World Peace By Scavenger Hunt!
(Hello all! I will be working on my Bane story soon, it's just difficult to get everything I want from that story organized and getting into the characters mind. Those who write Batman stories featuring Bane know what I'm talking about. ((I hope?)) Anywho! I'm working on this for fun, and because It's less stressful to try and work on. I will get to the rewrite of "Notice The Unnoticeable" I just need things to settle down in life. So possibly after the holidays. I know, but it's the best I can offer. So enjoy this for now! One last thing! I've finally gotten a new editor! Woot! However, if you see anything wrong let me know! Enjoy! - Yami Mizuna)
I wish I could explain my situation better than I will, but things are...complicated. This whole mess I got dragged into is complicated and shouldn't be resting on my shoulders! Tch. However..it is, and there's no point in complaining about it now...I suppose I should start at the beginning so you all can understand. My name is Mercy, and this is my situation of having to help a skeleton named "Ink" keep balance to the many worlds he protects. Which seriously should have nothing to do with me!
It had been an average Saturday afternoon for me. I had been sleeping in after a tiring week of work, only to be woken up by My Precious Darling to finally feed her. When my Russian blue cat was satisfied, I fixed up a late lunch for myself. After finishing up and feeling full, I got started on the dishes, turning on some music obnoxiously loud, cause who doesn't want to boogie down while scrubbin' pans? One of my favorite songs had come on my playlist, A mash-up song called 'Light Phoenix Up'. I had gotten so lost in the music, that it took me a while to notice Darling meowing and rubbing against my leg anxiously. I turned down the music and water before kneeling down petting her concerned.
"What's wrong My Precious?" I cooed trying to sooth her sudden fears.
She mewed again at me as if worried before her fur suddenly stood on end. Her head whipped around to the far kitchen wall and gave a deep, feral hiss I'd never seen or heard her give before. I looked to where she had her focus and watched the freakiest thing happen. Fuckin paint was comm'n outta my wall!
"What in the world?!" I stepped back as the splotch on the wall got bigger and quickly turned my back to it reaching for the phone to call...Anyone.
" I wouldn't do that~! I don't think your law enforcement in this universe would actually believe tha-"
Whoever spoke was suddenly cut off as an angry yowl came from Darling. The intruding voice yelled as a very angry cat suddenly attacked, scratching and hissing at his face.
"GAH! Get it off!"
I finally turned around and started screaming as a SKELETON took a giant paint brush and painted a cage on the ground and tossed My Precious into it. He panted glaring at my poor kitty as his face was covered in scratches.
"WHAT THE FUCK- RE-DIE MOTHER FUCKER!" I screamed picking up anything within my reach, and in a kitchen that's a lot, and chucked it at him.
"W-Wait!" He placed his bony hands up eyes wide and tried to dodge my attack.
"I just need your hel-OW! Man you have good ai-HEY that was my eye! Don't make me use this!" He finally shouted after getting a spoon knocked into his eye and held up his paintbrush at me. I wouldn't have seen it as a threat had he not have already shown that it could possibly hurt me. My eyes went back to my poor cat still locked in the painted cage he had made. I only slightly lowered my hand holding a can of peaches, but was still ready for any sudden movements from him. My whole body was trembling in fear at this...monster in my kitchen from out of the blue. Or you know, creepy ink portal in my wall.
"Alright.." He started and slightly lowered his brush while looking me up and down. "Now that that's settled.." He cleared his throat and gave me a skeletal grin. "Hi there! My name is Ink! And I need your help to keep balance to the many known and unknown universes!" He declared as if so proud of this fact.
"No. Now let my cat out of that cage and get out of my house and back to your graveyard!" I yelled glaring holding the peaches up high again ready to throw.
He huffed and glared -more like pouted- at me. "That's rude. I didn't even come from a graveyard! That's a stereotype of skeletons!" His blue and yellow eyes gave me a stern look. The right eye was a blue within the socket- a yellow pupil looking in my direction. On the left, somehow, it looked to be a yellow star with a green pupil doing the same as the right. His outfit was tan, a large scarf of a slightly darker tan around his neck and a color pallet belt around his chest. Around his waist was a blue jacket with white fur lining on the hood. Biting my lip, I gently set the can I had been using to defend myself down onto the counter.
"Alright...So why are you here?...'Ink'." I asked with caution in my voice.
His skeleton grin returned and he twisted his brush so it was perched against his shoulder. Placing his hand on his hip, he addressed me excitedly.
"Like I said! I need your help to restore balance to many worlds and universes!" He declared.
"Right, but why me?" I was still skeptical. Other universes? Seriously? Then again there is a talking skeleton in my kitchen holding my cat hostage..
