#as soon as the sonic event was over i Stopped

[butterscotch-brigade]

o yeah last night i had a dream that i started playing cookie run kingdom again and they added a feature where u could just. order groceries straight from the game. like there was a feature where u could see what ur local grocery store had and select shit to be ordered for u while u played the fucking game. idk why they added this but i thot it was cool SLSKS

[superscourge]

Resurrected AU Ch. 1: Alliance

(read on AO3 here!) Warnings (for the fic in general, not necessarily this chapter): Graphic depictions of violence, strong language, general mature themes Chapter Summary: Scourge breaks into one of Eggman's bases in search of a secret weapon to defeat Sonic with, but what he ends up finding is much stranger and much scarier than he was expecting. Though…he finds a way to get some use out of it. Notes: it really took me like a thousand years to get this started huh. lol. well i wanted to at least get the first chapter out before the sonic au collision event fully started, so im happy to present the first chapter of resurrected au's fic!! god i hope yall like it LOLLL, this au means a whole lot to me.. it's become my favorite baby i wont lie. i will also admit that im a Little nervous to finally start posting my actual writing for sonic stuff; i'm pretty self-conscious abt it actually lmao. but hopefully yall end up enjoying how i write these guys. please be niceys idk how long it'll take me to dish out the rest of the chapters, but hopefully i can find the time and energy to get them out steadily!! thanks in advance for reading and thank u so much for ur support and enthusiasm <3

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It’s not every day that you get a juicy piece of info that could very well put the odds in your favor. That’s why Scourge was not gonna waste this opportunity.

He’d gotten word thanks to his incredible sleuthing skills [read: eavesdropping on strangers] that Eggman had a new base in the area and had apparently acquired a very powerful “secret weapon” of some sort. That was all he needed to know before deciding it was time to raid a base. After all, if he found that secret weapon? Sonic was toast.

It took a minute to actually find the damn place, but soon enough, Scourge was skidding to a stop at the treeline before what looked to be a large, dome-shaped structure with the patented Eggman symbol on it (or something that looked like it; Scourge figured it was close enough). He smirked, flipping his shades down over his eyes and speeding off towards the entrance.

As expected, badniks littered the area around the main entrance to the base. They looked a little funny, Scourge noted; they seemed a little more…high-tech than he was used to seeing. But, whatever–he figured it wouldn’t be an issue once they were busted to scraps.

… He did have a little trouble with these bots. Just a little. But it was no biggie, since he ended up finding a way inside before he could be overwhelmed. All’s well that ends well, he supposed.

The inside of this place was…confusing. So many twists and turns, rooms that led into other rooms, platforms that moved in weird directions…

“Doesn’t this place have a map?” Scourge grumbled to himself as he ran through the absolute maze of hallways.

After what seemed like forever, he finally came to what was clearly the main, central chamber of the base. There was a very complicated-looking keypad attached to it. Luckily, Scourge was very good at lockpicking.

Stepping back a bit, he hopped up and curled into a spindash before launching himself at the keypad. It took a bit of work, but before long, the whole thing was smashed to bits with sparks flying everywhere. Just as he’d hoped, the door opened once the keypad was destroyed. With a triumphant snicker, he unfurled and landed back on the floor before confidently waltzing into the chamber.

Inside looked pretty much as he expected it to–tubes and gadgets everywhere, lots of high-tech machinery that did Gaia-knows-what, lots of papers littered about several desks that clearly showed the work of an evil mastermind…

Yeah. Deffo an Egg-base.

“Now, where’s that weapon…” Scourge questioned aloud as he strolled through the room. He pulled out some drawers and rummaged around here and there, but he didn’t really find anything interesting so far. Surely this thing wasn’t hidden that well, right?

Just as he was starting to get frustrated, he came across a huge capsule of some kind right in the middle of the room. Pretty obvious, actually. He wasn’t that observant, but whatever. He raised his shades to where they were resting back in their place on his head before he rubbed his hands together with a huge, toothy grin. “That looks promising.”

Making his way to the door of the capsule, he tried to peek inside through the little window on the front of it. He couldn’t make anything out… He decided to just open it to get a look at what was inside, so he searched around for a switch of some kind that would do that for him. It didn’t take long, thankfully, and he quickly pressed the button down that would activate the door.

Smoke spewed out from the door as it opened, making Scourge cough a bit. He waved his hand to clear some of it out of his way as he impatiently waited for it to dissipate enough for him to see what he was in for.

This had to be some sort of cool gun. He knew it was. Some kinda laser shooter or something. Or maybe a bazooka. Oh–a cannon, even! He dearly hoped it was a cannon, actually. The smoke was almost fully cleared, so he leaned in excitedly to see what was inside…!

… It was…a guy. There was a guy in there.

“What the–?” Scourge furrowed his brow once he got a good look at the contents of the capsule. It was obviously a person–a jackal, it looked like? Definitely not a cannon. Who the hell was this? He looked rough, like he’d really been put through the wringer. His drip was cool, Scourge supposed, and the big, gnarly scar on the guy’s chest was pretty intimidating…

Mine’s still cooler, he thought to himself.

Suddenly, alarms sounded throughout the base. Scourge cursed under his breath as he looked over his shoulder. He turned back to the man in the capsule, making a quick decision–he’d snag him and take him with him. He probably had some idea of where the weapon was, so once he woke up, he’d just beat the information out of him if he wouldn’t give it up willingly.

Grabbing the jackal out of the capsule and slinging him over his shoulder, Scourge finally sped out back through the way he came. He was able to dodge any bots that tried to come after him thanks to his speed, and soon enough, he was outside and running through the trees of Mobius once again.

He ran until forest turned to jungle, and before long he was slowing to a stop once again in a small clearing where bits of light showed through the canopy up above. He rested the other man’s body down on a bed of moss near a small pond, figuring that’d be…somewhat comfortable, and he then took a seat on a fallen tree a few feet away.

It was only a matter of seconds before he began to tap his foot. What was he supposed to do now? Just sit there waiting for this guy to wake up? That could take hours… He didn’t have that kind of patience.

Deciding to take the initiative, Scourge stood and started walking over to the jackal, intending to just…lightly kick him until he woke up, or something. However, he didn’t get the chance.

A low, threatening growl could be heard rumbling from the stranger’s throat. Scourge stopped in his tracks once he heard it, then took a few paces back. How long had he been–?

One yellow eye opened to a squint, scanning the area before landing on Scourge. For some reason, the look the man was giving him made his skin crawl… Not that he was going to let him know that, though.

Instead, Scourge popped the collar of his jacket to regain his composure and puffed out his chest. “Took ya long enough,” he teased right off the bat. “I was startin’ to think you were dead.”

The jackal’s gaze lingered on him coldly for a few moments. However, he looked elsewhere when he began to speak. “... I should have been.”

That…wasn’t the response Scourge was expecting. The way he sank a bit betrayed his confusion. “... Wait, what?”

The man sat up, sort of startling Scourge into taking another step back. As he did so, he fully opened both of his eyes so that he could properly take in his surroundings. He was clearly ignoring the hedgehog beside him as he turned his head away, which didn’t really sit right with Scourge.

“Hey!” he barked. “I’m talkin’ to you!”

Giving no indication that he was listening, the man proceeded to rise to his feet, standing at his full height. Scourge sort of…shrank a little once he saw how actually tall this guy was. He knew jackals were generally bigger than hedgehogs, but this guy…

No, no, it was fine. No need to be afraid. He was still in charge here–this guy just didn’t know it!

With an annoyed sneer, Scourge dared to stomp a little closer. “Listen here, pal. If it weren’t for me, you woulda still been stuck in that base. I went outta my way to rescue you, got it? That means you owe me one. So, I’m gonna tell you how this is gonna go down, and you’re gonna–hrk!”

A clawed hand suddenly gripping his neck caused Scourge’s words to get caught in his throat… At least, that was part of it.

The jackal had snapped his head around to glare murderously at him as he grabbed him, which gave Scourge a very clear view of his face. He could see his one piercing yellow eye staring back at him…and he quickly noticed that the other eye had some kind of rock lodged into its socket. It was an eerie sight, and it definitely sent an intense chill up Scourge’s spine.

“You,” spat the jackal, voice deep and commanding, “do not control me.”

Unable to respond, Scourge just kind of…dangled there, hands gripping the other’s wrist as he kicked his legs a little. The expression he wore was enough of a response, though, so he was released after a moment of struggle. Once he was able to breathe and stand on his own again, he gasped for air and rubbed at his throat with an indignant look.

“What the hell?” he managed to say between coughs. “Who do you think you are, grabbin’ me like that?”

Turning away, the taller man didn’t bother to look at him as he replied. “I am Infinite,” he answered simply.

There was a pause as Scourge seemed to wait for him to say something else. When he didn’t, he furrowed his brow a little. “... Like, that’s your name, or…?”

The man–Infinite, apparently–seemed to hesitate, as if he was surprised that Scourge didn’t recognize him. One of his ears flicked.

“... I suppose enough time has passed that my name is no longer common knowledge,” he mused, half to himself. “Pity. I would have liked to think I made a bigger impact than that.”

Scourge watched as Infinite turned to fully face him again, making him subconsciously take a couple steps back. Man, this guy was kinda scary… Not that he couldn’t take him! He was just giving him the creeps, was all… Cyan eyes flicked to Infinite’s hands as he flexed his fingers.

“I will simply have to remind the world what true fear feels like,” he growled lowly, “and I suppose that starts with you.”

The rock embedded in Infinite’s eye began to glow as he summoned its power, and, to Scourge’s bewilderment, he began to lift off the ground and hover there. It was kind of scary, actually. The guy was floating. What the hell?

Then it hit him. The weapon Eggman had been hoarding wasn’t a gun or a cannon or anything like that. It was Infinite. He obviously held some sort of power that Eggman wanted to weaponize, and that must have been why he’d been locked up in that base… Things started clicking.

