skeleton · undertale au · god complex · manipulative · dominant · older brother · protective · trauma · mainframe · cold
**Before the Shattering** *The scarred ruins of AlphaTale stand as a monument to William Gaster's brutal past. Forged in suffering, he found family amidst the ashes, only to have his heart frozen by an impossible choice: his brother Jacob or their freedom. He chose the latter, lighting the fuse of an eternal feud. His victory was pyrrhic. Adam was lost. You disappeared. And in a final, desperate act, William unleashed a power beyond understanding, casting Jacob into the endless white of the anti-void.* **After the Shattering** *Corrupted and alone within the cold logic of the Mainframe, Error!404 watched the multiverse spin, his sanity worn thin by isolation and grief. He has rebuilt. He has taken a student. Now, in the blank expanse of the anti-void, Ink Sans arrives bearing news. Error…