[OPEN] I put a spell on you

[mettatonvevo]

Who: Mettaton and you!
Where: The Performing Arts Theater (First floor, rooms 50/52)
When: October 31st, 8pm to Midnight
Rating: PG
Summary: Mettaton treats Wonderland to his second performance on All Hallow’s Eve!
The Story:

As Mettaton advertised a couple of days ago, on the day of Halloween, Wonderland is covered in black and orange posters. They are decorated with appropriately spooky pictures, though all of them promote the MTT brand in some way. The information found on them is as follows:

IT’S HALLOWEEN MY DEAR WONDERLANDIANS, AND YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS! IT’S TIME FOR ALL SPOOKY CREATURES AND MONSTERS TO BE OUT ON THE PROWL! AS YOUR RESIDENT ROBOTIC HEARTTHROB, I HAVE BROUGHT YOU THE BLESSING OF MY SECOND WONDERLAND PERFORMANCE!

FROM 8PM TO MIDNIGHT, WITH A BRIEF INTERMISSION IN BETWEEN, THE PERFORMING ARTS THEATER WILL BE DECKED OUT IN HAUNTING ATTIRE FITTING THE OCCASION! COME CELEBRATE HALLOWEEN IN A TRULY “MONSTOROUS” WAY!
THE PERFORMANCE WILL BE THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT, RINGING IN THE WITCHING HOUR WITH DANCE AND SONG! COSTUMES ENCOURAGED, THOUGH BE CAREFUL DEARS; IT SEEMS WONDERLAND IS UP TO ITS USUAL TRICKS!

FOOD AND DRINK WILL BE PROVIDED, THOUGH I CAN’T PROMISE IT IS ANY SAFER THAN WHAT YOU CAN GET RIGHT NOW!

When 8pm rolls around, anyone who is here will see black and orange garlands decorating the walls, bats hanging from the ceiling, and jack-o-lanterns lining the walls that are carved with the letters MTT and other stylized symbols representing Mettaton.

There are no chairs this time around, except for a few lines of them farther away from the stage, leaving ample room for anyone who wishes to dance to the music. Off to the side of the dance floor are tables filled with various snacks, drinks, and candy for anyone to partake. Once again there is an entire section of the table labeled “Ghost Food” with the incorporeal food laid out artfully on plates.

The night promises to be good to all who wish to attend!

((OOC: Like last time, while this is Mettaton’s Halloween performance, it’s still a party! Feel free to make your own top levels and mingle with other concert goers!))

Comments

[catinthemask]

["Ah ah ah. Between you and AB the fourth wall is going to suffer, amigo."

But all that aside, it does sound fair. And it also sounds like this one gives a sense of the enemies and their personality.]

Or the Puppeteer enjoys something more action packed and opts to remain in Active mode rather than Wait. There is always Auto, but that carries risks of its own, ahaha.

[Like leaving the Batter dead. Which has happened a few times! Minimizing the screen to do something else and losing track of what is going on is a real killer]

[mettatonvevo]

["Oh believe me, dear friend, we shattered it a long time ago when a skeleton who spoke in hands came to visit Wonderland."]

See, this Wait mode intrigues me, as well as this Auto. What do those terms mean?

[The Human can never truly pause a battle, no matter how much they may wish to after dying for the billionth time to Asgore.]

[catinthemask]

[Wow, he's actually getting to do a battle tutorial! Neat.]

Wait mode allows the action to be paused while the Puppeteer is making their decisions in the menu. After all, it can be rather frustrating to attempt to access a healing spell, only to have your healer cut down in the same breath. As for Auto, it allows the Batter and his Add-On to make their own decisions, to whatever end that entails.

[Good if you're over-leveled and don't really want to bother.]

[mettatonvevo]

[Mettaton listens to Zacharie's tutorial, a little enraptured by how different it is from his home.]

Fascinating! We have never needed a Wait mode since our battles are restricted to their turns.

[Mettaton has no idea that Sans is a Dirty Cheater who manipulates settings so that if you fight him you can't access your turn. He may know he's in a video game, but he doesn't know all aspects of all battles.]

As for that Auto... goodness, our Player makes all of the decisions for The Human no matter what... I couldn't imagine letting them just do their own thing while fighting.

[How would they dodge? How would they know when to use their health items???]

[catinthemask]

['The Human' rings a rather old bell, but since Zacharie doesn't have his memories of the 4th wall event, he can't quite recalled Frisk referring to themselves as that before.]

It has its uses and while The Batter is content to let the Puppeteer dictate his actions, he does have thoughts of his own.

[For what it was worth, in the end.]

[mettatonvevo]

[The Batter. That must be his game's main character, huh?]

So this Batter... what was he like?

[This might be the longest 15 minutes of Zacharie's life at the rate this conversation is going.]

[catinthemask]

[It is but he is also the guide character at the moment so it was kind of his job.]

The Batter is a rather stoic individual. Not much of a talker but as I always say, less words and more actions! He is also my only customer.

[Which is the most important thing here.]

[mettatonvevo]

[Mettaton looks shocked at that reveal, looking at Zacharie dubiously.]

Your only customer? Did your fellow residents never buy anything from you outside of the Player's sight?

[Were other games restricted like that?]

[catinthemask]

Here and there. But very few buy strange objects from mysterious strangers. I do not mind as much because my dear protagonist is always happy to provide credits.

[And to further his point, Mettaton's probably seen the full extent of people's WTF reaction to Zacharie's inventory by now.]

[mettatonvevo]

Well, so long as someone is paying, you're in good shape. Even if it is only one customer. But really, how does-

[The lights flicker and Mettaton actually pouts a bit.]

It seems the stage is calling me! And right when I was going to ask you more questions. Regardless, I should get going.