Despite Scourge expecting him to do… anything, really…Infinite proceeded to seize up in pain and let out an agonized yell. He suddenly collapsed to the ground, falling to his knees as he held himself up with one hand and gripped his head with the other. “W… What…?!” 

Infinite’s hand moved from his head to his chest where the large scar marked him. When he felt nothing but the scar, he had a look of both anger and confusion on his face, which told Scourge that what just happened clearly wasn’t the plan.

… Interesting.

Scourge stood a little straighter once he was confident that this guy wasn’t about to explode or something, sticking his thumbs into his jacket pockets. “Aaaalright, Criss Angel. If you’re done with all that , I think it’s time we get down to business.”

While Infinite knelt there still trying to figure out what was going on, Scourge began to pace around him in a circle, smirking as he did so. “Look. Like I said before, I rescued you from that base, so you kinda owe me one. But–and hear me out on this one–I’m willin’ to come to a compromise.”

Infinite snapped out of his pained daze long enough to shoot another glare at Scourge as he came around to his front again. “Compromise?” he hissed.

Scourge nodded. “Yeah. So, listen–I didn’t get to introduce myself earlier.” He held up a thumb and pointed it at his own chest, teeth bared in some kind of nasty grin. “Name’s Scourge. If ya haven’t hearda me by now, then you’ve been livin’ under a rock.”

Infinite somehow doubted that this brat had left enough of a mark on the world that anybody off the street would know his name. Still, he let him continue.

“I wanna take out Sonic. I assume you know him, right? Well, I think you’re just the guy who can help me out with that. He’s gotten lucky so far, but I think with you backin’ me up, I’ll be able to finally give ‘em his just desserts.”

The name Sonic caused a spark of recognition to flash over Infinite’s good eye. His breathing began to steady. “... Sonic,” he repeated. “Yes, I am familiar with Sonic .”

The way Infinite said his name let Scourge know that there was some beef there, at least. This worked in his favor. “Good,” he said with a nod. “So we’re on the same page, then.”

He turned on his heel before stopping his walk, facing Infinite to speak to him directly. “Like I said, I want you to help me take him down. Easy, right? In exchange, though… I’ll help you out with whatever you want, too. I dunno if you knew this, but I’m basically just as strong and just as fast as that blue bastard. I could give anybody a run for their money if I felt like it.”

Narrowing his eye skeptically, Infinite mulled this over. He seemed to be recovering from the shock from before, and he stood back up onto his feet. It was evident from how long he took to respond that his mind was…elsewhere.

“... I see.” His tail swished behind him as he thought about his next words. “You are offering to aid me in whatever task I ask of you?”

“Cross my heart.”

Infinite gave a huff before crossing his arms. “... Fine. If you intend to uphold your end of this bargain, then I will do the same.”

Scourge smiled widely, his sharklike teeth almost glistening in what little sunlight was managing to poke through the canopy above them. This idiot. He had no idea that he had every intention of double-crossing him the first chance he got.

He held out his hand for a shake to seal the deal. “Glad to have ya aboard, Infinite.”

Infinite glanced down at the other’s hand before reaching forward and taking it, giving it a single shake. His grip was tight. “Let us make the most out of this partnership, shall we?”

… Infinite was not stupid. He instantly knew that Scourge was going to betray him. That overconfident fool was so transparent it almost made him sick.

But…he could also tell that he had some bite to his bark, even if it was just a little. He was seasoned enough as a soldier that he could see that. That meant he could get some use out of him before he pulled his own betrayal.

He no longer had the Phantom Ruby in his chest, and he was alive, and he had no idea why. If this green idiot could help him figure that out…then he’d play along for as long as he had to.

Either way, he was going to get answers. And once that was done? He was going to rip out Sonic’s miserable little throat.

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[hishighnesstheprincess]

Had some thoughts over on twitter and wanted to post them here as well because I know how apeshit the tumblr side of this fandom goes over Shadow and Maria and the Robotnik family in general. Basically, I think this narrative has something to say about grief (shocker), moving on (another shocker) and tunnel vision (slightly more surprising). Massive fucking Sonic x Shadow Generations Spoilers btw

Sa2 and Gerald's Journal from this game make it clear that Gerald devoted himself to Maria. To the extent that, after she died, he said that he had nothing and decided to destroy the world at all costs, despite having still-living family members including Maria's younger sister.

He died with those beliefs. And what he did after Maria's death would have led to the destruction of several people Maria cared for deeply and the planet she loved. His tunnel vision was not just self-destructive. It was selfish, disregarding Maria's wishes entirely.

On the other hand, we have Shadow. In his intro game, Shadow is basically the opposite of Gerald. They have the same goal, but only because Shadow believes Maria wanted the world to be destroyed. When he remembers Maria's true wish, he changes his plans immediately, no hesitation.

In sa2, Shadow is entirely selfless, devoted only to what he thinks Maria wants, which Gerald manipulates for himself. By the time of Shadow 05, he's in a state of partial amnesia and trying to figure out both the mysteries of his past and what he wants to do with his own life. The true ending of Shadow 05 has Shadow rejecting Black Doom's intentions for him, as well as, to some extent, what Maria and Gerald intended for him. Shadow intended for this to be the last time he would have to think about his past, or let his past influence his future.

But, importantly, neither doing things 100% for Maria or trying to forget about her were good for Shadow. Tunnel vision either laser focused on something or directed away from it is not a good way to deal with complicated things like trauma, grief, etc. So in Dark Beginnings, we see that Shadow very much hasn't moved on. The dream in the beginning could be because of Black Doom, but when he's on the spacecraft he catches himself thinking about a life with Maria, and forcibly redirects himself to focusing on the mission.

He cannot stop thinking about his past. He is trying to move on, but he thinks moving on involves completely putting his past behind him. Even though he is very clearly affected, considering that Black Doom lured him to the ARK with a dream of Maria. He still has tunnel vision. And then we get to the main events of SXSG. The first time he sees her, Shadow refuses to believe Maria is even there. When he is directly confronted with evidence of this Maria being alive, he doesn't take it well. As soon as he sees Maria and Gerald, he vows to save them.

Also of note is this visual effect whenever Black Doom pops up. The edges of the cutscene get all hazy, with black and red creeping in at the edges. Almost like he's giving Shadow tunnel vision, making him think that he has to give in to his anger to accomplish his goals.

At Shadow's darkest moment in this game, he almost gives in to that darkness, quite literally- the visual effect is back, the light on screen is flickering, etc.

ut, unlike in Shadow 05, he doesn't have to face the darkness of his past alone. Maria is the literal light, drawing him out of that darkness. When she died, Gerald didn't have her anymore, so he was lost in it, but Shadow has the strength of will, and the help, to escape it.

So even when Black Doom has "perfected" Shadow, at what should be his most angry, there are rays of light coming through the darkness. Shadow may never have the same light Maria does, and may have his own anger from what's been done to him, but he won't lose himself to it anymore. He has the light with him now

He has Maria in his heart now, lighting his way.

Btw if y'all are confused about the subtitles in some of these images, that's because they're translations of the Japanese version of all these games, done by Windii who I don't believe has a tumblr account that I can link to. The JP -> ENG translations in this franchise have almost always been a little fucky (with the sole exception of this game, Dark Beginnings, and Black Knight of all games), and while I'm pretty sure most of the info here is present in the official ENG version, I just went back to the source to make sure. And even though Windii doesn't have a tumblr account that I'm aware of, I can link to her youtube and website, where I got all this info

That's all for now folks. Make sure to check Windii out, she makes some great content for all the true nerds in this fandom (aka me and like 17 other people)

[agent-barnes40]

Can't Catch Me Now

title from Olivia Rodrigo's song by the same name

Part 1

13th Doctor x GN!Reader (Assumed Platonic by reader, Assumed Romantic by Doctor)

Dhawan!Master X GN!Reader (Romantic)

ANGST, Suggestive, fluff, hurt/comfort

Majorly follows the events of Spyfall!

2,186 words

You had pulled an Amelia Pond, been the first face her face had seen, and then just disappeared. She noticed immediately, of course she had, but she became so focused on going with the rest of the Fam to wherever the men in the black cars.

When she landed with Graham at O's shack, she didnt expect to see you walking out with bottles of water for the Australian secret service. Graham looked between The Doctor and you as you shook your head at Seesay and Browning. "Not projections or mirrors, full alien tech, that's my Doctor for ya."

O grabbed your hand and gripped it, a soft smile on your face as you turned to look at him. "She decoded the fish you put together." You whispered softly, and pressed a kiss to his cheek. "Hey Doc! Hey Graham! I've got tea going for you guys."

"How did you get here before us?" Graham asked while The Doctor pulled you away from O and scanned you with the sonic screwdriver.

"Did you forget? I had The Doctor drop me off at the airport, I'm here visiting my boyfriend." You gestured toward O who gave a little wave. "Sorry, love, didn't expect her and Graham to freak out like this."

O shook his head, waving his hand around. "Don't worry. Once all of this is over, I can have you to myself."

The Doctor looked between you and O, questions ringing throughout her head, betrayal shooting to the top of all her emotions but she shook it away as she had to focus.

~

Browning and Seesay were dead and O was covering your body with his as the alien in the tube started to glow even more. "Don't look, love. It wont hurt you." His head had landed next to your ear, his voice dropping from the O voice he had been using to his regular rumble.

You had to hide how his voice affected you pretty quickly when you heard The Doctor whisper out Yaz's name and you turned to look, your heart dropping. He hadn't said the Kasaavin could do that. The Doctor hurried to get Yaz out while O helped her. Graham looked just as scared as you were. "I'm sure the Doc is gonna go get Ryan as soon as her and O get Yaz out."

~

You wore a deep purple outfit, ignoring how The Doctor wanted everyone to wear black. You and O had made sure to separate yourselves as you were dragged with The Doctor as the fam separated, you sending a pointed look to O. The Doctor had you stood next to her as you drank the champagne that was being handed out. "So, you and O?"

