◎ Act 1

[greaterspeed]

[in the room where the Chaos Gate is situated crouches a young, blue Twin Blade. He's far enough to one side to be out of the way, but not enough to be easily ignored. See, Sonic liked to be at the center of attention, it feeds that ego of his and well... He just liked to be social whenever fancy struck him.

What he didn't like was the idea of not being able to defend himself.

The fact that he was still a low level Twin Blade certainly did not help with the whole 'independent' thing. Which has led him to the boy crouching by himself moaning about the indignity of it all]

AAAAAAAUGH! I'm not made for RPGs! I can't do this level thing, got knocked out by a goblin. A MOOK! How does that even happen?? I've taken down giant death robots, angry water Gods, gigantic lasers, more killer robots and even more angry Gods and what happens?

[he throws his hands up in the air in exasperation. A few NPCs take this as a cue to exit the stage] A stupid Goblin knocks me out for an hour!

[silence.

...

...

Then Sonic just covers his face with his hands with a whine, ears folded against his head in embarrassment. In a small, muffled voice;]

I'm sorry, I promise to never do this RPG thing again now can I please go back to being able to beat things up just by jumping on them?

Comments

[greatcleavage]

Tell me about it. I went from mid-high-level fighter capable of taking down my weight in level-appropriate encounters to a level one whatever-I-am just because someone decided to scrap the old campaign and change editions.

[greaterspeed]

Never had to deal with this level thing at all!! [he seems to have adjusted to just about everything else well enough though] Course, I used to have spines and jumping solved everything BUT STILL!

[pause... then he points to Roy with one hand while his other rests on his hip] So would you be a middle-weight or a light-weight? Inquiring minds wish to know.

[greatcleavage]

I'm a PC, that means I've got more than enough weight to throw around.

Assuming you're not talking literally.

[greaterspeed]

PC as in 'Personal Computer' or 'Player Character'? I kinda lost track of what all these adjectives stand for a while back. [lopsided smile]

[ladieswhodresslikemen]

You're just not used to it, are you mate?

[greaterspeed]

No, my old china, you see... I'm quite simply not made for this type of gameplay.

[is he making fun of accents now?]

so is this sonic just extra-medium-aware?

[ladieswhodresslikemen]

[someone seems to be forgetting about Chronicles... not that either of them knows that]

Old china? Call me dishware again and there'll be Hell to pay!

...an' what's this about gameplay?

just very Genre Savvy. 8|b Blame the newer games for the fourth wall shenanigans

[greaterspeed]

[that game was as bad as 06, Sonic is not made for RPGs D| ]

Like video games! Kinda like books only you play it instead of reading it and it's way more interesting than actual books. Who sits around and reads anyway?

[then;] No, no, it's a rhyming thing. 'China plate' rhyming with 'mate'-- Y'know what? Nevermind. [lopsided smile] That sort of attitude reminds me of someone I know. And hey! At least this sort of tableware is the quality kind!

[galaxiapride]

Hmph, it sounds like you still need this lesson in humility.

[greaterspeed]

Humility is for people who can't handle being awesome!

[hi, Mama Knight]

[galaxiapride]

No, humility is for people who hope to become stronger.

[does someone not want dessert tonight]

[greaterspeed]

[he stops in his tirade to give Meta Knight an appraising look]

...

[eyebrow raise] You're one of those dark, mysterious mentor types aren't you? Caliburn's not really dark, but that definitely sounds like something he would say. Aaah, Camelot.

[tank_sniper]

[At first she was watching out of a mild kind of curiosity, but it quickly grows into something more with some of the things he said.

Hello Sonic, have a girl up in your face with some questions.]

What do you mean, knocked out? Were you actually defeated in battle?

[greaterspeed]

[whoooooaaaaaaaaaaa-]

[Sonic looks flustered. Not that a girl was in his face! Oh no, that happens enough for it to be a normal occurrance for him and he just naturally takes a step back once she's within a foot of him. It's the idea of being defeated in battle that has his ears drooping and his face tinged red.

Knuckles and Shadow would laugh at him. Oooooh the disgrace!]

Whoa! Don't make it sound like I went down without a fight! I'm just not feeling it, s'all. This place is weird!

[tank_sniper]

You were killed by a monster, but you were able to respawn after?

[THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR HER TO KNOW because honestly, she hasn't had the guts to see what would happen if she let herself die here.]

[greaterspeed]

Well, yea. I wouldn't be here otherwise, y'know?

[there's an awkward pause here, because HAHA this is something he finds somewhat uncomfortable to admit. He scratches the back of his head sheepishly]

To be fair, it didn't really feel like they were gonna kill me. And I know what it feels like when something that wants you dead comes at you. Boy do I ever.

[minetodecide]

[He was just about to go out for a training session when he heard the whining kid int he corner.]

Sitting there and complaining won't do you any good.

[greaterspeed]

But it definitely makes me feel better.

["maturity," whazzat?]

[minetodecide]

Hmph. That's just pathetic, licking your wounds like that.

[Ryusei...where are you going with this?]

[shininghero]

I don't think apologizing is going to get you out of here. And RPGs aren't so bad, once you get the hang of them.

[greaterspeed]

But... But leveling up shouldn't even be this hard! [he can't find the skill shop and this irritates him] Even being a werehog is easier than this!

[shininghero]

If it helps any, you gain new skills as you level up your "job", which is whatever class you are. It's apparently a separate leveling system from the general one that gives us stat boosts.

[Anyone who played RPGs before would have caught onto that quickly, really.]

[adarable]

[ Sheeee doesn't really understand much of Sonic's outburts, but she can see that he lost a fight?

So Ada does what any HC should do - and cast Repth. Even though it. May not even be useful now. ]

Ah.. are you all right?

[greaterspeed]

[Repth was nice; it felt comforting and was a sort of rush of energy that Sonic could only really connect to the rings he ran around collecting all the time. It sucked feeling like a fish out of water.

And he didn't even like water]

Huh? [he turns around, ears twitching and looking a bit sheepish because bawww Ada, you're so sweet]

Oh, yea, just a bit of a bruised ego, y'know? [a sheepish grin] Thanks for the heal though. [trademark wink and a thumbs up]

[adarable]

[ She smiles, crouching down to Sonic's level near him. ]

I'm glad. [ a little hastily: ] That you're not too injured, that is! [ pause. ]

It's easier to fight monsters with a party. [ as if sonic didn't already know that. ] I hope it goes well for you next time, though!