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[mettatonvevo]

[When the video clicks on, at first only Mettaton is visible. After a few quick seconds, however, it becomes obvious that he is standing in an empty room. There is nothing remarkable about it in any way, shape, or form. It has four walls, all stark white, and one wall with a window and one wall with a door. All in all, with how utterly unremarkable it is, Mettaton looks almost comically out of place.

The look of empty sadness on his face is the only thing that matches the room.]

Wonderland, have you ever felt an absence? As if one day your heart is whole, the next, something important in your life, something you always thought would be there, is gone?

[He means both literal and figurative in his case, but he knows he's in the minority on that front. He turns to look out the window, facing away from the camera.]

It's like a piece of you is missing. Like you'll never be quite full ever again.

[He pauses. He doesn't want to speak this into reality, even as the reality bores in on him as bright and biting as the walls around him.]

I'm sure that those of you that knew her will understand my feelings when I say that... Alphys is gone.

[His voice crackles with static.]

And I don't think she is coming back.

((ooc: Mettaton will mostly be staying in what was Alphys's old room on the second floor next to his if you're looking for an action thread for the rest of the day.))

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[action]

[punful]

[It had been abrupt. And he'd always wondered about that, about if there was any sort of warning sign or bad feelings or anything before a person left Wonderland. How quickly or slowly it happened--did you feel yourself fading out of this reality, losing your memories, or was it quick?]

[It's instantaneous as far as he can tell. One second everything is fine, and the next second, his soul is in thirds.]

[Maybe there's something to be said for how--concrete it all is. There's no time for denial or any of the other carefully partitioned stages of loss, or whatever. It's just instant acceptance. Like noticing that the sun has set, or that it's raining. It's fact.]

[She's gone.]

[He only lets himself wonder if it's only temporary for a few minutes. For awhile after that, the only thought that circles around his head is that he expected it to hurt more. Emotionally, it's excruciating, exhausting--it feels exactly the same as it did when Papyrus left both times before, as the times Papyrus died.]

[Physically, it just feels like--absence. Like he's suddenly missing a limb. A whole third of who he is, gone. Like a hole. Which is nothing new.]

[There's always been a hole.]

[He sits in a daze for a few minutes before he gets up to go find Mettaton. He knows where he is. It's exactly where Sans would expect him to be--exactly where Sans wants to be right now.]

[He doesn't knock. He leans heavily against the doorframe, certain he's going to pass out soon. The stark emptiness of her room feels utterly, utterly wrong. There should be junk on the floor, anime posters and figurines. Small robots rolling around. Mew Mew is here, thankfully, looking confused and as lost as Sans feels. She approaches him with a questioning mewl and he stoops to pick her up. He almost doesn't manage to stand back up.]

had to see it for myself.

[Nail it home. Don't leave any room for false hope.]

[Hope is deadly.]

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[pleasereset]

... Yeah, I do.

[Asriel doesn't have any of the fondness for Alphys that the other monsters here have, but he'd be lying if he said he didn't know how Mettaton felt.]

I'm sorry... that she's gone...

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[hypoxic]

Alphys was a colleague of mine. [At least, she was for a time. They hadn't been as close after they stopped sharing workspace.]

Her work was incredible. [That's not the right thing to say at all, though.] She is incredible. And if she's gone home, then she's right where she ought to be, yeah?

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[thecourier]

Didn't know 'er, but... that feelin'? Know that.

[And all too recently. Just when he feels like he might be moving past it, it hits him all over again.

He still hasn't moved out of the rooms that Evelyn left, and the longer he stays there, surrounded by everything that made the place so very hers, the more he finds he doesn't want to.]

So... sorry t' hear it.

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[naughty_nurse]

[Mikan knows there are no words that can heal Mettaton.

But she can't simply leave this here. Let him wallow in agony alone.

... But... why is he so sure she won't be coming back? Anyone can come back here, that's Wonderland's amazing magic. It can even bring the dead here. So why would it be different for Alhpys? Is it just the grief talking?]

... Alhpys... was always very nice to me. She wanted... to include me in things... and spread happiness, and help people.

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[romsapience]

[Turing looks shocked, and that expression slowly turns into one of remorse.]

...you have my condolences, Mettaton. I...I am unsure on what to say. She was a great person and I'm glad to have known her during my time here. If you need to talk, then I am here. I can empathize with the feeling of losing your creator.

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[kingtrousele]

[He didn't want to believe this, he really didn't. The same way that he didn't want to believe that Undyne was gone as well. First her, then Alphys? Why did Wonderland have to do this?]

WAIT...WAIT. THERE MUST BE SOME KIND OF MISTAKE!! ALPHYS DIDN'T ACTUALLY LEAVE, RIGHT?? SHE'S PROBABLY JUST...JUST...

[Who was he kidding. She really is gone. In a way, he should be happy that she's back home, but in his timeline, Alphys is dead.

He lets out a shaky sigh, tears already starting to prick his eyes at realizing the situation.]

SHE REALLY CAN'T BE GONE...

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[spiritofgoodness]

I'm so sorry that you've lost someone. I do understand that feeling, even if I didn't know your friend.

[ Snow's never met a person (or robot) she didn't want to try and be friends with, so she offers, quietly. ]

Would you like someone to sit with you?

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[heroica]

I know that feeling well, myself. [ Robyn doesn't know this person, but she'd met Alphys once, and feels for anyone who's lost a loved one. ] I'm so sorry that this happened.

[ People come and go... in Wonderland and back home. That doesn't make it any easier, though. ]

Are you alone? Do you need company?

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[henrydaniel]

[ Henry's heart hurts for his friend and he lets out a soft breath, his voice quiet. ]

I'm sorry, buddy. If you want, I can grab some monster brew for you and we can go throw rocks off the roof. Or anything else you want. Or not. Whatever you need. 'Cause I get that feeling. I really do.

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[geiger]

[ Nora hadn't known Alphys well, but she knows exactly what Mettaton is talking about, how it feels to lose a part of your heart like that. It takes her a while to track him down and she knocks on the door of Alphys' old room, her face the picture of concern. ]

I thought you might want some company.

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[wriggedywrecked]

...What the fuck! This is bullshit! Sh-She was one of the only smart people here!

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[letsemilythis]

I never got to meet her - but if you like her, she must be amazing.

[ She makes a mental note to do something really, really nice for Mettaton. The guy deserves it. ]

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[mypartnerintime]

[Max's voice is slow and heavy with feeling at the news.]

Oh... Mettaton... I'm so sorry...

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[drummeintheface]

[Oh nooo. Greg doesn't know what to say, but. He should say something, right?]

I'm sorry, Mettaton! I didn't know Alphys that well, but, um. She went home, right? That's good, isn't it?