Eldritchtale: The Beginning (of Everything)
Before there was time, before there was anything, there was nothing. And before there was nothing
there were Monsters.
They were not monsters in the sense that they were evil, but do not let that fool you into thinking they are good or misunderstood; they are called Monsters in the oldest sense of the word, and you might think that means that these beings are strange, unnatural, grotesque, and you would be right and you would also be wrong.
Look it up, a Monster, in it's most archaic definition
is a warning.
These particular Monsters are other, they are horrifying, almost sublime in a way, something that you can never know or bear to know. In a word, Eldritch.
The Monsters lived (for a definition of lived that applies to them) in the place between worlds, both outside of them and in their innermost core, and for an eternity they were all that was there.
Until, one day, someone came.
The poor man (for a definition of the world "man" that might have meaning in The Place Where The Horrors Dwell) was a scientist, that used to be called W. D. Gaster, and who had fallen into his creation and had become scattered across time and space.
He had, somehow, ended up here, or a part of himself did (it wasn't clear which), and this had allowed the Monsters to examine and observe this other monster (note the dinstiction between the two), and the world which he came from, both his real world and the Real World, (the one home to his Creator).
Most Monsters quickly lost interest in him, mainly because the miserable scientist had lost his mind during his first contact with the Monsters and now mostly spend his time alternating between screaming, whimpering and muttering, but there was one Monster who was still fascinated by him.
His name was ̷̰͙͉̮͎̐̋̑̚͠ ̸̹̹̮̳̰͂̊̀̍̇ ̶͎͙̜̣͓̍͆̄̈͠ ̷̧̘̞̗͌͑̉̃̕͜ (not easy to pronounce, I know), and they were so very intrigued by both worlds, and how they were joined by the most tenuous connection, which nonetheless allowed for it to generate such strong emotions and creations. It was so fascinating!
Some of the other Monsters mocked his interest in such insignificant, inconsequential things, but he ignored them and persisted, eventually deciding on doing as Gaster's Creator had done, and they themselves Created.
At first, the Monster had wanted to make something similar to what the other Creator had done, but that was not enough! They wanted more! More excitement, more new things, and he had so many ideas, more more more!
And so, they made a whole Multiverse out of it, making a single universe with ideas that fit together, and moving onto a new one when he started to notice contradictions, again and again (W. D.'s mind was very helpful with that, providing all sorts of informations about physics, and biology, and society and morality and all those nifty little things that made sure that the Monster was making something that wouldn't break mortal minds too much).
He mostly used Gaster's universe as a template (it was complex, but simple at the same time, and the universe of the Creator was much too removed from him to examine with the same level of care and scrutiny, at least for now), but sometimes he got an idea that was just! so! good! and so made something completely different from all the other Alternate Universes inside his fledgling Multiverse.
At the same time, he didn't make everything that was inside his Multiverse, but instead decided to simply add the concept of multiple timelines to it, and then let things evolve naturally from there. After all, surprise is the key to all art! At least, that's what Gaster had once read in a book, but the Monster was inclined to agree!
And then, when his Multiverse was almost done, when the Monster was about to release it from its stasis, they suddenly had the most amazing idea of all.
He could be there.
He could be part of it!
Oh, that would be delightful!
Being there, in the middle of the action, yes, it would be wondrous!
But of course, the Monster couldn't be there as themselves, no no no, that would break the fragile and beautiful Multiverse he had worked so hard to make (and this was also something that made them add a Barrier to his Multiverse, so that other Monsters like them couldn't enter without his permission. He wouldn't let the others destroy his new toy!), it would be such a waste!
And so, the Monster crafted himself a new identity, something that would fit in his beautiful creation; he made it so that it wasn't as powerful as he really was, but couldn't resist and made itself as a bit of a protagonist anyway (hey, what was the point of being in the middle of things if they couldn't... be in the middle of things?), he created a backstory vague enough that wouldn't be too hard to remember, and he also made himself a body, taking care to make it all pretty and linear and bound by the rules of physics (well, mostly).
At last, everything was ready.
The Monster donned his new body and jumped inside his Multiverse, which was still frozen and dead (but not for long!), landing in the place that would become their home away from home.
The Monster was delighted by the feeling of being corporeal and physical, of all the mass and energy present within him; instictively, he smiled with his brand new mouth (oh, what a nice feeling!) as they looked at their body: he wiggled his ten fingers and ten toes, moved their brand new legs and arms (two of each!), ran their fingers through his tattooed ribcage, marveled at the soft feeling of his new wide pants brushing his calves, nuzzled his cheek in their fluffy scarf.
Ah, everything was perfet!
"Alright!" Ink said, trying out their new voice as he clapped his hands together with a smile "Let's get this Multiverse rolling!"
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Alright, this is the start of my AU, Eldritchtale! I want to write more fanfictions for it, but I'm also open to questions and asks about it, I have a lot of ideas! Please please ask, I'm bursting at the seams with this!
