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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[happysweets]

O-oh my gosh, Black, you finished it?!

[ OH NO...... ]

I'm so so sorry, we couldn't see it! That was probably the week when we couldn't get in contact with you guys...oh gosh, I feel so terrible, and I wanted to watch it so badly! I'm sure it was spectacular...do you think maybe one day you could perform it for me again? Or better yet, we can get an actual stage, with actors and everything?! I'm so happy you finished it but I can't believe I didn't get to see it!

[ She looks so upset about it..! After he worked so hard!!! ]

You really gave her a happy ending?

[penduli]

[ HE PUT ON A DRESS AND MADE AN IDIOT OUT OF HIMSELF IN A ONE-MAN PLAy AND KISSED THE GUY HE LIKED FOR NOTHING............. ]

Yeah, yes, I did, but... it's all back there. I could try to recreate it, I guess, but it wouldn't be as good? Or maybe it'd be better the second time around— [ misa you don't understand he WORE A DRESS FOR THIS... ] I— I can try? And I'd still prefer you to play our Ophelia—I wasn't really much of one.

[happysweets]

[ KISSING THE GUY YOU LIKE IS NEVER A PROBLEM... ]

Well, you're your own worst critic, I think. Now that it's already done and you'e not on a time crunch, you should be able to make it better than before! I'm sure you were a great Ophelia, though...it must have been really something for you to play every part.

[ Because she's assuming that's what happened here... ]

...If you want me to take up the role, though, I suppose I can't deny the allure of the stage!

But in any case, thank you so much. I'm positive you performed your heart out.

[ He at least gets a great big hug out of it now! ]

[penduli]

[ UNLESS YOU END UP THAT WEEK'S ALMOST CULPRIT AND HE TRIES TO DISEMBOWEL YOU IN A FIT OF ANGER...

also oh, a hug, yes good. ...he'll return it, he really is happy she's alive and well. ]

It was certainly... something, yeah. Really tiring, actually. Miss Sigrun helped out with music, and everyone seemed to have a good time, and some other stuff happened...

But anyway, it was my pleasure, Misa. I always keep my word.

[happysweets]

[ Oho? ]

Other stuff? Like what? Don't go keeping details from Misa-Misa just because she wasn't around, you have to tell me everything! I don't like being kept out of the loop, you know, that week was bad, you know! I even tried to give you guys a word search!

[ It didn't make it, unfortunately. ]

[penduli]

What kind of clues were on it? [ haha other stuff??

We're not talking about that! We have a word search to gossip about. ]

[happysweets]

It was mostly stuff about Ambitious's game. The titles of the people in it, Hilda's name, who Ambitious wa--

H-hey! Don't change the subject!

[penduli]

[ CAUGHT. ]

It's nothing that important. [ buddy, pal, do you know who you're talking to here. ] I found out things weren't totally hopeless regarding as far as my unfortunate lovelife went and stole a kiss.

[ nope not important at all, MOVING THE FUCK ON— ]

So who was Ambitious?

[happysweets]

How is that not important?! Are you kidding me? Black, sweetie, you need to get your priorities straight, that's so amazing! I'm so proud of you, really!

Misa-Misa will tell you all about it but only if you tell me about your kiss after I finish! Do we have a deal?

[penduli]

[ DON'T BE PROUD, IT LITERALLY TOOK LIKE 6 WEEKS— ]

...you're not going to let me refuse, so sure.

[happysweets]

You're right, I won't! ...So Ambitious was the one who ran the last murdergame before this one, the one with Mettaton and Ryuunosuke and the others you found. Colonel Frank Archer, his name was. You guys all saw who was in the game that he ran...but what happened was that he was actually in a murdergame before that one.

In his game, he had a friend named Zolf J Kimblee. Kimblee died, and Archer got so mad at the people left for the trial because they were taking too long to solve it that he actually killed all of them and won his game, becoming the new Mastermind. The one in charge of his game was named Hilda.

So, if you're keeping track at home...Hilda ran Game 1, Ambitious ran game 2, and now Mettaton and Ryuunosuke ran game 3. And hopefully there won't be a game 4?

[penduli]

[ (HILDA, GLORY'S FRIEND that's wonderful.) ]

There's probably not going to be a game 4, unless one of us has ideas they're not talking about. [ He's. pretty sure no one does though. UH.

...right, his turn? ] So. Yosuke asked me if I'd seriously considering going home with him, because he didn't want me to be alone. My... parents are both dead, and my sister is, too. I have friends, but family-wise? I'm sort of fucked.

[ LANGUAGE, BLACK................. ]

He said he'd miss me, and I said I'd miss him except it came out like, criminally fast? And... I admitted that I'd miss him a lot, and that he was... [ he pauses, thinking about it. He was going to say that Yosuke was important to him, that he was special, that... ] that he was my best friend.

But he sort of seemed to get what I'd been planning on saying, and he said it was okay, and he was looking me really intently and was holding my hand and everything like that? It was like something out of a movie. [ Really. ] So I kissed him. Really briefly. It wasn't even a real kiss, it was just like—brushing our lips together? But I did it.

And then it all went to shit the next day, but—I don't really regret making a move. [ It was a little terrifying to do it, but. ] And things are working out, sort of? Maybe? He forgave me and wanted to redo our kiss, but I said no because it really hadn't been that long and I knew it'd just hurt more than help.

...I guess that's it.

[happysweets]

...Well, did you redo it yet?

[ Because now seems like as perfect of a time for that as any! ]

It sounds like it was very tender, though! And really cute! Holding hands, a shy first kiss...it sounds lovely! I'm so jealous! My first kiss with Light wasn't anywhere near as romantic as that...I'm happy you don't regret it, and you both enjoyed it at the time! That's the most important thing!

[penduli]

Not yet. [ but they will in a bit, oh my god, yosuke kissed black and it wasn't as chaste as all this ] Thanks. It's nothing I was expecting to get here, honestly, especially not after we mutually agreed it'd be pretty dumb to do anything like date someone in a place like that.

[ But getting attached and kissing was totally fine, yeah. ]

What was your first with Light like? [ welcome 2 gossip hour ]

[happysweets]

Well, now that you're out, you can be a great couple! And actually, the first time he kissed me we were discussing secret Kira plans. I had just given him one of my three cell phones so that he could get in touch with me secretly, and he was so happy that I was so quick with my thinking that he kissed me! But it wasn't very romantic, because instead of doing more, he kind of just...sent me home afterwards. Maybe he didn't want his little sister to see...