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sciencelizard) wrote2016-03-07 02:26 am
sciencelizard) wrote2016-03-07 02:26 am
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I don't know w-what a Parliament is, so uhm, no, I don't think so. The Guard protects and serves the King, though. And I think he has advisers or something. I mean, as the Royal Scientist, t-technically I am one!
[Or, er, was.]
[Or, er, was.]
[She knows he won't get it, but she keeps the text, and replies, just in case.]
i hope you find your family and friends.
i hope you remember everything you want to.
good luck =^w^=
i hope you find your family and friends.
i hope you remember everything you want to.
good luck =^w^=
[Oh, so this was like the Dark Ages with new technology.]
You wouldn't be too thrilled with Parliament. It's just a gathering of delusional old men who prefer to bicker over their interests rather than actually get anything done.
You wouldn't be too thrilled with Parliament. It's just a gathering of delusional old men who prefer to bicker over their interests rather than actually get anything done.
[She straight-up shrieks when he enters, falling out of her desk chair and her communicator ending up somewhere close on the floor. Her immediate instinct is to scuttle under the desk, but she catches herself about halfway under and actually looks up at him.]
M-Mettaton! You don't understand, t-there were a lot of circumstances, and after the shoot--I MEAN AFTER, Y-YOU KNOW, THINGS HAPPEN! HAHA!
[She's back to crawling under the desk, like a cat trying to hide from it's owner. Good luck getting her out.]
M-Mettaton! You don't understand, t-there were a lot of circumstances, and after the shoot--I MEAN AFTER, Y-YOU KNOW, THINGS HAPPEN! HAHA!
[She's back to crawling under the desk, like a cat trying to hide from it's owner. Good luck getting her out.]
Oh. I don't think we h-have quite enough people to justify, uhm, a full bunch of politicians. The King makes all the o-official decisions but mostly industries run on their own.
Really now? I must have clearly overestimated your society's population.
[Mettaton shakes his head, letting his arms stretch out lazily to pull her back out again, speaking in a sing-song voice.]
I'm literally dragging you because you would do the same for me~!
[When she's securely out from under the desk he lets her go, putting his hands on his hips.]
Now tell me. What happened?
I'm literally dragging you because you would do the same for me~!
[When she's securely out from under the desk he lets her go, putting his hands on his hips.]
Now tell me. What happened?
Well, there's enough of us to run our society, but, the g-government doesn't really need to be that extensive, you know? The King has plenty of time to, uh, c-check in on everybody, but they're pretty self-sustaining.
Oh?
That would mean the Underground is not that large of a "country," so to speak.
[Clearly, Dorian was expecting more out of your homeworld, Alphys.]
That would mean the Underground is not that large of a "country," so to speak.
[Clearly, Dorian was expecting more out of your homeworld, Alphys.]
[She is still screaming when he draws her out, and only stops when he stares at her long enough and her voice peters out. Even as he's talking, though, she's looking for an Escape.]
Well, it's-- there's a l-lot of factors, and, really, it's kind of complicated and it h-happened a long time ago so!!! There's nothing really to be said!! H-Haha you, uhm. You c-can leave now.
Well, it's-- there's a l-lot of factors, and, really, it's kind of complicated and it h-happened a long time ago so!!! There's nothing really to be said!! H-Haha you, uhm. You c-can leave now.
[Mettaton goes quiet for a moment.]
Wow. You know Alphys, that sounds right! If it happened so long ago and doesn't matter anymore, then I could take you over to Chara and Frisk's room right now and you could apologize, easy as you please, right?
[He's smiling so sweetly, Alphys! So sweetly.
Don't be fooled.]
Wow. You know Alphys, that sounds right! If it happened so long ago and doesn't matter anymore, then I could take you over to Chara and Frisk's room right now and you could apologize, easy as you please, right?
[He's smiling so sweetly, Alphys! So sweetly.
Don't be fooled.]
Well no, n-not really. You can cross the entire thing on foot in like, a day, if you take the most direct route. But there's a lot of wider caverns and the city in New Home is p-pretty sprawling, if you don't mind being in apartments and so close to everybody.
I see...
[So it's more like you put the entirety of London underground and made it a whole world.]
Which would make it a little bigger than Wonderland, I presume?
[So it's more like you put the entirety of London underground and made it a whole world.]
Which would make it a little bigger than Wonderland, I presume?
[Why does he want to ruin her like this. Why is he SO INTENT ON IT.]
Mettaton, p-please, for once, for once in both of our lives, let this go. Let me live.
Mettaton, p-please, for once, for once in both of our lives, let this go. Let me live.
[Mettaton smiles simply as he sits down on her bed.]
No.
[His smile continues to be sickeningly sweet, even as his eyes are hard and intense upon her face.]
