Chilling With the Murder Time Trio!
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"Hey, everyone! I have some great news!" Killer cheered as he regarded his audience. "Boss said I can invite one lucky fan to hang out with us for the day! So!" Killer clapped his skeletal hands together as he grinned wide and neared the camera until all his audience could see was one leaking hate, dark eye socket. "I'm going to pick a random fan and bring you here!" He backed away to raise his arms and gesture towards their temporary house. Â
"It'll be simple! All you have to do is list my best qualities in the chat! Whichever I find to my liking wins! Okay, ready? Start!"Â
Killer cackles as he rubs his hands together, watching his chat go feral. All the compliments came piling in, it was a bit difficult to read all of them, but there was one that stood out the most. Killer points and calls out their name. "Congratulations! You get to hang out with me!" Killer turns away for a moment, looking off to the side and raises his voice. "Boss! Boss! I picked one~!"Â
A faint exasperated sigh was caught on the audio before Nightmare steps into frame beside Killer. He glares at the camera, looks at Killer and sighs again. "You realize that I was being sarcastic-" "Aw, come on, Boss! This kid won fair and square! It's only for a day!" Nightmare frowns, his one good eye light glaring before he rolls his eye light and turns back to look at the chat. "Whatever, you better not cause me trouble."Â
While Nightmare worked on ripping the [un]lucky fan from their universe and to theirs, Killer cheers and grins at his camera for his audience to see. "We're going to have so much fun!"Â
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"Mm~ cheeseburgers~!" Horror hummed excitedly as he grabbed the two burgers he just finished making before raising one to his mouth and taking a deliciously large bite. Sure, he had just eaten his favorite sandwich not too long ago, and maybe some yummy chips after. His tummy rumbled, demanding delicious cheeseburgers! If the others were in the kitchen with him, they would surely call him "fatty" and proceed to tease and mock him for his never ending hunger.Â
"Oh- yes~ Now, that hits the spot!" He moans happily, the burger was just so delicious! "Oh!" He paused as he turned towards the fridge, remembering he wanted ketchup on his burgers! He set his burgers down on the counter before pulling open the large fridge-Â
As soon as he opened the fridge doors, a human fell out, shivering and teeth chattering. "Huh?! What's a human doing in the fridge?! I didn't put them in there... Did I?" Forgetting the ketchup for the moment, Horror leaned down and picked the shivering up by their shoulders and lifted him above him so he could examine them. "What were you doing in the fridge, human?"Â
The human shivered and shuddered, their voice shaky as they spoke to Horror. "W-Was pull- pulled through p-portal-! N-Nightmare a-and Kil-Killer..!"Â
Well.. That didn't make any sense. Horror hummed in wonder as he remained holding the human, trying to figure out the strange explanation the human gave him-
"Horror!"Â
"Huh?" Horror glanced over his shoulder to find Killer rushing into the kitchen; Killer pointed at Horror, no- he pointed at the human. "That's mine! I had the Boss bring them here! They're supposed to hang out with us today!" Horror hummed in question as he glanced between the human and Killer, before finally looking at the human again. "But, why? We never play with the humans before. We've always killed them."Â
"Not this time, Horror! Well, I don't plan to kill them, yet~ hehehe~" Killer giggled and pulled one of his knives out from his jacket to flash it around, threateningly. The human tensed, their gaze focused on the knife Killer waved around, and neared both them and Horror. "P-Please don't kill me!" Killer snickered once more, waving his free hand towards them in dismissal and putting his knife away. "I'm not gonna kill you, human. You won fair and square! You get to have lots of fun with us; the Murder Time Trio! I have plenty in store for you before we dispose of you!"Â
"That.. Doesn't make me feel any better, you know." The human sighed, their shoulders becoming sore the longer Horror held onto them. "Can you perhaps, put me down now? You're kind of hurting me... Please?"Â
"Oh! Oh, yeah! Here you go, friend." Horror said as he sat the human on the counter and patted their head. "You're gonna have a lot of fun with us! We're great- well, I'm pretty great. The others, not so much." Horror boasted while striking a pose and pressing his hand against his ribcage, his grin wide and his eyelights closed.Â
It was very strange to see a skeleton closing their.. Eye sockets... Watching them doing it on their stream was just as weird as seeing it in person. The human had the urge to reach out and touch Horror's cheekbones. "Hey!" Killer's snappy voice startled the human. He was suddenly in front of both the human and Horror, his knife in hand again as he pointed the knife at Horror's face. "I'm the greatest! Besides, the human is apart of my audience! Clearly, they like me better!"Â
