#error and ink and those silly guys are next [3

[xullian]

Saejun without eyelights because yeas? I can.

Filler post,, Im busy! Busybusybusy making an animatic but i might spam more pen drawings here [3 (grrrrrr this is terrible but grrrr i want to post something)

Saejun/farm belongs to GuinongTale_AU

[tcoti-theories]

Character Analysis: Fresh

SPOILER WARNING: Please finish reading Chapter 24 of TCOTI before you continue!

* For consistency, I’ll be using he/him for both the Mongrel and Fresh.

[Who is Fresh in TCOTI?]

In TCOTI, Fresh is a parasite that does not have a proper name other than “Mongrel Number 87”. Unlike the original, “canon” story, in TCOTI, there existed an AU called “Freshtale” which had been attacked and destroyed by Nightmare a long time ago. Mongrel 87 took the body of the Sans of this universe, using his silly appearance and demeanor to hide his true intentions.

Fresh is Nightmare’s spy. His objective is to gather intel from the Council and the Omega Timeline.

[So is he a bad guy?]

Short answer is: I don't think so.

Aside from the change in his background, TCOTI!Fresh is almost identical to canon!Fresh. He skates, he doesn’t like cuss words, he uses outdated 90s lingo, and he likes neon colors.

None of which are even close to being evil.

The only two things that keep canon!Fresh from being a “normal, good” guy is that 

1. He is soulless and therefore emotionless 

and 2. He is a parasite who cannot survive without sacrificing the life of another.

Him being emotionless, in fact, is helping him with his survival. He does not feel any guilt for taking another’s body and soul. He can make decisions that are beneficial to him and him only, because he does not feel guilty nor feel attached to anyone or anything. And that’s what makes canon!Fresh “scary”.

However, TCOTI takes place 100 years after the X Event. And within those years… this Fresh had somehow learned to absorb emotions from his “preys” as well as their life force.

And that’s causing him some unwanted effects.

[Unwanted Effect #1: “Identity Crisis”]

In TCOTI, “Fresh” is merely a role that Mongrel 87 plays. He is an actor, and Fresh is his character. His “true” form is a slimy, goopy, 20-ft monster with rows and rows of teeth. Not the definition of likable.

And then he starts “playing” Fresh. He skates, he doesn’t like cuss words, he uses outdated 90s lingo, and he likes neon colors. A far more interesting and likable individual than what the Mongrel is.

The mongrel grows invested in his role. He “likes” being Fresh. (Which is only possible due to having emotions.) Until it hit a point where he started thinking of Fresh as his “normal” self, rather than an act. He even prefers to be called “Fresh” rather than his real name.

[Unwanted Effect #2: Friendship with PJ]

Fresh had known PJ at least since he was 13. The details on the start of their friendship are unknown*, but his only goal in interacting with PJ is to gain intel about the Council through him (and eventually through Ink). But PJ is unaware of this, and he genuinely loves spending time with Fresh. He likes Fresh.

Most likely, this was the first time in Fresh’s life to learn what it “feels” to be liked by another. And that’s causing some problems.

Because for the first time in his life, he learns that it’s nice to be liked by another.

He grows fond of PJ. He starts genuinely enjoying “playing friends” with PJ. To the point where everyone who witnesses their interactions starts calling him PJ’s “boyfriend”.

Which is of course making his job as a spy difficult. And this, too, wouldn’t have happened if it weren’t for having emotions.

In fact, all of which Fresh is going through with PJ is precisely what Error went through with Ink! (The confusion caused from being liked by another person for the first time). Which leads to the next issue.

[Unwanted Effect #3: Sympathy]

This part is solely my interpretation of his motives and inner conflicts. Not enough in-story evidence given here.

During the lab incident, Fresh was moving through vents, investigating everything. This makes Fresh the only individual that has witnessed everything that happened during the lab incident. More importantly: he’s the only character that knows of Ink’s attempts to save tError! Even Dream doesn’t know that one!

Yet when he confronts Nightmare and reports him of the incident, he chooses to omit that part. Which is not something a spy should do.

