Reborn as Error

Author's note: a bit short I believe.

First things first, I wanted Geno to be able to leave the Anti-Void without him dieing immediately. One plan was to have him eat food that healed the very moment he stepped out but that was a risk even he didn't want to take at the moment. My second plan was to use the last of 404's soul to try and help but I immediately realized the flaw in that. Geno's magic was fine, it's his health that needed to be fixed. My next idea was to use my strings to hold his soul together since he was a bit unstable as an entity so my powers would attempt to hold him together if something happened. This was the best idea.

I wasn't even sure if he would heal since he was an Aftertale Sans, not an Undertale Sans, they were different. Separate. If push comes to shove I will dig into his data and force what I cam but until then I have to make due with what I got. 

But before I could even think of taking Geno anywhere I wanted him to at least have a different jacket or a cloak to hide his identity for as long as I possibly could. There is a high chance that Ink had probably forgot about Geno or is just waiting for the change to happen. If he doesn't know about Geno being free then plans will be much easier to make. 

I also needed to figure who to decide will be a friend and who's staying as an enemy. I want to treat everyone as an enemy but this task might be too big for me to pull off without help. Not impossible but pretty difficult. 

I refused to go to Nightmare, or any of the bad guys for that matter. I will not attach myself to them and from this point one they are either an obstacle or a piece I can use. I know I can't avoid all of them but I'll make it clear where I stand when the time comes. 

Another issue that came to mind very fast was Fresh. I'm not saying he would turn against me or try something but there was another Fresh out there. My solution? I made a bandana of sorts with some old yarn that was around and had him tie it to his arm under his sleeve. That was a just incase. I also told him that I wanted him to greet me a certain way, which means I had to allow him to touch me. Only for a moment but it would be enough to know if he was my ally or a wild card. 

I was tempted to go to Underlust first and sway Lust sans to my side while also doing a few other things but.... that would've been wrong and cruel of me. In my opinion anyway, I wasn't a fan of taking advantage of someone that I kind of knew even if it wasn't really them. Using their insecurities and such against them... The idea didn't sit well with me but I might have to eventually. 

With all these things in mind I was ready to start moving.

I decided to hop into a random odd au. There were so many odd ones I really didn't care. I found myself in a dark alley and saw I was in a market place full of bustling monsters. With my hood up I swiftly walked through the crowd, grabbed the first cloak I saw, and left as soon as I was out of sight. I could honestly care less that I stole from somewhere since I'm most likely going to destroy it.

Geno has been patient with me thankfully and I gave him the cloak. It closed up in the front and the hood was large enough to hide one of his more obvious features. 

"So where you hittin' up first broski?" Fresh ask lounging on an old pile of books.

"At first I was thinking Classic but.... that won't do me good. He's neutral but I'm pretty sure he would side with Ink. Possibly a Sciencetale since Sci is.... well smart. But then I thought about persuading a Papyrus but that might be difficult if they constantly go through a reset and forget."

"What about the lanky swap bro?"

"Definitely not, I know this one will attack me without question," I said missing Stretch back in my multiverse since he's been trying to show he cares. 

"What about aus that Ink won't notice right away?" Geno suggested. 

"Eh... thats tricky. I could easily go to a random au and convince them to help but there's a high chance I'd destroy them in the end. I'm planning a large sweep and I have to stay within the ones that'll stay around. I want Ink see people turn their backs to him and then I want him to watch his main existence crumble around him into nothing."

"Harsh brah." Fresh said but he didn't sound upset by it. He seemed entertained actually.

"How do you know which ones you're going to keep alive?" Geno asked.

"Well I'm keeping the main three alive. The classic first au, Underswap, and Underfell. Then I'm getting rid of the various copies. Certain aus will stand out more and those are the ones I'm sparing. I just need to find them.... it's a mess in the Doodle-Sphere." 

"So how are you going to convince the others to be on your side since they... hated you."

"Well..... I'll be nice..... then I won't. I don't have the patience for these people. Geno, I'll take you with me once I have a set of safe aus I want to attempt talking with so for now....." 

I opened up multiple one way windows for him. One for the main three aus, one for the Doodle-Sphere, one for the empty Dreamtale just incase, and others for no real reason.

"It might seem random but you can watch these and see if anything happens we should know about or whatever. Fresh you can do whatever you want, I'm trying my luck in the Doodle-Sphere." 

I wasted no time going to the clustered space and looked over my options. There were too many. I needed someone that would make an impact first. Someone who could be reasoned with when given hard evidence. Someone I would be able to speak to without much effort in trying to be nice.

I think I know the perfect one to start with. 

I wandered and found the main Underfell au. Hopping into the coldness of the outskirts of Snowdin I opened a screen looking under 'Entities' for a specific monster. Once I had a location and made my way there. I should've teleported closer to the ruins but this works. I walked until I reached trees and removed myself from the main path. I didn't want to get spotted, not directly anyways. 

I soon heard my target yelling about how his brother was a lazy good for nothing and heard his steps crunching in the snow. He might've been angry but I knew he was still aware. I stepped on a twig gaining his attention and walked further into the trees. He would see my foreign footprints and follow to ease his suspicions, hopefully. I walked to an open area and stopped in the middle before using my strings to carry me up above high from obvious view. My tracks just stop which looks odd but it was what I was going for.

Soon enough any doubts that wanted to bubble up fizzled away as I heard the grumbles of Underfell Papyrus coming closer. Time to start.