"Disgust. Sadness. Rage! Plenitude! Laziness! Content! Those were colors! Those were life, finally! A full rainbow in this empty, blank world! Suddenly, he felt happy. Suddenly… He felt." – Extract of the story telling Ink’s birth Ink!Sans, otherwise known as Ink is a Sans created by Comyet . He is a Sans who was trapped within an unfinished, empty AU and sacrificed his soul and feelings to escape it. One day paint from the Undertale Creative Community splashed onto him, and gave him feelings and abilities similar to the creators. Now residing within the Doodle sphere, he dedicated his life to be the the guardian and muse of the Undertale Multiverse (or more specifically, the Undertale Creative Community and their creations).
Ink was first created as the Sans of _____tale, an unnamed AU made by an unknown creator, who would soon give up on it, leaving the project forever unfinished. And so, the would-be-Ink remained in this empty husk of a timeline, alone with emotionless sketches meant to be his friends and family. Being the only one to be able to feel, he succumbed to loneliness, then despair, hate and insanity, until he ended it all by ripping his soul apart. And just like that, he was free. He woke up in an empty realm, which would later become the Doodle Sphere. But this was not the freedom expected. He had no memories of the past, no feelings, no goal. No soul. So he simply remained where he woke up, sitting still and waiting… Without a movement, without a glimpse of tension, he waited for something to happen. And one day, something happened. A drip of paint, left by a creator and imbued by the vitality of the AUs, fell from the skies, and splashed right on him. After being empty for so long, the color overwhelmed him. For the first time ver since he began existing, he could feel. And with every new color that would fall after some time, he evolved more and more, gaining the ability to manipulate ink and paint, and to create objects. This was the birth of Ink. As time would go on, he would learn that he could only temporarily feel the influence of the paint, and would regularly need to refuel himself, leading to the creation of vials to transport the various shades of paint more easily. He began taking control over the Doodle Sphere as well, becoming able to morph it at will. Until one day, he found a mysterious portal inside of it. While it is unknown what happened afterwards, Comyet explained that the portal led to the source code of the Doodle Sphere, hence the real Multiverse. This discovery, along with the necessity for paint imbued by their power, seemingly led Ink to the decision of becoming a guardian and caretaker to all of these AUs, making sure that every single one would perfectly follow its course and survive from threats, and that more new, interesting things were created all the time, so that none would ever feel the pain of being forgotten and abandoned… Profile Personality While Ink’s humor and morality mostly depends of what colors he drank, when equally balanced, he is generally a cheerful and active person who loves to create, especially through art. He finds interest in nearly anything, and hardly holds any grudge against people opposed and/or violent to him. His optimism make him quickly sympathetic to others, and he is always open to any experience he finds fun, at long as it isn’t dangerous for AUs. He also has a bad memory, and often writes down important things to remember on his scarf, to never forget the necessities. He also is asexual and aromantic, and isn’t interested in romantic relationships or flirting with anyone. He overall rarely takes things seriously, and even when fighting dangerous Vandals and Destroyers, he likes to tease and play around with his opponents. But despite this positive portrait, Ink’s number one priority remains his own subsistence; he is terribly scared of being forgotten and hates going back to an emotionless state. It is due to his reliance of said subsistence that he ignores all the pain and suffering that are caused by the scripts that the Creators applies to their AUs (whether it is the events of Helptale, Genocide Routes, Horrortale, etc.); if it all goes according to the Creators' intent, then there's no need for him to interfere. He can also be calculating and manipulative to fulfill his needs. This carelessness has caused him to lose the friendship of many people before, but he doesn’t feel particularly bad about it. And eventually, if he doesn’t get colors back, he is doomed to return to his true insensitive state. At first, while having lost his emotions, he’ll still be able to think and act accordingly to his will, but after enough time, this determination will fade, and he will stop moving and remain still, a lifeless sketch once more. Ink sees this as a fate worse than death, and would do all it takes to avoid return to this state.
