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KnightOfTheWind created a chat

KnightOfTheWind renamed the chat to The Fastest Things Alive

KnightOfTheWind added ClassicVibes  

KnightOfTheWind added X-tremeEscapist 

KnightOfTheWind added Wachowski

KnightOfTheWind added SonicBoom 

ClassicVibes

o/

Wachowski

Woah!  Other mes?!

SonicBoom

Uhm what is this

Can I have perms?

KnightOfTheWind  

Shush, you're inferior to classic

SonicBoom

He speaks in emotes!?

X-tremeEscapist  

Neat, I got admin perms!

SonicBoom  

Seriously?!

KnightOfTheWind 

nice to meet you all! 

Pop quiz, favorite food!

ClassicVibes  

ホットドッグ! (hotdogs!)

X-tremeEscapist

Chilidogs, obviously

SonicBoom

definitely chilidogs

Wachowski

Chilidogs!  But I like doughnuts too!

KnightOfTheWind

Nice!  Which of you have gone super?

X-tremeEscapist

I have!

Wachowski

Me too!

ClassicVibes

ദ്ദി(๑>•̀๑)

SonicBoom 

…super?  Do I want to know?

KnightOfTheWind 

…

ClassicVibes 

(⚆ᗝ⚆)

X-tremeEscapist 

You haven't used chaos emeralds?

Youshouldseemeinacrown 

Really, the only hedgehog here who deserves the chat name is me

KnightOfTheWind 

oh, hi?  How'd you get in here?

X-tremeEscapist

You ever outrun a formula one racecar?

Youshouldseemeinacrown 

Tf?

Reply to: @KnightOfTheWind  

i have no effin clue, blue

X-tremeEscapist 

Oh and then I broke Cream out of area 99…

SonicBoom 

Guess the user's accurate

ClassicVibes 

^

Wachowski 

Whoa!

Youshouldseemeinacrown 

Damn, aight

X-tremeEscapist 

Reply to: @Wachowski

Don't be like me, running from the police and breaking into a government facility isn't usually a good thing to do…

Unless you're wrongly convicted!

KnightOfTheWind 

Unless you're wrongly convicted

Eyyy

X-tremeEscapist 

Jinx!

Youshouldseemeinacrown 

Yeah, as much fun as running from the cops is, it's not the lifestyle ya want

SonicBoom

we have cops around here, the only thing I’ve done wrong is get multiple speeding tickets, sadly don’t think they’re gonna accept “gotta go fast” as a medical condition… 

Wachowski 

so everyone’s run from the cops?

ClassicVibes 

いいえ! (No)

Youshouldseemeinacrown 

Keep it that way, baby blue

KnightOfTheWind 

if he ends up like me then Shadow might come and Mini might not be able to keep out of the jail house :p

ClassicVibes

(॰, ०)ॽ़

KnightOfTheWind

Spoilers :p

X-tremeEscapist 

Police wanted to catch me cause I was a blue hedgehog with super speed, what else was i gonna do? Let em catch me?

Youshouldseemeinacrown 

mood

i ended up in space jail for a bit

Bad Times

if you do want to get yerself chased by cops, don't get caught

that's my worldly advice

Wachowski 

Space jail?

Youshouldseemeinacrown 

Don't ask

X-tremeEscapist 

Oof, space jail?

Youshouldseemeinacrown 

What'd I say

X-tremeEscapist 

Doesn't sound fun.  I was stuck in a cell underwater once… that sucked.

ClassicVibes

(•᷄- •᷅ ;) 

KnightOfTheWind

I've been to space a few times, in a jail too

Youshouldseemeinacrown 

Chaos, the zone cops suck

VivalaRevolution 

Oh that's where you went

don't dis Z, man's just doing his job

Youshouldseemeinacrown 

Jail still sucked.

VivalaRevolution 

Anyways, hi!  I'm sonic 

Backread

We're all sonic

Terrifying 

Youshouldseemeinacrown 

I'm not

KnightOfTheWind 

anyone got any neat transformations?

VivalaRevolution 

Uh

turned into a werewolf every night for a few months as the world slowly broke apart, definitely an experience that I had.

