Killer is about to scream at Hate. Why? Well.

"Killer is in charge." Killer fistpumped the air as Nightmare left.

"Alright weirdos. Don't destroy the house and we'll get through this alive!" Hate began simply by poking Killer but had graduated to poking his 'empty' eye sockets. In reality, he was missing the black eyelights of Killer by a few millimeters.

"Can you stop that?" Hate shrugs, continuing. Killer begins vibrating. Then Hate is tied up in blue strings, Error getting up.

"W31p. I'v3 g0t a j0b t0 d0. 533 y0u w3ird05 14t3r." (Welp. I've got a job to do. See you weirds later.) Error releases Hate as he leaves. The smoke/goop skeleton lands full force on Killer.

Killer has been under this stupidly heavy gas for the last hour! That's why he's about to scream at Hate.

"Isn't it weird?"

"What?"

"Nightmare isn't back yet." Killer shrugs.

"Sometimes things take longer to fix than they did to break."

"Maybe."

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Ink sits with his newest creation, titled X. Creative he knows. X is short for Xpresso. And X has the ability to sense lies being told around him. Ink figures why not have a lie detector on hand, just in case Error tries to say some stupid lie about a balance. They can call him out on it.

This is probably Ink's best plan ever.

"Now to find Dream!" Ink's personal positivity source.

"Hmmm...I can't sense him." Ink shrugs.

"Maybe he's asleep. Or he doesn't want to be found." Ink frowns.

"Nah, Dream LOVES being the center of attention, probably more than I do." Ink nods.

"I'll just check on the AUs. Make sure Error hasn't hurt any." With that, Ink teleports through a puddle of Ink, leaving X alone.

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Error opens a portal from the Anti-Void into the newest AU, a coffeeshop AU, finding the resident sans rather quickly.

"Hello, my name is X, or Xpresso."

"W0w. Ink 5uck5 4t n4m35." (Wow. Ink sucks at names.)

"To that, I'm inclined to agree. May I request a favor?"

"3h, 5ur3." (Eh, sure.)

"Can you withhold the destruction of this AU? It is necessary for a plan you will enjoy."

"N0 murd3r thi5 tim3?" (No murder this time?)

"No murder this time." X reaffirms. Error shrugs.

"5ur3, I'11 g0 d35tr0y 50m3thing 3153." (Sure, I'll go destroy something else.)

"Thank you." Error kinda shakes his head from confusion.

"0k4y th3n." (Okay then.)

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Nightmare leaves Outertale, his back turned to the much happier Dream.

"Thank you."

"...You're welcome." The brothers whisper the final interaction of the day, Nightmare appearing in his mansion, looking at the sorry pinned state of Killer.

"Well...at least this place is in one piece."

"Error dropped Hate on me and left. What were you doing?"

"Handling negativity. It took longer than anticipated. I'll cook, so you idiots don't burn this place down."

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Lust looks at Sci and Blue.

"How...do you two know each other?" Sci snorts.

"I was a founding member of the Shipping Council, back when I crushed hard for Fell."

"The Days of CPAU!"

"I know you spiked that punch."

"Of course. Everyone knows."

"Is that why you aren't allowed to run parties...or handle alcohol?"

"Yes. Mweh. It didn't stop me from drugging other food and drink items." Sci shakes his head.

"Blue, you are a determined berry." Blue nods.

"I know. It's how I got the trust of all the Stars while also having all the Bad Sanses trust me too." Classic just sits down, opting for silence. Lust blinks.

"Even Error?"

"Error was the first to trust me. Duh."

"When he kidnapped you?"

"Yeah. Though it did take me awhile to earn that trust, it is very useful. Error is a fabulous friend to have." Lust smiles. Sci chuckles.

"The original story was 'pen pals' and Honey didn't care so much back then." Blue nods.

"Oh well. The readers are at least definitely hauling out pitchforks to attack Ink."

"why?" Classic speaks, Blue smiling.

"Well, let's just say Ink hasn't been a very good friend to Dream, and we can easily assume many people love Dream." Classic slowly nods.

"how do you know this kind of stuff?"

"Well...I would tell but that would spoil some late game stuff, so I'll just keep silent, sorry Classic." Classic mutters to himself while Sci fits Lust with the recording gear.

"Alright, you can stay here until Dream and Ink return. Then the plan commences. Ask mostly about his 'job' and why he does it, okay?" Lust nods.

"Got it. I'm ready." Sci smiles.

"I'm glad Dream has brain cells." Blue nods.

"Amen to that."

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Dream sighs, getting to his feet.

"I should apologize to Outer. I wasn't very nice to him. Lust should be on my apology list too."

Yea, probably.

Dream ignores Shattered and heads to Outer, practicing his apology in his head.

I'm sorry I hurt you with my words. I wasn't feeling well, but that isn't an excuse to behave the way I did. I'm honestly ashamed of my behavior and if you want to be mad at me, I'd understand...

