#underscape

Flighteningverse Week Day 1: Free Spot

I love this one a lot, cause I worked quite a bit on this. Also this one was the discovery of new pen types to experiment with. The grass is actually one of the pens that just draws grass. Anyway, here's Dream and Nightmare in their universe, Underscape, where Dream is talking about how much fun he had with the villagers' kids.

Sanguine!Nightmare

- He can shoot shards of light at others with his wings. His wings are also stronger and sturdier than before, so they can be used in close combat if it's needed, but he doesn't like fighting if he can prevent it.

- He can make his wings glow bright enough to nearly blind others in quick bursts, which can allow him to get away if he's trying to avoid particularly violent people.

- His aura makes others feel more positive feelings while also feeding on those positive feelings, but not much. It's slightly addicting, but not so much that it's noticeable that it's addicting. The person who's been around him long enough that it takes effect only feels slightly sad when he leaves. He can control his aura slightly, but only when he's awake. He can't turn it off completely, though.

- When he's flying, his wings glow a little brighter than when he's not flying. If he's flying at night, it looks like a shooting star, but obviously slower. He's not that fast.

- He travels the multiverse trying to find his brother. He knows his brother still cares about him and is still himself. He knows this because if Dream wasn't, he wouldn't have healed Nightmare before leaving. So he's hopeful to be able to convince his brother he still cares about him.

- That doesn't mean he's oblivious to what Dream did, but he knows they can talk things out. He has a feeling that the only reason Dream left was because he realized what he'd done and didn't want to accidentally hurt him. Though he doesn't know how different his brother is now in terms of personality and physically. He didn't get a good look at him before he passed out. He had been about to pass out when Dream had gone through his change.

- He can interact with other people's dreams, he makes sure they don't suddenly turn into nightmares mid-way through. He can't prevent nightmares from happening after a dream has passed, though.

- He can't interact with nightmares, cause his aura doesn't allow him to.

- He doesn't like crowds, he'll go into a panic attack if there's too many people around him. His experiences with the villagers traumatized him, so he tries to avoid crowded areas.

Here's the ref for Sanguine!Nightmare! I loved making his outfit, the cyan/turquoise(whichever one it is) is kind of a reference to the goopman we all know and love.

@jann-the-bean @kotikaleo @thevoidismyhome2000 Here's Nightmare's current look!

Original Nightmare belongs to @jokublog

Sanguine!Nightmare belongs to me

Backstory

Dispirited!Dream

Tempest!Error and Spectrum!Ink

Other Info

Lushia(Flighteningverse!Lust)'s ref

Flighteningverse Cross's ref

Flighteningverse Horror, Dust, and Killer's ref

Flighteningverse: How wings are formed on outcodes

FV!Horror, FV!Dust, and FV!Killer's refs

FV!Reaper's ref

Fracture!Geno's ref

Dispirited!Dream

Dispirited!Dream(also called Dispir)

- His second pair of wings can shoot sharp, shadowy feathers at his enemies.

- He has heightened senses that allow him to know where a possible attack would come from.

- His aura makes others feel more negative feelings while also feeding off of those negative feelings. It's not very powerful, though, so the person who's being affected by his aura will only feel mildly more negative. If they were in a good mood before, they will only feel like they're not having as good a time as they were before, but still a little bit happy. If they were in a bad mood, they'd feel a bit more unhappy than they were before. He can control his aura slightly, but only when he's awake. He can't turn it off completely, though.

- His wings are stronger and sturdier than they were before he ate the negative apples, so they can be used for fighting in close combat if he needs to, though he does try not to start fights.

- He managed to control his powers after a year, but doesn't want to face his brother. He's extremely afraid of what his brother thinks of him. As much as he misses him, he believes his brother wouldn't want to see him as he is now after everything.

- He's able to turn into a shadow to hide himself, and can travel pretty fast like that, but not as fast as flying.

- He's paranoid when he's near others now, especially in crowds. It reminds him of the villagers too much.

- Can interact with people's nightmares, tries to lessen them slightly if it's too harsh. Understands that nightmares are natural, so he doesn't prevent all nightmares.

- He can't interact with dreams since his aura doesn't allow him to interact with them.

