A Splash of ink

Chapter 81- Being serious is hard. Take snack breaks! (Ship Children Multiverse)

Error 404 feels ever closer to the chopping block, Star gets a bit distracted on his quest to get rid of the fluffy pest in his life and the Deities get the 'pleasure' of meeting the small babybones!

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Ship Children Multiverse

Error 404 was a lot of things. A Destroyer. A monster grieving for his lost multiverse and a man who happened to enjoy sweets just a little too much right now but right now he felt like a dead man walking. He stared dead-eyed at the space where the small babybones had been standing mere seconds ago, the biggest headache in his life had now likely become his death sentence and right now he wasn't sure what to feel about that.

So far no one else had noticed the missing babybones, laughter and children's screaming still going strong and sighing tiredly at how much of a mess this was. He used his hand to stop Kevin from trying to smash their face against his in a gesture he couldn't tell if it was affectionate or not but going by the unhappy glare he would lean towards the latter.

"Alright, alright! I'll look for them. Maybe i won't be dusted if i find them quickly enough..."

He muttered with little hope, looking through the mainframe of the multiverse before expanding the parameters. He wasn't sure what it was that had made him keep a mental list of the average Code's of different monsters but right now it was working in his favour as he searched for all Paperjam types. He wasnt that egotistical though and didnt think this would be that easy.

This entire family was insane, with the mere glimpse of their Code he had managed to see making as much sense as a toddler trying to spell for the first time.

It was a step in hopefully the right direction though, although his stress was steadily weighing heavier the further he had to expand his search, having a sinking feeling those 'pretty letters' that Star had drawn on the ground for their weird little game were much more than that.

He felt a cold chill run down his spine as his mind helpfully came up with many scenarios of what exactly happened to Star.

This family was going to be the death of him, that he was convinced of, sighing like a man at the end of his roap when the DreamSwap began muttering louder and sounding a bit too deranged for this liking. He had a lot on his plate right now, feeling his whole life had been preparing him for this single moment.

Lets hope he survived it...

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Upper Realm

Star froze before a small spark of hope rose inside of him, which was of course snuffed out when he got a slobbery lick to the face from his mortal enemy.

"I truly thought that one would work. Did I draw it wrong...?"

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"I dont know, Brom. I truly thought this one would work to get rid if it"

"Bark!"

"Im not talking to you. You are the cause of all these issues in the first place!"

"Whine.."

"Don't try to get pity from me. You are far too scary to incite that!"

Annoying dog huffed and bit Star's sleeve before tugging it, ears perking up when they didn't flinch this time which was massive progress for him. Perhaps they were growing to like him!

He was ever so proud of them being able to travel here as well, almost tempted to visit a few of the Deities he hadn't seen in person in a few millennia but he wanted to stay with Star and observe what they thought of the location of his first creations.