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Oh I was thinking about when answering but completely forgot to add. I always hc Tails having a degree in something related to the Chaos Emeralds. I honestly don't know what it would be specifically or who even would be evaluating him since it's kind of like getting a degree in magic. But I'm sure there's something. It's a fictional world so who knows what they have.
(Plus would be funny since people would expect it to be robotics or something. But on the other hand he does constantly do research on the Emeralds so it's not out of the left either)
*nods* I had another hc where Tails gets kinda embarrassed when friends call him stuff like that. (Since he's so used to not having honorifics attached when hanging with them. Plus, it's different than being addressed by the public [and fought for such a title].)
Like, Sonic obviously still call Tails by "Tails", but if he crashes a presentation or is being subtly cheeky [in a way to show his respect/support for his bro when he's feeling stressed], he calls him by said honorific. Tails is usually nonplussed by this, but gets Sonic's "hidden message" of doing it and it fills him with pride. (Knuckles on the other hand, uses Tails' titles to spite Sonic sometimes. "Where's your doctorate at, Mr. Speedy? :P Your best friend is outpacing you.")
Haha, yep
I feel like there's very few situations (maybe like with some annoying jerks at GUN or something) where Tails might remind someone to use "Dr", (especially if they don't take him seriously), but even then only if they make him really peeved.
(Though Amy probably would beat him to it. She's also probably the one who gets the most embarrassing. I always see Amy as very well meaning but often too overeager or going overboard about it)
But generally he would be more "just call me Tails"
Aww this is cute. Sonic isn't very comfortable with touchy feely stuff so this subtleness is very in character for him <3
#tails might be the world's leading expert on the chaos emeralds currently#he's got a completely unique perspective#he's one of the very few people to have meaningful interactions with them and their backstory#(he's been transported to the past by tikal! he kinda sorta not really but went super in heroes!#not only did he get sucked into the ancients' cyberspace and learned where the CE come from. one of the ancients also kins him??)#and out of the people who had those experiences he's the only one who would care to/could write a paper about it
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SONIC AU COLLISION: ROUND 1
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Heart of Chaos belongs to @hyper-cryptic [link to masterpost]
Flowers In Bloom belongs to @emioliravioli [link to masterpost]
Explore each world below the cut!
Heart of Chaos:
Heart of Chaos AU is formed around a prophecy made by Tikal, one about a hero that can balance peace and chaos, who will be accompanied by an equidna warrior that will treat them like kin. This au idea is based on the super sonic mural :]
Of this prophecy comes out Sonic, later renamed to Spikes, years later after Tikal's wish. The Master Emerald itself taking the form of a new life, a being of chaos energy and flesh. Spikes is "born" in a hidden chao garden in Angel Island, and is taken care of by Tikal's spirit, as she is connected to Spikes, but so is Chaos. Later, around when Spikes is 4yr, she entraps herself with Chaos in the chao garden's pond so that Chaos possibly create a doomsday even using Spikes' body. The pond becomes frozen solid where not even the hottest summers can melt it.
Once Knuckles and Spikes meet, when he is around 10 years old, this kickstarts the journey back to Angel Island, which gets rudely interrupted by Eggman releasing Chaos, and SA1 events happen. This is where Tikal and Spikes get reunited once again and she tells both Spikes and Knuckles in-depth about the prophecy and the war. She informs them the great danger that Spikes and everyone in Mobius is: if Spikes' chaos energy were to become unbalanced, it would corrupt itself, the chaos emeralds and everything in it's path, causing the destruction of Mobius itself as it would transform Spikes into an almost unrecognizable version of himself: Dark Spikes.
This is where I start jumping around the timeline and doing my own fun stuff with this concept.
Three important arcs in Heart of Chaos are SA2, Sonic 06, ShTH and particularly Sonic Unleashed and Sonic Forces. :>
Flowers In Bloom:
A hanahaki disease au focused on the romantic relationship between Amy and Blaze, but other characters are involved too! Hanahaki is very common in the Sol Dimension, so Blaze isn't surprised when the flowers take root in her lungs. Amy on the other hand... well, she's still having a great time. Mutual pining, slow burn, and useless lesbians/sapphics galore!
#sth#sonic#sonic the hedgehog#sonic fancomic#sonic art#sonic fanfiction#sonic au#sonic alternate universe#sonic au collision#collision: round 1#world: heart of chaos#world: flowers in bloom
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⟢ Heart of Chaos AU: The Masterpost!
❛❛ Oh, great Master Emerald, please, I wish for a brave hero who is the balance between Chaos and Peace. One who never backs down in the face of danger, who doesn't stop fighting for their friends and what is right! Might a brave equidna warrior be their fiercely loyal friend, let them fight alongside as if they were kin. Seal this evil away, amending the horrors done by my tribe...❜❜ — Tikal The Equidna.
Welcome to the HoC masterpost! Here I'll give the bullet points on each arc and get down the basics of this AU!
Originally posted: 15/11/24 | Last edited: 15/11/24
◊—› So, what's Heart of Chaos about? . . .
In a nutshell, what if Sonic was The Master Emerald? We get Dark Sonic back and also, I am obsessed with werehog, so we get a redo of that as well as every single arc rewritten, for the most part (there's some I don't have enough knowledge about some of the spin off games heheo). There's a lot of themes of generational trauma, self-worth, losing the sense of yourself and finding it again, etc.
↳ Basic navigation . . . Heart of Chaos Tag | Heart of Chaos Bsky tag | Toyhouse folder ↳ Cast's tags . . . Patch The Painted Dog | Maple The Sable | Oakley The Opposum And yes the canon cast don't have tags because I thought it would be redundant since its all I draw...just search their canon names in my blog!
Below are the arc bullet points.
Soon to be added: Illustrated timeline, trivia, and more!
"Origins" segment
Spikes Toodlerhood arc.
- Basically spikes being raised by Tikal and creatures of Angel Island. Tikal seals herself and Chaos in a pond next in Spikes' birthplace.
Ecoterrorism arc.
- Basically the events of Origins. Spikes gets civilized by Miles and Ames. Spikes meets Knux and then Ignis.
House arrest arc.
- SA 1 happens and Spikes feels forced to stay in Angel Island after being revealed to him that Dark Spikes is a thing. He spends the time there training his ass off with Knux. Predictably so, Spikes doesnt like staying in one place, so he and Miles sneak off to mainland, which is where he meets the babylon rogues for the first time.
- SA2 happens. Shade <3
- Sonic heroes happens. Spikes is super excited to have Shade back, he tries to bond with him... Pretty succesfully so.
"Godhood" segment
Speeding ticket arc
- This is basically the Sonjet, or how I like to call em, Speeding Ticket arc. Funnily enough, this is also where Spikes begins to realize he's aroace but not yet. I havent changed a lot bc I rlly like the riders games.
Dimensional travels arc.