- He has a magic bow and can summon arrows. The arrows are made of a mix of positive and negative, though there's more negative than positive. His bow can change into a sword if he needs it.

Here's Dispirited!Dream, or you can call him Dispir. I had originally named him Fallen!Dream, but I think his new name is better.

@jann-the-bean @kotikaleo @thevoidismyhome2000 here's Dream's current look!

Original Dream belongs to @jokublog

Dispirited!Dream belongs to me

Backstory

Sanguine!Nightmare

Tempest!Error and Spectrum!Ink

Other Info

Lushia(Flighteningverse!Lust)'s ref

Flighteningverse Cross's ref

Flighteningverse Horror, Dust, and Killer's ref

Flighteningverse: How wings are formed on outcodes

FV!Horror, FV!Dust, and FV!Killer's refs

Fracture!Geno's ref

FV!Reaper's ref

Other Info

- Dispirited!Dream travels alone a lot of the time after leaving Underscape, but after he met Blue, he hasn't felt as alone as before. He met Blue after he escaped from a particularly violent AU, beaten down pretty bad. Blue found him barely conscious while out on patrol and brought him home, and treated his wounds. Dream didn't trust him at first, but he eventually trusted him enough to stay and fully heal. After he was healed, Blue made him promise to come back and visit, he used his Puppy-Dog Eyes on him. They became friends after several visits, and Dream revealed some of his past, even told him of his brother. He admitted that he misses his brother, but believes that he's not welcome in his brother's life anymore. Blue asked him if he knew that for a fact, Dream said no, but is afraid to find out if it is or not.

- Blue tries to convince Dream to try to see his brother again, but Dream refuses, sometimes answers with a "maybe." Blue is determined to help Dream make up with his brother.

- Blue's brother, Honey, was wary of Dream at first, but knew his brother was determined to heal this stranger. He just kept an eyesocket on him to make sure he didn't hurt his bro. It's not that he doesn't think his bro can't take care of himself, he just wants to be there to back him up should this person be hostile towards them. After a few visits after Dream was healed, Honey introduced himself properly. Dream was aware of someone watching him, but didn't make a big fuss over it. He knew that he was a stranger in Blue's home, and Blue had mentioned his brother in a few conversations, so he figured it was probably his brother watching. Honey eventually came to trust that Dream won't hurt his bro, and even hung out with him when he visited and his bro was out working.

- Dispirited!Dream eventually ran into Spectrum, or rather, Spectrum flew into him. After apologizing a lot, they were curious about each other a bit, though Dream was still wary. Ink was curious because, other than Tempest and Reaper, he hasn't seen anyone else who had wings, and this is the only person who had two pairs of wings! Spectrum was so excited to meet this person, because new friend! Dream was curious because Spectrum is the first person besides his brother who has wings he's seen. They decide to talk and kinda get to know one another. Dream finds him strange, but in a good way. Spectrum is excitable about things, and doesn't seem affected by Dream's aura at all, as small as the effect would be. They eventually split up, but Spectrum would continue to seek him out sometimes, just to hang out.

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- Sanguine!Nightmare, on his search for Dream, came in to Horrortale. He then met Horror, who lost his brother due to a cave in. The ceiling of the cave had collapsed and a stalactite fell onto their home when Horror was out hunting. It was an unfortunate accident that left him feeling numb after his initial grieving. No one bothered him, wanting to give him space. It was a couple of weeks until Nightmare came, and by then, Horror hadn't eaten much of anything. He still hunted for food for the town, but only took small amounts of food for himself. Nightmare offered to help him with food, and a way out of his world if he was willing to leave. Horror accepted his offer, not having anything left in his world. Nightmare helps him heal from his brother's death and helps him with the malnutrition Horror had due to the state of his AU. Because of this, Horror became very loyal to him.

- Nightmare wasn't expecting Horror to stick around as long as he does, he was expecting him to find a place to stay and live the rest of his life. He can't say he isn't grateful that he stayed, though. He was quite lonely after Dream left, and never stayed in a place too long to form any actual friendships.

- Nightmare and Horror traveled the multiverse together, and Nightmare shared with him the reason he travels. Horror understood, and tries to help him find Dream. They eventually come upon Dusttale.

