Ink and Error went to the Anti-Void for awhile, the younger showing his big brother all the hundreds of puppets he finished over the years and hid from him. ("i suppose... i should let you get to your friends..") "i su-pp-ose... i sh-ou-ld le-t y-ou ge-t to yo-ur fri-end-s.." Ink paused. He didn't want to leave his bro yet. "Wanna come to the base with me?" Ink offered. Error hesitated. ("what about the others..?") "wh-at ab-out th-e oth-ers..?" Ink smiled lightly. "i won't let anything happen to you, ruru." Of that he promised. Error hesitated a bit longer, but ultimately decided to put his trust in his brother. ("ok.. lets go then.") "o-ok.. let-s go th-en." Ink took Error by the hand, pulling him through the portal and into the living room of the Star Sans Base. "welcome to the base! come on, i'll give you a tour!" Ink showed Error around, the younger brother promising not to tell the Bad Sanses as long as Ink continued to treat him like a brother. Eventually they ended up in Ink's room, where he got to do what Error had done earlier, showing off his favorite art projects.

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Dream felt Ink's happiness. He and Blue had been upset when they realized Ink fell into the Void, or was probably dragged in by the Destroyer who didn't care to be Ink's brother. Luckily he fell in too, so maybe they could get along since they were stuck together. But now Dream felt Ink's happiness, his excitement. Ink was back. So Dream eagerly picked up Blue and followed the trail to their very own hideout. "ink, ink, ink, ink, ink-" They both stopped as they thrust Ink's door open to see the brother's together, Error laughing at something that Ink made. The older flushed with embarrassment. "hey, so what if drew my crush! don't tease me-" Ink whined to which Error immediately calmed himself. ("heh heh sorry kiki. if it makes you feel better, i have a crush on reaper.") "he-h h-eh so-rr-y k-iki. if it m-mak-es yo-u f-ee-l be-tt-er, i ha-ve a cr-ush o-on re-ap-er." Ink blinked. "your kidding." Error blushed and looked away. ("i'm not..") "i-m no-t.." Ink's sockets sparkled. "that's so cute!" He hugged onto Error as Dream closed the door. "I LOOKS LIKE THERE GETTING ALONG! THAT'S GREAT!"
"i wonder what happened in the void..?"

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Nightmare closed his sockets. "oh great, he's happy. ew." Dream wasn't the only one who sensed the brothers return. While Nightmare wasn't happy about the positivity that that Error was giving off, he WAS happy that he had seemingly made amends with his brother. He hated the idea of others going through the same thing he and Dream were going through. "boss, we still going c.o.r.e diving?" Killer asked. "no. he returned on his own. he will return to us soon enough." Nightmare replied dismissively. There was some sighs of relief from the Trio which Nightmare ignored. Things were going to be different from now on. Error would be keeping things from Nightmare for Ink's sake, which was annoying, but Error was necessary for balance so it wasn't like Nightmare could could do much about it.

I'm going to tie this of with a shout out to EpicDunk who won a very imaginative pun war. Congrats buddy! He's a real good pal with a good story called Underteras (?) I suggest you check it out! Have a great morning/afternoon/night!

-Kyran