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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[ratingspoint]

[For the most part, Mettaton can be found here; he isn't having nearly as much difficulty as most would dealing with stasis, but that's probably to be expected given, well, robot body and all. It's a convenient reason to not stay around, anyway, because that...that is awkward.

Let the others have their reunions; he's all right with being back here for the time being.

Besides, there's a portal machine to work out in here; might as well.]

[sleepingkogoro]

[Getting used to moving after being confined for two months in the same position is a pain. It is going to take a long while for Mouri to get used to walking. Stupid virtual world. He is also sure he looks awful and is going to need a dozen baths because, again, two months.

But everyone else must be the same, so who cares.

Mouri has something he'd like to do, because he wants to get done with it as soon as possible. It feels...like giving closure to a past self. He feels like a different person, but...yeah, there is a mistake he'd like to apologize for.

He ignores Ryuunosuke because he is a pretentious serial killer Mouri doesn't want to talk with. He is like a stranger, after all. Mettaton is the target here]

Mettaton-kun. It happened two months ago, but I feel I should get done with this now. I'm sorry for having accused Alphys like I did.

[Yeah, it is a formal apology. He has a couple apologies to give, it is just that Mettaton is one of those two]

I'm also sorry for using your appreciation for Alphys as a way to find out more about your session. It was callous but I felt it was necessary at the time.

That is all I wanted to say about this matter.

[He is not very good at apologizing, but he tried]

[ratingspoint]

[Oh.

Well, of all things Mettaton could have expected here, that...wasn't it, honestly. He kind of locks up a little when Mouri starts talking to him, and it takes him a second to take all of that in, but once all of it's processed it's...not bad? It's a lot of things, but it's not bad, and- ]

...I really am glad that I got to meet you, Detective Mouri. And thanks. For the apology, and for everything else.

[sleepingkogoro]

...yes. That is, uh...all I wanted to, hm...

[It's kind of awkward, but yeah, what is one supposed to say, especially when you were being thanked]

I don't know if I'll ever need to talk to you or Uryuu-san, but since I want to find out more about what is going on with the murdergames I suppose in the future I'll have hear from you two again.

If you remember anything that could be important please tell Eide-san or Cherryblod-san. I'm sure they'll find a way to pass me the information.

[ratingspoint]

[This is a veritable awkwardness shitshow for everybody, don't worry.]

I'll do that.

[...]

Take care of yourself, sweetheart.

[cherryblooded]

Has Sigrun punched you yet?

[Of course Cherryblod's going to seek him out sooner rather than later. He has to look after him, in case someone decides to take matters into their own hands, and besides -

He'd really like that hug.]

[ratingspoint]

I won't say anything if you don't - and besides, I gave her every opportunity.

[Come here, Cherryblod.]

[cherryblooded]

[...Yeah, okay, he'll break that promise.

Mettaton's getting hugged more tightly than Cherryblod's ever hugged him before.]

I missed you so much, my dear.

[ratingspoint]

[Well. He'll be getting that hug returned, though far less tightly.]

I...

[...Give him a moment.]

It's pretty rare that I don't know what to say to something, you know.

[uro_cyon]

[ After making his limbs work again, Aiden will walk his way over to the portal device. Hello another piece of technology he's determined to figure out.]

I hope I didn't disappoint. [ ...he would not have trusted Mettaton no, but they're all here now so he's surprisingly not as aggravated as he was in deadland. Besides, he remembers that conversation he had with him back in the shooting gallery weeks ago.]

[ratingspoint]

[Mettaton doesn't look at him; he just keeps messing with whatever it was he was doing when Aiden came in.]

On the one hand, I've spent the last two weeks absolutely furious with you.

[He smirks a bit once that's out there, though.]

On the other, I would have been sort of upset if I hadn't spent the last two weeks absolutely furious with you.

You did a good job with what you were given.

[uro_cyon]

Glad to hear it. [For the time being, he'll just stand off to the side looking at the portal.]

Trust you liked the explosion too?

[ratingspoint]

...You are going to have to tell me how you did that.

[WELL, THAT ANSWERS THAT QUESTION.]

