Karma finally finds something interesting in the Void but the Bitties would very much like to go home right now

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Void

"..I was kind of expecting more excitement. This place is a tad disappointing...and boring.."

Karma pouted when he stopped walking, sadly not having found much since being here, apart from even more fragmented SOULS. He was confused how there seemed to be so many, sensing they were all from different monsters and the occasional rare human but not much else was around.

"You were expecting excitement, from a place called the Void?!"

Sunny felt like he was having a constant SOUL attack and whenever he thought it might calm down, Karma seemed to find the newest fun thing to examine and poke. They had nearly been eaten so many times, knowing in his SOUL that it was only Karmas desire and magic for them to be safe, that prevented this place from devouring them all.

He didn't care if the babybones thought it was 'silly' that he believed the entire place wanted to devour them, as to him it felt like a predator just keeping watch, waiting for a second of inattention to pounce and end them.

"Sure was. Reaper really hyped this place up..i should have expected he was lying"

Karma wasn't completely disappointed, quite enjoying the atmosphere but made sure to keep a layer of his magic over the Bitties to help calm them down, as they were far too tense for his liking. He was clueless why they wouldn't just accept his offer to drop them off somewhere else, carefully pulling a section of the scarf down for Blot, who had been shuffling inorder to try and get a better look at their surroundings.

They happened to be the only one who seemed to show some interest in this place, giggling as they nuzzled his fingers in thanks.

"You know, I think Reaper might have been making up many things."

He said thoughtfully, as after having explored many multiverses, some of their 'lessons' didn't seem to make much sense..or his Birth multiverse was just weird .

Both options were entirely plausible, considering he had never heard of anyone having the same type of role as him before. Not even the few adult Goths variants he met had any idea what he was talking about when he discreetly asked, curious what else was so different about his original multiverse.

"HOW SO?"

Azure asked, curious to learn more about the babybones life but still refusing to look out from the comfort of Karmas scarf. One look had been enough for him to decide that he wanted nothing to do with the Void, Sunny the only other sane one who fully agreed with him. Blot was a lost cause, having seemingly forgotten their initial terror in only a few hours how did time even work here?

Karma took a moment to try and formulate a response, ending up waving to the entire area, momentarily forgetting that only one of the Bitties would see this gesture.

"I mean, he said SOULS couldn't survive long out of the body but then Killer variants exist and so do corrupted spirits. He also said that the Void would rip people apart quite easily but I can sense that isn't quite true either. The less said about the 'facts' he told me about the AntiVoid, the better really.....It just seems he taught me so many contradictory things and its a bit confusing to parse out what's true or not.."

"Im sorry but what?! How aren't we all dead?!"

"RIPPED APART?!"

He was once again confused by his friends sudden barrage of questions, not given time to answer one, before a new question popped up. When they all peaked out of his scarf he used a wing to curl around his chest to block out their view of the Void, not wanting a repeat of last time.

"Why would any of you die?"

That seemed the most pertinent question to him, finding it almost silly in a way. He frowned how their tiny SOULS were trembling, upping his magic and smiling when it helped to settle them down.

"You do know that I count as a Death God, right...? I am a naturally dangerous entity, without even doing anything. Why do you think so few have approached us?"

He was sure the three Bitties already knew this, never having been shy about sharing his role. He wasn't embarrassed or scared of what he was assigned, finding it rather beneficial. He could tell that his Bitties still had a very long life ahead of them weirdly longer than he had seen of others of their type and unless something drastic happened, he didn't see that changing anytime soon.

He idly swung his Scythe as another weird shadow creature came forward, having a feeling he knew what they actually were but first he needed to reassure his friends, who had gone deadly silent again.

"I might not have great healing abilities but i can still keep you alive if you ever get injured, if that is what you are worried about"

It wasn't exactly his favourite skill to try and keep the SOUL from departing its vessel, it feeling almost unnatural to try and prolong life but had a feeling it would be easier now after his body was recreated.

He still had the instinctive revulsion to the idea, as Life was the opposite of his techie all domain but it was much easier to ignore now. He was tempted to see what would happen if he fed off a Lifes' magic, deciding it best not to say his idea out loud.

