#mobianized metal prompt

[asktheevilgeniusesson]

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To Metal

// No this isnt meant to be from crescent, I just wanted to submit one for funnies and I cant send pics in anon mode //

The hog seems to just be relaxing, until suddenly someone runs over and puts him in some ridiculous firework dress— metal pauses and stares at his new dress in abit of surprise. But its embarrassing, to him, how the dress easily shows off the hogs curves and such. Women were supposed to wear these? God it made alot of details on his body noticeable- how odd. But he wasn’t embarrassed heavily or hated it. He just looked abit ridiculous like this.

And metal SWORE he heard a shutter click from behind but when he turns, infinites stand8ng there with no phone with an innocent look that metal returns a suspicious glare too. Asshole.

[superscourge]

Resurrected AU [Masterpost]

What starts as a strange, unlikely alliance between Scourge and a mysteriously resurrected Infinite somehow turns into some kind of freaky sitcom situation where a bunch of previously-not-alive villains are all living under the same roof as a family!

[full masterpost under cut!]

General AU Tag (chrono order; includes everything from headcanons to art to extra info)

AO3 Fic

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Characters involved in the AU (so far...):

Scourge the Hedgehog

Infinite the Jackal

Meta the Hedgehog (organic Metal Sonic)

Mephiles the Dark (given a mortal Mobian hedgehog body)

Iblis the Flame (given a mortal Mobian hedgehog body)

Flatline the Platypus (zombie Dr. Starline)

Solaris the Hedgehog (fusion of Mephiles and Iblis)

Julius the Hedgehog (zombie Anti-Jules Hedgehog)

Sonic the Hedgehog

Shadow the Hedgehog

Bangarang the Hedgehog (Scourge, Sonic, and Shadow's accidental chaos child)

Vacío the Jackalhog (Infinite and Mephiles' son)

Black Doom (given a mortal Mobian hedgehog body)

Sunny the Hedgehog (organic Mecha Sonic)

Zonic the Hedgehog

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Character References (some need updating):

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Major Plotpoints So Far:

Scourge "rescues" Infinite from a base built by Eggman Nega with the intention of using him to defeat Sonic, but Infinite quickly asserts his dominance over the situation; Scourge and Infinite agree to an alliance of sorts, but that eventually turns into a mutual familial bond, and they basically adopt each other as father and son figures

Meta (Metal Sonic given a Mobian hedgehog body by Dr. Eggman) discovers Scourge and Infinite and proceeds to be very antagonistic until they are shown kindness and hospitality; Scourge and Meta butt heads at first because Scourge is afraid Meta will replace him in his relationship with Infinite, but Infinite reassures Scourge that this won't happen, and Scourge learns to eventually see Meta as a younger sibling; Scourge, Meta, and Infinite proceed to move into Infinite's old abandoned family home

Scourge accidentally releases Mephiles from his prison after snatching the artifact he was trapped in that was pulled through time thanks to one of Eggman's machines; Mephiles uses Scourge's shadow to take his form, but due to the circumstances of him being out of his own timeline his form is unstable and he must remain close to Scourge in order to tether himself to the timeline; Meta takes interest in Mephiles from a scientific standpoint and decides to study him while Mephiles proceeds to quite dramatically be a nuisance in the three's lives, especially Infinite's; Mephiles eventually takes Infinite's form to mock him but in doing so he becomes weakened, which prompts Meta to suggest he be given his own mortal body as well; Mephiles is given a body and leaves for a short period of time before returning and properly integrating himself into the family because of his attachment to Meta (and Meta's to him); Mephiles and Infinite discover they have feelings for each other despite everything

Flatline pulls Iblis from Mephiles' timeline into theirs and gives her a mortal Mobian hedgehog form like Mephiles' in order to distract Mephiles enough to where he can get at Infinite's Phantom Ruby, except he botched the process and made her body unstable; Mephiles ruins Flatline's plans by rejecting Iblis in the moment in order to save his current family, but he quickly returns to reassure her that he isn't going anywhere and invites her to join them instead; Iblis agrees because of her love for Mephiles, and Flatline is forced to stay with them as well to work with Meta to stabilize Iblis' body; Flatline eventually grows fond of the family despite his initial ulterior motives, and he decides to stay for real even after Iblis is stabilized; Infinite, Mephiles, and Iblis become a triad after Mephiles reassures Infinite that his feelings for him have not changed even with Iblis in the picture now; Mephiles and Iblis discover they can still fuse into Solaris, just in hedgehog form, and they can also unfuse at will

Flatline discovers Julius (Scourge's late father) was revived similarly to how he was revived--wild chaos energy--and pulled across space into their world; Julius stays with the family but everyone kind of hates his guts because they know about how he used to treat Scourge and why Scourge took his life; eventually Scourge confronts Julius and tells him the full and honest truth about how he feels and has always felt, which finally puts things into perspective for Julius; Julius and Scourge slowly but surely begin to mend their relationship

Sonic runs into Scourge one day and discovers Infinite is back, but upon seeing how neither of them care to get into it with him, he becomes curious and decides to talk to Scourge one-on-one for a while, slowly discovering how much Scourge has changed thanks to his living situation; Sonic and Scourge eventually develop feelings for each other, but Sonic makes a point to make sure Scourge knows Shadow will be involved as well, which ends up not being a huge issue for neither Scourge nor Shadow, and the three of them also become a triad

Scourge, Sonic, and Shadow accidentally create a baby when a giant explosion of their combined chaos energy happens during a high-speed race; they name the child Bangarang (or Bang for short) and proceed to raise them together, with Bang staying at Scourge's place for the majority of the time as Sonic and Shadow don't really have a solid housing situation; Mephiles sees Bang and suggests to Infinite that they have a similar child, and when he agrees, they combine their essences using the Phantom Ruby and Mephiles' god powers to create a jackalhog named Moon; Moon and Bang grow up alongside each other, and Moon eventually renames himself to Vacío to honor Infinite; Bang slowly discovers his Doom powers as they part Black Arms like Shadow, and while they have an easy time wrangling those, Vacío struggles with his Phantom Ruby abilities that he inherited from Infinite

Eggman revives Black Doom by giving him a Mobian hedgehog body like he did with Meta, with the intention of using him against Sonic and Shadow; Black Doom only complies with the intention of getting revenge on Shadow and possibly forcing him over to his side finally; Black Doom manages to shake up Scourge's family by subtly and slowly manipulating Scourge, and eventually this leads to Black Doom full-on controlling Scourge's mind; Sonic, Shadow, and the rest of Scourge's family are able to break him free from Black Doom's control in the end

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Possible Future Plotpoints:

Mephiles and Iblis have a child, as well as Infinite and the collective Solaris

Some kind of family thing with Black Doom and Shadow (I can't help myself lol. we ball)

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Extra Important Tidbits:

Meta uses they/them pronouns at first, but later realizes she feels happiest when referred to in a feminine way

The entire family hates that Scourge is dating Sonic and Shadow, but they begrudgingly support him because their love for him is stronger than their hatred for Sonic and Shadow

Mephiles and Iblis remember Sonic and Shadow, and Sonic remembers them, but nobody else remembers them as they are from an erased timeline

Iblis is indifferent towards Sonic and Shadow, whereas Mephiles heavily dislikes them both

Infinite is closer to Mephiles than he is with Iblis, but the three of them are still a very solid and healthy polyamorous relationship

The AU takes place a while into the future; Scourge is 23 at the start of the AU, Meta is 22, and Infinite is 37

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That's all I have for now! I have a fic version slowly being written as well as a potential comic version (hopefully). This is an ongoing, still-developing AU that just keeps growing, so things may be changed/added/removed as time goes on! :) I hope you stick around to see what unfolds! <3

[writingtraumaforever]

Uncontrolled Chaos: Chapter 19

Notes: These two are so silly, and I love them. More gay panic.

Summary: Shadow is anxious to get this ball rolling, suggesting they visit Angel Island. Sonic provides the means of transportation.

Chapter Select!

Prequels: 'Something I'm Made For' & 'The 30th'

Link to my AO3!

Start:

“We should probably get going soon, yes?” Shadow prompts when Sonic returns from his run, the blue hedgehog offering a little snicker as he closes the door behind him.

“Sheesh, at least let me walk through the door before you start planning shit, huh??”

“We’ve wasted enough time this morning already,” Shadow points out, seeming a bit more on edge now since the incident earlier. Like he’s trying a little too hard to act casual.

Sonic doesn’t point this out, not wanting to make his counterpart even more uncomfortable than he obviously already is.

Instead, Sonic just smirks a bit and cocks a brow at the hybrid, “It’s hardly even 8 AM, pal. Ain’t like we’re burnin’ daylight—“

“We can’t waste even a second if the world is in potential danger of collapsing.”

“Well it’s not as if we can really do much to help Tails— unless you learned the science behind time and space over night??”

“I was thinking we could perhaps make contact with the echidna??” Shadow suggests, “His species is the furthest Mobians traced back to the chaos emeralds. And he’s the protector of the Master Emerald. Surely he may be able to tell us something that could be of use.”

Sonic blinks at that, seeming to have not thought of that at all, “That’s.. actually a fair point.”

Shadow nods and moves towards the door, brushing past Sonic to walk right on out, “Then let’s go.”

“Well hold up there, pal,” Sonic chuckles following Shadow outside only to grab his shoulder to stop him, “Angel Island ain’t exactly the easiest to get on by foot.”

Shadow ponders this a moment. Right. It floats. 

“…I don’t think using my chaos emerald to chaos control us there is the best idea given the circumstances,” he mutters, watching Sonic shut the door behind them. 

