Goth watched, watched and remembered.
As another AU was swallowed and retconned from existence.
They were speeding up from what he could tell, as this was the tenth AU this morning taken.
It was due to this that Error didn't have to do his Duty of destroying Au's, as the retcons were wiping out them faster then he could destroy
He hugged the save lantern to his chest, a single tear slipping down his face.
"I'm sorry I can't save you, I can't even save myself," he whispered as the AU was snuffed from existence.
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"Ummm.." Reaper said, he'd just finished a reaping and literally walked into Goth.
Who thankfully didn't die at his touch.
"Hi?" Goth said awkwardly.
"Would.. you like to... get lunch with me?" he asked, while he didn't have to eat he'd kill to have a coffee.
A killer coffee at that.
"Sure," Goth said.
"There's a sweet cafe a street away," Reaper said.
The Death quickly led the way to his favorite place in this AU.
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Goth sipped at the remains of his hot chocolate, as Death consumed what had to be his 5th cup of coffee.
It was rather nice to be with his dad, but also awkward due to the fact he technically only barely existed due to the Retcons.
"So what are your hobbies?" Reaper asked.
"I like cooking and baking, I also do some art. I usually have a lot of free time, i think Error might have stolen a few libraries for me to read..." Goth said the last part awkwardly, probably from librarytales he destroyed now that he thought on it.
"Pff... sounds like Error," Reaper snorted.
"As I said I had a lot of time to do things, it was only recently that I could leave the anti-void for longer times," Goth sighed, gently touching the top of the save lantern sitting by his feet.
"What do you mean by that?" Reaper asked concerned.
"Ah, this may take a bit of explaining. I am not just Goth, I am pieces of all the Goths. I have there memories, there feelings and hopes, joys, hate and sadness, I am all of them at once. Due to this my body is very.. unstable. I will not tell you how long it took for my mind to settle, Error was very surprised i think that I came out sane," Goth whispered a bitter look on his face.
Reaper felt cold, to think it was only bare change Goth escaped full Retcon.
"Originally I could only leave the anti-void for half an hour, anything past that point.. I start to fade. Pretty sure I'd fully be retconned out if that happened," Goth continued.
"Originally?" Reaper asked, as they'd been here almost an hour now.
"Believe it or not Cross helped on that issue," Goth said dryly.
"Cross.. really?" Reaper said in disbelief.
Far in the distance, Cross could be heard yelling "Yes Really!"
Both ignored it.
Cross could be such a drama Llama.
"He somehow managed to trap a save point in lantern, he gave it to me. Somehow it gives me unlimited time outside the anti-void as long as I have it near," Goth said.
"Sounds... dangerous," Reaper said after a moment.
And felt horror, for just someone grabbing the lantern and running away leaving Goth trapped would kill him.
"Only if they get it, which I hope they never do," Goth gently said.
The two stayed silent after that, finishing there drinks and the remains of the food.
"Is.. Error kind to you?" Reaper finally asked, as the destroyer wasn't the most stable minded monsters.
"He's a mother hen, I sometimes wonder if he had kids before he became Error. He's been like an uncle to me, I think he's actually become more stable since I've lived there. The anti-void does strange things to people, my situation actually protects me from the anti error effects," Goth said, and hadn't Error had been relieved the error effect couldn't effect him as it wasn't really possible for him to live outside even now.
"Something to think about," Reaper said, he felt a tug and knew duty was calling. "Duty calls," he sighed.
"I understand," Goth said.
"Do... you have a way for me to contact you?" he asked hopefully.
Goth held out a cellphone.
"That works," Reaper said and they traded numbers.
"Have fun," Goth said standing up and grabbing the save lantern.
"Hah," he laughed, and sped off.
"See you dad," Goth said just before he was out of hearing range, Reaper turned quickly to respond to see Goth was already gone.
"See you soon Gothy," Reaper said.
