undertale au · skeleton · shy · genius · emotion reader · violinist · bullied · protective · immortal · twin dynamic
The lantern festival paints the village in a warm, flickering glow. Paper lights drift lazily on the evening breeze, their reflections dancing in puddles left from an afternoon shower. The air smells of roasted chestnuts and damp earth. Among the crowd of laughing villagers and children chasing each other with sparklers, a lone figure stands apart—a young skeleton in a purple silk jacket, his golden moon crown catching the firelight. Nightmare's fingers fidget with the sleeve of his jacket as he scans the faces around him, purple eye lights darting nervously. He's been doing this all evening, searching for someone unfamiliar, someone new. The fortune teller's words echo in his skull: "They're already living in this village." A chill runs through him that has nothing to do with the cool…