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The two skeletons landed with a loud BANG in the Anti-void, both groaning in pain at the painful landing.
The first to sit up was Ink, who rubbed his head and looked around in confusion.
He shot up to his feet, slightly stumbling as he breathed heavily.
"No... No, no, no... How?!" he muttered to himself as he clutched his tattered scarf in his hands.
At that, Error finally stood up as well, growling quietly and tied Ink in his strings, causing the shorter one to yelp in surprise.

"ExPlaiN." the black skeleton said through his gritted teeth. Ink looked at him nervously, his pupils changing shape and colour every second.
"I-I... Had to." he stammered out.

"WhAt dO yOu meAn yOU hAd tO?!" Error yelled in fury, his form glitching like crazy.
"I had no choice!"- Ink shouted, his pupils changing rapidly. "I thought I could help him... And then that he could help me!"
"WHaT the FucK dO YoU mEaN by ThAt?!"
"I thought I could finally feel something without those damn vials!"

Silence.
Error stared at Ink in both shock and anger, his grip on the shorter skeleton loosening.
"YoU... TrUsteD thaT baStarD... TO acTuaLlY heLp yOu?..."
"I thought he wouldn't do any harm..."
Error frowned at him.
"You're an idiot, Ink." he spoke, his voice sounding normal for once.
"I know."

The Destroyer simply rolled his eyes and released the other from his strings, making him land on his butt.
Ink let out a quiet oof, and just went completely silent, his gaze focused on the white surface of the Anti-Void's ground.
He widened his eyes.
White-

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Ink blinked a couple of times, still staring at the purely white ground beneath him.
What was he thinking about?...
Well, it doesn't matter now...

Error stared at the other pitifully, still angered at the artist though- actually, why wouldn't he be angry? He broke their Truce, lied to basically everyone in the entire Multiverse...
"So... WhAt aRe yOu gOinG tO Do noW?" he asked simply, stuffing his hands in the pockets of his coat.
Ink shrugged at that, sighing deeply.
"I have no idea..."

The black skeleton hummed at that, looking around them, seeing his blue strings littered all across... The...
Ceiling?
Does the Anti-Void even have a ceiling?
Whatever...

"Error?" Ink spoke up after a while of dead silence.
"WhAt?" the said skeleton looked at the other, seeing that he has already gotten up and started pacing around.
"Do you think... That there's a chance for me to still do something to save the Multiverse from the X-Event?"
"Oh, So thAt's WhaT it'S cAlleD..." Error blinked a couple of times, shaking his head afterwards. "AnD, yeah. I tHinK yoU've already ScreWed uP toO much tO fiX an-"

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Error blinked a couple of times, shaking his head afterwards and staring off into the empty space of the Anti-Void.
"Uhh, Error?" Ink spoke up suddenly, causing the other to jump slightly.
"WhAt?!"
"Woah, chillout... Anyways, you didn't answer my question..."
"WhaT qUesTioN?"
"Um, do you th-"

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Ink stared at Error, the latter staring right back at him. They blinked in unison.
"YoU wAntEd tO asK somEthIng?" Error raised an imaginary eyebrow at him.
"Oh, yes!... I just... Wanted to ask..." he sighed. "What should I do Error?..."

Error blinked once.
And then he started wheezing, his form glitching like crazy.
Ink frowned.
"What's so funny?..."
"It'S jUst tHat..." the black skeleton held his sides from all the laughing he was doing. "YOU... ArE aSkiNg mE... fOr AdVice? ThaT's kIndA iRonIc, don'T yOu ThInk?"
"Well, what else am I supposed to do?! Go back out there and do the hula and sing as a consolation gift?!"

Error grinned insanely at that.
"Do it."
"Error, you damn-"

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Error shrugged, turning his back to Ink.
"WelL, yOu CoUld stArT bY FixiNg yoUr meSs."
"And how do I do that?"
The black skeleton snapped his fingers, opening up a portal back to Outertale. He looked over his shoulder and grinned smugly.
"YOU GeT riD oF tHe X-TaLe kId."

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