(More cutting hints, so be careful.

~Present~

Error sits alone, with nothing to watch. He doesn't want to see stars or go get chocolate. He doesn't know how long the Deities will allow him to keep the AUs, but maybe if he distances from them, he'll keep them around longer.

Error looks at the screen.

He might as well watch something.

He focuses his magic, closing his eyes to recall the memories.

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Error coughs as he is strapped to a table, unable to look around at all.

"H3110? 4-4nyb0dy 7h3r3?" (Hello? A-anybody there?)

"Only I. I assume you are asking for a friend, or a savior?" Error struggles to look around.

"Wh3r3 4r3 y0#?!" (Where are you?!)

"Right in front of you, Destroyer~" Error gasps as darkness goopifies before solidifying right before his eyes, revealing a skeleton dressed like a prince, dripping goop, the goop shifting his bones to a soft black with a hint of cyan.

"Call me Nightmare~ You and I will be getting to know each other VERY well, as you can never leave this place~" Error shuts up, getting the same vibe from this Nightmare that one of the unsavory women gives off. The 'Listen to me or what happens next will be very fun for me and torturous for you'. Nightmare pulls out a syringe, stabbing it into Error's neck and injecting the smaller destroyer.

"Why are you not...?"

"S0rry...! C4n't b3 m3ss3d w!th." (Sorry...I can't be messed with.)

"How odd. I'll find something that messes with you, promise."

"Wh4t3v3r y0# s4y." (Whatever you say.)

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Error pants softly as he runs, gripping the fractured ulna tightly to keep it from jostling too much as he sprints through the octopus's lair.

"Error, you can't run forever~" Error doesn't respond as he stops at a door to the outside, growling and focusing his destructive power in the door, blasting it open into splinters and running through the doorway, right into a body.

"See, Error, I told you so~" Nightmare walks up, grabbing the disoriented, dazed, and in pain Error by the hoodie, allowing him to see the other person, who kneels down, the red eyelight and a terrifying grin.

"So this is the new guy you caught?" The person grabs Error's cheek, Error closing his eye and trying to move away from the touch, error signs and white glitch bars appearing all over his body and vibrating rapidly.

"Aw, is the new guy scared?" The magic broils under the surface, begging Error to reveal why he's the Destroyer. And right now, Error just wants to be anywhere but here.

With a pop, he lands in the space of yellow and AUs, known as the Doodlesphere. He shakes, before losing consciousness.

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Error stands in a universe full of dust, sighing softly.

"!nky m4d3 4n0th3r 4#, s0 ! g0tt4 d3str0y !t." (Inky made another AU, so I gotta destroy it.) Error slowly wanders around, trying to find the final monster in this horrible AU.

"Are ya lookin for me?" Error jumps away, summoning a blaster but managing to get a grip long enough to study his opponent.

"Y0# 4r3 S4ns?" (You are Sans?)

"Used to be my name. Now, I dunno. I like the sound of Dust. It's befitting." Error straightens up, but keeps his power on, in case of ambush.

"D#st...Th4t n4m3 d03sn't s#!t y0#...b#t ! d!dn't c0m3 4ll th!s w4y t0 s!mply 'ch4t'. S0rry p4l." (Dust...That name doesn't suit you...but I didn't come all this way to simply 'chat'. Sorry pal.) Dust shrugs, giving a sharp grin.

"Then I'll warn you, I'm not easy to kill, especially not since I made a few new friends." Error jumps to the left, an axe slamming into the ground where he had been standing, also dodging a knife that flew past his head. Error groans internally. Why'd Inky have to make an AU like this?

Error shrugs.

"Y0#'ll 4ll f4ll by my h4nd 4nyw4ys." (You'll all fall by my hand anyways.)

With that, the fight begins.

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Error pants, shaking as the three dust in front of him. It was hard, and he's too injured to risk another AU...but Inky keeps creating regardless. Error faintly hears three portals open, and then two blasters.

"ERROR! LEAVE THIS AU SO WE MAY PURGE ITS NEGATIVITY!" Error groans. Dream.

"I kinda wanna fight you, teach you what real fear is." Error looks at Blue, still feeling regret for the accidental kidnapping.. Error notes that Ink is standing off to the edge, his brush still in its sheath. Error teleports away from Dream and Blue's attacks, panting softly.

"C4n y0# g#ys g!v3 m3 4 s3c0nd? ! th!nk !'m g0nn4 b4rf." (Can you guys give me a second? I think I'm gonna barf.)

"WE DO NOT GIVE RESPITE TO EVIL CREATURES LIKE YOU. SCIENCE SAID THIS WILL NULLIFY YOUR MAGIC." Error looks at what Dream is holding while holding a hand over his mouth, his eyelights shrinking as his sockets widen in horror. A long syringe with an even longer needle holding some dark liquid is in Dream's hand, and Dream is walking closer to Error. He grips his skull with his other hand, the area around him flickering between the dead AU and that hellish place he sees in his nightmares.

"S-st0p. B-b4ck 0-0ff. !-!'ll 4-4tt4ck!" (S-stop. B-back o-off. I-i'll a-attack!)

"Is the whittle Error scawed of a whittle needle? Don't be a pussy." Error shakes, error signs spreading all across him as Dream gets too close, his face melting into that beasts.

"1-134V3 M-M3 4-410N3! R-R!GH7 N0W!" (L-LEAVE M-ME A-ALONE! R-RIGHT NOW!)

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Error opened his eyes, sighing at the memories.

How odd that Ink was always neutral and avoided attacking Error, and all the times Error and Ink met when Error was on the verge of unconsciousness, He'd wake up in the Anti-Void, completely healed from his wounds. It was always weird.

He opened a window to Geno and Reaper, watching them talk. He was only half-listening when the conversation began to steer his way.

"-Have you heard of the Destroyer? Supposedly he's necessary to the balance?" That would be Reaper.

"Pfft. If he's so necessary, why is he a glitch? Why isn't he normal like the rest of us? I think he's just a pathological liar. You heard what he did to Blue!"

"Maybe you're right...I just...his 'job' and mine occupy the same side of different spectrums. I can't help but feel like there is something wrong with demonizing him and saying that my death is simply a part of life... ya know?"

"So empathetic Death. That's why I fell in love with you. But Error and you aren't the same. You end a life when it's time has come. Error kills for fun, for LOVE. He doesn't care about anything or anyone. Hell! I doubt he even has a soul!"

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Error has been so naughty recently, right Sister?~

The sight they see leaves them in complete silence, Error only grinning down at his masterpiece.

"Th3y s4y y0#r b0dy !s 4 c4nv45...W3ll..." (They say your body is a canvas...well...) Error creepily tilts his head to blankly stare at the two goddesses who've made his life a living hell.

"4 c4nv4s !s #gly wh3n !t !s bl4nk. My b0dy !s my c4nv4s. ! ch00s3 h0w t0 d3c0r4t3 !t. ! f!n4lly d3c!d3d t0 d3c0r4t3. !sn't !t b34#t!f#l?" (A canvas is ugly when it is blank. My body is my canvas. I choose how to decorate it. I finally decided to decorate. Isn't it beautiful?)

(1254 words.

Hnnng.

I'm trying to decide if I want to cover more of the trauma, or if I want to hop right to the Trap AU and the fun part of this.