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[mettatonvevo]

[The video feed opens to a pair of robotic hands pinning a sign to a pillar in the Entrance Hall. This isn’t terribly peculiar since Mettaton has done this quite a lot in the past for his concerts but the subject of this flyer is of a different affair than anyone is accustomed to seeing. It is rather bare in comparison to the almost gaudy things he’s put up before but this one is straight and to the point: a picture of a ghost that some of Wonderland may recognize and the words on the top and bottom of the flyer say in big bold, eye-catching print HAVE YOU SEEN THIS GHOST? Anyone who happens to explore the mansion today will run into a lot of them hung up all over Wonderland.

There’s a couple of seconds as Mettaton adjusts the flyer so it sits perfectly on it and, satisfied, he reaches a hand back to the camera and turns it to face him.]

Hello Wonderland! It’s been awhile since I have posted here, I know, it’s a tragedy that I need to remedy more often, but that’s a problem for later. For now, dear Wonderland, I need your help. You see, in that last event or perhaps a little before it, someone important went missing. And I know some of you knew them, so I will need your help in finding them!

[He says this with a confidence that does not betray the anxiety that has been building in his soul that he has been fervently denying.]

Now I know one of the first questions some of you may ask me is “Is their room empty?” Well. Their room being empty, whether or not it is, doesn’t matter right now. What matters is that they are missing and that I will find them. Any information you have as to where they may be would be incredibly helpful!

[Now Mettaton looks almost imploringly to the camera, but of course he’d never come off as desperate, no, he’s Mettaton! He’d never potentially lose his cool like this.]

So! If any of you have information about the whereabouts of the dear and lovely Napstablook, I am all ears! I will be all over Wonderland and if you have anything at all, respond to this and let me know.

[With a decisive nod he ends the feed.]

((ooc: If you’re feeling an action thread, Mettaton can be found almost all over Wonderland feverishly looking for his dear friend, so feel free to run into his rather desperate search as he denies that Napstablook is gone. Places of note are The Music Room, the Library and probably the entirety of the Second Floor but he can absolutely be found anywhere you wish other than the Forest, which is a closed prompt.))

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[punful]

[The tears are, perhaps, a little warmer than he expected. He thinks nothing of it. Must just be a robot thing. And Mettaton has cried on him before.]

[He holds on and keeps holding on as Mettaton starts to come back down. He keeps running his hand up and down Mettaton's back, hoping it helps even a little.]

yeah. had a feeling.

[mettatonvevo]

I searched everywhere for them. All over the mansion, all over the grounds...

[His voice is muffled. He doesn't lift his face to talk.]

When I had covered everything I thought they might be here.

[He shakes a little.]

It didn't matter how far I had to go. I was going to find them. I couldn't lose them again. ...I suppose I didn't have a choice in that, in the end.

[His body feels so heavy.]

[punful]

i'm so sorry.

[Sans had gone to the beach to get away and to be alone, but also because that was where he had found Papyrus the second time around.]

i'm glad you...

[He grips tighter.]

i'm--glad you didn't go further.

[mettatonvevo]

[Sans grips tighter and Mettaton sighs, the weight of loss finally easing into numbness. Now he is numb and very heavy.]

...I thought about it. For just a moment.

[His tone is flat.]

I thought maybe, if I went a little farther, I'd come back a day later and they would be here. Waiting. But I knew that was stupid the second I thought it. So now. I'm here.

cw: suicide talk

[punful]

[He doesn't know how to handle this. Not from Mettaton, not from anyone. There's nothing you can really say, and he remembers all the different things people tried to say to him while he was sitting on that beach. He remembers saying to Tim that skeletons could drown if they chose, and pointing out to the ocean, talking about how easy it would be to just walk forward. He remembers before that, when he disappeared into the woods for a few days, and Frisk's desperate messages and pleas to not do anything rash. He remembers making a promise with them that both of them ended up breaking, because that's what happens to promises when Sans is around.]

[He remembers hearing about Chara secondhand back in winter. Remembers blocking Frisk's way in early spring, and all those telltale Reloads.]

[Remembers sitting on the beach with Napstablook, and not knowing what to say then, either. It all just rings hollow. People say things to you and the words just don't matter, don't even make sense.]

[There's only one thing he can think to say, and that probably won't matter, either. He runs his hand up and down Mettaton's back again.]

you're here.

cw: suicide talk ah shit thank you Pen I forgot to put that in my tag

[mettatonvevo]

[He's quiet for a little longer as Sans continues to just... be here. Like an anchor. Mettaton can feel him in his soul and feel him here physically and while Napstablook's absence is still a fresh and gaping wound, it helps.

It's after a few more moments of silence when Mettaton speaks up again, his tone quiet.]

...If you're worried I will do something cowardly, don't fret. I have no intention of doing so.

[He sighs.]

You don't have to stay here.

s'all good

[punful]

[He can feel Mettaton starting to come back down, very slowly. Sans keeps holding on. As long as he needs to.]

i don't want to leave you.

[mettatonvevo]

[He doesn't answer, opting to be silent for another moment.]

Hm.

[He lifts his head. The lights in his eyes are a little dimmer- or is that a trick of the light? His soul's light also seems dim but he manages a weak smile as he finally looks Sans in the face.]

Thank you. This is so unsightly but... thank you.

[punful]

[He smiles very faintly. He thinks about pressing his forehead to Mettaton's, just as another sign that he cares...but this probably isn't the time.]

anytime.