“Agreed,” the blue hedgehog nods, walking past Shadow with a nod of his head towards the shed behind Shadow’s home, “But we’ve got the Dark Rider. So we’re set.”

“My bike??” Shadow questions with a raise of his brow, following Sonic regardless, “I’m afraid you have used your feet for far too long, Hedgehog, and have forgotten bikes don’t fly.”

Sonic snorts at this, rolling his eyes at Shadow with a shake of his head and chuckle, “Okay wait— so your bike back on your world doesn’t fly??”

Shadow blinks, stopping outside the shed as Sonic fiddles with a keypad to unlock it, “..so my bike in this world does???”

“Duh,” Sonic grins, opening the door and flipping on the light. 

Sure as hell, there in the middle of the small garage rests Shadow’s bike propped up and pristine as ever. It certainly looks similar to someone who isn’t a mechanic. But for someone who knows their shit— like Shadow— it’s obvious that it’s certainly been modified.

Superficially there’s some sort of metal compartments just under the foot shifter at the bottom, the handlebars hold more buttons to them, and there’s a small control panel on the fuel tank right in front of the seat. 

But on the more mechanic end of things?? The thing’s engine looks like it’s been suped the hell up. Definitely had received some upgrades of some sort.

The possessive and territorial nature inside Shadow wants to snap at the idea of someone touching and changing his baby. 

But he reminds himself this isn’t technically his bike..

But he swears if he gets back home and his bike has even been looked at funny—

“I guess it makes sense that you never modified yours to fly if you never became friends with Tails..,” Sonic observes after a moment, pressing a button as the roof of the shed slowly opens up with a mechanical whirr to allow room for the bike’s exit.

Shadow glances over to Sonic, “The fox did this??”

“With you,” Sonic clarifies with a smirk, “You two come out here and work on it together a lot. Between that and working on the Tornado, y’all totally nerd out together. Sometimes you guys get so absorbed in it that I gotta come remind you to eat or sleep for that matter.”

Shadow just listens quietly, giving a thoughtful hum at this and nothing more.

He knew that this world’s Shadow and Tails were obviously more acquainted than he and the Miles of his own world. But he never imagined they’d be so close to the point this Shadow would allow the kid to modify his bike. That’s.. some pretty extreme trust in his book.

Walking around the bike a moment, Shadow stands on the opposite side Sonic stands on and looks at him with crossed arms, “I suppose you should drive then since I’ve never flown a motorcycle before.”

“Me??” Sonic scoffs at that, shaking his head immediately, “No way. I can’t drive this thing.”

Shadow’s brow quirks at this, tilting his head with a frown, “You don’t know how to drive your partner’s bike???”

“He doesn’t even let me breathe near the thing without his supervision. You think he’s gonna let me drive it??” Sonic huffs, rolling his eyes as he crosses his own arms now.

“I assumed since you’re together—“

“Would you let someone you’re dating drive your bike??”

Shadow blinks. “I wouldn’t date.”

Sonic snickers at that, rubbing the back of his neck, “Touché, but my point still stands. And if I wreck this thing while Shadow’s gone, he’ll bury me when he gets back.”

Shadow huffs a bit, looking at the motorcycle in defeat. He supposes it makes sense. Intimate or not, this Sonic is likely just as reckless and irresponsible as the other. No version of himself would let Sonic drive his baby in any world..

So he has no choice.

With a resigned sigh, Shadow climbs onto the bike. Straddling the seat before scooting forward to allow room for Sonic.

“Couldn’t design a sidecar with all that modifying??” he grumbles, obviously perturbed at the idea of Sonic having to hold onto him..

“We thought about it,” Sonic shrugs, swinging his leg over the seat to plop himself down behind Shadow with a wicked little grin, “But Shadow decided he liked me holding onto him way too much.”

Shadow’s cheeks redden a bit at this, keeping his head turned forward so that Sonic can’t see. But somehow, he thinks the blue hedgehog knows the effect he’s having on him. And that just annoys Shadow more.

“Just tell me how to fly this thing,” he grumbles, ignoring the snicker he hears from Sonic behind him.

“Okay. So you crank it as usual,” Sonic instructs, his chin resting on Shadow’s shoulder so he can see the control panel. Pointing a gloved finger at the panel, “And when you do, this thing’ll light up and turn on. That’s where you’ll see the different driving modes and stuff. Should be one that says ‘Dark Flyer’. Press that, and the rest is up to you To figure out, ‘cus I don’t know shit past that.”

“How convenient,” the hybrid mutters sarcastically before nodding with a sigh and, “Alright.. here goes nothing, I suppose..”

He cranks the engine as usual, and all seems normal. No new feeling, just that same familiar sound and rumble of the engine beneath him that he’s so addicted to.

The control panel does indeed light up as Sonic said, Shadow looking the options on the screen over. There’s a fuel gauge, a oil gauge, tire pressure gauge— the typical shit. And then there’s the ‘modes’.

Tapping that, the screen switches to several different options.

Dark Rider. Dark Sub. Dark Flyer. Dark Digger. Stealth Rider. Dark Glider. Dark Fighter. The list went on..

Shadow didn’t even realize there were so many possible versions of said bike! He was both horrified and impressed.

Tapping the Dark Flyer option, that’s when things suddenly felt different. There’s a low whirring sound and some definite odd movement in the bike under him. A few boosters engage in the back and face downward towards the ground, and the frame disengages a sort of wingspan beneath it— all colored variations of chrome red and black, mind you. 

Shadow’s hands move to the handlebars when the screen reads ‘Ready for Takeoff’, revving the engine experimentally.. 

Then he’s easing on the gas, assuming that’s the way to initiate the launch. He assumes correctly, the bike slowly moving to hover up above the ground. It’s a bit wobbly at first, but it stables out. 

”See??? Ain’t a Dark Rider out there a Shadow can’t drive!” Sonic encourages over the roar of the engine, grinning as he watches the ground get further and further away and the opening in the roof get closer.

Shadow hadn’t realized he was holding his breath until he feels strong, tan arms wrap around his torso—

And that’s when things momentarily go to shit.

The sudden and unexpected hold had taken him straight back to that morning..

Sonic’s arms around him, rubbing up and down his chest..

Nuzzles being pressed into his neck..

A kiss to his jaw..

Shadow’s grip on the throttle tightens, and as a result, launches them straight up into the air at concerning speeds.

Sonic’s hold on him immediately tightens with a “Hey-Woah-Take it easy!!”

Shadow’s eyes are wide and panicky for a moment, slamming the brakes as if that’ll do something only for it to make the damn thing pop a wheelie in the air.

Sonic is nearly thrown off the back, yelping and slinging impossibly tighter to Shadow, “OhmygaiaohmygaiaI’mgonnadie!!”

Shadow looks down at the bright flashing screen beneath him with the alert symbol reading ‘Initiate Stabilizers’ to which he promptly presses with pure trepidation.

But much to his luck and relief, the damn thing slowly teeters forward and stabilizes as promised, Shadow breathing a long sigh of solace to which he feels Sonic simultaneously breathe against the back of his neck.

He thankfully doesn’t react to this closeness by gassing the throttle this time. 

Never again.

“Chaos, Shadow,” Sonic breathes, voice sounding a bit shaky as he forces a nervous little chuckle and tries to come off cool as usual, “You sure know how to show a guy how to have fun.”

“Shut up,” Shadow huffs, glancing back at the hedgehog, “This is why motorbikes shouldn’t fly.”

“Yeah, yeah,” Sonic waves a hand dismissively before returning it to its spot around Shadow’s waist, “Just get flyin’, Mr. Wright. You’ll love it once you’re use to it.”

And while Shadow will never openly admit it, Sonic is right.

Once he gets the hang of it, it’s not so bad. It’s actually almost.. fun. Shadow has rarely flown before outside of in GUN copters or jets or in his Super form, of course. But this was different. It gave him that same high riding his bike did. It was dangerous. It was living. It was addicting.

And it turned out to be pretty damn easy, too, once he wasn’t having a mini-heart attack over his rival’s arms being wrapped around him.

In fact— another thing Shadow would never admit— he kind of.. liked the feeling of Sonic pressed behind him. Those arms around him felt oddly safe and comforting, made him more at ease in the pilot’s seat once he was use to them. And the warmth of Sonic’s chest pressed to his back was nice against the cool winds of the sky. 

Not to mention the hero’s random “Wooohoooo!”s and “Yeehaw!!”s were amusing. Shadow even nearly laughed a few times.

He might just have to get in contact with that fox once he gets back home..

[fstbmp-a]

@dayplays | (prompted this time!)

Metal Rose frowned as she slid across the ground, plumes of flames from her metal heels propelling her along, on her approach to the town. She's grumbling as she looked at the screen sticking out of her arm. A lot of Eggman's spy drones just poofed when they got near this place and, of course, the new employee has to be the one to have to check it out. She wanted to get back to work on her projects on her time off, but here she was having to work overtime for the doctor instead.

"Okay, this should be close enough..." she murmured, form shifting to look like her mobian counterpart proper as the screen recedes back into her chassis.

"Guess I'll have to just continue on foot. The last thing I need is everyone screaming 'oh no, a robot' and throwing things at me." Metal Rose added as she started to walk down the sidewalk toward Tremorton. "I need to ask for a raise at this rate..."

[karma-creations]

ohhh this is such a cool idea!!! thanks for the tag, I'll throw mine in too :D

Matchmaker, Matchmaker — an Amy fic disguised as a Sonadow Hanahaki fic. it focuses on Amy's friendship with Shadow, her unrequited feelings for Sonic, and how she sees herself as she gets mixed up in helping Shadow and Sonic get together. my only long form fic, and my favorite of all my works!

