Soot (Sans)

by fwuit\_uwu

**“We’re gonna have one hell of a bad time together”**

Soot is a very prominent force within the world of UnderProsthetic, being known for some of the worst massacres and murders in the history of the multiverse. Being a herald/victim of something very ancient and primordial in the multiverse.

## **Backstory:**

There it was a timeline that was the prime example of the multiverse and its state during the age of strife. His timeline was fairly normal with nothing too particularly distinct or different, except a way more hopeful atmosphere that made it shine in comparison to its shaded counter parts. The player had just completed their 80th ever run of the game, all the runs up to this point were neutral and pacifist. Sans was more tolerable of the human due to this allowing for the two of them to become very good friends. The next run shortly after this was the first ever genocide and it came as a shock to Sans as this would be his first time ever truly experiencing one. He didn’t cry, he didn’t curse, or even feel hate towards the human. After all he expected this to be but a momentary phase to which he’d try his best to stop from ever reaching its conclusion. He fought hard and strong, easily beating the human at every turn, it was almost too easy, he would jokingly spill into his dialogue the idea of the player having a skill issue. After fifty or so attempts, Sans was beginning to grow tired of the repetitive nature of the encounter, playfully suggesting that the human just give up and reset so the two of them could go out to Grilbys with no hard feelings. His plea ran on deaf ears and so the battle continued, it had been far too long, Sans couldn’t even remember how many times he had killed the human at this point. It was all so strenuous but regardless he wasn’t going to slow down and continued on with suggestions and pleas to give up, hoping that at least during one of these attempts the human would finally hear him. On the 100,000 Sans finally gave up on begging the human to stop instead killing them without much as a reaction, he had become numb to the feeling of blood on his hands. That's when something different finally occurred; the Player behind the screen had become fed up with the battle, instead growing almost obsessive over the idea that Sans was resisting them, how dare he do such a thing? How dare he defy the god of this world, with all the mercy and times they went along with a peaceful conclusion, they should be allowed to have just a little fun. The player would eventually use a hack to bypass Sans, the result destroying their current play through and corrupting the timeline as a whole. Sans grew very concerned looking around as the judgment hall began to deteriorate and the human model glitching out until suddenly he fell through the ground. When he awoke, he was now in a region of the doodle sphere. He was taken aback, unsure of how to even take the idea of what he was seeing. He wandered around for quite a while before being found by another entity by the name of Dr.Ethos The two began conversing with Sans explaining his situation a way back to his world. Dr.Ethos had explained the truth of the matter to Sans once examining his code more closely. His asset had been completely expunged and his universe corrupted, it wouldn’t be as easy as just simply sending him back. Sans was distraught, why was this happening to him of all people? He did what he was supposed to, he played his part as best as he could and these were the consequences? It was unfair. Taking advantage of the vulnerable state Sans had been in Dr.Ethos proposed an idea of how to bring his world back from the brink. Sans almost latched onto the opportunity but once the details were revealed he felt a disgusting taste build up in his mouth. He would have to hurt- kill people, why? He needed strength and power to do what was needed. He brushed away the very concept of what was being asked at first and even threatened Dr.Ethos for suggesting such a thing before leaving him where he was. Sans would drift between the universes for a bit but with the war against Cross having come to an end, things were far from safe. He soon was forced to travel under the radar through the data channels where he’d ultimately end up in a dump known as ‘UnderHell’. Things were horrible and he was incapable of making ends meet, he was gonna die out there until finally in a moment of weakness and desperation he justified the idea of killing someone enough in his head to actually take another monster's life. After which he had gained his first ever level the feeling was less than favorable. He was left with a melancholic ball at his core, he didn’t want to be made into a murderer. Almost as if on cue Dr.Ethos would appear offering up the idea once more. Sans reasoned with it to himself, deciding he’d only take the lives of those not so well off. His journey began simple a few levels a day, and only a few people needed to be killed. This would eventually get out of hand with him eventually killing more and more till eventually just killing anyone no matter who it may be. The reason he was able to do this was by dissociating himself from his actions, instead viewing it all from a third person point of view. Only by villainizing himself and dehumanizing those he killed, essentially blaming it on some other entity, he deemed the devil. Soon enough through all his murders he’d finally have enough levels and power to attempt what was necessary. Dr.Ethos and Sans would break into the core of the multiverse, penetrating deep through its lairs. The mission was difficult as even with Sanses sinful strength he was still up against the very gods themselves. His final obstacle was Endtale Sans who had beaten him into a bloody pulp, Sans only survived due to the intervention and assistance of Dr.Ethos. After which they reached the core where all  creation in the multiverse was culminated and born. Sans following Dr.Ethos instructions retrieved a shard of its code, they would then escape with the gods right on their tail. Once they were finally safe Dr.Ethos would begin construction of a makeshift using the code with help from his assistants. Once it was done Dr.Ethos would begin to explain the true purpose and reason of all this. Sans was just an easily manipulated pawn and without a second thought Dr.Ethos casted him into his device as the final component.The result splintered his core and scrambled his consciousness; he would have been completely broken down to his base components and absorbed by Dr.Ethos creation but something went wrong. A miscalculation? No, no, Dr.Ethos was sure he calibrated everything perfectly but as the situation progressed he was forced to flee with what remained of the core code he saved. The machine exploded, dragging what was left of Sans into a distortion. He was within the inner workings of the primordial essence and platform of the multiverse itself, something known only as “The System”. Sans would reappear from in the multiverse after the prior events thousands of years later. But something was different, he was different, and now there was an infinite amount of him scorching the worlds around them.