I personally believe that this was his attempt to “protect” both Error and Ink. As explained earlier, he understands (possibly better than anyone) how Error felt about being loved by Ink and loving Ink back. He would have grown sympathetic with Error.

And Ink? There’s no one in the multiverse that’s more similar to Fresh than Ink. They both suffer from being soulless. They find their respective “alternative” to real emotions like everyone else feels (Ink’s vials, Fresh’s absorbed emotions), but it never feels as “real” as those with actual souls. 

Which is, in fact, the exact reason why Nightmare dislikes both Ink and Fresh. He feeds off of negative emotions, so beings that are not able to feel any emotions are downright useless to him. Moreover, being an empath and yet a cruel person, he might find it disgusting that a creature can exist without feeling any kind of emotions.

[Unwanted Effect(?) #4: “Language!”]

Altogether, having emotions is making survival much, much more difficult for Fresh.

This in fact leads to the final difference TCOTI!Fresh has from canon!Fresh:

This Fresh actually says sh*t!!!

I have 2 different (yet related) explanations for this:

Cuss words are a method to express extreme emotions. Canon!Fresh doesn’t understand the need for that because he doesn’t feel any emotions. But TCOTI!Fresh does, and at some point in his life, he may have thought, “Okay, I think the word sh*t is needed sometimes.”

His life simply became too difficult for him to not curse. (sorry Fresh)

[Prediction: What will Fresh do in future chapters?]

All of this given, I personally believe that Fresh is going to be risking his life to help PJ out of… whatever the situation they’re in right now.

He in fact already did by sending that secret text message to PJ! (I personally like to think that what he meant by “I don’t have a choice anymore” is that “I can’t cover you up on my own anymore.”)

And you know what’s crazy? That text message was impossible to reach PJ unless he immediately opened Fresh’s text the second he received it.

Which proves that Fresh was confident that PJ was waiting ever since for his message. Ever since he went missing. Which has been a good few weeks.

…Seriously, you two, why can’t you be just happy??

* I like to think that before Gradient was found, PJ was seen as a threat in the Omega timeline just as much as Gray is right now. At the time, he was the only known child to Error. No one would actually be around him to keep his company.

I think Fresh decided to take advantage of that. PJ was under Ink’s care, but he didn’t have anyone around him. Befriending this not-even-13-year-old kid would get him directly to one of the most important members in the Council. So he did just that.

That, of course, led to a whole bunch of unexpected circumstances…

[unu-nunu-art]

The small Dork and the Artist pt.2

OkiOkiOkiOki I wanted to continue what @That-Punny-Cookie started, even if it was my other account that I deleted, I had a feeling nobody would believe me and all. Just saying, the One-Shot wasn’t supposed to be submitted, it was a draft ;w; But, just saying, the day I found out you replied… I WAS JUMPING OVER MOON ;;;;;W;;;;;; I WAS OVERWHELMED WITH HAPPINESS! O-O I FELT LIKE I COULD PUNCH THROUGH A WALL

I WAS THAT PUMPED WITH HAPPINESS AAAAAAUUUUUGHHHHH ;;;;;;W;;;;;;;;;

(Also- YOU GOT HIT BY THE TRAIN NUU ;A; WE LOST A SPECIAL PERSON!)

>>~•(§*§)•~<<

Error poked the chocolate softly.

It looked yummy.

And Error wanted to eat something.

Error gently picked up the chocolate while Ink watched, curious for what his rescuing to chocolate will be. Error took a small nibble of the chocolate (that wasn’t wrapped) slowly and cautiously. His eye lights lit up slightly at the sweet taste. Instead of chomping down the chocolate greedily, Error instead took quick but small nibbles of the chocolate. Ink giggled at the small glitchy child.

”Hey, what’s your name?“ Ink asked, “I’m Ink. You can call me anything but shorty.”

Error looked up at Ink, blinking a little, putting down the (very tasty) chocolate bar.

