➹third flight

[shiningascent]

[What's white and gold with feathers all over? This guy, groggily wandering about Mac Anu like he's just woken up from a very, very long sleep. ...Or maybe not very long, considering this is the kid who'd set a personal record for sleeping three years straight. Not on purpose, of course

Pit stumbles into a group of NPCs as he wobbles along, rousing some complaint and concern-- 'Is he alright?' 'Watch where you're going, clumsy!'

He doesn't seem to mind, or even notice, mumbling to himself as he checks over his Relic.]

Ooogh... I just had the biggest... longest... weirdest dream. Feels like I've been out for ages.

...'Least I'm not... [yaaaawn] A ring... this... mumble grumble ...

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[greaterspeed]

[something speedy and blue runs straight past Pit. As he passes, a familiar sound can be heard-

...

Well, that was certainly weird. Looks like someone's running around Mac Anu in circles for lack of better things to do (or as a stress relief exercise considering how he was still only level 1 )]

[shiningascent]

[don't spend it all in one place, now

Well, it does serve to wake the angel somewhat along with ruffling his feathers-- he's just gonna squint at that blue light speed into the distance until it comes close enough to--]

Hey, Soniwwwbblblblb--

[Greetings are a little more difficult with supersonic winds in your face]

[greaterspeed]

[no way, man, I need those rings to boost to victory and go Super.

YOU MEAN G-FORCES IN YOUR FACE AMIRITE?! OOOHOHOHOHO

But Sonic manages to catch wind of Pit's voice anyway (ha) and skids to a halt about a block away. Again, our intrepid players find themselves watching the strange sight of Sonic jogging happily in reverse till he was where Pit was]

Hey, Pit, thought you went back to those pearly gates! Where have you been, man?

[shiningascent]

[DOOOHOHOHO you've been talking with Palutena haven't you, Sonic <8I

The angel sticks to waving til his lips are back in order, grinning brightly]

Um... to tell the truth? I think I was asleep the whole time! Or maybe not, the details are kinda fuzzy. A-anyway, don't worry about me! How've you been, Sonic?

[greaterspeed]

[naaaah I leave conversing with Gods to you and sometimes Link. Most of the ones I've run into tend to be of the 'DESTROY THE WORLD' variety. 8'>a ]

Man, I know you're suppose to be an angel and all, but don't you think you're taking the sleeping cherub thing a little too far? [shrugs] But if your dreams ever take a strange turn, make sure to give me a shout, all right? Last thing I need is to find out belated that something's happened to Illumina again. [oh boy, shuffle party for all]

And you know me. Running round at the speed of sound, got places to go, gotta get this game to let me level up! Skill systems shouldn't be this hard to work with.

[shiningascent]

[Awww, but she's really nice! E-even if she does tease me a lot, Lady Palutena is great~ （*´▽｀*）]

Illumina? What's that?

And yeah... Leveling's difficult when you're out of your element, right? Maybe they didn't think the mechanics through! I mean If I could, I'd make myself a super strong weapon and barrel my way through everything! Sounds fun, right?!

[Pit, no. That's not how the target audience works--]

[greaterspeed]

[you're moe enough for me as it is, Pit]

Illumina! She's the Goddess of the Maginary World where dreams are, y'know? [OH, RIGHT SO I TOTALLY FORGOT ABOUT HER FOR A MOMENT THERE LOL]

Make a weapon? I'd just buy or level up the skills I need and go barreling through everything. Nothing like traveling at Mach 2 over glacial waters man. Nothing like it.

... Also because Caliburn was an awesome sword. [ >C ]

[shiningascent]

[I'm not moe I'm manly as he-- heck]

Really?! I've never met her! I'd sure like to... maybe, next time I see Lady Palutena, I'll ask about visiting! If that's a thing. I don't know if you're really supposed to visit the land of dreams, but we've been pretty much everywhere else, so...

[getting a bit distracted by his thoughts now. Lady Palutenaaaa, why can't you be heeeere so we can go flyiiiinggg...]