### **“The Culling”**

There he was the renowned red hooded murderer, he was almost there about to gain a new level. Sadly all that was left was a Monster Kid who begged for their life. Soots eye was fierce, crackling with unsightly energy before slowly squinting. His vision was very far into the usual blindness that came with those of his ilk. He raised his right arm towards the Monster Kid, the action as inelegant as it sounded with twitches and unfocused sways from right to left. He could hardly see them, only a very very light purple shape that even for him was hard to make out. He couldn’t decide on what to do, on one hand he was right there towards leveling up but then again would this kill even give enough exp? And what would happen afterwards? He needed enough to level and make sure the pain didn’t onset instantaneously. He lowered his arm, his face burrowed underneath the abyss of shadows that were cast by his crimson hood before slowly stepping to the side causing the Monster Kid to make a quick get away. He stared unendingly as the barely visible purple shape was now fully gone, and all there now being in its absence was unsightly buzzing gray mesh. He had no concept of where he was even looking anymore, was he upright or upside down? To the left? Or to the right? He’d long since forgotten. His silence interrupted as a command window appeared in front of him. He clicked on it, the action proceeding to cause the window to violently suck him into it before disappearing. He arrived in a place known only as the Ethernet which was a permeable outland that sourced into the actual System itself. He opened his eyes, finding himself submerged under light indigo tinted water. He pulled himself out suddenly finding himself standing in a marshland that was being afflicted by a never-ending downpour. His ability to actually see was granted back to him, thus he knew what time it was. He had survived and won the last few trials though at the time he was the one activating them due to the fact he had been the one leading with the most levels at the time. He had never been in the position of being pulled in involuntarily and as such he was on edge knowing the jist of what he had to do. Almost instantly he already spotted an enemy, another duplicate of himself, most likely pulled in at the same time as him. Regardless he didn’t hesitate immediately unleashing a flurry of attacks, the other Soot dodged just in time having fully acknowledged him. He began to sweat, proceeding to snap both his fingers and form a double horned devil's spark quickly unleashing it towards his enemy. After which he’d proceed to duck and tumble through the marshes' thick data fragments. His attack had flourished into a large unwavering flaming arc that covered a large area. The dim light from its flames covering his face, he eyed his surroundings, where was his enemy? The sound of a blaster charging up caused him to instinctively look into the air, seeing the attack right as it came down on to him. He narrowly dodged a partial part of his body being scorched. He coughed up purple blood into his hands. He stared at it for a few seconds only to lop it back into his mouth like a dog. He’d form a wall of bones on all sides and above to protect him as could hear the sound of battle all across the area. A rumble of the ground would cause him to stare as one of his bone walls began to crack from the attacks of another. He waited until the wall completely splintered, holding his arm out in its direction just waiting. Once the wall completely collapsed from the sheer force it was up against. He would instantly lock on to their soul forcing them towards him at insane speeds before completely forcing his arm through their chest. Their soul rested in his hands as purple blood trickled down their wounds. He’d ball his hand into a fist causing the soul to shatter killing his enemy. Their body went limp before disgustingly sliding off of him. He’d bend down, breaking off a chunk of their arm as he began to eat. The sounds of battle didn’t scare him nor did it stop him from consuming what was left of his latest kill. He needed to draw out as much power and LV as he could before heading back out into battle against the others because no matter what….he was going to win.