Like Little Soldiers in the Trenches — a Sonadow oneshot that takes place in my Life Series AU! if you're not familiar with the Life Series, this fic includes a short explanation near the start, so it can serve as a good introduction. this is one of three oneshots I've made for this AU; they're all in a series together, so check out the other two if you enjoy this one!

That Optimistic Smile — a short Metamy oneshot from Metal's POV, written for day 1 of Metamy Week 2024 (prompt was Dream)

Gloved Hands — a Sonadow twoshot about Mobian culture surrounding hands and gloves. I've currently only finished the first part, but it still works well as a standalone, so enjoy!

Too Late — a short Surgaze oneshot where both Surge and Blaze were in love with Amy (who is now married to Metal)

Sonic FUCKING Explodes the Local Lowe's — a crackfic written unofficially for the Big Bang in collaboration with @adaplayspiano, @kittyonakeyboard, @rabbitsonthemoon, @niko-jpeg, @catiecat1320, @the-ultimate-summer, and @thewiredgalaxy. absolute nonsense, featuring Mikulise (yes, you read that right) and Memphis Tennessee. go read it

tagging @bimboamyrose, @silvers-starrway, @uselesstaroth, and anyone else who wants to!! (including my fellow thread 69 folks)

Let’s make a basket of fics!

Okay @humanityinahandbag made a great point in their post here. I’ll just drop quick quote which was:

“Let’s all not give the person taking office on TV the attention he so pathetically craves and read a little”[ FANFICTION] “together, shall we?”

I think that’s a spectacular idea and would like to invite and implore our fellow Sonic writers to jump on this post and reblog a link to some of your stories. Old, new, complete or unfinished, anything ya got welcome here. Just a little basket of fics for anyone who needs a brake right now.

So, I’ll just quietly place my (currently 120,000 word) Knuckles and Sonic epic here, into the basket for your consideration.

And if you didn’t click the link above I’m just gonna slide @humanityinahandbag ‘s Shadow whump fic in there too.

To the rest of you. Show me whatcha got!

Tagging a few mutuals for more offerings to the basket: @speedy-1236 @mcfanely @un-pearable @mama-qwerty @nights-nonsensical-ramblings @aphantimes

Protect your mental health. Happy Reading.

[cartoonrival]

you might have talked about this before, but I'd love to know what the Chaotix are like in your AU! I miss the archie crew so bad

YAAA so the whole gang is knux, js, mighty, ray, charmy, espio, and vector. charmy hasn’t gotten back from his colony in my archie reading so idk saffron yet, but considering her position in the story as charmys fiancé and that my version would def have charmy still be 6 (and not a prince), i’m not currently planning on including her but idk maybe her character will really speak to me and ill find a way to rewrite her backstory and fit her in another way.

mighty and ray’s meeting story is a little different, i still like the idea of ray not having any living family left and mighty rescuing him, but instead of the whole prison camp thing i think ray was a survivor in a roboticized town that the chaotix visited (without needing to deal w the echidnaopolis/dingos/good-god-what-is-that debacles they would prob be a bit closer tied to the freedom fighters, but i still Do want to give them their own unique facet of the story instead of just ffs version2. still a wip.). maaaaaybe ray reminds mighty of tilly and thats part of the reason why he takes ray in, but tbh i’m not a big fan of the whole “i only (started to) care about this person because they remind me of someone else i loved.” especially in light of rays anxiety about mighty getting tilly back and being scared tilly would replace him. so still not set in stone why mighty would decide to invite ray to join them. maybe it was just his big ole eyes. he looked very polite

something i kinda wanna explore is the origins of the detective agency, i don’t think id try to involve everyone in it though. it would still just be espio charmy and vector. the three of them eventually move off the island for business reasons, which would lead into why they’re so strapped for cash in a way that doesn’t seem to be affecting knuckles mighty js and ray. because the former three are actually trying to enter an at least somewhat capitalist society (sorry). i’m not sure how it would end up being those 3 specifically though or why they would decide to become detectives. i’m coming up with nearly all of this on the spot because you prompted me to even think hard about it (thank you)

charmy def only came along because when push comes to shove hes their little brother and they couldnt leave him behind, maybe it was esp and vec’s idea to begin with because they started accidentally solving cases and found they were actually good at it, and kinda similar to how they got a lot of work after the metal virus helping ppl find loved ones, they figured they could be of similar help with deroboticized mobians, and the other four just respectfully declined (knux and js for obvious reasons, and mighty just didnt think he was cut out for that sort of thing. and ray is sticking w mighty).

js and knux are def the two most tightly rooted to the island, but js is more prone to cabin fever than knuckles is so she does leave pretty often. usually she tries to get knuckles to come with her and someone else will watch the emerald, but even though knuckles DOES trust his friends he gets kinda antsy if hes away from it for too long or too often, so a lot of the time she leaves by herself or with someone else. archie!chaotix kind of put the story in a position where knuckles didnt have to worry about the master emerald quite as much because he had a bunch of friends who lived on the island and could cycle through guard duty when he wasnt there. it wasnt a BAAAD thing per se but the emerald is such a key part of knuckles character that i feel like if he no longer has to bear that weight alone then the core of his character is lost a bit ToT if you know what im saying. so i dont want him to be quite so willing to just let someone else handle it.

im on the fence about espio's spy backstory w the shinobi, i enjoyed READING it but idk if id want to carry through with it. the idea of him learning stuff that he just keeps from people could be recycled somehow though

[nottheweirdest]

Sonadowtober Day 10: Medieval

This prompt has been the hardest for me so far and I'm not in love with what I made, but eh, hopefully you still enjoy it!

For most a trip to a renaissance fair wouldn't equate a trip down memory lane.

Most people aren't Sonic the Hedgehog.

The clanging sound of metal on metal rang through the air while the smell of cooking meat made Sonic’s mouth water. There was the far away nicker of horses and clucking of chickens, vendors calling out to market their wares, and the babble of young children running underfoot. It was a familiar atmosphere, one he hadn’t expected to come across again.... Well… ever.

And that had been fine really. Leaving Camelot quite literally in the past had been easier than dwelling on the life and… connections he’d left behind.

“You’re quiet,” Shadow said, aimlessly scanning the merchant stalls that lined the straw-covered path they walked. “You haven’t said much at all since we arrived.”

Sonic shrugged, eyes combing over the costumes worn by medieval actors and noting the substantial inaccuracies. “Maybe renaissance fairs aren’t my thing.”

“I thought you were excited.”

Sonic had been. For a moment. When he first saw the flyer advertising the weekend’s main event he’d felt a hopeful lurch, as though the people he’d left behind in another time and place might just be there. That moment just happened to have been the one Shadow saw. He didn’t see the following sag in his shoulders or far off look of pain. “Guess it’s just a little different than I thought it’d be.”

Shadow frowned in concern, eyeing his boyfriend carefully. “We can leave--”

“No! It’s just--”

Sonic’s ears perked forward suddenly, the very distinct sound of steel clashing against steel capturing his attention. His heart soared in recognition, and he darted forward without thought.

Shadow called out for Sonic to wait, but it was no use. The other hedgehog had already disappeared into the crowd.

The dark hedgehog growled and glared at the people who swarmed in his way. He brushed past them roughly, until finally, sensing their impending doom, a path formed around and in front of him. He stalked forward, finally spotting cobalt fur amidst royal purples and hunter greens at the base of wooden stands. “Sonic!” he called out, finally receiving a single backwards glance in acknowledgement.

“They’re doing it wrong,” Sonic said as Shadow joined him. “They’re not even holding the sword right.”

The hybrid looked out to the small sand-filled arena where two Mobians armed with broadswords circled each other, not noticing anything obviously wrong. He returned his gaze to Sonic who stood absolutely transfixed. “I wasn’t aware you had experience in swordsmanship.”

Sonic nodded nervously. “Yeah, I guess I haven’t told you about that, have I?”

“You know how to use a sword?”

“Yup.”

“And are you going to... elaborate on that?”

Sonic finally looked into crimson eyes and Shadow noticed for the first time the tinge of sadness lining his features, putting it together with the distance he’d felt between them since they’d arrived. “Are you afraid to tell me?”

Sonic swallowed hard and looked away, turning back toward the sparring match playing out before them. “Yeah. A little.”

“Why?”

“I don’t want to hurt you.”

Shadow wrapped his arm around Sonic’s waist and kissed the side of his face. “It hurts me to see you hurting. Tell me if you want, but don’t worry about my feelings. I can handle myself.”

The hero hesitated but then finally leaned into Shadow, resting his head on the hybrid’s shoulder as they continued to watch the match. “A while back, years ago now, I got sucked away into another dimension.”

“Ah, a medieval one?”

“You guessed it. There were copies of all our friends there, including….”

Shadow pursed his lips, feeling a flare of jealousy despite himself. “Including me?”

“Yeah. Lance, he uh, he was your double there,” Sonic continued, memories swirling and building in his mind of epic battles and the most devoted of knights. “World saving ensued and then afterwards they crowned me king.”

Shadow couldn’t help the jolt of surprise that ran through him. “King?”

“Yeah, crazy, huh? Me. King. Anyway, I was actually there for a while. Months, almost a year, helping restore order and…”

Inside Shadow felt that knife of possessiveness twist in his gut again. “I see.”

Sonic turned his back toward the escalating fight so he could face his boyfriend. He reached for Shadow’s hands and licked dry lips before continuing. “It wasn’t like that. Well, I mean. It could have been. There were… moments, but I--” Sonic took a deep breath. “I couldn’t stop thinking about you. For all that you looked identical, you were two different people. And I already had feelings for you. Even then.”

Shadow took a moment to process Sonic’s revelation. “Do you… have feelings for him? This doppelganger of mine?”