- This is where all the weird shit happens with Rings and Black Knight. And also Snoutman. Snoutman is canon to the Heart of Chaos universe. Black Knight is the most focused on, it's more of an open world game, but in the same way frontiers is.
S2HT arc.
- ShTH happens. Eclipse The Darkling is in ShTH events and is presumed dead by the end of it. Sonic 06 happens and we discover what happens when The Master Emerald itself dies. There is Sonalise, this is where Spikes fully realizes he's aroace and only experiences queerplatonic attraction.
Sonic Colors happens after Sonic 06 and is where Spikes has is birthday.
"Happy birthday" segment.
Werehog arc.
- This is A Lot, but basically this is the arc where Spikes is given a wake up call and slap down to his ego. This arc is pretty grim, but it has a lot of good moments too. It spans for more than a couple months while they try to fix Mobius again.
Generations arc.
- After losing Chip and going through the horrors, Spikes begins travelling a lot and finding comfort in his friendnship with Shade. Then crazy shit starts happening, there is no classic spikes or anything, but Mephiles does come back as the Time Eater. More Sonelise and Milkshake moments and actually also Shadlise, YEAH YOU DIDNT SEE THAT COMIN DID YA-
Forces arc.
- Oh god. Well, lets start at the beginning. This is where my oc Patch The Painted Dog, "Sky's Spark", gets introduced. With him there is oc x canon with Howlite (Silver). He's also childhood friends with Tangle and Jewel. We also half meet Whisper during this arc.
- Spikes gets kidnapped by Infinite to power Eggmans invasion with Spikes' chaos energy aka, his life source. Spike is kept chained and restrained without the abiity to move his arms and legs for the majority of his stay there, so much that he loses the ability to walk which he realizes once he's being rescued. This is also where the frienemy-eggdad situation completely breaks as we learn that Spikes is inmortal, because Eggman attempts to kill him when he realizes that he doesn't need his power anymore and he can just create more Phantom Rubies to power his war.
- Pretty much the whole tone switches. During the war, a lot of the characters are forced to grow up, like Ames and Miles. Miles has almost a complete 180 from the cheerful kid he was before as he takes an important role in the war as the one who arms The Resistance. Knux basically makes him man up.
"Humbled" segment.
Post-war arc.
- Basically physical therapy arc for Spikes, he had to rush this slow progress for the sake of the war.
- We meet Whisper fully. Spikes and Whisper ond over being traumatized by war so much so that they feel they are no longer themselves.
- Mr. Tinker is a thing and Spikes has to deal with that. He ends up leaving Shade and The Chaotix on charge of watching him.
- Metal kidnaps Spikes bc he wants his awful dad back. She ends up running off after she realizes Eggman is gone.
- Starline happens.
Zombot arc.
- Pain, pain and pain! Spikes is not coping with this well at all. This arc is grim as hell. Shade sacrifices himself to save the few refuges left + Team Dark, he's one of the first ones gone. Spikes doesnt have his emotional attack dog anymore and he's always so close to losing it.
Milkshake & Co arc.
- Shade is back and now Spikes is codependent /j, he finally gets properly taught how to use his chaos energy in a productive way as well as help manage it.
- We meet Maple The Sable and Oakley The Opposum. Maple has a oc x canon going on with Cream!
Surge arc.
- Spikes gets a break? Too bad, let's break his peace. Starline's back.
- I dont have a lot written but basically, Surge and Kit are around for about 4-5 months. Starline gets fried and drowned by Surge and Kit before escaping.
- Surge and Kit are out to get Spikes & Miles.
- Kit and Miles do get in a fight. Kit loses, miserably.
- Surge is pissed the fuck off about it bc they kidnapped drippy and she's alone...with her thoughts.
- She attacks Spikes at night after following him, planning to kill him. They get in a fight, Surge "kills" Spikes but he's able to finish her in his Shattered form. She's dead for a while before she wakes up again.
- She tries killing Miles and Spikes again, Shade is fed up with her shit for trying to kill his weirdo and atom bombs her pretty much. Now she's gone forever.
- Kit and Miles actually do bond.
Generational trauma arc. - Knux and Spikes' beef finally hits the fan. Knux has been stressing about Spikes being almost killed again and he's just been being the worst pretty much. Spikes and Knux fight each other like dogs.
"Moonlight" segment.
Eclipse arc.
- To be added
Milkshake 2.0 arc.
- To be added
Crown of Thorns arc.
- To be added
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cover me in roses, cover me in pearls // knuxouge
word count 1959 - ao3 link
summary: Knuckles' island thrummed at his feet, a constant reminder of his duty, the everlasting heartbeats of his long-dead kin. The island was Galatea, and he could only hope to fill the space Polyphemus had left, be an immovable boulder, a lone unmoving stone pillar bearing his tribe's legacy. (It didn’t matter that he couldn’t remember any names or faces other than Tikal’s, muffled with static. The centuries-old claw marks on the wall fit his own, and that was all that mattered.) As sea-blue eyes lazily traced his muscular figure, leathery bat wings fluttering in the wind, Knuckles absentmindedly wondered what happened when an unstoppable object met an immovable force. (or: why should knuckles care that rouge cares about him?) [RATED G - hurt/comfort, character study, found family, pre-relationship, hopeful ending, autistic knuckles]
my eebie deebies,,, enjoy!
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Knuckles was tired.
Absurd. The guardian was not supposed to be tired. He was an unmoving stone pillar, standing tall and steady to protect his tribe’s legacy with fists raised and teeth bared. He did not fatigue or wear. He was an insurmountable cliff, an immobile boulder. No one could catch him off guard if his fists were always up, a veil between his eyes and theirs.
His island thrummed at his feet, a constant reminder of his duty, the everlasting heartbeats of his long-dead kin. Any untrained gaze that scoured his home would consider it deserted, an abandoned graveyard of a mysterious civilization, useless except for some ancient hidden power. Where they saw winding cave systems, Knuckles saw homes, painstakingly dug out by hand and carved with the care a sculptor gives to his masterpiece. Where they saw a ruined sanctum, he saw a sacred temple. Where they saw power, he saw honor, a responsibility that he was proud to bear on his shoulders, another heart beating next to his. The island was Galatea, and he could only hope to live up to the space Polyphemus had left.
(It didn’t matter that he couldn’t remember any names or faces other than Tikal’s, muffled with static. The centuries-old claw marks on the wall fit his own, and that was all that mattered.)
And so he stood, through rain and sleet and snow, through chaos and trickery and war. The moments his fingers dared slip were short-lived and he tossed them to the wind. The emerald was his, and he was its, thrumming under his fingertips. It was the only family he had, after all. His eyelids would not, could not droop, lest they fail his ancestors again.
As sea-blue eyes lazily traced his muscular figure, Knuckles absentmindedly wondered what happened when an unstoppable object met an immovable force.
