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i didnt mean to i

it was an accident
i don't know what happened i lost track right after

im sorry

[Ffffuuuuuck fuck fuck fuck fuck we are now entering fuck city, high capital of fucktown, population: fuck]

its okay its
i dont blame you
i shouldve been there

where is he now

trying to stay at the beach
it's not easy for him i don't know how to make it stop

hey al

question for you

do you know what the hell is going on with mettaton?

okay. okay so

theres really only
i mean its possible, theoretically, he could burn off the excess dt but
the only way to get rid of it is to either use the machine again or

if he dies

[What.

What the fuck.

He stares at the phone for several minutes, expression twisting, his frown molding into a scowl and then a grimace and finally falling away entirely before he's able to muster the mental energy to respond:]

what the hell kind of choice is that

[... oh, well. this is concerning.]

what do you mean
or uhm
i guess
specifics?????

did something happen

he's been acting really weird

like he'll be fine one day and then the next he seems really distant

and his mirror has been spying on him

when i told him he just brushed it off like it wasn't a big deal

Hello Alphys! This is Toriel.

Tell me, you are knowledgeable about technology, are you not? I have been puzzled by something for a while now and I was hoping that you might be able to help.

I MEAN NOT A GOOD ONE
im sorry i just
this is why i didnt want people near the machine i didnt want anyone to get hurt
im sorry

i can rebuild it
i have the plans here
but itll take time
i did it once here but it was a week with help

im sorry

[Fuck. He shouldn't be the one getting on her case in the first fucking place. He's got no right to it, not when he's the one who messed with her machine in the first place and ruined everything.]

don't

it was my fault.
i'll just try to find him for now.
keep you posted.

oh i
its

hang on

[She runs an encryption program. Double-checks her mirror is still wrapped in the duvet under her bed. Just in case. Precautions.]

i think
i think somethings going on but i dont know what it is
when the mansion was flooded i was in his room and
his mirror was uncovered
but i didnt ask what it was then i didnt want to start a fight or something

[...Fuck.]

damn.

damn i thought it was something like that

he told me he keeps them hidden or broken

[He was lying.]

[Of course he was lying. He knew he was doing something dangerous, something other people wouldn't like.]

so he's just...actively talking to his mirror?

why would he do that?

and why lie about it?

there's enough good mirrors over there that just talking to one isn't bad or anything

so why lie about it? and why his own mirror after what that guy did?

[This is... unexpected, but hey, alright. Maybe they're finally off on the right foot after that last event.]

oh uhm
yes!!!!
i can try =^w^=
what's up????

You can try... what now?
I do not know what that means. Is it some kind of math thing that is necessary for this?
Perhaps this is more complicated than I thought...

I simply wanted to figure out how to use the camera.
Phones like this are able to take pictures, are they not? Without the need for film or developing?

im sorry i shouldve been honest about what it did in the first place i shouldve said something but i got scared
im sorry
ill do everything i can
maybe i can find another way

[This isn't helping. He isn't helping. Why can't you keep your fucking mouth shut, Tim.]

i'm the one who messed with the stupid thing, alright?
i didn't mean to, but i did.

i dont know but hes
hes been distant
im worried
he sought me out in the lab though and we talked then but
i think hes avoiding me

theres nothing in his programming that would let him control someone but
maybe his mirror has something???
maybe hes found a way to rewire him or
i dont know

oh!!! no its a face
see the ^ are the eyes and the w is the mouth... it's a cat face so it has whiskers
like emoji?

oh right thats not what u were asking uh
yes they have cameras!!!
there should be an icon for it on the main screen that looks like one

yeah. distant, aloof.

like one day things we'll be fine and we'll just be talking normally

and then the next it's like he's a million miles away

he told me during the last event that he doesn't believe he can have friends?

or something like that.

[They were both pretty drunk.]

shit. didn't even think about that.

you think maybe his mirror just

hacked his programming or something?

mettaton wouldn't just talk to that guy for no reason.

[Unless...]

mirrorton's like a stalker though

stalkers are manipulative, right?

Oh, I see!
Like a ':)' face.
But sideways!
Okay, I see it now. It is very cute!

...I see the proper button now, as well.
So it is an entirely different function from the camera that is used when making a post!
I kept trying to figure out how to take a picture without posting it to the network but now I see I have been going about it all wrong.
Thank you very much, Alphys!
I am certain it would have been quite strange to suddenly flood the network with pictures of my girlfriend.

no i should have been there
you didnt know
i should have been there to explain and i didnt
its my problem
it was my world

and i was the dumb kid that touched the thing even though you made a whole psa and

nevermind.
this won't get us anywhere.

sorry.

i dont know
i mean
idk what mirrorton is doing???
i kind of make it a thing to not talk to the mirrors tbh
but you think mirrorton's convinced him hes like
bad or something?
or to just pay attention to him

that might just be a scarier thought

yeah thats how you

wait

girlfriend???????????????
YOU HAVE A GIRLFRIEND

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