#//Even if Noelle being such a sunshine and so nice to help him out like that can be disconcerting at times

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Prior to The Confrontation, it wasn’t uncommon for Kaeya to ask Diluc to read over things for him, to correct it or because he couldn’t get certain words. It started because Kaeya needed a little help with his lessons and reading, then continued when it was clear Kaeya still struggled with certain things, especially when it came to paperwork and letters written in fancier script when they joined the knights.

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Influencers (Dusttale: Bad Influence x CV)

Before we get started:

-The "Dusttale: Bad Influence" AU is created by @liliallowed / @lilibanned

-I did this solely for fun

-If I got characters wrong, I'm sorry lili

-This is not canon... To at least Dusttale: Bad Influence

Part 3:

Hello, Goodbye

Sans stared at Sunshine, untrusting after the interaction he just went through. Sunshine looked at Sans and smiled softly, "My name is Dream, it's nice to meet you. I'm from another multiverse." He dropped, casually. Sans blinks a bit, thrown off, "Another what." He said, narrow eyed and slightly bewildered. "Ah, it's a lot to explain.. Just go with it for now, okay? We don't have all the time in the world to go through that." Dream said, sheepishly. Despite Sans being confused, slightly curious as well, he decides to let it go, as he did need to finish The Core and check on Noelle before sitting down for a long ass bedtime story. Sans sighs roughly and faces back towards The Core before glancing at Dream, "Don't go anywhere or do anything..." He began to say before thinking. It probably wasn't the best choice to just leave this guy unattended, sure he seemed more capable of not causing harm to neither him or Noelle but he's still an unknown monster from an unknown place and all that junk. Sans stares at Dream for a moment, rethinking the conversation that was just had, "How likely is it that you'd be willing to either, quietly, keep within my line of sight or go keep your boss from getting too far from here?" He asked. Dream perked up, "Oh, very willing and I can do both!" Dream reassured, Sans raised an eye lid in response only for Dream to gesture to his shadow, where Facilier's face appeared in and grinned at Sans. Sans stared at Facilier before blinking, "You sure that thing is even going to be able to reach him?" He asked. Dream nodded, "Mhm!" He hummed happily. Sans sighed, looking away a bit, "Fine. Send that thing after him and you come with me. I'm not in the mood for a story but you're still going to explain how you got here." He said before walking back to The Core. Even small answers would be best right now. Dream looks to Facilier, causing Facilier to slither off, leaving a shadowy trail that still connected it to Dream, Dream then quickly follows Sans.

Sans goes back to where he was working and began working again, though a bit more quickly, not too quickly of course, Dream stood a decent distance away to let him work, "So. How did you end up here? There's no way you were a monster who survived, especially considering how you look sort of like me, among other things." Sans asked, glancing to Dream every now and then. Dream thinks a bit, "Well, we just kinda just popped up here. It happens a lot for us. Sort of." Dream answers, looking away a bit. Sans glares at him a bit, not sure if he should believe that, though it would make sense at this point, the only bit of sense, "Uh huh." He simply responded as he continued working. Dream stands there for a bit in awkward silence, looking around. They stayed like that for a few minutes as Sans worked, leaving Sans to think and process things in silence.

