This chapter has a mixture of both the comic version and video version of 'The Truce' with certain parts purposefully omitted. I hope you enjoy the update which barely made my self-imposed deadline!


As soon as everyone was sat down the screen flared to life and the scene began.

It seemed to be the ending of a battle between Error and Ink as Error grinned at Ink.

"This is the end. Everything will go back to how it was before. All the AUs will disappear forever!"

"What is that place?"

"The DoodleSphere." Dream smiled, vaguely remembering Ink talking to him about this day.

"One more step... and all that you were willing to protect so much during all this time will turn blank." Errors grin continued to widen as Ink looked down and dropped broomie. "Haha! I can't believe that I've found the way to stop you and it all hangs upon a single string!" Error gave an experimental tug of the string that was connected to every AU in existence for show, laughing as a slight tear made its way through one.

Everyone but Chara sent Error looks, which he purposefully ignored with a scoff.

"Error... can I... ask you something?" Ink looked up at Error with tired eyes. "Why are you so selfish? They didn't do anything to you... Does helping to create AUs bother you so much?"

Many sat up, curious about Error's possible response.

Error only laughed. "Do you really think I'm doing this just for selfishness? I have a better question for you... Ink. Do you think the entire Multiverse... is as infinite as your lack of a brain? Let's see..." Error used his strings to snatch Ink's artbook from him.

Error grimaced, knowing what he'd say, and knowing he didn't want any of these idiots to be a part of his conversation with Ink, apart from maybe two of them.

"Imagine... if the multiverse was like this "Imagine... if the multiverse was like this simple art book and its pages are ALL those anomalies called AUs." His grip tightened on the artbook before he threw it onto the ground, a crumpled mess. "What will happen... WHEN THE ARTBOOK CAN'T HAVE MORE PAGES!"

Dreams eyes shot to Error, a questioning look in them. He'd heard Ink complain enough about artbooks filling up that this comparison simply clicked for him.

"You filled all the multiverse with worthless worlds, even AU's that were never finished..."

Outer and Stretch frowned at the idea of that sort of carelessness. What happened to the worlds left incomplete? Why leave them like that? Sentiment?

"I destroyed them, and you kept helping to create trash! When this worthless Multiverse inevitably collapses... What will you DO? Everything has a limit, and the limit for this is forcing ya to not intervene anymore."

A couple eyes widened in various degrees of understanding of what Error meant.

"OH! I remembered something!" Error looked up and into the doodle sphere briefly before grinning menacingly at Ink. "I don't care if you obey me also my arm is getting tired... SO I'M GONNA END WITH THIS." Error glitched wildly, as he yanked down on the string, hundreds of AUs being torn to pieces before vanishing from existence.

Ink jerked back, staring up into the DoodleSphere in shock and horror as tears leaked from his eye sockets.

"Our worlds are safe, right?" Outer asked, voice shaking slightly at the thought of everything he's ever known being gone, just like that.

"This was in the past, this event has already happened." Core swung their legs back and forth, a small smile emerging. "After we're shown this, we'll see the future."

"Well aren't you an all-knowing smartass." Error grumbled under his breath, uncaring if Core heard or not, which they did not.

Dream sent Error a knowing look with a serene smile.

Error, catching the look, almost crashed. "Don't."

Error waved his hand around, eyes shut with a smug grin on his face. "Yes, I know, I know. That was an excellent monologue, thank you-"

"Bruh, You Are So Full Of Yourself!" Fresh snickered, banging a fist onto the ground.

"shUT UP!"

"Wait." Error opened his eyes to stare at Ink, who still looked like he was crying. "Are you crying?... Whoah... Uh... Okkkay? ...I'm just gonna... go... I can erase you another day... sooooo... SEE YA!" Error spun round and started to speedwalk away, muttering to himself on his way. "This is so awkward."

Stretch, Fresh and Outer snickered at the way Error was acting as he gave them all a glare promising death.

Chara seemed to find some amusement in the situation while Core looked over at Dream, both knowing what was to come next.

Errors embarrassment and despair would bring amusement to everyone in the room, though less so for Dream.

"Wait. Come back, PAL." Ink grinned widely, eye sockets shadowed.

