text; un: METTATON

[glitzandglamour]

Name: Mettaton
Date: 05/09
Format: text

Ohh yes!! Hello darlings... My. So many of you, to bear audience to my post. Something's been on my mind for a few weeks now. And with so many questions on the network this month, why not conduct a survey of my own?

QUESTION: How many digits do you have on your hand? Fingers, thumbs, claws, fins, amorphous appendages. You name it, you count it! In as much detail as you'd like!!

Every reply will receive feedback on the configuration of your hand... by none other than ME!! Some lucky responses may receive any extra commentary that comes to my dazzling mind! Will you be one of the bold and the lucky...?

[ooc: 4th wall characters welcome!]

Comments

[quintessent]

Oh yes, some of them quite advanced!

[And very convenient for maintaining a PG rating when blowing up a bunch of Galra ships.]

I didn't think to count their fingers, though.

[glitzandglamour]

[Ah... the sacrificial robots...]

Oh, don't worry. As a robot myself... I know that we could change that number with a simple swap of parts. Merely a curiosity. I could have four, five, six, eight, twelve, two... Just like other creatures, we can have variable finger counts!

[quintessent]

Oh, you're a robot!

[Most robots where she's from aren't so sentient. Just advanced enough to mimic sentience.]

I did not realize. Are you powered by magic, or do you have an artificial intelligence?

[glitzandglamour]

It's hard to realize. I understand. I'm livelier than being made of metal might suggest, I know. Ha-ha.

Of the two options provided... Magic! Since it's my soul that powers me. Plus electricity.

[quintessent]

[What else is there, besides magic and technology! And excuse her, Mettaton, she finds this very interesting.]

Are all of the people of your world robots?

[glitzandglamour]

[then he will provide, while also talking about himself, as he loves to do...]

You're speaking to the Underground's one and only robot, beautiful. That is to say, no. I'm the only one. Me and my four digits... and my voluptuous, humanoid figure.

I lived among a population called monsters. Only somewhat resembling Aefenglom's idea of a Monster, monsters are beings made entirely of magic! Fragile in body, but strong in magical potency. I, on the other hand... am made of magic AND metal, granting me the defenses AND strengths you'd expect of a man made of both. Complete with the beauty of a man intended to shine under the spotlight... That's Mettaton!!

[quintessent]

[Oh my, how theatrical. Were this in person and he was posing under the spotlight she might even indulge him with a round of applause but text being what it is, he’ll have to settle for a much tamer response.]

How interesting! Then were you once a monster or were you born a robot?

Or… made?

[glitzandglamour]

[Oh. People don't typically ask this question, and if it were the first time, he might have been more tripped up by it. But it's happened once before, so he's ready this time. Not even monsters ask it... But at least he had a memory share experience to inspire an answer, for as fake as it is.]

I've always been a robot, of course! Think of it like my magical soul being given a home... It's a complex subject, monsterkind. A monster's soul cannot exist without at least some kind of host!

And so, this body is mine. It's simply different from most. And a lot more durable... And sexy... Haha.

[quintessent]

[It’s a combination of curiosity mixed with an upbringing that didn’t discourage honesty.

Anyway, that last bit gets a raised brow but who is she to judge a robot for his sense of self-confidence.]

I have met species where the biological has combined with the mechanical to augment their ability. Or because their environment became too hostile for less durable bodies.

[Actually, what Mettaton is describing reminds her a lot of the Voltron lions.]

[glitzandglamour]

Two interesting scenarios. And they manifest much like an inorganic being, such as myself, I assume.

Were I to relate... Yes. My ability to exhibit my stunning showmanship is perfectly augmented! The hostility... Prior to my conception, was the void of quality entertainment. Quality entertainment provided by me, coming into existence.

[quintessent]

[My, he is a lot! Maybe not so much like the Voltron Lions. Actually he kind of reminds her of Coran, with his braggadocious way of speaking.]

It must be difficult for yourself, with the theater being banned in the city for so long.

[glitzandglamour]

Thank GOD that's a chapter at rest. This new chapter... It's still a bit restrictive for my tastes. Here I have all of these NEW TALENTS as a Puca to show off, and they won't accept it. Perhaps in the future.

It was more restrictive before... But they couldn't exactly stop me all the time. Haha.

[he was arrested once.........]