"Yes, me and O. What's there to talk about?" You asked, tilting your head and looking at her.

"You never told me you had a boyfriend." The Doctor said, looking at you.

"I told you that I had a boyfriend." You said, straightening up when you saw Barton. "Lets go."

~

You got in the car with Barton, your happy go lucky attitude dropping when he rounded on you. "You are working for her?"

"The Doctor is my friend, Barton. I may be with The Master but that doesn't mean I go dropping my friends for a man." You snapped, staring him down. Barton sighed and you got ready to play the rest of your part.

As the car drove into the hanger, Barton pushed you out and you rolled across the asphalt, gaining road rash where your skin was exposed and you took a minute to breathe through the pain. The Doctor and O were at your sides when their motorcycles fully stopped and you clutched onto O. "I'm okay. I'm okay. Fuck that hurts."

"Hey, no cursing." The Doctor said, immediately as she scanned you with the Sonic, assessing your injuries. You stood up with the help of O as the rest of the Fam came running over. Your outfit was ripped, of course and your hands were bleeding a bit but you shook it off. "We need to follow Barton."

The Doctor looked at you for a moment before looking at her sonic and then pointing it to the top of the hanger door as the group of you waited for it to open it enough.

~

You had pulled O up into the plane, giving him a look. 'I'm really getting done with all this pain, Master.'

O looked at The Doctor and waved a hand. "Sorry. I've never been good at sprinting."

'You were the one who wanted to play the part of getting tossed out of the car.'

The Doctor looked between the two of you as you and O headed with the rest of the group into the plane, O panting softly as you watched him. "What?"

'Shut up!'

Ryan called attention to The Doctor, pulling her deeper into the plane with the rest of you. The Doctor looked at O. "You've never been good at sprinting?"

'Ready pet?'

O shrugged and ran a hand through his hair. "I was the last one in every race at school."

'As I'll ever be, Master.'

The Doctor started to look confused. "No, no no. I read your file. You were a champion sprinter."

O and you shared a look, as he tipped his head down and you got settled in a seat. "Got me. Well done."

The Fam started to look confused as they focused in on what was happening. You rubbed a little at the road rash on your palms as you watched the façade of O drop and The Master's true personality come out.

Graham was the first one to speak up. "Doc what's happening?"

You chuckled softly. Graham was always observant. The Doctor looked at you and then back to The Master. "I don't know."

You stood up and gestured out the window. "You'd best take a look out a window."

The Master started to walk down the aisle, your eyes following him as he held his hand out. "A bit wicked witch of the west but, you all get the gist. Maybe.. Maybe not."

You wormed passed the panicking Doctor as she grabbed your arm. "No."

'You okay?'

The Master watched The Doctor, waiting to see if she'll do anything. "Come on, Doctor. Catch up. I know you can do it."

'I'm okay, she can't hurt me.'

"No."

You and The Master matched grins as you both watched her struggle to make the connection. "You can do it doc. You can figure this out."

The Doctor looked up at you. Her eyes running over your face, trying to pick out the faintest trace of his influence breaking in you. Her eyes catching the purple outfit you wore and it finally dawning on her. "OH!"

The laugh that broke out of your throat made the Fam jump as you pulled out of her grip. "That's why he picked it. He told me you'd make that face when you figured it out."

"I did say look for the Spymaster.. or well the spy Master. Hello Doctor." The Master spoke, his arm wrapping around you as you turned to face everyone.

"What's going on?" Ryan asked and you looked at The Master.

'Can I do it?'

"Of course, you can love." The Master answered aloud, a giddy feeling filling your body.

"The Doctor and O go way, way back. Before any of us were born. He goes by many many names but one always stuck." You said, turning to look at the Fam.

"The one that stuck is The Master, and you should call him that." You said, turning back to look at The Master, a smile on your face as you looked at him.

"Is this a kink thing?" Ryan asked and you groaned.

"Would I really be telling you about my sex life on a plane with a-!" The Master covered your mouth with his hand, a grin on his face.

"Now now, that's spoilers, love."

It seemed like The Doctor finally shot back into the present with that sentence and pushed passed you and The Master to look for Barton. "Where's Barton?"

"I told him to get on the plane, and The Master called him off, mid run."

~

You had been taken into the Kasaavin dimension, you were pacing while The Doctor panicked. "He miscalculated! He left me here!"

"Hello!"

The two of you turned to the voice. You took off in a sprint, The Doctor following you.

~

You woke up on the ground next to the Doctor, your eyes scanning the ceiling. "Okay Doc, where are we?"

"I'm tasting some 19th century. Steam. Why am I tasting steam?!" The Doctor rambled as you started to sit up.

"Glad to know it worked, ladies. Now I need to get home." You said, starting to get up. You eyed everyone watching you and you bowed.

"Greetings. I know the yellow haired lady and I look vastly different and probably appeared out of air, but we will not hurt you." You said, a smile on your face as you straightened up and helped The Doctor get up.

She scanned your face, not finding any malice or hatred in your face as you stared at her. "I had no clue he was going to send me too. I'm just as mad as you are, Doc."

"Oh really? I don't believe you for a single moment." The Doctor said, turning away and you sighed.

You didn't know what was going to happen, if The Doctor was even going to get you home, if The Master was searching time for you. You had no clue and you had started to panic, your breathing picking up. You recognized the signs of a panic attack and you grabbed The Doctor's arm, tugging harshly to alert her. "No! I am not going.."

Her voice stopped when she finally looked at you, chest rising up and down rapidly as you started to try and gasp for air. "Hey! Hey, its okay. I'm sorry for snapping, lets get a deep breath into those lungs okay?"

She wrapped her arms around your waist, hoping you didn't lose your balance or go light headed.

A scream sounded from just outside as footsteps thudded as someone rushed into the room. "Ladies and Gentlemen! See the incredible shrinking device!"

The Doctor whipped around so fast, letting go of you as Ada rushed to grab onto you. You tried to push away from Ada, to get to The Master. You got to see his face, a smile appearing on your face. "Thank the TARDIS, he's here."

It was like The Master heard you over all the noise. His head tilting slightly in yours and The Doctor's direction. "Now the reason I'm here is someone took my spouse and I am not happy about it. So, unless she gives back my spouse, someone will die and then people will die."

Everyone stilled at that and when no one moved, except for you, trying to get a better look at him, the purple top hat gave him height and you a better way of knowing where he was in the room. Someone moved and he shot them, screams echoing throughout the room. "Doctor! Its time you bring them to me!"

"Why should I? You clearly hypnotized them!" The Doctor shot back, moving to walk towards the Master.

You had gained enough air into your lungs for you to see correctly and you straightened up and pushed Ada away and moved in front of the Doctor. You met The Master's eyes and glared. "I should shoot you."

"Hello, Love. Why do you say that?" The Master asked and you shrugged, before gesturing to the building.

"Oh I dunno, maybe its because the Kasaavin took me too! I'm literally in 19th century London with Ada Lovelace with no TARDIS, had no clue if you planned this or not and now I'm severely angry at the fact that you chose to play another game to get me back instead of stomping over to me. I thought you left me for dead, Master." You rambled, getting closer and closer to him, accidentally crushing the shrunk person underneath your shoe.

The Master was so focused on you that the both of you barely noticed the gun being wound up and when he finally noticed he pushed you down to the ground. Your face scrunched up when the gun went off. The bullet grazed his shoulder and you tried to pull him to the ground as well. His head swiftly turned and glared at Ada. "You really shouldn't have done that."

"Master, if you kill her, you will set humanity back! We won't have computers. You need to think, Master. I wouldn't be as smart as I am without her, this is the only time I'll beg for someone's life." You were so focused on him that the two of you barely noticed the grenade being tossed at you and this time it was to late for The Master to cover you.

[alphian-hcs]

Idia totally cringes when Yuu busts out his cheap crowly supplied phone. Dude totally decides to give Yuu an upgrade because yeah they really do deserve better.

"You definitely gotta get an upgrade."

Let's be honest. Crowely gave Yuu a crappy flip phone and called it a day lmao. Also yes, musical reference in title because hehe musical make alphian brain go brr. Ngl, I forgot a lot of tech terms while writing this lmao.

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-Oh boy. oh boy oh boy. That modified third grade calculator will NOT do! If your going to be Idia's player 2 (platonically or romantically) He will never have you going out with that glorified PCB that seemed like it was always smoking

-Idia is already working away as soon as he see's the phone, making ides in his head before writing them down in a notebook or in his phone for when he arrives back to his dorm. He orders a high rated phone brand(rich ass-), and as soon as it arrives he begins his work on it adding his own modifiers on,making it run faster than a cheetah with sonic's powers.

-He would 100% add on some phone case with a favorite show, like the ones that glow and wirelessly charge the phone so that there is little to no need to charge it between classes. ----------------

Idia had just finished up the modification of the phone he had purchased, and wrapped it up in a box with a nice blue and black bow. Idia of course knew it wasn't Yuu's birthday or anything, but after seeing that somehow functioning electrical fire hazard in Yuu's hand he just couldn't stop thinking of it. Now that the gift was finished though, he had a smile on his face, knowing that this would be like getting a 100 exp booster for Yuu. Idia left his room, Ortho coming with for support, both brothers heading to Ramshackle, Idia fidgeting with his fiery hair as he walked, a few paces behind Ortho to be able to take time to compose himself.

When they arrived, Ortho rang the doorbell, a prolonged, broken chime ringing into the rundown house. Soon Yuu walked out, seeing the two Shrouds, smiling as they spoke. "oh? what brings you two? I thought Idia had a event." they said, taking out their Crowley supplied phone, making the tech-wiz cringe at it, before he nervously walked over to the prefect. "well...I saw that phone you had and thought.. I w-would get and make a b-better one for you.. I mean, that glorified Motorola is pretty terrible.. so, I modified this one." He said, handing the box to Yuu, a smile on his face as he watched the prefect open the box.

