Thank you OliveMint for the ask.

Error: ... If it'11 m4k3 y0u w3ird v0ic35 h4ppy. 3rr0r 404 t4ught m3 h0w t0 r34d 4nd m4nipu14t3 c0d3. H3 t4ught m3 h0w t0 t313p0rt. H3 w45 th3 0n1y thing I h4d...4nd 5h3 t00k him 4w4y.

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Blue: OF COURSE! However, if too many people attempt to join, I'll refer to you all as just readers! After all, You all are already a part of the shipping council if you're reading this book, right?~

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Nightmare: No.

Dream: Absolutely!

Error: *shrugs*

Ink: Why not? I've got time for a hug!

Blue: Of course!

Fresh: Eh, if ya want, ya big ball of sin!

Classic: I suppose.

Reaper: If you're feeling particularly suicidal, go ahead.

Lust: No thank you.

Epic: Bruh! A hug a day keeps da parasite away!

Fresh: *hugging Epic* I dun think yer hug medication works, buddy!

Epic: **I have made many mistakes!**

Killer: *shrugging* Maybe.

Cross: No harm in hugging.

Horror: *shrugs*

Dust: ...*shrugs*

Razz: Sure! It's an honor to hug me afterall!

Black: Send your hugs for me to Razz.

Fell: *hissing*

(If I forgot anybody, assume they probably react similarly to one of the above)

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Thank you DepressedGhost999 for the ask.

Blue: *grinning* I love it! A bonus is that the multiverse will have no choice but to be polite to Lust since he's boyfriends with the Best Skeleton Ever™. Mweh Heh Heh! My plan has come to fruition.

Lust: So is this just a thing to get me to be more liked in the multiverse? Cause it won't work... They think I'm just a slut.

Blue: *gently hugging Lust* And I'll show them you're more than that.

Lust: How?

Blue: By flustering you, a lot! Bonus is I'll get to see your pretty blush~.

Lust: *flushes a soft purple mixed with magenta* Blue!

Blue: *smiling in a victorious way*

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Fresh: Well brahski, think of it like a faucet, righ?

Fresh: This here is a leaky faucet.

Fresh: It can't be cut up like it used ta.

Fresh: But it still dribbles out enough water to suit the needs.

Fresh: That's my emotions.

Fresh: I can't feel intense emotions, nor emotions running for a long time.

Fresh: But I get a dribble of the emotion, enough ta suit my needs.

Fresh: Catch ya on da flipside!

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Dream: Of course I do! I miss my big brother who used to read to me!

Dream: I'd honestly give up my life if it would bring my brother back.

Dream: Ink thinks Nightmare's gone. Everyone does.

Dream: But if my big brother were really and truly gone, I would have died back in my AU.

Dream: And Negativity would have consumed everyone and left them unable to care about each other.

Dream: If my brother were really gone, wouldn't this tentacled version have gone on to take over the multiverse without any control or reason.

Dream: Wouldn't he have done his best to get rid of me?

Dream: Oops, guess I started rambling! Sorry, asker!

Dream: I do miss my big brother...a lot. I wish we could get together again without having to fight.

Dream: But as long as that tentacled goop monster remains in control, I'll have to keep fighting my brother.

Dream: I won't stop fighting until my brother is back! Because I love and miss him.

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Thank you vexedvarn for the ask.

Blue: *clearing his throat* Nightmare won't admit it, but he drinks hot cocoa every winter and will absolutely NOT share said cocoa with the gang.

Nightmare: How the fuck-?

Blue: Error also loves hot cocoa, if that one time was anything to go by.

Error: *while sobbing* Y0U 5W0R3 Y0U W0U1DN'T T311!!!

Blue: This is true for all the other council ships. You'd be surprised how much information lil' ol' me knows about them.

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Horror: Long as UF Paps don't hurt my bro, I'll let them meet.

Fell: Looks like I need to keep them apart. To answer your question, they won't meet as long as I have reason to think my bro will attack them. And I have reason to think my bro will attack.

Horror: *frowning* Damn, I wanted to go say hi to your bro...

