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[freshtilapia]

Have you ever given yourself a new name?
Or maybe a nickname?
How did you choose it?
Does it have any meaning for you?

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[mettatronic]

Weeeeeeell, it occurs to me, darling, that on this poor deprived planet, this has yet to become common knowledge!
And so what better opportunity to ensure we fabulous world-hoppers, yea, we MOST MAGNIFICENT of globe-trotters get up to speed on a couple of household names???
As for me, dear!
You could call it a nickname. You could call it a business name, you could call it a brand name! But as a matter of fact, I have, indeed, given myself an additional name - "M-T-T"!
Short for "Mettaton"!!! ☆☆☆
Not quite as rrrrrrobust, no, but it does fit WAYYYYYYY more easily onto a branding logo!!!

[freshtilapia]

[Fish is stunned. How is someone out fabulousing them on text? This is fascinating but also...
... a part of them feels competitive, but most of them kind of feels like they can't compete with this.]

MTT, hm?
I suppose it has a kind of charm. Those three letters together seem pretty cute.
Do you prefer to be called that or "Mettaton", darling?

[mettatronic]

['EY, IT'S A GIFT.

Aaaand also c'mon, don't worry - 'ss a bit harder to go FULL FABULOUS when all you've got is text. And... emojis.

But also, hahaaa, ooh, all it takes is a little "darling" to have MTT thinking he may just like the cut of this one's jib! A little o' that flair and pomp...]

Ohhhh, I'm no monster to tell anyone how to live their lives, sweetheart, only to inspire them. ☆
Use whatever your heart tells you to!!!
...Though "Mettaton" will do just fine. ♡

[Input like a wink.]

A lucky-number-3 letters may have PUNCH AND EFFICIENCY, but "Mettaton" has MUCH more of a presence, no??? AND heck of a lot more of a roll off the tongue!

[freshtilapia]

Mettaton, then. It certainly does roll off the tongue very well, darling! ;)
You can call me Fish. Very on the nose if you see me, but I think that's what makes me memorable to most.
But "Fish" won't cut it on the entrance to a club! I'm thinking about getting a new stage name that'll evoke the kind of enthralling, glamorous performances people can expect of me.

[mettatronic]

["Call me Fish, even though it's pretty on-the-nose", you say... but do fish have noses???

Aaaaanyway!]

Ooooooooooh, a monster after my own red-hot HEART, I see!!! ♡♡♡

[YEAH, he -- kind of just. Defaults to "monster" with those who aren't human, alas. No offense meant.]

I can only APPLAUD an individual with the stars and their eyes and a strut in their step looking to make it to the BIG TIME, darling!!!
A PLEASURE to make your FABULOUS acquaintance, my good, good Fish!!! ☆☆☆
Now! Why don't you lean in and whisper in my ear, from one showmonster to another:
what, dearest -- what kind of enthralling, glamorous performances DO people expect from you...?

[With a li'l narrow in his eyes - ha... ooh-hoo-hoo, is he going to have a bit of competition...?

In. Good old sport, anyway, because perish the thought anyone could rival Mettaton, surely.]

[freshtilapia]

[Well, this Fish does have one, though! Fish doesn't take offense to the word "monster" to refer to them. They kind of get the intent behind Mettaton's words. And it's easy to brush it off with how bright and fabulous he seems to be!]

A pleasure to meet you as well, Mettaton darling ;)
I definitely hope to meet you face to face sometime.

As for what kind of performance people can expect of me... well, I consider myself a dancer and acrobat first and foremost. A singer second. But I also play instruments. But what really makes me stand out, I believe, is my ability to deliver a whole fantasy with costume, make-up, and magic.