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Take Initiative.

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."

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[SO. WHO'S BETTER COUPLE STILL. MISA AND LIGHT OR METTATON AND SIGRUN.]

I'm, uh. I'm something.

[That's a good way to say it. Very much avoiding looking at anything and anyone in particular.]

Lacking for words, mostly. Your advice really sucks, but... mind giving me an ice breaker at least? Kitten said that I should talk things out with him, but I don't know how to start.

[ HONESTLY YOU CAN MAKE A GOOD CASE FOR EITHER HONESTLY... ]

H-hey! Just because it doesn't work for you doesn't mean it sucks! Love is different for everybody! And you had fun at my fancy date, so it can't be that bad! ...But I do agree that you should at least try and talk to him.

I can't really put words in your mouth, though, of course. What you say to him should be what you're feeling, just kind of...let whatever happens happen! But maybe we should try a little bit of role-play, just so you have an idea of what you want to say! Okay, okay, so, you be yourself, and I'll be Mettaton. Actors do it all the time to practice!

[ She even toussles up her hair, letting it fall to one side! Let it be known that Misa gets into character. ]

And, action! The scene is, Sigrun and Mettaton at a private moment, maybe a sunset on a hill? Mettaton has hurt Sigrun so terribly, but they still think they can work it out. He looks into her eyes, wanting to know the first thing she's going to say to him after he's hurt her so badly, and he doesn't know what it is, but he knows he can take it, and he deserves anything bad she has to say about him. And Sigrun takes a deep breath and saaaays...

[OOOOH MY GOD, MISA, NO.]

Honey, I asked for an icebreaker, not... whatever it is you're doing.

This is totally breaking the ice! You have to make sure the mood is good! ...Besides, it's not like you can really just go up to him all casual-like and say something cheesy like "all's well that ends well" or something. You need to just be up-front!

[you know

did not miss the feeling of being a fish out of water around her]

Right. Okay, uh. I'll try it. Get back in character.

I believe in you, Sigrun!

[ SORRY IT COMES WITH THE PACKAGE AND ALSO YOU ASKED FOR THIS >:T but yes she's definitely sprucing up her hair and if she had any glitter she'd be tossing it around; she's even pushing herself up on her knees from where they're plopped on the floor just so she can be a little bit taller... ]

Okay, now I'm Mettaton.

[ In the accent and everything. You know, like Mettaton would say. ]

[oh god this is a mistake

she's trying not to laugh. ahem. ahem ahem. deep breath--]

Are we still dating?

[...... #nailedit]

[ SHE DEFINITELY WASN'T EXPECTING THAT, SHE'S TRYING SO HARD TO RESTRAIN HER GIGGLES ]

That depends, darling! Do you really want to date me, after everything?

[ It's not too bad of an impression, honestly! ]

[IT REALLY ISN'T AND THAT'S KIND OF FREAKY

YOU REALLY ARE AN ACTOR AREN'T YOU]

I guess so. I mean, I know I said I'd kill you and all one day, and I do still mean that since I'm a woman of my word and I won't go back on that, but I also [breathe sigrun] really just want to hold your hand again?

[... yes. yes this is exactly how it's not gonna go]

[ SHE'S STILL BETTER AS A MODEL BUT SHE'S MUCH BETTER AT ACTING WHEN SHE ISN'T UNDER PRESSURE, IN ANY CASE

But even so, at that she can't even hold it in anymore. Now she's all giggles, and back to normal Misa-Misa voice. ]

Oh my gosh, do exactly that, please! That's perfect! Cut, cut!

[oh god]

I-- I don't know, things are pretty weird between us! But I'll try? And maybe it won't be a mess this time?

The most important thing is to just...do what you feel is right. Even if it makes you want to punch yourself.

...Don't actually punch yourself.

I cannot promise I won't punch myself. I need to punch him though, so maybe that'll be my opener.

Punch him and then ask if you're still dating? That seems like a plan. Maybe I'll do the same, if Light's waiting for me when I get back...

I hope he is. How tall is your boyfriend?

He's about ten inches taller than I am, but that doesn't mean I won't give him a good punch if I have to, for scaring me to death!

[ Literally! ]

...I'll kiss him afterwards, though, of course.

I was gonna say! Give him a nice uppercut and he won't forget it, honey, I know you can do it!

[Heheh.]

And of course you will. I can't say I'll be doing the same though.

