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#Post#: 1105--------------------------------------------------
Mettaton's New Groove
By: Mettaton Date: March 2, 2017, 11:42 am
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Mettaton had been out and about doing shows and interviews, but
this box of a body started to wear him down. Flushed and
fatigued (emotionally and battery, of course), Mettaton headed
back to Alphys's lab. He hung himself low, gazing at the floor
as he approached a build table, and let out a ho-hum sort of
sigh. Looking about, he turned to the fridge and fetched a
quick pick-me-up sort of plasma drink. A pre-made cocktail.
Into a shaker it went, his hands buzzing in a blur as he turned
the plasma into a sparking slush that he poured into a martini
glass. He added a spark plug for a garnish and leaned back as
he "sipped" it through an adapter jack liek a straw.
"I hope she shows up sooner than later... I really need to talk
to her about making me a better body. I'm tired of waiting.
This doesn't look human at all! I definitely still don't feel
like me." He muttered through his speakers to himself as he
finished off the drink. "Who knew that dreams could be so hard
to achieve. Certainly I'm a philanthropist, but I don't see the
man I want to be in the mirror... Some day, and I hope soon."
((Looking for Dr. Alphys to join and build a body in this RP
AU!))
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Re: Mettaton's New Groove
By: Alphys Date: March 2, 2017, 12:08 pm
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The sound of a door opening, not from the outside but the inside
of the building indicated that Alphys had returned. She wandered
in looking as jaded as Mettaton himself was though honestly she
wasn't the most energetic of people anyway. Still yet to notice
the robot the lizard person walked over to a fridge of her own
which of all things she kept instant noodles in. Why they needed
to be chilled was beyond anyone but she kept them in the fridge,
most likely not for freshness but for the sake of normality.
Before she could manage to find the jug to heat the noodles that
so eluded her a familiar noise presented itself from the top
floor. Could it be? He hadn't been back to see her since he had
become popular..
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Re: Mettaton's New Groove
By: Mettaton Date: March 2, 2017, 12:15 pm
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Mettaton heard the opening of the door below and the familiar
sound of that fridge opening and sealing shut. "Mm?" His
circuit boards went alight. Now, he couldn't just make her do
this, it had been so long, but she had promised him, and the
hours had to be dedicated to making this possible. He
"swallowed" back his emotions and made his presentation
straight, then suave.
"Allllllllllphyyyyyyyyyyyyys!" He came down to the floor she
was on, leaning and sweeping in a tight, smooth corner to
approach her. Empty cocktail glass in one hand, the 'straw'
adapter still hanging from his front. Voice was a bit pitched
and wavered, an electrical charge version of tipsy. "There's my
favorite cutiepatootie." He reaches out to gently tap (boop)
Alphys on the nose. "How have you beeeeen?"
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Re: Mettaton's New Groove
By: Alphys Date: March 2, 2017, 12:33 pm
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Cutiepatootie? Alphys's face instantly turned a lovely shade of
pink before she buried it in her hands. A closer look at him
revealed the adapter and empty cocktail glass and she gave the
robot a sideways glance. When Mettaton had asked her about the
affects of certain substances on the electrical system of a
robot she didn't know that he had asked for the sake of getting
tipsy. Alphys removed the adapter and sighed.
"I'm alright, th-thanks for asking. Umm... how are y-you?" she
asked. However, when she saw the worn out state of his body the
lizard knew what he was here for.
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Re: Mettaton's New Groove
By: Mettaton Date: March 2, 2017, 12:44 pm
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He swatted playfully at her as she pulled the "straw" adapter
from that front jack. He swayed a little. "Oh for the sake of
the Aboveground!" He hiccuped another chirp from his sound
board. "I'm just a weeeeeee bit tipshy, darling." He chuckled
and cooed, scooting back to the wall, lifting a hand to his
"head". With a sigh, and dramatic poise, looked to Alphys.
"I wanted to know when my new chassis would be complete, dear.
This one has become so..." he slid to the floor, "...drab." A
frowning face showed up on his display as he slowly rose upon
his wheel. "I want something more human-like, darling. I feel
trapped in a shell. I'd ... I'd... I'd rather be stuck in a
dummy like that one bloke down in Waterfall at this point." No,
he didn't mean it, mostly the plasma talking, but he was quite
despondent.
