Nov 8, 2025
ignore me calling reaper!paps mercy, i didnt know that was frisk role lol, but the sentiment stays tho
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ignore me calling reaper!paps mercy, i didnt know that was frisk role lol, but the sentiment stays tho
Prologue
Reaper found himself lying around the dark reality he called home.
There was a dark… matter surrounding just about anything in that place. It was dense, cold and even had texture sometimes. You could see close to nothing- if you fully reached out your arm, you wouldn’t be able to see your hand anymore - it was pretty bad to walk around there unless you could float like the actual living residents. The only real illumination in this void came from the SOULs the two grim reapers brought there, but it didn’t do much service…
Reaper didn’t mind it that much, though - it was just perfect for naps. But sure as hell it was boring besides that - Life’s garden was much better in that aspect - he adored laying on the grass she carefully cultivated, even if it died after a while resting on it…
He shifted on the small…not even himself was sure of how to call it - one day he found a very dense part of whatever that reality was made of and just decided to use it as a kind of bean bag and so was it - though it wasn’t as soft as the grass from the secret garden and his brother didn’t like the fact he found a way to be lazy in their own dimension…
He was tired. He hated the fact that his job wasn’t as simple and chill as his counterparts… He couldn’t just skip some hours of work and dedicate it to just doing nothing…
Everyday he had to face other people enjoying their lives, being happy and just enjoying being alive and his job was only to make it harder for everyone…
He didn’t want to go see Life. She would tell Papyrus if she ever noticed that… welp. What she could notice didn’t matter to anyone, not even Reaper himself.
He managed to somehow get some free time to enjoy what he loved to do the most - sleeping. He had neither dreams nor nightmares in his sleep, but it was a good sleep regardless.
Lately things were too difficult for him to just take a nap - so many people going after their passion of killing others at the same time - it was terrible even for the grim reaper’s standards - so he had to cherish that moment of peace as much as he could.
…
“SANS!!!”
Huh.
“YOU LAZY BONES! WAKE UP!!!!”
Reaper opened his eyes. Had he been sleeping the entire time…?
“SANSSSSSSSS!” his brother screamed, “GET UP FROM YOUR BLACK MATTER-BASED BODY SIZED PILLOW!!! I NEED YOUR HELP!”
The smaller skeleton got up. He wore a casual smile on his face as he looked up at Papyrus, “what’s the matter, paps? you look like you saw a ghost.”
“I DO NOT!! HAVE PATIENCE TO DEAL WITH YOUR PUNS TODAY!!!” the taller skeleton said exasperatedly, “I NEED YOUR HELP!”
Reaper tilted his head curiously. His brother seemed clearly disturbed, but being honest, that kind of reaction was fairly common for him to have...
It didn’t make things less intriguing, though.
“oh, yeah?”
Papyrus sighed in distress, “AS MUCH AS IT HURTS FOR ME TO ADMIT!!! I CAN’T DO MY JOB AS PERFECTLY AS BEFORE!!! I AM A SHAME TO OUR FAMILY!! YOU WILL HAVE TO DISOWN ME!!!!”
Curious, but still very vague. His smile grew wider, “what happened?”
“IT WAS TERRIBLE, SANS!!!” the other cried out, “I TRIED TO CATCH THE SMALL SOUL OF AN UNFORTUNATE BEING AND I JUST COULDN’T!!!”
Reaper frowned, being reminded of bad memories, “did you hesitate?”
“NO!!! BROTHER HOW COULD YOU THINK OF ME SO LOWLY??? THOUGH AFTER WHAT HAPPENED I WOULDN’T ARGUE AGAINST THAT ACCUSATION…”
“just tell me what happened, papyrus.”
“THE SOUL DIDN'T LIKE THE FACT THEIR FATE BROUGHT THEM TO THEIR END!!! I TRIED TO COMFORT THEM BUT THEY RAN AWAY!!!”
“I JUST!! I DID MY BEST TO TAKE THEM!!!” he continued, “BUT THEY JUST REFUSE TO ACCEPT FATE!!!”
The smaller skeleton sighed. That situation was oddly awful, but not much different than things he had already dealt with in the past. They could have been talking about a new threat as dangerous as they were…
“YOUR FACE TELLS ME YOU KNOW WHAT I’M FEARING!!! AS MUCH AS I HATE IT, I NEED YOUR HELP!!!”
“is it really that bad for you to consider asking for my help, huh?”
“NOW I DIDN’T SAY IT!!! YOU ARE A REALLY SKILLED GRIM REAPER BESIDES YOUR CHRONIC LAZINESS!!!! AND I DON’T SAY THAT ONLY BECAUSE YOU ARE MY BROTHER AND THE ONLY OTHER GRIM REAPER I KNOW!!!!”
Reaper couldn’t help but laugh at his brother’s defense, “welp. what kind of a monster would i be if i didn’t help my lil’ bro?”
“THANKS SANS!!!” Papyrus hugged him, “MY HAPPINESS IS SO BIG THAT I WILL FORGIVE YOUR TERRIBLE PUN THIS TIME!!!”
Reaper’s job wasn’t the most delightful… but he couldn’t ignore it, especially when someone as dedicated as Papyrus was having trouble with it… could he?
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Reaper Sans, Reaper Papyrus and Life Toriel by renrink
Thought I would share these ideas and doodles I have
Don't mind the cuphead, mugman, and tadc insert doodles. I had free space fjdkxkkd
But these are ideas for some characters in my Voyager Au! Doodles I did before are old and somewhat out of date. I plan on making refs of them and finally write out their story ^^
Admittedly, this is a self indulgent Au, so yea, my insert is in it ^^; (last pic).
There is a plot to the story, but it's mostly to have fun and get into some sea-faring shenanigans with some skelebois (don't worry, this isn't the whole cast. There's a lot more to come O.o)
Lastly, I don't mind if people insert their sona/oc into the Au. Like I said, it's an au where you can have fun. I just ask to respect the story and the limits I put onto it. If you have any questions, feel free to ask me 🌊
Hey btw how do you think reaper and grim (Reaper's papyrus) decide which souls who reaps
Because personally I do it like:
Reaper takes care of people that died non naturally (getting killed, machinery related deaths, etc)
Grim takes care of people that died naturally (old age, natural disasters, etc)
But I'm curious how does it work in your head:))
Wait that's actually good.
I never put much thought in it; to me, they just like. Took turns. Which would kinda align with the "Skipping his job and making his brother do it" thing (that I do to my own brother and and he also does to me all the time, so I just accepted that sbvsbdn)
But yeah, I really like yours :]. It could be both, too; while they do have these specifics, they could secretly switch it sometimes when it gets too repetitive for one or both of them.
Reapertale skelebros my beloveds 💞
ngl folks im still thinking about the “priest(ess) of Death” Murde!Sans headcanon
WHAT is this guy's FUCKING problem .
reapertale > renrink
mythostale > me
dreamtale or reapertale
I’ve never done a human grimm before
Made new refs for my Reaper!Sans and Reaper!Papyrus-
their names are... Raven ( Sans ) and Crow ( Papyrus ) owo