"Nuh uh!" Horror huffed as he crossed his arms over his ribcage and leaned down to give Killer a threatening glare, ignoring the knife. Killer could try to stab Horror, but Horror would just toss him aside like always. He could lock Killer away in the closet while Horror had fun with the human. "The human clearly likes me more!" "What?! They literally just told you that you were hurting them! How could they like you if you were hurting them?!" "It was an accident- besides. If you had them brought here, why were they in the fridge?"Â
Killer paused, leaning back propping his balled up fists on his pelvis. "The human was in the fridge? Are you sure you didn't put them there? There's no way the Boss put them there!"Â
"It's true, I was sitting at my desk, and the next moment, I was in there." The human said, pointing at the fridge. "To be honest, I didn't think you were being serious. I'm pretty sure this is a fever dream- like, maybe my sandwich was bad and I passed out or something? Maybe I choked on the food and died?"Â
Killer and Horror stared at the human, slowly blinking while letting the silence linger for an uncomfortably long ten to fifteen seconds. "Is that what you think happened?" Horror asked slowly. "Eh, think what you want. As long as you play along! I'm bored, and you're my cure of said boredom!"Â
"Well," The human's cheeks blossomed with a reddening blush, feeling silly now. "L-Like I said, I didn't think you were serious." Killer narrowed his eye sockets, his knife pointed towards the human now. "Did you even mean what you said in the chat? Cause I can have the Boss take you back and I can pick someone else!"Â
"W-What?! Of course I meant what I said! Killer, you're freaking cool, man. I mean, not as cool as Dust, but-"Â
"Dust?! You think Dust is cooler than me?! What the fuck, man!" Killer cried and laid the back of his hand that still held his knife against his forehead, as he dramatically and sarcastically whined about his human guest liking Dusty Musty Rusty better than him!Â
"Hehe, that's hilarious. I like 'em. I wanna keep 'em." Horror snickered, before he went back to eating his burgers. He smacked his.. Well, he made chewing smacking noises before he spoke with his mouth full of food. "Don't send them away, mmmh." Horror chewed some more before swallowing his mouthful of food. "You're my friend now, wanna burger?" He handed the second burger to the human, who hesitantly reached out to grab the offered burger, before Horror pulled it away. "Hah! Just kidding! Silly willy~ I never share my food, hah!"Â
"What the hell are you two doing in here?" Dust appeared behind Horror, rubbing at his eye sockets and yawned. "You two are so loud, I just wanted to take my nap.. Why is there a human in the kitchen?" Dust asked and glared at the human guest before turning his glare towards Horror. "I'm not eating a human for dinner, Horror." Â
"What?! They're not for dinner!" Killer snapped, his knife now pointing and making a stabbing motion towards Dust. "They're here to play with us!"Â
"Yeah~ the human won some silly contest Killer made up and actually convinced the Boss to bring them here! Hehe~ They got stuck in the fridge, though." Horror explained in between his chewing. Dust remained silent, his glaring gaze shifting between Killer and Horror before he shrugged, turning on his heel and trying to make his escape. "I'm not apart of this-" "The human likes you better~" Horror snickered, knowing that that might make Dust stay. "Killer is pretty upset about it, heh."Â
That little bit of information did make Dust pause, before he slowly turned back around to look at Killer's fuming glare, then to the embarrassed human who still sat on the counter. Killer was literally about to explode, this was his human! They liked him! That's why they said such wonderful things about him in the chat!  [Annoying and idiotic, stabby, and murderous. Yet, cool.]
"Reeaaallly~?" Dust chuckles as he walks over to the human, shoving Killer aside with a little too much force that was necessary. "You think I'm cooler than Killer? I suppose that's alright. But, the moment you become annoying, I'm going to kill you and steal your EXP." Â
The human tensed and gave Dust an uneasy smile. "I-I'll try not to be annoying, Dust. For you."Â
"Hey!" Killer shouted, startling the human, and catching Dust and Horror's attention. "You're supposed to like me! You're here for me!" Killer stomped his foot in his little tantrum. The human was startled enough, that they leaned back, scared Killer was going to harm them- only to lay their hand down where they thought the counter would be, but met nothing but the air and fell off of the counter and hit the floor. They hit their face, smashing their nose against the tiled floor and causing them to have a bloodied nose.Â
Dust started to cackle and point at the human, laughing at their pain. Horror chuckled past his mouthful of food. "Hehe, woopsy!" Killer sighed and shook his head as he teleported beside the fallen human and crouched down. He pushed the human onto their back, earning him a pained groan from the human, before using the back of his knife to lift their chin. "From here on out, I think it's wise for you to be aware of your surroundings. Or else you're going to be getting hurt quite a bit." Killer grinned and snickered.Â
The human sniffed and made a disgusted face as they felt the blood drip into the back of their throat. They had a moment of regret. This was supposed to be a dream come true, right? Instead, they began to think this was a misfortunate trip that would lead them to their death. Damn their admiration for the Murder Time Trio...Â
