Fell: Not in all the nine layers of hell will I let you meet him and risk your life.

Horror: You know I'll find a way anyways.

Fell: That's what I'm afraid of.

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Nightmare: We like stargazing sometimes, though inevitably, Horror finds and beheads a human and then we have to kill everyone in the copy. We also watched Undernovella for a while, until Fell and Cross accidentally kidnapped the human involved and we had to go under the radar. The entire multiverse shook after that. Most of our activities now involve just us. Twister, Monopoly, Uno, Yahtzee. Cross and Killer wipe the floor in Monopoly, Fell and Razz show off in Twister. Horror thinks we're playing Go Fish when we're playing Uno. Dust ironically likes Clue, a murder mystery game. Black enjoys Yahtzee, mostly because Lady Luck seems to favor him. I personally don't play, unless it's Truth or Dare/Never Have I Ever/Would You Rather/Cards Against Humanity night. Then I fuck them over by playing with my version of the games. Which usually end in everybody drunk, embarrassed, and naked. I've won every single time. Error has only recently joined our gang, and thus has yet to cement what type of game he likes and what he is good at.

Dream: Stargazing mostly. If Ink were in charge, we'd do nothing but paint in our free time, or look for the destroyer. Blue...I'm honestly scared of him ever since the infamous Christmas Party Incident in which most everyone in the Multiverse was drunk...

Dream: We also sometimes do simple games like Uno or Yahtzee. We cook together too! Yoga together in the mornings!

Dream: We're best friends doing everything together. We tell each other all our secrets, darkest feelings.

Dream: I've had more fun hanging out with Blue and Ink than I ever had hanging around the kids in DreamTale.

Dream: ...

Dream: ...

Dream: HOPE THAT ANSWERED YOUR QUESTION! HAVE A GREAT DAY!

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Thank you DeiDeidy for the ask.

Blue: On the one hand, I'm all for this!

Blue: But on the other, Reaper getting involved could spoil some plot things.

Blue: Also the original author would prefer if ErrorMare remained a thing

Blue: But on the other other hand, this isn't removing ErrorMare, it's just expanding to include Death.

Blue: *Thinking*

Blue: I like your style, reader!

Blue: It's settled. I will talk to Reaper and begin getting DeathGlitchMare set-up!

Blue: *laughing maniacally* Mweh-Heh-HEH!!

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Blue drags Lust along, running around thinking cuss words.

"Brahseph. Unradical thought language you got there." Blue smiles.

"Fresh! A reader has offered an idea that I must implement."

"Oh?"

"Reaper joins the ErrorMare ship."

"Didn' Reaps join the whole 'Kill Error' thing?" Blue blinks.

"Oh yeah..." Blue begins giggling with malice and enjoyment.

"Angst." Fresh groans.

"I like the Readers' styles. Also. I saw that one asker who asked the Author if AfterDeath was gonna be a thing." Blue looks at the reader.

"Who is this 'After'? Cause I don't know any AU or Sans by that name." Blue giggles.

"And I know everyone." Fresh teleports the three to Reapertale, landing near the skeleton brothers' house.

"Thanks Freshie bud!"

"Course, Blue Bud. Good luck." Blue walks into the house, quickly and easily finding Reaper.

"Boy do I have exciting news for you, Reaper!" Reaper looks at Blue, dead silent.

"You know Error is immune to your little death touch. But did you know Nightmare is most likely immune as well. It sure would be a wonderful idea to hang out with them and maybe form a relationship where you can cure your touch-starved heart." Reaper sighs.

"Shipping council." Blue giggles again.

"Shipping Council!"

"I don't have a choice, do I?" Blue giggles yet again, nodding.

"You catch on fast!"

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Dream shivers as the two skeletons wander through UnderLust, jumping when Fresh appears.

"Brahsephs! You never enter this unrad place."

"W-well...We need to talk to Lust. Or Classic."

"Well, Lust brah is with Blue Shipping Counciling Reaper."

"Oh? I thought Blue grew out of the immature shipping."