## **Statistics/Gradings**

Character Grade: C

Influence: 1

Strength: 6

Speed: 5

Durability: 5

Soul Sensitivity: 8

Magical Disposition: 8

Skill: 8

## **Personality:**

Being hardly even a person anymore being completely devoid of any major points of single mindedness. He's almost like a zombie that shuffles on and on with no end in sight. He’s someone living on memories almost, familiar sensations, and feelings. The love he craves is that of which he can only obtain by sinking into depravity becoming more akin to that of a beast when in sight of it. His utter lunacy can be linked to a frightening devotion towards the thing he craves. Believing himself to be the only one to truly understand the essence of love in itself. He is a full on addict, always chasing after the next huge deposit of exp to hopefully gain even a level. Even still the remnants of who he once was still somehow peer to the surface whether that be in the form of a longing sensation when seeing a sentry station or the idea of drinking whatever condiment or food. Sometimes he might even accidentally begin a pun/joke but then forget the punch line and be confused on what exactly he was doing. He can almost seem regretful of his actions to certain degrees at random intervals. It can all be truly a blur at times. Though you wouldn’t be mistaken if you were to see him and think “is a Dust!Sans trying to make a fashion statement?”

## **Quirks & Details:**

* He tends to have a very confusing speech pattern full of stutters and random pauses. Exclusively speaking within the use of third person, he almost never refers to anything or anyone outside of that. This has caused him to be hard to understand or even keep a conversation with, as he usually at random will switch between referring to himself and others while still staying within the third person. Resulting in cluttered and ultimately trivial sentences upon the subject at hand.
* Soot suffers from an insurmountable pain that is always present whether he stays persistent with gaining Exp and levels or not. Along with his still present injuries and scars at the hands of the distortion, it has left his body brittle and tender. He suffers from uncontrollable tics and body spasms, one such example of one of his most common tics is involuntary crying at the drop of a hat.
* Soot is ultimately color blind, surroundings and people becoming a blurred mesh of monotone colors that has become a persistent problem for him as he's continued to live on. As the only color and form of sight he is able to directly identify and perfectly make out are those with high amounts of Exp or Levels. These objects or people are consistently almost smeared in purple of different shades depending on how much Exp or Levels they may contain. This has gotten so bad that at times Soot believes he is infinitely falling into an abyss due to being unable to recognize what he is standing on.
* Soot has a tendency to refer to himself as the devil a keep sake from his previous life. This tendency is built on the twisted ideology used in his earlier days to justify his cruel and violent acts against others. This represents his own mindset on the actions and the things he does, seeing them as unforgivable and he himself is void of any right to deserve sympathy or mercy. Leading towards the formation of a new identity and farther disassociating himself from who he used to be.
* Soot is no more a person then he is an ideal, there are infinite versions of Soot running rampant in the multiverse causing easy exp and LV to be scarce as most farming grounds are completely stripped clean. This ultimately leads towards a gigantic brawl in which all versions of Soot fight to the death in a free for all to see who will inherit the Exp of all the others. The last one standing gains the right to prestige going beyond the maximum cap but resulting in any exp gained for that Soot afterwards being over all reduced causing that Soot to seek more difficult prey and be more sparing with one's LV. This has occurred billions of times through the multiverse.