“Bat girl.” His voice was low, monotone, revealing none of the irritation beginning to heat in his chest. Of course, he knew that small victory would be short lived–Rouge knew exactly how to press his buttons.
“Hello, beautiful,” She took a few seemingly careless steps forward, voice laced with rose petals. He knew how well the thorns were hidden. Her gaze wasn’t on him, but the emerald, shimmering in the fading light. Chaos, it was infuriating how the sun cast its rays on that muzzle, a blazing gold. “Been a while, hasn’t it?”
“What are you doing here?” It wasn’t a question, but a statement, an order for her to get out , to go back where she belonged, to the probably stolen apartment she shared with her team, working against or with him. It didn’t matter. Knuckles worked alone, and that was just how he liked it. He didn’t need anything or anyone else besides his emerald, but Rouge, thief as she was, kept insisting upon these stupid visits.
She ignored him, ascending toward his emerald step by step, that stupid determination in her eyes, and he growled in warning. “Answer me, Rouge.”
Silence. A raised eyebrow, a smirk.
“I’m warning you!” Knuckles barked, stepping forward and sliding between her and her target. That’s all she thinks of it. Just some shiny, magic rock for her to steal. She knows nothing of the Master Emerald, and she has the gall to try and take it anyway?
Tch. Unworthy.
“Just thought I’d drop by,” she purred, hand sitting lazily at her hip. “Really, Knuckles. Not very gentlemanly of you. What kind of host accosts his guest?”
“I didn’t invite you to my island,” he retorted, hands curled into fists. Chaos, that makeup was just begging to be smeared by a well-placed punch.
“I seem to recall Sonic inviting you off your island for Christmas.” Something shifted in her gaze, hardening as it clashed with his. “How long has it been since you left, anyway?”
“You’re the reason I can’t leave, Rouge!” Knuckles spat, taking a step back to be closer to his purpose. “Thieves like you. The Master Emerald is more important than me! What I want–” he paused, a strange, unfamiliar doubt pulsing like fire in his chest. He extinguished it without a second thought. “I have a duty . You don’t understand.”
“ Damn it, Knuckles!” Rouge’s voice was sharp, taking a dangerous step forward, her tone flipping on its head in an instant. “You have a duty, sure, but you’re not letting yourself have a life! No one’s seen you in months , and now you’re attacking me for–”
“ Can it ,” he snarled, raising his fists dangerously. She never knows when to give up, does she? “You’re not going to get my emerald, so leave! ”
“I don’t want your damn emerald!”
Knuckles paused, and suddenly he became aware of the bulkiness of his hands. He was clumsy. It was far too easy for his fists to break things.
(Whatever this was? He didn’t want to shatter it. It was new, different, wrong . And yet, he wanted.
…but what other option did he have?)
“I don’t give a shit about your emerald, you hear me?” Rouge was almost screaming now, voice raw and shaky, and Knuckles was stunned into silence, anger giving way to shock. She’s never acted like this before . Her palm collided with his chest, more of a shove than a slap. “I don’t care about your island, your duty, your treasure, whatever! ”
“Rouge–”
“I care about you , damn it!” She whipped around, but not quite fast enough for Knuckles to miss the tears brimming in her eyes. He found himself reaching toward her and stopped himself. Why do I…what is this? What is she getting at?
“...Why did you really come here, then?” His voice was low and quiet, almost ashamed. He felt himself splitting in two. “Was it just to yell at me?”
“No, you idiot.” Knuckles was awful at understanding undertones, but he couldn’t miss the barely-veiled regret in Rouge’s voice. “No one’s heard from you for ages. I couldn’t just…” she paused, trying to steady her voice. It didn’t work. “I needed to know you were ok.” A raw laugh left her throat, and surprisingly, Knuckles could sense the exact moment she slipped back into her act. “Have to make sure my emerald’s kept safe, y’know?”
“I thought you didn’t care about the emerald.”
“Tch.” Rouge didn’t answer, still facing away. Slowly, she knelt, gaze locked with the sunset. Her breathing was still shaky. “M’ just glad you’re alive.”
“Why wouldn’t I be?” Knuckles moved to sit beside her. It didn’t dawn on him that he was leaving a gap for her to dart to the emerald and claim it for herself, he had more pressing matters to worry about. “I’ve lived here my whole life, y’know. My tribe did it for generations. Nothing changed, I’ve just got a few more pesky thieves and evil overlords to worry about than my ancestors.”
“Doesn’t really seem like living to me,” Rouge muttered, hunching over and pressing her muzzle into her sleeves.
“It’s tradition. You wouldn’t understand.” No one does. No one seems to know the importance of remembering. If I am not here, what happens to my ancestors? My family? My memories? What happens to the emerald they guarded for generations?
“Please, go ahead and try to explain to me how spending your entire life standing in that same spot in front of that same shrine for hours at a time, barely even sleeping , is living. You sound miserable.”
“Of course you would think that,” Knuckles shot back. “You spend your time lying and deceiving others just to get what you want. You’re just a greedy treasure hunter.”
…So why do I care that you care about me?
“And what’s wrong with that, huh?” Rouge watched the clouds march across the sky, a spark of defiance in her voice. “I do whatever the hell I want. I’m not letting some stupid destiny or tradition control me. And what I want to do is make the world a better place. I don’t just steal treasure, you know. There’s a reason I work for G.U.N.”
“What does that have to do with my emerald?” Knuckles tilted his head. Damn you, Rouge. You’re always so confusing. “I don’t need anyone else. I work alone. I’m the last of the echidnas, it’s what I’m meant to do.”
“You don’t have to, though.”
“I want to.”
“ Please , Knuckles.” She turned to him for the first time in a few minutes, and her makeup was smeared. A strange warmth made itself known in his chest. “I could see the bags under your eyes from a mile away. Why don’t you just let yourself sleep, once in a while? Go visit your friends and family? This duty… it can’t be all consuming, can it?”
“Do you understand what the word ‘Guardian’ entails?” Knuckles’ voice was less sharp and more solemn. “I cannot leave my post, Rouge. I cannot fail my ancestors. The emerald is more important than what I want to do. What I need to do is keep it safe.”
“No.” Rouge poked him, almost gently, right in the center of his chest. He flinched but didn’t look away. “You’re more important than the emerald. Your life is more important than some tradition.”
“And this is why you’ll never understand.” Knuckles looked away. There should have been no conflict in his chest, no feeling of tearing or ripping his patchwork feelings at the seams.
And yet.
“You have no right to be mad at me for stealing jewels, then.” Rouge’s hand found his knee, barely brushing fur. He shuddered, but didn’t shove her away. “After all, if you’re willing to sacrifice your life for one measly emerald, you can’t scold me for valuing material possessions.”
