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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[goodforsomething]

[Well, if there's anything that's going to get Stan to snap right back to alertness, that's it. He makes his way over quickly, scanning the room as he moves. Not everyone is exactly a fan of Norman. Hell, he's not sure he'd use quite that word for himself, but he's not...he's not going to let anything happen.]

Hey, Norman! [He claps him on the shoulder, not as roughly as he would have done when he last saw Norman alive.] How's life treatin' ya?

[happysweets]

Ugh, such a sourpuss...

[greatestcool]

That would've been awful, huh!

[HE SOUNDS LIKE HE'S TRYING NOT TO LAUGH]

[psychoh]

[he actually doesn't cringe or flinch at the contact for once-- though, it's mostly the shock sort of numbing him to all stimuli than anything else.]

Alright. I think. No worse than it usually is.

... I'm, uh. I'm glad you lived. [is that how you phrase it]

[lackinginfaith]

Go ahead, it's not like I haven't seen anything else as stupid in the course of this excursion.

[pokexplorer]

[Oh... Even if it's another wild ride, Colress is ready for it.]

Of course. I will be here to listen, when the time is right. And we do have plenty of time for that now, so...I am more than happy to enjoy the moment.

[He gives a small hum of agreement at the next bit.]

As much as I want to say I hope you didn't worry too much about us, I truly cannot speak on the matter.

[Haha, week eight sure was a fun ride with that Glory message saying the dead were in danger. He just...kinda tightens his grip a little bit. It's hard to want to let go after all of that. After everything.]

...I am so glad to have you back.

[It's probably a little selfish to phrase it like that, and he even surprises himself a little when he suddenly says it. Maybe those are his emotions talking.]

I- Sorry, I meant that it is good to have you back among us...

[Nnnnngh.]

[greatestcool]

[OH GOOD HE'LL JUST LAUGH FOR AWHILE THEN, ALRIGHT]

[lackinginfaith]

[g r o a n .]

You do this regularly.

[greatestcool]

Sorry, I can't help it! I have a great sense of humor!

[NO YOU DON'T]

[lackinginfaith]

I'd say more "disturbing." Though that's not much of a surprise.

[greatestcool]

Well yeah, you really should've expected that!

[lackinginfaith]

I can see why you and Mettaton are friends. He drove me up the wall every day, too.

[greatestcool]

We weren't really close while the murdergame was happening, surprisingly! I guess sometimes stuff like that happens, even in a small circle of people like this.

I'm really glad I've gotten to know him better. Ah... Sorry, that's a bit insensitive, isn't it?

[He doesn't sound too sorry, but that's not a shitty joke either. More like he opened his mouth without thinking.]

[bloodisthicker]

[...god, he's kind of surprised no one's given them some good-natured shit for this.]

...well, after the week there wasn't a trial for you and we didn't hear from you, I have to admit that I was pretty on edge. There wasn't anything to suggest that you were hurt or anything, but I... did worry that I wouldn't get to see you again.

[...you're so cute, though........]

But it's fine now, right? We're both here, actually in the flesh for once.

[penduli]

That's exactly why I told you first. [ He'll take Yosuke's hand and squeeze it; it lingers ] I'm already going to embarrass myself up there, I'm sure. I won't need your help.

[ ...and he's not sure if Yosuke would've kissed him in front of everyone like that or not, and it's probably for the best if he doesn't think about it for too long. It's not like this is a particularly private place anyway, it's just like the chapel and everyone's probably seen them, but...

...better to not think about it too hard. ]

I'll... [ ...talk to you later? be your investigation partner if we end up actually investigating for those thing? grab you before we all officially ship out for an actual goodbye kiss? see you again? ] ...be around, I guess. Make sure you say hi to everyone else too.

[lackinginfaith]

It's not like anyone else isn't here hasn't been just as bad. I am glad to know everyone... well, most people, even though your idea of bringing us here in the first place should never have happened. Something like that.

[greatestcool]

I'm not going to apologize for bringing you here because I'm genuinely not sorry. I'm not going to lie about it.

...With that said, I know it was wrong. And maybe I should have died. I could say "at least you've met these people, you wouldn't have otherwise" but that just makes it sound like I'm trying to make what I did okay. It isn't.

It's a complicated thing is what I'm trying to say, I guess.

[pokexplorer]

[Somewhere in this big group reunion, Yato is probably rejoicing because his shipping chart panned out.

ALSO SHUSH...]

That certainly makes two of us. It was not a fun week...for any of us, really.

[He was a fucking wreck. But that's really hard to admit to, so maybe go ask Sigrun or Cherryblod. ALSO...they didn't see that trial?! ...That's going to be something to bring up during their feelings jam in a few days, haha...ha...

He lifts his head up for a moment so he can nod.]

It...it is. Ah- there is a second layer to it, isn't there?

[...That seems to have sparked something too, since he leans back so he can look at Tarrlok. His smile is definitely a bright one.]

We're here, and there's...presumably a way to return to our worlds at separate intervals? We'll have to look further into it. But I still would like to have you visit Unova. I'll get you that Poliwag I had been planning to, and I'll take you to the Marine Tube. You will absolutely love that. Then, we can return to your world to sort things out and rescue your plants, and deliver Pokemon to the to the others...

[Oh boy, he's way too excited about all the prospects here.]

[goodforsomething]

Me too! [Good enough, apparently] And havin' all of you guys back is a pretty nice bonus!

[goodforsomething]

What can I tell ya, the bar's low.

[goodforsomething]

Well, I'm not runnin' the Mystery Shack anymore. I gave it to Soos...the day before all this, I guess? Still a little fuzzy on the details, but it couldn'tve been more than a few days. Ford and I were gonna go off and check out this weird thing in the Arctic!

...'course, we never even had time to get a boat, but that's what I was doin'.

[isafraid]

Ah... Norman. [right...] And, how is the chap doing, now that...

[lackinginfaith]

I'll give you one thing. Some things are going to be better off now. Like you said, it's a complicated thing.

...For the record, I don't like you either, but I'm glad they saved you two.

[greatestcool]

You were sick of death, huh? Well, I'm glad Mettaton's fine. That's the most important thing to me.

...And I guess I'm glad I get to stick around for a little longer. Maybe I'll see some more cool stuff before I die for real.

[blastiarm]

He's been pretty well-behaved, actually. We were getting ready to protect Megumi forever, but I didn't have any reason to beat him up.

[HE SOUNDS SORT OF DISAPPOINTED...]