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

[bloodisthicker]

...Mettaton doesn't need either and I really dread the thought of Ryuunosuke ever touching caffeine in his life, so suddenly, I'm starting to hope that there isn't any.

[cherryblooded]

I'll keep Ryuunosuke away from the stuff. Not to worry.

[He is a responsible guardian.]

[bloodisthicker]

Good! Good to hear. I was worried for a second, but I think you've got... enough... of a handle on the situation.

[SEEING AS THEY'RE NOT ALL DEAD.]

[cherryblooded]

It's alright to say you thought I was a lunatic.

[bloodisthicker]

I feel like "lunatic" is a little strong, honestly. Overly emotionally invested to the point where we might all die, yes, but honestly I can't really say have any issues here now that we've made it out alive.

[cherryblooded]

Ah, well. I'd like to say it was because the safety of my wife and daughter is... not assured... but honestly I think I would have done the same even if I knew they were okay.

Family's family.

[bloodisthicker]

...oh. Well, yes, I can certainly understand that end of things.

[...what do you even say to that.]

I... guess it's the sort of thing I wouldn't really get.

[cherryblooded]

Probably not.

I'm glad to see you alive and well, for what it's worth. What are your plans for after this?

[bloodisthicker]

...you know, as much as I was looking forward to giving you and your wife a personal tour of Republic City, that's... looking rather impossible now. Fortunately, I doubt Colress would object to me staying with him for a while, so... that's currently the plan.

[cherryblooded]

Oh, of course he wouldn't. I'm glad you two are sticking together.

[Because you're sweet together.]

Don't worry about the tour. It was a kind offer anyway.

[bloodisthicker]

...yes, I'm glad we are too.

[we're Definitely Not Dating. yet.]

Well... I can't help but still feel a bit bad about it, even so.

[cherryblooded]

[Not at all. Of course not.]

That's alright. I won't be able to show anyone my home, and I'm trying not to feel too guilty over that. Would if I could, but I can't.

[bloodisthicker]

...That certainly sounds ominous, and I hope you can get everyone important out of there. I'm going to need to get some backup before I can volunteer for backup, but...

[cherryblooded]

Thank you. I'm feeling hopeful today, so we'll see.

[bloodisthicker]

Well, things did turn out much better than expected, so perhaps things will continue to go well for all of us.

[cherryblooded]

I've got a good feeling. The odds may be more like 70-30 against anything I'd like, but I'm on a roll right now.

[bloodisthicker]

Well, at least it isn't a million to one. Then again, those have a bizarrely high chance of actually working out, so...

[cherryblooded]

Don't they just? I'm sure someone would say that's because it's more dramatic that way.

[Mettaton, he means.]

[bloodisthicker]

On the one hand, the universe probably doesn't operate on that sort of rule. On the other hand, that's "probably" and not "definitely."

[cherryblooded]

One of the world's many unsolved mysteries. Or should I say 'worlds' now?

[bloodisthicker]

That's probably a little more accurate, unless there's exactly one where it doesn't work that way.

[cherryblooded]

It's still a little strange to think of how many worlds there really are. I knew there were more than one, of course, but they aren't as wildly different from mine as, say, Colress's is.

[bloodisthicker]

Well, we've got our world and the spirit world, which are very different... but really, I thought that was all there was. It really makes me wonder how many there are altogether...

[cherryblooded]

Too many to count, probably. Talking shrimp are positively normal in comparison to what could be out there.

Up is down, black is white, people don't blame their politicians for every little thing...

[bloodisthicker]

...well, admittedly, in a lot of cases the politicians do indeed deserve it.