“I’m not sacrificing my life, I’m just–”
“Then leave the damn island once and a while!” Rouge cut him off. “Come visit us so we know you haven’t rotted away! I–” she stopped. “ ...we miss you, Knuckles. Just check in sometimes, ok?”
Knuckles stayed silent, letting his thoughts simmer on his tongue. I… the emerald. What if I fail?
But Rouge’s eyes. She was crying . I did that to her.
…Why do I care?
It didn’t matter, Knuckles decided. He wouldn’t question why he cared, all he knew was that he couldn’t just stop without it cracking and fraying under his cumbersome hands. His ancestors would have wanted him to have a family, right?
“I… suppose.” He relented, sighing in defeat. Now that she mentioned it, his eyelids were heavy. Sometimes mountains had to rest weary bones.
Something in his mind told him he was making a mistake, that he would regret this. The genuine smile on Rouge’s face, unmasked for a mere millisecond, wiped all of his doubts away. She squeezed his hand–when had they started touching?–and looked away.
“Don’t make me regret this,” he added quickly, voice sharp. “This better not be one of your tricks, bat girl.”
(He made no move to remove his hand from hers.)
“I’m sure I’ll make it worth your while.” Rouge shifted closer, ever-teasing at whatever fragile bond they shared. “But for now? I suppose you can keep me in check. Wouldn’t want me finally claiming what’s mine, would I?”
“Of course not. What kind of guardian do you think I am?” Knuckles scoffed. Her breath was warm against his fur, and he let out a yawn, forehead resting against her shoulder. He’d forgotten how easy it was to let himself slip into unconsciousness.
Knuckles worked alone, and he was okay with that. It was his duty, after all, and he didn’t need anyone else. But sometimes, he supposed, it was fine to let himself rely on others. Life wasn’t just about necessities, after all.
end. (tysm for reading, reblogs are greatly appreciated!! :D)
#knuckles#knuckles the echidna#rouge#rouge the bat#knuxouge#knuckles x rouge#sth#sonic#sonic the hedgehog#sth fanfic#sonic fanfiction#something something duty to ancestors vs duty to yourself to live your own life and be happy#could be seen as platonic or romantic your choice#anyway i am Normal about them#character study
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Do you have any fat hcs where you super duper see a character as fat, and then you see them in canon or fanart and you're like wait....they're not fat.......and get baffled? Or like, you see them in canon or fanart and you're like THEY SHOULD HAVE BEEN FAT!!! THEY FEEL FAT! TO ME!!!
I have a lot of characters like this where they feel fat to me or I see them as fat and seeing them in canon or fanart makes me go "they would not fucking look like that"... Sometimes I am silly and joke and say they're "fat-coded" which is again usually a joke but sometimes it IS true
(Like, I definitely have a lot of characters who I view as fat because of my kin canons, and some characters who I just am SUPER passionate about them being fat regardless of kin canon)
I think a few of my biggest headcanons for this are Bianca (Pokemon), Princess Peach (Mario), and Usagi (Sailor Moon). In Usagi's case, she absolutely is "fat-coded", like the way the text depicts her makes it seem like she is fat or at least a little bit fat in canon, but it's just not visually depicted because...animanga and fatphobia in it I guess. Azure made a post of some of her favorite headcanons (although absolutely not all and especially not all per series because it was a 3 x 3 grid) here so I've just been thinking about this! Maybe I'll make a "bingo" of my favorite "they should have been fat. To ME" headcanons hehe
Oh of course! Usagi and Princess Peach are definitely ones that come to mind first, funny enough.
Other ones include Ness, I mean technically in the game he’s referred to as chubby a lot, sadly in a derogatory way. He also is implied to have slim downed by the end of the game, but not in my canon!
Ninten is another, Princess Rosalina, Pinkie Pie, Tikal the Echidna, Madoka Kaname, some iterations of Link and Zelda. I might have more, but for now this is all I can remember.
We also hc characters fat due to whoever my boyfriend kins!
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STILL THINKING ABOUT TIKAL'S POSSIBLE DYNAMICS WITH THE MAIN SQUAD....
Especially Knuckles. She's his kin, one of his ancestors in the general sense, but they are still mostly strangers to one another. Making a home on Angel Island seems like the logical step for her living situation, but it's belonged to Knuckles for as long as he could remember. Would he be comfortable with her present? Them being from the same clan doesn't mean much when he barely knows a thing about her - or their clan itself for that matter.
(Though according to some old sources, apparently Knuckles occasionally receives prophetic dreams from his ancestors' ghosts???)
It's for Knuckles' own comfort that Tikal feels driven to not hang around Angel Island much. Especially not the Emerald Altar, though she can always feel the Master Emerald beckoning to her...
Oh but the Chao there. She can't resist stopping by (somewhat secretly) just to interact with them.
...I am always thinking about dynamics between Tikal and Sonic but I refrained from infodumping about it here lol.
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Legacy of Shinra Reboot ~ Origins of the Ink Demon Chapter 1 Remake Pt. 3 ~
"Around 6 years ago..."
[Flooded Station Square]
Sonic : I can't believe that Station Square is gone. People have died and there were survivors. All the buildings have been destroyed, and Casinopolis is washed out!
Tails : But only thing is...All's well that ends well, right?
Sonic : Tails! Don't you realize everybody is dead and Chaos literally flooded the whole town!? They lost their lives and the whole city is flooded, more importantly, people just lost their business! I had to come up to stop that water monster from destroying the world! Knuckles, your ancestor was such a douchebag after he murdered all those Chao and this was happened here in the present. Do you realize that how'd this happened and why are the monsters are trying to destroy this world, in there literal first place of destroying a perfectly good city like this!?
Grim : Because, Sonic...The Water beasts or the so-callef God of Destruction, was filled rage, hatred, and despair. It's because the leader of his kin had been killing the innocence.
*Instant Transmission*
Sonic : Huh? Who's there?
[Dark Samus Appears - Kenji Yamamoto]
Amy : Oh my God! It's the Grim Reaper!
Sonic : Tails who is that?
Tails : Oh no! I forgot, it's the Grim Reaper of Mobius, Grim the Hedgehog!
Sonic : Grim the Hedgehog?
Knuckles : Tails, are you something clear that...there is another God that is a Grim Reaper observing Mobius?
Sonic : Tails, how can we forget about another God that Chaos isn't the only one that is one?
Tails : Well, juding by the looks of it. Grim is the Death God of our world and he was originally your ancestor. You two are not destined to meet each other.
Sonic : What?
Grim : I knew that all of those have died in the role of this incident. I never thought it could happen to Gamma, Tikal, the Chao, and the rest of the mobians that died. Tikal was just a careful girl living inside the master emerald with her heart and soul. She was the one who can really stop chaos that combines her power. In fact, I was that I was the one who ordered Tikal not to kill Chaos, but had them imprisoned together within the emerald along with their souls.
