◎ 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

[ladieswhodresslikemen]

[well, I didn't actually know that so thanks! let's be positive!]

Well, not me. Not sure what that thing you mention is, but it doesn't matter.

Is that it, then? At least it wasn't a pun!

[...although she does kind of miss Galuf still.]

[greaterspeed]

[Actually, 06 had pretty good music. /listens to on repeat]

See? Reading is for people who can stand to sit around. [grin]

... [cough]

[ladieswhodresslikemen]

[Hey, I knew about that already. I think that's about all it has going for it, though. And I've (wisely, I guess) never played it.]

[However, a nod is all Sonic gets.]

[greaterspeed]

[exactly, even 06 has something going for it. Dark Brotherhood was just awful]

[and oh good! She has missed his ironic (potentially punny) comment /rimshot]

Not the talkative type? Or would that be one of those 'actions speak louder than words' variation?

[ladieswhodresslikemen]

I can be, but right now I just don't feel like it. I had a little mishap earlier, too, but I managed to make it out.

[greaterspeed]

[immediate interest!]

Mishap? What happened? And s'good to see you're all right.

[because he is bored and wouldn't mind something to do and maybe someone to work with until he got to a higher level? Man, he missed Caliburn]

[ladieswhodresslikemen]

Same as you, mostly. I dunno what it is with this place, but after the god-king of all dragons that should've been easier than sleepin'.

[Granted, that fight had required something resembling an actual strategy. And lots of preparation.]

[greaterspeed]

God-king of all dragons. Really? I've heard some crazy things in my time, but that's kinda awesome sounding.

...

That's it. This place is just weird.

[ladieswhodresslikemen]

Eh, he flew off after gettin' thrashed, but he's not gonna show his face again.

[Just you wait, Faris. The Sealed Temple awaits you~]

Couldn't agree more.

[greaterspeed]

And he can fly... [this is a slightly wistful look on Sonic's face. Awww yea, awesome boss fights away. LITTLE DOES HE KNOW WHAT SONIC GENERATIONS HAS IN STORE FOR HIM]

[but here, have a trademark thumbs up and wink]

Glad to hear it. Name's Sonic by the way. Sonic the Hedgehog!

[except not, OOOOOH SNAP]

[ladieswhodresslikemen]

An' I'm Faris.

It'd be good to have you around sometime, Sonic.

[Not commenting on the "the Hedgehog" title, for now.]

[greaterspeed]

I'd love to party! Bet we could show those mooks a thing or two if we used the true superpower of teamwork.

[whyyyyy, Sonic, why?]

[ladieswhodresslikemen]

[whyyyyy indeed.]

[Just. All of the stern face. All of it.]

[greaterspeed]

...

What? What'd I say?

[ladieswhodresslikemen]

Only about the cheesiest line I've ever heard.

1/3

[greaterspeed]

. . .

[greaterspeed]

[everyone's a critic these days. *sigh*]

[greaterspeed]

Whaaat? There's nothing wrong with a couple of cheesy lines every once in a while.

[ladieswhodresslikemen]

I'm not denying that.

["Ha! Looks like that overgrown lobster just got served!"

"With cheese biscuits AND mashed potatoes!"]

[...granted, she had said neither of those lines.]

[greaterspeed]

['sounds delicious']

Then why the face?

[ladieswhodresslikemen]

'Cause it's a bit early to be celebrating.

[Her device is held in whichever hand is closer to you, but she hasn't bothered to uncross her arms.]

[greaterspeed]

But waiting's such a pain. [Sonic reaches up to scratch his ear before pulling out his Relic]

So we register each other's friend code first, right?

[I blame this on the 'hints' option]

[ladieswhodresslikemen]

Somethin' like that.

[The Relic has been extended.]

[greaterspeed]

Neat!

[and he holds out his own Relic then it plays for everyone the classic Sonic Life-Up tune. A quick chime lets both players know that they've been registered...

And Sonic's still a piddly level 1 Twin Blade. /sob]

Great, next time you're heading out feel free to give me a shout! [pause, then a sheepish grin] S'not like there's really anywhere to go here but you get the idea.

[ladieswhodresslikemen]

You, too, y'hear? Gettin' yourself killed again is only a bad idea.