WARNING: Self Harm, Suicide, Strong Language, some vomiting? not too much uhhh I don't know.
Dream Turned his head back as the portal closed, scanning the house to see if anyone was home. "Blue!?" his voice bounced off the walls of the silent house as Dream waited a moment with no reply, sighing as he jumped slightly to re-adjust Ink on his back. "Guess its just you and me huh." Dream said turning his head slightly to look at Ink.
He was a mess, even during sleep, Dream could sense negative emotions pouring out of him like a steady stream, causing him to feel a little dizzy "What happened to you..?" Dream pondered on the question for a minute before remembering what Error said, Placing Ink on the couch Dream carefully began removing anything that could be possibly harmful to Ink as well as his art supplies. though fairly awkward and not the most gentleman thing to do Dream did it nonetheless out of concern of his friend. Dream Placed Ink's paints to the side of him on the ground causing slight discomfort to the skeleton that the outsides of the colorful vials where normal but some were leaking a dark gray paint. "Gray?" Dream opened a green bottle to get a closer look at the black and gray substance than out of pure concern for his friend went through the rest of Ink's collection only to find the same dilemma, It was very unlike Ink to have such dark colors, let alone no colors at all. Closing all the vials and placing them back into their proper slots he noticed one was missing 'Red?' Dream thought glancing back to Ink deciding to remove his scarf for good measure soon discovering red splotches in the shape of lines on his sleeves. Dream looked back at the satchel on the ground next to him "I thought you didnt have a red..." Dream bit the side of his mouth "Is it back in the doodle-Verse?"
Out of curiosity Dream pulled up Ink's one sleeve causing him to stumble back, nearly falling over the coffee table and into the TV as negative energy began to fill the room. Dream starred in complete shock and horror looking over the cracks and lines embedded into Ink's bone laced with smudged red paint, beginning to connect the dots before turning to the garbage to vomit, the amount of negative energy Ink was giving off too much for him to handle.
Dream looked up from the trash rubbing the side of his mouth while coughing. "Oh god... Ink.. it.. no, it couldn't be... but what if..." Dream sat there staring at his sleeping friend in horror before slowly sitting up from the floor shaking, and quickly rolling down Ink's sleaves before picking up his friends possessions and moving them to the kitchen. Throwing everything on the counter with a heavy thud Dream began to cough into the sink. Was this what Error had meant? Dream clenched his fists on the side of the counter trying not to faint from the sudden pulse of negative energy he was exposed to. "oh Blue what am I going to do? I can't do this on my own... I need to find him." Dream looked back over his shoulder to look at Ink, still sleeping on the couch "I can't leave him here though... what if he wakes up, or Error comes back" Dream took a deep breath before throwing Ink's things under the sink and slowly walking back into the living room.
"Come on Ink... Let's go find blue. I'm sure he'll be happy to see you" despite Ink being asleep Dream felt he had to act positive for his dear friend "Hey and I'm sure Snowdin will be much more colorful than the void, what do you say" Dream gave a weak smile before approaching the shorter skeleton, pulling ink's arm over his shoulder and hoisting him onto his back being careful not to tug at his forearms too much, "See that wasn't so bad, now lets go find Blue." Dream smiled over his shoulder swallowing as it slightly faded trying to keep the taste of vomit out of his mouth. As he walked towards and out the door, Dream started slightly skipping, while walking in a way that caused his boots to jingle knowing how much Ink liked the sound, hoping it would help soothe his friends mind.
Dream smiled as the people of Snowdin greeted him, the town overtime seeing Dream and Ink as nothing more than family of Blue. Dream continued to skip his boots jingling as the snow crunched beneath him. "So where do you think Blue is? hehe, I vote the ruins probably yelling at Papyrus."
"Dream...?" ink's voice was raspy and quiet, and despite still hearing it Dream spoke over Ink, trying his hardest to block out the negative emotions he could feel once again radiating from his friend, slightly bending his spine as he walked, the flow of energy feeling like a hot stone being pressed into him, the pain almost unbearable "Hmmm, oh he could be at tori's too we should check there next." "please st-" "Oh or he could be with Alphys training! you know how hard he works." "DREAM!"
Dream stopped in his tracks finally dropping Ink the negative energy to much for him, his jingles coming to a sudden stop as he instantly felt guilty, hearing a loud thump on the ground behind him. Dream felt a tug on his cape as he turned to look at Ink, Ink was shaking babbling things into his cape, his words muffled by tears and fabric. "Dream..? p-Pl-Please t-tell me it -w- was.. it was just a-a night m-mare." Dream looked at his friend his smile turning into a look of pitty and concern. would it just be best if he told Ink it was a bad dream? no he would surley find out once he saw Error or his Arm.
Dream stood thinking for a minute before his visin started to blur and go balck causing him to collapse into the snow painfully landing on his side. "dream..?" Ink sat for a minute still clenching his friends cape "Oh my god. Dream!?"
hearing distant bickering from little ways along the path recognizing the voice Ink began to desperately cry for help not looking to where the voices were coming from. "blue?" Ink's voice was quiet and in pain from crying so much but despite the aching, he felt throughout his whole body ink sat up pulling Dream into his arms wincing as the fabric brushed over the cracks on his arms. "Blue..! FOR DAMN SAKES, BLUE HELP!"
