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Mettaton~! ♥ ([personal profile] mettatonvevo) wrote in [community profile] entrancelogs2017-02-06 12:13 am

Don't cross the river if you can't swim the tide

Who: Mettaton, some closed starters, and YOU!
Where: All around the mansion
When: Throughout the event
Rating: PG-13 unless something happens, upon which this will be changed
Summary: Mettaton is in the no-air-no-problem club, buuut those RESETs are giving him a bit of a run for his money. All well! There’s places to go and things to do, and he’s not gonna let a little water and time shenanigans stop him. …yeah…
The Story:

A.

[It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s…. what the hell is that. A rectangular submarine??? If you’re attempting to swim through the halls, have your door open to stare at the water, or if there is a window in your room to the hallway, you’ll catch sight of this robot in a different form propelling himself through the water. Maybe he’s carrying food in a water-tight container. Maybe he’s transporting someone’s pets or other things that need to be moved. Maybe he’s coming to “save” you! (Save being the operative word, depending on if you actually want to see him… and if he’ll be helpful or not.)

Either way, he’s here now. Or passing by. Wanna say hi?]


B.

Swimming through the mansion can be a bit tiring. Especially with the magic reinforcement that is partially behind his water-proofing, is draining his charge pretty quickly. So here he is, chilling out in some random empty room. Don’t worry, he doesn’t breathe; no air is being lost. Maybe he stumbled into your room or maybe you’re stumbling into whatever room he is relaxing in. Either way, here is a dripping wet robot at your disposal. ;)

C.

[Listen. A lot can happen in 5 minutes, right? I bet even MORE can happen if you repeat the same 5 minutes over and over and over and over and over….

Our lovely robot is stuck in a rather persistent RESET that is determined to make Mettaton repeat the last 5 minutes of his life. Why not keep him company and/or get trapped in it yourself! The world is your resetting oyster now that the water has leaked out of the mansion.]


D.
Wild card! Got an idea for your character and Mettaton? Throw it up here and we can go, ha, wild!

((ooc: while one of these prompts is specific for the resets, any prompt can have them involved if you want! Either indicate it in your subject or put it in your description and we can play around with it!))
punful: (just a lazybones)

ooweee

[personal profile] punful 2017-02-06 06:24 am (UTC)(link)
The thing is, in most other circumstances, Sans would generally avoid this entire situation like the plague, if the plague was a thing that could affect skeletons at all. But as it is, Sans isn't completely heartless, except in a literal sense. Letting an innocent animal die because he doesn't want to deal with an awkward conversation is pretty far over the line.

So, whatever. He can make it quick. Mettaton is literally across the hall, and room 22 is currently empty, so it's just a matter of dropping 4 off over there and then--well--actually walking over to Mettaton's room. Real pain in the coccyx, since skeletons and water don't mix too well, and staying upright is a challenge. But it's not far. Simple enough.

He wonders if, a year ago, he would have even bothered to stick his neck vertebrae out for Mettaton and his freaking pet rabbit, then decides not to wonder anymore.

He knocks on Mettaton's door.
Edited 2017-02-06 17:52 (UTC)
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B

[personal profile] morework 2017-02-06 10:21 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Cullen can make it to the next floor.

He can make it to the next floor.

He is almost there, and he can make it to the next floor.

He makes it to the next floor, and tears open the first door he can grasp.

(He should have stopped for breath on the previous floor.)

Cullen spills into the room, coughing and gasping for breath. His clothes cling to him, drenched, and his hair's natural curls are finally freed, a dripping mess of blond noodles that obstructs his view.

He pulls himself to his knees, and pulls them out of his face. Cullen glances back and, with relief, sees that his supply bag made it in better condition than he did.

He does not yet see that he shares the room with somebody else.
]
readytocomply: buckybear @ lj (91)

d;

[personal profile] readytocomply 2017-02-07 12:40 am (UTC)(link)
[ooc: stuck in a room bc of the water??]