* Soot has a high quantity of phantoms that haunt him, all being the victims of his desire and thirst to feed his ever growing addiction. A new phantom is added every time he takes the life of another. He is absolutely terrified of them, choosing to ignore and not acknowledge their existence for as long as he can. This phenomenon represents his regrets and refusal to let go and give in to his desires to murder indiscriminately, to feed his addiction and forsake all those around him. No matter how much he preaches about letting go, and mocking others such as dust for believing to see the ghost of their brother. This has led to a saying he rambles and mumbles repeatedly to himself. . .
* Soot is always chasing the next big high, not being satisfied with such things as microdosing. This change as of recently brought on by the influx of other versions of himself leading to higher competition. This has led Soot to ultimately leaving beings with small amounts of Exp and LV alone and unharmed, instead choosing to specifically chase after those that harbor the most. This allows for instant gratification in the moment but having worse withdrawals and unbearable pain later. (Though this all depends on what Level the Soot is at the time)
* Soot suffers from a permanent limp due to his first hand experience of Dr.Ethos betrayal leaving several permanent reminders on his body. This has led to Soot having a disturbing and almost unhinged style of movement.
* Soot views people as cattle or livestock, him killing to obtain LV is no different in his eyes than if you were to kill a cow to make a burger. It’s all the very same thing to him, though it is never truly personal and always simply a case of the wrong place, at the wrong time.

## **Relationships:**

**The King Of Bruh's:** Soot has been on Kobs radar for quite a long time after the former's rise and claim to the title as the second king of the multiverse. Soot has evaded capture and elimination by the King's forces though they always seem to be hot on his trail.

**Underlust:** The only au Soot hasn’t killed anyone in as the inhabitants have some of the lowest exp and LV gains in the entire multiverse. This has led to the au being a sort of sanctuary and hide out for Soot in rare cases. The inhabitants see him as just a sexy, mysterious, tumblr man and treat him with relative respect, though Soot tends to just ignore them due to his blindness.

**End!Sans:** End and Soot have fought on multiple occasions with their battles being very personal to End as it’s a reminder of his failure and consequences that had followed causing him to blame himself. Soot doesn’t even remember him or that of the situation regarding going to the core of the multiverse

**Hacker!Frisk:** A mischievous little pixie that never seems to leave Soot alone. Always managing to find and always attempting to tamper with his code and learn more about him. Soot views Hacker!Frisk like extra cash for a rainy day. If Hacker!Frisk were to ever become a source of LV he’d turn on them instantly.

**Negative:** Having taken a big interest in Soot and even invested in the continuous chaos they bring, goes out of his way to keep gods and annoying protectors off his back all for the sake of fun. He’s even fought Soot on a few occasions just for the hell of it.

**Core!Frisk:** They had marked Soot as unsavable allowing for The Super God Council at the time to have full jurisdiction and say on what to do with Soot. On the other hand Soots never heard of Core!Frisk in his life

## **Powers & Abilities:**

**The Cap**

A passive ability that is always in effect, Soot possesses an infinite LV cap allowing for him to endlessly gain levels which then allows him to prestige to a higher tier and get immensely stronger to which he can continue to gain more levels in an endless cycle of repeat

**Smog**

After the malfunction of Dr.Ethos contraption and entering the distortion, Soot had been smothered in noxious fumes and hazardous materials. These things now permanently emanate from his body hovering around him as many visible gray streaks and in worse cases completely covering his body in a blackened cloud. These fumes and materials are strong enough to kill plant life, erode bone in minutes and even degrade metals. One of the most interesting effects being this destabilization of magic around Soot. Basic magic completely dissipates before reaching him, and can sometimes make it difficult to cast any type of magic without tremendous effort.