[greaterspeed]

Yea! But um... There might be problems with that. Mostly involving the Precioustone and her being split into two people? It's complicated, but I'm sure she'd like the company!

And the Maginary World was pretty awesome... [shuffle partyyyyy-- But mostly because Sonic had the ability to move up to TWELVE SPACES in one turn so like... seriously. Seriously.]

[shiningascent]

I can do complicated! Heck, you should see what the Gods back home are up to! They sure keep me busy, ha ha! I hope Lady Palutena's okay.

It sounds like you really enjoyed it.

[greaterspeed]

Do they split into two parts? [seriously] Because I just have to ask.

Of course! Seeing new places, going to new worlds, meeting new people, it's amazing. [and he looks so content at the thought]

[shiningascent]

Uh-- You know what, I wouldn't be surprised if that happened sometimes! Though I did know one monster... Egh, that's a bottom half I don't need to see again!

Guess it's pretty different being in this place all this time...

[greaterspeed]

Yea, two halves of a whole and what not. Though a few of those Eggman robots liked to split apart too. Not nearly as confusing to look at as what happened to Lumina, but I guess that's the difference between fantasy and sci-fi.

[his ears twitch as he makes an irritated face] Ugh, don't even remind me. This place is way past lame!

[but that's because Sonic can't RPG to save his life]

[shiningascent]

Difference smifference! As far as I'm concerned, you can get away with having both.

[have a clap on the shoulder, Sonic!] Hey, don't make that face! I'm sure there's something we can do to, um... spiff up the place a bit!

[we'll start by adding damage percentages at the bottom of the screen and a ring-out fighting system]

[greaterspeed]

[are you ready to BRAAAAAAAAAWL?]

Well, once I figure out how this thing works, I'm tearing the house down. This place is SO lucky I didn't bring a Chaos Emerald with me.

[grins]

So what have you been up to, sleepyhead? [elbows in ribs lightly]

[shiningascent]

Ch-Chaos, huh? Gee... [He doesn't sound too enthused about thaOOF ribs]

Sleeping, probably! I'm just trying to get my bearings again, then uh... hit another dungeon, I suppose! That's what you're supposed to do, right?

[greaterspeed]

Well if you're gonna hit a dungeon, count me in! I've run round this place so much that I can't even get lost anymore.

[ears prick forward and I'm guessing that Sonic is still shorter than Pit?] What's wrong with Chaos? I mean, I know he was the angriest water god of destruction, but the Chaos Emeralds are pretty hand Macguffins.

[shiningascent]

Aah, just-- where I'm from, the Chaos Kin really wreaked a lot of havoc and-- aahh, doesn't matter, I guess! If they're useful for something, then that's good, right?!

I wonder which would be a good dungeon? I can't make left or right of the word system yet...

[greaterspeed]

Chaos Kin? Can't say I've ever heard of him. [and he stops to actually think about it]

Just ask the Gate to pick three random words for you. Probably have to stick to lower level fields for now and work our way up. [sigh] Such a slow way to go.

[shiningascent]

Believe me, that's probably a good thing!

Uuuugh, things were so much simpler when I could just dump stuff in a cauldron. I guess we haven't got much choice, though. Wanna give it a try?

[greaterspeed]

[ears twitch] All things considered... Bet that'll be someone I'll have to fight against later on, with a name like that.

D-Dump stuff in a cauldron? [awuh?]

Hey, if you've got the time, I've got the gear! Let's roll.

[shiningascent]

Huh~

I'll explain it some other time! Right now I just wanna get out of this town~

[greaterspeed]

All right then. [he unceremoniously grabs Pit's arm] Hold onto your laurels, we're gonna speed up!

[ENJOY THOSE G-FORCES, PITTY PAT]

[shiningascent]

[don't call me thaAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH]

Whoawhoawhooaaaaaaaa!! You weren't kiddiiiiiiiiiiiiing!!

[greaterspeed]

[laugh]

They call me Sonic for a reason!

[and they were in front of the Chaos Gate in no time]