- Dust had finally killed the human, but was waiting for the Reset. He spent the time in his home, sitting on the ground. After a while, with no Reset happening, he started breaking down. The memories of what he's gone through, what he's done, begin to plague him. He curls up on himself and sobs, apologizing to his dead brother and friends.

- Nightmare feels his despair, and searches for the source of it. Horror followed him, and they came to Dust's house. Nightmare knocked on the door, but had to dodge the attack that came through it. Dust was surprised, though, when he saw people who looked kinda like him. He was hesitant to fight them, wanting to know what they wanted before deciding what to do.

- They tell him the reason they're here, and offer to help him. After some consideration, he agrees and Nightmare takes him under his wing(heh). It takes a while, nightmares and other setbacks being an issue with Dust's recovery of his sanity, but he becomes mostly sane after a few months. He stays with Nightmare and Horror because he decides he's better off with them, though Nightmare only slightly protested. He didn't deny him coming along with him, though.

- Horror and Dust didn't fully get along at first, there were a lot of tense moments between them that occasionally led to arguments or fights. It never became too serious, though, and Nightmare always managed to separate them and settle their arguments. They eventually got along, though, and their arguments were more playful.

- They visited many other worlds, and enjoyed their visits, except for when Nightmare got too panicky in the crowds in a couple of those worlds. They made sure to get him out of the crowds and somewhere safe for him to calm down. (They eventually find that the best way to calm him down after this is to preen his wings, it helps ground him.)

- They eventually came across Killer, who attacked them as soon as he saw them. They managed to tire him out, though not without injuries on both sides. He let them talk when he realized they weren't going to hurt him when he's too exhausted to fight back, and Nightmare offered to help him, just as he offered to help Dust and Horror. He didn't answer right away, said he'd think about it. Since he didn't have a way to communicate with them when he wanted to give them an answer, he allowed them to stay in one of the empty houses in Snowdin while he stayed in his home.

- Killer decided that he'd join them after thinking about it for a couple of days. Nightmare helped him deal with his emotions as they came back, and Dust and Horror helped him with his LV issues as well.

- Killer's SOUL became an upside-down heart shape after a while instead of target shaped. It will go back to the target if he's really upset, though.

- Cross was the next who joined, they found him in his empty AU crying. When he saw them, he was unsure if they were real, or if he was hallucinating. Nightmare reassured him they were real, but before he could say anything more, Cross had ran to him and hugged him. Nightmare didn't expect it, but didn't pull away, though the others almost pulled a weapon on him, thinking he might've attacked him. Cross, being reassured that they were indeed real, pretty much begged them to take him with them. Nightmare easily agreed, and they all left with a crying Cross, though his tears were from happiness this time.

- Cross never left their side, and if they had to split up, he always stayed with one of them. His time in his empty world made him afraid of being alone, which the others understood.

- Cross has wings, which Nightmare found very interesting. Cross admitted that he didn't always have them, though, and never actually used them to spite X!Gaster. Nightmare offers to teach him how to use them, to which he agreed. It took a lot of time and effort, but eventually Cross was able to fly with expertise. Before they even started, though, Nightmare saw how poorly they were taken care of. Cross said that he never knew how to maintain them, and let them be, even as they felt uncomfortable. Nightmare took his time preening them, teaching Cross how to do so on his own as well.

- They eventually came across Tempest, who was relaxing in Outertale. Tempest was wary about them, just as they were wary about him. They all managed to agree not to attack each other, and instead talked to each other.

- They found out that Tempest destroyed entire universes, but doesn't destroy the more major ones. Tempest found that they were just traveling through the multiverse, and that Nightmare was looking for his elusive brother. They parted ways, though Tempest likes to keep an eyesocket on them. They even meet him again every now and then.

- Tempest took a liking to them, though he doesn't admit it aloud. It becomes an unspoken alliance between them, though they don't take part in destroying universes with him. He even convinced them to at least have a place to stay and return to when they're tired of traveling.

- They decided to occupy a large house in one of the abandoned-but-stable AUs that Tempest pointed them to. The world is empty of inhabitants, Spectrum had evacuated it a long time ago due to Tempest destroying a universe near it, fearing that it would be his next target. It was the perfect size for them, though they had to have it fixed up a bit, it was left in disuse for a long time.

