Dream? Who is that?

Chapter 120- Laws are more of a rough guideline (UnderVerse?)

Ink is scared, Blue is confused and the MPS once again show who has the true power here

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UnderVerse?

Dreamtale

Dream looked blankly up at the sky. The perfectly blue sky with barely a cloud in sight truly was picturesque with the overgrown vegetation making this whole AU look like pure paradise. He sometimes wondered just how different life would be if Nightmare didn't eat the apples, if the villagers didn't come and it was simply the two of them left alone in peace.

It was a fairytale, a pure dream that would never happen with Ink confirming in their own generally blunt manner that the story was always meant to go this way. He knew that and had eventually grown to accept that he could never change the past...but did his brother truly have to cause him even more issues and kidnap a child under the care of the MPS?!

"...where is the hatchling?"

A chill went across the clearing at the deceptively soft spoken words, suddenly glad that Ink was standing between him and the monster who was looking more like a caricature of a sane monster then anything. Gold's smile was unnaturally stiff, the eyelights just a bit too bright to be showing true happiness with even the fangs peeking out their mouth seemingly sharper then he recalled.

"Don't you worry, Mr Gold. All clothing provided to children under our care have trackers in case of situations like these. It will only take a few minutes to locate your charge and i happen to personally know the monster who took them"

...that was somehow even more concerning and sent a silent prayer to his idiot brother especially as he sensed the genuine joy mixed with a concerning amount of bloodlust he had only ever gotten from his brothers group before. He squinted at the still nameless worker who he still couldn't quite place or what AU they came from. He was now even questioning if they were even a Fell type with their features looking like a blur and felt a headache if he focused on it for too long.

"ISN'T TRACKING LIKE THAT ILLEGAL?"

He nearly snorted at the question, deeply regretting having promised Blue to cut down on his habit to consume foods from happy AU's. He could really use some gum from Candytale right now as it that made him feel like he was laying on a bed made of cotton candy.

So what if he had a slight obsession with it? It's not like his twin was any better as he noticed them do the same with more Negative AU's. It was just a harmless treat and who cares if he broke a monster's arm for taking the last candy. He wasn't obsessed or addicted at all!

"The new department doesn't really hold to any of those rules. They see it as more rough suggestion and we have ample evidence to use any method we wish which is directly authorised by Ink as the Creator"

The man said blandly in a clearly rehearsed tone and another reason he wanted nothing to do with the department that had grown in a concerning manner after only a few years since its creation. Talking of Ink he gently nudged the catatonic monster with his foot, watching them fall onto their back and sighing at the empty white vial.

"Dammit, Ink. We've talked about this. You cant just blank out when you get stressed. I refuse to deal with this by myself"

Blue watched speechless as Dream began wrestling the blank Creator to drink some paint, long passed being insulted by Dream's thoughtless remarks about him not counting as support. He knew his mortality was very much the first thing that Dream focused on when they met and while that had gotten better over the years Dream always seemed to keep a slight distance from him, as if he expected to be gone any day.