"Brah, on the one hand ya want him to play the Baby Blue role, and on the other, he's too 'mature' for the Shippin Council? Brah, nah wonder he wants to strangle all ya stars every other day!" Dream halts.

"How do you know what Blue wants? He'd never want to hurt anyone." Fresh glasses shift, saying 'br-ah'.

"Wow! Ya really know nothin about Blue. Whatevs. Blue and Lust will be arriving in five minutes. So lemme just keep ya safe." Dream groans, Outer smiling gently and relaxing.

"C'mon Dream, relax."

"If only Ink were here. Things would be so simple." Dream mumbles, hugging himself unconsciously. A 'plorp' sound echoes, Lust and Blue walking through a baby blue portal.

"Lust! Just the skeleton I was looking for!"

"Hello Dream, what do you want?" Dream blinks, surprised by the almost icy, bored, and suspicious tone to Lust.

"W-what?"

"All you Stars only proposition me when you want something from me. So get it over with. Do you want me to suck your dick like Ink?" Dream pales, stepping away from Lust. Blue snickers, Fresh glaring at Lust's usage of such an obscene word. Outer is watching Dream.

"What? Ink is Asexual! He'd never french toast (fuck) a slurpie (slut) like you!" Dream shouts, his magic rising but his aura not affecting anybody around him.

"Dunno what to tell you, Dream. Ink has propositioned me repeatedly for some oral. He even enjoyed it." Dream glares in disgust.

"Do you want to know if he called your name ever?" Dream flushes gold.

"SHUT UP YOU FRENCH TOASTING (fucking) SMORE (whore)! You're a liar! And I don't know why Ink even made your stupid (shitty) AU in the first place!"

"He never did. Not even when he was fully into his imagination. He never imagined you and him together." Lust delivers this with the same tone that someone would say the weather was sunny. The effect is instant. Dream pales, his eyelights vanishing completely.

"Outer...please inform Lust of the new plan."

"Dream?"

"I'm...going to go. I can't be around a smore (whore) for much longer." Dream opens a portal, stepping through without waiting for anyone to respond.

The clearing descends into silence, with the three Council members waiting for Outer.

"Well...Basically. Sci is making a recording video and audio device, Ink is making a 'trap' AU, and we just need someone who is neutral leaning who doesn't already know about Error's personal ish. So Lust or Classic, and the Stars ultimately decided on Lust. Sorry 'bout Dream, dunno what that outburst was about."

"I know what his outburst was about. He believed Ink loved him and that Ink would save himself for Dream personally. Getting the reveal that Ink doesn't love him and wouldn't ever imagine himself and Dream together shattered everything Dream wanted to believe about Ink."

"Will he be okay?" Lust shrugs in response to Outer's question. Outer frowns.

"Well...you can choose to accept or decline, just go to Sci, right?" Lust nods, and Outer opens a portal.

"I'll go find Dream. See if he wants company." Outer steps into his portal, thankful he quickly found Dream.

"Knew you'd come to my AU." Outer pauses when he sees Dream holding a dark apple.

"Isn't that a...?" Dream lifts it up to his mouth, pausing and shaking his head, placing the apple back in his inventory.

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~Flashback~ ~Self-Harm: Tread ahead carefully~

Dream landed in Outertale, tears pricking as he runs to the edge of the ledge and begins barfing until nothing more comes out, crying hard.

He never called my name.

Dream pulls out one of his best friends, smiling at the intricate blade his mother made for him.

"He doesn't love me." Dream continues crying even as he smiles, running the blade on his bones and cutting them, releasing bone marrow.

"He doesn't love me." Dream laughs, choking on a sob.

"I've lost as much weight as I could, made myself as appealing as possible, gave up my brother, gave up my job to help him with his, and this is my thanks?" Dream continues sob laughing, the blade running along his arm over and over.

"Of course! How could I forget!"

~Self-Harm is Over~

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"Brother! Run!" Night called out, grabbing the fallen apple.

"I'll protect the tree!" Dream wants to scream but can't as all the villagers run forward, and Night takes a bite of the apple.

Everything happened in a flash. Tentacles. Pain. Blood. So much blood.