- After fixing it up, they had a nice living space that they can live in. After living in it for a few months, all while going out and trying to find Dream, they eventually got comfortable enough to start messing around in it. Some of their roughhousing ended up breaking things, but thankfully it wasn't ever something really important to any of them. They all knew not to take any of their shenanigans that far.

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- Tempest and Spectrum used to be more enemies than friends, or at least in Tempest's point of view. Spectrum thought of it as a challenge to get Tempest to be at least friendly to him.

-After they made a truce, where Tempest would stop going after the major AUs and Spectrum agreed he won't interfere with him when he destroys them. Spectrum uses this opportunity to try hanging out with Tempest, but it doesn't go well for the first several attempts.

- Tempest, being a few inches taller than Spectrum, likes to tease the other about their height difference. Spectrum doesn't like it, and tries to defend his height. Tempest does it because he likes to mess with him, and finds his reactions hilarious. Spectrum eventually gets used to it, but still reacts like that, but doesn't actually mind it anymore.

- They also fight with each other, though it's more to keep their skills sharp. They found that fighting is a good way to exercise and actually enjoy their spars, as that's what these fights resemble now.

- Tempest is friends with Crow(Birdtale!Sans), but doesn't admit it. When he first met Crow, he was flying through his AU, this was before he met Nightmare and his group. Crow had seen him flying around, and decided to join him. It kinda led to them racing the other and seeing if the other was going to be hostile. Tempest was the winner of the race, though Crow did keep up for the most part. He was falling behind, but stayed in eyesight of Tempest. Tempest had fun, so decided he wouldn't do anything to this AU, he chose to visit it sometimes.

- Tempest is kinda friends with Star(Outertale!Sans), too. Though he found that flying in Outertale is quite hard due to the low gravity, he took it as a challenge to fly in Outertale with at least some mastery of it. He eventually does figure out how to fly in the low gravity without hitting any floating islands or crashing into the ground.

- Tempest enjoys watching the stars with Star, it's quiet and relaxing. Sometimes Star would talk about random topics, from what happened that day to theories about other life out there, besides Earth. Tempest would occasionally talk about other universes and what they're about, and his thoughts on them. Sometimes it turns into a rant about how the concept of an AU is really stupid or doesn't make sense. Star just listens, and maybe even jokes about the AU.

And here's the other info that I didn't feel fit for their refs. Their interactions with others and who they trust as friends.

@jann-the-bean @kotikaleo @thevoidismyhome2000 here's the last of the info I have for this, but I am planning on drawing Cross and Fresh. Fresh is basically the same as canon, but has wings. Designing him will be a nightmare.

Original Dream and Nightmare belong to @jokublog

Original Ink belongs to @comyet/@myebi

Original Error belongs to @loverofpiggies

Killer belongs to @rahafwabas

Horror belongs to @horrortalecomic

Dust belongs to @ask-dusttale

Cross belongs to @jakei95

Blue/US!Sans and Stretch/US!Papyrus belong to @/popcornpr1nce

Birdtale!Sans belongs to Greyscales

Outertale!Sans belongs to @mimipippin(I think?)

Tempest!Error, Spectrum!Ink, Sanguine!Nightmare, and Dispirited!Dream belong to me

Backstory

Dispirited!Dream

Sanguine!Nightmare

Tempest!Error and Spectrum!Ink

Lushia(Flighteningverse!Lust)'s ref

Flighteningverse Cross's ref

Flighteningverse Horror, Dust, and Killer's ref

Flighteningverse: How wings are formed on outcodes

FV!Horror, FV!Dust, and FV!Killer's refs

FV!Reaper's ref

Fracture!Geno's ref

Underscape Backstory

- He and Nightmare are both formed with wings, Dream's is golden, Nightmare's is royal purple.

- Dream was constantly being asked by the villagers to come "help" them(really, they were only using him for their benefit). They were manipulating him to do what they wanted when he wanted to leave, either by guilt tripping or just implying that they were going to do something horrible to Nightmare.

- He actually really wants to hang out with his brother more, but because he keeps getting dragged around by the villagers, he can't spend more time with him.

- Knows he's being manipulated, but doesn't tell Nightmare because he's afraid the villagers will hurt him.

