Fading Ink

Chapter 6

"so, human, how do you sUggEst wE gEt out of hERE?" His voice cracked, glitching in an unpleasant way. When he spoke, his voice felt normal, but didn't sound at all like what he thought it should sound like.

It was a strange feeling.

Blueberry watched the human soul zoom around in the darkness, it's glow the only source of light in this dark void.

The Void.

That's where he was.

"that's whERE wE aRE!" He shouted suddenly, making the soul stop and hover in midair.

Blueberry grinned excitedly, looking around the Void.

"human, comE hERE, i havE an idEa!"

As soon as the human soul came close, Blueberry's magic reacted, turning it orange and holding it in place.

With a snap, they disappeared.

Blueberry didn't remember much about who he was before he was an error.

But he did know that this human and their timeline were probably the key.

Underswap should give him some answers.

When he reappeared in the Snowdin of Underswap, the nearest monster stopped and stared wide eyed.

He happened to be skeleton.

Blueberry waved to him cheerfully, walking past him and towards the house at the and of the town.

"S-Sans?"

A hand rested itself on his shoulder, and Blueberry froze.

"i don't know who you'RE taLking aBoUt."

He was suddenly spun around and face to face with this unfamiliar skeleton. He almost seemed to be crying.

"Sans, it's me, it's Papyrus! Oh God, what did he do to you?" The skeleton pulled him into a hug, and Blueberry stiffened again, careful not to crush the human soul he held in his hand.

"i'm soRRY, BUt mY namE isn't sans. mY namE is BLUEBERRY." Blueberry pulled himself gently out of the hug, smiling up kindly at Underswap's Papyrus.

"Oh God..." He heard Papyrus whisper.

Blueberry turned and started to walk away again, but he was roughly turned back around.

"Sans, please! It's me! It's Papyrus! I'm your brother!"

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The sky was shattering.

He was in the worst possible position he'd ever been in in his life.

Wrapped up and at the mercy of the destroyer, and the universe falling to pieces around them.

Perfect.

Ink was still furious though.

"Error!"

"i'm nOt dOing anything." Error snapped back, just as angry.

Ink took a precious moment to think. He could feel the pain of this universe shattering, and when he looked at Error, Ink had to admit the other had a point.

Error wasn't doing anything but just standing there.

Behind Error, the distant hills and trees of Outertale's Snowdin completely shattered.

Ink cried out at the sudden pain. His magic was low, and he hung limply where Error had him immobilized.

"Error, w-we need to leave. Now." He looked up weakly at the other.

Error's gaze was unreadable, and Ink groaned in discomfort when the strings tightened.

Ink fully expected Error to drop him there and leave.

He did not expect Error to fling him down into the open window of another alternate universe, nor did he expect Error to jump in after him.

The rip in space closed, and they both landed face down in the snow.

They were in Underswap.