Now tell me everything.
No.
[His smile continues to be sickeningly sweet, even as his eyes are hard and intense upon her face.]
Now tell me everything.
[They found a stack of cards written a long time ago. A month ago, they think. There's a post-it note stuck to the top, cheerfully proclaiming - "for Thanksgiving!"
They suppose they should hand them out. There's a...a twinge of something when they look at the topmost one. The one that should go to the bed beside them. The empty bed. Their SOUL starts to...ache.
They swallow. They swallow very, very hard. Screw their eyes shut, blink rapidly. Something's off. Something's different.
They feel...empty. Not empty like they have before.
Worse empty.
They have to make it go away. So they make it go away the only way they can think of. They hand the notes out. Maybe if they do that, it'll go away, and they can feel nothing again. Go back to feeling nothing at all.
So on Thanksgiving Day Alphys will find a card awkwardly slid under her door.
On the outside:]
[And within:]
"Dear Alphys,
You're the first person I told about RESETs who didn't already know. I know you don't always think you're the greatest person, but you're wrong. I know you try your hardest. You're my family. That means I look out for you and protect you, even from yourself! XP
So I forgive you! You say you don't deserve to be forgiven, but you do.
I love you!
Sincerely, Frisk! ♥"
They suppose they should hand them out. There's a...a twinge of something when they look at the topmost one. The one that should go to the bed beside them. The empty bed. Their SOUL starts to...ache.
They swallow. They swallow very, very hard. Screw their eyes shut, blink rapidly. Something's off. Something's different.
They feel...empty. Not empty like they have before.
Worse empty.
They have to make it go away. So they make it go away the only way they can think of. They hand the notes out. Maybe if they do that, it'll go away, and they can feel nothing again. Go back to feeling nothing at all.
So on Thanksgiving Day Alphys will find a card awkwardly slid under her door.
On the outside:]
[And within:]
"Dear Alphys,
You're the first person I told about RESETs who didn't already know. I know you don't always think you're the greatest person, but you're wrong. I know you try your hardest. You're my family. That means I look out for you and protect you, even from yourself! XP
So I forgive you! You say you don't deserve to be forgiven, but you do.
I love you!
Sincerely, Frisk! ♥"
I suppose. I've never, uhm, t-taken the time to figure out how big Wonderland is, since the size seems to, uhm, change to a-accommodate the amount of people present.
[She goes from looking desperate to just... sort of looking like she's gonna cry.]
It... well, there... w-we met, once, when Undyne and I arrived, and I broke up a fight between her and Chara, and then, uh, they t-threatened me a bit like a week later, and we didn't talk for a while, but, it got... it got k-kind of weird? And like, n-not talking weird, so, uh...
[Please don't make her say it out loudddd]
It... well, there... w-we met, once, when Undyne and I arrived, and I broke up a fight between her and Chara, and then, uh, they t-threatened me a bit like a week later, and we didn't talk for a while, but, it got... it got k-kind of weird? And like, n-not talking weird, so, uh...
[Please don't make her say it out loudddd]
[She cries when she gets it. Holds it close to her chest and makes sure not to get it wet.
It goes up in her room, with her anime figurines. She wants to see it every day.]
It goes up in her room, with her anime figurines. She wants to see it every day.]
So uh? There's more to it than that, Alphys, you gotta tell me. You know I won't give up until you do.
[Once again, he waits expectantly.]
So Undyne and Chara fought, they threatened you, and then...?
[Once again, he waits expectantly.]
So Undyne and Chara fought, they threatened you, and then...?
[Ugh. There's just no winning with him. She knows, logically, that he wouldn't abandon her over this, but it's so... so...
So the worst thing she's ever done, to anybody.]
Well, there was... t-this event a few weeks later, where nobody could control their emotions, and, either they were e-everything or you couldn't feel anything, and, uhm, I tried to stay away from it all and just not feel stuff, but, they...
[She puts her face in her hands. She cannot look at Mettaton when she says this.]
They killed Undyne. I f-found her dust, flipped out, and shot them like 18 times in the chest.
[PLEASE DO NOT JUDGE HER. IT WAS AN EVENT. HAHA. EVENTS, AMIRITE???]
So the worst thing she's ever done, to anybody.]
Well, there was... t-this event a few weeks later, where nobody could control their emotions, and, either they were e-everything or you couldn't feel anything, and, uhm, I tried to stay away from it all and just not feel stuff, but, they...
[She puts her face in her hands. She cannot look at Mettaton when she says this.]
They killed Undyne. I f-found her dust, flipped out, and shot them like 18 times in the chest.
[PLEASE DO NOT JUDGE HER. IT WAS AN EVENT. HAHA. EVENTS, AMIRITE???]
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