Dream blinks, his thought trailing off as he sees Outer talking to a monster, with a bouquet of daisies and a box of chocolates.

Seems he's intending to apologize to you.

"Outer!" Outer startles slightly, keeping a hold of everything.

"Dream. You feeling better?"

"Yeah...and I wanted to apologize."

"For what? You had a bad day, everyone would if they learned someone they cared about wasn't the person they thought they were." Dream sighs.

"But that doesn't give me the right to treat you like shit. If you want to be mad at me, I'd understand, I deserve it. I'm sorry my actions caused you pain of any kind, it wasn't fair and I don't expect you to forgive me." Outer begins chuckling part-way through Dream's apology, but Dream presses on.

"Dream..."

"It's a little rude to laugh in the middle of a genuine apology." Outer wipes tears away, smiling.

"Sorry...it's just...I already forgave you. I get that you didn't mean to hurt me, you were hurting. Even the happiest monsters-" An image flashes in Dream's mind of Blue.

"-can't be happy forever. They need to release the facade a little, drop the act around some. Blue's is the Shipping Council. Your's could be me...if you want." Dream blinks, looking at Outer.

"Is this...a con-"

"No. It's too soon after Ink and such. I don't want to be a rebound. And I don't want you to think I'm trying to take advantage. I genuinely just want you to be happiest, wherever or whoever that may be with." Dream sighs.

"Let's go begin the plan."

"Me too?"

"I don't want to be alone with Ink...not now." Outer nods.

"I get that. I'll come with." Dream opens a portal to Sci's lab, landing and looking at Lust, Blue, Classic, and Sci.

"Come to yell at me again?"

"No...I'm...sorry about that. It's okay if you want to be mad at me. I don't deserve your forgiveness, and should have never said what I did. I may have been upset, but that is no excuse for the way I treated you." Lust smiles.

"I might've been egging you on a little too. Ink did actually do everything I said he did, I just was using it to hurt you. I didn't have a reason really beyond brutally telling the truth. I didn't want Outer falling for someone who loved someone else." Lust's gently and empathetic smile feels different.

"You...fell for someone who loved someone else? Who?"

"It doesn't matter anymore. I have Blue, and I'll help with the Error plan." Dream sighs in relief.

"I'm glad I didn't drive you away from helping."

"We're waiting on Ink." Sci breaks the conversation, Dream looking at the ground and Lust deadpanning.

Right on time, an inkblob forms on the floor, Ink jumping through.

"Dreamy!" Ink runs over to hug Dream, the skeleton of positivity moving away from Ink's hug.

"Dream...what's the matter? Did you hear a bad rumor? Don't you know it's all lies?" Dream looks away from Ink.

"You're soulless, aren't you?"

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~Meanwhile~

The white skeleton in the isolated black space has pulled out a phone, and began contacting others.

"F̷̶̲i̷̶̲n̷̶̲a̷̶̲l̷̶̲l̷̶̲y̷̶̲.̷̶̲ E̷̶̲r̷̶̲r̷̶̲o̷̶̲r̷̶̲.̷̶̲ I̷̶̲.̷̶̲ W̷̶̲i̷̶̲l̷̶̲l̷̶̲.̷̶̲ S̷̶̲A̷̶̲V̷̶̲E̷̶̲.̷̶̲ Y̷̶̲o̷̶̲u̷̶̲.̷̶̲ F̷̶̲r̷̶̲o̷̶̲m̷̶̲ F̷̶̲a̷̶̲t̷̶̲e̷̶̲.̷̶̲ D̷̶̲o̷̶̲n̷̶̲'̷̶̲t̷̶̲ w̷̶̲o̷̶̲r̷̶̲r̷̶̲y̷̶̲.̷̶̲ Y̷̶̲o̷̶̲u̷̶̲'̷̶̲l̷̶̲l̷̶̲ b̷̶̲e̷̶̲ h̷̶̲o̷̶̲m̷̶̲e̷̶̲ s̷̶̲o̷̶̲o̷̶̲n̷̶̲ e̷̶̲n̷̶̲o̷̶̲u̷̶̲g̷̶̲h̷̶̲.̷̶̲"

(1292 words.

Hmmm, here is the white Skeleton again. Who is this one?

For those of my readers who want to interact with me more, I have a few things I want.

Some Asks would be lovely: For the hell of it

Some Crack Ideas: Maybe the gang meets Steven Universe from the show, maybe the groups meet like the Trickster Virus or etc etc. Give me silly and wacky and crazy ideas that absolutely won't be canon.

Some Incorrect Quotes: Look through the book and submit some incorrect quotes for me (you can take from like Marvel Incorrect Quotes and such of tumblr, as long as the incorrect quote can mesh with these characters.)

This will preferably need to be done during this week (Ending on the 30th or 31st at the latest.)

Thank you for your help