【 Quick bit of info: Quill was the Papyrus of InkSwap before the entire Inktale AU and its variants were destroyed. He has the powers and personality of a Sans, but he chose to take the place of Toriel in Startale so she could stay in the castle with Azzy and Chara. He also just really likes making pie.】

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Snow took a shortcut home and walked the rest of the way to the Ruins, where she tapped on the door and called, "QUILL! GET YOUR BONEY BUTT OVER HERE OR I'LL BLAST THE DOOR DOWN!!! Also, I brought you a CinnaBun!"

"I'm coming, Snow! Please don't destroy the door!" Quill yelled, not wanting to have the door blasted like it was after she grew impatient a few timelines ago.

Snow grumbled and leaned on a snow-covered tree by the door. The snow fell on her head. She didn't really care, but it gave her a good idea for a prank. She used her magic to make the snow into a snowball and put it over the door, so she could drop it on Quill.

Quill opened the huge pale blue and lilac door that connected the Ruins to Snowdin Forest, expecting to find a very annoyed Snow. Instead, he found her with her right eye glowing a pale ice blue, leaning against a tree.

"It's ice to see you today Quill," Snow joked, before letting the snowball fall on his head.

"SNOW, WHY?!" Quill yelled, although he was laughing.

"You know it was funny. And as for why, there was snow reason."

"Oh, Snow! What am I going to do with you? Come on in, I have some puns of my own to make," Quill said cheerfully.

"I have serious stuff to discuss today. Mainly that we'll probably have a new person here soon, so if we get a genocide kid... then we'll have a bit of a problem. If the kid is on the warpath, I want you to leave the Ruins, okay? Don't let yourself die, we need you."

"Okay Snow. I'll be careful. I hope that we don't get a genocide run, but if we do... what'll we do?"

"I'm working on that, but I need you alive at the end of this. If you're forced to flee, head to Lune's place, okay? The kid won't be able to go there if it's a genocide or neutral run, and if it's pacifist they won't head there until later on, if at all. So you should be safe there. Now, I smell pie... can I have some?"

"It's berry good, don't you worry. And of course you can have some. Let's go get some pie and chat about happy things. The pie is Lemon-Key Lime, of course."

"Quill, we should just start calling you Pa-PIE-rus."

"Oh, Snow!" Quill exclaimed, chuckling. "Do you want to come with me while I check for the kid today?"

"Okay. It's not like I have anything else to do, after all. Though if I get a call from Chara I'll have to go. She's keeping an eye on the Voidpool."

"Well then, what are you waiting for? Let's go before you get a call, so I can show you around the Ruins."

Quill led the way up the stairs into his place. You could still see elements of when Toriel had lived there, but mostly it seemed to be redecorated exactly how he wanted it. It was rather messy here and there, but that was to be expected.

The house had a lot more color than when Toriel had lived there. The walls were painted many different hues, and there seemed to be a few splatters of black ink and colorful paint on the floor too. A desk with lots of art supplies was near the window looking out onto the Ruins from the living room, and an ink drawing of what appeared to be a star lily was drying there. The walls above the desk were covered in ink drawings of many other things, including a few other star lilies.

"I like your drawings Quill. They're really pretty."

"Thank you."

"Can we eat that pie now? It smells REALLY good."

"It should be cool enough to eat now without burning your mouth, but it tastes better cold."

"Oh, I can handle that. Don't worry, it'll be nice and cold," Snow said cheerfully.

"Okay, but please don't fill it with ice."

"Oh I won't, I have much more civilized ways. How do you think I survive in the Hotlands? I've got my own personal freeze breeze, as I like to call it."

"Well then, what are you waiting for? If we can have pie now, let's do it!"

"Oh, I already did it. If I can see it, I can freeze it, or at least if it's not alive."

"Okay then, let's eat it then!"

Snow and Quill walked over to the pie, but before he could cut it, Snow's phone started to ring.

"I'd better get that."

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Yes, she enjoyed your Cinnamon Bunnies. Chara enjoyed them too.
I'm currently at a friend's place, and I'm on call for work, due to being on call I need to keep my ringer on, and it's loud, so can you stick with texting me for now?
Thank you!
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"Okay, that has been managed, it was just Syrah. She wanted to know if Lune liked her CinnaBuns."

"Well, I've got some pie ready for you. Do you want whipped cream?"

"Heck yeah!"