KnightOfTheWind 

hey same! I kept mine though, I think I accidentally passed it to Mini…

ClassicVibes 

d-(´▽｀)-b

<3

SonicBoom 

Lmao I feel left out

Wachowski 

It's okay, I only have super :)

X-tremeEscapist 

I have my dark form?

KnightOfTheWind 

What's that?

X-tremeEscapist 

Form i got from fake chaos emeralds and a lot of anger 

Youshouldseemeinacrown 

mmm stay away from those fake chaos emeralds

X-tremeEscapist 

well they’re kinda… stuck, dormant? Figured out how to better control myself recently

You have experience with em?

Youshouldseemeinacrown 

We had something similar where I came from

nasty stuff, powerful as all get out, but leaves you with the worst hangover you'll ever have

They're addictive.

X-tremeEscapist 

ah, mine aren’t really addictive, honestly never wanted to feel that way again but i’d rather be able to control it than risk someone getting hurt

ClassicVibes

[Photo of his werehog self cuddling with his Tails]  

<3

X-tremeEscapist 

oh? So that’s werehog huh? You’re pretty cute looking!

ClassicVibes 

⸜(｡˃ ᵕ ˂ )⸝♡

Youshouldseemeinacrown 

Ain't that like.  Self absorbed.

X-tremeEscapist 

don’t think so, we may all be Sonics but we’re not exactly the same person, we’ve all had different experiences

Youshouldseemeinacrown 

booooo that's no fun

SonicBoom 

eggy just attacked, beat him up, unfortunately no one’s grateful around here and is yelling at me

Ugh.

Wachowski 

why would they be yelling? Didn’t you save them?

KnightOfTheWind 

they blaming you for his mess?

SonicBoom 

apparently too much collateral damage, though the only ‘damage’ i see is a trash can that got knocked over

Wachowski 

Sorry about that :(

That's messed up

SonicBoom

It's all good

Just annoying 

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VivalaRevolution 

Yk this is the second chat I've been pulled into against my will

KnightOfTheWind 

It's good to have you

I've lost control of it

I only added the first four people, idk where you came from

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

SonicBoom 

Oh no

Are we sure the chat isn't some kind of egg plot

ClassicVibes 

o/

こんにちは!

SonicBoom

Hello???

Youshouldseemeinacrown 

This is a hell chat, is what it is

Except for you, Classic. You're fine.

ClassicVibes 

¬‿¬

SonicBoom 

There isn't an option to leave the chat.

What

What??

ClassicVibes 

ദ്ദി・ᴗ・)✧

X-tremeEscapist 

We were talking forms earlier, anyone else got something?

KnightOfTheWind 

Should we make some kinda list?

Might be fun to like, compare

And Tails would kill me if I didn't learn something about the multiverse from this experience

X-tremeEscapist 

Eh, why not

It does sound fun

SonicBoom 

…I feel targeted.

KnightOfTheWind 

Alright! Here we go!

Classic : Super, Hyper, Werehog

Me: Super, Hyper, Darkspine, Excalibur, Werehog

Wachowski : Super

X : Super, Dark

Boom : L

VivalaRevolution : Super, Werehog, others?

Youshouldseemeinacrown : ??? 

Youshouldseemeinacrown 

Reply To: @SonicBoom 

As you should, dicknips

Reply To: @SonicBoom: There isn't an option to leave the chat

Oh shit there actually isn’t

Reply To: @KnightOfTheWind

I've got the one, super scourge, but it was powered with anarchy beryl, not chaos emeralds.  I’ve never tried em.

Blue from my universe has a super form, and a shit ton of others, you'd have to ask him, I only know the ones I've beat the shit outta

SonicBoom

Reply To: @Youshouldseemeinacrown: As you should, dicknips

Uh there’s children in here buddy

Youshouldseemeinacrown

lmao how old do you think i am

SpaceCop

Hello?

KnightOfTheWind

yo new person

welcome!

