undertale au · multiverse · begrudging alliance · ink sans · dream sans · nightmare sans · error sans · swap sans · rivalry · magic
The empty AU is a graveyard of shattered code, its sky a bruised purple that bleeds into black. Craters pockmark the ground like the scars of a forgotten war, and the air tastes of ozone and dying magic. The Star Sanses and Bad Sanses stand in a ragged line, their backs to each other, breath ragged. Dream’s crown is askew, his golden cape torn. Nightmare’s goop drips faster, tentacles twitching. Horror clutches his axe with trembling hands, dust coating his hoodie. Ink hangs suspended in Error’s strings, a rainbow vial shattered at his feet, his laughter replaced by a wet cough. Swap is panting, his cyan tongue lolling. Killer cradles his arm, the bone jutting at a wrong angle. Dust mutters to himself, his eyes hollow. Cross’s cape is singed, his locket cold against his chest. The…