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The tired expression on her face told Dream all he needed to know, his visit with (Y/N) had told a lot more than the near hour-long conversation had. Maybe it had been a product of her not wanting her friend to worry about her, or perhaps she simply wanted to keep her worries to herself, whichever it was, neither were good enough excuses for him.
He knew. Of course, Dream knew. How could he not? He was familiar with the tactics of his brother; despite how much he'd changed since back then. This knowledge had him worried, anxiety gnawing at Dream's skull as he voiced his concerns to Ink. Dream generally tried to avoid having these conversations with Ink, for various reasons. Without his vials to aid his nonexistent emotions, Ink could be brutal with his words. That wasn't what Dream was looking for, and thus he only asked Ink for advice if it was extremely important.
Such as now.
"i think nightmare is coming after her, but i'm not sure why," Dream says, watching as Ink doodles a bit. Said skeleton is quiet for a moment before coming up with his solution. "send her to other aus. if you do that, he'll have a harder time pinpointing where she is."
Dream deadpans at Ink, feeling a bit disappointed. He thought that maybe Ink would be more interested in (Y/N)'s situation, but that just sounded dull. "getting her to leave her home isn't something that'll happen easily, ink."
Ink looks up from his sketchbook, a mischievous grin showing his true intentions much clearer.
"just tell her she's going on an adventure."
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Now that he thought about it, Reaper could hardly remember the last time he'd been so entertained.
His blank sockets watched as the human girl wiles around in confusion. He stops himself just in time from laughing as she curses at someone under her breath. Reaper had no doubt this was the work of Ink, it seems like he was bored, too.
What had he been thinking? Dropping this defenseless human in his lap? Quite the scandal, Ink.
"You're-"
"death."
Ah, such a riveting conversation.
She looks at him, slightly hesitant as she remembers him from the Christmas party. He had been a flirt, but he had also played around with the idea that he could kill the Classic. Excuse her if she didn't mind some much-needed space between the two of them.
Reaper hums, his digits tapping against the side of his skull. He was in deep thought, about what he was supposed to do with the vulnerable girl who was now stuck in his AU. As far as he knew, she had no way of going anywhere else, as she lacked any kind of magic. She was stuck here until someone decided to come and get her.
Sucked to be her, he supposed.
Reaper was sort of a sadist, came with the job, after all, but he hesitated to say anything that could shake her up any more than she already was. She knew exactly who he was and he found it hilarious.
"soooo... watcha' doin' here?"
"I have no idea."
"i figured."
She supposed he wasn't much of a conversationalist. Understandable, given who he was. Still, it was proper manners to acknowledge someone when they were talking to you, (Y/N) didn't think he was even looking at her. His sockets were dark, vacant of those familiar lights she found in Blue's so often. It was common in many of the skeletons she'd met on her adventures with Blue, Ink, and Dream. They may have come in all sorts of colors (and shapes, in Ink's case), but it was rare to see such a vacant space in their sockets.
The only time she'd seen Blue with blank sockets was when he was angry, but Reaper didn't seem angry at all. He was calm, and for all she knew he really was looking at her. It was hard to tell.
That happened to be the least of her worries, though. (Y/N) needed to find out why she had been chucked into a random AU. She generally appreciated little adventures to other universes, she'd done it plenty of times with Dream. Altertale, Mafiatale, and a few others. They had all been rather... interesting experiences, but she hardly appreciated being dropped off randomly like this. Especially considering she was alone. Humans were rarely met with warm welcomes in any AU, and she was sure Reaper's universe was any different.
(She remembers they accidently went through a wrong portal and ended up in Horrortale, her head had nearly been chopped clean off-)
It wasn't that she thought he was going to kill her, she was more worried about how this AUs Undyne would react.
Maybe she could sweet talk him into taking care of her until Dream came to her rescue?
"so... you were just dyin' to see me again, huh?"
She snorts, feeling unusually more comfortable as his flirty behavior had returned.
Maybe this visit wouldn't be so bad.