"You weren't named 'Mercy' by accident you know. Think of it as a...Great prophecy I REALLY need you to fulfill." His grin turned a bit nervous. I noticed his mouth was expressive when he talked, his whole face was. That couldn't be normal for a skeleton...Shit I'm staring at his mouth-look away look away!
"This is such bull, and stop beating around the bush, what do you need from me?" I leaned against my counter crossing my arms over my chest waiting for him to get to the point of this visit. I watched with childish fascination as his eyes changed colors and shapes with every expression he made. Stop staring stop staring!
"Now see, it would be a little easier to explain some things if I could show you." Then this skeledude had the balls to hold out his hand like-
"You expect me to trust you after you broke into my house and caged my cat in magic paint?!" I growled.
He blinked at me his eyes changing once more. "Um...yes?"
I felt an eye twitch "Fine." I muttered and hesitantly took his hand. His face lit up, along with his eyes turning into stars as he eagerly clasped my hand in his bony one.
"Really?! Oh my gosh! I didn't think you would! I'm so excited! I'M SO EXCITED! I-" He was cut off by closing his mouth as his cheeks suddenly puffed up, almost like he was-
"BLEHH!" I squealed jumping back as he vomited ink onto my kitchen floor. I gawked at the mess before turning my eyes to him, my expression of 'What the fuck?!' not changing. He wiped his mouth a sheepish look in his eyes.
"S-sorry, when I feel emotionally overwhelmed, I kinda...get a little sick. But enough about that!" He clamped onto my wrist in one hand and used the other to take his giant paint brush and painted my wall. I felt my jaw drop as I watched the mess he made turn into some kind of portal. He gave me one last grin, I assume in warning, before jumping into the splotch he made. Dragging me along with him.
"Wait what about my cat?!" I yelped, paling as we stepped through. I turned my head in time to catch site of my poor cat. She gave a small mew as the cage dissolved around her, letting her loose before the window to my home was closed. I let out a soft breath relaxing slightly before looking at the new world around me. My eyes widened at the room with papers floating in the air. Or rather, they seemed to be hanging from the ceiling by string.
"Welcome to my doodle sphere!" Ink declared spreading his arms out. "This is where all AU's are stored! Oh! AU mean's 'Alternate Universe'!" He turned to me lowering his arms his eyes nearly sparkling. "What do you think?"
I looked around a bit more before looking at him confused "Erm...It's paper?" I said rubbing the back of my neck awkwardly. He only seemed to laugh in response to my nervous answer before a paper floated down and landed in hi hand. "This is an AU called DanceTale, and that one over there is UnderFell, and that is SwapTale! So many different versions, but of the same people! Can you believe it? Different versions of the same place and characters, but all having their own thoughts, feelings, and rules! This... this is what I protect...and what I need your help with." His tone became calmer as he finished his rant.
"...So, same-ish story, told 100-1000 different ways, all different versions of you. Do I have this right so far?" I asked clasping my hands together in front of me and pointing at him. He smiled an nodded.
"That's kinda the idea, yeah." He then turned serious. "You're also a part of these worlds too. In most of these worlds, there is a fight button," He took his brush painting a small orange button with the word 'FIGHT' in the center. "An Act button," He drew another. "A button for Items," Another picture. "And finally...the button for Mercy..." He painted the final picture of the options he was talking about, placing the MERCY button on the end. "I guess technically there are 2 other buttons, but We'll get to those another day. The final button I'm showing you...Is YOU Mercy."
"White boy say what?" I looked at him like he had just stripped and done the cancan. "What in the nine circles are you talking about? I'm not a button dude!"
"Not in your universe, a universe where no form of Undertale exists. Everywhere else, you are a living act of MERCY. You help make the pacifist route in all AU's possible when the human chooses you over fighting." Ink smiled at me. "Isn't it great?!"
"I'm going to punch you and only feel 98% sorry." I growled. " If I am this so called button, then how the heck am I supposed to help you with these other places?!"
"Like I said," He quickly started "You're the living representation of MERCY. You have your own form outside the button. Like now!" He smiled. "You are what gives the MERCY choice it's ability to appear and work, unless an outside force tampers with it. Like King Asgore totally crushing it to-..Um, never mind." He started laughing nervously rubbing his head while I gave him an unimpressed look.
"A-Anyway's what I need you to do is simple. In each AU, they hold a special item that shows their world as unique! I need you to find that item in each world, and bring them here." He smiled waiting for my response, probably other than the annoyed look I was giving him.
"Why can't you go find your stuff?" I asked. He simply shook his head.
"I have to stay here and protect these AU's." He explained, but I only looked at him confused.
"Protect them? From what?" I asked tilting my head.
"M-Mee-e!!"