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"Papyrus! you're so lazy!-" Blue stopped his hands falling to his sides as he blankly stared at his brother "brother did you hear-" "BLUE!." Blue turned around surprised by the screaming of his name, only to see two smaller monsters in the distance. gasping as he was able to slowly make out the distant figures, Blue began to run towards them "Ink!? Dream!? Is that you!?"
within minutes Blue was standing before his friends hoisting Dream into his arms. "Ink what happened?" Ink looked at Dream for a moment trying to think of what to say. what could he say? after al,l he didn't even know why or how he got to underswap all he remembered was fainting in Error's arms and waking up in Dreams. "I don't know, he was up and walking one minute than in the snow the next."
Blue looked at Ink for a moment puzzled as he walked, "it was most likely from being around too much negative energy but to this extent... I've never seen before its as if he was physically holding the energy. Ink did you get into any conflicts with nightmare or...error..?" Ink stopped to look away for a moment forming his fists into a ball, Error? why did people always question Error!? "No! look I don't know what happened so stop interrogating me and worry about Dream k!" Blue sighed "Ink I didn't mean it like that... I can see something bothering you but if my questions are making you uncomfortable I'll stop asking but it does concern me that you seem to be hiding something, especially since Dream is in such a state and all your equipment is missing..."
Equipment? Ink looked down for a moment before realizing all his belongings including his scarf where gone, the tattoos on his neck popping out from under his shirt. "I don't know where my equipment is..." Ink looked away sheepishly scratching at his arm realizing Dream or Error must have taken it. Blue sighed feeling slightly betrayed by his friend's unwillingness to talk "Okay... well let's head to Undyne's lab I'm sure she can help us and then maybe we can talk about what happened." Ink looked away for a moment before nodding "Okay.."
Dream and Ink hurried along on the way to Coldsea not even noticing the taller skeleton's disappearance
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Error sat in the Doodle-Verse clutching his chest with his hand, his other hand holding the side of his face. It had been over an hour now and within that hour he had crashed twice and covered the Doodle verse in strings as an attempt to try to deal with the conflicting emotions he was feeling. after calming down he had sat down and begun processing what happened over and over again repeating the same scenario with no end, slightly rocking. He was a total wreck, i compleate basket case but he didn't care all Error cared about was Ink. "we had a fight, Ink tried to kill himself... HE TRIED TO KILL HIMSELF!" Error pulled his hand away from his face painfully causing the strings to rip from his eyes as he screamed in frustration.
"WHY WOULD HE DO THAT!? SPENDS ALL OF 5 SECONDS AROUND ME AND FEELS HE HAS TO FUCKING OFF HIMSELF... This is my fault isn't it..." Error stood up his balance off by a mile stumbling as he took a step forward, joints cracking with every movement as he took another step forward and began moving around to pick up Ink's paintbrush and other various items, carrying the dolls in his mouth as he opened a portal to underswap, all the while trying not to drop anything in the process 'What a pain' Error thought as he stepped through the portal, tripping over Blue's couch causing him to accidentally scatter all the belongings on the floor "Damn it." Error jumped up once he heard a footstep behind him as he proceeded to try and pick up the mess not turning around.
"ah geez sorry Dream, I didn't really think the landing through... Is Ink up yet?" there was a short pause as the steps suddenly stopped "actually he is though I don't think he's the most of your concerns at the moment." Error stopped in his tracks placing the dolls on the table before turning around praying to see the shorter skeleton but as he expected he was instead greeted by something much more terrifying to Error, the sole reason he avoided Underswap at all costs, Papyrus.
Error took a deep breath wiping his face of any string or tears that might have been left over from earlier "Wheres Ink?" Papyrus leaned against the wall and smiled taking a puff of his cigarette, and shrugging. "With my brother, but the thing is I'm quite curious. What did you do?" Error rolled his hands into a fist trying to resist against his anger "DO!? I didn't do anything! What did Dream tell you!?" Papyrus sighed putting out his cigarette and placing his hand in his pocket "That's funny, see Dream didn't tell me anything because my brother found him out by the ruins in Ink's arms, half dead, see Ink wouldn't tell my brother what happened so you must have done something especially considering you seem to have quite a few items of his... now, what exactly are your intentions?"
Error looked at Papyrus his anger building to the point of tears until giving out practically falling apart as he began to realize what must have happened "Fuck, I should have realized it! So much negative energy, Dream, Shit Ink's going to kill me. haha, that's if he doesn't off himself first...oh Ink.." Error began to babble his words muffled by uncontrollable sobbing and a mix of glitched texts as he tried to wipe his tears with his sleeve.
Papyrus took a step forward confused and concerned. 'is this really the same guy who tried to kill my brother?' Papyrus thought for a minute before attempting to lead Error to the couch surprised by the sudden outburst.
"Error I need you to calm down, what do you mean by 'off himself'. what happened?" despite his best efforts Error refused to move clutching the sides of his head "YOU WOULDNT UNDERSTAND... I NEED YOU TO TAKE ME TO INK! I DONT HAVE TIME FOR THIS SHIT!"