[Bucky is getting better with the events. He knows to wait them out, they'll be over and done with eventually. He just has to survive while they run their course. Obviously, he plans to do this alone or with Steve and the others, but before he's checked with everybody, made sure they're okay, the water comes rushing towards him and he gets in the first safe room he can.

..Of course. He knows this room, doesn't know why his feet had taken him in this direction at all. He turns back to see if he can open the door, water spills in and he slams it shut. They'd tried the windows, the closets, the door again, but the only way out is to let all the water in and swim - he's not ready to take that risk yet. So they sit. Bucky in a corner of the room, hands in his lap.

He glances up at the robot, huffs, and turns towards the wall. Bucky pulls out his phone and shoots off a few texts.

He doesn't even feel guilty for ignoring him, except he does.]
punful: (sansye shrug)

[personal profile] punful 2017-02-07 06:03 am (UTC)(link)
The door opens and Sans steps in before even waiting to see who opened it, because being underwater is just vastly unsettling. It's sort of a weird effect, since he just kind of steps forward out of a solid wall of water, and then promptly empties a good gallon or so right onto Mettaton's for. But you know, considering this is a life or death situation, Sans is pretty sure some water stains will be the least of Mettaton's worries.

And then there is a tiny robot standing in front of him and Sans remembers to be--mildly surprised. Because he's never actually seen the--kidbot?--face to face until now.

"uh, hey. hi. uh--"

The kidbot starts beeping furiously, clearly excited about something. The beeping is almost impossible to understand, but it sounds a bit like binary by way of Morse code. If that's the case, Sans thinks he can actually pick out a few words. That one sounded like reason, this one sounded like alive...

"so you, uh, must be mini, huh? sorry, uh. my binary's real rusty."

He was never on the programming end of things. That was all--well, someone else.

The kidbot pokes him in the shins, which makes Sans rock back a little instinctively, but Mini just seems--curious. They repeat the same sequence of beeps a few times, and Sans is pretty sure he gets it. Bone. Bet the kid's never seen bone before.

"heh, yep, bone all the way down. the weirdest part is i was bone that way."

He gives the little robot a wink, despite himself.

There's a moment of awkward silence as Mettaton steps forward. Sans doesn't quite meet his gaze and busies himself with wringing out the bottom of his hoodie.

"cute kid. and, uh, yeah. no big deal."

He'd rather not make a big deal out of any of this. Just--get them all to room 22 and then camp out in a corner with his cat until it's safe to teleport elsewhere.

"nope, just, uh. grab everyone and everything you need. uh...i'd leave her in the cage. 4 is in room 22 already, and i don't think cats get along with rabbits."
Edited 2017-02-07 22:51 (UTC)
punful: (you're wearing me down to the bone)

[personal profile] punful 2017-02-10 07:39 am (UTC)(link)
Mini freezes and Sans immediately thinks he did something wrong. Then the kidbot starts zipping around him like an excited puppy and--maybe he did something right instead? Mini is beeping furiously again, but much too fast for Sans to pick up anything.

"uh--?"

Mini stops finally, and even Sans can tell confused beeping when he hears it. And then Mettaton explains the pun.

Ah. Of course. Wordplay's a pretty complex form of humor for an AI. Kind of interesting how Mettaton always picks up on it so easily.

"sorry. it was a pretty bad one."

This is getting more awkward by the moment.

"uh, well. i used to know binary. and i sorta know morse. i mean...i'm sure not catching all of it. if you don't use it you lose it, yanno?"

The rule applies to a lot more than just language. But whatever. The sooner this is over with, the better.

"alright. just don't freak out."

Mettaton might know about Sans's shortcuts, but he certainly hasn't experienced one, unless there's been a Reset already. In which case, Sans isn't going to think about it too hard.

He reaches out and grips Mettaton's wrist.

