Karma is still having a great time and the Bitties horror is ever growing

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Void

Sunny felt completely justified in his mini breakdown, staring blankly ahead and ignoring how Blot and Azure hovered worriedly beside him.

First he had been introduced to the Void, one of the most terrifying places he had ever witnessed, which was soon followed by even more unspeakable horrors which he dearly wished to wipe from his memory .

Then he got the absolute 'honour' of meeting Karmas weird pet thing 'Blasty', having felt he was about to be eaten when he was suddenly faced by something that easily dwarfed the babybones!

He had unsurprisingly passed out but of course things didn't need to end there, as that would have been far too easy!

It's not like he had an easy life before meeting Karma but his bad luck just didn't seem to end, so suddenly waking up and being faced with three Gasters was another level of hell. Meeting XGaster had an experience he had no desire to repeat and the emotions he had sensed off the three strangers, had only made his anxiety increase.

"..Sunny? Are you ok? You are being awfully quiet."

He looked up at the babybones, managing a small smile to try and reassure them at sensing the anxiety coming off them. He had to force himself to smile when he saw the Gasters were still here, not to mention Blasty nuzzling into the baybones, acting like a weird dog.

"Just a bit surprised is all"

He wanted to cry at the genuine look of confusion on the babybones face, as if they couldn't fathom a single reason for his stress. He knew they didn't react like normal children, having been adopted many times before inevitably returning to the shop but he must have truly forgotten just how different they were.

Hell, the way they reacted in the past to that creepy Ink that had left them in a locked house with no food or company, had been alarming enough but now he was realising the full extent of it. He felt he couldn't leave them alone for a single moment, fearing they would follow a strange monster home if they were bribed enough.

He had to constantly keep watch, dearly missing having Nix here with them.

He might not understand the strange cat but he sensed the protectiveness for Karma and more importantly, how they could convince the babybones to avoid some truly insane idea.

He had nearly had a SOUL attack when Karma had casually suggested joining in the 'playfights' at that weird party, unsure how they didnt notice how some of the monsters were actually trying to dust each other. His vigilance was still sadly not enough to prevent the babybones from throwing themselves into the portal.

" ✋︎💧︎ ✡︎⚐︎🕆︎☼︎ ☞︎☼︎✋︎☜︎☠︎👎︎ ⚐︎😐︎📪︎ ☹︎✋︎❄︎❄︎☹︎☜︎ ✌︎☠︎⚐︎💣︎✌︎☹︎✡︎✍︎"

What even was that?! What weird language was that and why was that melting monster getting so close to them?!

"I think so..do you think they are hungry, Gaster? I have been feeding them but perhaps my magic isn't good enough....Do you think my m-magic is h-hurting them?"

All three Bitties stiffened at the wobble in the babybones voice, their alarm grew at even spotting tears. They had to solve this misunderstanding quickly, Azure being the one to speak up.

"NO! YOU SHOULDN'T WORRY, KARMA. WE ARE JUST...TAKING IN ALL THE SIGHTS. IT'S MAKING US SPEECHLESS."

"..really? You promise you're all fine?"

Sunny rapidly nodded along with the other two, sending an appreciative look to Azure for managing to solve the issue without lying once. They all liked their chosen monster but that didn't mean they were blind to some of their odd quirks, their understanding of emotions being a major weakness of theirs.

"✋︎ 🕈︎⚐︎🕆︎☹︎👎︎☠︎🕯︎❄︎ 💣︎✋︎☠︎👎︎ ☝︎✋︎✞︎✋︎☠︎☝︎ ❄︎☟︎☜︎💣︎ ✌︎☠︎ ☜︎✠︎✌︎💣︎✋︎☠︎✌︎❄︎✋︎⚐︎☠︎📪︎ ✋︎☞︎ ✡︎⚐︎🕆︎ 🕈︎✌︎☠︎❄︎✍︎"

"I don't know about that...would that even work with your fragmented existence?"

Karma was kind of worried how Gasters magic could potentially affect such tiny SOULS, guessing he would have to lower his own magic that was constantly covering the Bitties, to even allow a check up to occur. He frowned in worry, unconsciously holding the Bitties closer in a protective gesture, shaken out of his spiralling thoughts when Blasty suddenly snapped their jaw at Gaster again.

"Blasty! What has gotten into you lately? You know its not time for playtime yet."

Azure had no clue what was said but suddenly had a new appreciation for the Gaster Blaster, taking back all bad things he had ever said when it continued growling at the Gasters.