"Interesting thing you got going on with your boss." Sans brought up, not looking at Dream, the comment made Dream perk up then look away a bit, "Ah, yes. I guess. Why do you bring it up?" He asks, looking back at Sans, "Well, the fact that there's clearly more going on than poor working conditions." Sans responded in a sort of joking but very much serious way, glancing to Dream with a look. Dream stared for a moment, confused for a moment before blinking, "Oh, no, if you mean the whole angry thing Maf had, that's not the norm. Well, it is the norm but that in particular wasn't technically." Dream said, trying his best to explain, but it only made Sans a bit more suspect, "Technically?" Sans asked, not really interested in helping this guy out but if it means getting one guy to not be so possibly violent towards Noelle, that would leave room for a breather. "Well, he is a Fell variant so the anger and toughness was always going to be there." Dream added, nonchalantly. Sans just looked confused for a moment, "Fell variant- What?" He asked before shaking his head, "Whatever, doesn't matter. What does matter is that you don't let that guy boss you around, even if he is your boss." Sans said calmly as he looked away from Dream a bit, "If you don't want to kill someone, you don't have to. Nothing should determine if you kill people or not." He advised. Hypocrite. Sans flinched a bit when he had said that, though tried to make it unnoticeable. "Oh.." Dream simply replied, looking away a bit. Sans sighed roughly, "Whatever, but yeah, don't listen to that guy..." He began to think about his next words, which were so corny and hypocritical for him to say that he could almost feel all his sins crawling up his stomach to either make him swallow back down the words or throw them up. Or maybe he actually was going to throw up from how stupid it sounded. "Whatever you did back then can probably be forgiven and understood." Euuughh. He said it. Even the 'probably' didn't help it. Was that even worth to say?? How much could that even apply to Dream's situation, huh? Sans, are you self projecting? You sad that no one had said it to you? You don't deserve it being said to you, do you- "Yeah.. Maybe." Dream just mumbled in response, looking away in guilt. Sans took a breath, at least Dream actually responding pulled him out of his thoughts a bit. Though, not like that response was any good, pretty sure you missed the Homerun with that one. Completely passed whatever this guy did or went through.

Sans got finished finally, wiping the sweat from his forehead, he looks to Dream, gathering his tools and putting them somewhere safe near where he normally worked, "Alright, let's go find your totally-not-abusive boss." Sans grumbled, he was honestly more interested in checking on Noelle but not like Dream needed to know that. Dream seemed a bit conflicted when Sans accused Maf of being abusive, looking to wanting to speak up in defense but holding it back, watching as Sans walked passed him before following. Sans glanced at The Core as they walked before looking back forward, debating on ditching Dream to check on Noelle, though then there would be the risk of losing sight of both him and Maf. Sans grumbled as he walked, "Are you just going to stare at me?" He asked, glancing to Dream as he walked beside Sans, Dream blinked and looked away a bit, "Sorry, I just thought we'd continue talking." Dream said, sheepishly. "Yeah, just continue talking with the stranger who's boss and even own shadow threatened to attack me." Sans said, sarcastically, causing Dream to look away more, looking to the lava of Hotland as they make it to the normal roads outside The Core. They walk in silence for a bit, Sans just now deciding to ditch Dream until... "You haven't had time to really talk about what happened, have you?" Dream asked, causing Sans to look at him, "What are you talking about?" Sans asked in response. "With what happened during the resets. Your family." Dream said simply. Sans stopped for a moment, if he had a physical heart, it would've stopped like he did, he could hear slight ringing in his non-existent ears. What does he say to that? Does Dream know? Actually know? There's no possible way. Play dumb? Drop the act?? "..."

Dream kept walking for a moment before stopping as well, turning back to Dust and looking at him calmly, "Do you need to talk about it? Talking about it could help a lot, Other Dust." Dream said in a somber yet comforting manner. "...'Other Dust'? The hell?? Th.. Wh.." Sans stumbled on his words. Guess a free mini therapy session gets one offered back to you. "Like I said, we're from another multiverse. I know someone exactly like you. Well, not exactly but I know a version of you." Dream explained. Sans stared for a moment, not knowing how to react to that, "You... I.. How.." He muttered. "If you're looking for an ounce of confirmation that we're thinking about the same thing, I won't give it to you. The only way I can confirm it is.. Bringing the most painful parts up and I don't think you'd want that." Dream said, though a bit bluntly. Sans then glares, turning his head away, "...I'm good on the therapy, I don't need it." He retorted, a bit jokingly, "Besides, unless I don't remember paying you to regretfully be my baggage dump, I don't know you, so I'm not gonna sit here and spill out every inch of my mind while you play the 'everything's going to be okay' response." Sans crossed his arms, glaring at Dream a bit. Dream just stared and sighed softly, "I'm sorry, I just wanted to make you feel comfortable with me." "Great job you did so far, buddy." Sans replied quickly, rolling his eyes. Dream looks away a bit, "..." Sans growls a bit as he looks at Dream's face, "Jeez, you do everything with the energy of a sad puppy despite having this weird ass affect on me where I feel like the concept of happiness is just floating around me!" Sans said, irritated. Was that meant to be an insult or...?

