Everyone, especially Horror, had grown defensive immediately upon seeing the Skeleton dressed in yellow. Taylor couldn't help feeling a little flustered as Horror puled him close by the waist with a growl. The Skeleton quickly put his arms up in surrende, looking around at everyone. "i'm not here to fight you. i can see that you've all changed for the better. nightmare has escaped prisontale, and he'll probably come here looking for you all soon." Error's boyfriend stepped up to speak with him. "So you want to hide us." Taylor observed from his (rather comfortable) place in Horror's arms. "yes, exactly! i will hide you until nightmare has been found and recaptured. i'll go talk to the au's owner because i already have a place in mind." A portal opened, and they were left alone. "can we really trust him?" Killer asked. "it's either him or nightmare, and we know what nightmare will do to us and the humans." The hooded figure replied. ("what do you think?) "w-what do y-ou thi-ink?" Error's boyfriend tapped a foot in the endless white of the Anti-Void. "Dream isn't a liar, and he's alone, which means Ink has no sway on him. Now that you've made peace, I'd say that we should trust Dream." 

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Taylor took the time waiting for Dream to think about his relationship with Horror. The two had certainly gotten closer after their little stunt and it certainly seemed like Horror had feelings for him... maybe it was something worth trying out? His thoughts were cut off when Dream came back. "ok, so you'll be hiding out in echotale where very few can panick and catch nightmare's attention. g is still weary, so i suggest keeping within his line of sight so there are no problems, ok?" The girl here wasn't convinced, though. "And if he tries to kill them?"
"that won't happen unless they attack him or frisk first, trust me." Dream responded evenly. Taylor decided to introduce himself to Dream so that he wasn't technically talking and leaving with a stranger. "Hello, tiny Bones, I'm Taylor." Nearly everyone cracked up at that, including Dream himself. "h-hello taylor, i'm dream, the guardian of positivity." With the atmosphere much less tense, the girl introduced herself as Lilly and Error's boyfriend was actually named Izik. The blacked eyed skeletons presumed boyfriend stayed ever the strong and silent type. "nice to meet you all. come through this portal, and you can meet g."

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With reluctance, they followed Dream through to see a skeleton with cracks in his skull and holes in his hands. He looked like a biker wannabe smoking a cigarette. Still, Izik walked up to him. "Hi G, I'm Izik." This was going to take some getting used to. Erry was stitching a doll for Izik while the others did their thing. They'd been in Echotale for a few days now, and G was somewhat starting to relax around the murderous Skeletons who no longer seemed to have murderous intentions. Didn't mean he didn't keep an eye on them, though. His guard was still very much up. The guys really kept around Waterfall, which was more than fine with G. "How is it..." Lilly was complaining to the group. "That I'm the only girl here? I mean, I'm LGBTQ+ all the way, but I would have thought that there'd at least be one other girl in this group!" Taylor looked at Lilly. "If it bothers you that much, I can dress in drag and play pretend." She deadpanned. "I'd pay big money to see that." Rane snickered. Izik laughed, nodding along with him. "i would, too." Horror rumbled, making his Taylor blush. "B-bones.." Taylor wondered yet again what Horror's thoughts of him were.