He put a blob of whipped cream on top of the slice, and handed it to her.

"Here you go, dig in!"

"Oh my goodness!"

"Do you like it?"

"I don't like it... I love it!!! THIS IS AMAZING."

"Thank you!"

After eating their pie, Quill and Snow began the walk up to the ring of star lilies where humans could end up in the territory of the monsters.

Rather unsurprisingly, there was nobody there. They always got a few days before the human fell in each reset, thankfully.

Snow's phone went off again, playing Chara's megalovania.

"Welp, I definitely need to get this one. I probably have to go Quill, but seeya later!"

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Oh, hey Chara!
Someone's in the Voidpool?
Wait... did you say that there are THREE skeletons?!
That's not normal...
We should only get two at one time, as AUs tend to have only two skeletons, unless Gaster isn't trapped in the Void.
Wait, two of them look similar to me?!
That's not right... we shouldn't have gotten two Sanses from one AU.
I'm coming, and I'm going to see if Quill will come.
Yes, I'll see you in a minute Chara.
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"Quill, will you please come with me? Chara says that there are three skeletons in the Voidpool, and I could use some-"

"Yes, Snow, I'll come. Let's take a shortcut, I don't know the way, so can you take me?"

"Yup, take my hand."

*Via the magic of shortcuts... (entertainingly enough, via means road in Latin. Semi-useless fact of the day! Yay!)*

"Chara, we're here!"

"I'm over here! I just got them out, are they supposed to be unconscious?"

"Yes, it's normal. The portal into the Voidpool tends to knock people out if they aren't unconscious already. Something about the magical shift from the Void to Startale disagreeing with them, and allowing them to adjust safely. They all look okay though, good job Chara!"

"Should we take them back to your place Snow, or what?"

"I was thinking about taking them to my place, yes."

"Quill, can you get the big one? Chara and I can get the other two, but he looks too heavy for me or Chara to pick up."

"I can get him. Are you going to shortcut, or do you want me to do it?"

"I can get myself and this one, but I've already done a lot of shortcuts today, so if you could get Chara?"

"No problem!"

"Thank you Quill! Let's go before they wake up."

As soon as they got back to the house, Snow walked over to the couch and set down the colorful skeleton she had been carrying.

"Let's check them now, just in case," said Chara.

"Okay. Let's check those two, then take them upstairs. They can go in Syrah's room, I'm sure she won't mind, as she's staying with Undyne and hopefully not burning down the house."

【Fight】【♡Act】【Item】【Mercy】
♡ Check
Sans aka "Blueberry" or "Blue"
HP: 1
Defense: 1
Attack: 1
A sweet little guy. Make sure to hide your cookies! Can't dodge forever.
﹡Linked to Underswap

【Fight】【♡Act】【Item】【Mercy】
♡ Check
Papyrus aka "Stretch" or "Papy"
HP: 680
Defense: 9
Attack: 12
Very protective of his little brother. Don't threaten him unless you want to have a ＢＡＤ ＴＩＭＥ. Can't dodge for long, but can take a few hits.
﹡Linked to Underswap

【Fight】【♡Act】【Item】【Mercy】
♡ Check
Error.exe
HP: Null
Defense: Null
Attack: Null
gLiTcH iN tHe SyStEm. Error Sans, the Forced 'God' of Destruction. He was alone in the Anti-Void for a very long time, and he just wants a few friends and a safe place to call home. He can't remember anything about his past before awakening in the Anti-Void, and even that is fuzzy.
﹡Linked to ******7413

A small groan from Error where he was settled on the couch got Snow's attention. She walked over to him and settled next to the couch on the large, fluffy blanket Syrah had gotten her last Gyftmas. Eventually she fell asleep, and Error continued to sleep as well.

Quill went home to keep an eye on the Ruins, and Chara settled in a chair upstairs to wait for the other two skeletons to awaken. Not long after that, Chara fell asleep too. It had been a crazy day for all of them.

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Quill (InkSwap!Papyrus)
Arrived through the Voidpool a long time ago
Took the place of Toriel after Chara and Azzy arrived
Likes to make pies, especially Lemon-Key Lime pie
Has an enormous ink pen
Similar attacks to Ink, but not as powerful nor as colorful
Remembers resets
Was the Judge in InkSwap
Can't create portals, but can teleport
Linked to Startale, formerly linked to InkSwap

Well this is gonna be interesting...

- Snow ❄️

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