I'm sure you will at some point! I mean, you can't exactly go too long in dating without kissing, sometimes there's gotta be more than just holding hands...

If we're still dating, I'll keep that in mind. I don't know what I'll do if we're not though.

[She is Stumped. How do you not date someone you love. And yet, how do you date someone who's hurt you countless times.]

Knowing Mettaton, I think you'll come out of this. If you really love him, and you really want to see this through to the end, then you have to be there for each other. Not necessarily saying that you have to forgive him every time he hurts you, because you absolutely don't, but, if you both truly want to be together and work out all your differences, you'll find a way to do that somehow.

If you both love each other, it's gonna be okay. Not...immediately, of course, but, it will be.

[ She sounds almost sad when she says that. ]

[... Oh, Misa, she's gonna hug you again.]

I really shouldn't love him still. Not when I've been hurt twice by him, when things have ended up the way they are, but...

[Hmmm. Wording feelings is still hard. She's learned a lot. But it's still hard.]

I do? It kind of sucks? I have every right to hate him, but I don't, and... really, even though I said I'd kill him, I don't want to. I'm just hurt. And even that's going away, because even if he did this and that and all this other shit, I know how he was with me was something special and it was as real as it could be in a virtual world or whatever.

[...]

I don't know if it's be a mistake to still date him or if it'd be the best decision of my life, so I'll leave that in his hands. I don't even know if he still loves me. I know that he did love me, but I don't know about now. He's always been good at cutting feelings like that off.

[But he's also always been terrible at hiding things from her. Sigrun reads him pretty well. It's not perfect, but she's better than most at it.]

Not fair to ask that though. Kinda afraid of the answer. Maybe everything'll be okay, maybe it won't be, but I'll try to be ready for anything. I guess.

You can't help who you fall in love with. If there's one thing I know for a fact, it's that. And sometimes when you're in love, you get hurt, and you get hurt badly. It shouldn't happen, and it's terrible that it does, but it's a part of love. Getting hurt by the person you care about most is...awful, it's one of the worst feelings in the whole world, but, not everything in love is sunshine and glitter, as much as I wish that it was.

...I'll keep my fingers crossed for you, Sigrun. I hope that he does love you, though. I hope that one day when he sees you he realizes that you're his whole world and that holding your hand is his favorite thing to do in life and that you both will get a happy ending, one that you worked hard to get, like all the best love stories have.

Whether it works out or it doesn't, I'm not a future-teller, so I couldn't tell you, but true love finds a way. That's what I tell myself all the time. ...If he doesn't love you, you'll find a way to make sure that one day he does, if you want it bad enough.

[ Something else she tells herself all the time. ]

I'll be cheering you on.

[... So she's not crying in any thread (yet???) but she'd get pretty damn close in this one, though she's burying her face into Misa's shoulder instead. This is nice. She likes hugs.]

If your boy isn't up to snuff, let me know. I'll punch him for you. Because you deserve like, every world ten thousands of times over, and I'm really happy that you and I are friends. [...] Best friends.

[Misa and Aqua were the girls Sigrun cared the most for out of all of them, minus the obvious herself. She thinks she can count them both as her best friends. The people she wants to keep in touch with no matter what, that she'd cross worlds for to help out.

... The people she would've done anything not to lose, at this point.]

Thanks. I really hope things work out for you too, however they do. And if you ever need me, I'll cross the worlds for you. I promise.

[ Misa, to her credit, looks like she's about to cry herself. She's so fond of Sigrun, and has been from the beginning, so hearing that is a definite honor. To think that someone here thinks of her as her best friend, even after everything she put then through...

And it's not just that, either. There's a very very real chance that she could be returning to a world where she's entirely alone. No parents, no Rem, no Light, no one. And as scary as that possibility is, its something she's been trying to look at optimistically... ]

Sigrun...

[ But that's not true, is it? ]

You're right. Light is just fine, better than fine. He's everything I could want and more.

[ She has the problem if anything. ]

But if I deserve someone as amazing as that, you deserve someone even better. And for you, I'd do the same in a heartbeat, I promise! You'll never, ever be alone if I can help if. And whether I have a magic notebook or not, I'll fight for you any time! You can count on me!

[honey you're both the problem that's what these pairs have in common]

I'll toughen you up any day you want! Just... well, don't use that magic notebook of yours anymore, sweetheart. I don't want you getting hurt.

[And something tells her she might. So. You know.]

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