Take Initiative.

[trustharder]

It seems things have been resolved - peacefully, if more than a little awkwardly for most parties involved. However, there's still work to do here, isn't there? Ryuunosuke shrugs after a long moment; tips his head up a bit. "Hey, Glory? Let everyone up." And apparently that's all it takes, though what that actually does isn't something that happens all at once - rather, panels slide out from the wall, forming a staircase up to that balcony they've been standing on. Mettaton doesn't really wait for the others to join them; he just leaves back through that section of wall they entered from, calling something back over his shoulder. "We've got another room to work from back here, darlings, this shouldn't take too long to work out." >Follow?

Comments

[garudynamic]

Okay- when we last talked you asked me if I liked you. Was that legit? I mean, you weren't playing a role as part of the game? I won't be mad if it was, I just want to know.

[goodforsomething]

Oh my - now I remember why I'm a sailor!

[THE FINAL MYSTERY SOLVED]

[ratingspoint]

[Oh my god, that's going to get him to laugh, you utter asshole.]

I wouldn't call anything that happens in this place "common sense", but at least they had enough to not play with any of that!

[happysweets]

I figured you would be. After all, you did kind of adopt them...for better or for worse.

[ Misa thinks it's for worse, of course, but, details. ]

I can't quite say I exactly get it, but, well, Misa-Misa understands the idea. Of doing crazy things for people you love. Even if not everyone agrees.

[lackinginfaith]

They had better not have called us their "collection" at any point, because this is already surpassing the other time in "worst time spent unconscious in a tank hooked up to life support."

[She's trying.]

[captainobnoxious]

... Maybe.

[But for now, can she just. Can they just. You know. Do this?]

Think yours will goes better than mine probably will. Everything I wanted to say I wrote down and put into that masterpiece of mine and, well... it's gone, so.

[So she doesn't know what to say. How to really start it out. Maybe she should just write him a letter instead sometime.]

[trustharder]

HIS BODY WAS DESTROYED, ALONG WITH THE OTHERS INVOLVED IN THE PREVIOUS GAME.
HOWEVER, HE WASN'T PURGED FROM THE SYSTEM.

[greatestcool]

It's alright. I knew if it was just me, I'd die.

...But thank you anyway. I wasn't expecting you guys to be this kind. But I probably should've; you're Dedicated for a reason!

[paidinblood]

...I'm glad we're going together.

[There's some genuine relief on his face, and his expression is a lot more gentle than usual... And then he hardens it right back up again, because this isn't that private, and more importantly-]

And after we find him, we're going to kill Yuri Lowell.

[Kamui.]

[lackinginfaith]

Sorry for trying to get you all killed. We're some form of even.

[isafraid]

[Oh shit stumbling right over here. There's too many people wake up right now, and too many for Speedwagon to help because dammit Speedwagon that's just in his nature. So many faces he hasn't seen in weeks; he's got to pick up on the slack!

He's approaching the pod - stumbling, really. Whoo, hang on.]

Miss Megumi... [He's trying to give her space, but he's also gonna help her out of that pod because those things suck.] Easy now...

[prismbloom]

Before long, you might have to find another job to support them all. But it's nothing you can't handle.

[trustharder]

. . . . . . . .
BLACK TOLD ME THAT SEVERAL OF YOU LIKED ME.
AND THAT IT WASN'T FAIR TO BETRAY THE GROUP AGAIN.
YOU ALL HAVE AN UNFORTUNATE HABIT OF BEING BETRAYED BY PEOPLE YOU LIKE.
SO I WANTED TO SEE IF THAT WAS TRUE.

[captainobnoxious]

[... That's good that he does.]

Sometimes you've gotta do hard things to get asses in gear. You're forgiven, though. On my end. Dunno about the other three you're gonna have to apologize to.

[blastiarm]

...Okay, why didn't you ever tell me interesting things like that when we couldn't stand each other? I would've loved to listen to stuff like that!

[...]

I still would, tell me everything.

[prismbloom]

I'm not sure. I think we all need to get our bearings before anything else.

[notjustawriter]

[That is some serious I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream shit, holy fuck.]

I.... I see.

Er.... is there a way to purge him from the system?

[amygdalae]

[They have all suffered - and just because it 'wasn't real' doesn't mean their experiences are invalidated. They laughed, cried, lived and died. It was all still real, in there.

Except now it's just... more.]

I, ah. [Quietly and sounding rather unsure right now. Bruce glances down, almost seemingly embarrassed, a brief pause before he finally responds properly.] Just sit with me for a bit.

[cherryblooded]

Because you're family.

[And that's really enough of a reason, but he goes on anyway.]

You've done awful things. I've done awful things, for worse reasons than you. I've betrayed people I worked with, lied, done anything you might have done aside from specifically run a murder vault. For some reason, people are still kind to me. You were one of the kindest.

It's more important to me that you're alive and happy than to get revenge.

[happysweets]

[ The hug Aqua gets might just be strong enough to take her down if Misa wasn't just barely 5 feet and wobbling herself, but noneteheless the sentiment is there! ]

Aqua, Aqua! We made it, we're alive!

[ Just sort of hanging onto her for dear life here, oh gosh, make sure she doesn't fall-- ]

[lackinginfaith]

It's a princess's duty to protect, right? Among other things. ...We saw the trial. I'm sorry, for what any of it is worth.

[lackinginfaith]

Yeah. ...You should think about it, you know.

[blastiarm]

I'm glad too. I'm not ready to leave you just yet, so let's stick together for awhile longer.

And who knows? After Yuri's dead I've got no real attachments to that world. Maybe we can find somewhere else to go and other people to fight!

[i can't believe this shit]

[ratingspoint]

[Well, Mettaton will be here once you've made your way in, don't worry.]

Oh - hi, sweetheart.

[penduli]

[ Hell yeah. ]

Good to hear it. [ and uh. ] I'm pretty sure I got your sister's pendant in there, by the way. I... don't have it anymore, obviously, but I wanted you to know I made sure it didn't get lost or hurt or anything in there.

[ Even if it was just... data? And fake? ...Virtual reality is fuckin' weird, Caren. ]