Lost Winds

Gaster groaned, lying on a white transparent platform. When Gaster opened his eyes, he was not in "space and time" anymore. Now, he was in a place with many transparent platforms and papers hanging from ropes that who knows how far they extended. Gaster stood, confused by where he was. To Gaster, this was all wonderful. Although he soon remembered about his universe, which Gaster was not present. Somehow, Gaster had teleported into the doodle sphere.

"Hey, little buddy!" a voice approaching shouted. A tall skeleton fell to the platform where Gaster was standing, and quickly got up. "Hey, buddy, you look lost," the skeleton said. "No- What's more, you shouldn't be here!" the skeleton continued. The skeleton examined Gaster in every part as Gaster felt uncomfortable. "Sir, excuse me, but I don't know you. Tell me, who are you?" said Gaster. "Ah, me! I'm sorry for not introducing myself earlier, when I saw you I was shocked. I am Ink, Ink Sans! But you can call me Ink," said the skeleton. "Ah, well. My name is Dr. Windings Gaster, but everyone calls me Gaster.", said Gaster.

"It's nice to meet you, Dr. Windings Gaster!" said Ink shaking his hand. There was silence for a few seconds until Gaster spoke. "Well, uh, Ink... Where am I now?" said Gaster. "You're in the doodle sphere, and you shouldn't be here. It's because, well... A little something, hehe. Well, maybe I could put you back in your universe right now and forget about all this!", said Ink. "No.", said Gaster. "W-What? Why not?", said Ink surprised at Gaster's answer.

"Ink... You probably know this place like the back of your hand, but I do not. And this place looks interesting and wonderful.... I can't miss the opportunity to explore and study this." said Gaster. "... That's okay, I guess. But... I'll come get you in a little while, yeah?", said Ink. Ink went to a place a bit far away. There, Ink sat, watching Gaster. "Sigh, sometimes I can't resist a simple please, eh? Well, I'll keep my promise after all. He'll forget all about it when his time is up."

"Hey, skeleton, weren't you going to leave?" said Gaster. "A-Ah! Yeah, yeah. I was just about to leave, I was just, uh, seeing you," Ink said, flustered. Ink took off running and jumping nimbly, while Gaster watched him. "Ha. I've been stuck in that damn void for so long.... I'm never going back there again, Mr. INK," said Gaster, knowing what Ink muttered earlier. Gaster started walking to wherever it was safe and Ink couldn't find him.

As Gaster walked, he admired the space he had just discovered. Gaster touched the leaves and books in the doodle sphere, as he looked for a place to go. It took a long time, but Gaster decided to stand in an open space, but far away. There, Gaster opened his cloak and took out some glasses and put them on the floor. Then Gaster cast a spell that made a shelf and other things appear. Gaster smiled, excited about his upcoming discoveries. Gaster already had an idea of what the doodle sphere was, and he had no doubts about that idea. It was the multiverse itself.

After some time, Ink returned to look for Gaster. Ink had a liquid in his hand and began to look for Gaster. But he could not find him. "Hey, Gaster! It's me, Ink!" ... But no one came. "Gaster, I'm not playing!" ... But, again, no one came. "Oh, for heaven's sake. I should have put it back in its place from the beginning," Ink said in frustration. "Well, here I come, mystery man!".

Meanwhile, Gaster was busy studying the multiverse. "Huh... That's weird, I thought this was.... Forget it, I'd better rest for a while," Gaster said tiredly. The space where Gaster was was full of papers containing discoveries about the multiverse, but there was still a long way to go, and a lot of it. "Gaster!!!", said a voice that woke Gaster up. Gaster saw Ink in the distance looking for Gaster. "Ah, my goodness. Time to pack up and get out of here fast," said Gaster. Gaster made a motion with his hand and all his discovery disappeared. Gaster took the bottles and put them in his cloak, and hid from Ink.

"G-Gaster! Your presence is too important- Well, not so much, but you're going to corrupt your timeline if you don't come back!" said Ink angrily. Ink kept jumping and running, looking and searching, but let's just say Gaster was good at hiding. Ink heard a sound from behind a rock. "Ah, I found you, Gaster!", Ink approached the rock, but when he moved it there was no one there. Just a piece of paper lying there. "W-what's this?", Ink said interested in the paper. "Taking into account previous discoveries and experiments, this place is the...", Ink knew he had to find it fast. "Gaster, I won't play games with you now! Please come!", Ink shouted in desperation.