Sonic : You ordered Tikal to seal away Chaos within the Master Emerald?
Knuckles : So that's why Eggman freed them both. So you've been watching us all along, it was only you who set up everything in Mobius! But why on earth did you let Chaos kill my ancestors?
Grim : To explain this from the truth, it's revealed that he was one of the sinners who made Chaos to destroy the world in Mobius's past just to bring dominace over mobians. The leader of the clan, Pachacamac, was such a greedy fool to think that the powers of the emeralds would be his to take, but the emeralds belong to a race of being that are related to Chaos, the ancients were the ones that brought these emeralds to your world, Sonic. The Mobians of Influence has kept truth hidden from the other mobians and the public eye.
Knuckles : So this means my ancestors had been puppets on a string the entire time. The leader of my clan was stubborn and too greedy for power. Only an Echidna not too greedy power, greed is a deadly sin.
Grim : Sonic. Heed my words. As you can see, the ancients' enemy The End is about to free from it's imprisonment, but there is one solution that needs all orders in Real World to be solved. In six years, find the charlatan that the one they call him Shinigami and protect my sworn duty as God of Death itself.
Sonic : The ancients? The End? Who are the ancients and how did you know they are related to Chaos? And what are you talking about?
Grim : (Snickers) Allow me to show you the true face of a reaper and I demand that you will have respects to the Grim Reaper of Mobius, a Death God that serves the planet of Mobius.(unhoods himself)
Sonic : Huh?
Tails : Wha-!?
Knuckles : No! It can't be!
Amy: You again?
Sonic : Grim, your body is...the one that I raced with before on the miracle planet! You have my arch-rival's body. No, please...You can't be someone who you are! (The reflection Metal Sonic's face is shown on Sonic's eye) NOOOOOOOOOO!!!
*flashes forward*
"Six years later..."
"Hang Castle Zone..."
[Hang Castle (Inverted ver) - Tomoya Ohtani]
Egg Pawn A : It's gonna take more than this clean this place up, I can't believe that the idiots have been smashing places and breaking since they stopped Metal Sonic and convicted for the rebellious crimes against humanity and machines. They got him in the system, and I believe that the evil forces were a diversion.
Egg Pawn B : Well, yeah! That's what my ex-wife told me about that, evil forces means evil villains tryint to take over the world and not destroy, but I discovered when this person name Emine was about to destroy the world, he was turned into a heartles when this Shotaro Dokeshi kid discovered that an entity named Demon Vibe is behind his actions. The men of Shinra's influence had the nerves to keep it all a secret.
Egg Pawn A : You rely on that, I do not like the foul smell of the heartless, they appear from the shadows and they are the ones that wrecked havoc on the planet. Any subjects?
Egg Pawn B : Couldn't agree. Anyway, Lord Grim should be arriving soon. I heard that this Shinra Kusakabe guy is alive and he kinda looks like this. (Shows a photo of the Devil Chaos Chao) They say that he was resurrected in this form after his body destroyed by the Time Eater years ago. Better go check on this Maka Kid. She's should done doing her best studies and training.
Egg Pawn A : Agree.
Egg Pawn C : Guys! Guys! Seto has returned anfnbrought someone to the vicinity of this fortress! We need to report ourselves to Lord Grim's throne room!
(scene changes to the throne room)
Ashley : (wakes up, moaning) Man, this hangover..what in the world is this place? I'm not in the mood for Halloween.
Kimial Diehl : Is it just me or does this world kinds look actual bogus to me? I mean how great was it for us to be at inside of a giant castle.
Seto : Oh you're finally awake. Welcome's to master palace. Designed by the world's greatest scientist, for machine, visitors, and presidents, built with the latest defenses with our strong and capable technology. Plus, no mabuki that are the weapons their selves.
Ashley : So this is where your actually come from. This is where the Grim Reaper resides at? I bet it was here when rebellious Metal Sonic had a headstart and invaded the place. So the robots are really...
Seto : Yes, you are correct. They are master's servants and work for me, a human girl who called both Deathless and Needless together at the same time.
Ashley : Then what other choice did you have for something? You wield a sword? You work for your "master" and you have someone to accompany with?
Kimial Diehl : Don't mind anything something we would like to gather something to eat right now. You gotta anything something to treat.
Seto : Oh yes, we just got something good. *Snaps fingers* Bring out the hot chocolate*
*DOOR BANGING*
Chef Pawn : Here you are, girls, cups of piping hot chocolate coming right up! (Gives cups of hot chocolate to the girls) and of, I have added marshmallows with in it.
Seto : Thank you.
Kimial Diehl : Well, for a girl that works at the castle, these machines were programmed to the reaper?
Seto : Yes, and they have restored to work with master to keep all forced safe and sound. Egg Pawns that works at this facility. I don't know why would the blue robot doppelganger would invade this facility...to create of machines that wanted our servants to turn into slaves for dirty work. Look at the newspaper. Take a look for yourself.
(NEWSPAPER : REBELLIOUS RIVAL FROM SONIC CD HAS BEEN BROUGHT TO JUSTICE!)
Kimial Diehl : "Rebellious Rival from Sonic CD Has Been. Brought to Justice"?
Ashley : Metal Sonic, the blue robotic doppelganger of the original, was found guilty on all charges of crimes related to the Newtrogic High Zone incident nine years ago.
Seto : Yes, he was the same robot that got everyone involved in his plans of becoming the ultimate overlord when starts stealing data from others such living things, lifeforms, and Black Arms data.
Ashley : Black Arms. So that is so like 50 years ago.
Kimial Diehl : That hardly ring a bell, the Black Arms told that they were coming back to Sonic's world for destruction since the Space Colony ARK incident was just...
Seto : A stage...the Space Colony ARK incident was just a stage that triggered the Black Arms for their return. The invasion of these space creatures will attack Sonic's world by the year 2005.
Kimial Diehl : That'll have to wait.
Ashley : But still...we haven't gotten interest in finding Maka Albarn... she's at this place, am I correct.
Seto : Absolutely. She's a middle school student, so her and that Soul Evans are middle school kids, they were under Shinra Kusakabe's influence directly that made her the hero of the story.
Ashley : What stories do you often to do?
Seto : Trust me. 1000 years before Maka Albarn started her life as a hero, the boy named Shinra Kusakabe and his people were one of the Ohkuboverse's first heroes. They lost the Soul Eater universe when the vicious Time Eater destroyed it in half after they were annihilated in the hands of that entity.
Ashley : They were all fallen ones and were resurrected to different universes and Real World AU. Shinra Kusakabe resurrected as the Dark-type of a Chaos Chao resembling his appearance as the devil who created Soul Eater.
Kimial Diehl : And I suggested that the hope he found was light itself, and then was scolded by the Time Eater when he established the World Heroes Force organization.