It's a bit more difficult than he'd like. Transporting multiple people always is, and the weight is a factor. There's an awful lot of metal coming with him.

But all the same, a moment later they're all reappearing in a vacant room. There's an immediate yowl from somewhere in the room and 4 goes streaking by to hide under the bed, making annoyed sounds. He's never been a fan of shortcuts.

Sans lets go of Mettaton and goes to the edge of the bed, leaning down to peer under it.

"anyway, you all should be okay here for awhile. i'll be outta your hair once i get 4."

Considering 4 is making semi-demonic sounds, it might be a little while. Which really sucks, because Sans was hoping to find another room--preferably alone--as soon as possible.
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BRING FORTH THE FUCKENING

[personal profile] sciencelizard 2017-02-10 07:28 pm (UTC)(link)
[Alphys also had the fun experience of opening her door and being greeted by a water wall, and then slam it and press her back to it before any of it leaked out. Of course, this has been a couple of hours and in the meantime, she's opened it and shut it again and made at least 17 attempts to work out the physics without success.

Of course, that was before the network announcements, and before she remembered that oh, she's a creature that needs to breathe.

So, y'know, the last hour has basically been panic.]


hhhaha i mean
yes
probably
for now?????
why
its the air thing right
i bet its the air thing
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[personal profile] readytocomply 2017-02-10 10:02 pm (UTC)(link)
[When their eyes meet, Bucky has a hard time shifting his gaze away. There's a light tint to Mettaton's cheeks and it makes him want to smile, to tease - but, no. They can't do that anymore. Mettaton made it perfectly clear he didn't want Bucky in his life. People don't say those kinds of things to people they wanna see the next day. He jerks his chin down, pulling his knees up to his chest and looping an arm around them. The oxygen levels are getting low, but he's got some time before he'll need to brace the water outside.

Bucky snorts.]


Yeah, sure is.

[He wraps his arm a little tighter, and he doesn't want to do this. Talk, or try to be nice. He doesn't want to pretend like everything's okay but he doesn't want to deal with the fact that it's not.

Besides, there's still things he wants to say but he doesn't figure Mettaton is in the mood to hear it. So he waits, again, tips his head down and doesn't say anything, but then -]


Really appreciate it if you didn't tell anyone that it's Steve. Don't care what you say about me, but don't bring him up. [His voice is firm, unfairly accusatory - Bucky knows Mettaton would never do anything to purposefully hurt Steve, he didn't do anything to him. Still, he needs him to know.] Don't think anyone would give him a hard time, but you can't always know that.

I don't.. I don't want anyone treating him like shit because he's with me, okay?

[Men weren't allowed to be with men the last time Bucky was his own person.]
punful: (what you got a bone to pick with me?)

[personal profile] punful 2017-02-11 05:30 am (UTC)(link)
Sans gets down on his hands and knees, his back to Mettaton, trying to reach under the bed for 4. The cat just growls and hisses and wedges himself further back into the corner.

"come on, furball, it's not that bad."

4 answers in kind. Sans sighs to himself and sits back on his knees.

He glances back at Mettaton at the comment. "nah, it's no big deal."

He doesn't really like owing favors or being owed favors. It's whatever.

He goes back to peering under the bed. 4 hisses again.

"wasn't just gonna let your rabbit suffocate, anyway."
punful: (tfw the pun makes them bust a rib)

[personal profile] punful 2017-02-12 03:56 am (UTC)(link)
It doesn't even remotely occur to Sans that Mettaton, or anyone at all, would ever check out any part of him, let alone his total lack of an ass. It's all bone as far as he's concerned, though the magic does, well, fill some things out in a sense.

Monsters have unusual ideas about what counts as hot or sexy, but it's all totally lost on Sans. If he notices anything suspicious in Mettaton's expression, he's just gonna chalk it up to general awkwardness at being stuck in the same room as Sans.

