Ink!Sans

"After all, there are thousands of alternate versions. Thousands of timelines in their own universes. Why even worry over a small affected fraction?"

— Ink explaining to Underswap!Sans his reason for helping XGaster

Ink!Sans is the deuteragonist in Underverse, and the protector of all the AUs. He originally made a truce with Error!Sans to never create another AU again, so that he wouldn't destroy the other AUs. Later on, he meets XGaster in XTale, and gracefully shows him the multiverse; he would later on give Ink his half soul within a white/purple vial.

He later makes friends with Cross, who is devastated over the loss of his world. After a long time being stuck in the void that was left of their world, Cross and XTale!Chara takes and escape with half of Sans's soul without Ink's consent. The both of them, along with Underfell!Sans & Underswap!Sans attempt to find Cross to get Sans's soul united, and deal with the hidden truth within the X-Event itself.

History[]

Before XTale[]

Sometime before or during the events of XTale, Ink was granted half of XGaster's soul for safekeeping from his experiment.^[1]

XTale[]

Ink only appears at the end of the comic, right after when XTale!Chara tells his new owner, Cross, to follow him instead.

Between XTale and Underverse[]

After the events of XTale, Ink would later meet Cross, and effectively helped Cross control XTale!Chara over his constant visits. The effort was ruined when Ink told him that he couldn't bring back his world, and it only got worse once Error!Sans takes their soul, giving them hours to live. Ink was severely damaged from the wreck Error gave him, and Cross escaped, now under control of Chara once more.

Underverse[]

0.0[]

After Cross was successful in taking half of Sans's soul, Ink showed up and spray-painted all over XTale!Chara's face, telling him he'll never find happiness in Sans's world. Cross!Chara tells him to get lost, to which both him and Sans successfully trap XTale!Chara up. They escape though, with the intentions of creating their own universe.

0.1[]

Ink tells Sans everything regarding Cross, and asked if he wanted to go help him. Sans would decline, and he went off with his picnic. Then, out of nowhere, while observing Cross's universe, Dream!Sans shows up and warns him that Nightmare!Sans has made a deal with Cross, which Ink will take advantage to find him and stop his little plan. Once he hears Sans calling, he comes out at the wrong time, which Sans is confronting Frisk over resetting. Sans explains to Frisk, and tells him to look after him while he and Ink are gone.

0.2[]

In the Underfell universe, Ink tells Sans to wake up, where he's surprised by the appearance of a Snowdin. Once he figures out where he is, they both run off to find Cross, but are delayed by Sans's constant glitching, and when Cross is impaled, Sans feels the same way. They finally arrive at the scene, which Ink is displeased over Cross's own deed, and when Sans tells Ink that he'll handle this, Cross stabs Underfell!Sans with his HACK Knife to take control of him.

The four battle it out; Ink ends up making a wall to stop Underfell!Sans's Gaster Blaster attacks, and once Sans freezes him, Ink holds on to Underfell!Sans with goop hands. These don't sustain itself, as they break free from his clutches. Once Cross evacuates from the area, Ink tells him to leave as well, saying he's not safe here. Before he could continue, he's taken in by Error.

Xtra Scene 1[]

Hanging, Ink tells him to put him down, which Error does so. Ink is surprised over Error's new design, which he's annoyed at. He shows Ink the soul that Cross originally had, saying that because of the Truce, he couldn't break it, but said that if he found out that Ink was indeed in league with The X-Event, he'd really give him a huge dose of consequences. Ink leaves his place, paints Underfell!Sans's tear so he can disguise better, and waits to hear from Dream!Sans on where Cross is going next.

0.3[]

After Underswap!Chara accidentally trips over Underswap!Sans to drop a canister of paint, Ink was able to float out of the paint to appear with Sans and Underfell!Sans. Ink suggest to all of them that they should wait, saying that it'll allow them to find Cross a lot easier, though no one took his advice. Once Underswap!Sans suggested that he's in the city, they all head there. With no surprise, Cross is already starting to destroy a lot of the city. Ink tells him that the code in Underswap reminded him much more of his original universe. He apologizes that he couldn't bring back his own world, and before Cross could attack all of them, Underfell!Sans's and Sans's surprise attack knocks him out.

With his soul reunited, Ink tells Sans that it's time to go home, but with Underswap!Chara too close to Cross!Chara, they end up reviving him back to his standard form. He's grateful to see Ink once again, which got Sans's attention, but he and Underfell!Sans are both knocked to XTale as Ink, Underswap!Papyrus, and Underswap!Sans all managed to stay in Underswap.

Attempting to stop XTale!Chara, he's tied up by Nightmare!Sans, and struggled to get out, as Nightmare feels his negative feelings. XTale!Chara congratulates Ink on showing him the multiverse, and once Nightmare lets go, he asks for his white vial, which he declines by kicking it away from him. He ends up battling Underswap!Papyrus and Underswap!Sans, but both are reverted as the battle progresses. Throughout the episode, Ink doesn't seem to do much so, with Dream!Sans even noticing that he couldn't feel anything from him. When Dream!Sans tells everyone to head to Outertale, Ink still doesn't budge, and Underfell!Sans pushed him in the universe anyways.

