Error tried to get back his stuff and 'accidentally' unleashes the odd babybones onto everyone else. Sharing is caring after all~

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AntiVoid

Error glared over at the little thief as they slept peacefully, sitting in another bean bag as his current one was occupied by the still sleeping babybones. He frustratingly continued to knit some new puppets, doubting he would be getting any of his back soon with how they were being hoarded.

It was like the babybones was a mini dragon, especially with the way they had sleepily growled when he tried to extract his puppets from their grip and the new scorch mark on his sleeve when the child's magic lashed out only confirmed it.

He wouldnt be surprised if Ink had created something like that without telling anyone, smirking at the thought of throwing them under the bus in the next Truce meeting for doing something without informing the Council. He had been wary when the Truce had been introduced but now he got to make abominations cry without having to go out of his way!

He ignored how Dream tried to lecture him after each meeting, not willing to deal with the golden idiot for longer then was required.

He adjusted his glasses and picked a red wool to finish his puppet, grunting in approval at the Fell Sans he finished and throwing a string to hang it high up with the others. He was deeply considering moving all of his things to hide it better from people but the sheer effort put him off, thinking it would be easier to just convince the babybones to stop stealing his stuff.

Surely it wouldn't be hard to do that? He was the Destroyer. Still feared in many AU's. He could easily deal with a single child.

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%@£!** Multiverse

"Where is Ruru?! He promised he would come and play today!"

"For the last time, Ink, we are in a meeting and he promised no such thing!"

Dream sighed in exasperation, eye twitching at the pitying glance his brother sent him as was the rest of the room. He saw Red mouth the name 'Ruru' before smirking, deeply hoping for their sake they never repeated that nickname in front of Error.

He knew Ink was fully capable of painting back any limbs that may go 'missing' during 'play time' with the Destroyer and was much hardier than most monsters, so they could deal with Errors mood. That ability did not transfer to anyone else, tired of having to save monsters from Errors anger.

Even his brother had admitted to giving up and just making sure to stay out of Errors way when they went on raids in the past and he personally didnt blame them, still thinking it was a miracle Error even agreed to come to these weekly Truce meetings.

He looked down at Ink, watching with a tired gaze when they tried to drink more paint and having a brief thought of just letting it happen, feeling he was not getting paid enough for this.

"Oo! I wonder what would happen if i drink all the colours but do it upside down?!"

...It truly was a mystery to how this was the Creator, the same one who could go toe to toe with Error and some days come out victorious.

"You would throw up, Ink. You've done this before. Multiple times. Look at the writing on your scarf!"

Nightmare leaned far away from Dream, briefly fearing they were about to snap and summoning his magic in case he needed to make a quick exit. It said something about Ink that the centuries of battle against him didnt cause Dream to lose their cool but this did, truly impressed by Dreams' self control that they had dealt with this so long without issue.

"Spit that out right now, Ink!"

"Don't be a party pooper, Dream. Live a little!"

"That's paint thinner! Where did you even get that?!"

"I got it from Killer! They were kind enough to share some with me"

"Oh did they now?"

He prayed for Killers SOUL who broke out into cold sweat beside him, having no pity on the idiot for inciting Dreams rage. Many thought that he was the most dangerous twin but people clearly hadnt seen Dream passively aggressively bully someone to do what they wanted while he they had a blindingly bright smile on their face he would never admit how he feared that smile, doing his best to avoid ever facing it.

Just when he thought he was about to witness his subordinate get dusted by a terrifyingly smiling Dream, salvation came from an unexpected source, looking in disbelief as Errors portal formed in the centre of the room and came out holding...a dragon? that they seemed to be pleading with..

"-can i have them back now?"

"No! Mine now! No touch!"

"..please? I gave you the onesie! I made you two more puppets and a little outfit for your toy. What more do you want from me?!"

"...Can we have ice-cream, Error?"

"Dont try and change the subject or act cute with me, little thief! Only good devil children get ice-cream"

"I can be good!"

"I have bite marks on my arm that say otherwise!"

"You tried to touch X!"

