Thanks Phinwing for the request.

I'll do my best but this one might be shorter just cause I'm kinda burning out of angst and requests. Will talk about this in more detail after I've finished the last two requests.

With that. Let's begin.

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"H3y...y0u 533m 10n31y. Wh4t'5 y0ur n4m3?" (Hey...you seem lonely. What's your name?)

"Frisk."

"Fri5k, huh. Y0u'r3 n0t 1ik3 th3 0th3r5." (Frisk, huh. You're not like the others.)

"Call me CORE when talking to others about me with other Frisks. But otherwise-"

"C411 y0u Fri5k, g0t it." (Call you Frisk, got it.) CORE!Frisk looks at the glitching skeleton with black bones, surprise running through them.

"..."

"Wh4t?" (What?) He tilts his skull, sitting down beside Frisk like nothing was strange about meeting a gray child in the middle of nowhere.

"Why are you being nice to me?"

"B3ing nic3 c05t5 m3 n0thing." (Being nice costs me nothing.)

"But you're...you know?"

"Th3 d35tr0y3r? Y34h. Kind4 5tr4ng3, I 5upp053, f0r th3 d35tr0y3r t0 b3 nic3 4nd kind." (The destroyer? Yeah. Kinda strange, I suppose, for the destroyer to be nice and kind.)

"Yeah. What do you want from me?"

"N0thing. I ju5t w4nt3d t0 h31p. Y0u 533m3d 1ik3 y0u c0u1d u53 4 fri3nd." (Nothing. I just wanted to help. You seemed like you could use a friend.)

"If the Stars don't check on me, why should you?" He shrugs, smiling gently.

"I gu355 I und3r5t4nd. Wh4t it'5 1ik3 t0 b3 10n31y, I m34n. It'5 4 h0rrib13 f331ing, 4nd I'd r4th3r 5p3nd 50m3 0f my fr33 tim3 h31ping 50m30n3 t0 b3 1355 10n31y. If I d0 th4t, th3n m4yb3 I c4n 4t0n3 f0r my 5in5." (I guess I understand. What it's like to be lonely, I mean. It's a horrible feeling, and I'd rather spend some of my free time helping someone to be less lonely. If I do that, then maybe I can atone for my sins.)

Frisk gazes at the skeleton, who casts his gaze on the water ahead of and below them.

"What's your name, friend?"

"3rr0r...4nd y0u think w3'r3 fri3nd5?" (Error...and you think we're friends?)

"You're more my friend than the numbskulls who make up the Stars." Error smiles at that, before flinching and wincing in pain.

"W31p. Duty c4115." (Welp. Duty calls.)

"Will I see you again?!" Frisk calls out, Error halting slightly.

"I d0n't kn0w. But if y0u w4nt t0 d0 4 1itt13 g00d, I h4v3 4 B3t4 Tim31in3 53t-up t0 h0u53 th3 Ch4r45 4nd Fri5k5 0f 4U5." (I don't know. But if you want to do a little good, I have a Beta Timeline set-up to house the Charas and Frisks of AUs.) Frisk nods.

"I will help! And you can always visit me."

"I kn0w kid. Th4t i5n't th3 pr0b13m, unf0rtun4t31y." (I know kid. That isn't the problem, unfortunately.) Error opens a portal, smiling.

"H4v3 4 g00d d4y kid, 4nd 533 y0u 14t3r." (Have a good day kid, and see you later.)

"Bye..." Error steps through, his portal snapping shut, leaving CORE!Frisk alone.

Error, huh...

Well, knowing Ink...

He won't like you destroying...

Frisk narrows their gaze.

But knowing you...

You don't seem like the type to enjoy it either...

Just why are you destroying AUs?

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CORE!Frisk freezes, dropping their new tablet, feeling agony run through the multiverse.

"NO!" Frisk opens a portal to the AU.

"ERROR!" Frisk calls out, as Ink summons a bunch of bones which skewer Error, finishing the g̴̶̛̮̣͙͠û̶͙̽̿͆̈ă̶̸̝ͦ͊̿͋͞r̶̷̲͍̭͐̾̀͟d̸̡̩͍̔ͥ͜i̵͓͙̱͚̎͟ă̶̸̝ͦ͊̿͋͞n̷̶̯͉̊̽̐ͦ͘ destroyer off with a blaster attack from all directions.

Frisk runs over after the attack is over, finding Error slowly dusting, coughing softly.

"ERROR!" Frisk shrieks, hugging the destroyer.

"Don't go, please! We need you." Error coughs softly, hugging Frisk close.

"H3y...it'5 0k4y...b3 4 g00d kid f0r m3, y34?" (Hey...it's okay...be a good kid for me, yea?) Frisk shakes their head, hugging Error tightly, as if by hugging him, they might be able to keep him from dusting.

"Please...don't leave me again..."

"50rry buck0...t0d4y ju5t w45n't my 1ucky d4y...I tri3d...t0 b3 th3 b35t f0r y0u..." (Sorry bucko...today just wasn't my lucky day...I tried...to be the best for you...)

"Pft! Hah! The destroyer can't take care of kids! They'd all come out backwards and braindead!" Comes Ink's grating voice.

"Ign0r3 him kid...h3 ju5t d035n't kn0w...h3h...10ck th3 0m3g4 tim31in3 d0wn 0nc3 y0u'v3 g0t 411 th3 0rigin415 4nd th3 g4ng, k4y?" (Ignore him kid...he just doesn't know...heh...lock the Omega timeline down once you've got all the originals and the gang, kay?) Frisk nods as Error fully dusts, tears falling from CORE's empty eyes.

"With the destroyer dead, let's just begin creating again!" Ink has already forgotten the weight of his actions. CORE summons a knife, smiling.

Let's remind him.

"Ink...you won't live to see the end of the multiverse." CORE speaks, lunging at Ink, easily taking the creator down.

"And neither will all you blind judges. I'll make sure of that." CORE slams the blade down, only narrowly missing Ink's skull.

Ign0r3 him kid. (Ignore him kid.)

10ck th3 0m3g4 tim31in3 d0wn 0nc3 y0u'v3 g0t 411 th3 0rigin415 4nd th3 g4ng, k4y? (lock the Omega timeline down once you've got all the originals and the gang, kay?)

I gu355 I und3r5t4nd. (I guess I understand.)

If I d0 th4t, th3n m4yb3 I c4n 4t0n3 f0r my 5in5. (If I do that, then maybe I can atone for my sins.)

CORE moves away from Ink, entering the Omega Timeline and gathering the Originals quickly, pulling the Bad Gang in once done.

"What the hell, CORE?" Nightmare demands, but CORE just locks down the timeline, looking across the crowded Omega Timeline.

"Error is dead." The Bad Gang and Charas/Frisks all shut up instantly, as does Underlust, Underswap, Underfell, Swapfell, and a handful of others.

"I saved you all because he wanted me to save the originals...I suppose in hopes that with the originals, we won't die." CORE walks away from the group.

"Now, I need to be alone...forgive me." CORE moves as far away as possible from the crowd, before curling up and crying.

Dad...

I'm sorry I couldn't help you...

I hope you're happier wherever you are...

Sweet Dreams...

Error.

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