"Well, that was too close...," Gaster said. "Well, I guess I'll keep studying this," said Gaster, putting everything back in its place. "Now... Because I feel as if... No, ha. I d-don't think, it's impossible," Gaster said, touching his forehead. "... It's still weird," Gaster said in a low tone. "Well, Ink's still not so careful, eh? This will do me," said Gaster taking a vial.

After a few months, Gaster made many advances. Gaster gradually learned more about the multiverse. Gaster was hungry for more information, and could not stop investigating the multiverse. One day, he saw a strange skeleton. It wasn't like Ink. The new skeleton was black and seemed to have bugs in its body, it seemed to be looking for something. Gaster hid everything and looked at it in detail. The skeleton looked at the place, until the skeleton looked at the ground and picked something up. "O-oh, no... Th-that paper no...!", whispered Gaster. Error looked in Gaster's direction. "Hey, double anomaly, don't hide from me!", said Error throwing a string towards Gaster, moving the rock to another place. But there was nothing. "GASTER, I KNOW YOU'RE THERE!" said Error. And it was true, Error threw another string grabbing Gaster's invisible body.

"There you are, famous royal scientist," said Error looking at Gaster. "W-what do you want from me?" said Gaster worried about being harmed. "Ah- Heh. I want you to get out of my sight now!", said Error throwing Gaster towards a rock. Gaster slammed into the rock, further cracking a part of his skull. Error teleported to Gaster. "Look, little buddy, I know you've been here for a while, but I thought Ink or Dream was going to put you back where you belong. But I was wrong, so I decided to do it myself," said Error. Gaster stood quietly, looking at Gaster. "Hey, don't look at me like that! It's not like I care about you at all after all," said Error throwing Gaster to another rock. "H-Ha... Ha... H-Hey, Sans... I c-can play too...", said Gaster.

Gaster summoned a giant floating hand that shot a bolt of lightning at the string, shattering it. Gaster then summoned other hands that attacked Error, but Error dodged them. "Well, Gaster. Here endeth your foolish experiments!", Error said, summoning more strings. But before Gaster could run at Error, Gaster was pierced by some strings and was lifted up. "You think you're tough now?" said Error. "... Yes," said Gaster. "... Delusional," said Error squeezing Gaster's non-existent soul. The two were silent for a moment, until Error approached Gaster, but Gaster summoned another hand that broke the strings where he stood and threw another at Error as he ran. Error managed to dodge the beam, and threw a gaster blaster at Gaster, but Gaster blocked it with lasers.

Error threw some bones at Gaster, which Gaster dodged and threw some lasers, but Error dodged them by teleporting to Gaster, where he hit him in the skull and sent him flying to another surface where Gaster grabbed hold and kept standing. Error approached again, but Gaster grabbed his hand and threw him to the ground. "HEY, SCIENTIFIC MANIATIC, DON'T EVER TOUCH ME AGAIN!" said Error angrily throwing two Gaster Blasters at Gaster. Gaster dodged one, but another one inadvertently touched him with one hand, causing him to take some damage. Error took the opportunity to approach Gaster. Gaster ran, but Error threw a bone at his skull, which went through it and broke it a little. "Well, looks like you're not so agile after all. Too bad, I wanted a long battle," said Error laughing.

Error approached Gaster rampantly, but was interrupted by a bone from another opponent. "W-what?" said Error, looking to the right at someone. It was Ink, who was looking for Error before Error did something he was already doing. Gaster took advantage of the moment to throw a laser at Error, which damaged his arm, and then threw sparks of electricity at Error which caused him to be electrocuted, while Ink hit him with Brushie sending Error into the same rock where Gaster cracked his skull. "Ugh... Oh, Ink! I didn't expect you... Here!", said Error as he threw some bones at Ink, which Ink dodged and threw back, but Gaster then touched Error and threw him back to the ground and then hit him repeatedly in the face, but Error teleported behind Gaster and threw four bones at his back and then grabbed him with a string and threw him towards a surface while Error dodged some bones thrown by Ink.

"... Damn. What happened?", Gaster said. Gaster had been unconscious for a while. The fight between Ink and Error was over, and Ink was angry looking at Gaster. "A-ah, hey Ink," Gaster said. Ink grabbed him by the collar and said "Gaster. I trusted you, why did you do this to me?", Ink threw Gaster to the ground again. Gaster got up cleaning his cloak. "Because I don't want to be trapped in that hellhole again, Ink," said Gaster. "... I'd forgotten about you, haha. Man, it's time for you to come back," Ink said in a serious tone. Ink grabbed Gaster and was leading him to one of the papers. But Gaster refused to come back. "No, Not Again!" said Gaster angrily throwing sparks of electricity at Ink that zapped him for a moment. At that moment, Gaster took advantage and left, hiding from Ink. Ink turned around and teleported to Gaster. "Ink... Please...", said Gaster, tiredly. "... Gaster, just... No!", Ink said. "Ink, please. Don't you know how it feels?", Gaster said.