"I wasnt anywhere near your creepy cat plushy. Why did you even name it something so ridiculous in the first place?!"

"It looks sad and the blue marks on its face look like tears. It fits them perfectly!"

"What Cryptid nonsense was that?! You would get on great with the ink blot and their vague-"

"Uuhh, Error? Is everything ok?"

Dream hesitantly spoke up, the room having gone deadly quiet as everyone was hooked on the odd interaction Error was having with the unknown, not having thought he would see the day the Destroyer would ever willingly socialise.

The chilling gaze he was gifted made him wish he stayed silent but he now had a better view of the second monster, very surprised when he realised it was a babybones. The way Errors blue eyelights went cold to deeply considering brought a chill to his spine, not having a chance to say a thing before his hands were full with a giggling child in a frankly adorable red dragon onesie.

"This can be your problem now, Dream. You already have a toddler so this should be easy for you. I'm pretty sure this one is even potty trained...at least i think they are..? Little thief! Are you potty trained? "

"I am!"

"Good, you are already leagues ahead of your now very stupid potential sibling. Make sure to stay that way. Can you also read?"

"Ive read loads of books and i can write!"

"Well well well. You truly are light years ahead of them. Maybe you do deserve some ice-cream"

"Yay!"

".. i don't have any children though?"

Dream hated how that came out more like a question but the sheer confidence in Errors words truly made him briefly consider if he had any children he just didn't know about. He had to admit their interaction was adorable though, Error acting like an annoyed older brother and was being oddly gentle with the kid.

It was when Error finally pointed to Ink who was still trying to drink all their paint like an utter moron- that their words finally clicked in his mind of who they were talking about.

The sad truth was he couldnt even deny it, feeling less like a friend to Ink and more like an overworked babysitter. He still felt guilty whenever he left Blue alone with Ink as he knew the sole mortal of their group wasnt able to keep up with the Creators boundless energy. Blue had insisted that they didn't mind but the vacant expression to their gaze and shaky limbs when he last left them alone with Ink, made him determined to never allow it to occur again.

"Oh and by the way-"

"OUCH!"

"-they happen to bite, so i would watch out for that"

Error finished casually, amused when the babybones jumped out of Dreams arm as and suddenly vanished, unsurprised by the shouts coming from different sections of the meeting room.

"What just touched me...?"

"Where did my glasses go?!"

"WHAT JUST TOUCHED MY FOOT?! DO WE HAVE RATS IN HERE?!"

"Has anyone seen my wallet? I was sure it was here a second ago..."

It was amusing when it wasnt his stuff being stolen, quite enjoying the chaos and calamity and calmly walking to a certain section with his hand stretched out behind him before abruptly lashing and grabbing the back of some fabric. He snickered at the flinches that garnered, lifting his arm up to reveal a dangling babybones with an arm full of 'treasures' who was giggling happily the entire time.

"Did you steal a shoe? I guess its shiny so i can see why you wanted it...Thats a lot of gold you have there. Thats rather impressive skills you have. Perhaps you deserve two ice-creams, little thief"

Nightmare dearly hopped Error never found a partner, it was kind of horrifying to see them nurture a child and the 'lessons' they taught them, it only getting worse when the child sneezed and suddenly a chair disintegrated.

...what creature did Error find?!

He stared in disbelief when Ink got closer with zero self preservation instincts, even leaning closer to the kids face and poking the wings on their dragon outfit with a wide grin. At least they weren't touching the kids wings, still having flashbacks to the incident after they tried that with Reaper.

So many AU's gone in seconds, the Gods were truly terrifying...

"Another Death monster?! How exciting! You're bringing back the best things, Ruru!"

"DON'T CALL ME THAT SQUID FOR BRAINS!"

"Truly I feel ever so lucky. I never feel bored when you are there! You spoil me, Ruru~"

"STOP BEING SO CREEPY! WHY DO YOU MAKE ME SOUND LIKE YOUR HUSBAND COMING BACK FROM WORK?! And stop trying to get so close to me!"

