chapter five, figured since I have some time to start it and chapter six if I can.

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It had almost been a full month and Ink was almost done with the house, he just needed to add a few things and it would be done; which was what he was doing right now. Ink would stop what he was doing to check up on Dust who was either talking to his 'paps', reading books that Ink brought him, or sleeping. Over the past few months Ink had made a lot of progress with Dust and was very proud of this, once the creator was done with the house he wanted to take Dust out to see a AU as a test to see how Dust would do in a AU. Ink finished with the last bits of the house and hummed, the home was a simple two story house that was painted with soft colors; with a last hum of approval the creator went to get Dust. The other was sitting not far away; reading a book about a home for children with special powers, (anyone get it) Ink chuckled as this seemed to be Dusts favorite book and thought of finding him the other two books in the series. "Hey Dust I just got done with the house, but I think its time we got you some fresh air. out of the Doodle Sphere" Ink says getting Dusts attention "as in a AU?" he asked the creator. 

Ink nodded but put his hands on his hips "however you" the creator says pointing at Dust "can't kill anyone in the AU or its back here again" he finished, Dust put his hand on his chest "I promise that I will not kill anyone there" he says making Ink chuckle. "Alright, alright lets go" Ink says helping Dust up, "what AU are we going to?" Dust asks looking at the smaller who smiled knowing that the other was going to like the AU he was taking him to. "Outertale" Ink says in which the other asks "Outertale? what is the AU about?", making the creator chuckle "you'll see when you get there" Ink says as he opens one of his colorful portals. Ink excitedly grabbed Dusts arms and pulled him through the portal to the AU Ink had chose, Dust let out a yelp as he wasn't real ready for Ink to just pull him through the portal. "Ink what the he-" Dust goes to yell but stops at what he sees, a sea of bright stars that makes Dust forget about what he was going to yell at Ink, the creator chuckled at the awed look the other was giving "welcome to Outertale, a AU that takes place in space, so we get a good view of the stars" Ink says. The creator leads Dust to a good spot to see the stars before sitting down with Dust joining him, looking up at the endless sea of stars. 

Dust turned to Ink with a question in mind "so you said this place is called Outertale.........what is my AU called?" he asked, Ink sighed softly before answering the others question "your AU is called Dusttale which is why me and just about all of the AUs call you Dust". This brought another question to Dust as the creator had said 'just about all'; meaning that some AUs called him something else, "What do the rest call me?" he asked. Ink looked at Dust "they call you Murder" he answers before adding "there are a lot of Sanses out there that fear you because of your backstory, others see you as a threat that must be contained or killed, and some......" the creator stopped looking up at the stars. "Some see you as a weapon or a tool to use for dark needs though they are prevented from coming for you...... everyone else wouldn't dare step foot in your AU" Ink says making Dust go into deep thought about all of the information given to him, so he didn't hear the footsteps coming closer; however Ink did hear them and looked around ready encase Outer sans was near by.  

Ink knew that Outer was one of the Sanses that feared Dust and he didn't want things to go wrong when he was starting to make progress with Dust, and just as the creator thought it was Outer who now stood only a few feet from them with a look of wonder. Outer most likely had not realized that it was Dust who was next to him and came closer and was now standing right behind Ink and Dust, "hey Ink, who's this you got with ya?" the star themed Sans asked making Dust turn to look at the newcomer. Ink sighed hoping that Dust would stay passive and that Outer wouldn't freak to much as it seemed that Outer had realized now who was sitting next to him and was shaking slightly. "well Outer.... this is Dust, you already know him though. Dust this is Outer, the Sans of this AU" Ink says in which Dust replies with a short "nice to meet you", it seemed that Dust needed to work on his social skills a bit but it was going better then Ink thought it would. "Nice to meet you to Dust, ah mind If I borrow Ink for a moment?" Outer nervously asked in which Dust just nodded before looking back up at the stars, Outer grabbed Inks arm and pulled him a few feet away from Dust before asking some what panicked "why is Dust here? I though he didn't know of the AUs".

Ink sighed knowing that he was going to have to explain to Outer why Dust was here and what his plan was, after a few minutes of explaining both the creator and the star themed sans were silent. "So what your saying is, you want to help Dust get better so he doesn't have to be alone anymore?" Outer asked breaking the silence, in which Ink nodded before saying softly "I know you and a few others fear him, but what happened wasn't his fault..... You know what its like to go through what seemed like endless genocide..... he just couldn't hold on anymore". Outer thought this over and sighed "then I'll help out, maybe visit him so he won't be so lonely" he says looking at Dust who was watching the stars. This made Outer smile; Dust was just like any other sans.... he just couldn't last through all of the genocide runs, Ink smiled as well before saying "why don't you go talk to him?". Outer nodded and went over to Dust still scared of the other, he sat down near Dust and looked up at the star filled sky "so what do ya think Dust?" Outer asks.

Dust looks at Outer and responds with "It beautiful and relaxing" before looking back out at the stars, it had been his first time in a long time since he had last seen the stars and he was going to enjoy it. Ink watches from afar just to make sure nothing happens as Outer tells space puns making Dust chuckle at them,  though after a bit the creator joined them sitting on the other side of Dust and started telling some puns to. After some time of just talking Ink fell asleep next to Dust who was feeling...... happy about everything that had happened so far, maybe Ink was right and he could have a happy life again. Outer noticed that Ink had fallen asleep and chuckled "he's out for the count" he says as the other nods "Yeah , I'll wake him up later...... for now I just want to relaxe, plus he seems to need it with all the work he does" Dust says. It is silent once more before Dust asks "I didn't wanna ask at first since well.... yeah.... but what are the routs like here?", he looks to Outer hoping for an answer; the star themed sans didn't seem to mind knowing that Dust didn't know much about other AUs. "well its mostly pacifist which is whats happening now, very so often there's a neutral rout, and then there comes a wave of genocide but it very rarely lasts very long" Outer says in which the other nods seeing that this AU was more peaceful then his own.

After a little bit longer Dust decides to wake Ink up by shaking the sleeping creator " hey short stack, wake up" he says hoping to wake him. Ink wakes up slowly opening his eyes to look at Dust, "w-whats up?" He asked his vice filled with sleep; the answer he got was "we gotta get going so you can sleep in a bed" Dust says. The creator yawns as he gets up "alright" he says before making a rainbow portal and grabbed Dusts arm. "See you around Outer" Ink says before pulling Dust through the portal which closed behind them, like that they were gone.

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Longest chapter so far, I hope you liked it and see you next time.