(No drawing today, sorry guys)
Summary: the perspective changes from Swap to Nightmare for a chapter... He has a talk with Error
Nightmare sat down heavily into his chair, looking at the wall in thought. Everything seems to be going according to plan a voice whispers in his head âyes, I have convinced Swap to stay here for a while⌠now I just simply need to figure out how to get him to stayâ Nightmare says back. You could force him to stay, yes? Nightmare sighs âZero, we are trying to be better than thatâ you are trying to be better than that. Not me. Nightmare rolls his eyelight âwe share a body, therefore⌠WE are being better than that. We will not be hurting this blue one.â Boring âI was never trying to be fun. Youâve had centuries to have your fun Zero. Your playtime is over.â urgh, youâre no fun. Give into your urges⌠Nightmare sighs and shakes his head âI am not trying to be âfunâ Iâm trying to be a sensible personâ but youâre not a person. You never will be. Youâre just a thing pretending to be one. Let it out, let yourself free⌠Nightmare let loose! âNo. I am sorry to disappoint, but I am not you. You are a parasite. Pathetic. I now have to clean up your messes.â Zero finally went quiet.
Nightmare walked through the halls at 2AM, doing his nightly routine of checking in on everyone. He peeks into Killerâs room, resting. Good. He walks to Dustâs⌠awake, but trying to sleep⌠He walks into dustâs room, rests a tentacle on his head, and lulls him to sleep. Horror⌠asleep, thankfully. And⌠the new one, Swap. He walks in and sees Swap sitting at his desk, staring at his phone like it personally offended him⌠interesting.
âSwapâ The other jumps, clearly surprised.
Stress, worry, rage, guilt, fear, FEAR, FEAR
He sighs âwhy are you awakeâ Swap looks down âI uhâŚâ. Pauses, âI got a text from Dream.â Nightmareâs brow raises. âA text? Care to share it?â the other shook their head âitâs just him asking me why I went with you⌠nothing I canât handle really!â He nodded slightly, and smoothly walked over to Swap, the other backing up slightly⌠with that delicious fear⌠his tentacles curled slightly. âAnd how are your wounds?â He said as a tentacle began to curl around Swapâs arm, the other trying to pull away, but giving up.
Uncertainty, stress, fear, guilt, worry
Swap looked into his purple eyelight, the otherâs blue ones dim, fuzzy, and small âu-uh⌠well, theyâre sore still.. But a lot betterâ Nightmare nodded, beginning to use healing magic on the wounds, Swap slowly melted into his touch, eyelights becoming less pinprick. Almost as if he was never comforted before⌠how unfortunate, my âbrotherâ doesnât seem to know how to treat his mortals. The tentacle eventually pulled away as he looked down at the exhausted mortal in front of him. âThere, does that feel better?â âyes- a lot actually, thank you, Nightmareâ Swap gave an awkward smile to Nightmare. âGood, I am glad⌠you should get some rest, and donât worry about Dream right now, you can handle that in the morning with a clear head, yes?â He nodded âgoodâ
Uncertainty, relaxed, guilt, worry, calm
His tentacles curled slightly, observing Swap for a bit longer, before turning off the lights and slithering out of the room.
Nightmare sat back down in his office after finishing his patrol, it was now 4:32 AM. Tentacles sagged slightly. What did he have to do next?... scheduling, mission planning, alliances, payments⌠and- the meeting with Error⌠lovely. Nightmare brushed off his coat, and walked over to the throne room, turning on the lights which glowed a soft yellow. The crystal in the middle of the room however, glowed teal and purple, constantly warping. He placed his hands onto the crystal, and the room began to shift, a table and a second throne across his rose from the ground, the atmosphere changing from one of welcoming, to scheming.
He sat down on his throne and waited, as a glitchy portal opened up, and Error came out, lazily walking over and sitting on the throne across from Nightmare. He dipped his head âError, it is nice to see you againâ. The glitchy god leaned on the table âyeah yeah, pleasure meeting with you as well or whateverâ âwhy did you call me here, our next meeting isnât supposed to be till 3 monthsâ. Nightmare cleared his throat, folding his hands neatly in his lap. âWell, I have decided to make a deal with the Swap that Dream has- or had. As I couldnât help but be curious of how Swap would react to everyone in the castle, and to see if heâd be willing to betray Dream, in whichâŚ. he hasâ Error raised a brow âyou aren't supposed to have a Swap on your team. It goes against the plot!â He nodded slowly âyes⌠but just think of everything that this could open, donât you want to see how thatâll go? And plus, weâve been doing this song and dance for years now. Dream gets a Swap, they die, he replaces it. And so on, so fourth. But think of all the new paths this could make, itâs certainly interestingâ Error paused as if considering, and leaned back in his throne âYeah, I guess this will be entertaining instead of the same story again⌠hm, fine, you may proceed, but update meâ Nightmare nodded âof course, Errorâ ânow is that all you wanted?â he nodded again, Error stood up âThen Iâll take my leaveâ And stepped into a portal. When he was finally gone, Nightmare let out a shaky exhale, this is good, it was going to plan⌠good.