[goodforsomething]

[Stan ducks into the room, glasses still off because ow, and squints up at the portal. Fuckin' portals, he feels like he's twenty-eight again.]

...yeah, I'm gonna leave this one to the actual science people. Call me if you want any advice or whatever.

[ratingspoint]

At least this one doesn't seem powered by nuclear waste, so you won't be breaking any promises anytime soon if I do need help with it.

[...Mettaton, no.]

[goodforsomething]

What, you mean the giant fuck-off portal was built by someone with common sense?

[okay so things with Ford apparently aren't as bad as he thought anymore, but Stan's never gonna stop wanting to bitch about the portal okay]

[prismbloom]

[ .... boy. This is gonna be awkward, isn't it?

But Aqua's not the sort to leave things unfinished, and she... well. She's not sure what, exactly, she'll say to him, but.

She clears her throat. ]

Hard at work?

[ratingspoint]

[And that voice in particular gets him to freeze up a little, but he manages to collect himself quickly enough.

He doesn't look at her, though.]

Not too busy to talk, darling, if that's what you want.

[prismbloom]

[ ... You know, she'd sort of expected him to react like that? Considering... everything. ]

If it's no issue, yes. Please.

[captainobnoxious]

[Sigrun had a whole Thing with Misa about this, but it doesn't make her any less... weird about it, and really by the time she gets around to Mettaton the words are gone.

... So she kind of watches him for a moment, then finds the ground really interesting after she clears her throat. This is so weird and she knows it's gonna be weird.]

So. Think your body'll be okay in my world? I mean, like I said, I know how to kind of do stuff with some of the things Alphys was doing with you, but it's nothing... really good, I guess. 'Cause my world isn't Hotland.

[It is very much Coldland. Also: Oh no, she's gonna ramble, she feels the word vomit.]

But if we really need to do anything, Iceland's only a sea away, and that place is full of smart people! Not that you'll be looking around. Actually, uh, we won't really be in Dalsnes at first anyway, I'm kind of in the middle of a mission, but it won't really be a problem? The mountain'll have to wait, anyway. And we can find some way to, you know, keep your functions going until then. No problem.

[Can you stop her sometime or. You know. Something. She's gonna get to Ryuunosuke after this business stuff.]

[ratingspoint]

[...Oh, Sigrun, no.

He'll turn to face her after a moment before just...approaching her, though he draws up short before coming too close.]

...I'm looking forward to being there, darling, don't worry. I think I'll be fine.

[captainobnoxious]

[... She wonders if he'd let her hug him. He's in range, and she's been doing it to pretty much everyone she's come across, and she's been wanting to do it for so long now. There's not a part of her that can stay mad at him. Not even the hurt part.]

That's good. [like this isn't an awkward shitshow] ... Can I ask you something? It's, uh. It's been on my mind for a while. Nothing too bad. I think.

[devastation]

[So hey, of all the people you might not be expecting approaching you, here's Megumi.]

Excuse me, Mettaton-san? May I speak with you for a moment?

[...She was barely capable of saying two words to him without being flustered in VR land, what could she possibly want to say to him now.]

[ratingspoint]

[...Oh, Megumi, honey.]

Of course. What is it, sweetheart?

[devastation]

[Okay, so...]

When we first came here, we were told that our worlds had been destroyed and that the two of you had saved us from that. [... If her tone sounds a little sore about that, that's probably to be expected, considering that it was a lie and all.] I don't know if you or Ryuunosuke-san would recall, but I thanked the Kingmaker at the time for having done that for us. Even though it turned out to be a lie...

... I just wanted to say that I'm glad that my gratitude was not misplaced. Despite the horrible things the two of you put us through--which, I can't say that I can forgive you entirely for, but I'm... I'm glad I was given the chance to meet everyone here. It's another chance for some of us to make things right for ourselves, too.

[Unintentionally, you guys actually did save her from a world that may as well be destroyed for all that matters. Heck, she probably wouldn't even be alive right now if she had been left alone back home instead of getting sucked into this stupid murder game.]

So... thank you both, for that. [Accompanied by a polite bow of the head, too.]