entranceway | e x p e r i m e n t #05 (accidental video)

[When the broadcast starts, it goes from silence to the immediate noise of two people screaming, punctuated by the sound of laser gunshots and mechanical whirring. It seems the device is on a side-table, giving a flat view of Ford and Alphys… perched on another table. Alphys is curled up, hands over her head, looking incredibly distressed, while Ford seems to be shooting at something off-camera.]

Oh m-my god, oh my god, we’re going to d-die here, I’m so s-sorry, I didn’t know they were all going to start...

Don’t worry! I happen to have excellent aim.

[All of a sudden, something takes a flying leap up onto the table, and Alphys yells as Ford shoots it down. The ensuing shot causes the device to fall over, revealing the floor is absolutely covered in knife wielding box tentacles, some with multiple arms, some with multiple knives, all running over each other and stabbing the floor, themselves, and the table. Alphys is still yelling. Ford is still shooting. It looks like an absolute catastrophe.]

Maybe we shouldn’t have prototyped them with the basic ability to learn--

Well it w-would have been fine if it was just, y-you know, one of them! They weren’t all supposed to turn on at the same time!

[Suddenly, Alphys turns her head and seems to notice the device, turning herself around and reaching out to grab it, bringing it in close to her and Ford.]

Uh, t-this is totally under control! No need to panic! I d-don’t, uhm, know how long this has been broadcasting, but, it’s f-fine! … And m-maybe don’t come to Ford’s room for, uhm, a little bit, for uh. Reasons.

Is that thing on? Uh, I mean-- Yes! Everything is absolutely, 100% under control. There is no need to worry about anythi-- [Ford cuts himself off and hisses.] Watch out, Alphys! I think it just tasted my blood!!

Oh g-god please don’t let that do anything new.

[And the device blinks off, cutting out the mechanical whirring sounds with it.]

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[Ford seems to be handling it just fine.]

When you have to carry heavy equipment on the run, carrying a good friend is no sweat. [He kicks numerous bots out of the way as they try to swarm him and he slowly makes his way to the workbench. When he gets there, he turns so Alphys can slide off his back.]

I know I'm old, but the last three decades have made me strong.

... Sans, you've just given me an idea for my next project! Thank you.

You're the second person to say that! And you really wouldn't.

RFID is Radio Frequency Identification. It's used for operating electronics wirelessly.

Oh please. I could whip both of those up in less than an afternoon. Who couldn't live with you anyway?

Clearly you haven't met the right kind of scientist until today.

Yeah, g-good luck getting past your rebel tentacles, fucker.

Pfft. These old bones wish we were born yesterday.

[AW YEAH] I dunno. Dumb people with no taste, probably.

I w-would like to believe that's dancing.

[God, she would so like it to be dancing.]

But it's okay! We're working on shutting them off, uhm, r-right now.

O-Okay! Yes m'am! I will, I-I will!

[And there she goes. Mikan's not the only one who goes down under pressure.]

Wh-- We're--

[She's trying to shield her words from Ford even more now, stage-whispering, but hastily.]

Not now!! Jeez, Metta, h-he can still hear me!!

Huh?

[Stan squints at her but oh, right. He's only met one lizard...dinosaur...person? Lizardsaur?]

Oh, yeah. I remember you. You're the one who slapped me in the face while we were stuck in your headmaze!

[And he's the one with zero tact.]

Well-- I--

[What does she even say to this.]

Thank??? You???

Sorry, uhm, I'm not w-well versed enough on human animals to say, uhm, e-either way. Most monsters are named f-from the biological family or genus as opposed to the, uh, species.

[She's not sure she's ever seen a komodo dragon. It'd be interesting to look up, though.]

But uhm, n-nice to meet you! I'm Alphys.

I mean... t-this is true. This is all true.

Unfortunately, this place likes to, uhm, d-do terrible things to us pretty often. Usually worse than this and uh, o-often more weird.

I mean, sometimes you just, p-put things together! See what happens! It's not, uhm, r-really dangerous on a grand scheme. It's just, uh. D-Dangerous now. To us. Here.

I mean, it's kind of a j-joke about a person we know? And I mean, we g-got everything from the closets, but the tentacles were a residual f-from an old project, and originally we had w-wanted a specific mechanic that we knew was in those, but...

I don't really know how to explain this in a way that, uhm, makes sense. I'm sorry. It just, uh, k-kind of happened.

[She looks like he's just presented her with like, the nobel prize.]

I c-could build some training bots or something, if you want! Or uh, t-trap rooms or, something, I mean, anything you w-want! I usually work in the lab in the basement or uh, if you w-want some privacy to see designs I have a personal workspace on the s-second floor and yes, ohmygosh yes a-anything you want Mr. Spider-Man sir.

Well, uh, t-the entirety of the experience isn't that dangerous, at least. Nobody will die because of t-this. I'm a-at least 99% certain of that.

[Alphys gently slides down with a little plop as she lands on the table, being careful not to step on tools or other things as she goes.]

Well, I mean, Undyne d-doesn't seem to mind either, but uh, it's h-hard to determine a baseline, you know?

[She fiddles around for the remote, finally finding it and popping open the back case, grabbing a screwdriver and a paperclip from the table.]

Okay, j-just gimme a minute to reconfigure the RFID in r-reverse.

[Mettaton rolls his eyes]

Ugh, fine! But when you're done fighting a legion of tentacle knives, you have to tell me EVERYTHING that happened.

Most? I take it, er, monsters are common. I think your idea of a monster and mine are different, though. Could you explain what that's about?

[Cause he's getting kinda confused here.]

[He shrugs.] Guess you could say that. The name's Kay.

please don't build any actual volcanoes.

...What? No, of course not! One word: Spaceship.

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