"..." Error tensed and then picked up his pace, at this point sprinting away from Ink. "Nope, I'm busy, maybe later."

Ink placed a hand on Error's shoulder before pulling an absolutely demonic grin. "YOU HAVEN'T FINISHED YOUR WORK YET..." He laughed happily, placing a hand to his head and attempting to wipe away his tears with a huge smile. "You were so happy that it made me cry of laughter! HAHAHAHAHAHA I'M SO SORRY!"

"YOU ARE SO WEIRD, YOU HEAR ME!?" Error glitched and put distance between himself and Ink.

"What is happening?" Chara asked himself quietly, looking weirded out.

"Keep watching." Dream smiled at him kindly. "I heard Errors reaction was funny."

"Man, your face was so hilarious! I'm sorry, but you just helped me with cleaning!"

"WHAT!?"

"Actually, all those papers you ripped were sheets from a notebook I scattered over there by accident... You don't have any idea how big the DoodleSphere really is, nice try, by the way!"

"Y-you just did his chores for him!" Everyone burst out laughing in both amusement and relief over the fact no worlds were destroyed with Error almost crashing at their laughter.

On-screen, Error did crash, causing Ink to burst out into laughter before collapsing. Several hours seem to pass with Error still the same state.

"How long were you like that?"

"Who knoWs."

Ink starts getting bored and hugs broomie. "Hey, Broomie! We should have some fun painting a new dress for Error!" Ink stands up. "Hmm... A pink one? PFFT OKAY!"

Ink leans towards Error with Broomie, which is doused in pink paint, inching closer and closer before-

"DON'T TOUCH ME! NOBODY MAKES FUN OF ME!" Error screeches, summoning two blasters.

"Wait, Wait, Wait! Inky, Mah Broski, Said 'New' Dress, Has He Made One For Ya Before?" Fresh and Chara laughed with everyone else smiling a bit at the thought of the grumpy Error in a dress.

"N-No0o SH-shUT UP!"

Dream leaned over to Fresh and Chara with a mischievous smile. "I can show you two pictures later, I've got one of the two together in dresses."

"Bruh you are rad."

Chara smirked, simply giving Dream a nod to convey their own message.

He seemed to understand.

"uh oh."

"...How immature..." Core crosses their arms, staring down at Ink and Error fighting, again.

"You. Were. Ther3." Error growls at Core, who shrugs.

"Perhaps."

"Calm down, Pal! I mean, even if you try to destroy the AUs, you would be creating another one with everything you're doing right now!"

Error shudders. "AAAGH SHUT UP! I KNOW WHAT I HAVE TO DO NOW." Errors flung his strings out towards Ink. "ERASE YOU FOREVER! FOREVER! FOREVER! FOREVER! FOREVER!"

"You're insane." Chara deadpans.

"You should take a vacation," Stretch comments thoughtfully.

"Or a nap." Outer sighs dreamily, though their comments seem to only irritate Error.

Ink looks shocked. "WOAH! You're serious! Okay! Here we go again!" Ink grips Broomie and leaps toward Error with an energetic grin. "Let's get this over with!"

The entire world suddenly glitches, obscuring everyone's view as Error and Ink appear in a new place on a tiny island with not enough room to grant them personal space.

"What was that?" Outer glances between Error and Core, but both turned away.

Error unwilling to tell and Core determined not to admit they did not know.

"Don't bother, you'll never get answers from this lot. Well... you might get something outta Dream, and I've never met Fresh or this Chara." Stretch sighed and narrowed his sockets in thought as he looked at the three laying on the floor.

Error examines his surroundings while walking backward. "Wh-What!? Where am I...? I've never seen this place before, I would've destroyed it long ago."

"I don't remember helping someone to create this..." Ink comments thoughtfully, stumbling back and... right into Error.

Both spin around to stare at each other for a moment.

"THIS IS HELL!" Error screeches, throwing his arms up in the air, utterly done with being in the strange world for roughly five seconds.

Ink gives Error a bored look, raising an eyebrow before turning away.

"OR MAYBE A CHANCE TO FINISH YOU!" Error suddenly exclaims, raising his hand towards Ink, he grins, only for nothing to happen. "AAGHHFAHGHHTGH!"

