MergeTale: AUâs are Confusing
Ink and Fresh appear next to Saviour and Core, standing outside Tartalgia, the town covered in blue strings.
âHeâs been here a while nowâ Core plucks on one of the strings. âHeâs having some trouble with one of the locals, canât reach his soul to affect himâ
âI can bet who it isâ Saviour smirks.
Ink and Fresh look to each other.
âHey uhm...do we have a plan here?â Ink asks.
âWell, from what Core tells me, you have some experience fighting Error, Inkâ Saviour replies.
âI am..more than you could understandâ Ink replies.
âSo take the lead, what do we do?â Saviour asks.
âYeah, how do we take down my rad glitch bro?â Fresh finger guns to Ink.
âWe donât. â Ink smiles. âWe get everyone to stop fighting him, make him feel welcomed instead. Heâll run away.â
âThat...is so evilâ Saviour blinks âiâd feel more comfortable punching him in the faceâ
âOr we can do that, yeahâ Ink shrugs.
âLike, you have a good idea, Iâm just uncomfortable with such emotional manipulationâ Saviour replies.
âYeah yeah I get it. â
Saviour takes a step away from Ink. âuhm. Ok letâs just go free this townâ
âIâll wait out hereâ Core sits on the ground.
âFair enoughâ Ink shrugs.
Ink, Fresh, and Saviour walk into the town. At the center, the Tartalgia family hung with strings dangling from the trees. Error stood across from a figure in a brown and red powered suit of armor.
âAgh! Your stupid armor!â the glitches around Error grew worse as his strings failed to reach Kujoâs soul.
The hero grabs the strings and yanks Error forward, punching him in the face and sending him back.
âHey Zoey!â Saviour yells as they come in.
âHuh?â The hero removes their helmet, revealing itâs a woman, her long black hair flows down her back. âHowâd you know it was me?â
âIm my universe Vetster killed you, so by that logic he killed Kujo here.â Saviour shrugs.
âYeah, right Swap. â Zoey sighs.
Error groans as he slowly stands to his feet, Zoey quickly puts her helmet back on.
âWhat the...oh hey Inkâ Error stumbles forward. âWhat are you doing here?â
âWhat are you?â Ink asks.
âHey, this isnât just any AU, this AU isnât even Undertale related.â Error retorts.
âAnd yet here we are.â Ink replies, âthis sure isnât Lucidia, or even Dreamers. â
âThis is Tenaria.â Saviour steps in, âmy world. And you are not welcome hereâ
âYou may be used to the Undertale AUâs where you can easily blow through, but this isnât Undertale Error. This is much worseâ Ink reaches out.
âHey! Iâd like to think weâre pretty good!â Zoey yells.
âNo no Zoey we are pretty awfulâ Saviour pats her shoulder.
Zoey slowly turns and faces Saviour. âWhy.â
âCan we get to the part where I kill you guys now?â Error asks.
âHey my rad error bro!â Fresh is suddenly right next to Error, leaning on his shoulder âyou should watch that totes unrad thoughts you got all up in thereâ
Fresh lowers his glasses, the white soul in his eye trembling as it gets choked by the purple veins of the parasite âyou wonât like where they lead my dudeâ
Error quickly steps aside, making Fresh fall to the floor.
âYou got the abomination to join you?â Error asks.
âIâll admit, Fresh is weird, but abomination is a bit muchâ Saviour replies.
âListen. Iâll go if you promise youâll keep him here with you.â Error stares at Fresh with disgust and confusion.
A loud hiss echoes through the town.
Errorâs eyes glitch out. âCRAPâ
Corruption appears in front of Error, punching him quickly through a portal and following closely behind.
âWellâŚâ Ink stands, confused. âIâm gonna go follow...thatâŚâ Ink splashes ink on the ground and jumps into it.
âSo that went wellâ Core sits on Freshâs back.
âYo my rad core dude!â
âSo, what was that?â Zoey asks.
âCorruptionâ Saviour reples. âHe guards the multiverse nowâ
âYup, scary. He took Error to this multiverâs equivalent of the void. Right now its Error, him, Ink, and some star angel.â
âAh, Galaxes. Niceâ Saviour nods in approval.
âSo that rad angry kitty is bout to all up and kick some glitch booty?â
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Error and Fresh belong to @loverofpiggies
Ink belongs to @myebi / @comyet
Core Frisk belongs to @dokudoki / @corefrisk
Everyone else belongs to me @fernlom