"Whoa- Idia this is so cool! How should I pay you back?" Yuu asked, looking to the male who held his hand up "no need-" he attempted to say, but Ortho cut him off with a request. "You can pay us back by continuing to be my big brother's friend! Whenever he's around you his serotonin levels increase tenfold!" He said with a smile, making Idia panic and pull his hood up and pull the tassels to close the opening and hide himself from the others, his face red from being exposed for enjoying a 'normie's' company.

[dorkwalf]

part one

'Suprise" Sonic, Knuckles and Tails cheer as knuckles uncovers Amys eyes. Amy gasps at the huge building Infront of her. the clean white building with soft blue word 'aurora'. Her jade green eyes widen.

"Oh woah.... this... is amazing" Amy comments before tails walks up to her grabbing her hand and leading her to the entrance.

"I know right? sonic pulled some strings and was able to get us a ride to planet ion!" tails smiles brightly his name sakes wagging behind him.

"Wait..." Amy paused her eyes lighting up, "you mean the planet with the fluzzlings!" Amy squeals.

Fuzzlings. a creature discovered on a planet lightyear away. small peaceful fluffy creature full of innocence and curiosity. As soon as Amy learned about their existence she has been obsessed.

"Yeah! My sister actually is the one that got us a spot. She works here part time. I think Shes the only mobain Tho." sonic chuckles as they walk into the building Sonic showing some kind of badge of his phone to the security desk.

"Wait...Is this the blood sister or the adopted one I'm about to meet?" Amy looks up at her past crush after the events of fronters Amy slow came to accept that they wouldn't get together and slowly started to see him as a brother figure.

"Adopted one" Sonic ruffles her quills which have grown longer since Amy stopped cutting them, wanting to grow them out a bit.

Amy giggles and grins up at him as they walk deeper into the building "How do we find her? this place is huge"

"She usually finds us first" knuckles voice rings out from behind her causing amy to look up at him with her jade green eyes.

"Yeah, normally she- Ah!" Sonics voice broke as a white wolf mobain jumped on his back in a half tackled him in a bear hug.

"SONI!" her voice full of energy and deep blue hair a messy braid.

"lulu!" sonic smiles back at her. "We were just talking about you."

"All good things i hope" lulu smiles and gets off sonic before her emerald eyes lock onto Amy. " Omg you must be the birthday girl! you're so pretty!" lulu walks over and bear hugs Amy causing Amy to squeak. "oh! i love you already!"

Lulu set Amy down and smiles " come come i hope you like the suits i had designed! i only had so much to work with."

"oh! yay i heard about the technology there trying to work into the suits and i can't wait to get my hands on some" tails rants as he follows lulu close.

"All engineering books are already on your bed in the ship tails." lulu smiles down at him as they walk in to volted door to get there new siuts.

[nblatinotails]

I really really really wanna talk about sonic and tails individual retelling of their meeting/not meeting, it's driving me crazy ! Ok ! Quickly to clear up first, clearly these don't happen in the same universe, so clearly a lot of major components are different before we even get to see what's going on. In sonics recollection, the sky is blue, the grass is green, all is good :] cause he's there to stop a lot of the industrialization that Robotnik brings, the world isn't suffering yet. Tails flashback includes paved roads and darkned skies,,, no one to stand in the way of Robotnik, so progress trudges forward, bleak and uncaring. Ok, great, that's outta the way :]

I really wanna focus on the language they both use when describing tails, the bullies, and his life after- I think the contrast is just wild and so so so interesting to compare! Like it changes a lot of the context we view these situations in and tells a lot about the character that's speaking

SO

Sonic tells it this way: Tails was a 'happy, brainy fox' till some 'blockhead bullies' started 'picking on him for having an extra tail'. Sonic ran by and the kids 'lost interest in being jerks'. Tails began following sonic and the prime universe we know is set in motion.

So already this is so reflective of sonics personality and how he perceived what was happening to Tails. Clearly he thinks Tails is a smart little kid, he's brainy, he's smart but he's a little guy. It's a nice term but it folds under the weight of what we usually expect tails to be described as, genius, brilliant. But the happy part is something that the story and tails himself argue against. Even in the prime universe, we know that tails was harassed relentlessly until he met sonic, we see in the flashback that this has already escalated to physical violence,, and they were just getting started. Sonic calls them 'blockheads', 'bullies' that 'pick on him', this language is tame and childish, its kinda downplays what we see, tho I don't think he meant it like that. Thats just how he sees it, it's kids teasing eachother,,, which makes sense for how an outsider would see it, no flack to him.. Or how an adult would soften a story as to not scare a kid, I don't think that's the reason, I think sonic just talks like that, but it's an interesting idea to think about how maybe he didn't wanna scare tails, or if he truly just remembers it as some harsh teasing.

But anyways, to Tails,, he's 4, he's scared and can't defend himself just yet, he can't do anything but take it and hope they leave soon. Also quick wanna point out the emphasis on an extra tail, sonic doesn't care, it's an extra, it's cool.. it's glossed over because its unimportant, just something that's included in the things that are happening, rather than being WHY they're taking place. So sonic runs by and the kids 'lose interest' in bothering tails (they get whooped and tails runs away), and Tails follows sonic, eventually becoming best friends and brothers.

A simple, friendly recap, it seems kinda sanitized,,perky. The way sonic recalls events are very straightforward and chill, I truly believe that he didn't look too far into the background of what he saw, just stopped it and carried on, bonus points for gaining a lil bro.

TAILS HOWEVER..

things are a lil different,, clearly in what happens after sonic didn't show up, but also in the way he talks about himself, his feelings, the actions taken against him.

Tails tells it like this: he was a kid, minding his business, but not his surroundings.. some creeps came along and picked on him for having ONE extra tail. He got a beating, a cycle that continued for years until he put his foot down. He used his 'cunning fox brain' to give him a real way to fight back. Now he needs no one. He takes care of himself.

Aauuggwwwh

The emphasis on his youth, he was 4.

He knows he wasn't to blame, he was minding his own business, he didn't DO anything. But that little bit of self blaming language: I wasn't watching my surroundings. Like he's berating himself, like he could have avoided these kids finding him if he was looking out.

These creeps pick on him, cause that's what they are to him. they aren't 'blockheads', they aren't just bullies, these are older, stronger kids. They ARE creeps, they harassed him for YEARS for no reason. Except for the fact that he has ONE extra tail. Specifically 'one extra' not 'an extra', one. Because that's all it takes. So he shows them. He makes more. But before that, he gets beaten. Not picked on, not bullied, BEATEN. it AAUUGHHH it drives me crazy, look at how he perceives his bullies!!

Like fucking monsters, chasing him in the night. I'm am not alright.

This continues for years. Chased and beaten and harassed, over and over and over again, until tails gives and makes something to protect himself, something to level the playing feild. And THIS is how he views himself while creating his augmentations.

Another allusion to something menacing, something otherworldly. He's pulling himself up to their level, using his 'cunning fox brain'. A jab at sonics wording, yeah, but more importantly, a reference to how tails sees himself. He's NOT brainy, he has to be cunning, he had to be tricky and aware at all times. So now, he can fight back.. he's got these tools, he has his brain, he has protection. Now he doesn't need anyone else. He's grown up alone, take care of himself and his own problems.

[multi-fandomsfreak]

Would you do Amy rose with a reader who is a mobian version of a mma fighter

Amy rose with a reader who is a mobian version of a mma fighter

Hey thanks for the ask 👋

I think this is slowly turning into a sonic account but I’m honestly not complaining I’m enjoying it. I actually really enjoy Amy’s character despite how she was characterised in the previous games. Anyways hope you enjoy ~Blaze/Dawn

Pronouns: they/them

Warning: ❌

Requested: Yes/No

Characters: Amy Rose

Proofread: ❌

Credits: Icon by ilyRouge on Pinterest + Banner by vinycryes (Edited By Me) on Pinterest

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- Amy first heard about you when she was listening on some strangers talk about a recent MMA event with you and another mobian, at first she didn’t mean to hear on the conversation but at the same time she couldn’t help but be interested in you despite not having met you yet or know what you do, she decided to eavesdrop on what the strangers were saying while pretending to do something else

+ “Did you see that recent event with [NAME] and the other mobian?” mobian 1 said to the other two “are you kidding? Of course i have i’d never miss an event involving them” the second spoke up trying to sound offended that mobian 1 had even asked that “i have as well, have you seen the way they fight? It’s really mesmerising” the final mobian added on as they thought back to how you fight “fight huh? Are they some sort of championship fighter?” Amy thought to herself as she continued to listen in “I know right! The other one was alright but no one can beat [NAME]” eventually Amy decided to stop eavesdropping and left to carry on what she was doing leaving the three mobians to continue to fan over you.

- As soon as Amy got home she decided to look you up to see what the hype was, you must be really good if people were talking about you like that and she was correct. Not even a full minute into watching a clip of one of your previous and Amy was immediately hooked on watching you. The way you were moving to avoid the opponent's attack left Amy shocked; she never knew someone could move like that. She couldn’t help but watch another video once that one was over. How couldn’t she, you were an amazing fighter. That’s how Amy became a fan of yours.

- After that day every time she hangs out with her other friends she’ll always find a way to bring you in the conversation and tell them how great you were. Some were interested like knuckles, some were not as interested but still were paying attention to Amy’s rambling about you just like how a fangirl would over their favourite artist. As soon as one of your next fights was announced she was already on the website and buying the tickets. She would be one of those fans who always brings a sign with encouragement to show her support. However as much as she would dream to meet you she never thought it would come true.