- He doesn't know they hurt Nightmare despite him doing what they want to keep them from doing so. He knows they don't like him, but be doesn't know how far their dislike of him goes.(the brothers really should be telling each other about this, but both of them are worried about the consequences for the other)

- He starts feeling resentful towards the villagers, as they slowly became more threatening towards him, even going so far as hitting him if he refused.

- One night, he sneaks over to the side of the Tree where the negative apples are. He doesn't take one(yet), but he is very much tempted to. 'If I ate one of these, they wouldn't want me to come hang out with them, right? But it's not a good idea, it could lead to worse things... but maybe...?'

- After several more days of the villagers getting gradually worse, he finally decides to take the risk of eating a negative apple.

- Nightmare was unaware at the time, he had made a rare trip into the village for a book at the library. He was being bullied by the villagers, but he managed to get through without too much hassle. When he finally returned to the Tree, he saw Dream standing on his side of the tree, looking contemplative. Before he was able to call out to him, the villagers took that time to start hitting him.

- Dream takes a negative apple and takes a bite, but then hears Nightmare yelp in pain. When he turns and looks, he sees Nightmare on the ground clutching his head, with the villagers semi-surrounding him.

- Filled with horror that the villagers have been hurting his brother even while he was trying to keep them from doing so by doing what they wanted, he didn't realize that he was eating more of the apple until it was gone and was reaching for another.

- When Nightmare opened his eyes, he saw Dream eating the negative apple and reaching for another. He called out to Dream, "Dream! Stop, please- ACK!" The villagers kicked him in the ribs, causing him to curl up on himself to try defending himself.

- Dream didn't notice the positive apples turning negative at first, but when he did, he had already eaten four more negative apples. He manages to stop himself from eating more and went to save some of the positive apples. He managed to cut a few from the branches before he started to feel pain from the negativity that was starting to change him. He looked back over to Nightmare and the villagers, only to see them crowding over Nightmare.

- He tried to make his way to them, not having any other thoughts other than to get his brother to safety. The pain he was feeling was starting to be unbearable, but he knew if he didn't do anything, Nightmare would only be more hurt. He managed to get to his brother after pushing the villagers away with surprising strength.

- Nightmare felt his brother's hands holding him, and relaxed. He felt himself being lifted and his brother's wings beating against the ground, pushing them above the crowd of villagers that closed in around them again. When he felt Dream land, he mustered the strength to open his eyes again and try to hug him.

- When he saw Dream, though, he noticed that he was in pain. Dream backed away when he felt a sharp pain throughout his being, and the sound of bones cracking can be heard over Dream's cries of pain. Nightmare tried to get up to try helping Dream, but fell to the side, injuring one of his wings further, as one of the villagers got a good kick on it earlier.

- Dream's wings faded from golden to black, though they still had some golden feathers scattered across them. They also became larger, with another pair of wings bursting from his back below his original wings, but smaller. They were completely black and seemed to have a shadowy texture to them.

- Nightmare was shocked and scared. Not of his brother, but for him. The villagers had followed them to the Tree, but stayed back because of what was happening. Dream, who was lost to pain and fear and suppressed anger at the villagers, turned towards them. He looked back at Nightmare, his expression blank except for his eyes, which seemed to say 'I'm sorry' before turning back to the villagers.

- Dream then attacked them, angry at them for everything they did to him and his brother. Nightmare passed out shortly after, succumbing to the pain, but still tried to call out to Dream.

- Dream wasn't able to control the new power he gained, and couldn't stop himself from killing all the villagers and destroying the village and cutting the Tree down. He had enough control of himself to make sure he didn't hurt Nightmare during it.

- CANON OUTCOME: After all of that, Dream had left the AU, leaving Nightmare behind with the wreckage, but he did manage to heal him a bit. He didn't trust himself not to hurt him, accident or not. Unfortunately, this is where their relationship with each other has crumbled. Nightmare wakes up all alone with the injuries somewhat healed, and sees the ruins of the village and the tree. He sees the positive apples that remained on the ground, and decided he'd hold onto them. Surprisingly, they kept their positive golden color, and he ate one of them as a way of keeping at least one of them safe should the others become tainted somehow. This caused his wings to grow larger and add pure white feathers across his wings, and caused them to slightly glow. It was painful, almost as painful as Dream's transformation, but he didn't gain another pair of wings. He now spends his days trying to track Dream down, determined to reunite with the one person he cares about most. Dream now roams the multiverse, his aura both feeding on the negative feelings of people and amplifying them, though not by a lot. Nightmare's aura feeds on the positive feelings and amplifies those positive feelings as well. It's not as addictive as original Dream's aura, mainly because of him being the negative guardian, it kinda balances it out somewhat, especially since he only ate one positive apple. Same for this Dream's negative aura, it's not as powerful as original Nightmare's aura because he's the positive guardian, also because he didn't eat as many negative apples as him.

