Toriel sat nervously in the uncomfortably sterile waiting room. White walls, wall to wall carpeting in an ugly pattern, chairs that were just slightly too small... Alphys might have been a good scientist but she obviously had no decorating skill. The waiting room had 'government funded' written all over it.
Which was more or less the case. Ever since Monsters had come to the surface it had been a struggle to integrate into society. There was still a divide, but some with remarkable skills like Alphys had been a huge help by getting noticed, receiving funding, and, in her case, opening a huge lab to help humans and monsters alike. Rumor had it she was even working on a process to convert Monsters into humans a vice versa, though she'd revealed nothing of the sort.
In fact, given Alphys shy and timid nature she rarely left the lab at all. The only time Toriel had seen her out and about was when she was on a date with Undyne. And that itself was rare due to anti-same-sex protesters. Not because they couldn't handle them, but rather the last time a group had badmouthed the pair in public Undyne had put two in the hospital and had to pay a large fine or risk jail time. Now the pair mostly stuck to private time in the labs, it was rumored.
As Toriel looked around again she quietly asked herself just what she was doing there. True, she didn't have to be there, but Alphys was in need of some help and she was low on monster volunteers after the problem with the Amalgamates came to light. No one blamed her fortunately and everyone kind of got over it. But volunteers for further experiments did dwindle as a result.
"Ms. Dreemur?"
Toriel winced a little to herself as she looked up to see the bunny receptionist waving her over. She was not a fan of her last name. She and Asgore had a complicated relationship. After what he'd done she could not forgive him and left, but after a year on the surface and numerous apologies she had begun to recant slightly. She did not forgive him for what he did, but it was a new world and a new chance to start over. She cared about him but he was on thin ice as far as she was concerned. And just having his last name made her feel uneasy.
As she approached the desk the secretary handed her a few papers. "Just go down the hall to the end, take a right, and then the fourth door on the left. Alphys will be with you shortly."
Toriel nodded and sighed as she walked off down the hall. Finding the room was easy, but it was a surprise that it was fairly large. One corner near the door looked like a typical examination room, but the rest had various machines and lab tables covered in test tubes and racks of flasks filled with colored liquids. It was all a bit more than she could wrap her head around.
Curious she looked down at the papers she'd been handed, wondering just what sort of tests Alphys wanted her for.
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