Alright, don't push yourself too hard now, darling.
[Although Mettaton knows better than to hang up, he almost wishes Alphys couldn't see him at this point. He knows that he looks guilty, and it takes every single ounce of restraint in him not to apologize, practically prostrate himself before her and express how much he knows he's screwed up.
Even...if he wasn't really in control of his coming or going. He should be, shouldn't he?! He's Mettaton...!
That used to mean something.
Regardless, the expression is forced away, and he glances around, trying to get his bearings a little better. It's hard--not everything looks the same as he remembers it.]
There were some ghastly ogres trying to disassemble me, but of course you know just as well as I that there's no competition!!
[As usual when it comes to such subjects, there's a mild, discomforting aggression just under the surface. Look, he'd been getting better before. He hadn't had as much LOVE in him as he had before. But...it's not all going to go away like Hadriel's a magical fairy tale place now, is it?]
...Anyway, I'm a little ways north of it, around a temple. Does that help?
such late. but like. i NEED this.
[Although Mettaton knows better than to hang up, he almost wishes Alphys couldn't see him at this point. He knows that he looks guilty, and it takes every single ounce of restraint in him not to apologize, practically prostrate himself before her and express how much he knows he's screwed up.
Even...if he wasn't really in control of his coming or going. He should be, shouldn't he?! He's Mettaton...!
That used to mean something.
Regardless, the expression is forced away, and he glances around, trying to get his bearings a little better. It's hard--not everything looks the same as he remembers it.]
There were some ghastly ogres trying to disassemble me, but of course you know just as well as I that there's no competition!!
[As usual when it comes to such subjects, there's a mild, discomforting aggression just under the surface. Look, he'd been getting better before. He hadn't had as much LOVE in him as he had before. But...it's not all going to go away like Hadriel's a magical fairy tale place now, is it?]
...Anyway, I'm a little ways north of it, around a temple. Does that help?