romance and murder go so well together

[capyper]

[ If the colorful posters from Tuesday weren't enough, Yato has redoubled his efforts for today and slapped these up all over the place:



We are admittedly not entirely sure what the heck the catgirl is there for, but she's there. Anyway, in the dining hall this evening, Aqua and Yato have set things up for a group dinner!! All the food is being put on one table; the rest of the room is for mingling and is colorfully decorated in a way that suggests that Yato went wild in the art room at some point and decided what we all really need in our lives is more color and more glitter!!

There's also this piece of paper with everybody's names on it in pairs, and sets of questions (red tab at the bottom of the spreadsheet). That's right, your mystery game is speed-dating and Yato is here to be your cupid for the evening!! ]

Comments

[cherryblooded]

Either my wedding day or the birth of my daughter. Hard to choose.

[But that's an answer that takes absolutely no thought at all - it's clear by his smile they're both very dear to him.]

[ratingspoint]

Don't worry - I won't make you just pick one, then.

[He can't say that he's surprised by that; it's just kind of adorable.]

[cherryblooded]

We'd be here a while if you did.

[Last one on his end... He considers the 'what's too serious to be joked about' question, but he thinks the last murder and trial showed that already.]

'If you were going to become a close friend with your partner, please share what would be important for him or her to know.'

[ratingspoint]

[...And you know, while that doesn't hit him wrong it does hit him strangely, and it kind of takes him a moment to reply.]

...Do you want the nice answer or the honest answer?

[cherryblooded]

Honest.

[He's already shared his less nice parts with Mettaton. Mettaton should feel free to do the same to him.

'Regardless of what's said', right?]

[ratingspoint]

[And he's quiet for a moment longer before he just kind of tips his head a little, and he's smiling again, even if the words are a little strange.]

Well. If you want to become a close friend with me, the most important thing for you to know is that you shouldn't.

[cherryblooded]

[The words are a little strange, and of course his immediate answer is-]

Why not?

[Because this is Mettaton we're talking about here. Cherryblod already knows he's self-absorbed, and terrible with feelings, and not the best at coming up with genius ideas or making friends. He knows that, so it can't be any of those things that Mettaton means.]

[ratingspoint]

Because it's a bad idea. Objectively.

[cherryblooded]

Unless I see some evidence of that, I'm going to have to respectfully disagree with you.

[ratingspoint]

Hopefully it won't come to that.

[cherryblooded]

It won't.

[What could he do at this point to make Cherryblod dislike him?

It'd have to be something big.]

[ratingspoint]

[As self-centered as he is about it, Mettaton is entirely aware that he has a remarkable history of being completely heinous to his friends. And when it eventually comes down to a choice between himself and you - and in his experience, it always, always does - he's never going to choose you.

It's just the way things are.]

If that's the case, then I'd like to hear your answer to the same question.

[cherryblooded]

[He has to think about it for a second or two.]

If you'd like to become my close friend, something you should know is... here, it'd be that the people I care for most are more important than anything else in the world to me. Even myself.

[Making them polar opposites, really.]