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Re: Mettaton's New Groove
By: Alphys Date: March 2, 2017, 11:13 pm
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"A wee bit, huh?" she replied. Alphys Gestured for Mettaton to
wait where he was and she turned to search for the pile of junk
on her desk for what seemed like the hundredth time today. A
sketch book was soon pulled from the stack, sending a few other
bits of paper fluttering down to the floor. She'd pick them up
later, after she was done with Mettaton. This book she looked
through to make sure it wasn't the other sketch book and when it
had been given the all clear the book was presented to the
robot.
"I h-haven't applied actual m-mechanics to these designs y-yet
as I've b-been focusing on your specific requests... so th-these
designs haven't been m-m-made physical yet" she explained. In
other words, the designs were possible but because they hadn't
actually had all the technical parts planned they would take
some time. This time she had to get it right... the original
design she had used when he was presented to Asgore was
relatively human but Mettaton didn't want to be seen as a
weapon, but a human star, so NEO was tucked away. The second
design she had actually physically built she had forgotten about
the human aspect and after it was rejected Alphys was left with
a perfectly functional yet useless machine. Her choice to give
it an AI wasn't the best idea and she had often seen it around,
just... wandering. It had the glamour he was looking for but
resembled a monster, and after all of her hours of hard work
putting the body together before he saw it she decided that from
now on he would have to completely approve a design to save her
the trouble of redoing it.
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Re: Mettaton's New Groove
By: Mettaton Date: March 4, 2017, 10:51 am
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Mettaton waited as he was asked, and slips back and forth on his
wheel while he waits. When Alphys presents the sketches to him,
there's a pause, a hum, and a glance to how Alphys was reacting
to all of this. He shifted through the sketches in question,
doing so with a careful finger, rumbling to himself. Another
soft swipe of a page, being respectful to Alphys's work. "Ah,
oh..."
The book is set on a table, both hands holding to the ledge
while Mettaton leans over the tome of graphite and ink images.
"You have a very creative mind, Dr. Alphys, and a talent for
drawing. All of these illustrations are gorgeous. But are they
me? That's the question." Fingertips drum the table before he
went back to carefully turning through. Then a sudden jerk up, a
jostle to his entire form. Something caught his eye. "I... May
I have some paper and a pencil? I have an idea."
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Re: Mettaton's New Groove
By: Alphys Date: March 4, 2017, 5:31 pm
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Alphys watched almost tensely as he flicked through the pages,
slowly but surely denying each and every design she had. It was
on days like this that she was glad that she hadn't started
building. When Mettaton asked her the burning question "was it
really him?", all Alphys could do was look away as though he had
scolded her. Sometimes she felt like she didn't know him
anymore... perhaps it showed in her sketches. She gave a
surprised look when Mettaton asked for some drawing tools.
Truthfully she had never thought of letting Mettaton do the
actual designing but now that he had bought it up it was quite a
good idea.
"Oh, of c-course. Umm, here y-you are" Alphys replied, pulling a
pencil from the pocket of her lab coat. "th-there should be some
cl-clean pages toward the b-b-back". The lizard lady wondered
which design had caused Mettaton to react so strongly. Was there
something in there that he actually liked?
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Re: Mettaton's New Groove
By: Mettaton Date: March 17, 2017, 4:17 pm
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Mettaton turned his gaze as Alphys tensed up over how he looked
through her sketches. "You have talent." He sighs, trying to
compliment her after the fact. "I swear, you're always so
nervous anymore. You really need to learn how to breathe.
Listen to me saying this, and I'm just a robot. I don't need to
breathe..." He laughs, and lets silence reign as Alphys made a
move to bring him art supplies and idrected him to the pages in
the back. He was careful, tearing out a few pages, then laid
over the paper to various drawings of Alphys's own. Mettaton
was tracing elements from different drawings that he enjoyed.
"Let's see what the two of us can come up with, combined, dear."
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Re: Mettaton's New Groove
By: Alphys Date: March 22, 2017, 1:24 am
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Again silence was given the opportunity to reign as Alphys
watched Mettaton tracing over various pieces of her designs. The
shoulder panels from the third one, the chest piece from the
first, the legs and hips from the fifth along with the facial
structure of the second. It seemed that there were also some
bits Mettaton added in himself, new ideas that added to the
style of the robotic body. She peered at the design that was
taking shape and began to make some calculations. This was
rather complex... more so than the one she had made with the
AI... a lot of resources would be required for this in order for
it to work.
"Th-the power c-consumption for s-such a body would be
astronomical... you kn-know you wouldn't b-be able to use this
body for l-long... right?"
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