#darkpetal16

Error is, unequivocally, a wet-cat of a monster.

This man is volatile, emotionally immature, and psychotic. He is the definition of a walking red flag.

You are not safe if this man dislikes you.

You are not safe if this man likes you.

You have a 50/50 chance of still being unsafe if this man doesn’t even know you exist.

Encountering this man is a risk in itself, but keeping his attention? You better be able to hop dimensions without help, or be very good friends with someone who can.

Your first encounter will go one of three ways:

One: Unremarkable, he won’t remember you. Congratulations, you are spared his ire. Unfortunately, there’s still a chance he’ll destroy your world and wipe you from existence just because he feels like it.

Two: You leave a positive impression. Congratulations, you are now being kidnapped and dragged into the antivoid.

Three: You leave a negative impression. Congratulations, you are now being murdered.

Realistically, there is no “winning” or “surviving” this man without external assistance.

For the sake of this narrative, however, we will continue with the branch of a “positive” encounter.

If you’re clever-tongued enough, you might have a chance to persuade him to *not* kidnap you. You might be able to argue that it’s better for him if you’re left in your current world.

Don’t try to tell him his world is dangerous. He turned out okay, right? R̭̹͈̤̦̝̟ͥͧ̾̇͆̚͢Ì̵̡̛̻͕̝̈́̾̉̕͢͡͡Ģ̷̢͍͗̚H̷̴̡̢̢̩̭͓͍͎̠̳̱͕̮̺͙̙͚͓͕ͮ̔ͦ͒̌̇͒̍̍̕͜͡T̬͍̥̭̙͘?͔̠̱ͦ̂̉͛͐̎ͩͥ̇ͫ̀ͨͦ̅͞

Or, perhaps, you’re friends with someone who helps you leave every time you are kidnapped. The scatterbrain psychopath may forget you were ever kidnapped, and over enough time of seeing you in your own world conditions himself to “that’s just where they are.”

Or, maybe, maybe, maybe, the voices in his head will like you enough to help you. Wouldn’t that be nice?

However you manage it, a positive-impression on Error goes a long way in. . . surviving(?) him. Perhaps, one day, even thriving(?) with him in your life.

This man doesn’t really have friends. At best, he has developed people who tolerate him–and he them–and at worst he has people that he despises with a fervent passion.

Loneliness, and prolonged self-isolation does a lot of damage to anyone. He is no exception to this. His stint in the antivoid, in addition to corrupting his very SOUL, has left him lonely in a deeply profound way. He doesn’t even fully realize how lonely he is due to the trauma done to his psyche. Being alone is so deeply ingrained into his being by this point that having someone become a (positive!) permanent addition to his life will. . .

A lot.

He lacks the emotional maturity / stability to handle the influx emotions in the beginning so he’ll feel overwhelmed easily.

If he likes you enough, he’ll start to spontaneously visit you.

Spontaneous visits will become your new norm. Time is irrelevant in the antivoid, so Error will never keep track of it for your world. At any point in your day / night, going forward there is a genuine chance of Error tearing apart the fabric of your reality and popping his head out.

His reasoning could range from anything small like seeing if you have anything good to eat, or to something more time-consuming like wanting to kidnap convince you to watch his soaps with him.

As long as you respond to his visits with delight, he’ll be embolden to keep going. Show him how happy you are to see him, and he’ll comfortably return.

But don’t be alarmed if these visits just randomly stop at some point for weeks or months on end. As mentioned, having an positive emotional connection can be a lot for someone so deeply disturbed. He’ll need to withdraw and “recharge” from you.

It’ll get easier with time, just be patient with him.

On that note of him visiting, though, it should go without saying you should always have good chocolate on hand.

Even better if you can make it yourself.

If you both get lucky enough for him to randomly visit you while you’re making chocolate, he’ll be tickled pink to watch the process and sample the batter as you go. Nothing beats good homemade chocolate as far as Error’s concern. And chocolate made by someone he likes, and not from that abominable world Underfell? Even better!

When you reach the He-Finds-Comfort-In-You-Like-His-Dolls stage, that means you’ll be getting visits when he’s hangry (hungry and/or angry).

Maybe he’s just craving chocolate and hasn’t realized how much time has passed since the last time he’s had some.

Maybe he’s in a sour mood that Ink harassed him.

Maybe the voices in his head won’t stop screaming.

