On the whole drive to work, Ink was nervous. He wasn't sure if the plan would even bring everyone together, it might just tear them apart even more. Not to mention how he had to be working with Error, his enemy, every day. He was constantly tapping the steering wheel, or rolling down and up the windows. The whole car ride he was not still for one second, the nervousness building up within his not existent gut.

He parked in his usual spot, turning off the car before climbing out, waving to Alphys, who was climbing out of her car.

"Hey Alphys, how was your date last night?" Ink asked, closing his car door with a slam.

"Oh, h-hey Ink!" Alphys greeted, rushing over with a slight blush on her face, "Undyne was s-so great! W-We went to d-dinner t-then we hung o-out at m-my house, she e-even watched anime w-with m-me! It was s-so great!"

"That's awesome, Alphys!" Ink said, giving her a high five, "It's about time you hooked up with someone!"

"Hello?"

A new skeleton had walked up to them, looking slightly confused. He was their height, with a grey hoodie pulled up and a white shirt underneath. He also had on dark grey pants and black shoes. His left eye was glowing a dark purple and light blue, his right glowing a dark red/purple.

"Is this the Golden Branch?" The new skeleton asked, "I was supposed to come in yesterday and I got really lost, I'm not even sure if this is the right building."

"Oh, you must be Dust," Ink said, sticking out his hand, "I'm your new Boss, Ink, it's a pleasure to meet you."

"Yes, whatever, just tell me where my desk is and I can get right to work."

"What?" Ink asked.

"Look," Dust said, pulling at his hoodie strings, "I just came here to work, and that is that. I didn't come to socialize or to make friends, I came here to make money. So, all I need to know is who pays me and where I sit. I am rather adaptive, I can figure it out on my own."

"Actually," Ink said, adjusting his paintbrush, "We're all going out as an office today to have a team building exercise."

Dust blinked, "Are you serious?" He asked in disbelief.

"H-He is," Alphys butted in, "He told everyone a-about it y-yesterday, and had u-us b-bring in stuff."

"Can I stay here and make up for this waste of a cruise?"

"No, you have to come, it's mandatory."

Dust muttered complaints before asking Ink what he was supposed to bring. The new employee then learned he was only supposed to bring a towel in case water splashed up onto the boat, which Dust did not have, because regular people don't bring towels to an office to sell paper.

"Here, we should go inside, I think he have some extra towels inside so you don't have to leave," Ink said, motioning for Alphys and Dust to follow him, which they did.

There were two people already in the office when they walked in. The first was Geno, who was on his computer, scrolling through some pictures on Google. The second was Blue, who was decorating a new sparkly notebook he got with some bright pink hearts and kitten stickers.

"Hi Inky!" Blue waved happily to him, "And hi Alphys! Who's that new person!"

"That is Dust," Ink said before pointing a fist into his his hand in a thought manner, "I just realized Blue's the one who knows where everything is!"

"What can I do?" Blue asked excitedly, jumping up and saluting to his boss.

"Take Dust and show him the towels, let him pick out whatever one he wants for the cruise today," Ink said, giving a quick thanks before he went into his Office to make a few calls.

"Let's go!" Blue said happily, grabbing Dust's arm and rushing off towards the elevator, Dust yelling in protest.

"I'm Blue, it's so cool to meet you!" Blue said happily, pulling him into the elevator.

"...Dust," The new worker said hesitantly, looking away.

"Isn't this branch so much fun?" Blue asked him, his blue eyes sparkling with excitement.

"I just got here," Dust muttered, glancing at the door pleadingly, as if begging that they would open at that moment.

"But you're going to have so much fun! Like today, we're going on a cruise! There's going to be lots of food, and there's a pool on the cruise, and a hot tub, and there's even some games and dancing! I love dancing!"

"I'd prefer to stay here."

"Why?"

"Because," Dust said as the elevator dinged open, "This is work, not a vacation."

He then walked off the elevator.

"But work can be fun!" Blue said, skipping as he followed him.

"But it shouldn't be," Dust said coldly, "It should only be work."

The other skeleton with him pulled out a hoop of keys before he unlocked a room, swinging it open with a thud.

"I'll change your view on that, I'm sure of it!" He said confidently, walking over to a racket full of multiple different towels, "Here they are!"

"How do you have so much energy?" The hooded skeleton asked, grabbing the nearest towel off the shelf.

"Because it's so much fun!" Blue said, throwing his hands into the air.

"It's kinda a dumb idea," Dust said, rolling his eyes.

"..."

Blue was silent, looking down at the ground. Dust took notice and set the folded towel under his arm against his side, reaching out for Blue.

"You ok?" He asked, resting a hand on Blue's shoulder.

Blue pushed his hand off, his eyesockets watering with tears.

"As if you'd care!" Blue shouted before rushing out of the room, slamming the door behind him.

Dust stared at the door with confusion, tilting his head to the left. Suddenly, he looked over at the corner, shaking his head.

"I don't know why he ran off, maybe he's super sensitive?" He said to the corner, where no one stood.

He stayed silent for a moment before saying, "I don't think I should apoligize, he had to learn how to grow up and learn how to live, or he'll he torn into tiny crying shreds out there. It's kill or be killed."

He then shook his head once more before walking out, slamming the door behind him in anger.

~~~~~~~~~

When Dust got back upstairs, Sci and Nightmare were also upstairs, getting ready for the cruise that they were leaving for in half an hour.

"What was that yell about?" Ink asked Dust when he walked in.

"I dunno," Dust shrugged, "When are we leaving for this stupid cruise? I need to get it over with."

"Did you make Blue cry on your first day?" Sci asked, looking up from his phone.

"I dunno," Dust repeated, glancing around, "Oh, hey Nightmare."

"Did you get lost again?" Nightmare asked, one of his tentacles holding a grocery bag. "Since you weren't here yesterday."

"Pretty much," Dust said quickly, already bored of the conversation.

Dream walked into the room then, hauling Sans over his shoulder, who was, as usual, asleep. He groaned when he saw that Lust wasn't in yet before making his way to Sans desk, setting him down in the chair.

"Does Lust keep the air horn in his desk or with him?" He asked, stretching out his arms.

"I think Lust keeps in on him, try pots and pans maybe," Ink said.

Dream headed off to the kitchen while Nightmare watched in confusion, before turning to Ink with the question of, "Air horn?"

"It's one of the only ways we found out we can wake up Sans in the morning," Ink said, pointing over at Sans, "He sleeps in a lot."

"He didn't even make it out of his car today!" Dream yelled from the kitchen.

"Pathetic," Nightmare muttered, rolling his showing eye, "He could've just left him, pathetic."

That, too, didn't go unnoticed by Ink.

He was going to have a few talks later.