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You woke up in a robotic body with no memories to speak of. Above you were two figures, a yellow lizard-like monster and a raven haired robot. Doctor Alphys and… The latter of the two was oddly familiar, you felt like you knew him from somewhere, he felt close to you, like a sibling…
You remembered bits and pieces, Alphys was a scientist and she created you and this other robot who felt like a part of you.
“Hello? Can you hear me?” Alphys’s voice startled you and you looked over to meet her bespectacled eyes.
You give the scientist a hesitant “yes, I can,” which caused her to grin widely
“That's great! All I need to do is perform some tests and you'll be ready to get up and moving. Just stay put and give me a minute,” she said, moving over to your left and messing with a machine, it looked oddly familiar but you dismissed the thought.
A satisfying ‘ding’ resonated from the machine, followed by Alphys telling you it was alright to try to move around now. You begin to sit up when you notice the other robot holding his hand out to you.
“Mettaton,” he says. You take his hand.
“Neo,” you reply, the name just came to you and it seemed to make mettaton smile. You decide that that's your name now.
Mettaton helps you to your feet and you lean on him for support, and look to Alphys who has a wide, goofy grin on her face. “Let's get you fixed up,” she says and leads you to a room with a mirror, toilet, shower, and a sink with some hair products surrounding it.at the foot of the sink stood a small plastic stool which Mettaton pushes away with his foot, and then looks up to your face. He gestures to the mirror and gives you an encouraging “Go on,” to you before you look into the mirror. Your face is made of a silvery-White metal with hair covering the right side of your face; below your right eye is a line going down off your face and smaller lines extending towards your ear from the initial line. Your visible eye is a dark pink color and had a darker pink centre. It doesn't take you long for you to realise you are identical to Mettaton
You open your mouth to ask but Alphys interrupts you with a single word, “Twins.”
Mettaton gives you a patient smile and tells you “we’re identical but that doesn't mean we're completely the same.” Reaching out, Mettaton lifts up the hair covering your right eye and the hair covering his. For Mettaton there is another eye identical to the right one, but you bear a black metal plate covering the right half of your face with a glowing red cross hair where your right eye would be if you had one.
“I uhm uh…” Alphys began stuttering behind you, bringing your attention to the yellow lizard, “I thought it would look really cool on you Neo. I can-uhm always change it if you don't like it.”
The truth was, you loved it. It made you look cool and a bit intimidating. You looked down at the scientist and with a smile, “I love it Alphys, it can stay just the way it is.”
Alphys smiles and Mettaton does as well. You take a couple more minutes to mentally point out differences between you and Mettaton: you were more buff than Mettaton was and he was more slender but definitely had curves on him, and while Mettaton had brighter pink accents your counterparts were either black or a darker pink like your eye; Both you and Mettaton had a half heart shape in a container on your body, yours was on your chest while Mettaton’s was on his waist .
Mettaton let you do this for awhile but eventually interrupted you, “how about we get acquainted with one another, I'm sure Alphys would love to tell you about herself and your new body as well.”
You agree, wanting to learn more about the other two and possibly yourself.
The three of you talked for what seemed like hours. You learned that you were modelled after Mettaton and Alphys had wanted to make a sibling for the robot for the longest time but didn't have the resources to do so. Alphys told you of all her friends: undyne, papyrus, sans, toriel, asgore, and frisk. She told you how the human child had came to the underground and broke the barrier so that the monsters could go to the surface and away from the underground. She told you about her girlfriend, undyne, and how strong she was. Alphys blushed throughout that part of the conversation.
Mettaton told how about how he was the star of the underground and how he was already working his way up to fame on the surface. He told you about his ( now yours as well) cousins, Napstablook and Mad Dummy. He told you how Napstablook made such nice music and and about Mad Dummy's temper and protective nature over Napstablook and Mettaton; he even assured you that he would wish to protect you because you were part of the family now. It made you happy. Mettaton told you of his relationship with papyrus, the younger of the skeleton brothers, and how sans would always interfere with his relationship with papyrus.
After your long talk with the two, you really wanted to meet undyne, sans, papyrus, and all the others. Alphys told you and Mettaton is was getting pretty late. Alphys offered Mettaton a room to stay the night in so he wouldn't have to go all the way back home (or leave his newly made twin brother).
Alphys showed you and Mettaton to a room with two beds with cords hanging down from outlets above the beds. Mettaton helped you plug yours in while he was able to do his on his own. You quickly thanked him and settled down into the bed.
“Good night Neo,” Mettaton chimed from across the room.
“‘Night Mettaton” you said a bit flatter than your twin. The room was soon silent and you thought about what had happened today. Although you had only been alive for a few hours, it felt as if you had been alive for years.