Reborn as Error

153 - Troubles

Fatal turned out to be more of a lost soul more than anything. He was pretty much a mess with finding me and destroying me being his only clear objective. However things did changes.

He only appeared because he followed Shattered to our multiverse through some kind of portal. Though, with how he ended up describing it, it sounded more like some kind of rift. A tear.

Problems for later no doubt.

He figured that I might have had something to do with it and went through only for his thoughts to have a moment of clarity once he did arrive. His jumbled thoughts were quiet and for once he was wondering what he was doing. I did ask why he was essentially hunting me and he did admit that he just remembered becoming the way he is because of me.

Or at least a version of me.

He didn't mean to cause certain problems but with a clearer thought process he wanted to see what he could do, which lead to the incidents that happened. He's never really had the moment to just stop and think. Upon seeing me in the western au his thoughts became jumbled as he realized something wasn't adding up.

He figured getting me out of trouble would give him to opportunity to figure things out. If it was a dud then he would have just gone through with his original plan of trying to kill me.

He sounded so sure about being able to kill me but I said trying because I've been brushing up against death so many times I'm basically teasing the skeleton reaper at this point.

I should visit the reaper at some point.

I had to explain how I wasn't exactly the entity he thought, how we all knew each other so well and on good conditions, how I wasn't trying to kill Ink on sight, why I wasn't going crazy on destruction but still did so as needed, and some other things.

I didn't mention everything I did because so much happens and I can't remember it all. Even normal stuff was being pretty forgettable.

Sci explained his side of how we met and how I kept coming back eventually able to come clean about myself.

Gaster explain how I ended up in his au after an event. He filled in blanks for me since I couldn't remember everything that happened in Glitchtale. It was a mess and a bit terrifying.

I very briefly glossed over Gradient and when Fatal tried to question why I accidentally surged a bit giving him a stare and almost glitching out the seat we were on. Gradient was not going to be a topic of discussion and he got that memo pretty quickly.

Fresh was true to his word, chiming in whenever he felt like it. Explaining the being that is Fresh to Fatal was just not happening.

Regardless, we got through to him. I wasn't a threat to him.

"Well I'm glad we managed to talk through that whole thing. However, Error, I feel like I'm missing something here." Gaster said and I thought about it. Then I remembered.

"Right, the gloopy positive menace. Ugh, yeah I need to get on that." I said with a slight sigh. I wish I didn't have to deal with it but I knew I had to.

"A what?" Sci asked and I shook my head.

"It's a whole thing. Right now I'm going to need help dealing with it. Fresh?"

"Already up brah." Fresh said already on his feet hopping in place.

"I'll be coming along too," Fatal said and to my surprise Gaster also got up.

"I'll be coming with you." He said as he straightened his coat.

"Are you sure? You don't have to-" A hand on my head stopped me. Looking at Gaster he looked amused. Or smug.