Error sat down a little more properly, sitting on his bum. (Is that more proper, or does it not make a difference? I don’t know, whoops-)

“My NaMe iS Error,“ Error murmured softly. Ink leaned in a little, humming in question. “What did you say?” Ink asked politely. Error tooonin a deep breath and looked Ink straight in the eye with slight bravery.

”Error,“ Error repeated confidently, “My NaMe Is Error.”

Ink smiled brightly, crawling closer to Error. ”That’s a great name! Do you mind if I call you … Hmm … RuRu, perhaps?“ Ink asked. Error rose his ‘eyebrows.’ “WhO Is ’RuRu’¿” Error asked back. Ink giggled, scooting a little closer to Error.

“Your RuRu, silly!“ Ink smiled, pointing to Error. Error pointed to himself, “mE¿ bUt, I’m ErRor!” Error protested, “nOt rUrU!”

Ink grinned, “If I call you RuRu, you can call me anything you want. If you like, you can call me shorty, even if I’m taller than you,“ Ink suggested, scooting until he was normal length from Error.

Error puffed his cheeks and and crossed his arms, “I-i’m nOt GonNA aLwAyS bE shOrT! I-i’lL grOw Up!“ Error huffed, “i’lL grOw Up TO bE tAlL!”

Ink rolled his eyes playfully. “Suuuuuure. Hehe. Anyway, want to leave this awful place?“ Ink asked Error. Error gasped and stood up quickly, “yEs PleAsE, InK!” Error smiled, which Ink returned. The artist stood up, and realized how short Error was. Even wearing shoes, Error was just a little shorter than Inks elbow.

’Oh my gosh,’ Ink squealed internally, ’He’s so short!’ Ink internally fangirled at how cute Error is. ‘But, I also wonder, will Error be able to go through the portal himself?’ Ink asked himself. He shrugged and opened a portal using his paintbrush. Almost immediately, Error hid behind Ink.

“WhAt Is ThAt… ?” Error asked nervously, grabbing onto Inks clothes. Ink turned a little, looking down at the nervous child.

“That, RuRu, is a portal. It will take us away from here,” Ink smiled happily. Error still hid behind Ink.

The artist turned around completely, grabbing Error and placing him onto his hip. Error squeaked and grabbed onto Ink for his dear life.

Ink looked at Error, “Are you ready? We’re going to walk through the portal.“ Error nodded, grabbing onto Ink even more tightly.

’He might fall asleep when we go through the portal,’ Ink thought, ’Probably because of his unsteady magic.’

After that thought, Ink stepped through his portal, entering his guest room in his home.

Which was thankfully not covered in enough papers to not be considered a room anymore. The room was quite plain. If had a twin sized bed in the middle of the room, pressed against the wall. On the right of the bed was a desk, papers and pencils scattered around the wooden surface. It was a plain looking room as mention earlier. Ink turned to check if Error had fallen asleep.

Yup, he is.

Ink picked up Error and placed him onto the guest bed, tucking him in.

Ink sat next to Errors bed, just in case Error wakes up and gets scared, or something along those lines. Ink wants to be next to the glitchy skeleton, he wants to know if he’s okay, he wants to make sure nobody is messing with Error. The artist stroked Error’s head in a comforting manner, hoping too sooth the skeletons nervous nerves from going through portal earlier.

“I will watch over you, no matter what. Your my small little dork.”

>>~•(§*§)•~<< Before y'all start screaming about stuff I messed up I thought that Error wouldn’t have hapephobia(? Is that his you spell it?) because he wasn’t stuck in the void for a heck of a long time. So he didn’t mind the touching. (Or, maybe I didn’t want to write angst/feels ;w;)

(I’ve gotten sucked into child!error x Ink to the point where I’m drawing them in class XD)

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Submitted by  ask-error-and-ink-the-nerds

Unu says: You didn’t have a title so I felt free to name the story, haha. I’m good at naming things, did you know that? |D

Anyway, this is just so cute! You guys keep submitting so cute fanfics to me and just... hnnngh <3<3<3

Thanks for continuing the story. And you’re welcome for the response, I guess? Though I’m still recovering from that train hitting me last time and stuff~