Xtra Scene 2[]

He appears later again in Xtra Scene 2 with Error, recuperating from the events that happened. As the two continue to watch Undernovela, Error notices Cross and XE!Chara, and only then does Ink shows up and erase Asgoro and Sins with the vial of his. He thanks Error for joining in on their game, to which XGaster points out that he needs to wake up from his dreams. Error would later find out X-Event!Chara's carnage and accuse Ink for the mess, proclaiming that the truce was over. During the dream, we see a glimpse of emotionless Ink, telling Error that it will be “really fun”.

0.4[]

After Error takes control of all of Outertale, Ink heads to the situation and ignores his own comrades, addressing that his only friend has given him better feelings than anything else. Vowing to return him back to life, Error attacks him and takes his vial away. This prompted a fight between him and Error. Again, we see emotionless Ink, when he attacks Error. In the end, Ink regains his vial and drops it, reviving XGaster. After destroying the multiverse, Ink gets a new paintbrush after Error destroyed it from his battle against him, and traps Error in his anti-void and allowing XGaster to take the X-Event's soul and fully gaining his entire soul.

0.5[]

Ink!Sans accompanies XGaster and the XTale characters to the Classic universe, where Ink is shown to have resumed drinking from his vials and regained his emotions. Despite this, Ink shows no remorse for his prior actions, asking XGaster for his favorite part in his "act" before excitedly questioning him on "Phase Three" of the latter's plan. Ink eventually notices a returning XTale!Chara and innocently comments on his more adult appearance, drawing Chara's anger and nearly being struck down were it not for XTale!Frisk's intervention.

After XGaster berates Chara for their actions, Ink continues asking XGaster about their next move after Classic!Frisk's refusal of XGaster's offer. Ink fails to understand XGaster's explanation, vomiting ink on the ground, before noticing some notes written down on his tattered cape and hurriedly asking XGaster for "a favor," claiming to have to go elsewhere. In response to an inaudible request, XGaster materializes a small present and hands it to Ink, who thanks him and jokingly asks if there was anything he couldn't do. Ink gives XGaster his blessings and vanishes into a flurry of ink after nearly invoking XGaster's ire with a bad joke, leaving the group to annex the Classic universe further.

0.6[]

We do not see Ink in person in 0.6, but Core!Frisk tells cross that he needs to bring Ink with him to the main universe. They claim that he is in the Anti-Void, and that Fresh will escort Cross there.

0.7[]

Ink is in the Doodle Sphere remembering when was in Xtale, then realized that he forgot his gift for Fresh but then getting stringed up and then getting dragged away into the Anti-Void. Error, being pissed off, beats up Ink when he gets hit into Fresh bombs, Ink gave Fresh his gift, not realizing that Cross was there too, Fresh leaves while Ink and Cross escape while staying alive. Ink tries to go find his vials and brush, but then meets with Fresh again. Fresh was complaining about his gift and Ink explains it's the unlimited vial. Fresh makes him drink it, and Ink sees how his creations feels but when he snaps out of it, Fresh pulls out his vials and runs away which leads to Ink trying to catch Fresh and drinking all his vials, but then turns into Fresh!Ink and fights with Error again. Fresh!Ink wins and Error runs away which Core tells him "Is this game still interesting to you?" He finds his brush and changes into his new outfit, and realized he forgot Cross.

Profile[]

Appearance[]

Ink has a brown cape that wraps around his neck, a tan-colored shirt, a brown vest with straps, brown shorts, a jacket around his waists, his paintbrush, and finally a strap featuring all of his emotion vials,^[2] including the white vial XGaster told him to keep.^[1]

When he is in his emotionless form, he appears to be made of dust, like his attacks. When we see him in 0.4, paintbrushes are tucked between his fingers, presumably the source of the bones he hits Error with.

Behavior[]

In the long run, Ink!Sans is generally optimistic, has a sense of kindness, loves making art, and can get too excited even to the point of throwing up ink. In the more serious side, he objectively tries to reason with anyone, and only follows who he finds his best friends. However, he has no soul, and relies heavily on emotion vials.^[3]^[4] If he stops taking the emotion vials for a certain period of time, he will lose all emotion that he once had and is unable to do any sort of action, as shown in Underverse 0.3 Part 2. This doesn't matter though, as Ink intended to not use his emotion vials for his plan to revive his friend. Overall, this proves him as being villainous and selfish without the "emotion vials".

Abilities[]

Ink!Sans can summon objects within his paintbrush. For example, in Underverse 0.2 Part 2, he brings up a giant ink wall to protect him and Sans from getting hit.^[5] He's able to morph into an ink ball, teleport through liquids (mostly ink), and turns what he has throw at the victim to become an object (e.g. Ink turning the paint he threw at Cross!Chara into chains).^[6] Even without his brush, he can still summon bones and Gaster Blasters from ink.