...

Blue speaks up, looking at Noelle, "You said you had a Sans here.. How about we all go speak to him? Drop this subject for now and just get to know each other." He suggested. Noelle looks at Blue, trying to push her mini crisis to the back of her mind, "Y-yeah..! That sounds much better than this.." She agreed, standing up. Mad stands up straight as well, Ink staying on Noelle's shoulders. "Where should he be right now?" Error asked, looking like he was preparing something. "Oh, he should be at The Core right about now, or maybe Hotland in general.." Noelle responds, thinking. Ink giggles, "Road trip!" He says childishly as the mug in Noelle's hands glitches into nothing this, making her look at her now empty hands in confusion. Error then summons some white glitchy mass, "Alright, let's go!" He said proudly before walking in, Aliza casually following after him. Noelle looks confused as all hell, staring at the mass as Blue casually walks in as well, "What is-" Noelle began to ask before Dust wraps an arm around her shoulds, causing Ink to scamper to the other side of Noelle and glare at Dust, "You ever done portal travel before?" Dust asked, smirking excitedly, "Just try not to get sick!" He playfully added before pushing Noelle and Ink in. Monika's voice could be heard sternly saying "Dust!" as Noelle falls through the mass, gasping in fear a bit, having nothing but Ink to grab onto for support, suddenly, like a doorway, she passed through and ended up in Hotland, though on the edge of one of the roads due to the push, threatening that she fall into the lava below. "GAH!!" Noelle let out a yelp of fear, going to hold onto Ink with both arms so he didn't fall off her shoulders but someone grabbed onto one of her arms, saving her from falling. Noelle still used her one free arm to keep Ink from falling before looking at who had helped her, seeing Dust there but suddenly wearing red tinted glasses, he grinned playfully before pulling Noelle to the middle of the path in an almost dance-like motion. Noelle tensed up in the middle, shaking a bit and feeling like she was going to puke. "You good?" Ink asked Noelle, smiling a bit.

Noelle just stood there, deer in headlights style, as Monika and Mad walk through the glitchy mass as well, the mass shrinking and disappearing behind them. Blue stands beside the proud looking Dust before smacking him upside the head, looking done with his bullshit. Monika goes to Noelle, "Are you okay, Noelle?" She asked, worried. "Y-yeah.. I- I- i'm fine..." Noelle nervously stuttered, putting on a shaky smile just to make sure none of them felt bad. Noelle then blinks, realizing that they were now in Hotland, "W-whoa... How.. That's.." She mumbled as she looked around, noticing Error walk up next to her, she then smiles at Error, though a bit sheepishly and nervously, "That's... Pretty wild... And cool!" She compliments, adding the 'cool' part quickly so he doesn't misinterpret it somehow. Error grins proudly, closing his eyes as he puts his hands on his hips, "Thanks, I got a lot more cool shit you haven't seen yet!" He says confidently. Aliza then pops up between them, "Yeah, yeah, Error's so cool, it's unbelievable." Aliza added sarcastically before roughly pushing Noelle's face away, "Now back up, skank, he has issues with people getting too close." She said, glaring at Noelle as she wraps her arms around Error, who seemed completely fine with the gesture. Noelle rubs her cheek a bit as she falters back, confused a bit, "U-um.. Sorry.." She mumbled, looking away as Ink flipped Aliza off childishly, "If you push us back towards that lava, I'll have your head!" Ink threatened, just as childishly. "Let's not start fighting." Mad said sternly, causing Ink and Aliza to look at him and both look away with grumpy or annoyed reactions, however staying silent.

Mad then starts walking, taking the lead as Blue follows him and walks by his side, closely. Error and Aliza start walking by each other's sides, talking as if the hostile interaction Aliza had with Noelle and Ink didn't just happen. Dust takes off his glasses and gestures for Noelle to walk before him, which she hesitantly does, Dust following behind her. Monika stayed at the back of the group, following and smiling contently.