“Not romantic ones. I love you. The you you are here, in this world, on this planet, with me.”

Shadow’s shoulders relaxed slightly and he pulled his love to him, embracing him in a tight hug. “I can’t blame my double for his interest in you,” he whispered into a blue ear. “Or you your interest in him. I would expect I’m irresistible in any dimension.”

Sonic laughed and pulled away, swatting at Shadow’s shoulder playfully. “I do miss him, and the others. I came to care about them a lot, but being here with you? This thing we have? I wouldn’t trade it for anything.”

“Good,” Shadow said, voice deep and rumbly as he pressed his lips to Sonic’s in a light kiss. “Because I would follow you to any world, or any universe to hold you to that.”

Sonic grinned as he kissed his love.

His one and only.

[neometalmadness]

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— ASK PROMPTS / ACCEPTING ; Send 📂 for a random/useless headcanon.

[[ Neo will often take on a mobian form with their metal shape-shifting abilities if- for whatever reason- they're needed to traverse in public areas. Sometimes this will literally be a mobian version of their form, with a tan muzzle and dark blue fur & white stripes; other times it'll be someone completely unrelated to himself or anyone he's affiliated with ( after copying ALL lifeform data, it's pretty easy to just transform into someone completely random- it helps feel as though they're blending in better when on the rare occasion he is needed to be in public ).

[starfinite]

187 for the prompts?

187. “I know I kissed you before, but I didn’t do it right. Can I try again?”

(Coworkers!au) It’s smoochin’ time my dudes!!!

Starline’s running thoughts were put to a halt once the coffee maker in front of him spewed a squeaking noise. The hot bean juice started pouring into his mug. It kind of put him in a trance... He had began to stare at nothing for a few seconds until he forced himself to tear his gaze away; checking on the jackal behind him.

The one he had kissed just a few hours earlier sat at one of the empty tables. It was always hard to read his expressions with the metal mask over his face. But as Starline observed Infinite stare at a wall, the more he knew Infinite was probably still thinking about their kiss. Or maybe it was a really interesting wall... ?

Infinite suddenly locked eyes with Starline. The platypus’ fur at his neck prickled a bit. His face grew hot at being caught staring. The coffee maker’s chime sounded- indicated it was done. Starline let out a nervous cough as he quickly returned his focus back on the mug. He silently cursed at himself for making that awkward move. “You could have said something witty. ANYTHING really,” he thought.

Instead, Infinite spoke.

“May we kiss again?”

Starline turned to him again with a blank look. He replied, “... Come again?”

The jackal stood and made his way over to the platypus’ side, he had a slight limp to his walk due to the past fight’s injuries that still linger. “I know I kissed you before, but I didn’t do it right,” he said quietly. “Can I... Can we try again?”

He had to process that request a bit... Then he understood. Both of their snoots were on the elongated side. So mobian couples would usually have some adjusting to do if they were to kiss properly. A small amount of head tilting here and there. The kiss they had earlier probably felt a bit odd on Infinite’s end, which is why he wanted to try again. (A/N: this is a callout post cuz drawing mobians kissing is HARD. >:T )

Infinite backed off from Starline’s silence. “Apologies... If you don’t want to, it’s fine. I don’t mean to-“

“No!!” Starline blurted. “No, I uh- Yes. We may try again-“ he started to go off topic “- ‘May’ would be the correct term, by the...” He trailed off as he watched Infinite lift his mask to have it rest on the bridge of his nose. They were still in the break-room, so Infinite isn’t comfortable with fully taking his mask off. Oh how Starline longed to see that face later, as they both knew he was one of the few people Infinite is comfortable enough with seeing his face.

Infinite drew closer, reaching out to gently and even floating a few inches off the floor, to rest a clawed hand on Starline’s shoulder and the other against his cheek. He tilted his head ever so slightly and leaned in. Starline felt his own tension melt away, taking a soft hold on the other’s hips, closing his eyes, and meeting him halfway.

The break-room was silent again. But this time it smelled like coffee.... And had two defeated villains kissing in it.

Starline drew away after some heatbeats, but still held the jackal. He felt warm all over just like earlier. “Was that uhm... better?” He asked.

“A bit,” Infinite replied with a small shrug. “But I’d still like to try another...”

The platypus raised an eyebrow at that. Again? Was that kiss odd for the other as well? “Alright,” he said before sharing yet another kiss. “Any better??”

“Hm... I’m still not sure,” Infinite said, now with a hint of amusement in his voice and a clear smile on his snoot. “Maybe a few more, if you will. Then I’ll let you know.”

At that point, Starline began to catch on. A bamboozled platypus he was. They squinted at him. “My coffee is getting cold, Finny.”

“There’s microwaves for a reason, Docotor.” Infinite leaned in again. “Coffee can wait.”

[unlackeyed]

begonia : how cautious is your muse ? are they prone to noticing red flags , or paranoid to the point of untrusting most everyone ? why or why not ?

❥     𝐁𝐎𝐓𝐀𝐍𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐋 𝐇𝐄𝐀𝐃𝐂𝐀𝐍𝐎𝐍𝐒    [   𝚆𝙾𝚁𝙳 𝙿𝚁𝙾𝙼𝙿𝚃𝚂    ]   .

headcanon prompts with questions based on plants   &   what they represent in flower language .  happy roleplaying !!  ♡

Oh this is such a great question, thank you.

So Snively’s very name is derisively aimed: toward him. His real legal name is Colin, and he secretly still wishes people would call him by that name, but his father decided to rename him (not officially, but so often referring to him by that name that it stuck, and even Robotnik, his uncle, who initially treated him well, picked up the habit).  Literally from birth, he was accustomed to being castigated or demeaned, down to his very name. 

This’ll give you a good idea of how much trust he is able to muster, in the basic kindnesses of others.  I once wrote a fanfiction detailing his redemption and assumption of the honorary mantle of a Freedom Fighter, and the day that the Freedom Fighters (Resistance in games canon) realized the depth of psychological damage done to Snively was when he showed up at 7 in the morning with a full deroboticizer repair briefing and apologized, literally groveled, for still having some bugs to work out, when he had been working on the problem for the entire night.  They realized this, by Robotnik’s standards, was “laziness,” and worthy of (at the very least) corporal punishment and verbal abuse.

Snively spent his adolescence and young adulthood as Robotnik’s Second-in-Command, and the price of that position of power was constant systematic punishment for any act of personal agency.  Speaking out of turn? Get a slap across the mouth, or go step really really close to the ledge of the bridge overlooking the metal grinder.  Fond of that shirt? Burn it. Proud of your hair? Shave it bald.  Fail to catch the Hedgehog? Congrats, you get to drink toilet water while I watch, or maybe I won’t let you relieve yourself for twelve hours. Remember, you’re always one step away from being roboticized, Snively, I keep you organic because having a lackey doing my bidding who isn’t even a mindless robot is fun and novel and gives me a sick power rush.  And so on. 

The abuse really was egregious and Robotnik’s standards both impossible and erratic, his temper legendary. So now Snively has learned how to make himself as small and quiet as possible around new people, because in his distorted and wounded world view, trust is a liability, and an opening for further abuse. Living things really do learn from environmental conditioning.  So both literally and figuratively, he shrinks himself and learns to watch, and to collect information on everyone around him like leverage  should they ever, inevitably in his eyes, turn on him.  At heart he is a wounded child who is jealous of the way all those around him seemingly find ways to be positively affirmed for doing good work and just having intrinsic value.  

His paranoia eases the longer he’s in the company of good Mobians, and out from under the thumb of his uncle, even though he sometimes struggles with his PTSD and Attachment Disorder in maladaptive ways (avoidance, substance abuse).  Making friends with similar interests (computers and mechanics) who, with time, simply prove him wrong by never betraying him, will go a long way to changing his view of the world as inherently ungrateful and dangerous. 

[ninjakasuga]

Sonally Headcanons (My Answers to my own prompts)

Welp, I posted the prompts and utterly forgot to add my own answer list. XD So with that idiocy out of the way here we go! Hope you enjoy my answers @gojira007 and anybody else tagged early who maybe interested! 1: Pet Names? Aside from the ‘Sal’ nickname Sonic has always given our favorite Princess; I personally see a few unique nicknames between the two crop up over time as their romance blossoms. Sonic being the quip-meister he is mixes affection with a bit of humor giving us ‘Honey-Munk’ or ‘Fiery Red’. Sally naturally isn’t one to not give her own spin in kind with titles such as ‘Greeny Eyes’ or ‘Hunky-Hog’. Both aiming for endearing but also teasing the other with cheese when not using more ‘traditional’ romantic pet names like honey or darling. Keep them both on their toes. 2: Habits as a couple they develop together? When sitting together and they have a free hand, they instantly go for a hand-hold on reflex. Another one I see them developing is little touches or pets of affection; another ingrained reflex after a time. Say Sonic is about to walk away, he gives Sally’s hair a little playful pet and flick. Another instance is either of them giving the other a quick peck be it greeting, leaving or they have a mutual eureka moment. 3: Favorite ways their significant other shows their affection for them? Sally finds that as much as Sonic’s spontaneous behavior can be exasperating, it can also be endearing when applied in certain ways. Like a back or shoulder rub here and there, when she’s stressed. Pick-me ups when she’s down in the dumps and as corny or awful some of his ballads are, the effort is endearing for Sally. On Sonic’s end, he enjoys Sally just going on runs with him. No mission, no need for any ceremony, he just pops over, asks if she wants to hang, she agrees and they run off and just, enjoy the day. Probably make out somewhere in private too XD.     

