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Part 1 of It’s a beautiful day outside (Undertale + AUs fics) , Part 1 of With every world destroyed, I lose a little piece of myself.
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2025-12-19
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2026-03-09
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I should be working.

Chapter 74: I should be working.

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Notes:

This was fun! Ink will be doing just fine :)

Oh yeah, none of this was beta read, nor did I really reread any of the posted chapters. So anything that didn’t fit with what I wrote earlier, I just genuinely forgot about. Which works perfectly with what I have planned :)

(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)

Chapter Text

Tape 74, 50xx

 

  • Ink gets a soul.

 

Dream: “Ink! You have a soul now! How do you feel?

 

I-1: “I don’t like it.”

 

Swap: “Does it feel better to have one though?”

 

I-1: “No. Get it out.”

 

Dream: “We can’t exactly do that Ink…”

 

I-1: “Get it out. Get it out! I don’t want it, get it out!”

 

Dream: “Ink, no! Stop digging into your chest!”

 

I-1: “Please, I don’t want it, get it out!”

 

Researcher notes: 

 

— I-1, also known as the subject Ink, is reacting badly to the implantation of a soul. When the tests were done with its magic, the magic reacted well. There should be no negative effects to the being known as the Creator.

 

I-1 is tearing at its chest, yet isn’t making a dent. It seems to have panicked about the foreign object in its chest. The soul is getting brighter and-

 

Wait, what is it doing? Is it coming closer? No- no, get away! GET AW- —

 

*The document lays in a slowly growing puddle.*

 

Swap: “Ink- Ink stop it! You’re hurting yourself!” 

 

1-I: “…”

 

———

 

Ink is lying on the ground.

 

The “Ta-bunk!” is gone.

 

He’s glad his friends are with him. He missed them.

 

Well, most of his friends are here.

 

He should sleep. 

 

Ink hears himself say “Night-Night!”

 

Muffle voices fill the air, but he can’t find it in himself to care.

 

His last thought before he passes out, is quite ironic.

 

He should be working.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Notes:

And that’s a wrap!

I had this chapter written out since chapter 20. But, I couldn’t figure out how I wanted it written at the time, so I kept pushing it back again and again. It was actually a good motivator to keep going, because I was determined to fit it in.

And then, I got an idea around chapter 46 or 44. Or 35, I don’t know which one, but I thought “Why shouldn’t I just put it at the end?” So I did!

I want to thank everyone who stayed with me on this journey and supported this story. I didn’t actually think anyone would read the spontaneous fic I started just before Christmas, and pretty much kept that mindset for most of the time I was writing it. (It was also a way to keep me from being nitpicky over what I wrote.)

Now, the story itself isn’t over, only the first arc is, and the second arc is just beginning!

I should really stop letting my friends decide how many chapters I write without giving them context.

Nevertheless, I hope you enjoyed this silly little story, and I hope to see you again when the next arc’s out. Have a good time and take breaks when reading.

And I will be working.

Notes:

It was supposed to be a simple prank. One where they could just laugh it off and go on with their day.

No one has seen Ink in the last forty-eight hours. This is normal. Everything will be okay.

He is okay.