Seto : The DWMA's true predecessors, from an organization of heroes to an organization of a giant school. And let's not forget, the school itself was not protecting public order, but is also created for the monopolization of political power.
Kimial Diehl : You gotta speak up, I am a girl raised at the northeast parts of the United States, but I usually come to Japan and had the name Kimiko, Kimiko Kasugatani. It's a long story short, but I eventually shed that name for Kimial Diehl, is what I am now. But I don't if we able to meet Shinra Kusakabe
*Door bell ringing rhythmically*
Seto : And that would be Sega's finest. That's great news to hear. You should becoming a screen writers for the games.
*Door opens*
Seto : So, you finally come out of and finished your studies, did you brushed your teeth like I always asked?
Maka Albarn : You tell me. I always what you asked, ma'am.
Ashley : No way, that's Maka Albarn? She's only just a kid.
Kimial Diehl : This is her, who does she look like someone familiar. I be it's the one that looks alike that cat girl who brough lewdness into Soul World, maybe that's where she get that hairstyle from...Wait a second.
(sounds of Maka beating up someone as we flashes back to 2003, where Maka was beating up something with a bat, which appears to be a Neoshadow)
Neoshadow : (gags)
(flashes back to Kimial)
Kimial Diehl : Okay...far choice. Maybe she was that kind of hero who saved someone in her life.
Maka Albarn : You are Kimial Diehl, correct?
Kimial Diehl : That's right. I am Kimial Diehl, you were the girl that was part of your story, Soul Eater's story?
Maka Albarn : I am no hero, and I have no story. I don't know why Soul Eater's story revolves around a bunch three middle school students like Ned's Declassified.
Kimial Diehl : Yeah, thirteen year olds like Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide.
Maka Albarn : Yeah, I was wondering something like that on TV. If I was the hero of the my story, you in reality, you gotta sometime have the words of no respect, like i'd give a darn, my life way far superior. Hope that the reaper brought me here, who has something to do with Chaos.
Ashley : That's the name of the God of Destruction, ain't it?
Red The Demon : I bet he's creature who killed all those mobians and of course the people of Station Square six years ago. 1998 was the year that we'll never forget.
Ashley : Okay, we'll talk to Grim Reaper fella that is going to be here any minute now.
Grim : I'm right here.
(Grim appears teleporting)
[Obel Dallgun - Hideaki Kobayashi]
Butler Pawn : Master Grim. You have arrived. How was your trip in Pumpkin Hill and Sky Rail Zone.
Seto : Oi, Master, you have returned!
Butler Pawn : Ladies and Gentlemen, I'd like you to meet our master, Grim the Hedehog, Grim Reaper of Mobius.
"Grim Reaper : Death God of Mobius"
Butler Pawn : Be all good dears and listen to our master's speech.
Grim : Thank you, sir.
Butler Pawn : Your indeed welcome.
Seto : Girls, I'd like you meet the strongest Death God of all, Grim the Hedgehog. Once a hedgehog in Mobius' past, chosen by the Gods to give him the powers of Grim Reaper, and now orders a group of robots serving him and as well for me, I'm his apprentice.
Ashley : Hold up, are you saying that you are his apprentice?
Kimial Diehl : That's odd. I never say that you were his apprentice, serving under the directs of mainting public order in the Real World and Sonic's World, both of them.
Seto : True, and exactly what I told you, to do what is rightfully mine. I have Solva with me.
Solva : Glad to be with you, Seto. I'm a girl you always asked and I'm one tough super girl!
"Solva : Seto's Right-hand maiden"
Solva : No need to thank me, I always carry out missions and help out the pawns and knights to work around this facility.
Ashley : Okay...This is going to be a lot of storytell prove, no...but this is a speech.
Kimial Diehl : We're gonna take a break from this point.
Ashley : Okay. Cue to a Commercial Break!
(pans to a card that says "Commercial Break")
Solva : Wait, what are we even doing a commerical break?
Seto : You tell me...That's your idea of an excuse.
~ Scene 2 : The Typical Grim ~
#sonic the hedehog#super mario bros#needless#soul eater#nintendo#sega#studio madhouse#studio bones#crossover#drama#comedy#dark comedy#horror#mystery#thriller#supernatural#fantasy#dark fantasy#science fiction#action#adventure#psychological#urban fantasy
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Muses Coming Soon!
So like with the main blog here are some muses coming over here to this blog as well!
Lin (Spirited Away)
Female Cool Trainer Jade (Pokemon Colosseum)
CereCere / Sailor Ceres (Sailor Moon)
PallaPalla / Sailor Pallas (Sailor Moon)
Yui Kodai (BNHA)
Tomoko Shiretoko (BNHA)
Ryuko Tsuchikawa (BNHA)
Rumi Usagiyama (BNHA)
Reiko Yanagi (BNHA)
Elma (Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid)
Fafnir (Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid)
Tensa Zangetsu (Bleach)
Arisawa Tatsuki (Bleach)
Hiyori Sarugaki (Bleach)
Nanao Ise (Bleach)
Toshiro Hitsugaya (Bleach)
Shinazugawa Genya (Demon Slayer)
Mina Mongoose (Sonic)
Tikal the Echidna (Sonic)
Nicole the Lynx (Sonic)
Lanolin the Sheep (Sonic)
Charlotte Custard (One Piece)
Charlotte Cinnamon (One Piece)
Charlotte Poire (One Piece)
Ulti (One Piece)
Belo Betty (One Piece)
Dracule Mihawk (One Piece)
Aiko Yumi (Huniepop)
Polly Bendleson (Huniepop)
Kagami Uchiha (Naruto)
Mei Terumi (Naruto)
Mabui (Naruto)
Hanabi Hyuuga (Naruto)
Yugito Nii (Naruto)
Yagura Karatachi (Naruto)
Utakata (Naruto)
Kin Tsurugi (Naruto)
Pakura (Naruto)
Yugao Uzuki (Naruto)
The 3rd Kazekage (Naruto)
Minato Namikaze (Naruto)
Suzume (Naruto)
Supertrainer Luna Storm (Pokemon Colosseum)
Supertrainer Sierra Storm (Pokemon Colosseum)
Sephiroth (Final Fantasy VII)
Sailor Star Maker (Sailor Moon)
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Hello. I'm Knuckles the Echidna from Sonic the Hedgehog. I'm looking for basically everyone except Eggman, but especially Sonic, Tails, Tikal & Chaos, and Espio. If you remember a Knux who was mute/voiceless please reach out at @altern1a . I'm 21 and doubles-friendly. (Additional facts about our canon I'm pretty sure about: Espio was trans, Sonic and Shadow were a couple, and there was a period of at least several months where a lot of us had to cohabitate in a bunker)
@altern1a !!!
#knuckles kin#sonic the hedgehog kin#sonic kin#tails kin#tikal kin#chaos kin#espio kin#fictionkin#kin call#source call#canon call
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Sonic the Hedgehog Kin Canoncall
This is a general canoncall for those who are kin with characters from the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise. There are three other StH kins as of the current moment within the server and we would be very happy to see more!