". . ."

"Bruh What!? Y-You're K-Killing Me!"

Errors eye twitches as Fresh bursts into giggles, again.

Why did the parasite have to be here? Why?

"Wh-What? Where are my strings?"

Ink smiles, enjoying a short laugh before he turns away, sticking his tongue out at Error as he starts walking. "Welp, good luck finding new material for knitting. See ya!" Ink pauses for one long moment. "WHERE'S MY BROOM!" Ink shrieks, gripping his skull. "I'M STUCK HERE TOO, AND I CAN'T GO ANYWHERE! IS MY DEAR BROOMIE DEAD? I DON'T LIKE THIS PLACE! IT'S SO HUGE AND EMPTY, AND I HAVE TO SHARE THIS USELESS ROCK WITH YOU!" Ink finishes by pointing wildly at Error.

"AAAAAAAAAAAA" The two scream, both having collapsed and clutching their skulls in agony, clearly panicking.

"It's not that bad." Core's whispers through giggles.

"Seems like hell to me." Chara states plainly, rolling his eyes.

"You might not be wrong." Dream grimaces, memories of similar incidents coming to him as he waves off curious looks.

"Where did... they go...?" Core reaches out a hand into the empty space where Error and Ink had been, a curious look on their face. "...They're not in any other AU or timeline... Have they ceased to exist in this Multiverse?... At least nobody was hurt... But, I wonder if this changes anything..."

"Thanks so much for your obvious care." Error comments sarcastically.

"...20 hours have passed... who cares, I've lost count, but Error is finally talking to me."

"Yo, Ink. What are you going to do?"

"You actually engaged in conversation with him?" Dream asks Error.

"I got bored." Error grumbled back.

"About what?"

"I'm looking for a way to end my life. Maybe in a few minutes, I can figure it out. If you haven't thought of anything yet, that's fine by me. But I don't want to stick around here with your dusty corpse."

"Ya Both Just Gave Up Like That? Un-Rad Bro." Fresh shakes his head, bringing some laughs out of the somber group.

"...It's ok, Error." Ink looks down with dark bags under his eye sockets. "... I think I don't have anything better to do here. I'll catch you later."

The world goes dark, only showing Ink now. "...Creators... yes... I'm talking to you... I'm sorry... if I did something bad... if WE did something bad, but... I want to come back... Please... Someone Help Us..."

Error frowned, turning away from the screen.

"What a curious place." Core murmured softly to themselves.

"No... No... No...! NO!"

This was never the end

Two spirals shoot up into the air, both showing different places.

You two were brought here...

Because something new was waiting for you

You will never stop being what you choose to be

Tendrils similar to hands shoot out and latch onto both Error and Ink, dragging them both towards the spirals.

"WHOA!"

"AH! LET ME GO!"

The two vanished alongside the spirals, leaving only the lonely rock.

You two have your own worlds to discover

When you're ready

You may return to the limbo and the Multiverse anytime...

...

You'll find a surprise

The war is finally over

"But... is it really? Why would we be here if it was."

"We've been fighting for the Multiverse's existence many times.

Destroy or Create.

This is our reason for a war between us, isn't it?

Let me tell you,

That I'm going to win this war."

"Honestly,

I don't care how much you hate me.

Everything I do,

Actually, scares you."

"As if." Error scoffed, ignoring the pointed looks he kept receiving.

"Half of the Multiverse has gone, erased by their own creators... They understood their Alternate Universes are a waster of time and space."

"Because they tried to make a story in which we would get along... hah, Isn't it magnificent?"

"If everything is so funny for you... What if we make this more interesting? Like we could make an agreement.

AND SEE HOW MUCH YOU CAN HANDLE WITH THIS.

No more creation. No more destruction.

If you don't help to create more anomalies, I promise not to destroy them."

"Promises are made to break them, anyways. Which of us can break our truce in the most significant way?"

"Indeed, I will be the only one."

"I don't think so."

...

...

...

"I made a new friend. We're having so much fun in his AU!"

"I hope you're not hiding anything."

"Don't worry, Error. Creating a little 'game' is not included in our truce."


Has anyone watched 'owners'? It put me on edge.