Nix had already been disapproving enough of his ideas lately.

He still thought it could be fun to test them though and a few other fun ideas..but perhaps he would do them after he dealt with the current issue.

He wasn't ashamed to say he was kind of lost on what to do in the face of the Bitties panic, his words not seeming to help if he was reading their silence right. Maybe he should have brought Nix along, as they were much better at reading people.

..wait, if words didnt help then perhaps something else would. He bet it would be super reassuring as well!

Now Blot wouldn't consider himself the smartest Bitty out there but he wasn't slow by any means, exclamations marks appearing in his sockets when he felt Karmas' magic twist in a very familiar way.

He had been around plenty of weird monsters since being taken from the Bitty shop, firstly by the creepy larger version of himself, that led them to meeting Karma. Then met the large Dream with wings was their name Oneiro? , who had caused Sunny to go pale and shut down their sensing ability as soon as they were picked up. They had taken better care of them than most of their past 'homes', having been sent somewhere safe and slowly grown used to being around heavy LOVE monsters.

That is to say, he was braced for what suddenly appeared, although the other two must have not been prepared, considering the screech they let out when faced with the most terrifying Gaster Blaster in history.

He would have joined them, if his body had not suddenly decided consciousness was far too much right now, whimpering before passing out.

"Meet Blasty! He can easily protect us and is super sweet? He just seems to get bigger every time I see him....guys? Are you ok? Why have you all gone so quiet?"

-

Karma sighed in relief as he laid on top of Blasty, giggling at the rumbling they made as they sped forward. He had made the decision to explore as much as he could and as fast as he could, while the Bitties had their sudden nap.

They could have told him they were tired but it seems seeing Blasty was far too exciting for them. He could completely understand, as many people tended to have the same reaction to how amazing his Gaster Blaster was.

He was hopeful that after the nap, his friends might be more relaxed, glad that at least Blot had been showing some interest in the Void.

He hummed in question when Blasty clacked their jaw, holding on tighter as they used a sudden burst of magic to speed forward. He was curious why the sudden rush but quickly spotted the likely reason.

"What a good catch, Blasty!"

He praised, squealing in excitement when they teleported them both closer to the source. He had to learn how to do that but annoyingly it was linked to portal making, so he might need to refine his technique a bit first. He didn't want to get lost again anytime soon.

-

W.D.Gaster was sad to say that he nearly forgotten about the new anomaly that had entered the Void. His memory wasn't quite as good as it used to be and if it wasnt for how bright their SOUL shone, he was sure he would have got sucked into a new project without a single care.

"You seem to be taking quite a few risks lately, Gaster. How do you know the new SOUL won't try and consume yours?"

"✡︎⚐︎🕆︎ ✌︎☼︎☜︎ ☞︎✌︎☼︎ ❄︎⚐︎⚐︎ 🏱︎☜︎💧︎💧︎✋︎💣︎✋︎💧︎❄︎✋︎👍︎📪︎ 👎︎✋︎☠︎☝︎💧︎📬︎ 🕈︎☟︎☜︎☼︎☜︎ ✋︎💧︎ ✡︎⚐︎🕆︎☼︎ 💧︎☜︎☠︎💧︎☜︎ ⚐︎☞︎ ✌︎👎︎✞︎☜︎☠︎❄︎🕆︎☼︎☜︎✍︎"

"Im practical and you know when my so-called 'adventurous spirit' died! Being pushed into the CORE hardly made me more trusting and my AU wasn't all 'rainbows and sunshine' like yours!"

" I think you both need to relax..by the way, what are we talking about again? I seem to have forgotten.."

"Go back to gazing into the Void or whatever you do in your spare time, River... god , why am I stuck in the Void with all of you?!"

"☠︎⚐︎🕈︎ ✡︎⚐︎🕆︎ ✌︎☼︎☜︎ ☟︎🕆︎☼︎❄︎✋︎☠︎☝︎ 💣︎✡︎ ☞︎☜︎☜︎☹︎✋︎☠︎☝︎💧︎📬︎ 🕈︎☜︎ 💧︎🕆︎☼︎☜︎☹︎✡︎ ✌︎☼︎☜︎☠︎🕯︎❄︎ ❄︎☟︎✌︎❄︎ 👌︎✌︎👎︎✍︎"

"I am convinced you have all been personally chosen, to punish me for my past sins and not even all of you are scientists! Why do I have to be stuck with idiots?!"

