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Here comes Napstablook [TEXT]

3:01 pm: my cellphone is different... where even am i...
3:01 pm: maybe i'm dreaming?
3:01 pm: this is a pretty big house....
3:02 pm: how do you even work this app... it isn't like UnderNet at all... am i using it right... sorry....
3:04 pm: found a window..... i guess i am on the surface? sorry you already knew that if you're in the dream. there's lots of humans here, i gotta, i gotta go....
3:05 pm: i found a room..... it has lots of instruments.... like... a piano....
3:05 pm: this is probably a dream, right? i should enjoy it before i have to wake up, right?
3:56 pm: update: i can't play the ukelele even in a dream

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[Napstablook didn't realize how tall Mettaton was now. They feel small next to him.]

no, I've seen the rectangular one on tv.....
and i saw the....
the big pointy one,
with....
you know....
the arm....

i see you here, i know i'm here, i just....

[They look away and lower their voice even softer than usual. they can't lie, but they can't say this to his face, so they try and get the words out as quickly as possible]

we were watching sans fight the human, all of us, together. I was scared, we were all scared and you [the tears start to fiil up their eyes and they stare even harder at the wall] you were - you were...

you....

were.....

[they can't shape the word with their mouth. ~~dead.~~ it shouldn't be this hard to say, dead, dead, dead.]

["With, you know, the arm" The arm? What arm are they talking about...?

Napstablook continues. Mettaton starts to put the pieces together.]

...So. You know my NEO form and not this one. And Sans was fighting the human. And I...

[Died. That has to be it. Napstablook's refusal to meet his eyes says it all. He knew that anyone else from their world that came here could have different memories of what happened in the Underground but this... He never wanted to be a ghost again.]

Well. Things are different here.

yeah i kinda..... i kinda got that....

[the tears start coming and they don't try to make them flow up again, spilling out with their apologies, word tumbling together]

i'm sorry....
i .... i don't mean to i just...

i never got to say goodbye....
i knew it was you on the tv but i didn't call you because....
i was so caught up in my own head....
i thought you didn't want me to call...

and when you left to buy us some time....
i knew you recognized me...
but i didn't want to blow your cover....

i'm so, so sorry, i don't want your pity i just....
i need you to know i was wrong and i....i know i was wrong....

[they back up a little, shaking and trying to get control of their sobs, not wanting him to see them like this even though he has before. they hate their tears and how they can't hold anything back, still stuck in the stages of grief even though he's standing right there!]

i'm making it worse, aren't i?
i'm just making you hurt more....

Edited 2016-08-09 05:07 (UTC)

[He doesn't say anything as he reaches out for Napstablook, pulling them into a tight hug. He's missed these hugs over the past two months, and traitorously he feels happier here than he has in awhile. He hopes that Napstablook actually wants this hug and doesn't phase out of his arms.]

It's all right, Blooky. I was so, so awful to you. I left you all alone not once, but twice now. You don't need to apologize.

[He bought them time? Ah. He must have fought Frisk. In that timeline where they don't stay their hand. Did they watch? Did Napstablook see? He wants to ask so much more. Was he brave? Was he strong? Or was he as big of a coward as he always suspected he would be?]

[It feels strange, but at the same time familiar, to shift their form to semi-corporeal as their cousin reaches for them so that they can be held. That's right, they had to do this to hug him when he was a ghost too. ]

you weren't awful... don't say that...
you were incredible, your attacks were really powerful and cool...

[They don't tell him he was taken out in one hit, but instead lean into the hug. Metal is colder than ghost bodies, but not too cold]

i'm.... i'm glad you're here....

i'm....

i'm...kinda glad i'm here...

[He smiles as he continues to hold his cousin. They have always been so sweet to him.]

I didn't mean the battle. I meant leaving you. Though I suppose it's nice to know I did something for you, in the end.

[His smile drops slightly. They're happy they're here? Well. He'll be sad to burst their bubble.]

Wonderland isn't the kindest of places. While you're here, you're trapped. You can't go farther than the Mansion grounds without dying and being brought back here.

even then though.... i know why you did it...
i....
i made you promise... i'm sorry...

[they process the information about wonderland]

oh.... that's.... kinda scary...

[they wonder if it work on them, for just a second, but shake the thought away]

how long... have you been here?

Edited 2016-08-11 23:55 (UTC)

You didn't make me promise. I wanted to be there for you, no matter what.

