It had been several hours since his still needed a few more things before he was ready to make his debut on the next stop would be a visit to his old home town before all the fame and hoped that someone a certain someone would still be there.
"I'm home Blooky!"he called out."Blooky !Blooky?"perhaps he was already too late .Then a familiar ghostly figure with black headphones appreaed on the ground next to his foot wheel ."Sorry cousin...I was in the middle of my one of my starring blankly at space meditations, you know how I am."the ghost sighed."Oh Blooky it's been forever ,"said Mettaton trying to pick up and hug Napstablook,"I thought you might've gone up to join the others up there."
"I've been busy hearing all the snails on the farm there hard to catch up with so don't encourage them."
"No worries I'll help you out darling just wait here,"Mettaton sped to groups of snails who were slowly but surely trying to get a bit of drifting and excellent hand work he flawlessly grabbed all the snails and put them in their pen.
"Wow,"Napstablook said softly,"That body of yours sure comes in handy.""It sure does Y'know maybe you should possess one sometime,"he said playfully nudging his cousin."No ,I'm content in my state of being as of now thank you plus I rather not end up like Mad are you ready to go now ,you look like your a hurry."he watched his friend nervously twiddle his thumbs."Can we keep as another secret just between you and me.I really don't think I can go to the surface."
"What ?I thought you would like showing off to the humans and you were telling me last week how much you missed the sun .""Ha who needs the sun we have plenty of shining spotlights down here !Who knows the humans might still be at war waiting for us."he said trying to sound confident.
"I say that human is a lot easier to speak to than most monsters and there haven't been any attacks. Are you sure your okay Hapstablook ?You've been to the surface before.""Yeah ,but I've never been Mettaton on the surface before."Napstablook tilted his head"Why is that any different,your still you right?" "Technically yes,"he began awkwardly,"before though I could just blend into the background and be invisible to the world. Now however I have something at STARDOM!"said Mettaton putting his arm over his keyboard shaped face.
"Oh cousin, I bet you'll do just fine there,"said Napstablook with a comforting smile,"You already have tons of supporters in the underground ." "Really ?Because I feel like my fan base is shrinking by the minute ,monsters won't even tune into my shows anymore no matter what I come up with .It's like they don't care."Mettaton sat down and started drawing circles on the ground surrounding a giant rectangle.
His ghostly friend also bent down in a sitting position"I saw your last show yesterday actually ,you still haven't lost your touch ,but maybe you need a different approach to impress the humans .Your one of the only monsters that kept interest in them through all these years you should know enough to-"Mettaton cut him off "Oh Yes ,have studied the humans. I've been to every meeting of the fan all their documentaries .I've seen what there capable of .How can you ever match up to the people who inspire you so deeply .They practically gave birth to the art form we now know as entertainment."
Napstablook went through the ground and popped underneath his cousin to get his attention."Please stop being so hard on yourself,"he pleaded until another idea came to him,"What about that upgrade you had that was to look like one of them."
"What Ex ?" Mettaton got up "Hmmm...Yes Blooky ,being Ex would surely win the hearts of the humans ,"he boldly exclaimed"That hair ,That face ,That body, Those luxurious gorgeous legs of mine .Oh how I miss using them. My ratings have never since his first debut."he said dreamily hugging himself ."I looked just like those beautiful men in those cartoons Alphys and I use to watch she told me they were really popular .Surely humans would buy merchandise of me then I could be on T-shirts ,posters,plushes of me or even plushes of other characters !"
Wrapped up in the excitement the robot tried reaching his arm across his back."I just got to err...ha funny you would think my transformation switch would be easier to reach."he sounded slightly embarrassed "Now that's the Mettaton I know .Let me help."Napstablook drifted onto his back to flip the switch ,but to both of their surprise nothing quickly reverted back to his sour mood ."Of course ! Now I remember ,It's impossible to run for more than a short amount of time .Well there go my chances of keeping up my once glorious reputation .I can't physically maintain Mettaton EX my entire career. I barley even held up one performance." he angrily pounded his fist on the ground.
What had Napstablook done? "Maybe you won't have to .Your still a talented celebrity with or without it."
He tuned out his cousins soft voice."I can see it now. 'Return of the Attack of the Killer Robot' starring yours truly an noisy black box with blinking lights and a , I'm sure they'll all go for that. How do I even know I won't just openly kill all the humans right in front of me!I was suppose to do that wasn't I? I failed but the programming is still there.I almost made one into a cake for crying out loud ."The ghost grabbed onto his arm "Look you've always been in control. I didn't even trust them at first."
"Alphys,Alphys!"Mettaton said hypnotically ,"Doctor Alphys can fix me she got me into all of this she can make it all better.I'll be Mettaton Ex again and I'll preform stage shows like there's no tomorrow everyone enjoy it humans and monsters alike and I'll never worry about anything like this ever again ."He rode away on his one wheel ,"I must go to her lab to talk to her. I have to be World Deserves PERFECTION!"as he left the Napstablook yelled in a loud whisper."Mettaton when your done be into all of this she can make it all better.I'll be Mettaton Ex again and I'll preform stage shows like there's no tomorrow. Everyone will enjoy it humans and monsters alike ,and I'll never worry about anything like this ever again ."He rode away on his one wheel ,"I must go to her lab to talk to her. I have to be perfect . The World Deserves PERFECTION!"as he left the Napstablook yelled in a loud whisper."Mettaton when your done please come back. I have a special surprise waiting for you..."
He felt terrible he hated seeing monsters other than himself feel so low especially if they were family .In silent agaony Napstablook watched his cousin getl farther away from their farm .He picked up his cellphone and decided to make a quick call."Hey Shyren,"he said softly,"Sorry to bother you ,it's Mettaton ...He doesn't know what he wants ...he's letting the lack of success and doubt get to him. He's hurting himself without knowing it...glad you understand...No I think I know what to do ...hope you can make it...Bye."
Napstablook hung up and Mettaton was nowhere to be seen.