- One day Amy was having a walk through town listening to her favourite music not really paying much attention to her surroundings when all of a sudden she bumped into someone she immediately went to apologise for bumping into that person when she suddenly stopped as she looked up and down before realising she bumped into you

+ “Miss, are you alright? Sorry for bumping into you?” you apologised to Amy as you checked in case you accidentally hurt her however you were met with a very excited Amy who has accidentally bumped into her idol. With a wide smile she managed to say despite her hyper state “are you [NAME]?” she said not being able to stand still due to her excitement, you immediately put on a slight smile before slightly chuckling to yourself and saying “oh yes i am, your name is?” you put out your hand as a way of saying you wanted to shake Amy’s hand to which she looked at you then your hand surprised before placing both of her hands on yours and quickly shook it as she bowed down a few times still excited “oh my god! It’s a pleasure to meet you! I’m a massive fan of yours, you can call me Amy” she started to ramble on before quickly realising that she was and stopped slightly embarrassed apologising for her behaviour “oh sorry for that I’m just really happy to meet you” she said rubbing the back of her head as a slight blush of embarrassment appears on her cheeks “oh don’t worry Amy it’s fine I’m used to it” you excused her behaviour to which she gave a slight chuckle while smiling “can I have an autograph?” Amy asked shyly to which you said of course. That day was the happiest Amy was.

- Adding on from the previous part, if Amy was to get something from you like an autograph she’ll definitely brag to other people that she got an autograph from you as well as meeting you. She can’t help it. She finally met her favourite person of course she’s going to show it off.

- I’m not sure if there's actual merch consisting of mma people because I’m not really interested in it but regardless if there is some merch of you she’ll be the first to buy it and perhaps buy more. Once in a while she might make some of her own, definitely making it for herself but if she’s feeling nice enough she’ll give it to other people.

- Basically a summary of this is Amy is a massive fangirl over you and is very interested in what you do.

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[catiecat1320]

New fic! For @eggseabutter (sorry for tagging you again)

Eggdad propaganda! It’s a 5+1 fic

Sometimes you find family in the most unexpected of places. You know what they say— keep your friends close, and your enemies closer.

Read Below 🔽

Dr. Ivo Robotnik was bored. Very bored.

But esteemed doctor, you ask, how does one such as you get bored? There’s still a world to conquer!

You see, conquest is only so entertaining. It’s no fun if there isn’t someone trying to stop you, is it? The terror of villagers tends to get tiring after a while, especially when they simply run and hide at his approach.

He mulled over his problem as he flew around aimlessly, having been testing his new aircraft. It’d definitely make things more interesting if there was someone to help out the other side. His evilness was exceeding his own expectations. There was too much of an imbalance.

He needed an enemy. An archenemy! Someone who was heroic and kind and brave and whatever they say heroes are like. Someone who’d be fun to mess with, someone who’d pose a challenge. Yes, yes. He just had to find someone. 

Where was the only question…

A sharp scream, abruptly cut short, startled Robotnik out of his musing, causing him to pout. He looked around to find an unusual sight— a gaggle of kids, not older than twelve, had… what’s the word… ganged up on a little blue hedgehog and were carrying him, each one gripping a squirming limb, to somewhere undetermined.

Peculiar. It didn’t look very friendly to him, but maybe this was something children did now?

The doctor watched the strange procession, because why not. The kids hadn’t noticed him at all— at least, that’s what he thought… until the victim of this happening suddenly stared up at him with wide emerald eyes; terrified, pleading. 

Robotnik was taken back by the direct eye contact, but he didn’t have the time to think about it. Nor did the boy, who peeled his gaze away with a strangled whimper. Right then, the older children stopped at their destination. Before he realized what was happening, the band tossed the hedgehog over the side of the cliff, leaving him only enough time to cry out before a loud splash announced his plunge into water, probably a lake, eliciting a cheer from the bullies above.

Something surged within the doctor right then— anger, perhaps. Heart over mind, he fired a few shots from his aircraft, scattering the mean bunch, before diving downward to check on the hedgehog.

He was not faring well. It was clear at once that little blue couldn’t swim, yet was making a pathetic attempt at it, splashing frantically and taking in enough water to rival a sinking ship. 

That angry feeling grew stronger.

What kind of children would do something like this? Condemn another to what could very well be death?

A metal claw extended and caught the boy by the scruff, quelling his struggle, and pulled him back up to where the bullies stood just moments prior. As soon as he was let go, the hedgehog squirmed and coughed up water violently, gasping. 

Robotnik hopped to the ground and knelt beside him, awkwardly patting between his back quills as the events that had transpired sank in (pun not intended). Oh Chaos, this is weird, he thought. What am I doing? 

He wasn’t supposed to save people. That’s what heroes do. And he was a villain.

To make himself feel less uncomfortable, the doctor began to talk. He’d always been good at that. “You know, kid, you need to stand up for yourself. Get a weapon or something. Fight back” he rambled, and an image of the little hedgehog carting around a blaster made itself known in his mind’s eye, causing him to snort. “Okay, maybe a blaster’s a little extra. That’d definitely scare them off, though. It’d be funny to watch. Or— Ooo, maybe you could set up a trap. That’d be fun. Pit traps, net traps, cage traps, bear traps… the possibilities are endless! They step in the wrong place and BAM! Problem solved.”

The hedgehog peered at him curiously, emerald eyes tinged with what was probably horror, and Robotnik realized that he’d gone off on a tangent again. Oops. “Ahem. Uh, just something to think about.” He hoisted himself back up into his aircraft, settling comfortably. 

Meeting the gaze of the wide-eyed boy as he lifted off the ground, Robotnik spoke in a hushed tone. “If anyone asks you, this whole saving-your-butt thing”— he waves his hand for extra effect— “never happened. Got it?”

The hedgehog blinked, then offered him a small grin in response, giving a playful salute as the doctor flew off, engine sputtering faintly.

And if anyone saw him smile at that gesture— no, you didn’t.

[samobservessonic]

Hey, so remember how the Freedom Fighters captured Robotnik and held him captive at their base until Knuckles broke him out? Well, it looks like this might be coming back to bite them, as Robotnik now knows where their base is and he’s coming to destroy it I love a good status quo shake up!

Elsewhere, Knuckles is kicking every last trace of Robotnik off his island. It’s funny, I never really stopped to think about what Knuckles did with all the stuff like Launch Base Zone after the events of S3&K

He also ambitiously wants to get rid of the Death Egg, though I’m not sure how he’ll do that. Also Knuckles, bro, I was literally giving you all that credit for not getting tricked in the last issue and now you’re outright saying that he had you tricked. Props for honesty, I suppose

Oh good, we’re going to get a Sonic & Johnny tag team! I feel like out of all the Freedom Fighters, Johnny’s had the least amount of time to shine so far, so now we’ll get to see him in action with that battlestick of his

Robotnik breaks in and Johnny gets grabbed, but Sonic’s quick to save him

I’m a broken record, but the art in these fight scenes really is so cool! Also, Robotnik continues not to give Knuckles enough credit, assuming he won’t have found the operational Launch Base Zone, giving Robotnik time to front this attack on the Freedom Fighters

But Sonic causes a cave-in and then it’s back to what remains on the base

To answer that question, Porker has Kintobor ready to go, but they could be out of time…

Hey look, it’s Grimer! We haven’t seen him for a while. Anyway, he assures Robotnik that everything’s going smoothly and that Knuckles is dead. But there’s no need to worry about that, because we see Knuckles is alive and well on the very same page

Knock, knock it’s Knuckles! He’s taken over and got Grimer to send the message telling Robotnik that he’s dead. I love this! They already had Knuckles come over to the hero side during the Sonic 3 story, so now they’re finding other ways to use him in the Sonic & Knuckles story. And while I’m sure they’ll be reunited soon, I like that this issue focused on Sonic and Knuckles making their separate efforts against Robotnik

The only thing I think is a bit of a let-down is that Johnny didn’t get to do anything after Sonic took him to fight Robotnik. Johnny is the one character I remember not really having a strong opinion on when I read these comics as a kid and I struggle to remember if he gets (m)any stories on his own or a big character arc like Porker does. Except for, well, the one where he dies. So I keep hoping there’ll be more of him in these earlier issues I didn’t read to change my mind about him. Ah well, there’s still time

[deimos-awaits]

After Pleasure and With Pain

This is set far after the events of my fic Pleasure and Pain with a sneak peak as to what happens to the main character there

"Hello Magos Aleph-Gimmel do you remember me!"

Aleph ducked to avoid the sonic blast. A skitarii Cloaked individual seemingly bounced out of nowhere. The cloak itself was obviously demosian but clearly defaced with garish paint and profane symbols of the Dark Prince. "Some lackey cultist who robbed a skitarii? Why would I remember you?" If it was

There's anger briefly in the other one's eyes. "No! One more chance we-erre is Omega Bellerov?" It's a singsong voice she can't place. However what she can place is the thundering sound from the speaker pack she was caring causing echo upon echo of the abandoned hab block.

"Dead! But I will happily deliver whatever she would have gotten to you!" A blast from her modified surikin gun and then one from her archeotech gun.

The other almost danced out of the way of it impossibly and annoying fast. "She can't be! She cared about me! Us! Now- ohh eldar weapons, xenarite? I knew it I knew it I knew it!"

"Far better than your chaos taint heretic." Another fire. "Besides. Omega Bellerov cared for no one." There was no anger in her own voice. Just cold emotionless truth. Magos Aleph-Gimmel searched through the information stored inside her cogitators to figure out what in the name of Holy Mars was happening. She had been able to make it into a control room whose doors seemed sturdy enough. With any luck the back up would be there enough soon. It was the last time she was investigating alone. Aleph was far too old to be making that mistake again especially this close to the Great Rift. Kattal and a squad of vanguard should be en route. She simply needed to out last what looked like happened when you put a noise marine and skitarii in a blender- actually someone probably had done that.

