find an arm in the mess, and i manage to pull the glitching bony mass somewhat to thier feet.
Mom shouldn't be home, i gotta get this guy home, they seem asleep, maybe even knocked out in some sort of fight.
There's no real words to describe how bad this skeleton's condition besides his arm and leg bones are barely thicker then twigs, i can hear his ribs rattling as i drag him down the street.
I expected him to be like maybe 50 pounds, but he's like 6. I manage to drag him inside, where my chihuahua(legit looked that up) Terrier mix sniffed and barked at the newbie. "Back Buddy!" I told my chocolate brown dog, and he listens, sitting on the floor as i pull the skeleton to the couch and i go grab rags, warming them up in water.
I then run back, and i start cleaning him up, popping 5 ribs out of place! It took me another hour to get those firmly secured.

So many injuries, and thousands more scars. I carry him to the tub, and i get to work, using the showerhead to clean off the dust and colored liquid i'd have to guess is marrow. I pull his bones back to thier places and use ripped up old clothes that were too small for me to act as temporary casts.
I should probably introduce myself, call me Sahara Cox.
With that all done, i drain the water, which had nearly turned black by the dust this guy was shaking off, i finally pull out my phone.
"Ah, Jayleyn's texting me, alrighty sis, what'cha got on your mind today?"
I read over the texts quickly in my head,"dad's being a pain again, how's your evening?"
I look to the skeleton and i pull up my camera, hitting the button to take a picture and i sent the result to her.
"This skele landed INFRONT of me during my walk home. They're beat up worse then the camera shows, and they're still unconsious, think you can find him while i lay him on the extra matress to dry?"
"Holy, yeah i'll look for him, anything specific to help me tie him down to a fandom?"
"Glitchy, like all i can hear is static when i'm close to him."
"Kks, keep fixing him up"
I type in,"*nods*" and sending it before putting my phone away.
I pull the skeleton out of the tub, i didn't remove thier clothes cause i didn't want to intrude, but i had to get them clean so that they can heal.
Laying them on my extra matress Jay texts back,"i think he's a skeleton known as Error, from Undertale AU's. Seems heckbent on destruction, i'll keep digging."
I nod to myself, shutting off my phone again.
"So, Error huh? Hopefully your not just a killer. After all, it would be a pain to have you wake up, and kill me and my family."
A slight flinch at the name, but otherwise, no response.
Later that day, my mom and dad come home from a shopping trip, and after i pack up the groceries, i go back into my room, and simple routine follows the next 3 days, until he finally wakes up.
I was writing down a list of his injuries, so that i could know what to tell my parents to get when they next head to the store, when suddenly,
I feel a mighty tug in my chest, and i'm pulled from my bed, and face to face, with heterchromatic eyelights. I gasp, rallying my courage.
"Hey big guy, i'm not gonna hurt you, i've spent 3 days trying to fix you up. Wanna believe me, look at your left Tibia-Fibia." He looks to the shattered bone, wrapped tightly with bandages where there had been scraps of cloth. His blue strings relax slowly on my soul as his breathing calms.
"WhO aRe YOu?"
"My name is Sahara. What's yours?" I ask softly, keeping my normally loud voice soft.
"ErROR. WhY hElp mE?" He said in a everchanging voice, like his voice was so glitched that it would break before it would steady as i sit up in my bed.
"Why not help someone in need? You crashed in the middle of the street, looking like someone ran you over a few dozen times. I couldn't not help you."
He shakes his head, his eyes flashing many emotions a minute, so i pulled away, only to find out i physically couldn't, so i look back.
I spot the brilliant emerald green soul in his hand, and he manages to say,"ForGivIng KinDnESs. Now I sEe. Oh- SorRy! I fOrgot." And his strings let my Soul go. It floats back to me and i gently push it back where it belongs, blushing.
"Your alright, you grabbed it out of fear, just try to advoid it unless you need to." He nods carefully, but smiles and i see him move his hands a certain way, it reminds me of how to say thank you in ASL, maybe it's something different? Do i bother to ask?
No, he's got enough on his plate. I need to tell Jay he's awake!

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