A Shadow, in particular, is looking for his Rouge. Within his canon, he lost one of the rings on his arm after SA2 which Rouge proceeded to keep for an unknown amount of time. Shadow also lived with his Rouge for an uncertain amount of time before moving out to live with Sonic (though Rouge continued to live within their house for a while). He is unsure of Omega ever existed within his canon, though does not feel as though he did. He would also enjoy finding his Maria, though does not remember much about her spare what canon has shown.
If you would like to join the Empty Meadows, a general kin server, please review this carrd before requesting to join via DM or ask to this blog (@empty-meadows). On the other hand, if you would like to join a Sonic kin-specific server, please review this post and DM the poster for an invite.
Do note that I would enjoy to avoid those who ID as Shadow, kin Sonic the Werehog, and/or are a Shadow/Sonic where S/on/a/do/w actively occurred within their canon.
#sonic kin#sonic the hedgehog kin#kin#fictionkin#rouge the bat kin#omega kin#maria robotnik kin#omega e 123 kin#rouge kin#canoncall#blaze the cat kin#tangle the lemur kin#whisper the wolf kin#silver the hedgehog kin#infinite the jackle kin#tikal kin#tikal the echidna kin#sth kin
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Sonic Winter Icon Collection! (PART 2)
#sonic the hedgehog#sonic#sth#sonic kins#sonic icons#sonic pfps#edit#sonicwinter2021#blaze the cat#silver the hedgehog#tikal the echidna#sonic rush#sonic 06#sonic adventure
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Sonic the Hedgehog Aesthetics
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ Tikal ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
#sonic the hedgehog#sonic adventure#tikal the echidna#tikal#sonic adventure dx#sadx#sa1#aesthetics#aesthetic#moodboard#a e s t h e t i c#sonic the hedgehog fandom#sonic the hedgehog art#sonic the hedgehog aesthetic#sonic the hedgehog aesthetics#Sonic the Hedgehog moodboard#OK to reblog#reblogs > likes#reblogs are greatly appreciated!!#ok to tag as me or kin
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i love @echidnatikal theyre so lovely -tails
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I've suddenly got this feeling like Tikal is looking for me. I know it's probably just wishful thinking of course. But what if she actually is? I hope she knows where to look
#knux tag#kin#ot#consider this my way of shooting a flare for her i guess#i feel pretty silly about it. but I'd do anything to find her#tikal if you're out there
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cover me in roses, cover me in pearls - knuckles character study
rated G, 1959 words, platonic/romantic knuxouge ao3 link
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Knuckles was tired.
Absurd. The guardian was not supposed to be tired. He was an unmoving stone pillar, standing tall and steady to protect his tribe’s legacy with fists raised and teeth bared. He did not fatigue or wear. He was an insurmountable cliff, an immobile boulder. No one could catch him off guard if his fists were always up, a veil between his eyes and theirs.
His island thrummed at his feet, a constant reminder of his duty, the everlasting heartbeats of his long-dead kin. Any untrained gaze that scoured his home would consider it deserted, an abandoned graveyard of a mysterious civilization, useless except for some ancient hidden power. Where they saw winding cave systems, Knuckles saw homes, painstakingly dug out by hand and carved with the care a sculptor gives to his masterpiece. Where they saw a ruined sanctum, he saw a sacred temple. Where they saw power, he saw honor, a responsibility that he was proud to bear on his shoulders, another heart beating next to his. The island was Galatea, and he could only hope to live up to the space Polyphemus had left.
(It didn’t matter that he couldn’t remember any names or faces other than Tikal’s, muffled with static. The centuries-old claw marks on the wall fit his own, and that was all that mattered.)
And so he stood, through rain and sleet and snow, through chaos and trickery and war. The moments his fingers dared slip were short-lived and he tossed them to the wind. The emerald was his, and he was its, thrumming under his fingertips. It was the only family he had, after all. His eyelids would not, could not droop, lest they fail his ancestors again.
As sea-blue eyes lazily traced his muscular figure, Knuckles absentmindedly wondered what happened when an unstoppable object met an immovable force.
“Bat girl.” His voice was low, monotone, revealing none of the irritation beginning to heat in his chest. Of course, he knew that small victory would be short lived–Rouge knew exactly how to press his buttons.
“Hello, beautiful,” She took a few seemingly careless steps forward, voice laced with rose petals. He knew how well the thorns were hidden. Her gaze wasn’t on him, but the emerald, shimmering in the fading light. Chaos, it was infuriating how the sun cast its rays on that muzzle, a blazing gold. “Been a while, hasn’t it?”
“What are you doing here?” It wasn’t a question, but a statement, an order for her to get out , to go back where she belonged, to the probably stolen apartment she shared with her team, working against or with him. It didn’t matter. Knuckles worked alone, and that was just how he liked it. He didn’t need anything or anyone else besides his emerald, but Rouge, thief as she was, kept insisting upon these stupid visits.
She ignored him, ascending toward his emerald step by step, that stupid determination in her eyes, and he growled in warning. “Answer me, Rouge.”
Silence. A raised eyebrow, a smirk.
“I’m warning you!” Knuckles barked, stepping forward and sliding between her and her target. That’s all she thinks of it. Just some shiny, magic rock for her to steal. She knows nothing of the Master Emerald, and she has the gall to try and take it anyway?
Tch. Unworthy.
“Just thought I’d drop by,” she purred, hand sitting lazily at her hip. “Really, Knuckles. Not very gentlemanly of you. What kind of host accosts his guest?”
“I didn’t invite you to my island,” he retorted, hands curled into fists. Chaos, that makeup was just begging to be smeared by a well-placed punch.
“I seem to recall Sonic inviting you off your island for Christmas.” Something shifted in her gaze, hardening as it clashed with his. “How long has it been since you left, anyway?”
“You’re the reason I can’t leave, Rouge!” Knuckles spat, taking a step back to be closer to his purpose. “Thieves like you. The Master Emerald is more important than me! What I want–” he paused, a strange, unfamiliar doubt pulsing like fire in his chest. He extinguished it without a second thought. “I have a duty . You don’t understand.”
“ Damn it, Knuckles!” Rouge’s voice was sharp, taking a dangerous step forward, her tone flipping on its head in an instant. “You have a duty, sure, but you’re not letting yourself have a life! No one’s seen you in months , and now you’re attacking me for–”
“ Can it ,” he snarled, raising his fists dangerously. She never knows when to give up, does she? “You’re not going to get my emerald, so leave! ”
“I don’t want your damn emerald!”
Knuckles paused, and suddenly he became aware of the bulkiness of his hands. He was clumsy. It was far too easy for his fists to break things.