And if 4 doesn't decide to come out soon, it's just gonna get a lot more awkward.

Sans decides to just sit with his back to the bed, since sitting facing the bed seems like kind of a dickish mood. Here comes Mettaton with the questions again. It's a lot less barbed than it's been in the past, and Sans can tell he's taking great pains to sound completely neutral, like he's casually asking about the weather. He can appreciate it. Trying to be civil and all.

"i'm kind of a nerd. you haven't noticed?"

He keeps his grin as neutral as Mettaton's tone.
punful: (just a lazybones)

[personal profile] punful 2017-02-15 05:04 am (UTC)(link)
Sans drapes his hands in his lap, not looking at Mettaton. He listens for any indication that 4 might change his mind and come creeping out from under the bed. Maybe he'll want to eat the rabbit and Sans can catch him in the act?

He honestly would not mind some kind of attempted bunny-murder fiasco if it meant a chance to escape this room. Mettaton is doing exactly what Mettaton always does, which is sticking his metal nose into people's business. Namely Sans's business.

"being a sentry's pretty boring work. lotta downtime to read interesting books and such."

It's as good an excuse as any. Mettaton might even believe it. What the hell else is he supposed to say? That he had to learn all sorts of code and shorthand while working with Gaster and the rest of them? How everything was so secret and Gaster was so damn paranoid that things usually ended up double-encoded? Damn annoying, especially since Sans didn't know the first thing about computer programming.
punful: (what do you call a skeleton in the rain?)

[personal profile] punful 2017-02-15 07:26 am (UTC)(link)
He'd thought that might be enough to end it, but apparently not. He should have known. Mettaton is a lot like Papyrus--can't seem to abide silence. Always has to fill the quiet.

Sans really just wants to curl up and take a nap, preferably right here on the floor. Knowing 4, the cat will probably be tucked into his pocket by the time he wakes up, all forgiven.

"well, that too."

That was mostly during his long breaks, though. Telling puns to the patrons at Grillby's, practicing knock-knock jokes on the Ruins door, that sorta thing.

He laces his fingerbones together as Mettaton just keeps asking questions.

"you know, i'm kinda worn out. been teleporting people and animals all over. think i might just take a nap till 4 decides to deign us with his presence."
punful: (yeah uh bone puns right haha)

[personal profile] punful 2017-02-15 08:27 am (UTC)(link)
Sans literally just curls up on the floor, facing the bed so he can keep an eyesocket on 4. 4 glares daggers at him from the darkened corner and Sans just kind of mentally shrugs to himself and tries to fall asleep.

And it almost works. Mettaton doesn't say another word, and for several blissful moments, there's silence. Sans almost makes it to dreamland. He's in that sort of half-asleep zone where things get fuzzy and unreal.

Then there's the bright, sharp sound of breaking glass.

Sans jolts so hard he almost hits his head on the bed frame. Mirror, it's gotta be a mirror, because none of the windows are breakable right now, of course not, the mansion wouldn't want them to have an easy escape in an event like this, and the only other glass thing in here is the mirror, and someone must have been watching, or maybe this is just the third part of the event, maybe the Mirrors are all going to come through and make this whole thing a real horrorshow, and Sans has to clamp down on the instinctive desire to just teleport back to his room.

He finally actually looks up and absorbs the situation. Mini is standing near the broken mirror, and them and Mettaton are speaking robot at each other. Mettaton sounds scared; Mini sounds agitated, frustrated maybe. They're both beeping too fast for Sans to follow.

"what--"

Mini wails and jerks out of Mettaton's grasp, and now it's clear the two of them are yelling at each other. And then Mini goes flying at the bed. Sans scoots aside to allow them and Mini crawls right under. 4 gives a warning growl. Sans peers under the bed to make sure 4 doesn't get any nasty ideas, but the cat just presses into the opposite corner and hisses at the small robot.

"the heck just happened? was someone writing on the mirror?"

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