"I never managed to summon a Gaster Blaster myself. Never saw a point in attack magic at all really, with how I spent so much time in the river"

Dings thought that Rivers was far too blasé at nearly being torn to shreds or worse by a clearly sentient weapon, that obviously hated them all with an unending passion. This 'Blasty' didn't even try to hide it, even the hate he had felt in his AU so many years ago, felt like a mere fraction of the protective fury that thing had.

The idiot Gaster of course was trying to study it, the crazed gleam in their eyelights not comforting in the slightest. He knew he should have abandoned these two at the first chance he got but now he was going to become collateral, just because two idiots never learned some damn self restraint!

" So Karma. What brought you here in the first place? "

He quickly spoke up before Gaster put their foot in it again. Unlike the other two he had some self preservation, keeping a healthy distance still not far enough in his opinion between the odd monster and him.

While he was indeed also curious about the tiny monsters, never having seen any like them before but he wasn't idiotic enough to get closer. He happened to like all of his limbs intact, even if they would just reform later if they were destroyed that had been a haunting lesson to learn, still having phantom pains from the incident .

"It was an accident but I could hardly not take advantage of the opportunity."

..he hated how that made sense, Gaster nodding knowingly beside him, as if any of this was reasonable in the slightest.

Who gets dropped in the Void and doesn't try and leave as quickly as possible?!

" I see..do you need assistance getting out? "

"Oh no. I can easily leave when I want. I'm just having a small adventure before my family gets worried. It's kind of neat the time distortion of this place"

..'neat'? The thing which made this place even more frustrating and terrifying to deal with, was seen as positive? He felt an uncharacteristic wave of pity for whoever this monsters parents were sadly coming to the conclusion that this was actually a babybones , having to deal with this chaotic ball of energy. It almost felt like looking at a younger version of himself, if he hadn't already gained LOVE and was far more innocent.

His eyelights nearly extinguished when he saw Gasters form freeze, their body solidifying into a more distinguished shape due their resolve, to most likely do something completely moronic .

" Gaster..whatever you are thinking don't you even dar- "

Karma let out a chirp of surprise when Gaster suddenly teleported in front of him, picked him up then quickly teleported them both away. He didn't particularly mind, his magic not alerting him of anything malicious and he was kind of fascinated by their appearance.

He giggled how their form was ticklish to the touch, the cold emanating from them feeling rather soothing, due to how it reminded him of his own magic. He wasn't even sure what they were made of, humming distractedly when the Bitties let out a high pitched noise.

"WHAT IN THE ACTUAL FU-"

"..i'm going to bite them!"

"Do not bite them, Blot! You have no idea where they have been! Use your magic instead"

"✡︎⚐︎🕆︎☼︎ ☞︎☼︎✋︎☜︎☠︎👎︎💧︎ ✌︎☼︎☜︎ ✌︎💣︎🕆︎💧︎✋︎☠︎☝︎📪︎ ☹︎✋︎❄︎❄︎☹︎☜︎ ✌︎☠︎⚐︎💣︎✌︎☹︎✡︎"

"They are great!"

Karma grinned in agreement, squealing when they suddenly teleported again, their magic feeling so funny each time.

Gaster looked down in amusement at the giggling babybones, the odd feeling of what he assumed to be 'attack magic' from these tiny monsters not doing much to him at all.

He looked over his main curiosity, never having seen a monster like this before. Of course he knew about AU's but that didn't mean he knew about all of them or remembered them , trying to place where the babybones originated from.

He idly teleported again when the Gaster Blaster charged towards him, pleased he was so good at multitasking. He wasn't sure what the fuss was about, he just wanted to get a closer look at the tiny anomaly and it's not like they seemed to mind.

"BACK OFF! HAVE YOU EVER HEARD OF PERSONAL SPACE YOU HALLOWEEN KNOCK OFF?!"

Gaster titled his head at the small creature in Karmas scarf that was angrily growling at him, unsure what that had to do with anything. Of course he knew about it! He still had memories of Sans having given him many lectures about it and he was great at it now.

One of his hands hovered over Karmas wing, something in his mind stopping him from immediately touching it his memory was so fragmented and it only seemed to get worse as time went by .

Karma giggles settled down at the odd 'cat and mouse' game Blasty seemed to be playing, giving a soft expression to Gaster. He pushed his wing into the floating skeleton hand, patting the Bitties to quieten them down.

It might look reckless what he was doing but he didn't think it was Gasters SOUL was so sad and he didn't like it , watching with amusement as his wings were examined with enthusiasm. Even Blasty quietened down when they got near, floating next to them as they looked over Gaster, before huffing and wandering off.