4: Their least favorite trait about the other that often causes occasional friction Stubbornness is something both suffer from and it their unique flavors of it can be the force that drives them up a wall. Be it Sonic’s impulsive behavior, or Sally being too cautious, if they don’t see eye to eye, sometimes it takes awhile before they reach a compromise. Sometimes it comes fast, others, not so much and when it doesn’t both need space to cool off. 5: The moment they fully realized they were in love with the other? This varies from continuity to continuity; but ultimately I feel the mutual feelings of love blossomed naturally and so organically neither truly grasped it until something just happened to push their feelings from the back of their mind, and into the foreground. Whatever this catalyst was it shakes them up into realizing their lives could easily snuff out one day and the regret of not saying the deep-down feelings to one another shakes one or both into a confession and it spills from their into ‘daaw’ territory.   6: How the marriage proposal goes and who asks first? I myself see Sonic being the one to ask. Not so much out of a traditional romantic gesture; but it’s his nature to grab life by the horns and juice and jam onward. Once he sets his mind to it; he goes for it. Whether he actually plans a nice romantic moment, or something more subtle is up in the air. Whatever and however it goes, Sonic is the first to ask. 

7: Kids, if yes how many? Assuming they want kids (and I believe they do), I honestly see them being happy having however many they wish. In terms of planned children, they’d aim for one and go from there. Given they would only think to have children would be after the war, depending on how busy they are with any rebuilding efforts or in Sally’s case, running a Kingdom, would probably factor into their mindset of however many kids. I could see Sonic envisioning a big family, but happy to settle for one, to two or three once the ‘new baby shine’ wears off. Sally would want to be sure she could actually spend time and help raise the children so I see her being practical about the number of potential kids from the get-go. Now for the NSFW Prompts; simply click to read below~.

Something Each of Them Does that Turns On the Other Like Crazy:  Sally likes to groom/nibble Sonic’s ears (a trait squirrels do with their mates), and play with his quills, especially tugging ones in certain places that seems to light his fires. Sonic likes to play with her tail, and enjoys peppering her neck with kisses, especially after finding a certain spot. A kiss, lick or nibble there often seems to get the point across.   Favorite Positions: Sally has come to enjoy cowgirl very much, and Sonic does too. She enjoys the thrill of the position, and he enjoys watching her move, along with her leaning over him so he can enjoy looking up into her beautiful face. Mainly they enjoy positions where they can look into each other’s eyes and just, see each other. That said, in the lazy mornings, they enjoy ‘very’ intimate spooning. If they’re in ‘crazed heat’ lust mode, anything goes so long as they screw each other silly and happily. Most positions making ‘tail grabs’ easy is also equally liked by both. Who Instigated Their First Time: Sally, mainly due to Sonic not being show HOW to broach the subject for worry he might come off too eager if he’s the one to suggest it. For all his bravado he has some worries about starting a dialogue about sex, since he’s heard numerous mixed-messaged tales of men instigating sexual overtures and it not ending well. Sally in a strange twist of almost sensing this was the case with Sonic; but also reaching a boiling point with her own horniness toward him, just straight up asks him if he’s ever thought about having sex with her. After an awkward silence, the two open up and things progress naturally to both their mutual relief and satisfaction. Fantasies Either Would Like To Make Happen: On Angel Island, finding some of the old ruins Sonic recalled from his first adventure when he met Knuckles. There was a high lookout with the remains of a room. Find that look out, make camp, and make love while enjoying the view of the sun-set, and sun-rise from that tower. With a small thrill of avoiding Knuckles or the Chaotix stumbling across them. Another one is making love in the Ring Lake; but how to do it without being caught they don’t know yet. A Discreet Gesture That’s Code For ‘Come Hither….’: Tail grabs, the instant nobody is looking someone gets a grab, and that signals its times to vamoose and make some noise. If a tail grab isn’t possible, they playfully run their fingers along the others arm, and make eye contact, with a blink and a wink being the confirmation signal. Got Walked In On By Any Of Their Friends And If So Who: That unexpected pleasure, I subscribe to being Bunnie. Her great hearing does her a disservice when she walks by Sally’s hut and hears.... heavy breathing. Thinking something might have happened to Sally, she marched in to make sure her best friend was okay. The flimsy lock was no match for her bionic arm (and she thought it was a serious situation, so ask forgiveness later if all’s well), and well. Thankfully Sally was okay, but Bunnie was given a very...clear view of things she didn’t intend to see, and to some degrees, wanted to unsee. All three parties agreed to try and forget it happened; but alas sometimes Bunnie has to bite her lip and force down recollection of that day. Of course if this is a story where she’s seeing someone, and her own lower section isn’t metal, well you get the idea. Who’s the Hornball Between the Two of Them: That’s very much a back and forth between Sally and Sonic. Sometimes one or the other is more hot and in the moment, and sometimes both are mutually wanting to love the other into a quivering pile of blissful Mobian. Sally however surprises both herself and Sonic with how craven she can be. The STRESS she is under can be immense, and not to say Sonic isn’t under any himself but Sally takes so much weigh upon herself that she is wound tight. So when the two start to become intimate; sex becomes not just a new way to show their love, but also pleasurable stress-relief. 

[smoochesforghost]

If you could assign Sonic characters (or OCs) to Legend of Zelda roles, who would you choose for what and why?

mm,, after playing satbk and ss either excalibur would be fi/the master sword or maybe nicole (or omochao if were going for similarities),, 

i imagine the sonic crew would be the knight academy kids (team sonic, team rose, team chaotix/vector (silver, blaze), team dark,, and the IDW gang (diamond cutters, jewel, tangle, etc.)) sonic would likely be link,, with the recurring enemy shtick ghirahim has hyper metal would probably fill that role (or neo metal),, not sure about who would fill the role of zelda yet,, 

mm,, groose cawlin n strich would be the babylon rogues (with the constant rivalry and later alliance),, the headmaster would probably be old man owl (bc kaepora gaepora,,),, uncle chuck would probably run the scrap shop/fill gondos role (with shard being scrapper),, ebony n pyjamas would run either the potion shop (or the fortune telling booth,, both,, both is good,,) or the lumpy pumpkin,, 

scourge n his crew,, unsure,, honey n breezie too,, and the aquatic mobians,, mm,,

eggman,, demise,, (the imprisoned being his self-inspired mechs like egg emperor or smth like that,,)

the bosses would probably be the same but mechanised/roboticised(?),, mm,, thats all i can think of right now but!! ill update either this post or make another when i think of more!!

if you fellas have any ideas/prompts/suggestions do feel free to share!!

[mobius-prime]

61. Sonic Quest Miniseries #1

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The Death Egg Saga - Book One: Scrambled

Writer: Mike Gallagher Pencils: Manny Galan Colors: Kyle Hunter

Intro pages are back! This one is fairly generic, just reminding us of the basic story behind Robotnik and the Freedom Fighters, as well as the recent rescue of King Acorn. One thing you may also notice in this issue is that art and panel layout has gotten a lot more dynamic! As the story of the comics started to get a little more intense, the artists began going for panels and art that was less strictly confined to neat boxes, and as a result it's a lot more visually interesting, something I appreciate.

Anyway, Sally has elected to call Geoffrey back in to Knothole following her father's rescue, and despite Sonic's dislike of him, he is brought into the room where they are keeping King Acorn to see the situation for himself, as he used to be captain of the king's royal guard.

The Freedom Fighters are keeping the king's rescue a strict secret from the rest of Knothole due to his condition. He's delirious and rambling to himself, and strangely, his skin has begun crystallizing and looking much like a Chaos Emerald, which they theorize is due to him becoming acclimated to the Zone of Silence during his banishment there, and thus becoming severely ill here in the ordinary world. Sonic, upon seeing his emerald-like skin, opts to try exposing him to his billionth ring, hoping it will have an effect.

Of course, things are never that easy. But their brief success prompts Sally to send two teams away to search for as many rings as they can find - one team of Bunnie and Antoine, who will go searching in the Great Forest for the true Lake of Rings that Sonic fell into in StH #38, and another team of Sonic and Tails, who will go inspect the smaller lake near Robotropolis that Sonic and Knuckles battled at in the Super Sonic vs. Hyper Knuckles special. Man, they're really trying to tie all this together, aren't they?

The heroes can never catch a break, however, as Robotnik is up to his usual schemes, plotting their demise and inventing new doomsday devices and whatnot. This time, he apparently has something hovering in the air that he's going to finish up on, and thus leaves Robotropolis in the hands of Snively, an extremely wise decision given that Snively has never tried to seize power from him before or anything.

Well, at least he's not trying to take over the world himself this time. Hopefully he can keep the residents of Robo- uh, I mean Snivopolis out of trouble for the time being.

Sonic and Tails arrive at the site of the lake only to find a strange metal dome has been constructed over it. Since their old camera trained on the site was destroyed in an explosion some time ago, Sonic decides to let Tails keep an eye on the site while he runs off to fine Carl Condor, a Mobian who apparently lives nearby and may have seen something. Not ten seconds after Sonic leaves, a big tube comes down from the heavens, sucks up a bunch of rings from beneath the dome, and then for good measure sucks Tails up as well.

Sonic, c'mon man! Your hastiness led to this. If you'd waited even a little bit longer, or tried to report in to Sally right away or something, you would have been there to save him from this.

Unfortunately, now that Sonic's out on his own he's got his own problems to deal with. First, a strange solar eclipse begins, which baffles Sonic because there shouldn't be any eclipses occurring on this part of the planet right now. Second, Carl Condor has been roboticized and now "Condorbot" is coming at him to fight. Third, Sonic loses this fight. Badly.