**Murder Cannon**

One of his most powerful attacks, once Soot aims his arm at another being a streak of volatile purple energy circles his arm as a pair of ghostly hands begins to spiral it until at max speed before unleashing it. This attack is strong enough to leave broken gaps in the multiverse and render anything in front of it as smoldering ash.

**Ashen-Bone Blaster**

Damaged Blasters seeped in ash and blackened smoke with jaws full of smoldering embers. These blasters devour magic material converting it into highly volatile overcharged material that is expunged instantaneously at opponents with an explosive radius five times that of Hiroshima.

**Tank**

Once activated all direct damage will be nullified and instead will chip at his exp for as long as the ability is active. Serving as a way to negate damage and prolong a fight if necessary.

**LV Constructs**

Comparable to that of a lantern corps' emotional constructs, Soot is able to form unbreakable objects out of LV. Only being limited by his imagination, these constructs are versatile and offer a variety of ways to come at any given situation.

**Devil's Spark**

Activated by Soot snapping his fingers, he is able to unleash a vortex of flames. These flames are strong enough to completely melt down planets in seconds.

**Satan-Repellent**

A sure-hit ability which is a variant of blue magic having mutated due to his code. It now takes longer to actually grab a person, being a lot like trying to lock on to someone. This causes him to remove and manipulate all of physics regarding them. The only way to break free would be to break the lock on which can be done quite easily as Soot would need a lot of concentration to even use the ability in the first place.

**Bleak Instance**

He is able to overflow his very being in LV causing a purple aura to form around him. This ability increases his dodge speed, and increases his own power for a short time.

**Internal Gain**

A passive ability that enables Soot after a few seconds of standing in a populated au to gain small amounts of exp. It is given a multiplier that increases the amount of exp given depending on how high the population of that au is.

**Lucifer's Scoff:**

Using LV Constructs, Soot is able to form a blaster the size of the moon. This blaster holds enough strength (depending on how much LV was poured into it) to completely obliterate a solar system. This attack drains a decent majority of Soots' levels forcing him to use it sparingly.

**Demon's Accession**

An ever evolving trait of determination gained from his unwavering desire to return home during his early days and being gifted special privileges from “The System” allowing the varying capabilities of a player. The following is what he is able to do:

* He is able to reset and save, alongside being able to destroy reset buttons and completely shatter save points

* He has private access to his own inventory, able to safely store items without needing to carry them in chest or on his person.

* He is freely able to use and equip items, such as but not limited to items that restore hp and items that boost his damage or defense.

* He can freely act, and stat check opponents he engages in battle.

## **Mission:**

Soot seeks to continuously feed his addiction and desires, until he is ultimately the last to have LV in reality.

## **Sightings/Rumors:**

* NegativeTale Undyne was patrolling around Snowdin one day when she was jumped by a short, hooded skeleton figure, had she not called for reinforcements its likely she would have died, while she suspected it was Sans, he had an alibi as he was with Papyrus at the time and the figure clearly had his left eye while Sans has one of his left eye taken out.

* Swapfell Emerald Papyrus once had to fight off two Devil’s at the same time. He only narrowly escaped when both Soots detected a higher LV signature outside his universe

* Flowey while possessing Sans had bore witness to a Red Hood turn the entire snowdin forest into ash

* Seraphim had reported coming across one of the Red Death who just wouldn’t stop crying for an unknown reason

* What!Sans once encountered Soot only to see him run away from them

* Undertomb Sans was looking for his brother only to find The Crimson Mist with their scarf

* Help\_tale was rumored to have been destroyed by Soot

* Oceantale was in danger of being cleared out by The Red Hood only for Mishap to come in and protect it. The fight was long but Mishap successfully managed to trick them into leaving

* Nightmare once attempted to recruit The Red Death into the bad sanses only to be nearly evaporated by Devil Spark.