Dings or more commonly known as the W.D.Gaster from UnderFell, felt he was in hell. Sure the first few years centuries of feeling his entire being scattered all over existence had been some of the worst pain in his entire life but he sorely missed it, especially now he had to deal with these monsters.

Even the term 'monster' was being polite, considering most of them were non-entities with a mere speck of a SOUL or some even without that, some of them just a clump of magic that was held together by pure spite.

At least, thats how he liked to think about it, otherwise the existential dread set in and he would rather not lose his most stable form by letting doubts affect him. Those experiments with DETERMINATION had been far more profitable then he ever predicted, still annoyed he let his guard down around his lab assistant.

While proud of their ruthlessness, he was more annoyed he let his guard down and now all his research went to waste . It's not like he could do much here, having to keep things memorised or grabbing the rare item that somehow survived being chucked into the Void.

He sighed as his variants started discussing some new insane plan or another, wanting nothing to do with it.

He was still baffled how the Gaster from UnderSwap ended up here, considering they were the damn river person. What next? Was he going to end up with a Temmie in a lab coat?! That he only ended up dealing with two of them today was a miracle, despairing when all of them congregated together.

"✡︎⚐︎🕆︎ ✌︎☼︎☜︎ ☼︎✌︎❄︎☟︎☜︎☼︎ ☝︎☼︎🕆︎💣︎🏱︎✡︎ ❄︎⚐︎👎︎✌︎✡︎📬︎ 👎︎⚐︎ ✡︎⚐︎🕆︎ ☠︎☜︎☜︎👎︎ ✌︎ 💧︎☠︎✌︎👍︎😐︎✍︎❞︎"

"I don't need a stupid snack! We don't even need to eat food, let alone be able to obtain any!"

" We dont? Those tiny lights are rather delicious though"

Dings felt like the only sane one here, the Void clearly not having done any favours for Rivers meagre sanity before all of this mess. He truly pitied their Sans and Papyrus if they were like this before, having to constantly fight the urge to strangle them, despite knowing none of them could truly die.

"For the last time those are SOUL fragments! How many times do I have to remind you?!"

"Wow. How are any of you still alive? What do you think i should do about this, Blasty?...huh, I suppose i could do that but it seems a bit rude not to ask first."

Gaster, Dingas and Rivers were in synch for once, staring wide eyed at the source of the voice.

Dings choked when he saw the massive Gaster Blaster, only briefly noticing the tiny monster on top of it but far more focused on the open maw of the weapon that looked to be preparing a beam.

Going by Gasters form shuddering and becoming even more gloopy, they were not of the same opinion of how horrifying this was.

How was Gaster excited by this?! Surely being faced with the Gaster Blaster should have at least gained some caution from them!

He whimpered as the beam was about to be fired, jumping as the monster on top of it jumped down..and started to scold the weapon?!

"Blasty! Where are your manners? We haven't even introduced ourselves yet!"

He was going to take a wild guess and say the supposed 'Blasty' who names a weapon?! didnt care, especially with the side eye and dark glare it was giving him. He felt a new wave of horror overtake him when he spotted the Scythe the kid was holding, the dark magic coming off it making him strangely uneasy.

"So sorry for that. I'm Karma and this is Blasty. My other three friends are sleeping right now but they should wake up soon."

"✋︎❄︎❼︎💧︎ ☠︎✋︎👍︎☜︎ ❄︎⚐︎ 💣︎☜︎☜︎❄︎ ✡︎⚐︎🕆︎📪︎ ☹︎✋︎❄︎❄︎☹︎☜︎ ✌︎☠︎⚐︎💣︎✌︎☹︎✡︎📬︎ ✋︎ ☝︎⚐︎ 👌︎✡︎ ☝︎✌︎💧︎❄︎☜︎☼︎"

Ding was about to start translating Gaster words, not wanting to risk upsetting the strange monster, still annoyed how few of his variants bothered to learn other Fonts. Not all monsters could understand it but even after years in this hell, so few bothered to even try and learn.