Hey, what's that eclipsing the sun…? It looks familiar…

Hey, it's the Death Egg! Despite this thing first appearing in a Sonic game all the way back in Sonic 2, four years before this issue was released, it's only just now made its first appearance. Apparently, this thing is what sucked up the rings and Tails, and it's powerful enough to roboticize the entire planet in one fell swoop… somehow. And now that both Sonic and Tails have been captured, albeit in totally different ways, they're being taken aboard this thing, and therefore straight to Robotnik! Oh no! How will they ever escape? *checks how many hundreds of issues we have left till the end of the preboot* …eeaahhh, I'm sure they'll figure something out!

[metallumdash]

@wrld-heroes​ (SILVER) || IT’S TIME TO DIE. (PROMPT)

          Silver the Hedgehog.

          Ever since his arrival, ever since his interference, he has been a thorn in the Doctor’s side. Silver has some of the strongest abilities any mobian has ever seen - the power to use his MIND as a weapon. Telekinesis, thought-reading, flying, chaos sensitivity - he had it all, and he used it extremely well.

          Initially, Eggman was hesitant to send Metal Sonic after him. He has always worried Eggman with his abilities, proving to be more of a force of nature to deal with than the standard, superfast hedgehog... but recent upgrades to Proxy has made significant changes to those odds. With the chaos emerald embedded in his systems, the robian now had control over the same energy that Silver used to his advantage...

          Did he know that? Maybe not. That’s what Proxy would use to his advantage.

          It’s nighttime in the frozen wastes - Eggman had a plan from the very start. Lure him. One weakness Silver had was that he was more naive than someone like Sonic or Tails - or hell, even Knuckles. That meant that a ploy to get him to arrive exactly where Proxy needs him to be would be simpler than one would think.

          Of course, they needed the bait. And what better bait to use than the same Wolf he had grown closer to recently?

             Mimic’s work had come in handy. Stalking the Wolf and figuring out who she had relations with meant that he could supply with Eggman with the exact information he needed to get someone like Silver to any place Eggman would need him.

          A transmission was sent to the resistance base Silver occupied, a video message with a bound, wounded Whisper sitting alone in a dark room surrounded by robots. Her words were simple, but pained. She struggled to speak, but her words managed to make it through the audio feed.

                                                  “ S--Silver... he wants.. you.. “

          Another beautiful use Mimic had was the ability to copy others - and their voices. When the video streaming was done, Mimic knew his part of the job was done - what better way to get into Whisper’s head than to continue slaying the people she cared about? But like hell if he was going to be the one to engage Silver. He had to leave it to the assassin to take care of it.

          Speaking of the assassin...

          There Proxy sat in the shadows, watching as the decoy that was created specifically to resemble Whisper sat in the same place the video took place. No sooner did an hour pass that Silver broke through a massive metal gate within the foundry, a pained look on his face when he saw ‘Whisper’ sitting alone, wounded, on the chair.

          ‘Whisper!’ He cried, dashing through the air and landing beside the decoy. He couldn’t read her mind. At first, he thought it was because she was unresponsive. Still as stone. He hesitantly reaches forward, trying to touch her. ‘Whisper...?’

          BOOM!

          The decoy explodes - but not conventionally. Parts of its ‘body’ open up to reveal technological devices designed purely to emit expulsions of energy that were specifically designed to deal with Silver’s influence over Chaos Energy. The initial burst is enough to send a sharp hammer of pain through the hedgehog’s skull, causing him to fall backwards and yell as his head pounded with incomparable agony.

          The moment he’s downed, Proxy flies in. He immediately moves in to grapple Silver by his arms. His maneuver is calculated and deadly. The moment he has the hedgehog’s arms in his hands, he thrusts a foot into Silver’s back and YANKS will all the force he could muster. The action immediately dislocates Silver’s arms, rendering them useless. The poor hedgehog’s screams of agony fill the foundry, his mind still drawing blanks at the distortions within his mind cause him to see doubles, triples, quadruples of everything.

          Silver falls to the floor, wheezing, groaning, eyes clenched shut and teeth bared to show an angry grimace. He forces one eye to open, barely managing to make out the metal menace himself. Rage fills his mind, he struggles to do something, CRUSH HIM WITH ALL HIS MIGHT, but nothing happens. His mind has been scrambled, his abilities have been weakened to nothing. He was putty in the robian’s hands now.

          Proxy reaches down, gripping Silver by the neck and hoisting him up. His feet kick, weakly impacting the center of Proxy’s sternum as he struggles to escape his clutches.

          “ Damn you! “ He snarls, teeth bared with such visceral anger. “WHAT DID YOU DO TO HER?!”

          Proxy almost feels the need to laugh. How easy it was to fool him like this - one would think it no easier than fooling a child like CREAM. His grip on his neck grows tighter.

| I'ᗪ ᗷᕮ ᗰOᖇᕮ ᑕOᑎᑕᕮᖇᑎᕮᗪ ᗯITᕼ ᗯᕼᗩT'S ᗩᗷOᑌT TO ᕼᗩᑭᑭᕮᑎ TO YOᑌ. |

| ᕮGGᗰᗩᑎ SᕮᑎᗪS ᕼIS ᖇᕮGᗩᖇᗪS. |

                                                    CRAK!

          All at once, Silver’s movements stop. He croaks, eyes wide, mouth agape. His neck is askew, broken by the metal hedgehog’s brutal grip. Once Proxy was sure his body was as limp as a noodle in his hands, the hedgehog is tossed off to the side, thrown full force against a deactivated robot. His body, limp on the floor, completely unresponsive, is stepped on by the Robian, just to ensure he wouldn’t be getting back up.

| ᗰISSIOᑎ ᗩᑕᑕOᗰᑭᒪISᕼᕮᗪ. |

| TᗩᖇGᕮT ᕮᒪIᗰIᑎᗩTᕮᗪ. ᖇᕮTᑌᖇᑎIᑎG TO ᗷᗩSᕮ. |

          One less FLY to threaten the empire. The resistance has lost one of their MANY crutches.

[disrepairhouse]

Chapter 28 - Wavering Loyalty

Zero stared down at the stasis capsule and scanned the nearby computer to check the life signs of the tiny hedgehog inside to make sure she was at least alive.  The glow that had surrounded her had dimmed considerably, as the Doctor hypothesized it would, but even the stasis tube was having a hard time keeping the temperature down enough not to melt the wires connected to the strange anomaly.  She’d been badly injured during the crash, as expected, but oddly enough only sustained minor burns from the explosion itself. Most of her injuries came from being tossed around the metal room during the landing.  The Doctor thought it best to keep her under closer observation, but also at a safe distance to avoid putting themselves in further danger in case of another episode.  Between the danger she posed and the injuries she sustained, they decided it best to put her under until further decisions could be made.

Not even Dr. Robotnik had seen powers or abilities quite like hers and seemed both intrigued and pressed to find a way to deal with it. There was a distinctly sinister tone to his voice while theorizing that Zero wasn’t overly fond of.  He’d been unsure of the Doctor since his initial reawakening, but he’d grown ever more suspicious with each incident. The child’s reaction to him had been the largest source.  However, he wouldn’t defect until he had properly evaluated the situation. He didn’t want to put himself at risk of retaliation and possibly lose his only way home and, in the meantime, there were more pressing issues.  The repair of the ship and the retrieval of the emeralds the Doctor lost in the crash were the highest priority.

He checked the computer once more to confirm that it was still capable of containing the hedgehog’s power and turned back towards the door to leave the lab.  Luckily, Robotnik had an old base somewhat near the crash site and they were able to move into and reactivate, which would easily cut the repair time of the ship in half. Zero wasn’t all that sure why the Doctor would have another base so far from his main operating base or why there were so many deactivated robots left in it, but when he questioned Robotnik about it he didn’t get much in the way of an answer.  Instead, Robotnik put him in charge of watching over the hedgehog and seeing to the repairs of the ship.  He thought his abilities were better suited to tracking down the missing emeralds, but Robotnik assured him the bots that were sent after them would be plenty enough.  However, with the news of Sonic being on the move again, Zero had his doubts.  He’d seen the destruction the blue hedgehog could cause and didn’t think the basic robots sent out would be nearly enough to handle him should they cross his path.

But he would focus on the task at hand and, should anything happen, he could easily go after them later himself.  He hadn’t had an opportunity to face this Sonic yet and he looked forward to it.  Though there was another mobian -no, he was likely a robot- that Zero looked forward to facing even more.  A red echidna that was likely to come to him, if the Doctor was to be believed.  If the Doctor was correct about the rogue robots, Zero was certainly better off remaining near the lab, after all.

After exiting the lab containing the hedgehog girl, Zero moved down several twisting hallways until he reached a large hanger door and pressed the code into the nearby panel and entering the vast, open area behind it. The ruined carrier had been pulled here by many of the reactivated robots, which were quickly set to work repairing it.  Similar to a degree to the reploids back home, many of these robots had minimal AIs, built for a specific purpose and followed command without question.  It seemed, despite having the ability to create advanced AI, Robotnik had only put it to its full use twice: One of which he’d believed to be destroyed long ago, and the other had gone rogue relatively recently.

Zero crossed several yards to the destroyed carrier to study the progress on its repair, met before long by one of the bulkier robots amongst the group.  The larger bot gave him a precise update: damage reports, needed materials, and an estimate on time to completion, then returned to its position at a nearby console to return to its work supervising the others.  The carrier was a few days away from being ready for departure, but Zero expected as much from his own initial analysis.  Though, admittedly, he wasn’t sure what Robotnik wanted him doing regarding the carrier.  There seemed to be plenty of bots for the manual work and there was the larger bot already overseeing everything and keeping a record of the progress.  Zero wasn’t sure where he was needed with the process.