* Insanity!Sans had attempted to fight with one of the Devil’s only to be demolished and forced to run away

* Scoundrel had been put into a coma when Soot clobbered him with his own bat

* End!Sans once speculated that The Red Death was the same person who broke into the core of the multiverse

* Underlust Toriel once attempted to lure Soot into their bedroom

* Containment!Sans with the help of End!Sans had attempted to contain and put an end to Soots' rampage. They managed to heavily wound and capture him but were unaware of the other Soots still roaming across the multiverse

* Hacker!Frisk had sought The Crimson Mist out after discovering their codes pure and flawless properties

* Rhosaith was once hired by a group of Au’s to track The Red Death down and kill him. The mission was successful but that was when the multiverse learned there were multiple

* Nightweaver grew an interest in Soots physiology and attempted to dissect him. Sadly none of his blades could make an incision as Soot had used LV tank

## **Trivia**

* Soots first kill was some mobster by the name of Frappuccino

* Soots favorite thing to eat is anything dumped in high amounts of butter

* Soot is proactive, always hunting, he hardly waste time getting any sleep

* In situations where exp is scarce Soot will wound himself and digest his own blood granting him single digits of exp

* Soot’s blood is permanently purple due to the sheer amount of exp flowing through his body

* Soot's code is slowly mutating and evolving and becoming faultless with every passing day. This is seemingly caused by his interaction with The System

* Soot officially re-emerged into the multiverse during the Age of Dust. It was there that he would immediately become infamous as one of the most negative Sanses in the multiverse

* Soot doesn’t specifically have an opinion on other Sanses who are similar to him such as versions of Dust and Hell mostly seeing them as free eats but he does preach the fact that he is the closest to the idea of Love in the eyes of the multiverse.

* Soot has been seen to actually spare individuals who do not give enough exp upon defeat. It can be compared to choosing the meatiest drumstick over a wishbone

* Soots' total kill count is quite literally incomprehensible. A single Soot is commonly killing trillions but to count them all together would be literally impossible

* Soot stays away from aus/timelines affected by any form of viruses or glitches

* Though he is incapable of entering he can very well see the Omega timeline. It’s like a giant splotch of culminating purple that grows bigger and bigger every day, it makes him depressed due to the fact he can never seem to reach it

* If you were to take a cigarette or a match stick and rub it against Soot it would catch on fire instantly

* Soot is fond of rainy days, purposely stepping on puddles

* Soot as a character was heavily influenced by the song “Coffee by Jack Stauber”

* Soots body seems to be stuck in a form of suspended animation, he never gets dirtier than the day the machine malfunctioned and the wounds he contracted that day never heal

* At one point in time all the Dusts sanses in the multiverse teamed up and attempted to ambush a single Soot only to be slaughtered with little effort. They didn’t even manage to land a single hit.

* Soot is an ugly crier

* Soot will never kill a victim out right in most circumstances. He’ll immobilize the person and then slowly drain them of their blood or dismember them piece by piece. The slower the death, the more exp he is then awarded after the kill.

* He doesn’t know how he obtained the bunny slippers he kinda just has them

* He suffers from phasmophobia

* He collects the scarfs of Papyruses/ Papyrus esk characters. He has a pretty vast collection and switches between which ones he ties around his arm.

* Soot got the nickname Lover from the Underlust inhabitants

* Soot is said to have an ugly grin

* Soot is fond of hats

* The origin point for Soot has been a hot debate for the multiverse ever since he originally appeared. Nobody truly knows what au he comes from. The most widely accepted answer is an Undertale AT but there are still many who disagree with that notion.

* Soot!Sans was created by Tyl Regor