"Brother...how quaint." Dream is still sitting beside the tree, tears of gold running down his cheeks.

"Brother...did you ever think they loved you?" Dream refuses to look at the thing that replaced his brother.

"Did you think you'd ever be loved?" Dream feels the tears run hot as Night...no...this thing moves into Dream's dimming gaze.

"Nobody will love a failure like you brother. I hope you sleep well. Maybe this sleep will be better than being awake. Maybe you'll even enjoy yourself."

'Good night brother. Sweet dreams.' As Dream's eyes close, he thought he faintly heard his brother.

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"I will NEVER be loved!" Dream continues laugh sobbing.

"I'm a failure. I couldn't save my brother!"

You're right. Dream's eyes widen.

"Shattered."

Ah, you do remember our fun little dreams. I wondered if you forgot the time in the stone.

"Remember what I said? I never wanted to hear your voice."

Hush. And listen.

Dream falls silent, listening to Shattered against his better judgment.

If Ink has hurt you so much...

Dream unconsciously pulls out of his inventory the negative apple he could hold.

Why not hurt him back? Ruin his precious multiverse.

Dream looks at the apple, feeling the desire of Shattered creeping in.

Make him pay for this.

Dream raises the apple up, before he shakes his head and puts it away.

"No. Maybe another time. But I'll just avoid Ink."

Oh really? Let's see how avoiding Ink will go for you. By the way.

"Outer." The mentioned skeleton steps out onto the ledge, looking at Dream with worry, Dream can tell.

"Uh...did you vomit up here?" The golden puke is highly visible on the cliffledge.

"Yeah, sorry, I'll be sure to clean it up."

"Why'd you freak out at Lust?"

"I don't want to talk."

"If you don't, these negative feelings will simply fester under the surface."

"I'm the emotion guru here, so don't tell me how to do my job." Dream mutters, not keeping the vitriol from his words.

Hahahahaha! Even he can tell the obvious! I like this star. I'll definitely keep him.

"Hey, don't get aggressive. I'm just trying to help."

"Well you're failing! So maybe do something you're good at and leave me alone!" Dream snaps at Outer, who blinks, stepping back.

"Dream..I'm worried about you. Forget the whole Error and Ink and Lust thing. Are you okay?"

No.

"Yes! Of course! Why wouldn't I be?! So leave me the fuck alone!" Dream shouts, turning away from Outer. Dream doesn't look, but he can tell. Outer has left him alone.

Wow. I'm impressed. You're just like Night.

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Nightmare looks up from his book, narrowing his gaze.

"Welp, I've got a job to do. See you all later. Killer, you're in charge." Killer fistpumps the air as Nightmare teleports to the negative beacon in Outertale, blinking when he's a few feet away from Dream, a goopy shadow hovering like a demon over Dream.

"Now, this makes no sense. Why is the source of happiness and positivity feeling so much self-loathing, and hatred?"

"Leave me alone." Dream is terse, his voice clipped and short.

"See I would, but I can't have you toppling the balance, so looks like we're doing this the fun way."

"Don't you dar-" Nightmare snaps his fingers and the two appear in the dreamscape, both in their passive forms with the respective goop pals hanging nearby.

"There we go. Dream. You better explain why you're feeling so bad. I'll keep you in here for as long as this little therapy session needs to go."

"I'm a failure of a brother and a friend! Nobody loves me! Nobody ever will! And the one person I loved...he never even cared about me."

"Ink? Saw that one coming from a mile away. You do realize he's soulless, right?" Dream looks at Night, blinking.

"What?"

"He's soulless. He can't feel without those silly vials on his sash. You honestly dodged a huge bullet by not getting into a relationship with him." Dream looks down, and Night groans loudly.

"You're dating him, aren't you?" Dream looks away.

"He loved me so much in the beginning."

"No, he didn't. He was interested because you were novel. He's never cared about anything but his own enjoyment. I'm amazed he hasn't broken up with you sooner."

"...you're not helping me feel better."