Probably off to go play with the other two Gasters, knowing it had been a while since he had summoned them. They must have been so bored these past few months, deciding to try and summon them more often in apology.

Gaster was fascinated at the magic he felt in the wings, trailing over the feathers and examining each one with an intense focus. He rarely got to indulge in any of his interests, his experiments now far from his reach with his practically incorporeal form. It was a novel holding a clearly alive monster and not being automatically attacked when he got near.

Even his other variants could be a tad touchy when his interest was sparked. He knew his form unsettled them but he could hardly help what the CORE had done to him.

Once he was done touching the feathers the scarf was the next interest, tapping the small 'beads' that were just clearly concentrated monster magic.

"✋︎ 💧︎☜︎☜︎ ✡︎⚐︎🕆︎ ❄︎☼︎✌︎✞︎☜︎☹︎ ✌︎☹︎⚐︎❄︎📬︎📬︎"

It was obvious with how varied the magical beads were to each other, some radiating small amounts of LOVE and other useful little bits of information. Monsters were connected to their magic, it a part of them and coming directly from the SOUL. You could tell plenty from a monsters magic and none of these 'beads' felt like they came from the same AU.

"Yeah. It's fun looking at new places. Creators can really vary on what they make"

His hand paused over a dark gold bead, the magic similar but not the same to the odd band he could see on the babybones leg. How unusual.

"👍︎☼︎☜︎✌︎❄︎⚐︎☼︎💧︎✍︎"

"There's many multiverses out there, Gaster. Surely you have seen some traces of this in the Void?"

Karma giggled when Gaster began mumbling, wondering if they had ever considered the possibility of there being multiplemultiverses. Considering the Void was connected to all of them and he could sense SOULS that were from many walks of life, he was sure they must have!

"💧︎⚐︎ 💣︎✌︎☠︎✡︎ ☠︎☜︎🕈︎ ✌︎✞︎☜︎☠︎🕆︎☜︎💧︎ ☠︎⚐︎🕈︎ ⚐︎🏱︎☜︎☠︎☜︎👎︎✏︎ ✋︎ 😐︎☠︎☜︎🕈︎ 💣︎✡︎ ☟︎✡︎🏱︎⚐︎❄︎☟︎☜︎💧︎✋︎💧︎ 🕈︎✌︎💧︎☠︎🕯︎❄︎ ✋︎☠︎💧︎✌︎☠︎☜︎✏︎ 🕈︎✌︎✋︎❄︎ 🕆︎☠︎❄︎✋︎☹︎ ✋︎ ☼︎🕆︎👌︎ ✋︎❄︎ ✋︎☠︎ 👎︎✋︎☠︎☝︎💧︎ ☞︎✌︎👍︎☜︎ ❄︎☟︎📫︎"

..or maybe not. It was only his senses which helped him to realise this easily, really loving all the SOULS he got to look at while exploring. He was pretty sure he could spend years here and not grow bored!

...wait, with the time distortion he could easily do that and no one would be the wiser. He truly had the best plans!

The Bitties stared up in horror when Karma giggled cackled , it sounding a tad manic to them with Sunny growing pale once again at what he could sense.

"I knew we should have tried harder! The Gasters are already infecting his mind with stupid ideas"

Sunny scowled, overhearing snippets from the babybones of 'exploring further' and the ever alarming 'trying to build a home here'. He refused to live here and wasn't letting the babybones either, wishing a sensible adult was near who could sort this out.

Their options were sparse but at this point he would eagerly accept Oneiros presence, feeling drained despite the abundance of magic he was being fed. How long had they even been here, the black just all melded into one the unspeakable horrors he had witnessed were now forever imprinted onto his mind .

"We need to do something"

"But what? Karma doesn't seem to see an issue, Sunny"

Blot could hardly see how this situation could improve, all three shivering when Karma whispered something to Gaster causing an unholy shrieking noise was that laughter?! to escape their creepy form.

"We are going to convince him to leave this place, if it's the last thing I do!

Blot was honestly worried for Sunny sanity at this point but fully agreed, the Void was clearly no place for them or a babybones.

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Sunny: *Having multiple crisis at once*

Azure and Blot: *Worried over the near catatonic Sunny*

Karma: *Obliviously chatting with the Gasters*
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Karma: *Cackling and feeling his inner crazy scientist coming out*

Sunny: *On high alert* We need to sort this out, now!

Blot: *Fully in agreement and watching warily as Gaster and Karma begin to whisper*..i'm in full agreement

Azure: *Shivering at imagining Karma getting even worse ideas in the future* THE OMNIVERSE WOULDN'T SURVIVE!