A Splash of ink

Chapter 82- 30̶0̶0̶0̶ times the charm! (Ship Children Multiverse)

Error 404 gets a few vague clues where Star is and is only more tired after. Meanwhile Annoying dog remicies on when he first met Star in the past and the genius (terrible) plans he had

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Ship Children Multiverse

Error 404 wondered if it was possible to ascend from stress alone, pretty sure there was some sort of nirvana stuff the humans liked to talk about, that could be achieved from deep meditation..or was it stress?

Either way he was reaching some sort of state, giving up on preventing himself from being headbutted by the most determined babybones he had ever encountered.

Considering they had been doing this for hours he wasn't sure whether to be impressed by their determination or deeply concerned at the unnatural behaviour of Kevin. He really should stop holding such expectations though, this family certifiable insane and stared with unseeing eyes as a mushroom cloud formed in the distance with loud cackling followed soon after.

The only small bit of luck he had and he wasnt even sure if i could call it that was that the disappearance of Star wasn't yet noticed. He could take an educated guess it was due to the other children's activities so far that were keeping the parents occupied.

"Oh great, the pets are missing as well....this might as well happen at this point. I just need it to rain lava to make this even better"

He muttered tiredly to himself, still failing to decipher the odd lettering on the ground that he had once again tried to read while keeping a part of his mind still focused on searching the Code for the little trouble maker.

He paused in retracing one of the letters when he got a ding in his search, putting his full attention to it and feeling himself age even further.

If he was reading this right then Star wasnt in the Omniverse and actually out of it.

...Was it wrong to say he prayed it was only the Void he'd have to search?

Sadly he didnt think his luck was on his side.

Now, how did he bring this up to the parents...or perhaps he researched more on this matter to avoid that?

With a likely terrible plan sorted he moved, dragging his two pain in the asses with him to the monster who could likely help him.

Upper Realm

The Annoying dog or Toby as a few places had called him quietly panted as he happily sat beside Star who was trying to break down a door. He had to admit, it was rather fun interacting with creatures personally even if he had to be careful in changing his size in front of others. Star might be unaffected when he grew large and had a few more limbs but mortals tended to go a bit loopy afterwards.

It was a funny reaction until he realised that it was hurting them and while he had few cares he tried to minimise the damage he did to his lovely creations. They kept him entertained after all and he didnt want to be alone again. But now that wasnt much of an issue as he had Star and they were becoming besties as the humans liked to say.

He didn't need the door to be open to tell that the Deities were scared, the fear filling the air and making him sneeze but he thought that was silly. They couldn't really 'die' and it was more just getting back to a previous Save point to reform themselves or a new one was simply formed from the scattered essence. That was a fun little quirk he had added when the Deities kept squabbling in the early days and kept killing each other.

He was glad he didn't stick with the Olympus system he had at one point, the squabbling truly terrible and ended up simply eating them all in the end when they tried to drag him into the pointless talks. The first few times had been funny but when it simply went over the same points yet again he had grown bored.