(Whatever this was? He didn’t want to shatter it. It was new, different, wrong . And yet, he wanted.
…but what other option did he have?)
“I don’t give a shit about your emerald, you hear me?” Rouge was almost screaming now, voice raw and shaky, and Knuckles was stunned into silence, anger giving way to shock. She’s never acted like this before . Her palm collided with his chest, more of a shove than a slap. “I don’t care about your island, your duty, your treasure, whatever! ”
“Rouge–”
“I care about you , damn it!” She whipped around, but not quite fast enough for Knuckles to miss the tears brimming in her eyes. He found himself reaching toward her and stopped himself. Why do I…what is this? What is she getting at?
“...Why did you really come here, then?” His voice was low and quiet, almost ashamed. He felt himself splitting in two. “Was it just to yell at me?”
“No, you idiot.” Knuckles was awful at understanding undertones, but he couldn’t miss the barely-veiled regret in Rouge’s voice. “No one’s heard from you for ages. I couldn’t just…” she paused, trying to steady her voice. It didn’t work. “I needed to know you were ok.” A raw laugh left her throat, and surprisingly, Knuckles could sense the exact moment she slipped back into her act. “Have to make sure my emerald’s kept safe, y’know?”
“I thought you didn’t care about the emerald.”
“Tch.” Rouge didn’t answer, still facing away. Slowly, she knelt, gaze locked with the sunset. Her breathing was still shaky. “M’ just glad you’re alive.”
“Why wouldn’t I be?” Knuckles moved to sit beside her. It didn’t dawn on him that he was leaving a gap for her to dart to the emerald and claim it for herself, he had more pressing matters to worry about. “I’ve lived here my whole life, y’know. My tribe did it for generations. Nothing changed, I’ve just got a few more pesky thieves and evil overlords to worry about than my ancestors.”
“Doesn’t really seem like living to me,” Rouge muttered, hunching over and pressing her muzzle into her sleeves.
“It’s tradition. You wouldn’t understand.” No one does. No one seems to know the importance of remembering. If I am not here, what happens to my ancestors? My family? My memories? What happens to the emerald they guarded for generations?
“Please, go ahead and try to explain to me how spending your entire life standing in that same spot in front of that same shrine for hours at a time, barely even sleeping , is living. You sound miserable.”
“Of course you would think that,” Knuckles shot back. “You spend your time lying and deceiving others just to get what you want. You’re just a greedy treasure hunter.”
…So why do I care that you care about me?
“And what’s wrong with that, huh?” Rouge watched the clouds march across the sky, a spark of defiance in her voice. “I do whatever the hell I want. I’m not letting some stupid destiny or tradition control me. And what I want to do is make the world a better place. I don’t just steal treasure, you know. There’s a reason I work for G.U.N.”
“What does that have to do with my emerald?” Knuckles tilted his head. Damn you, Rouge. You’re always so confusing. “I don’t need anyone else. I work alone. I’m the last of the echidnas, it’s what I’m meant to do.”
“You don’t have to, though.”
“I want to.”
“ Please , Knuckles.” She turned to him for the first time in a few minutes, and her makeup was smeared. A strange warmth made itself known in his chest. “I could see the bags under your eyes from a mile away. Why don’t you just let yourself sleep, once in a while? Go visit your friends and family? This duty… it can’t be all consuming, can it?”
“Do you understand what the word ‘Guardian’ entails?” Knuckles’ voice was less sharp and more solemn. “I cannot leave my post, Rouge. I cannot fail my ancestors. The emerald is more important than what I want to do. What I need to do is keep it safe.”
“No.” Rouge poked him, almost gently, right in the center of his chest. He flinched but didn’t look away. “You’re more important than the emerald. Your life is more important than some tradition.”
“And this is why you’ll never understand.” Knuckles looked away. There should have been no conflict in his chest, no feeling of tearing or ripping his patchwork feelings at the seams.
And yet.
“You have no right to be mad at me for stealing jewels, then.” Rouge’s hand found his knee, barely brushing fur. He shuddered, but didn’t shove her away. “After all, if you’re willing to sacrifice your life for one measly emerald, you can’t scold me for valuing material possessions.”
“I’m not sacrificing my life, I’m just–”
“Then leave the damn island once and a while!” Rouge cut him off. “Come visit us so we know you haven’t rotted away! I–” she stopped. “ ...we miss you, Knuckles. Just check in sometimes, ok?”
Knuckles stayed silent, letting his thoughts simmer on his tongue. I… the emerald. What if I fail?
But Rouge’s eyes. She was crying . I did that to her.
…Why do I care?
It didn’t matter, Knuckles decided. He wouldn’t question why he cared, all he knew was that he couldn’t just stop without it cracking and fraying under his cumbersome hands. His ancestors would have wanted him to have a family, right?
“I… suppose.” He relented, sighing in defeat. Now that she mentioned it, his eyelids were heavy. Sometimes mountains had to rest weary bones.
Something in his mind told him he was making a mistake, that he would regret this. The genuine smile on Rouge’s face, unmasked for a mere millisecond, wiped all of his doubts away. She squeezed his hand–when had they started touching?–and looked away.
“Don’t make me regret this,” he added quickly, voice sharp. “This better not be one of your tricks, bat girl.”
(He made no move to remove his hand from hers.)
“I’m sure I’ll make it worth your while.” Rouge shifted closer, ever-teasing at whatever fragile bond they shared. “But for now? I suppose you can keep me in check. Wouldn’t want me finally claiming what’s mine, would I?”
“Of course not. What kind of guardian do you think I am?” Knuckles scoffed. Her breath was warm against his fur, and he let out a yawn, forehead resting against her shoulder. He’d forgotten how easy it was to let himself slip into unconsciousness.
Knuckles worked alone, and he was okay with that. It was his duty, after all, and he didn’t need anyone else. But sometimes, he supposed, it was fine to let himself rely on others. Life wasn’t just about necessities, after all.
#sth#sonic the hedgehog#knuckles the echidna#knuckles#rouge the bat#knuxouge#knuckles x rouge#sth fanfic#sonic fanfiction#oneshot#hurt/comfort#found family#character study#fanfiction#!!! i love him!! best character ever im so serious#god. i would die for knuckles the echidna#rts are appreciated!! btw!! hehe
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Yeah! They’re fun to make! I usually make them when I’m sad (or are just in a generally bad state of mind) about something kin-related! Here’s an example!
I made this one when I was missing Tikal a lot this one time!
I think I might’ve posted this one on my edit blog? Can’t remember for sure though 😭 /lh
I think they help process how I feel (or something like that, I don’t really know how to explain it; it just helps 😭) 💫
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Ooohh it’s so pretty! Sorta bittersweet.. just a little
I haven’t checked out your edit blog yet!
I can understand, kinda like vent art? Vent arts not always bad, something it’s drawing something happy cause your having a hard time being happy
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