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?

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[bloodisthicker]

...Is there a way we could at least contact him and let him know...? Don't get me wrong, he's an absolutely terrible person, but it seems kind of cold to just sort of unceremoniously delete a person even if they want to die.

[bloodisthicker]

...if it takes longer than we'd really like and people would just want to de-stress before we get into investigation mode, we could always take shifts watching Glory and the portal.

It'd be an easier job for people who don't really have all that much to go back to, of course, but if we schedule it right I think some of us could take a day every so often to keep an eye on things.

[blastiarm]

Yeah, we are, actually. And as weird as it is, I'm glad everything happened the way it did. I got to meet someone I really care about and I got to have the best fight of my life. What else could I ask for?

[Either he's really simple or he's just an idiot.]

[captainobnoxious]

Mmmhmm.

[Alright, time to word this.]

Hope's the most obvious to me. You embody it to all your fans, and you have a lot of it too yourself. For seeing the outside world. For performing. You want things to be good, even if it's in a selfish way. There's nothing wrong with that.

Love's... pretty obvious too. Seeing as, you know. You love a fair amount of things. Your job as a star. Your adoring fans. The people around you. Yourself [...] Me. You're filled and made of it, you just have a really messed up way of dealing with it.

[Maybe the "me" part was too bold, but you know what, she's confident. Moving right along.]

Compassion's the hardest to pin. But when I think about the reasons why you do things, I know you've got it in you. You said yourself that you thought you'd die and then I'd just move on, that you never wanted to hurt me. That's scratching the surface of it, you know? You're not a completely compassionate person, you're the biggest asshole I know, but you do have it in you.

[greatestcool]

Good! I'd be really upset if you did! You mean so much to me, so you'd better stay safe!

[prismbloom]

Especially knowing what they're used for.

[prismbloom]

I almost feel sorry for him.

[ Almost. He could use some more character-building. ]

[prismbloom]

[ She squeezes his hand back, looking more relieved than anything. ]

So am I. And all of you, too.

[prismbloom]

I have to go home, too, at least for a while. I can't neglect my duties as a Keyblade Master, nor would I want to, but it's like you said.

It doesn't mean I can't see and help everyone.

[prismbloom]

[ Hmm. ]

I'd love to see it, then. It sounds like nothing I've ever seen.

In return, I'll take you to meet the princesses--the real ones.

[penduli]

Maybe if you weren't so easy to embarrass, I wouldn't. [ ...so yes, just a little.

Doesn't make it any less true for him or anyone else here. There's a lot of different people in his world, but these guys? No way. ]

...we should get off the floor. [ Well. ] I should. I need to let everyone else know what I learned. It wouldn't be right to keep it between the two of us.

[prismbloom]

Not that I know of, no. It may have just been that we couldn't receive your signal. [ ... ] Or, something like that.

But there are so many Pokemon I want to meet. They're incredible, from what you've told me.

[prismbloom]

Me? In what?

[ Still not used to compliments. Whoops. ]

[prismbloom]

I'd suggest now, but--

[ the whole. portal thing. ]

[garudynamic]

Yeah, you're right... I'm glad you told me first though. Sigrun would never let me live it down it I jumped you mid-speech.

[paidinblood]

It's hard to have a winner when you can't get injured. Most of the time we'd just keep going for as long as we wanted.

[...And he'd win most of the fights that didn't end up like that, but he'll let Zagi have some pride.]

[lackinginfaith]

[Bwah-- okay, sure, sure, hug.]

I had time to think, too. You were right about relaxing and having fun. It was more important than I thought, and I was only stubborn because I was so determined to get out and nothing I did was working.

[lackinginfaith]

[Three words: Post-death development.]

I try not to think about it. Even if it's not true that we die when we tell you what we are, mermaids are still very closed off. Most humans don't even believe in us, and other beings we either don't see often or ended up starting some war or another against. We still have stories about love, and people talk about wanting love, but it wouldn't generally last. And besides, they always talk about finding some boy, even in a society that's all women. So there's not much hope of even finding another mermaid who'd like me, and even if she did, would she say? And on top of that, I'm a princess. Duty is always going to be more important.

So no. I can't really think about that kind of thing. ...And don't tell Yato, he'll be insufferable about it.

[lackinginfaith]

Do you usually steal people's clothes?

[Caren's habit of sneaking up behind people continues.]

[lackinginfaith]

Going back in, I'd think, but...

[uro_cyon]

What about my phone? [ His fancy one from his world that has all kind of neat programs on it.]

[greatestcool]

[OH JEEZ DON'T DO THAT TO A GUY WHO THINKS EVERYONE HERE IS GOING TO KILL HIM!!

(he deserves this)]

Oh, hey, Aqueous. No, I don't usually take stuff from people! But you had some really great accessories, how was I supposed to resist?

[isafraid]

Well, take all the time you need! [He's not gonna expect anybody to be fully right after that. Especially the dead.]

I think I'll need to head home sooner or later. [He crosses his arms, putting himself in the stance of someone that's thinking.] Come to think of it, I'll probably stay as long as everyone else does. Saying goodbye just yet doesn't feel right.

...And you?

[bloodisthicker]

...

There's a lot I still need to talk with you about, but... that can wait a while, I think. It's not the sort of thing you want to unload in the middle of a happy reunion.

[like, seriously, what's more of a buzzkill than "my brother and i are dead because i intentionally blew up the boat we were on." we're not getting into that territory for another few days.]

...and yes, I... don't blame you one bit. I probably would've given up if I didn't have you and the others to worry about on both sides.

[lackinginfaith]

[sigh.] Where did you get the idea to put all these things into a prize machine, anyway? I mean, some of them, yes. [the radar that pushed her to kill because she didn't remember sara breaking it. the weapons. for all she knew the death note was probably in there after misa dropped dead.] But clothes and vibrators?