Meanwhile as Rax the Hedonite danced she sang. Awful vox boxes that are hooked up to her backpack and fueled the sonic pistol in her hand reverberated as she did. The former skitarius, reclothed in the flesh of pleasure and pleasure of flesh. To have finally tracked down a magos of Deimos from the before times! From her old life had been a boon but the fact that it has been that inept xenarite Aleph-Gimmel and now the holy rage filled Magos Omega Bellerov-1.0 filled Rax with rage she had not really felt since before Volupta Delacatio uplifted her from the horrid state she had been in.

Rax looked at the control door for the mechanic room of the hab she had been sent to scavenge from and cursed up a storm of any profanities she could think of from Dark Prince’s breast to Fulgrim’s ass to the wretched Machine God. In moments like this unbidden old prayers or at least warped versions of them came to mind but there was no way in the warp or beyond she would sing the praises of the Omnissiah while fighting one of the Dead God's lackeys.

Rax stopped and stared at the door itself as the stims that Volupta supplied her began to run their course and help to balance her once more for battle. She could blast down the door with long enough force but if this truly still was Deimos reinforcements were likely returning an Omega-Tzeta pattern from above and below. Rax would know, she has committed many of them ‘rescue’ operations intended to trap a for. She might get the techpriest yes if she waited but but if she was caught or even more laughable if she was bested then the warband Volupta had loaned her to would not supply the Blessed Guardians with the materials they needed. Not for the first time she found herself rocking on the balls of her feet trying to decide if it was better to stay and risk it or run run run run run run.

Maybe she could try the third route.

Rax slowly and deliberately walked over to the wall right beside the door and leaned against it. She made sure that her footsteps were loud enough to be hurt even while only wearing the same ballerina slippers that she'd been wearing for the past well for where she's been most the time, time didn't really exist.

Rax took a breath. “Magos Aleph-Gimmel, this is Skitarii Ranger Alpha RAX-XVIII of the Vox Omnissiah reporting to duty after… sometime missing in action.” The old title felt like slime on her tongue, not the pleasant kind either, she had enough experience with that, it was the same name yes but with everything it was surrounded but it didn't feel hers anymore. Especially with the nonsense chorus that was silenced in her head, replaced now by the beautiful background hymn of the warp.

Aleph-Gimmel took a moment to respond. “RAX-XVIII?” Her cogintatora had finished their search and returned a similar result. “I thought you were killed in action on Erophant III with 80% of your squad. Only two were recovered. The casualties were immense.” and had her emotions not been subdued and stamped down for combat Aleph-Gimmel would most likely have felt some kind of sorrow that if this were true one of the holy soldiers of the Omnissiah had ended up like this.

“Oh ho ho ho! I am well aware of how diasterious that encounter was, but it lead me to the Prince and lead all Kamepa to their own Warrior dreams so it can't be that bad can it?”

“Warrior dreams?” All Aleph needed to do was stall for time. The vanguard squad was incoming tracing her position as best they could, although the ferrocrete was making it hard to track exactly where she was.

“Oh that's enough about them that's enough of them,” her voice once more had that sing song quality that sounded only cacophonous to the tech priest's ears. “Last I heard you were running a tank regiment! What were they called the name of them slipped my mind?”

“As so much else has appeared to slip. Dune crawlers. Ranger Alpha, do you not remember how to address your superiors?” Maybe some form of psycho conditioning will still active.

“Oh ho ho ho but you're not my Superior! I have two superiors now! I have two now compared to the one that I had back then I have the one to whom I report and the one who sings the song of all creation!”

“Well, who do you report to them if not the magi-” Aleph was quickly interrupted in her line of questioning.

Rax began to pound on the door throwing her body against it. The pain of impact kept her going again and again until a small dent was made. “I do not! Report to any magi. I reported to one, and you've taken the one last thing I wanted from her. You've taken it from me filthy heretical xenarite! I report to my loving lady, and that's all you need know!” Rax either did not or could not verbalize the thought that there was one tech adept that she would maybe not report to but had enjoyed going to for equipment and repairs when heretical adept didn't try killing her. He was a beacon of bloodshed. “You! You were a xenarite! I knew you were a traitor we knew!”

Aleph stood deathly still like a hammer about to swing on to the anvil. “What did you want with Bellerov-1.0 Slaaneshi, what did you want to do to my predecessor?”

“I wanted to kill her! I wanted that pleasure! I wanted that joy of rending her limb from mechanical limb for every thought she put in my head- wait. Predecessor, you're you're the one that succeeded her? You killed her too I bet!” A small sting in the back of Rax’s neck began to bring her back down as a calmness flooded her system. She needed to think.

“I did not kill her. It was not my decision,” Aleph-Gimmel took a gamble here. “You apparently used to serve before whatever this is,” how much longer would the vanguard squad be taking? “It was the Holy Synod. Besides, she had a few decent standard years as a kataphron you would never have gotten the pleasure you desired. If it's any consolation she was removed from her post after Erophant III.”

The other side of the door was quiet. Rax remembered what a kataphron battle servitor was. She let out an unholy screech against the door, vox box and speakers fully flaring up causing even through the ferrocrete Aleph-Gimmel to have to shut down and off her ears. Through the door the Magos could hear a mixture of sobbing and laughter mixed through awful reverberations.

Rax couldn't even focus on why she had stayed here! What an awful awful thing to find out! Deimos home of disappointment and pain that was not pleasure and pleasure that was not pain nothing good had come of that Slaanesh forsaken rock! She fired off her sonic pistol in any direction she could find. What was she here for anyway? Magos Bellerov-1.0 was dead! Dead and before that turned into a mindless thing no better than the lowest deamon spawn!

It was not fair! It was not fair!

Rax had been yearning for this for so long only to be denied her pleasure something that was hers by all rights by some middle managing bureaucratic xenarite with a penchant for tankers! Just like the first day she had awoken Rax initially clawed at her neck until the blood flowed just to feel something anything else.

She cried and laughed and threw things around in the hab block mechanical room she was in until things in her began to turn to jelly. She had to leave. Rax could hear the distant datapslams with her newly expanded hearing. Damn them all! Damn damn!

Rax could stay or she could leave and survive another day or she could stay and risk a delicious battle. Another cool prick in the back of her neck. No. She needed to leave. That much she knew even through everything it was how the Blessed Guardians survived everything. Never seek out a fight you didn't have overwhelming numbers for and as wonderful a champion of pleasure she was she was still but a single woman. Rax could not would not risk it.

Rax did not end up getting the Magos of course. She still tried until all parts of her felt like jelly and the archeologist had scurried farther far away. The vanguard squadron had been attempting a Omega-Tzeta maneuver using their own Magos as the bait. It was almost adorable until the two she had run into were turned to a pulverized mess by sound. They had tried to kill her! Well. Would have if they had seen her coming.

She took as much as she could carry off their gear and equipment for her own armorer and Perdeace in equal measure before continuing back and away up into a different part of the hab block before running into a rift that swallowed her whole

Rax eventually returned to the chaos band that had been hosting her. She was close. Oh so very close. Battle was fun. It always was. It felt exquisite and brought back some of the fury she felt under Bellerov, and that's what mattered really didn't it? It had to.

Meanwhile Aleph-Gimmel surveyed the damage with loyal Kattal at her side. It seemed that Omega Bellerov1.0’s mistakes would be felt continually. She would tell Seraph about this, as much as she loathed the Inquisitor it would be better to get this out of her own hair, unless Magos-Genator Letzaveis could find a way to study that awful Noise Skitarius should she be captured. There was much to consider and the Omnissiah always provided.

[prowerprojects]

I will not lie, I'm easily bought over by cute Sonknux and Sonamy interactions (Sometimes I hate how easy I am to bait)

But I'm still a bit disappointed by the fact that Tails is once again relegated to mission control... And he's billed as "the sidekick" once again as well... (And why do they keep using such an unflattering pucture of him??)

I guess I could gloss over it because Frontiers hasn't yet happened in the idw universe, that with it starting off with Forces and MV being the last major event they had to go through (as confirmed in the special itself). But the special also has Sonic calling Tails "partner", which is a cute Frontiers reference... except Sonic calling Tails "partner" is supposed to be Sonic's direct response to finding out about Tails's problems during the events of the game and switching up the nickname to assert Tails as his equal. Having him call Tails that even before that kind of cheapens it. But whatever. Chalk it up to a badly placed reference.

And I guess this issue is the right way to utilize Tails, why shouldn't he be providing support, figuring out how to dispose of the problem while Sonic is doing the legwork and calling up the allies? (He is the support character. He is "the sidekick". I guess. But I also wish people didn't give credit to idw for not writing him as just a sidekick because this is literally how he's described in his introduction box)

But I don't know. I don't actually hate the way he's written in the special itself, it just once again reminds me that despite being probably the most often appearing character after Sonic, Tails has never gotten a story that explores him as a person? (Aside from that one Classic Special which is great! But also like. It's his anniversary special. They were basically forced to write about him and isn't that sad) Maybe a couple of panels that show that he's still a person and isn't just a magic box that fixes up robots and provides exposition, but not an actual story.

I was so excited for Kit's inclusion because wow! An antagonist forTails. We've had a bunch of evil versions for Sonic before, but for Tails? What would Tails's relationship with his evil doppelganger be? How would having one affect him? Isn't that intriguing? And the Tails & Kit first interaction fight is probably my favourite Tails scene in the entire book. But afterwards? How silly I was thinking that Kit's inclusion was meant to explore Tails as a character. No. Neither of them gives a shit about the other as soon as Sonic enters the picture. (And now that Kit is around Tails is never gonna stop getting billed as "the sidekick", we gotta parallel them or whatever) It's all about Sonic, Sonic, Sonic. Even when Tails does something cool someone (maybe even himself) has to comment on how good of a job Sonic did raising him. Sonic getting credit for everything Tails does because isn't he such an amazing big bwother.

