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

[captainobnoxious]

[FLUFFHEAD YOU ARE SUCH A BLESSING

SHE WILL CONQUER TECHNOLOGY FOR THE BOTH OF THEM!!! IT WILL NOT DEFEAT THEM!!!]

[amygdalae]

[This really isn't the best time and place for this, Mettaton, but.]

It's not for show. I can sympathize, but that doesn't mean that I can forgive and forget. Those two aren't the same. But at the same time you're the one who's abused the trust others have given you - not once, but twice, even though you knew what it'd do for the people closest to you.

Perhaps I am a hypocrite for being the one unwilling to spare you after everything, but you haven't exactly done anything to redeem yourself at that point. Remember that they're the ones now who are letting you take the first step.

I'm not going to apologize, but I'll stop here and won't get in your way anymore, unless you give me reason to.

[isafraid]

[PLEASE DONT DELETE THEIR FRIENDS IN THE PROCESS OF DEFEATING TECHNOLOGY]

[goodforsomething]

Oh my god - we don't all need to be best friends forever here, okay? Bruce isn't messin' with the buttons, he doesn't have to forgive ya just because other people do, let's just get the hell outta here.

[captainobnoxious]

[DON'T WORRY SHE'LL TRY NOT TO

THAT'D BE BAD

SHE WANTS TO SEE THEIR DEAD FRIENDS AGAIN? SHE WILL TRY HER DAMNEST NOT TO DELETE THEM]

[isafraid]

[OKAY

THANK YOU

He'll be over here, on the edge of his non-existent seat and trying not to expect the worst.]

[ratingspoint]

You have no right to decide things like that if you can wholeheartedly sympathize with murderers, some of whom decided to murder because that's just what they do. That's the fact of the matter, sweetheart. Sorry if you don't like it. At least you admit that you're a hypocrite, though!

[Now. Back to what he was doing.]

[isafraid]

And lucks just what we've always needed! It's gotten us out of a few scrapes.

[but yeah. onward to buttons...!]

[ratingspoint]

I don't care if he forgives me, he just needs to stop being a self-righteous-

[...For a moment he looks like he very much wants to say something profane.]

...jerk about it when he has no moral high ground. That's all!

[amygdalae]

[Thank you, Stan.]

[sleepingkogoro]

He's tired of this place, and I can't blame him. Once we're out of here he'll have a lot of time to relax and, well...it is possible he won't have to see you two ever again.

I don't think he'll mind that.

[ratingspoint]

If you need something to do with your hands that badly, you haven't punched me yet.

[captainobnoxious]

There's a lot of things I want to do with my hands right now, sweetheart, and punching you is on a lower end. I'm gonna press another button unless you give me something though, and this time it might not be so useless. Fair warning.

[... It's on the lower end of like, a list of three things.]

[pokexplorer]

[If there was ever a moment that he wanted to offer Sigrun that electric glove...]

[ratingspoint]

Of course, darling. Give me a second.

[Just...let him look it over for a moment.]

The dead can be handled from the other side...right now I think we're all just tired of being here, so we should worry about that first.

I don't suppose anyone has card keys on them? The white ones.

[................bruce this is probably gonna get really awkward in a couple of seconds if you're the one with those, i think you are]

[ratingspoint]

If you want to kill them all, be my guest.

[Fucking hell, Sigrun.]

[cherryblooded]

[Ooooh yeah, that is awkward.]

Bruce, if you would hand those over to me, please?

[If you don't trust Mettaton, and you shouldn't, please trust Cherryblod.]

[captainobnoxious]

[She's giving you the most annoyed look.]

If you weren't so damn difficult, I wouldn't be wanting to press one just to see what it does. I trust you enough not to mess me up, I... know I don't really have a right to ask for that in return, considering what I said, [being hers to kill and all,] but of all times, do you think I'm gonna make good on that right now? When I have so many other people I need to take care of?

[Because that's the issue, isn't it?]

[ratingspoint]

[...If you want him to be blunt the issue is that he doesn't want the literal Viking trying to figure out technology right at the eleventh hour - ]

...I'll teach you how to use the other one. I promise, all right?

[amygdalae]

[...WELL WHAT DO YOU KNOW.

There may be a brief pause in here and its clear that Bruce is in fact incredibly reluctant, because Cherryblod you're not exactly on the top of his list either right now. But.

Deep breaths. No need to give Mettaton more reason to snark at him (even Bruce sure would love to snark back the whole day), the best way to prove himself is to be the better guy here and he certainly wants to get the fuck out of this VR too.

So.

He steps back in after having retreated to the doorway, only pausing for another moment before he smoothly takes out one of the two cardkeys and passes it to Cherryblod with a very pointed look. Don't fuck this up, or he swear he will Hulk Smash somebody with the fist of an angry... Hulk.]

[captainobnoxious]

[You are so mean?? She has done well with technology. Mostly. Good enough.]

... Okay. Probably better that Cherry does this one anyway. He's more decent at this shit and my feet are killing me.

[Not like she and Bruce are having the funnest of times together, after all. She can sit on the floor then. Nice floor. Good floor. Cannot lay on floor and recount her bad life decision just yet, but soon.]

[cherryblooded]

Thank you.

[He'll do his best. He wants to go home already just like everyone else.]

Alright, my dear, what do I do with this?

[ratingspoint]

...For what it's worth, the boots look sexy.

[JUST SAYING.]

[pokexplorer]

[...Would Sigrun like to play with Colress' Pokemon while she's down there? They might be a nice enough distraction for now.]

[captainobnoxious]

[... Well, now she's glad she's on the ground. It makes looking at said sexy boots really easy.]

Of course they do. They're yours and I'm wearing them. I just wasn't really sure if they'd go with the dress, but uh, you know. First thing I grabbed. That's all.

[She didn't get any better at accepting compliments from him.]