Ink pulled Gaster and was silent for a moment. "Yes, I know, Gaster," Ink said in a serious tone, retreating from the spot. Gaster watched as Ink left and a drop seemed to fall from his face. Gaster looked at where he was, and decided to walk, to find a place to stand. Gaster felt guilty, Gaster didn't know what happened to Ink, but since he let him go he knew it was related to what happened to him. A while later, Gaster found a place and settled there, putting everything in its place. Gaster sat down, let out a sigh, then closed his eyes trying to sleep.

"Hey!" a voice woke Gaster up. It was Dream, Dream Sans. "Oh, hi, sorry, what's up?", Gaster said. "... Have you by any chance seen Ink? I've been looking for him but I can't find him anywhere," said Dream worriedly. Gaster stood still for a few seconds and then replied ".... No. I haven't seen him. "That's okay," said Dream. Dream left. Gaster felt even more guilt, now Ink was gone, and it was probably his fault. Gaster continued with his experiments, although he was not as excited as before, and the guilt followed him. Even after a few days, Ink did not show up, and many Out!Codes asked him if he had seen Ink.

One day, everything changed, for the worse. A giant explosion woke Gaster up, but when he looked at the place, it wasn't the same. The atmosphere was gray and many rocks seemed to have formed, and the hanging papers were beginning to fall. Gaster got up quickly and saw how everything was falling apart. But, on the bright side, he discovered a new hiding place. Gaster made his things disappear, and ran to that place. Gaster was still worried about the current situation, seeing how all the papers were falling and how characters from other AUs were appearing. Where was Gaster located? A cliff.

For a long time, Gaster was located on the cliff. Gaster came out from time to time to do something other than being in his hiding place, and it is said that some people managed to talk to him at that time. The cliff was big, cliffs were very special in the Epiloverse, and having Gaster located there was a good decision. Gaster was dedicated to study the new nature of the multiverse, and with that Gaster managed to document the PSM magic or special enemies. Gaster, in truth, didn't care much for the change, and almost none of them tried to kill Gaster. Still, it was fortunate that Gaster survived. In reality, when the explosion occurred, many AUs disappeared, and it's not like the Gasters of those universes and timelines managed to escape. However, because of the new change, it was obvious that many things had been altered, wasn't it?

One day, Gaster began to feel strange. It was a pain all over his body, which in itself started as a small pain, but it was increasing. "It must be a little pain from tiredness or something, it doesn't matter," said Gaster. Gaster ignored the pain and continued with his experiments. A while later, the pain began to increase and increase. Gaster knew something was wrong, so he lay down for a while. Until he saw how his hand seemed to appear and disappear every instant, while particles of different colors appeared and disappeared.

Gaster's face was surprised and he ran out of his hiding place. Gaster had inadvertently voted a lot of papers as he went out and moved the rocks to get out, when Gaster came out he stumbled, and got up quickly. Gaster tried to climb down, while shouting for help. Gaster suddenly lost control of his hands, which were slowly disappearing. Gaster noticed this, and hurried faster. Unfortunately, Gaster noticed that he could not get down without being pulled or grabbing something, which was dangerous. Suddenly, Gaster lost control of his feet and legs, causing him to fall to the ground. Gaster did not accept the fact that this was the end, and frustrated, he called for help once again. But no one came. Gaster looked at the ground angrily, Gaster could not move and then lost total control of his body until his whole body started to glitch. Until there was no more of him.

"Damn," said an alternate version of Sans. Sans ran down the cliff as a shadow similar to him followed him. Sans then encountered a pair of rocks that were oddly placed. Sans looked behind him, making sure the shadow was gone, and ran to the rocks. Sans moved the rocks and entered the place, closing the entrance. "Hey, Sans. Why are you running from yourself? I mean, I'm not you but.... Sigh, you're good at running, huh?" said the shadow behind him. Sans looked like he had gotten rid of the shadow, and opened his eyes. Sans was in a strange place that looked like a mini-laboratory. Sans, wondering, began to walk around the place. Sans found some papers about some experiments, no, many. Sans read a little about each one, and was glad. "Oh, my. This will do me so much good!" said Sans. Sans was about to leave until he remembered the shadow. "Ah, right. Hm. I'd better wait here for a while, maybe," said Sans, sitting down on the floor.