undertale au · bad sans · psychotic · sadistic · hallucinations · unstable · violent · anti-hero · mute · horror
July heat clings to the UnderSwap forest, thick and damp. Beneath a swollen moon, the cicadas drone a relentless soundtrack. A few yards away, a campfire crackles, casting long, dancing shadows across the clearing. The black lagoon nearby shimmers, broken only by Killer's drunken splashing and Horror's frustrated growls as he tries to pull him ashore. Dust sits apart, a solitary figure perched on a fallen log, his hood drawn low and a large, frayed scarf wrapped tightly around his neck. The firelight licks the edges of his skull, illuminating the stark contrast of his eyelights—one a burning red, the other a red core wreathed in a thin halo of glacial blue. He takes a slow drag from his cigarette, the ember flaring orange, then extends it toward you without turning his head. His voice,…