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[They're probably coming up against something they shouldn't press into further, but they're seized with a wild, feverish energy, that familiar burst of

* Determination.]

If it was so dangerous, why did everyone keep it around? It was useful. Ford's portal was dangerous, and they still used that. Dipper wouldn't have gotten us all together to destroy it if it wasn't dangerous. Said it could cause the end of the world.

What if it's worth the risk?

if i leave you a key to my room can you look after 4 for a day or two?

he's pretty independent but i don't want him to starve or anything.

i'm going out for a bit.

i uh
yeah?????
i mean i dont see why not

is uhm
is everything ok

thanks.

[She'll find a key left outside her door.]

[SHE'S JUDGING YOU HARD, BUDDY

JUDGING YOU FULL OF CONCERN]

ALPHYS, DARLING! SORRY TO BOTHER, BUT I KIND OF NEED YOUR HELP.

[There's a little sealed envelope left outside Alphys' door. Inside is a small bunch of pictures- various candid (and secret) shots of some of the monsters from the Underground, nice shots where they're enjoying themselves, like at Evelyn's ball or one of the movie showings.

One of them is even of Undyne in her summerween costume, though Max doesn't fully grasp the significance of that one.

A small note accompanies the pictures.]

Thank you so much for your help. I dunno how I'll ever repay you. Have these pictures to start with- my camera works! :) And all you monsters are pretty fun to take pics of.

-Max

[What if it's worth the risk. It rings in her ears, brings up something she doesn't understand, because none of it's at all put together. It's the feeling of holding a stack of papers. It's the feeling of gripping a bony hand, too tight, too hard. It's the feeling of her bare feet on the hot metal of the CORE, too late, too late, too late.

She doesn't know what this is adding up to. She doesn't know where it started, in the first place.]

i
idon t konwo i odnt know id ont know

im sorry im sorry im sorry
i don twant anyone else to get hurt i dont
there s a lot of things from the underground that happened and
theyre not
its not all clear i dont

i cant do this
we can find something else
anything else
please

metta
what did u do =-.-=

[Ah. They've overstepped their bounds.

Clearly.

It should be disconcerting, the way their first instinct is the familiar chime of * In my way. She has ceased to be useful. Panicking, most likely. And then there's the thrill of empathy, of worry, of concern. They force it down, back, away. It isn't contributing properly.]

Never mind. Forget I said anything.

[They could ERASE this conversation from her memory, maybe. That's a possibility. Reach for their latest LOAD.]

Sorry to worry you.

[She... she doesn't know how to handle this, when she gets it. She smiles flipping through the pictures, feels her throat choke up at Undyne, and has to put everything down to just hold it for a while. Something physical. Something real for someone lost. Maybe that's how Max feels about her camera. The thought just makes her grip harder.

A couple hours later, she sends a text to Max.]

hey!!
i got the photos theyre all so good thank you
and uhm im glad i could help!!!!
honestly i wasnt sure if that had really happened or not
'cause you know wonderland n stuff lmao
but thank you really
=^w^=

[It takes her a while to compose herself long enough to reply.]

its ok you didnt know
theres just
theres a lot that happened in the underground
before you were there

sometimes its better if it
stays there
you know

Of course. Don't worry about it.

[Too patient maybe? Too even-tempered?

Ah well. Their last LOAD glimmers temptingly but it's situated far back - too far for them to feel much like repeating the same actions over again. They don't feel like trying to trick Chara out of their own suicide attempt a second time, especially since Chara won't fall for it a second time.

So they leave it at that.]

IT'S NOT REALLY WHAT I DID, AND MORE LIKE A LACK OF DOING ANYTHING AT ALL! BUT, HELP REMAINS TO BE NEEDED.

It's seriously the least I could do!

I'd quote some sappy one-liner about how things that are imagined can be meaningful but

let's just go with yes it happened! :)

okay fine then
whats wrong????

pls tell me u didnt fall down some stairs or smth

I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT WOUNDS GOTTEN FROM EVENTS STAY AFTER THEY ARE OVER, SO. GUESS WHO HAS TWO THUMBS AND A GIANT CRACK IN HIS ABDOMEN?

[She doesn't even reply, because all Mettaton hears is one big-ass scream from Alphys' room and now she's busting in. Still screaming.]

W-Why didn't you tell me sooner??? It's b-been weeks! YOU PERFORMED FOR YOUR BIRTHDAY!

[Mettaton would have tried to pose or do something, but he's more preoccupied in focusing his magic on keeping his midsection together, so he just waves jauntily when she comes in.]

Alphys! I'm glad you're here! I know I should have said something earlier but I was busy, you were busy, I had to make sure things went well for my birthday, you know how it is.

hehehe well
im glad then!!!
i mean im not happy ur camera was broken lmao
just happy uh
its not

i dont do that irl btw so uh
sorry for the future but hopefully it wont break again

i mean at that point we can probs just get a new lens or smth
i mean i am an engineer
just not uh that magic specifically

lmao i rambled a Lot sorry u////u

[SHE IS GOING TO FIGHT HIS WHOLE ASS]

Mettaton! Y-You could've fallen apart! Why didn't y-you tell me when we all got back? Oh my gosh, o-oh my god--

[She's not panicking, you're panicking!!]

Okay. Okay. I can f-fix this. Just... j-just go into my lab, okay? I need to grab some s-supplies from my room.

Heh don't sweat it Alphys.

At least I know who to turn to if I need an engineering rescue.

And if you ever need like a tea-date or something I'm totes there.

Alphys, Alphys, please! It's gonna be fine, just some structural damage. Nothing vital.

[Yuuuup, there she goes.]

All right, I'll go. See you in a bit.

[He stands up, his body creaking a little but he ignores it, sashaying out of the room and walking next door to Alphys's lab.

When he gets there, it's pretty dark. He turns the light on to make sure he doesn't trip on some doodad of hers while making his way to her work table. He passes various metal scraps and... ripped up soda cans? Is Alphys... collecting trash? Here? In WONDERLAND? Where everything is given to you for free???? Oh, she is going to get the lecture of a lifetime.

He continues to glare so much at a small, dissected aluminum can that he doesn't notice the large hulking thing lumbering out of the shadows until it has already wrapped its arms around Mettaton's waist and lifted him in the air.]

Wait, what is- AHHHHHHHHHH!!! AHHHHHHHHHHH!!! ALPHYS!!! HELP!!!! SOMEONE HELP!!!!! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!

[His screams are loud and piercing as he flails uselessly in the arms of the worst teddy bear in the world.]

[Oh god Max said the word "date" and she's 90% certain she's going to combust into flames, like, right this second.]

uh
yeah!!!!
about uhm i mean everything i guess uh

yeah sure
tea date
yeah

[SHE'S GOING TO DIE]

[HOLY COW Alphys control yourself this is just friendly banter!

And of course Max is completely oblivious.]

Just let me know! See you!

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oh good one step closer to being thrown into the sun

text, late 8/19

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After the Genosha event

strap a rocket to the chair, boom, problem solved

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=)

CRIES ON THE FLOOR

8) 8) 8) 8)

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Lies down next to you and weeps profusely

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action lmao

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action; in which Mettaton gets Fuckin Owned

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