Perhaps he should check in with Robotnik, himself, for now.  The child was safe in the stasis tube, repairs were going as they should, and there were no signs of outside interruption thus far.  There were, however, signs of activity in the city nearby and Zero suspected it had something to do with their initial reason for coming and wanted to investigate the matter.  If it would expedite his going home, his time was better spent in the city than standing around at the base.

Zero reached the main console room and entered the large double doors (having been given access to each area upon arrival, as with the last base), then walked over to the large chair the Doctor draped over.  As usual, he was staring up at multiple screens across a long display that wrapped halfway around the room but was only observing for the time being.  He hardly even turned when Zero approached but acknowledged his presence once he did.

“How go repairs?”

“As expected, it’ll be a few days still before it’s ready to fly again.”

“And the hedgehog?”

“Inactive, though even the stasis tube is struggling to keep her temperature normalized.”  Robotnik gave a grunt of a response and silence fell once more, prompting Zero to speak up again, “there’s been considerable activity in the nearby city. It may be related to the monster you mentioned.  I believe it’d be best for me to look into it while we wait.”

Robotnik remained silent, as if mulling it over, before shaking his head and turning the chair around to face him.  “No, it’s best if you stay here.  This base is outdated.  I’ve been able to activate most of its defense systems, but should something come directly for us, you’re our best line of defense.  Sonic is on the move, if he shows up, I’d rather you be here to deal with him.”

Zero struggled to keep the displeasure off his face; he was getting tired of waiting around all the time.  He’d only agreed to assist the Doctor under the promise that he could get him back home, that he was the only one with the knowledge and technology to do that.  But the constant waiting and defensive maneuvers were directly impeding on that progress. He wasn’t here as Robotnik’s personal bodyguard!  He was here incidentally and wanted nothing to do with the raging mobian-human war.  It wasn’t his place to intercede, he only wanted to return home.  The only reason he offered to help as much as he had was because he thought it was what X would have done.  But Robotnik seemed less trustworthy every moment and his patience was growing thin.

Perhaps it was time to get a second opinion, after all.

“I’m going to look in on the child again, then,” Zero explained, turning on his heel to leave.

“Good, she may be the most useful tool we’ve found yet, especially with the loss of the Chaos Emeralds.  If we can get that under control…”  Zero didn’t hear the rest of the sentence as the sliding doors slammed shut behind him, cutting the thought off.  Tool.  He didn’t much care for that terminology.  She wasn’t one of his robots, she was an organic child, dangerous as she may be.  Her powers were a curiosity, for sure, and he was wary about giving her another opportunity to use them against them, but he had grown more wary of the Doctor recently. Perhaps the child’s appearance was his true opportunity in the strange world.  She at least seemed more willing to drop the façade than Robotnik.

He entered and locked the door upon reaching the lab, not wanting to be interrupted or allow her possible escape, and pressed in the code to slow the tranquilizers as he crossed over to the console.  He kept the temperature control on, and the tube closed, in hopes to minimize the damage as much as possible in case she responded violently.  Once her vital signs picked up again, he moved beside the tube, standing over it and watching carefully, waiting for signs of a response, mostly watching the glow around her legs to watch for a reaction.  Luckily, it remained the same even as the small girl slowly awakened.

She was drowsy at first, as expected, but the more aware of her surroundings she became, the more she panicked, causing the crystals -which had nearly vanished by this point- and the glow to spark up again. She stared up at him, wide eyed and terrified, her eyes darting wildly around her, and it occurred to Zero that waking up behind glass may cause more panic than he expected.  He reached over to open the tube glass, and watched the girl immediately attempt to scramble away the second it did.  Not wanting her to move any further than necessary, he reached over and pushed her back down, holding her still as he explained the situation.

“Calm down, you’re in no danger so long as you don’t try to attack,” he explained flatly, her wild purple and green eyes darted to him as she struggled against his grip.  She eventually realized that she was going nowhere, however, and stopped struggling, though kept her watering eyes glued to him. He took that as a sign she was listening and continued, “Make no mistake, the second you show signs of aggression, I’ll put you back under.  You caused enough damage, to the ship and yourself, in the first blast, I’d rather avoid a repeat.”  Confusion and pain spread across her face and almost as if the mention of her injuries was what brought them to her attention, not her thrashing around.

After a moment of silence, she looked up at him again, considerably calmer but still clearly in pain and confused, and questioned, “What… blast?”

He had wondered if she had even been aware of the situation, herself, but now he supposed he had his answer.   He watched her cautiously then threatened her once again should she start to panic, but removed his hand from her and sat in a nearby chair once she promised to keep still. He had a feeling it would be a long chat.  “During the fly over, after you fell asleep, you suddenly began to emit a substantial amount of heat. I’m guessing the source of which was from your legs,” he motioned towards the still somewhat glowing limbs and she looked down to study them.  Her eyes widened in shock, but then dropped and moved to the side.  So she knew the cause of it, at least.

“You nearly melted the room you were in until it exploded, taking out half the carrier and causing a crash.  Strangely enough, most of your injuries were sustained during the crash, rather than the heat.  After landing and moving to a functional nearby base, we decided it safest, for both you and us, to put you in a temperature-controlled stasis.”

Itara’s brows furrowed, considering what he was saying as she was still trying to shake the grogginess from her head.  She could barely remember the contents of her dream anymore, only that it had been upsetting, but the idea that she caused an explosion during her sleep…

She shook her head. She didn’t want to think about it anymore.  Instead, she looked up at Zero again, “So… w-why… wake me up?”

“For the same reason I brought you along in the first place; you have answers I want.  That said, the Doctor isn’t aware I’ve woken you up so your cooperation would benefit us both this time around.”  Itara mutedly stared at him in further confusion, so he continued, “As I mentioned before, I’m not from your world-- I have no interest in your world. I’m here entirely on accident, I’m sure, and my only interest is returning home.  I was badly damaged when I first arrived here and Robotnik repaired me and offered to help get me home.  However, there have been several stalls and impediments in that process and, quite frankly, I’m growing tired of them.

“This latest incident, for example, is setting us back considerably and the Doctor seems more concerned with protecting his base than looking into the activity here.”  He eyed the hedgehog sharply to make sure his point got across, “And seeing as you’re the cause of that, you ought to help make up the difference.  You and Robotnik both know more than you’re letting on and I want answers now.  Tell me what you know, or I’ll take it from you by force.”

Itara stared up at him, equally confused and terrified, to see no sign of empty threat in his furious blue eyes.  She looked away and gave it a moment of thought, trying to calm herself down, still a bit dizzy from the stasis, but gave her head a light shake.  “Okay… okay,” she turned back, frowning, “y-you’re right.  I know a… a lot, a lot more than most, really.  I can’t explain everything, though, there are… not because… not just because there’s a lot even I don’t know, but…”  She shut her eyes and curled up a little again, “but because there are… things out there, far more terrifying than even you or Robotnik.”

Zero watched her carefully, taking note of the stutter and wondering if it was because of the situation or if it was consistent.  Both times he’d crossed her path, she’d been in danger, so it was hard to tell.  But at least she agreed to answer his questions.  Finally.  “Fine, then let’s start simple.  Who are you?  And I don’t want your name.  You’re no mere organic, the hole in our ship explained that well enough, I want what you really are.”  She looked up at him, apprehension filling every detail of her face, he added, “I will keep it from Robotnik, if that’s what you’re worried about.”

Her face twisted slightly as she considered it, though he understood to a degree.  If she truly was something other than a normal mobian, she had no reason to trust him with that information.  She had no reason to trust he wouldn’t immediately tell Robotnik, either, but he didn’t have time to assure her otherwise.  Finally, she sighed, and he wondered if she would continue playing coy.

“I’m… You really can’t tell Robotnik any of this, he can’t know, but… you’re right, I’m not… normal. I never have been.  I was, in fact, created… by Robotnik, technically, or rather, by one of his robots, in a past no one remembers.  I have powers no one else does, but I…”  She considered keeping the fact that she couldn’t control them from him, but knew that was pointless by now, “As you guessed, I can’t control them.  Robotnik tried to harness them once and brought about the end of the world in the process, the reason he doesn’t know now is because… the timeline was reset. No one remembers but me.  Given the opportunity, he’d likely try it again, which is why he can’t know.  He can’t be trusted.”

Zero studied her expression, searching for the lie or the coverup, but once he was sure she was telling the truth, or at least that she believed she was telling the truth, he considered the answer.  “Timelines… are you telling me you have some sort of time power, in addition to… this?”  He waved, rather incredulous, towards the various crystals and glowing.  She nodded, slowly, cautiously, her eyes remaining locked to her burning legs. “Crystals, heat, and time powers?  Just what are you?”

The question was so accusatory and bewildering, Itara barely managed to contain her wince.  “T-to be fair… the heat is… new… even to me.”  She had a feeling she knew where it was coming from, but she couldn’t be sure.  She looked up and explained, “but yes, I… I used to be able to travel through time.  But I haven’t had access to my powers for… awhile.  Not since the reset. If I had access to them, you never would have captured me.  I used to know the optimal path to success, I used to know what to do to get what I wanted, but I no longer do.  This is all I can do anymore,” she waved towards the crystals before dropping her arm heavily again, the distraught written clearly across her face.  She shook her head, going silent again and looking away from him, “That’s all I can tell you about that, though.  My powers are tied to something else, something far scarier than you, so that’s all I can tell you.”

Zero remained silent, considering everything.  Scarier things than him, huh?  If she wasn’t lying about her powers bringing about the end of the world, perhaps she was best left in stasis, after all.  Then again, there were other potentially world-shattering powers acting up lately as well that seemed far less cooperative than the tiny, frustrated child.  “What do you know of Chaos and the emeralds, then?”