Noelle walks in silence for a bit before deciding to make conversation, looking to Ink, "Um.. How old are you exactly?" She asked, a bit awkward. Ink looks at her and huffs, "I'm an adult!" He responded quickly, making Noelle go a bit wide eyed, "Oh..! I'm sorry! I didn't mean to.." "Ah, it's fine!" Dust said from behind her, chuckling, "The rat gets that a lot!" He laughed a bit. Noelle looks to Dust, confused, "The rat??" She asked, "He means me." Ink added, looking from Dust to Noelle, who questioned if it should be counted as more of an insult than a nickname, though Ink didn't seem to take it as one. "Oh.. I see.." She just ended up responding. She then glanced at Mad and Blue, who were holding hands at this point, before looking to Error and Aliza, who oddly just started singing now.

"Oh, I say! You gave me a fright there! I thought I was having a little nightmare!~" The two sung happily, "Oh, I say-" "H-Hey.. Aliza? That was your name, right..?" Noelle spoke up, walking close to them as they both stopped singing, "I'm.. Sorry if I offended you... Or Error somehow... I didn't mean to.." She apologized, smiling nervously. Aliza looked irritated and didn't even look at Noelle, "Ugh, Glitchy Bitch, why is this ugly hag talking to me?" Aliza insulted, huffing, Error looks to Noelle and smiles calmly, "She means 'it's alright and you didn't do anything wrong'." Error reassures. Noelle stares at the two in confusion, the jarring responses making it hard to figure out what to say, "Erm... Did she mean that though?" Noelle asked in a mumble. Aliza then groans a bit, "It's still taaaaaalking!" She complained, rolling her eyes dramatically and childishly. Error chuckles, "She's just built different!" He joked, "Still coming to grips about the whole AU thing?" He asked, changing the subject. Noelle looks away a bit, "Uh.. Not really.. I don't know how to feel about it. It seems so... Complicated and... Messy. I don't know what to make of it." Noelle says softly. Error stares at her for a moment, "Hey, it's going to be like that, it's part of life after all, and that sure is a mess already!" He tries to comfort. Noelle thinks before looking at Error and Aliza, "Are... Are there more of you?" She asks. "Oh yeah." Error responds quickly, looking away with a dead panned look, "Deffo." Aliza responds as well, just as deadpan, "You wouldn't believe how many!" Ink adds in from Noelle's shoulder. Error looks to the lava below, "Though, it's best we not get into that, you'll probably ever see us again after today anyway. Or forget." Error says, calmly. Noelle was going to question this but spotted Sans up ahead with another skeleton, she looked at them confused before pointing at them, "Is that another one of you?" She asked simply.

...

"Look, I just need you to know..." Dream said before smiling softly at Sans, "Everyone needs to get stuff out, so it's best to talk about it." He says. Sans stared for a moment, thinking on how to respond. Suddenly! Blue strings wraps around Dream's body, causing him to go wide eyed as he was pulled into the air and then slammed onto the ground on the opposite side of Sans and a sudden group of people. Error was controlling the blue strings with Aliza holding onto his arms as if trying to help, they both then repeatedly slam Dream into the ground, yelling "Die die die!" In unison before Error used his strings to throw Dream far away from the path they were on, like very far away, in the direction where only lava awaited him. Sans and Noelle stood there, shocked and dumbfounded while the other members of the ground just acted like this was sort of the norm, with a bit of tension in the air still though.

Noelle was too shocked to say anything but would've been heavily questioning why in the hell they would do that. Sans looks to Error and Aliza before blinking, "The hell????!! The hell was that-" He began to question. Aliza and Error slid over to Sans, Error catching his breath a bit and Aliza looking annoyed and sassy, "That was your free discount in savings. You could've died, you're welcome!" Aliza said, giving Sans a look while putting her hands on her hips then crossing her arms.

The whole group stood in silence for a moment.

