hello! thanks for looking at this fanfic. :3
k so first off, these first few chapters are really just kind of how alphys got the idea to give napstablook a robotic body; if you want to skip it, just look through the top a/n and it'll tell u when the story really starts you can read these for some context of how Napstabot came to be. anyways, let's get to the story!
Alphys's lab had always been barren of any work since Mettaton left and became a star. She would never go out but rather stay in and watch anime, eating ramen with soda, sitting in front of her monitor for hours on end. Never going down to the True Lab, where there was an actual TV. She would occasionally get a visit from Mettaton, but that would be at least once every other month, saying that he was 'so busy' with his shows. The Royal Scientist hadn't mind it, she adjusted herself to the nice quiet of her lab.
Laying on her bed watching anime, she drifted off into a daydream state only Mettaton could slap her out of, which was a pretty strong force to her face. But since he wasn't here, she was able to keep it to herself for who knows how long! The computer continued on with the Japanese voices drowning out in the background. . .
She had usually daydreamed scenarios that definitely wouldn't happen, like being revealed the creator of Mettaton and having fame and money...Some being with Undyne in one of those anime scenes where it's a perfect kiss. Anything can happen in someone's mind, right?
That got her thinking. What if she had some sort of lab partner or something? Yeah...Another robot! It could be nice having another presence of someone...besides the amalgams. Flowey came to her mind as someone to be there, but he would probably be complaining or trying to strangle her to death with his thorn ridden vines.
Putting her pillow under her chin and taking a few bites of ramen, she watched some more of her anime show and phased back into dreamland and imagined what the robot could look like. Many possibilities ran through her head, but she couldn't imagine it fully! She has to do the same method to give the robot a natural personality, like how she did with Mettaton, give the thing a SOUL. But where would she get one? Alphys couldn't just kill a monster and collect their soul, nor take a human soul from ASGORE. Lord, would that be a big mess for her to clean up.
More possibilities ran through her head, thinking of which monster would want to be a robot and her best friend. Then came the impossible scenarios again, being where her robot friend would fangirl/boy over it with her and talk about the show, which Mettaton would never do. Hell, no one would do! But, its a nice thought for her to have. The dinosaur didn't really have any other scientific things to do at the moment, so she was honestly free to do anything she wanted. The King would only come on very rare occasions to check up on her, mostly to invite her to his castle for tea and talk about recent events, get updated and stuff.
With a quiet sigh, Alphys got up from her bed to make more ramen. She made her way to the downstairs and retrieved a packet of the instant noodles, and a bottle of soda as well. Washing out the bowl from any noodle and flavor residue, she got a pot of water and waited for it to boil. While Alphys waited, she decided to update her Undernet status. It had been a few days, and the scientist was curious on what everyone was up to!
Everything seemed the same...Papyrus posting 'hot pics' of himself with sunglasses on biceps taped to his arms, the usual, her tweeting out things about her anime or what she's eating at the moment. She decided to post a picture of the cooking ramen with several glittery filters on it...yeah. Mission accomplished?
She decided to look on Mettaton's profile, the usual. Selfies and show times.
Alphys wanted to be supportive of him! She really did...But it's just very hard to see all the activity going on around her, in which she wanted to be a part of very badly.
But, it wasn't all just narcissism and times, there were occasional group photos of him and some of his fans, even some pictures with one!
"Huh...Not all of just him." Alphys said to herself as she set down the device and stirred the pot with the noodles in.
Humming to herself, she finished the round and drained the water, blending in the flavoring and the finishing touch; chopsticks!
The noodles. Are finished.
...
She was dwelling on the noodles as she looked deeper into Mettaton's profile. More show times, more Selfies..
That's it!
Mettaton's cousin, Napstablook!
Why couldn't she think of that before?!
She nearly dropped her bowl of noodles when the idea surged into her brain. Triumphantly yelling a, "Thank you, noodles!" she rushed to her desk and logged onto her IM.
ALPHYS: hey! Are you free? Need to talk to u
She sat back and bit her nails, hoping for a quick reply.
NAPSTABLOOK22 IS TYPING...
NAPSTABLOOK22: oh...what do u need
Alphys bit her lip as she typed, very carefully choosing her words.
ALPHYS: i have a proposition for you! ^.^
Alphys's heart was literally racing. It took awhile for Napstablook to respond, which made her feel like she was about to faint from nervousness.
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NAPSTABLOOK22: what kind of proposition
ALPHYS: It might CHeer you up! a little bird told me u wanted to have a real body again?
This time, Napstablook didn't respond. The scientist thought that she has greatly upset him, or made him happy...maybe. She continued to chew on her nails and sat in her chair, knees drawn up to her chest, an arm keeping them in place. Chills sent down her spine in anxiety that she had probably upset him.
Some time passed before she had gotten another soda and downed that one, before she had received a knock on her door. Nearly falling out of her chair, she paused her show and slowly crept up to the door and opened it. To her surprise, she saw the ghost themself.