Itara glanced back up at him, curious, but looked down to respond, “Chaos… he’s one of the three Gods that watch over the world, specifically he’s a Water God and the Guardian of the Chao and the emeralds. We’re… near Station Square, right?”

“Correct.”

“There’s an island near here called Angel Island where Chaos resides with the Guardian of the Master Emerald.  He destroyed this city once before, about twenty years ago, you can ask Robotnik who caused that.”   She shook her head and looked up again, watching him from the corner of her eye. There had to be a reason Robotnik was headed for Station Square again.  Supposedly, he’d learned his lesson about upsetting Chaos, but if Zero was asking now… “Why?”

“These gems, the Chaos Emeralds, what power do they hold?”

“Enough that Robotnik and Sonic are basically always in a battle to see who can keep hold of them the longest.  Even the other Gods, Gaia and Solaris, have sought their use before, though Chaos has the most control over them.  Why?”

“We have been on the hunt for these Chaos Emeralds since I arrived, Robotnik assures me they’re the key to getting me home, but they’ve been difficult to procure.  We had three, before the crash, but they’ve since gone missing and we can no longer locate them, or any of the others, for that matter.  Is it possible this is because of Chaos?”

Itara shook her head, “If it is… then we need to vacate the area immediately.”

“Why?”

“Because if Chaos is awake and has the emeralds, he-.”

The sudden blare of a base-wide warning cut her off as even the lab flashed with a bright red light and a warning displayed on the nearby computer: Intruder Alert.  A monotonous robotic voice soon accompanied the warning, stating ‘Intruder Alert, Intruder Alert, Employ Defensive Maneuvers Immediately’, as Robotnik sounded on Zero’s comm unit.

“Zero!  Zero, where are you?!  There are intruders on the main deck!”  He sounded frantic, yet a hint of zeal hid behind his panic.

Zero looked between the hedgehog and the communication device built into his arm, pulling it up and responding, “In the lab with the mobian, I’m on my way.  What section?”

“Hurry up!  They’re in Sector B but moving quickly inwards!”  As Zero stood, Robotnik added, almost as a after-thought, “You may get that fight you’ve been looking forward to.”  Both Zero and Itara stared at the speaker, Zero remaining straight-faced while Itara watched in confusion.

“Right.  I’ll be there quickly.”  He shut the speaker off again and turned to the hedgehog, studying her before narrowing his eyes, “do not move.”

Itara jerked slightly, but sighed and motioned towards her legs, “I couldn’t even if I wanted to.  What did he mean, though?  What fight?”  Zero only shook his head and ensured she wasn’t lying about moving before heading out the door to meet the intruders.  Admittedly, the hedgehog’s legs weren’t her only problem and he deemed it impossible for her to move on her own, but had locked the door to the lab again just in case.  She wasn’t supposed to be awake in the first place but he didn’t have time to worry about putting her back under with the sounds of destruction and chaos already echoing down the hall towards him.  Whatever was making its way through the base, it wasn’t doing so quietly.  Though, with the final comment from Robotnik, he had an idea of who -or what- it may be.

He was joined by Robotnik along the way, hovering in the smaller craft he’d taken to moving around in again, as they raced towards the apparent intruder making bolts of the defense system.  As soon as they reached the open deck and Zero had only barely caught a glimpse of red moving on the other end, the entire base let off a horrifying zap, crackle, snap and with a final, low bwom, everything went dark and Robotnik was screaming in frustration.  Zero, however, wasted no time pulling his sword from his shoulder and taking a defensive stance.  He wouldn’t pull the blade out just yet, as the glow would give his position away all too easily, but as he heard the heavy thud land nearby, he released the blade and swung it sharply behind him.

The glowing blue blade whipped through the empty air and Zero readjusted his stance to deal with the oncoming threat.  However, while he had expected a sturdy, direct attack, he hadn’t expected the sudden laser shot through the darkness which knocked him back several feet.  He righted himself quickly enough, landing and preparing for another attack while Robotnik continued to panic in the distance.  The next attack, at least, came exactly as he expected as his sword melted through the hook glinting around it, causing the owner to quickly distance himself as the base clicked and zapped again, attempting to restart itself only to be shorted again in the process.

“This useless, dilapidated hunk of junk!  Work!”

Robotnik continued yelling and fumbling about, but Zero had long since tuned him out to focus on the battle.  If he had to guess, there was more than one opponent, one he had studied before, one he potentially hadn’t.  He gave his position away with his sword, but due to the delay in further attack he assumed they were keeping their distance thanks to said weapon. Perhaps they hadn’t expected it to cut so cleanly.  The thought amused him but he wanted the fight, and as soon as the Doctor got the base functioning again, he would need to stick to the plan they’d already set out for these specific guests.

The whir of the laser echoed out again and he had all of a second to move out of its way, roll to the side and purposely drop his sword in the process to draw the opponents near.   He waited only long enough for the claws behind him to be beyond retracting and grabbed the arm they were attached to which flipped the heavy bot overhead, slamming him beside him with a violent thud which echoed around the open area.  But as soon as one bot hit the ground, a sharp, extended claw surrounded in snapping blue electricity cut through the air at a remarkable speed, forcing him further away from the other bot and his sword.  At least it confirmed his theory about there being two opponents.

Two black outlines stood against the glow of his sword. A long, thin blue arm lit up, glowing with blue sparks, which revealed half of one aggressor as glowing red and green eyes burned through the darkness between them.  They were only a handful of feet away and Zero was sure of who they were now.  It also meant he knew why they were there, as well.

Unfortunately for all involved, with a cry of relief from Robotnik, the base’s lights flickered back on, desperate to go back out again, then stabilized and revealed the two rogue robots.  But Zero already knew who they were and what needed to be done-- the fact that they’d shown up together only made his job easier. Moving back into a fighting stance, he eyed them with a slight grin. The two bots responded in kind, one noticeably more amused than the other.  However, he couldn’t meet them whole-heartedly in the fight, as he wanted to, as their battle in the dark was the most they would get for the time being.

A string of curses came from the Doctor’s mouth in some far-off corner of the room, but none of the bots paid it any mind as they met fists once more.  However, what the two had realized just a moment too late was that they were led to a specific spot and, before they knew it, a burning green power grid snapped up around them, stopped any further attack.  Sparks flew inside as the rogue badniks attempted to escape, but they got nowhere as Zero walked back over to retrieve his sword.  Robotnik finally made his way over, as well, looked over the furious bots, and clicked his tongue in disbelief.

“Metal Sonic… and Robot Knuckles, even… so this is how I finally find you again.”  Metal and RK exchanged looks, glaring back at Robotnik without a word.  The Doctor looked to RK, specifically, Robotnik continued, glaring back at the helpless traitors, “I thought you were destroyed years ago.  To think you joined the mobians…,” he shook his head.  “But more importantly…,” he slammed his hands on the console in front of him, tilting the entire circular hovercraft as he leaned forward, scowling furiously, and yelled, “what did you do with my comb?!”

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"...well- yeah! Mobian hedgehogs here tend to hybernate during winter, along with- a few other mobian species, though with weremobians it is.. Optional."

"..did- Did he ever tell you about.. How long the days are here? They're 32 hours long, 15 hours day, 17 hours night.. Weremobians are.. Noctournal but- he is Less than half weremobian, so he doesn't stay up any longer than 20 hours."

"..but with winter it's... Shorter days, longer.. Cold... Nights. Hence why most.. Weremobians that Can hybernate chose to do so."

- Ref just.. Rambled again, as metal suddenly twitched. The armband was lit up, seemed it was some notifications about the anonymous, giving him the option to allow them in or not, but the prompt faded, as someone else on the system had awnsered it. -

- There's also the.. Chat system, two seperate chatrooms are open on met's armband, one with Just sonic, tails, metal tails, and a smal handful of other members of the empire, and the other is.. Literally the entire army of badniks, and currently That one is... Going WILD with messages from all kinds of badniks. None of it is written in english, only unfamiliar runes.. No wonder metal has notifications Off for it. -

"Oh shoot i'm rambling- uh- well yeah, he'd love to stay with them! Although.. He does have a few kits of his own- sort-of.."

"..atleast- the anons said sonic has more siblings-"

"...Though I.. Do like the idea of... Taking turns, I think sonic would be Pissed, at me... Er- well- I think he'd think I tricked you and trapped ya' there."

"..But it's.. Really nice to know you would be.. Willing to do that-"

"..I can just kinda... Will myself to exist on any reflective surface, so I mean.. Not that hard to summon me, just.. A little difficult to tell what mirror to look through in here-"

"..At the.. Most the only thing required to summon me is to just call me by Nickname, and usually i'll just.. Pop up."

Blake had his arms crossed, as he was close enough to the place where the hoglets are just to make sure it is fine. Although, his expression seemed to be..serious? like he knew something important happened, something serious to find out quickly. He sniffed the air, trying to find out any hints of where Swap might be but at the same time, someone needs to stay there and protect both Metal and the hoglets..hm.

- There seemed to be a few clawmarks on the exterior of the nest box, and the door.. As though something tried to force its way in, but... The lock is unbroken, and in the same condition it was before, undamaged. -

- There seemed to be.. A trace of swaps scent, and another hedgehogs, but.. It's not clear Whos scent that is. -

- Though the trail ends shortly past the boxes entrance, likely a ring portal was used, but to where? I don't know. -

- Metal made a soft beeping noise, He's running out of energy but he can't just.. Leave and leave the hoglets Cold and unnatended... So he just lays there, intentionally mildly overheating himself to remain at a certain temperature, to keep the hoglets from getting too cold. -