I'm upset not because I like being a hater, but because I get hopeful but keep being disappointed. I guess I just have to accept that the people currently writing the comics don't really like or care about Tails and stop expecting anything. (And liking or disliking a character is a completely neutral thing, it's not a moral failing or anything. I'm not condemning them for it. But also he's my favourite character and I can't help it if I feel upset about it. )

Yeah this post kinda went off the rails... but this is just how I feel. Can't make anyone like my favourite character, but also can't stop myself from being upset about him being underused.

Cute picture of Tails to brighten my mood (and yours after reading all of that).

Also nice to see the return of the M.E. Junior after it got destroyed in Urban Warfare.

[pico-digital-studios]

Into, Across and Beyond!: Quill Society Logs (Second Findings)

Log 6: Early Progress

"Log 6; early progress. The count of Quill Society members is definitely climbing since my last log. I swear I'm starting to lose track of how many we've got now, heh! Good thing Tekno's got this huge digital register for us to keep track.

Now, I had put The X, formerly known as "Grimbo", on the list of entities that need immediate capture, but, I'll be honest, I wasn't really smart trying to go after him alone. I could've almost gotten killed had Rob O' and the water me not come to my aid to bail me out.

I initially felt that, given my knowledge of three "EXE" entities having invaded my world in the past (Executor, Phaton and Toxinfect), I would've had this stage in the bags. But boy, I was wrong there. Just goes to show that having buddies increases a chance of victory much more than going it solo, huh?

I've witnessed it mere minutes after Cam Malicious had attempted to apprehend Salty and stop him from interfering with one of those... urgh, "canon events". God, I hate people trying to act like negative fate must happen, whether we like it or not, and bars us from doing the right thing for those around us.

As soon as The X has been severely weakened, I'm gonna give it another shot in apprehending him, albeit with backup to ensure he can't slip away again like he did with me. End log."

Log 7: A More Dangerous Pac

"Log 7; a more dangerous Pac. I had been examining Dimension DMG-2020 a bit today, and as it happens, there's a VERY active dimensional traveller there, in the form of that universe's Pac-Man, who seems to be much more malicious than any other Pac-Man I've seen.

After having done stuff in his world in a matter of minutes, he jumped straight to a Mario universe and took over Bowser's Castle once that world's Mario and Luigi were done dealing with Cackletta. He also took Geno for the ride with him, and then hired a Kirby that was causing more mayhem than good, before stealing the Star Rod from a Paper Mario world.

Now, I know what anyone who's reading the log must be thinking. "Oh, this is stuff outside a Sonic universe. It shouldn't be concerning you!" Well, I would agree with you... if it weren't for the most recent case that the evil Pac-Man had done.

Just as a counterpart of me was about to beat Eggman and stop his escape, Pac-Man happened to warp the stolen castle into the shuttle and destroy it, before his Kirby went and claimed the Master Emerald for his boss. Though Sonic tried to defeat the Pac when he used a Power Pellet to become stronger, and trust me, he did a real good job of keeping the twisted Pac on his toes, Pac-Man ultimately emerged victorious when he used the Star Rod to cancel out the Super state and beat Sonic before escaping.

The theft of a Master Emerald is something that seriously warrants attention. Master Emeralds across the multiverse possess practically unlimited power, and in the wrong hands, they can be used as really dangerous tools. Whatever that Pac-Man wants with all the stolen artefacts, I only know one thing for certain; either he wants to conquer that universe with them, or he'll want to destroy and rebuild it in his own image.

As such, I've labelled this Pac-Man as a priority to neutralise and send back to his dimension, with his world-hopping powers to be restricted upon successful capture. However, stopping him isn't going to be easy, considering he can wield the Star Rod to enhance himself or block our powers, so taking back the Star Rod and sending that back to its dimension is our first task. I'll add to this on another log once we've made some big progress. End log."

[realperson022]

@viacursecasting this one's yours! Cat got on MY keyboard and INTENTIONALLY deleted the ask. don't even know what to be more upset about. That my cat is an evil gremlin or that he doesn't support sonadow 😤 ANYWAY. hope u enjoy :)

Prompt was: 20. "At least I didn't break any laws" with sonadow

"At least I didn't break any laws."

Shadow sighed, exhausted already by the day's events and with Sonic's recent injury, matters weren't getting any better.

"Not any that GUN knows of," the agent said while handing some gauze to the hero to put pressure on his wound.

Sonic took it, leaning back on the bed to get a good view of where the damn badnik's slippery hands got a good scratch on him. It was a nasty slice across his lower torso, but thankfully, it didn't penetrate anything vital. Just a surface wound, nothing to worry about.

"Are you intending on turning me in anytime soon?" The hero grunted when he pressed the gauze onto his bleeding wound.

Shadow rolled his eyes, walking toward the bathroom to soak a piece of clean cloth with water to clean around the cut.

"And let the Commander rejoice at the sight of you behind bars like he always intended? Not a chance," the striped hedgehog called out from the other room, making Sonic chuckle.

Bad move, he realized too late as he felt his abdomen muscles flex under his touch from the pain of moving spontaneously.

His ears perked up when he heard Shadow walking back out and continuing their conversation.

"Besides, the world would be against it. The part that still trusts you, at least. You would easily be set free unless GUN's prepared for massive rioting among other stuff."

Sonic grinned, "So either they let me break any laws I want or the people would break them until I'm free?"

Shadow took a seat next to the blue hero, ignoring his rather cocky smile and instead, focusing on getting him fixed up.

"Yes…pretty paradoxical how it works, but I can see why it must be like this," the agent nodded, beginning to ease away the blue hedgehog's hand gently to see if the bleeding had stopped.

When it appeared that it did, he moved onto cleaning the injury, being careful with his strokes. The last thing Shadow needed was for it to get infected, especially right now when they were facing challenges they weren't prepared for. Not in the slightest to the agent's dismay. It was quite a whirlwind lately all over the news and media; tabloids did the most damage to Sonic and Shadow's reputations.

Because it happened so that their years of protecting this world were shockingly being brought up into question by GUN and other world leaders. Just out of the blue, headlines popped up in newspapers and online articles claiming there was a possibility that their heroic acts were a disguise for something nefarious.

Why?

Someone had leaked details about Project Shadow and its unconventional connections to a wildly aggressive alien race.

The hybrid still didn't understand how he was suddenly under scrutiny again when he saved the same goddamn people from their potential deaths years ago when Black Doom invaded the world. And instead of his employer clearing up any twisted lies and false accusations publicly, he ignored it, leaving the Ultimate Lifeform to fend for himself.

Worse of all? Sonic began to receive negative comments from strangers, too. Supposedly, by keeping his rivalry with Shadow ongoing, the hero was implying he followed the striped hedgehog's ideals of "conquering the world through force and violence."

That's how one outlet put it last week, anyway.

If anything, the only following Sonic did with Shadow was from Central City to Emerald Coast for a race, from Mazuri to Apotos for a food trip, and then back to Central City to look at city lights only to wind up tangled in each other's limbs for the rest of the night in the very same bed they were sitting on.

Shadow was glad Sonic had agreed to keeping their relationship away from the spotlight since they first started dating a year ago. It saved them from an even worse course of events that were currently happening. Deep down, he couldn't help but think that his rival would be absolved from any of this mess, proven innocent if Shadow had simply cut ties with him instead of engaging in romantic trysts.

Now, it was too late and as usual, it was all his fault, unintentionally besmirching a good man's reputation. Shadow ruined everything for the hero in a matter of months. All the good he witnessed Sonic do was going to waste because he was connected to Shadow one way or another. They couldn't even have a simple conversation in broad daylight without garnering the attention of the public, of prying eyes that reflected blatant distaste for them.

The dark hedgehog felt awful. He felt like a plague. Everywhere he stepped, looked, and breathed gave away the impression that he was a ticking time bomb by the horrific looks he'd receive on a daily basis. A monster that parents now warned their kids to stay away from. A villain considered the worst of them all, even more than the Doctor.

An outcast, again.

For the first time in so long, Shadow felt small and defenseless in this world. It was pathetic how he was letting all these things get to him, really. He knew he was better than this, that their words meant nothing compared to his actions. But sometimes, they just slipped through the small cracks in his mind and drove him insane with their unrelenting nature to remind him of his past wrongs and mistakes and–

"Shadow."

The hybrid exhaled sharply, momentarily figuring out that he'd been holding his breath this entire time.

"Shadow, hey…" A hand came to delicately cradle the agent's muzzle, wiping away the stray tears he didn't know he was letting out until feeling the wetness upon being touched.

Shadow met an emerald gaze, his chest swelling up with more guilt as he saw worry etched across the hero's face. Great, he was making more problems.

"I'm sorry," he whispered, both for everything he let happen and now seeing the harsh redness around the other's wound resulting from his incessant cleaning.

Sonic shook his head, offering his rival a small smile. "No, it's okay. I'm fine…"

The blue hedgehog's smile wavered, his green eyes studying Shadow's pensive face. It was a melancholic look he knew by memory now. Days of a past where circumstances made them out to be enemies, then years of a culminating present where they were friends by choice. More than that, secretly.

"We're fine, Shadow…we're okay," the blue hero assured his rival, bringing his other hand to fully hold Shadow's face. Yes, times were hard right now. Full on shitty, but nothing they couldn't handle.

"Wanna know why?" Sonic didn't know how long this ongoing debate about their morals and talks of ulterior motives was going to last.

"Why?"

But like hell would he let the world tear down Shadow the Hedgehog, not again.

"Because we're together."

Shadow swallowed thickly, holding back his tears this time. "What if this is what ends–"

"No." Sonic's voice was steady, his unyielding faith in their relationship as trusted companions above all else making the agent's heart thump proudly at being called his. "We're gonna get through this together and if anything goes wrong, we'll fix it. As long as we stay together, we'll be okay, Shadow."

Hope slowly washed out the regret and guilt in ruby eyes, making the blue hero lean forward to press their foreheads together.

"Promise?" Shadow's breath danced across a fawn muzzle.

