Un : ma - A question about the new arrivals(4th wallers welcome)

[stopfen]

Name: Mikasa Ackerman
Date: 18/05
Format:voice

Has anyone noticed if the people who arrived the other week have started going back yet? [Very blunt. So blunt, it almost sounds like she can't wait to be rid of them. But she's just wondering how long she has until Jean just disappears and she's alone again.

Then as an after thought.]

What happens when people return? Has it always happened out of sight?

Comments

[metalcrusher]

WELL! TIMELINES, DARLING. WHO KNOWS!

[He makes a maddened sort of flick of his wrist, his monitor an angry red. Apparently, this is a touchy subject! He is stubborn, and refuses to forget his time here.]

MAYBE THE YOU IN HIS WORLD... SIMPLY HASN'T BEEN HERE YET! OR MAYBE YOU'RE FROM SEPARATE TIMELINES! THERE ARE ALL MANNERS OF POSSIBILITY!

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He's from later on than me, the same day, just a few hours later.

[In which many things happened. But still, the angry red does nothing when the screens don't show colour.]

I'm not even sure what the timelines part means...

[metalcrusher]

THE TIMELINES PART MEANS THAT EVEN IF HE'S FROM THE FUTURE, IT DOESN'T MATTER!!

[Still peeved. His ears are back in the most irritable posture, and he turns slightly from his own camera, arms still crossed. One could almost imagine the irritable thump he'd make if he had legs...]

IT COULD MEAN YOU'RE BOTH FROM SIMILAR, YET SEPARATE, REALITIES. THE EVENTS WE EXPERIENCE MAY BE SEPARATE FROM EACH OTHER THANKS TO SPACE-TIME STUFF THAT I DON'T UNDERSTAND TOO WELL, DARLING. THAT WOULD MEAN THAT YOU COULD RETURN HOME AND KNOW OF YOUR TIME SPENT HERE... AND PERHAPS JEAN WOULD BE IN A SEPARATE VERSION OF YOUR EVENTS. OH! OR THINGS MAY CONVERGE, IN FUTURE! THEN YOU'D BE TOGETHER AGAIN...

[Mettaton stops himself, realizing that he sounds... like his friend, Alphys...]

... OH GOD. I'M THEORIZING.

[Like a nerd... What's gotten into him? (Desperation to remember. That's what's gotten into him.)]

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[He cannot see it, but Mikasa was frowning. Staying silent for a moment even when she'd already started the recording.]

...That sounds too complicated.

Multiple worlds is already a pain to keep track of. [While Mtt was being a nerd, Mikasa was being a jock. Just not gonna think to hard on it.]

I don't get why you're so worried about us not meeting again.

[metalcrusher]

[Overthinking about the plausibility of everyone retaining their memories? Not happening, not relevant, not now. So when Mikasa diverts their conversation back onto a track pertaining to Jean and Mikasa's recollection aligning, he feels relieved.

He relaxes somewhat, though it might be hard to tell with his lack of expressive, humanoid features. His monitor goes yellow.]

WHO KNOWS? HAHA.

[He doesn't need to embarrass her further... Not that she would be. Jean, however, might be... if he were to watch this line, and if Mettaton were to voice his thoughts any further. He raises a finger, the number 1 displaying on his screen.]

BUT! HAVING HIM HERE MUST BE A LITTLE LESS LONELY. SOMEONE TO SHARE YOUR HISTORY WITH... SURELY, KNOWING HE'LL ALSO BE THERE WHEN YOU RETURN. THAT'S WORTH WISHING TO REMEMBER IT ALL, RIGHT, DARLING?

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[But would Jean be embarrassed at his crush being oblivious, or everyone else knowing about his feeling but the crush?

For her part, she just sighs.]

Yes. [He'd be there anyway, but that had angered the robot before so she stays hush.]

Why are you asking all this?

[metalcrusher]

BECAUSE I'M INTERESTED IN YOUR RELATIONSHIPS, OF COURSE! AND WHAT MAKES YOU HAPPY.

[A fairly simple answer, even if it doesn't make sense. Also because Jean got flustered and couldn't do video... That was fun.]

[stopfen]

[Mikasa was about two seconds from just giving up. You were so confusing sometimes Mtt... ]

Why are you talking about relationships then? Friends are nice but I have other things I like.

[completely not realising the type of relationship here. ]

[metalcrusher]

OH, DARLING. YES. I'M AWARE. AND, I'M SURE YOU LIKE JEAN, TOO.

[A heart on his monitor...]

WELL! I HOPE HE HAS AN EXTENDED STAY. AFTER SEEING WHAT YOUR WORLD WAS LIKE... MAYBE IT WOULD BE GOOD FOR HIM. LIVING A LIFE WHERE THREATS COME AT FEWER FREQUENCY...

[Mettaton is being presumptuous, that living here must be better than living there... Though he acknowledges internally that Mikasa's world is her home. The fact of the matter is that people don't really have a choice in being here; may as well make the best of it while they're here, he thinks.]

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I do... [Hadn't she already said she liked Jean? This was getting confusing. But she snorts at the comment.]

He seems to be settling in. I found him at a cafe trying coffee. [Nasty stuff, bitter. Sokie had mentioned giving her a special brew, better than what she could buy. Then there's yelling, if Mtt had heard Jean's voice he'd recgnoise it. The audio cuts off at that, she's going to go investigate.]

[metalcrusher]

OOH, A COFFEE FAN! [She didn't say that!] YES, I LIKE COFFEE MYSELF. IT HAS A GOOD FLAVOR. SO STRONG, FOR BEING SCARCELY ANY CALORIES! NOT THAT A ROBOT WITH A FIGURE LIKE MINE NEEDS TO BE COUNTING, HA-HA.

[A pause. He heard Jean yelling while he was talking, and only realizes belatedly that Mikasa's end of things has cut out.]

HM. I WONDER.

[He wonders a lot of things. What that was about... if Jean would ever return. What Mikasa feels about his presence here. If she would be sad to lose him. Of course she would be...

He wonders if Jean and Mikasa would ever learn about Eren, and what Jean's relationship with Eren is like.]