Whatever the reason, having chocolate on hand and a smile on your face is the best way to handle the situation. It cannot be stressed enough that you have to keep being a positive experience for him, especially–ESPECIALLY–if he’s already in a pisspoor mood. This world-destroying-trigger-happy man is typically react-first, think-second when it comes to his tantrums.

To survive him, always do your best to keep calm. You can’t feed into his manic moments, nor encourage his destructive impulses (don’t say “Yeah, they totally deserve to get destroyed!” or things along those lines)

When he talks to you, listen. When he comes to you complaining, soothe him. When he starts talking about how nice it would be if you stayed in the antivoid with him, distract him with chocolate. Oh no, how can I make all this yummy food in the antivoid? Oh nooo. . .

Unfortunately. . . there may be times where, in his delusion, he thinks you already know something you don’t. He might conflate the voices with your voice and misbelieve something. If you can, play along to get more information. If witty enough, you might be able to pull out all you need to respond to him.

If not witty. . . distract, distract, distract.

Just don’t do it too often. He’s not stupid, and he’ll notice the habit which won’t end well for you.

Stay calm. Don’t get animated, don’t overreact, and don’t get loud.

This man is volatile and overly sensitive. He will never respond well if you yell at him.

“Y̴̷̸̴̶̧̧̭͖̻̻̗͕̙̦͓̘͉̱̳̯̬̻̠̌̈́̆͒̍͂ͫ̈́͛̀͋̇̊͊̚͟͜o̢̨̬̙͚̘̞̣̟̪̱̩͓͉̞̞͕ͨ̐̈́͆̿́̾́͂̔͟͢ǔ̵̢̨̫͕̺͚̺̘͉̫̓̑ͬ̈ͨ̅͑͂’̷̧̛͙͚̃ͨ̐ͯͧ͂͊́_̵̷̡̯̼̹̤̠̩̝̇͛̍̀͑̔ͧ̽͟͜͢͡r̡̰͇ͭͥ́͛̋ͯ̾̎ͩͪ͋̎͡ͅe͂ n̡̟̳̥̣̗͖̖̲̪̬̪͙ͨ̐̎̔͂̄̇̄ͪ̽͂ͪ͢͠o̷̬̬̩ͪ̉́́̒͋ͫ͘͝͡t̸̨̡̡̫͎̫̦̥̪̺̭̱̮̭̺͖͍̞ͤ̆̀͗̄́͋̑̌̎̿̋ͩ̔̊̿̚̕͘͝ͅ M̶̷̛̛̲̩͚̞̬̪̝̹̖̖͍̠͚̝͉̻̫͗̌̊̑ͦ́͐ͤ́͐ͫ͆̂̓̚̚͘̚͟͟_̩̭ͩỲ̵̶̶̖̮̝̖̺̲̫͎̙̞̺͚͓̝ͧ̔͊̓́̀͆͋̓ͯ̉ͪ͆́́ͩ̒͢͠ Ỵ̴̯̬̌_̤̥͉̦̪̘̈ͧ̇̃̋ͧ̉͗̓ͧ͞͡/̷̵̰͍̗̥̦͚̮̯͈̺̱̥̒̀ͬ̑̾́̓͌͆ͬ̇̚͟͝͝_̼͙̣̬̭͕̮̈́̆̍͗̏Ñ̨̡̬̰ͨͫ̊ͯͦ͑̒͑̓̃̔ͧ͜!̢̧̛͍̩͓̥̱̒͂ͤ̅ͨ̇͊͊̚ Y̢̝̘̤̹̘̤͖̺̭͂̐ͯ̆̌̑̇͞/̢̧̣͕͓̙̦ͫ̉̃͠_̸̢̹ͦ_̰͚͊̈ͦ̇ͅN̘͉̭͎̥̩͈̳̰͑ͭ́̊͂̍ͭ̂̓́ͪ͒̍͌̚͢͜͠ w͚͔̰̝͂̈ͦ͋̽ͭ̈́͜_̵̨̢̳̱͙̪̳̥͙̲̗̜ͦ̇ͦ́ͧ̆̐͐̐͑̕̚ö̧̧͓̗̩̝̬̭̗͉̤̺͉ͪ͂ͪ̈́͒͘û̧̙̜̳̲̞̞̰̻̜̯̯͖̭͕̔́̏̀̈ͤ̏͌̏̆ͩ͆͐̄ͧ͐̈́̈́̄̚͠l̸̢̧̘̭̘͇͔̱̝̋ͤͬ͒̄̂̔ͧͣ̑͠͝͠͝d̵̴̷̢̛̫̜̻̻̱̰͕̜̱͈̑͐ͧ͂̏̀ͯ̌̊̒̈́̐̾̀̌͐͑̊̂͜͜͡͠ͅͅ n̸̷̬͓͚̝͓̦̦̼͚̜̼̩̈͗̇̌̍ͬ́̓̈̿ͬ̃ͨͨ̎͘͘͢͡͠ȩ̛̛̣̹̺͍̹̥͍̜̩͈̐̋ͪ̐̾̉̏̔̒͗ͬ̎̊ͬ̏̀̑͂ͥͫ͗̐̓̾̀̕͢͡͝͝v̶̶̧̨̡̯̰̼̰͚̣͍̬̬̱̣̫͇̞̖̥̐̾́̒́̄̈́ͯ͐̎ͨ̂ͧ͂̓ͥ͠͡e̟̎́́̂ͭr̠̖͓͐ͬ̿̓ y̧̧̨̪̙̝͙̳͈͙̋ͭ͒̎ͭͩ̉͑ͦ͗͂̒̕ȩ̀̎͌ͥ̂̉l̢̨͈̺͕͍͉̯̪̮̿̇ͬ̈́̉l̢͖͉͓̙͈̯̭̻͓̬͓̠̞̣̉ͩͣͩ̂̄̄͌̋ͦ̾ͭ̆̚͘͘͡_̜͈̭͈̥͒͑́ͬ͌̇͑ a̸̶̷͓͓̲̮͚̞̬͖̒͗̇͗ͮ̒͊̄̂̅̀ͪ̏͠t̛͓̫̆ͨ_̵̴̵̨̡̛̘͖͓̲̑̿̎͊̃ͣ̎̆ͤͮͪ̓͘ m̷̴̢̘̺̝͇̩͎͐́͑ͮ͌͗ͣ_̶̢͓̱̘̝͙̯̬̲̦̹̈́ͥͫͯͤ̋ͣ̽ͤ̒̓̅͘͞͠͞e̶͙̜͉̞͖̖̟̅̊͊̂̇ͤ̉ͫ͜ͅ_̲͎̦_̧͓̼̥̖͎͙͔͚̹͖̻̲̤̓͌ͪ̈́̍̽̿̒͛͑.̸̡͔̖̹̮̺̱͈̠̩̼̦̂ͫ̓ͯͣͨ͐̾̍͘͟͜” Cue your impending death, and him replacing you with a doll.