The familiar argument was temporarily disrupted as it truly never ended, Nightmare thinking they acted like a married couple some days but was wise enough not to say that could by a loud yelp from Ink followed by frankly terrifying laughter.

Had Ink overdosed on paint again..? They usually weren't this bad.

He tried to make himself smaller when he felt his brothers rage reignite, wanting to avoid being caught in the middle and even placing a tentacle over Killers mouth, his single eyelight promising death if they dared to do anything but sit there and be quiet.

"They bit me, Ruru!"

"Why are you laughing about it, you absolutely psychopath?!"

"Look! They are growling now!"

"They arent a pet that you can randomly- DO NOT POKE THEM!"

"But its funny, Ruru! I mean, what's the worst that can-WHOAH! That was close"

Ink laughed when he dodged the wave of black magic, the tiny monster very amusing to play with. His smile grew when he was hissed at when he tried to get closer, his eyeshapes switching to exclamation points when he had an idea.

Taking out his smaller paintbrush he quickly created a few crystals, examining his work intently before holding it out to the growling child now hiding behind Errors legs he wanted to play with them too! He hadnt seen Error so calm in years and they hadnt even thrown him through a wall yet!

Goths its still wrong, the NaMe is all WroNg eyed the monster apparently called Ink warily, clutching X close and eyeing the shinies they were holding out.

He didnt like all the poking and something about Ink made his magic feel weird...but he really wanted shinies, tugging Errors hand and looking up at them hopefully. He didnt want to go near Ink but maybe they would help..?

"Oh no. Im not falling for this one again. You might have conned me out of ten of my puppets but im not so weak as to-"

A quiet heartbreaking chirp broke through Errors rambling, knowing he would regret looking directly at them and sighing when he saw their large wobbly eyelight, slumping and knowing he lost.

"I bet you would steal anything that wasnt nailed to the ground"

He grumbled, refusing to admit the fond undertone as he swiped the crystals from Ink and placed them into the babybones waiting hands.

"Happy now, demon child? You scammed me out of enough things yet"

"Yay! We can play now, Ruru!'

"Like hell we can! Get off me, Ink!"

"..this is the Creator and Destroyer?"

Dream could understand the disbelief from the room, it felt like they were watching a school yard fight more than anything if you ignored the sheer destruction they were capable of.

...he felt like this was going to be a very long day, twitching when he realised his circlet was gone and spotting it in the pile beside the chirping babybones.

As he said before, he did not get paid enough for this.

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"𝕊𝕦𝕔𝕙 𝕒 𝕤𝕚𝕝𝕝𝕪 𝕝𝕚𝕥𝕥𝕝𝕖 𝔾𝕠𝕕. ℙ𝕦𝕤𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕓𝕒𝕔𝕜 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕞𝕖𝕞𝕠𝕣𝕚𝕖𝕤 𝕨𝕠𝕟𝕥 𝕞𝕖𝕒𝕟 𝕚 𝕨𝕚𝕝𝕝 𝕝𝕖𝕒𝕧𝕖 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕒𝕝𝕠𝕟𝕖."

FATE laughed as she watched the show, not knowing why her powers over the tiny God weren't as effective but everyone else was still fair game, still able to play the chess board as she wished with only a little tampering.

Truly this was the best of games.~

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Error: *Determined* I can do this. I can deal with Ink. One babybones is nothing. This will be easy!

Karma: *Currently the most stubborn being in creation* 😈

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Error: *Near tears and trying to bribe Karma for his stuff back* Please! What more could you want from me?!

Karma: *Sitting on top of him many other 'bribes' and not planning to give anything back* More! 🐉

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Karma: *Naming his cat plushy 'X' as it looks sad"

*Very far off*

X: *Shudders and looks around suspiciously*..why do i feel like i should be insulted?

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Error: *Acting like a mother scolding their husbands stupidity*

Ink: *Being absolutely reckless and trying to poke Karma*

Nightmare: *Shivering at the unwanted image* I pray they never get together

Dream: *Grabbing Nightmare and shaking them violently as he can imagine Ink doing that just for a laugh* DO NOT GIVE HIM IDEAS!