“Aren’t you the positive one here?” The opposing’s voice was filled with play as he taunted the other, “ But yes, if you can’t tell already, he wrote it down himself.”
“I have proven many a time that I don’t have time for jokes, by chance do you know where he is? It would make it faster to get him back to you- that is, if he isn’t as powerful as you say.” The other spoke as he walked out of his office to give the paper to his investigation crew a few halls away.
“Don’t forget our deal, Dream, he will live with me in the end. You may have him work for you, but the fly will always come back to its brilliant lamp, no matter how much it hurts.” There was a taunt in his voice when he conveyed their deal, although it was more venomous when he finished- with a hint of joy. It was a dark statement, befitting the personality of its owner.
“Why is it that everyone that has a close mentality to me controls the people around them?” Dream expressed saying his thoughts aloud, “However that is not the point currently, you didn’t answer my question.”
“I wouldn’t be walking with you if I didn’t.”
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“Uh… GUYS. THERE’S A JR VAN OUTSIDE.” Panic clear in Cross’s voice. The other three stopped playing the video game, immediately panicking as well.
All quickly ran to get the few clothes and belongs they had from their rooms, aside from Glitch who just grabbed the blanket and pillow he had been lent.
All the while the crew that had been sent crashed through the door, Glitch ran up the stairs in a panic- but never made it.
“Where is he?! He should’ve got here by now!” Nightmare, Cross, and Strings were waiting in Night’s room for Glitch to come so they could go through a portal, but when the finally heard someone coming up the stairs- a JR official came in instead.
Panicking even more now, they made a random portal and ran, to go through another and get to their destination. The lone house on the vast county stood still, awaiting its new guests, but only three of the four would be staying there.
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“At last, we meet. I’m going to skip most casualties and get down to business.” Glitch opened his eyes, he was locked up in a high-security investigation room, across from him was Dream- not his but somewhat alike to what he knew as his. Strait to business, the appearance only somewhat similar but the personalities verily similar.
“Am I permitted to ask what business? I’m not saying anything about Nightmare-” Dream raised his hand to show Glitch to stop talking
“I’m not here to talk about that,” Dream smiled, “that’s for a later date. First, since this would be confusing otherwise, do you have something specific I can call you? After all, I can’t call you Error 2.”
“Glitch.”
“I have a feeling that suits your personality, now, here’s the real business I wish to talk about-”
“You really act like my Dream, ya know that?”
“Don’t interrupt, but I would suppose that true- even if you’re multiverse is most likely swapped to this. The first issue I want to talk about is your role in your world and the tale of the two brothers, or however they call it in your world.”
“Simple enough, you’re on the run, Nightmare’s a dark goopy skeleton with a group of bad guys that he uses to feed off of the AUs negativity. Their names are Cross, Killer, Horror, and Dust- although I believe that Killer is his right hand. I don't have a part of it in my universe because I go around destroying AUs, I live alone in the anti-void. Does that sum it up enough? I could elaborate.”
“Are there any other differences between this multiverse and yours? And can you elaborate on yourself- power-wise.”
“Cross’s universe was destroyed because of his human and Ink has a thing called the X-event that involves a tool called overwrite which is kind of like a reset, Ink used it to Bring X-Tales Gaster back. Ink and I constantly battle for the AUs, he’s the God of Creation and I the God of Destruction.
“The other thing as my power, right?” Dream nodded, “ My Lv is maxed out and my health is high and in the thousands- I can use strings to control you or shatter your soul in seconds. I can also use Bone attacks as well as Blasters, happy?”
“Anything else? No other changes? I was honestly hoping Blue isn’t as bad as he is in your universe.”
“Oh, right. The blue in my universe is known as the most innocent and nicest person you can find, believe it or not, we even nick-named him blueberry.” Dream was shocked, a puzzled expression on his face
“Wha… how?” a short “hm?” came from Glitch, “How can Blue be innocent and nice?”
“Because whatever happened your blue didn’t happen to mine, he should be on the surface living with his brother and Chara in UnderSwap right now if I’m correct.”
“Okay I’m going to need to track down Blue later, Final order of business: I’m giving you three choices. This can go almost any way you want, it just depends on how you react to each choice and what you choose.”
“So… about 6 outcomes, got it.” Dream looked at him confused, “You react to something negatively or positively and there are three choices. I’m smarter than I look.”
“Alright then, 4 choices- one depending on your IQ. One, I throw you in a high-security cell and your… Friends can get you by turning themselves in. Two, you join my Justice division and live here instead- or with Blue because apparently, he believes you’re going to end up back in his arms. Three, You go back and live with Blue after more interrogation-”
“Yeah, three is definitely a no.”
“That’s what I thought, and four, you join my investigation unit. It’s more technicality and thinking outside problems, we could use a mind like yours. Using a criminal to find a criminal. So which will it be…?”
“What quirks are there?”
“To elaborate, the high-security cells are specially made and need special access or high authority to get into the cuffs and the cell itself traps and drains the prisoners magic as well- they’ve been highly useful for people with your capability that won’t cooperate. The justice division is used to disband or take care of others that threaten positivity, you would get a room here or as I said earlier you could live elsewhere. The investigation unit is simple enough, you’d be placed based on your IQ and similar to option two you would get your own room. And I already elaborated on that otherwise, so, once again- which do you choose?”
“Can I have time to think?”
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“Where could he be?! He’s not at the house or Outertale, did JR get him?” Strings was frantic, he did care for him after all… as a friend.
“You sound like you lost your husband.” Nightmare stated, Strings gave Night a glare- although there was a visible blush on his face. “Sorry, jokes aside, Probably. But knowing Dream before anything he’s gonna give Glitch the ‘Join us’ speech.”
“What if he joins?” Cross interrupted
“Depends,” Nightmare answered, “He might join because Dream convinced him, or he could join to protect us.”