Or

“Ț̛̱̻͉͈̲̫̮̺ͪ͒̊̂͂͌̊̀̽̋̀́̽ͤ̕͘͘͟͟͞ͅọͩ_͖̭͓͖͔̀ͨ͜o̫ l̷̩̺͍̹͉̝̺̈́̍̑̊ͣͪ̋̕̚o̸̺̜͖̣͖̣̼̤͋͆͛̌̈ͥ̕͘ͅu̧̩̺̬̺̪̫̱̰̟̯̒́̄͆̄ͤ̈́͗ͥͣ̄̈́ͪͭ͂͂̈͢͝d͉͎̠͚̑ͧ͋̽͜͝,̵̨̰͈̓̏̿̈́́ͫ̚͘_̴̬͔̩̂̽͗ͪ̅͡ t̸̨̧̨̛̛̲͖̦̝̩̰̬̠̘̩͊̈͒̽ͯ̃͐͐ͭ̊̀̉̓ͦ͘͡͡͠o̡͎̹̻̰͖̐͒̉ͭ̎̒̌̇͊ͦ̄͐̔̊͞͠o̸̡̮̪̼͚̺̽̓̃́ͨ̐̂͋͘͟͝͡ l̸̴̛̻̺̗̱̬̝̮̘̤̳͕͖̟ͬ̔̌ͪ̍̌̽͋́ͭ͘͞ͅo̤̦̬̥ͦ͗͜ͅ_̴͖͈̬͇̳̣͂͐̓̀̇͘ů̷̸̦̫̺͈͈̳̳̬͎̣͖̝͔̫͎̠̋ͤ̍̑ͪ̎̏̂̀͌̏ͤͪ̔̓̃̒̿ͮ̀ͣ̈́͘͢͜͝͠d̶̮̫̺͛̎ͧͨͮ͊̐̓̿̀̏͆̕͢͞ͅ_̞ͥ̈́̆̎͝,̴̵̧́ͥͩͤͤ̔͛ ṫ̷̛̠̭̱̭̗̤͉͍̹̳̻̮̠͚̰̝͇̊̉̋̅ͩͤ̉ͧͥ̅́ͬ̐̂͋ͯ͗̿̚͢͞ö̵̷̧̡̨̜̱̬̞͙̠̹͉̹͚̘̦̖̔͊̃̔̋̀͐̔ͣͧ̀͊̕͠o̡̙͉̗͉͚̼͑͑̊̾ͤ̑ͨ͜͠_̪̼̳͖̽̇̽͑̾ͥ̐͊̃ͅ l̨͇͚̞ͨ͊̎ͪ̓o̸̘_̴̸̨̗̪̯̦̲̗̗̝̙͔̼̻̺̯̗͂̓̓̾͐͑̋͂ͩͪ̎̄̾̊͊ͪ̚͟͠͞u͐́d̴̡̢̛̼̘͙̞̰͒̂͐ͣ̈́̔͆̀ͣ̄̓̀,̭̀ͣͨ͐̕ T̷͙̹̖̦̂ͨ̇͗ͨ̿ͮ̎́̋͆ͯͤ͡ͅ_̟̫͙̱̺̹ͥͯ̈̅͆͋̕͟Ǫ̶̴̤̭͖̹̖͆̃̇̀͟͝Ò̤̮̩̠̬͊ͤ́ͪͭ́ͦ̍̄̌ L̡̛̪̖̟̮͇̬̣̟̼̦͕̣̞̊̌͗͗̈́̿̋ͧ͛̑̎̇ͨͣͯ͟͟͟͡Ơ̷̘͎͖̹͚̻̞̙͌̀̐̃̏͐͌͗̏ͬ̒̐͐̒̚̕ͅƯ̶̶̩̝̖̬͙̖̜̤͈͈̯ͨͬͩ̃ͪ͗̐̍͗ͭͦͬ͋ͩ̚̕͢ͅD̷̹̰͇̦̼̖͍̓̐͑̐͋ͯ̒ͧ̀̈́̈ͣͫͥ̀ͮ̚͠͠!͍͙͈͈̇̃͗̕” Cue you strung up in the antivoid with a stitched mouth to be silent.

Consistently presenting yourself as a balm to this man will have him coming back over and over.

And he will.

His chocolate addiction, and impulsive nature are the perfect combination to feed into a new hyperfixation. Namely: YOU.

Through repeated positive exposure, you will inevitably become a necessity for his day to day life.

From spontaneous visits throughout the day, to full-on hang sessions at your home.

He’ll start to leave things at your place because he’s there so often. Perhaps a blanket, or a beanbag he’s particularly fond of. Then a doll, or two, then some thread and needles. Then maybe you’ll find a spare room has been taken over by his threads and he’s snoring in his makeshift hammock.

Bit by bit, he will move his life into yours and integrate himself into your life.

Be prepared that when this happens, your home will now become the unwitting destination for many surprise guests. They’ll require their own survival guide to get through, but at least you have some semblance of protection with your association with Error.

If you have a basement, solid chance you’ll encounter strung up individuals there. He knows better than to hang them in your living room, and who wants to look at those faces while he’s eating? Not him! Basement they go.

Your home will become a horror movie set within a month. Stay strong.

Morning, day, night, there won’t be a time at home you won’t see his face. If you’re working, or taking classes remotely that’ll work out well for him. But if you have to leave the home for a prolonged period of time. . . might be a good time to get him a phone or some other less disruptive way for him to stay in contact with you.

He’s a wet cat. He needs to be in the same vicinity as you, even if he’s in a grumpy mood and don’t even think about touching him.

If you reach roommate level, you have him for life. This is very much a til-death-do-us-part situation, but mainly your death.

In this stage, it’s good to start focusing on making happy memories around the home. Help him associate being “here” in “this world” as a good thing, as much as being with you.

Living in that world increases the chances of it being destroyed as much as it being kept safe, and it all rests on you and your ability to befriend this man.

No pressure, right?

Make chocolate with him. Schedule movie nights with things you think he’ll like. Open windows when it’s nice outside and enjoy the weather together. Take him to see the stars. He’s still a Sans at heart.

