Inkwhumptobertale 2024

Day Twenty-Four

You answered - Radiation Poisoning, Collapsed Building, Equipment Failure, "I never knew daylight could be so violent." 

Trigger warnings: The internet provided me with a list of radiation poisoning symptoms (big mistake) and mentions of vomiting.

Comments are welcome and appreciated! 

Please enjoy!

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Error didn't know why Blue needed his help, but Blue would get it; the voices had warned Error not to enter the AU housing Blue directly, though, and while the voices were odd sometimes..their advice in cases such as these was not to be ignored. Error sent his strings through a series of AUs, using a cascading portal sequence to ensure maximum safety. When he pulled Blue into the Anti-Void, Blue looked...fine? The blue-clad skeleton shook his skull, letting out a groan.

"Ugh, thank you, Error." Blue smiled. "Thought I was toast, for a second, there!"

"What exactly happened?" Error inquired. "You look fine."

"Yeah, fine - a nuclear bomb just exploded next to me!"

Error blinked; that was..that was why the voices had warned him. "You need a doctor."

"Error, I'm really fine; I don't feel bad! You got me out just in time." 

"..I want to be sure."

"Then just let me stick around here for a little while; you'll see that I'm perfectly fine!"

"...I'll drag you to a doctor at the first sign of anything."

"Understood. How's Undernovela coming along?"

Error sighed, starting a rant; Sin had stolen Asgoro's true love..again. Blue listened carefully; he wasn't a diehard fan like Error, but he did find some of the plotlines interesting! The minutes ticked by slowly, and Blue..started to get a small headache. Maybe he was just stressed.

"Hey, uh..maybe we can continue this later?" Blue requested. 

"Why?" Error narrowed his eyesockets. "You're in pain, aren't you?"

"Not really; I've been getting headaches recently, and this one is probably-"

"You have a headache?!" Error..started fretting over him.

"Error, really.." Blue started to take a step back to ease his friend, but he misstepped, falling over. 

"Blue, I'm taking you to a doctor!"

"I'm fine!" Blue shook his skull. "Just..just fell. I fall sometimes, too; it's normal."

"Not after having a nuclear weapon explode next to you!"

"Um, I'd argue it'd actually be more common-"

"Doctor."

"..Doctor." Blue nodded, relinquishing himself to his friend.

Error wasn't really allowed to enter hospital-based AUs..at all..but they couldn't exactly stop him! Error wrapped Blue up in his strings and took him through a portal to whichever of those AUs was apparently the unluckiest today, and he walked his best friend up to the front counter, glaring daggers at the nurse on duty. When the nurse failed to use proper words in favor of stammers, Error made his request clear.

"Someone exploded a nuclear weapon next to my friend." He enunciated every word clearly. "Help him, or else I will murder you and everyone else in this wretched universe..painfully."