"Well, I am the caretaker of negativity. I've never needed to know how to comfort others. They tend to point at me, shout, get angry, beat me up, and feel better. You could hit me if it'd make you feel better." Night looks at the goopy thing behind Dream.

"Who's that?"

"Shattered...he kinda became a thing when I was stoned and just never left..."

"Ah, like Hate."

"Hate was just a stray dog I picked up off the street. Tried to kick him out and he just found his fucking way back in so now he's a bad sans." Dream begins giggling, tears pricking his eye sockets.

"S-sorry...the way you described him...hehe...it was funny." Night smiles.

"Horror eats all the tables and chairs. Fell has been instrumental to keeping him from eating our literal house and home." Dream giggles. Night continues to describe the funny stuff the gang does.

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~Meanwhile~

Blue yawns, stepping into the lab with Lust close behind, Sci looking at the two.

"Lust agreed?"

"Yeap."

"Fantastic. This was a Dream Plan™. So it won't be anything stupid like Ink's KE™ plan."

"I know. I was gonna go too."

"In theory, Ink is making a coffeeshop AU for this."

"wait..." Classic speaks, catching everyone's attention.

"blue...didn't error kidnap you once?"

"Your point?"

"aren't you...scared of him?"

"No? He didn't hit me, or yell at me, or tell me I was a stupid naive child who doesn't know better and needs my younger brother to protect me. Trust me, more Star Sanses have done that than Bad Sanses." Classic frowns.

"what about the glitches?"

"That is from being in the Anti-Void too long. Error didn't used to be a black-boned skeleton. He was normal once. Though I don't actually know who he used to be, I know he was someone once." Classic pales, but Sci acts like he's heard this before.

"Thank you Blue for that refresher. Is this a kind of recording device that will work with Lust and Error?" Blue nods, smiling at Sci.

"So how are you and Classic?"

"You and Lust?" Sci calmly retorts, Blue laughing.

"You know how to play the game, you devil."

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~Meanwhile Meanwhile~

A lone figure clad in white remains hidden within a black space of emptiness.

"I̶̷̲s̶̷̲ i̶̷̲t̶̷̲ a̶̷̲l̶̷̲m̶̷̲o̶̷̲s̶̷̲t̶̷̲ t̶̷̲i̶̷̲m̶̷̲e̶̷̲ t̶̷̲o̶̷̲ b̶̷̲e̶̷̲g̶̷̲i̶̷̲n̶̷̲?̶̷̲ W̶̷̲o̶̷̲n̶̷̲d̶̷̲e̶̷̲r̶̷̲f̶̷̲u̶̷̲l̶̷̲.̶̷̲ T̶̷̲i̶̷̲m̶̷̲e̶̷̲ t̶̷̲o̶̷̲ b̶̷̲e̶̷̲g̶̷̲i̶̷̲n̶̷̲ t̶̷̲h̶̷̲e̶̷̲ p̶̷̲l̶̷̲a̶̷̲n̶̷̲ t̶̷̲o̶̷̲ S̶̷̲a̶̷̲v̶̷̲e̶̷̲ E̶̷̲r̶̷̲r̶̷̲o̶̷̲r̶̷̲ f̶̷̲r̶̷̲o̶̷̲m̶̷̲ h̶̷̲i̶̷̲s̶̷̲ J̶̷̲o̶̷̲b̶̷̲.̶̷̲"

The skeleton begins laughing, standing alone in the black expanse.

"E̷̶̲r̷̶̲r̷̶̲o̷̶̲r̷̶̲,̷̶̲ D̷̶̲o̷̶̲n̷̶̲'̷̶̲t̷̶̲ w̷̶̲o̷̶̲r̷̶̲r̷̶̲y̷̶̲.̷̶̲ I̷̶̲.̷̶̲ W̷̶̲i̷̶̲l̷̶̲l̷̶̲.̷̶̲ S̷̶̲u̷̶̲c̷̶̲c̷̶̲e̷̶̲e̷̶̲d̷̶̲.̷̶̲"

(3096 word.

Who is that white figure?

(This is for all you crazies who are up at 4:30 am my time. >:3