Dates can be tricky in public (you can’t control how other people react) so try to keep it private as much as possible. Once he sees enough of how you handle it, he’ll try to mimic it in his own way.

You taking him on a picnic may result in him taking you to a world right before he destroys it.

Make you your world a home for him.

Be his home and he’ll always return to you.

As a roommate, aside from his tantrums, he’s. . . okay.

On the bright side you won’t have to worry about dirty dishes or things of that nature. He tidies up after himself decently well.

On the downside, you will have to worry about his dolls. Not all of them will be cute little knitted dolls.

Some of his dolls may ask your help to escape.

Don’t.

If you somehow endear yourself enough to this man that his emotions fester into romance, you’re in for a whirlwind of a life.

Him kidnapping you is just. . . it’s going to happen. He doesn’t have the emotional maturity to handle a romantic relationship where you aren’t in immediate reach / assurance.

Now it doesn’t necessarily have to be in the antivoid.

He likes you! He likes you SO much he’d be willing to show you through self-sacrifice.

Like he won’t imprison you in the antivoid, string you up like his dolls, if you REALLY, REALLY, beg ask him not to. He doesn’t want to see you upset.

How about a deserted world instead?

The kind where nothing, and no one can hurt you and you’re far, far, far, far, FAR away from the abominations?

Really, you don’t need anyone else but him so what more could you ask for? He’ll give you whatever you want. He has no problems taking from any world.

He may not understand all your silly requests. (You need more than chocolate to survive? Bathrooms? Doesn’t monster food disappear in your stomach?) But he is SUCH a good boyfriend he’ll comply.

IF you managed to make your home “homey” enough for him, he’ll be more inclined to let you return.

If you failed that. . . you’ll just have to try to be persistent and persuasive.

Just. . . don’t let yourself be “rescued” at this stage.

If he returns to find you gone, or oh no oh no oh no oh no with another man–?

Worlds are being destroyed.

Wage a war for the one you love?

Nah, not this man.

Destroy worlds and everything your loved one holds dear so they can only focus on you.

It’s okay.

Even if you come to hate him–even if you lose the spark in your eyes, the warmth of your laughter, the way you smile. . .

He can hang you up with his dolls.

He can stitch that smile onto your face.

And you can stay with him like that.

Forever.

. . .

But hey if you make yourself a home that is “homey” for him to keep you there, and reach the romance stage, you’ve now got yourself a husband.

He doesn’t really care about titles, or spectacles, so he’ll be fine if you want him to sign a certificate that names him your husband. He won’t care to do the wedding part–that’s just begging for someone to meddle–but yeah he’ll be your husband.

You’ve reached the domestic stage. By this point you already know how to handle his tantrums–right?--and can focus on a (mostly) peaceful day to day life. Living with you will be second nature, so getting him to contribute to smaller domestic things will also be easier.

He’ll help around where he can, as long as you ask for it / make him aware of where you need the help.

He wants you happy (within reason, don’t you dare try to leave him).

You will always have to make time for him. This is just a consistent truth across all stages of his relationship. If he wants to spend time with you, unless you have an “acceptable” reason not to, you have to comply.

It would be in your best interest to establish a schedule. He won’t keep track of time very well, but he’ll get a gist of Oh this is Y/N time out of habit. It’ll help if you build a routine around that, and then just naturally slip in “you” time. Maybe around the time his favorite soaps are on?

Spontaneity won’t be in your best interest long term with this man.

Even in a domestic life, he’ll still have his emotional outbursts but it’ll be easier to regulate them.

Especially with you; his balm & home.

Just don’t make him jealous. That’s an emotion that will always be volatile due to its intensity and rarity.

This was going to be a general Headcanons but then I refreshed myself on what canon Error is and uh. Here we are.

Finally, here's the challenge!

Your top three favorite characters, from any story, have been suddenly somehow transported right smack dab into the middle of your living room. Yours, not any of your characters. They know you. They know what you've written about them. However, they are not offended or disturbed. Instead, they're flattered, they're amused. What kind of shenanigans are they going to get up to in the real world and what are you gonna do about it?

Do with this challenge as you will. If you wanna write crack, go nuts! If you wanna make a fluff piece, make a fluff piece! If you want to write a soulmate fic, bring on the feels! If you want to write a dark romance, write a dark romance! If you wanna write smut, be as raunchy as you want!

Also, if you're feeling inclined, you could even write a part 2, where you end up being taken back into their world with them later!