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Essencetale: Ink's Story

Ink's story was given up on by his creator. He and the others surrounding him were simply doodles in a blank world. He attempted to make the blank landscape of a world a better place. Yet he was the only one to develop feelings. In his attempts to talk and create connections, he had no response, he was truly alone.

The fear of being forgotten and the insanity of being alone had made him lose himself, and deep in his despair tore his soul.

He broke free.

His Essence had dragged him back from the dead. He lost all memory of who he was, or what he had done. Simply an empty vessel with large magic that grew within him. But soon Ink and soft powdery magic Ink named Essence would fall into his blank void, and finally, he felt.

As this magic poured he would create something new. Something magical. But as the colors faded he felt empty once again. To stop this he found a solution. He bottled each color, that way he could feel, that way he could pretend to have a soul.

Ink continued to fall, and with that Essence fell too. Essence absorbed into Ink and his form started to slowly shift. Soon he felt small feathers on his back, and soon those feathers grew from feathers to wings.

Ink slowly connected the dots. He swiftly realized that the Essence was a form of magic, unlike the ink that fell. When more Essence fell Ink tried to capture it within a bottle, but the Essence went through the bottle and straight into his own form, strengthening his magic.

So he created a world for himself, experimenting, and failing, and retrying. He created a city of lights and festivity, with nobody to share it with. That was until he found a trail of Essence. The Essence led to a singular monster. The Essence was the monster's tears and just in front of the monster was a rift, a rift to the doodle sphere. As he looked at the monster it slowly disappeared. Ink wanting to know what he was witnessing begged the monster for answers before he fully disappeared.

Going into the unknown he stepped into the rift.

Within the rift was a void with papers hanging from the ceiling. He could watch everyone's stories from these papers, and finally, it seemed like he had someone to share his world with.

Quickly he learned a single AU didn't have enough Essence to cause as drastic of a change as it had to his body. So he searched for a lost and unwanted SOUL. He found his first soul in the original timeline. His name was Gaster. Gaster was stuck in-between times, no longer of use to his story. So Ink took him back to the timeline he had made. Gaster made himself at home and thanked ink for his help. Gaster soon proposed a name for this timeline, The Omega Timeline.

Soon, Gaster had also taken these bird-like changes. With these changes, his power grew, and with his powers growing he used them to help find other lost SOULs to help ink. Gaster learned how to properly harness Essence and taught Ink every single discovery he found. He used his Essence to create a compass for Ink, a compass that'll always lead him to the lost and that'll lead him home.

So the city grew. He loved the idea of sharing Essence with the people. It made him feel real, it made him feel whole. The Omega Timeline grew and grew, and Ink was content.

INKS CREATOR: COMYET on Tumblr!

((AUTHORS NOTE: oof okay that was a LOT of writing,, ill edit it later and like draw Ink but for now this is good. Not all of his lore will be in one place since he is EVERYWHERE in Essencetale. I also stole a few lines from the original COMYET posts,, (ill admit my sin) but man was Ink's story fun to write.))

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Staining

Staining in Essencetale is where you take a tiny part of your Essence with ink and paint on your skin with it. As it dries it seeps into your skin becoming permanent. The most common place to stain is your hands, chest, back, and, arms. The wings are nearly never stained. Stains usually represent a person's life. A person's Essence will color the ink. Stains are usually many small and detailed designs but they can also be larger images and patterns.

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The Omega Timeline

The Omega timeline in this AU is very different from the Omega timeline in canon.

The Omega timeline is a universe created by Ink as a space to hold the lost and unwanted members of AUs. The Omega Timeline is like a giant city filled with color and energy. Using magic in a violent way in the Omega timeline is physically impossible for most and the city acts as a safe haven. The Omega Timeline cannot be destroyed or harmed.

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What is Essence?

Essence is a shapable spark within anything magical or living usally taking the form of mist. Essence is a limited tool and only a certain undestroyable amount exists. Essence can be reshaped and corrupted though.

Essence is worshiped and praised within this AU being seen as a force to be respected and loved since Essence is everything and everyone. Because of this belief, people will have several parties and carnivals to celebrate the concept of the ever re-giving magic and the concept of self-love and respect.

Since everyone is made of Essence and it cannot be destroyed, when a monster/human dies their essence will turn back into the magic within its world to be given back to the people. Because of this phenomenon death is highly respected and seen as something that gives back to others rather than a sad mournful event.

Nobody truly understands why Essence's true form takes the form of a bird, but this true form is shifted and changed depending on the person's sense of self and how they treat themself. Often people who don't care for themself will lose the ability to fly or have missing feathers while healthier people will have tails and their arms may be replaced with their wings.

Essence can be corrupted with large amounts of negative energy. Of course, negativity can be healthy but when it goes too far it can turn Essence faded and grey. Corrupted Essence cannot be fixed and must be discarded. Monsters and Humans with Corrupted Essence are often shunned and socially exiled.

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Essencetale, the concept

Essencetale is an Undertale AU about the concept of Essence.

Essence is a form of indestructible permanent magic that is much like a soul. Essence forms who you are and takes your personality and traits and turns it into a form of magic. This magic takes the form of a bird and most who have full control of their Essence will be able to shapeshift between monster/human and bird! But sadly there isn't enough magic in a single AU alone to allow a monsters Essence to reshape itself into what is considered its true form, but monsters who live within the multiverse without a defined home AU are able to use the Essence from multiple AUs to allow their own Essence to grow and reshape.