You huffed as you teleported to Killertale. FINALLY, the last place that you'll have to make a deal with.
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What can you make a deal with, with him?! Maybe it's the same thing with Dust? Wanting to get out of his Au? And sealing off his emotions wasn't an option as you didn't feel a lot of negativity from anyone, just massive sadism and glee. So you guess that his emotions weren't a problem in this multiverse then. You'll... figure it out you guess, you thought to yourself as you frowned slightly. Sighing for the umpteenth time, you smoothed out your expression as you stepped out of the shadows.
Hhhhh, time to get it over with, you guess.
Spreading your negativity, you search for Killer and are able to find him within his and Papyrus's house. And as you teleport to the place, you also notice that it's all dusty and gloomy just like Dusttale. Houses have holes/cracks in them, showing the aging and just the place looking all worn down. After taking a final look around, you knock on the skeleton brother's house and wait for an answer. The small voice inside (Which you presumed was Killer's) that seemed to be talking to itself, stopped. Gone quiet in a second.
Then, you're met with a knife being thrown at your shoulder the next second. It wasn't painful, but it did surprise you slightly. Tsking, you use one of your tendrils to take the knife out of your shoulder, and you throw it back with as much precision.
Opening the door with your hand, you invite yourself in and you can see Killer, sitting on the couch with wide eye sockets and a cut on his cheekbone with the knife stick in the wall behind him. After getting his bearings in a moment, he jumps off the couch with gracefulness as if practiced over 100 times and swiftly pulls out the knife out of the wall and takes a fighting stance in front of you.
"Who the hell are you," He growls out and you don't show any emotion at his threatening stance as you answer him, his red target soul gently bobbing in front of him.
"Nightmare, the King of nightmares and negativity. I have a proposition for you, Sans," You speak.
But Killer has none of it as he registers you as a new challenge and promptly attacks you, slashing at you with his knife to which you dodge for your own amusement. Next he uses his blaster but you're able to block it with a tendril and then later deflect his attacks with them. Finally deciding to have enough of this after 10 minutes you use your tendril to catch Killer off guard and bring him into a cocoon with your other tendrils, rendering him immobile and making him hang upside down in front of you.
"A proposition, if you didn not hear me earlier, Sans," You growl out with sharp glare at Killer as you held him upside down.
Dropping him, you see as he lands gracefully on his feet. He was graceful and a good fighter, you could see that which made you hope that if you're able to get him to be in the gang, he'll be able to teach/train the others on fighting better as well as he'll be a huge help on missions.
"Fine," He huffs out as he flips his knife, "You're strong, so I'll listen to you and what you have to say.
Huffing, you speak, "For anything you want within my power and to be able to get out of this alternate universe, I need your complete loyalty in return." You opt to say, not knowing what else to offer.
Killer thinks for a while, knife tapping his chin before he asks a question, "Who are you again? And are you a version of me since you mentioned alternate universes?"
You fumed silently behind your mask, sighing as you rubbed your temple, you answered, "I am Nightmare, King of negativity and nightmares and no, I am not a version of you despite looking like a Sans."
"Hah, nice," Killer grinned, "Ok then, I know what I want then,"
You look at him with a raised bone brow.
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"I want a kiss on my cheek."
'IS HE INSANE!? WHO DOES HE THINK WE ARE!?' Corrupt roared, seething, making some of the corruption writhe and boil, but out of Killer's sight who had grinned after giving you his request.
Nightmare was off on the side, frozen and blushing.
And you... you were, with your whole willpower trying not to blush while keeping a stoic face and exploding on the insides as your eye socket went wide in shock.
Everyone went into a frenzy over this. (Reminds me of the Inside Out movie where everyone argued over who should take over the table to control what feelings Riley has when Joy and Sadness are gone).
You almost stutter as you speak, but you cough and manage to slightly hide your blush as you ask Killer to confirm his earlier statement, "You... want me to kiss you?!" you ask, slightly incredulously, allowing your mask to slip for a small moment.
"A pec on the cheek, bossman," Killer grins cheekily.
A small cyan blush fits over your cheekbones for a second but is gone in a blink of an eye. Huffing, you walk up towards Killer.
'ARE YOU INSANE?!" Corrupt shrieks, 'DON'T TELL ME THAT YOU'RE DOING IT!? YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO HOLD YOURSELF IN HIGH REGARD-'
You block out Corrupts voice and then hear Nightmare meekly speak to you as well, a lavender blush apparrent on his face, 'Are you sure we should do this...?'
'A kiss is nothing bad, and I really need Killer on the team...' you trail but you mentally blush. When was the last time you kissed someone when you were reincarnated? OH YEAH, NEVER.
You had dated someone in your past life but that was close to 5 centuries ago!
Steeling yourself, you grab Killer's skull with your hands, surprising him, and hold an iron grip on his skull (still careful not to hurt him) and give him a small peck on the cheek.
'There' you think, 'Nothing bad, all's good, all's done'
Corrupt was furious, "Y/n! You are a king here! You are supposed to be held in high regard! Not- NOT-' Corrupt muffles his frustration.
Nightmare just blushes harder and lets a small squeak escape him after he realizes what happened and promptly leaves into the mindspace.
"There," you speak out after you cough awkwardly, voice almost meek but you steel yourself, "Are you satisfied with your choice?"
"Yep," Killer grins, "Glad to work with ya boss," he says as you open up a portal with a disgruntled look on your skull. Huffing, you tell him what to do,
"When you go in, request for #6 and he will show you around and bring you to your room. and there are other versions of you in there as well."
Killer gives you a mock salute and clicks his tongue, "Yes sir," then he promptly walks into the portal with a grin. As you close the portal, you allow yourself to blush, you knew Killer was- was like this!- but- you weren't prepared for it! What a dick! (That was your flustered mind speaking).
Taking in a few deep breaths, you calm down your blush and sigh. Later, Nightmare comes out, calmer, and Corrupt still fuming but not saying anything about it.
"Sorry," you mumble.
'Ah! No! It's alright! For me it was just unexpectant, but- next time, let's not jump into that stuff again? Boundaries maybe?'
"Mhm," you nod. Slumping down, you drag your back down as you were leaning against the wall and promptly used the tendrils to make a cocoon for yourself to die in. You were done with life right now.
'Hhhhhh,' You could hear Corrupt dragging a hand down his skull, 'Do not act so impulsively next time,' you hear and mumble in confirmation that you won't, 'Hold some credit to yourself, you are a king now! You are too nice, I swear,' grumbles Corrupt and you huff.
Unraveling yourself from the cocoon, you stand up and dust yourself off and look at the dust surrounding you with a grimace. Yeah, Killertale.
Shaking your skull, you open a portal to Dreamtale to Dreams statue, to make it able for Nightmare to talk with Dream as promised.
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Axe recruited: Yes
Cross recruited: Yes
Killer recruited: Finally
Dust recruited: Yes
Error is an Ally: Yes
Make deal with Farmtale: Was done
4 years, 5 months until Dream breaks out