- NON-CANON OUTCOME: Dream, after killing the villagers and destroying the village and the Tree in his lack of control over his powers, manages to gain enough control to go and heal Nightmare. He stays in the AU while waiting for Nightmare to wake up, he was unable to sleep, because of his actions and the residual pain that was left over. His back was to Nightmare, though, because he didn't want to see how Nightmare would react to seeing him and what he's done. He believed that Night would be angry at him, that he wouldn't want to be near him anymore because of what he's done. He'd understand why, and leave if that was what he wanted. Nightmare woke up after a couple of hours, and the first thing he saw was a cloudy sky. He sat up and looked around, seeing the destruction of the village and the Tree. He was shocked, maybe a little horrified, especially when he remembered what happened before he passed out. He went to stand up to look for his brother, only to see him sitting a little ways away with him hugging his knees to his chest and head down. "Dream? Are you awake?" Dream sighs, but he doesn't lift his head. "Yeah, I'm awake." He said quietly, not quite whispering. He was waiting for Nightmare to start yelling at him, to hear him say that he can't believe he killed all those people and that he hates him now. Nightmare doesn't think that though, he's worried for him. He can tell Dream isn't taking what happened well, he'll admit that he was also affected by what happened as well. But he just wanted to be near his brother. He walked over to Dream, who tensed when he heard him getting closer. Seeing this, Nightmare almost cried. He didn't want Dream to be afraid of him! He continued getting closer, and when he was right beside him, he slowly moved his arms to give him a hug. Dream wasn't expecting Nightmare to hug him, so when he felt this, he jolted. His wings accidentally hit Nightmare and knocked him back. Dream immediately apologized, but Nightmare also apologized, realizing he might have startled him. It took some reassuring, but Nightmare was able to calm him down. They talked about everything they kept from each other and the reasons why Dream ate the negative apples. After a lot of talking and hugging, Dream decided to bring his brother somewhere else so they don't have to live near the now destroyed village. Nightmare decides he's going to keep the few positive apples that were left with him, and Dream knew he must not touch them because he might turn them negative as he is now. Dream found a negative apple that survived, and holds onto it, with the intention of planting it with one of the positive apples Nightmare has somewhere safe. They both travel the multiverse to find a new home, and also explore new things.

Alright! I'm very happy I finished them! Here's the backstory for these two! Their flight goggles are also their crowns, if it isn't obvious.

@jann-the-bean @kotikaleo @thevoidismyhome2000 here they are! Their past selves!

Original Dream and Nightmare belong to @jokublog

Dispirited!Dream and Sanguine!Nightmare belong to me

Dispirited!Dream's ref

Sanguine!Nightmare's ref

Tempest!Error's and Spectrum!Ink's ref

Other Info

Lushia(Flighteningverse!Lust)'s ref

Flighteningverse Cross's ref

Flighteningverse Horror, Dust, and Killer's ref

Flighteningverse: How wings are formed on outcodes

FV!Horror, FV!Dust, and FV!Killer's refs

Radical!Fresh's ref

Fracture!Geno's ref

I'm done with everything story related, I'm just writing down how everyone interacts with the friends they make. I was originally thinking about if Dream gathered Killer, Horror, Dust, and Cross along the way, but decided against it, so he's friends with Blue and Ink in this. I couldn't figure out how they'd interact, so defaulted to the usual group he's in. Which means that Nightmare is with them. I like how they interact here. I won't give much detail, trying not to give much spoilers to it. Just felt like giving an update on this. I'll start drawing them soon, just finishing up their interactions.

(Also, the story and other details are just going to be in a bullet point style. Like this:

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- hvjchxhxyxjchcjv

I don't feel like writing everything down in actual story format. Figured I'd give a heads-up.)