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Friendship appreciation post

Caroline- caroline is like my secret buddy. She helped me when I had my surgery and took notes for me and recorded all the lectures I missed. She helped me after my break up, she supported my “hoe phase”, she stayed way late after school one day when I was having a low day, she helped me find teachers, she introduced me to people, she deals with me in most classes, we hang out between classes. She’s extremely funny and energetic, and she’s like a mango in a bowl of boring vegetables. She’s litterly my sunshine on a grey school day.

Amy- Amy is the best mom you could have. But she’s also my best friend, we talk almost every day, even if it’s just brief. She’s my aniexty buddy, I honestly couldn’t have survived Highschool without her. She’s so funny, and she’s really fun to be around. She’s also made so much progress that I don’t think gets recognized enough. She also doesn’t make me feel bad or that I’m annoying her. And even tho I tend to push her and tend to be what she considers a terrible influence, she’s a queen. I love her little grandma quirks and everything, to the coin collecting to the am radio.

Victoria- probably my longest best friend, I have known Amy and Noelle forever tho. But Victoria in herself is like a sister. I love her, even when I don’t like her. She’s honestly my sister tho. I could hate her but walking away is never an option. She’s like my sister person. We both work together and like the same music and Disney and like two seperate individuals with so much in common. It’s crazy. And even tho she frustrates me to infinity and beyond, she’s my sister. Our drives home from school are some of my favorite memories, and talking about everyone and having the same thoughts and same jokes. It’s a beautiful sistership. She’s family.

Noelle- is a queen. A musical queen. She’s so funny and has sass. But she’s also shy and says sorry a lot. I have seen her dancing with drunks, I have seen her dancing drunk, I have seen her cry drunk, I have seen her throw back alcohol like it’s water. She’s just so cool to be around. Shes like super adultish, but super young adult tho. She’s also trying to find her comfort zone. She’s so pretty too! She needs to say no more, and make sure she’s thinking about herself. But she’s a really nice sweet and awesome friend. When things were at the lowest she was there for me and supported me, I really hope I can be the same support for her.

Alyx- I love her dancing. I love her in general, but that dancing. Sometimes our thoughts or actions my cross and we may find conflict. But honestly our friendship can always override those hopefully. I want us to be more drinking buddies and party more if we can find time. She’s so dorky and cool and ballsy. She’s figuring herself out and she’s now labeled the hoe of the group, which is supported by her dancing at the club. She’s just a queen. She’s a strong ass woman and I aspire to reach the level of not giving a fuck bad assery she is at. I want multiple piercings and a tattoo. And just a general whole fuck it attitude. She’s also a great mom and tries in her own way to be supportive. And I did like that puzzle video in the sense of life being made up of puzzle pieces. And like all the Reba.

Kierra- Kierra is a tough motherfucker, don’t mess with her. She’s really cool tho, she’s also figuring herself out. She doesn’t socialize with the group as much, but she’s following her own dreams and living her own way. She seems to have the most control of her life compared to the rest of us. But she’s also growing so much. I know she doesn’t like drama, and I know I might be all drama, but she still came to the library that day with me. She went out of her way, and with her being there I felt so much less anixous. She also deals with the dumb questions I ask her about her life when I probably should know it’s not appropriate. I’m really excited to see how she finds uni and how she grows more.

Gabe- Gabe is a babe, he texts me everyday even tho we don’t talk that often due to me not having time or having anything to talk about. He comes out when I ask him to hang out and he deals with all my emotional bullshit. He lets me bug him and he tells me when I’m being dumb or not. He also knows I’m right most the time and he lets me know my worth. He deals with the times when I cries and makes sure I’m okay and laughing.

Josh- most selfless perosn I know. He’s now super old, but he’s my work husband. Our talk in my car that one night was life changing, he ultimately made me realize my self worth and saw why my relationship ending was much needed. He dealt with so many of my problems. Now he’s currently going through some things and I want to make sure I give him the same safe feeling he gave me about the future.

I have many friends, and many more people I could put on this list, but those people don’t equal to the same amount of friendship worth as the ones listed above.