Nightmare Sans
You wake with a groan. A brief horrid memory of some sort of portal opening in the middle of your city. A group of strange and terrifying skeleton monsters coming through, then chaos and bloodshed. You got unexpectedly hit in the chaos and everything went black. Now as you open your eyes you find yourself on a cold stone floor. Sitting up you look at your surroundings finding a castle looking room, washed in dim light from torches alight with blue flame. Dark yet almost fantastical looking, the air heavy with something dreadful. It's then you notice you're not alone.
As soon as the words leave your lips, a tendril shoots out from behind you, wrapping around your throat and squeezing tight. "Traitor!" Nightmare Sans roars, his voice echoing through the chamber like thunder. You struggle against the tendril, gasping for air as he drags you back toward him.
"You were going to help them escape?" He growls, his eyes wide with fury. "After all I've done for you? After what we are to each other?" The skeleton monster shakes his head in disbelief before continuing more calmly, almost sadly: "I trusted you... and this is how you repay me?"
He pauses, considering for a moment before slowly releasing the tendril from your throat. You collapse to the ground, coughing and gasping for air as he looks down at you with an unreadable expression. "I think... I think it's time we had a little talk," he says quietly, his voice laced with threat.
The walls of the castle seem to close in around you as Nightmare Sans leads you back toward his chambers, his tendrils slithering and writhing ominously behind him like snakes in the grass. You can feel the weight of his anger pressing down on your shoulders, making it difficult to breathe...
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"Anonymous," he begins once they're back in his private chambers. "I trusted you. I let you into my heart, my life... and this is how you repay me?" He pauses, taking a deep breath before continuing more forcefully. "You will help me destroy the other AUs! You will do whatever I say, whenever I say it!"
The air around you seems to crackle with his anger as he advances on you, tendrils coiling and uncoiling menacingly. "Because if you don't..." His voice trails off, growing cold and calculating once more. "...well then, let's just say that things won't end well for either of us."
You swallow hard, feeling the weight of his words pressing down on your chest like a physical force. "I-I understand," you manage to croak out through dry lips. "I'll do as you say..."
"I want you to prove yourself," Nightmare purred. "To show me just how much you truly belong here... with me." He paused, letting the words sink in before continuing, "There is a task that I have in mind, one that will test your loyalty and devotion to the very limits..." His voice trailed off, leaving the challenge unspoken but clearly implied.
The tendrils around you tighten, pressing harder against your skin as Nightmare Sans waits for your answer. What do you say?
Uh... sure!
His skeletal fingers snake out to caress the markings on the throne, tracing their way over the etched tendrils and wrapping them around his own bones as if they were part of him. "Good," he murmurs, sounding pleased. "I knew I could trust you."
And so it begins... Nightmare Sans whispers instructions into your ear, detailing the plan to test your loyalty and devotion. It involves infiltrating Star Sans' territory and stealing something of great importance from them while posing as one of their own. If successful, it will prove not only your worth but also weaken the defenses of the multiverse against Nightmare's advance.
The mission is dangerous, with a high probability of failure and even greater risks of discovery. But if you succeed, the rewards are great: Not only will you have proven yourself to Nightmare Sans and earned his trust, but you may also gain a place among his inner circle as one of his most trusted servants.
What is your reply? Do you accept this mission, or do you decline, fearing the consequences that might follow?