He was truly surrounded by failures and they dared to still call themselves scholars!

"Nice to see you up close, Gaster. You were super sneaky following me and it took me ages to find you."

Dings was honestly surprised Karma understood, giving a searing look to Gaster for their supposed 'careful' actions over the past few days. They should know better than to lead strangers towards their spot, which might look identical as everything else in the Void but it had a weird resonance. It made it a perfect spot to convene with the others, as once you recognised it it was easy to get to again.

" Why hello there. I go by Rivers and the one in mad scientist garb is Dings "

"It's proper uniform in my AU!"

"I haven't seen your type before. Your SOUL is really pretty!...wait, is that rude to say? I think brother said something about that..."

Dings spluttered as he looked at the small monster he was doubtful it was actually a babybones like Gaster claimed , frankly impressed at the sheer amount of DETERMINATION they must have to survive here. The blazing red eyelight was certainly a sign of how they were fine but it made him cautious.

He gave Gaster an incredulous look when they got even closer to the new being, not totally convinced he wasn't having a vivid hallucination right now. He wouldn't be shocked if he finally cracked, considering the company he was forced to keep.

Karma let his Scythe dissipate, having discreetly used his Judgement magic to test these new monster earlier. He bet brother and dad would be proud at how well he was doing, letting out a surprised chirp when a white floating hand pat his head, staring up into the melting face of Gaster in confusion.

The weird Gaster soon vanished when Blasty bit where they used to be, seeing them reappear by the other two monsters, who looked far more like the Gaster variants he was used to.

The weird Gaster reminded him kind of like those failed amalgamations that certain Alphys created, the one that ended up with monsters melded together with their SOULS becoming so twisted you weren't sure where one ended and the next began. He quite liked the dog one but got few chances to see them, as they were strangely rare in his multiverse and its not like he got many chances to explore around The Lab in the Underground.

Well, not anymore especially with how the last few years had gone by....

Hopefully things would settle down at some point, going back to eyeing the other two Gaster variants.

He spotted quite a few cracks and scars on the one named 'Dings' and noted their dark red eyelights, nothing particularly rare but he was far more fascinated by their SOUL. He had never felt one like that , especially from someone who clearly came from UnderFell.

The one named 'Rivers' just had a simple cloak on, which hid their sockets but he did notice some cracks running up and down the parts of their face that was visible, a tad disappointed he couldn't see their eyelights.

He was even more disappointed when he couldn't sense any of the other Gaster variants nearby, smiling when he felt movement in his scarf. He didn't notice the sudden silence, leaning against Blasty as he adjusted the scarf to smile at his friends.

"Did you have a nice nap?"

He titled his head in confusion when the three Bitties stared at him wide eyed, before they looked back at each other and seemed to have a silent conversation. Sunny suddenly stood up, Kama worriedly looking at them in concern when they peaked out his scarf, about to question their odd actions but was not given a chance before they spoke up.

"What in the actual fu-"

Karma was puzzled when his hearing abruptly cut off, giggling when he noticed the floating hands on the side of his skull. He touched them in curiosity, looking down in surprise when he saw all the Bitties standing up in his scarf and moving about wildly.

Perhaps a good nap was all they needed to feel better, as they were definitely more lively now. Maybe they would even want to explore more!

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*Bitties reaching the threshold of stress*

Karma: *Looking on worried but suddenly having a 'genius' idea* I can help!

Blot: *Knowing what's about to happen and futilely trying to stop it* Please do not summon your-

Karma: *Proudly showing off Blasty* We shall be super safe now!..what are you all so quiet?

Bitties: *Fainted in absolute terror*
-
*Karma appears with Blasty and manic energy*

Gaster: *Fascinated and wants to learn more*

River: *Has no clue what is going on but is having an good time*

Dings: *The only one with a modicum of sense*...i knew i should have run when i had the chance
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*Sunny waking up from the previous scare and now face to face with another 'fun' thing Karma found*

Sunny: *About to lose his cool* How did you find more monsters in this hell?!

Azure and Blot: *Hyperventilating at seeing so many Gasters*

Karma: *Oblivious to the scares he is causing and just having fun*