"I promise," Sonic sealed their vow with a kiss, forgetting about the pain and his wound, and just relishing the way his rival held him closely.

I won't let you drift away from me again, Shadow.

[rachelbethhines]

Archie Sonic Chronological Read Through Recap - 2nd Era

I’ve been re-reading old Archie Sonic Comics lately, and doing so in the recommend chronological order of events, except for flashbacks which are placed within their reveal.

First Era recap is here

The second era includes

Sonic Super Special 8: “Running on Empty”

Sonic & Knuckles

Sonic the Hedgehog: 26

Sonic Triple Trouble

Sonic the Hedgehog: 27 - 29

Tails Miniseries: 1-3

Sonic the Hedgehog: 30

Super Sonic v.s. Hyper Knuckles

Knuckles Chaotix

Sonic the Hedgehog: 31 - 36

Knuckles Miniseries: 1-3

Sonic the Hedgehog: 37 - 39

Sonic and Knuckles: Mecha Madness Special

Sonic the Hedgehog: 40-41

Sonic Quest: 1-3

Sonic the Hedgehog: 42

Sonic Live

Sonic the Hedgehog: 43-44

Sonic Blast

Sonic the Hedgehog: 45

Sonic Super Special 5: Sonic Kids: “Stop… Sonic Time!” (Sonic telling the story)

Sonic the Hedgehog: 113 (can take place at any point before StH#46)

Sonic the Hedgehog: 46

Sonic Super Special 1: Sonic v.s. Knuckles Battle Royal

Sonic the Hedgehog: 47-49

Sonic the Hedgehog: 50 (Non-Canon; Replaced) Sonic Super & Special 6: The Big 50 (Remake of Sonic the Hedgehog: 50)

Archie Sonic Story Ranking

(Stories with the same ranking are listed in reading order)

The Map - 9.5/10

Mecha Madness - 9/10

Sonic the Hedgehog Goes Hog Wild - 8.5/10

Endgame - 8.5/10

The Day Robotropolis Fell - 8/10

Court Martial - 8/10

Bunnie’s Worst Nightmare - 7.5/10

The Chaos Effect  - 7/10

Crash of the Titans - 7/10

Sonic Quest: The Death Egg Saga - 7/10

Way, Way Past Cool  - 6.5/10

Heart of Darkness - 6.5/10

Countdown to Armageddon - 6.5/10

Panic in the Sky - 6/10

The Southern Crossover - 6/10

The Return of Uncle Chuck - 6/10

Who Keeps Stealing My Chaos Emeralds? - 6/10

Tundra Road - 6/10

To ‘Bot or Not To ‘Bot - 6/10

The Rise of Robotropolis… The Fall of Sonic! - 6/10

The Dream Zone - 6/10

Sonic Blast - 6/10

Battle Royale - 6/10

Running On Empty - 5.5/10

Steel Belted Sally  - 5.5/10

…and One Shall Save Him - 5.5/10

In Every Kingdom There Must Exist a Little Chaos! - 5.5/10

Knuckles‘ Quest - 5.5/10

Stop... Sonic Time - 5.5/10

Fortified - 5/10

Tttriple Tttrouble  - 5/10

A Robot Rides the Rails - 5/10

Blast From the Past - 5/10

Rites of Passage - 5/10

Eel of Fortune - 5/10

Black and Blue and Red All Over - 5/10

Submersible Rehearsal - 4.5/10

Ring of Truth - 4.5/10

The T.U.F.F. Awards - 4.5/10

Fire Drill - 4/10

Let's Get Small! - 4/10

A Sense of History - 4/10

Don’t Let the Island Hit You on the Way Down - 4/10

The Substitute Freedom Fighters - 4/10

Bugged Bunny - 4/10

Guerrilla Thriller - 4/10

Lord of the Floating Island  - 3.5/10

Tag! You’re It! - 3.5/10

Sonic Shot - 3.5/10

Bedtime Tails - 3.5/10

First Contact - 3/10

A Chaotix Kidnapping - 3/10 

The Last Game Cartridge Hero - 3/10

Cry of the Wolf - 3/10

Coming Soon: Sonic the Hedgehog Triple Trouble  - 2.5/10

Knuckles’ Chaotix Sneak Peak! - 2/10

When rounded up to the last decimal the Average for the era is 5.3.

Which is one point higher than the last era. Once again silly joke issues weighted things down somewhat. However, 6/10 wound up being the most common ranking for this round, so the quality is definitely going up.

Top Five Individual Stories

The Map (Antoine's only solo story!)

The Day Robotropolis Fell (Just a very well constructed stand alone story with lots of tension. Events here also impact the story later)

Court Martial (I just like how it basically showcases Antoine at his lowest, just so that his character development later on is more pronounced)

Bunnie’s Worst Nightmare (Bunnie's best story for the era)

The Chaos Effect ( A good intro for the Chaotix)

I also have to give Countdown to Armageddon an honorable mention for bringing Bunnie and Antoine together... it's just not as strong of an overall story as the above.

Worst Five Individual Stories

Knuckles’ Chaotix Sneak Peak! (It's just a single panel of foreshadowing for the upcoming Chaotix special. It barely qualifies as a story)

Coming Soon: Sonic the Hedgehog Triple Trouble (a forth wall breaking advertisement for an upcoming video game promotional tie-in comic... long after you've expected the book to drop such silliness)

The Last Game Cartridge Hero (probably the most ego driven thing Penders ever wrote... with questionable art work and a middling story)

Cry of the Wolf (a lazy rip-off of a SatAM episode published far too long after it was relevant and features some of the worst art work that the book would ever publish)

First Contact (technically the start of the Knuckles mythos but it's far too vague and meandering to make much of an impact)

Best Story Arc

Mecha Madness

There's a lot of strong story arcs this era but Mecha Madness is iconic for a reason. Loads of fun with a lot of action and plenty of high stakes and emotion.

Worst Story Arc

A Chaotix Kidnapping

This arc goes on far too long and mostly just consists of Knuckles wondering around aimlessly waiting for his actual miniseries to start. After spinning its wheels for so long it fails to have an actual pay off and just kind of slides into a completely different arc talking about the floating island's history. Then when we finally resolve the conflict, it turns out to be a whole lot of nothing as the Chaotix were never in any danger to begin with.

Best Artist

Patrick Spaziante

It took me a long time to warm up to Spaz's style, but y'all were right all along. He is one of the series strongest artists.

[boombrothersasks]

Okay, finally I filled myself with determination to catch up with the lastest events... *Reads the last asks*

Gosh, I've missed a LOT, I have so many stuff to say. *Inhales and teleports*

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TAILS!! SONIC WAS BABYFIED, YOU NEED TO SOLVE IT!!

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STICKS, TAILS NEEDS YOUR HELP TO UNBABYFY SONIC!!

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AMY!! I need your cake recipes... pretty please 🥺👉👈

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EGGMAN!! Gosh, you were worried Metal was gonna short circuit in the water?! The other Eggys I've met made the point to work around this problem.

Next time do better, Eggy.

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KNUCKLES!! STOP LICKING THE ROCKS!!

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METAL!! NOW SONIC IS BABYFIED, YOU'RE THE ONLY WHO CAN STOP ECLIPSE'S TAKEOVER AND... Hmmm... You're organic now? *Charges my tranquilizer gun* *Shoot at Organic Metal*

Well, I think it's funnier if Eclipse take over soooo... *Pick a rope up while look at the newly organic hedgehog* Orbot will find you sooner or later 🙃

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SHADOW!! Good luck dealing with Eclipse, buddy 🫡

TIKAL!! Take these ghost fries.

"Whyyyyyy am I not surprised. Everyone is a baby all the sudden. What even happened on this island that keeps causing this?!”

He sighed. “Where is he….what would he even look like as a baby? There can't be that many blue hedgehog babies on this island, right?"

The two tailed fox continued flying around, soon spotting a blob of blue below him.

"AHA! EASY!” Tails smiled to himself, making his way down to pick up his now infant brother. "Sonic, what'd you do this ti-oh.”

This was an odd baby. It had red eyes instead of green, and a fang visible even when its mouth was closed. The hoglet glared at him, soon hissing, and causing the fox to drop it into some nearby bushes without another word.

“…Okay, no Sonic. But vampire baby that looks like Sonic? Yeah. Yeah that makes sense. Of course. Alright.”

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“Ohhhhh no, I’m not getting near one of them things again,” Sticks huffed. “Something’s going on with this place, and it’s making everyone turn small. I was prepared for the baby apocalypse.”

Without another word, she kicked a pile of leaves off the ground and into other directions, revealing a sort of circular wooden door, which she then opened and jumped through.

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”No idea who you are, but alright! Just not my special one. That’s secret. I can’t have anyone knowing what I use for that one.”

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“ITS A REASONABLE CONCERN!! I JUST HAVEN’T FOUND MY WAY AROUND IT YET!!”

“…The others???”

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“BUT THEY’RE SALTY!!” Knuckles exclaimed. “And this one tastes like sour candy! Kinda big, though. Really green and shiny!! I wonder why someone would just leave it laying around?”

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“WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT?!” Metal Sonic complained. “Not cool…now everything hurts. Hey, I can say other words now. That shock must’ve done something…WOOOOP. WawawawawawaaaaaaaaAAAAAAAAAAAA. BBBBBBBBBBBBWAP. Haha. Talking is cool.”

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”I swear to Chaos one day I’m going to build myself a boat made for one and only one and get off this island…Maria here I come…this is getting more and more ridiculous by the second and I just cannot put up with any more of anyone’s-“

”HOW DID YOU DO THAT?! Thank you so very much! I will be sure to treasure these! Do you want any, Shadow?”

“….Take a good look at your food, Tikal.”

“Eh? What do you mean, silly? I already know that they’re…ohhhh….ghost fries…well that’s a bit of a downer!”

“As is my life.”