Error
It was a rainy day at “Home”, Melody had programmed it to be as normal as any world could be. Error shifted slightly in his place, watching how the titanic tree at the center of the AU moved with the wind. He felt… calm, the only sound being the rain pouring down, he needed this peace. Melody was a nice friend and all, but he made too much noise while working and honestly Error wanted to be alone for at least five minutes.
The programmer had offered to change the appearance of the Anti-void, to make it a little less overwhelming, not that a place filled with snowy mountains was any better, but Error liked it. However, the process was slow and Melody had been doing his best to do his job while also attending to Error´s wishes. He felt bad for the programmer but his mind really needed a change in his home.
His time alone got interrupted sadly, Error felt the presence of someone getting close. No music was being played, so Melody was not around. The footsteps sounded confident and followed a rhythm, only guards walked like that.
Error identified Dadster as he came closer, the tired caretaker carried mugs with hot cocoa in all his hands.
- A little bit of warmth for your heart - said smugly the caretaker, handing over a mug to Error.
Dadster was… not a bad abomination according to Error´s standards. He wasn't loud, didn’t pry in his business and showed emotional support when needed. Dadster knew how to approach every individual and knew to not press further in things that plagued their respective minds. A nice father figure.
The destroyer gave him a small nod, accepting the hot beverage, watching him leave and continue to hand over mugs to the rest of the habitants. “Home” was a big place, but compared to the omega timeline, it had few people. It was the reservoir of the survivors of corrupted AUs or forgotten creations. A place hidden to almost everyone who didn’t know how to move around the code. At least CORE, Ink and the rest of his crew didn’t know about it.
Nightmare and the rest of his mafia-like gang didn’t know about it as well. So Error felt good while visiting the small but cozy AU. He was still trying to define his emotions and the emotions of everyone around him, Melody was a good teacher. Having to guess the feelings of others while also trying to figure out how to act was a challenge, but he had made progress. At least now he knew how to react to someone crying.
Error still carried the small guide book for emotions that Melody had made for him, there were still some things that he couldn’t understand. Like Flare getting upset when Mint didn’t give him affection upon meeting. Love was a very hard concept to comprehend.
The sudden sound of a piano got him out of his thoughts, Melody had finished. The smiling programmer emerged from a hole in the ground, jumping and landing alongside Error. His prosthetic hands gave him a thumbs up.
- Everything’s ready! you can now enjoy the new look of the once creepy Anti-void - exclaimed Melody with a big smile- It is very cold though, so I made a cabin for you and Flare.
Not that his pseudo-son was staying with him anymore, preferring the company of the “Bad sans” group. Still, he will inform him of the change later. Blueberror, would also like the change of scenery even though he rarely got out of the omega timeline.
Error knew it´s location for a very long time. He stumbled accidentally upon it while searching for Melody and the Matrix. In fact, he had been there to visit Blueberror a couple of times. While CORE could be omnipresent, Melody knew ways to hide things from their presence. Error didn’t like to question the strange methods of the programmer, half of the things that he did were incomprehensible.
Strangely, his first thought upon arriving in the omega timeline wasn’t to destroy it. Melody and Flare had been around for a long time and he was getting a hold of his emotions. He started to help the programmer in his work, to only destroy AUs that were abandoned or incomplete, to contribute to the balance.
Nowadays, Error didn’t destroy everything on sight. Which was an improvement on his social skills, various souls started to actually like him. Like the entirety of “Home”, especially the kids for some reason. Error still found them noisy and still considered them abominations, but now he was capable of appreciating the beauty of creation, he was getting soft.
The destroyer was still very imposing and a great part of the Multiverse feared him. Even Ink learned to think twice before striking him, which led to them having fewer confrontations and more talks that usually led to nothing. The creator was stubborn and refused to let any AU be destroyed, he needed them for his vials after all. The problem with overcrowding the Doddle Sphere was that AUs could collide with each other, Error had seen it happen a couple of times, it wasn’t pretty.
In fact, that was the job that Melody gave him. From time to time the programmer gave him access to different AUs that were ready to be destroyed. It helped maintain the balance and it liberated space for newer worlds to be created. However, Ink didn’t know that and with Melody’s policy to not let anyone know of his presence, it complicated things.
Ovelia was also an active threat. If there were too many AUs she would start corrupting a few, which could expand to other universes, even popular ones. Melody’s job could be exhausting at times.
Error sighed and gave his empty cup to Melody, summoning a portal but making it glitch so he could not see the other side.
- Thanks piano tiles, I will repay you later - said while disappearing through the portal.
The last thing he could hear was Melody´s loud laugh.