[His response is immediate. He doesn't want them to think for a second that they're to blame for his inability to keep a promise.]

I've been here for a little over 2 months now. I was hoping that I would have left by now, but...

[No one seems to be any closer to escaping and it might drive him mad.]

[I was hoping he says. Napstablook's gut wrenches a little, thinking back to the other conversations they've had since they got here.]
i'm....
i'm sorry....

[They want to say they're glad he's here now, but they stop themself, not wanting to make their cousin feel bad for feeling trapped]

what about you...
...what do you last remembe r?

[He smiles a bit, relishing in the memory.]

The last thing I remember was sitting in a tour bus next to you, on our way to New York City for the biggest performance we'd have yet. Shyren and an employee of mine were there as well.

shyren...

[that's right, if the human hadn't killed anyone, she would have lived too. They remember looking for her among the evacuees, realization slowly dawning.]

...were we performing together?
like we always said we would....

Yes!! We were!! When I realized that we were all going to go up to the Surface, and you had called in during my "final show", I wanted to get the gang back together. I knew we would take the human world by storm.

[His eyes brighten at the memory, how fresh and new everything felt, the rush of infinite possibilities filling him with a light-hearted giddiness he hadn't felt in a long time.]

i.... called.... in....

i don't remember...

[ I'm the wrong Napstablook.

It hits them and their corporeality slips, Mettaton's arms collapsing through them.]

i...
oh gosh i'm.....
i'm so sorry...

i...

i just....

i'm....

[they shouldn't be here, they're the wrong one, the shouldn't... ]

[His momentary happiness is dashed when Napstablook phases out of his arms, leaving him gripping onto air.]

Blooky, dear, what's wrong??? It's ok that you don't remember that! Almost all of us here have different memories!!

[He lets his arms fall, trying to ignore the sting.]

[They back away a little. They hadn't meant to lose their grip on their corporeality, for their emotions to be so easily read, and the tears are back before they can process what he's saying. They go more transparent than usual in embarrassment, but they don't let themself disappear.]

i'm... i'm sorry..... [their voice shudders as they speak] i....

i just.....

i'm.....

i'm the wrong one...

Blooky, please, just listen, it's all right!

[They're saying exactly what he, himself, doesn't want to think about for too long.]

Here in Wonderland, I'm your Mettaton and you're my Napstablook. No ifs, ands, or buts about it!

but...

....but what if the napstablook in your version gets sent here too?

[their mind is already going a mile a minute, thinking of all the ways anything and everything could go tumbling down on them, finding and clinging onto every reason they can find to be afraid]

I. I don't think that can happen.

[He looks uncertain though. Can this happen? Could another Napstablook come along one day? ...could another Mettaton? The possibilities are endless.]

[Napstablook hesitates and then floats back up to him]

...well, what do we know about this place?

[The conversation turns towards something he can actually answer, and he jumps at it, burying his own worries.]

As I said, if you go too far in any direction from the Mansion, you'll die. In general, you have about five lives you can spend? Where you can die and Wonderland will bring you back somehow. Something bad happens after the fifth, but I don't think anyone knows what.

The closets, when you get your own room, will give you anything you want so long as you can imagine it. I think there are some restrictions on what you can pull out, but I haven't run into them yet. That's just the tip of the iceberg though.

[They nod, trying to take it all in, even though they inwardly doubt that they can die. Maybe they could test it. They know better than to voice this thought to their cousin, though, who says it with such certainty that it almost sounds like he's forgotten about incorporeality all together. They suppose that's for the best.]

so... we get rooms here.... like a hotel...?

Edited 2016-08-31 22:59 (UTC)

Unlike a hotel, once that room is yours, it's yours. And you don't have to pay for it! So it's more like free housing.

[He smiles encouragingly.]

Would you like to go get a room? I'll go with you, if you like.

i.... i guess, sure....

....can i be near you?

[Mettaton's smile continues as he begins to lead his cousin out of the music room.]

Of course! We can be right next door to each other, just like old times.

haha, ok....

[they nod and follow him

just like old times]

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napstablook Has Not Read The Rules Of Entranceway and is Always Scared of Something

It is fine, Mettaton doesn't know all that much either

the possibilities are endless, you say, two days before the 4th wall event is announced

WHAT DELIGHTFUL FORESHADOWING ON MY PART

DELIGHTFUL INDEED

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