SonicBoom

…how are people being added to this chat

VivalaRevolution

omg z

this is “physics Sonic” <3

SpaceCop

I'm "I got an education sonic", thank you very much

and Scourge, before you move from wherever in the goddamn you're at, remember that the only reason you aren't locked up rn, is because of the genesis wave

Youshouldseemeinacrown

fuckkkkk

that's a good thing but eeeesh

VivalaRevolution

Reply To: @Youshouldseemeinacrown: Blue from my universe has a super form…

Wheeew boy

uhhhh there’s at least three

I’ve had so much weird shit in my body

Youshouldseemeinacrown

lmao 

VivalaRevolution

Don’t take that out of context

Youshouldseemeinacrown

lmao 

VivalaRevolution

I know exactly where you are.

Oh lol, guess what

shadow is in the room with me

He hasn’t killed me yet guys

SonicBoom 

Give it time.

Youshouldseemeinacrown

eyyyyy

VivalaRevolution

Lmao don’t I know it

and he's glaring at me, wondering why I'm on my phone.  

The freedom fighters are trying to track down ol Scourgey boy rn, your days are numbered, Green

SpaceCop

I'm gonna close my eyes and stick my fingers in my ears.

VivalaRevolution

and oop!  There goes shads

X-treme Escapist

Reply To: @VivalaRevolution: and he’s glaring at me, wondering why I’m…

What are the freedom fighters?

KnightOfTheWind

Maybe they’re like our restoration?

VivalaRevolution

We're a team of fighters resisting robotnik, the names kinda silly, but it's old lol

according to Z, it's a bit unique to my universe

the restoration?

KnightOfTheWind

yep, they help with fixing all the damage eggy causes

VivalaRevolution

Oh okay, yeah the Acorn Kingdom is more or less behind that over here

KnightOfTheWind

you guys have a kingdom?

X-treme Escapist

A kingdom???

VivalaRevolution

yup, Sally's the crown princess.  I think.  

Maybe.  

Oh yeah she is, her brother ran off

Can’t blame the poor sod

Youshouldseemeinacrown

SHIT

VLUE

BOEU SHADOWS HERE

VivalaRevolution

Oh yeah

SonicBoom

He’s doomed

It was nice knowing ya, weird not sonic o7

VivalaRevolution

I told ya

Yeah Scourge isn’t going to be available for a bit lol

ClassicVibes

⊙▂⊙

SonicBoom

Before you die, tell shadow hi for me lmao

Youshouldseemeinacrown

nt if i kill m firts

VivalaRevolution

don't text and fight bud

Youshouldseemeinacrown

Fuck off

VivalaRevolution

Well somebody’s grumpy

ClassicVibes

こんにちは、新しいハリネズミです！私は古典的であり、現代的な代替品です!(Hello new hedgehogs! I’m Classic, a Modern alternate!)

VivalaRevolution

Oh wow, wow I cannot understand a word of that, but good to see you typing bud!

KnightOfTheWind

Classic! I’m so proud of ya for speaking in here!

ClassicVibes

私が入力できることを学習したときのあなたの反応を見たかっただけです! (just wanted to see your reactions to learning i can type!)

SpaceCop

こんにちはソニッククラシック、お元気ですか？

(Hello sonic classic, how are you?)

running on my system's translation setup, may or may not be correct

ClassicVibes

良い！あなたも? (Good! And you?)

SpaceCop

ah so it's working alright?  Okay good

よくやって

(Doing well)

VivalaRevolution

you had a translator in your SUIT

this whole time!?

SpaceCop

You’ve used it before, Prime

VivalaRevolution

I have NOT

SonicBoom

Okay, so we’re mostly sure this isn’t some weird eggman scheme?

Like I’ve been sus, but you all seem pretty aight?

ClassicVibes

なぜエッグヘッドがここでチャットするのでしょうか？それは彼の嫌いなものでいっぱいです! (Why would Egghead chat in here? it's full of the thing he hates!)

SonicBoom

Well that’s not entirely what I meant but

He’s got a point

SpaceCop

understandably, we all hate him too

he's my boss >:l

lord he sucks

SonicBoom

Your what

My sincerest condolences

SpaceCop

I don't work with him, I work under him

Trust me, nobody's happy about it

ClassicVibes

でも証拠が欲しいなら (But if ya want proof) 

[Short video of Classic: “エッグマンは私を捕まえることはできませんでした!” (Eggman could never catch me!)]

SpaceCop

awww 

Hi!

zobotnik is not the same person as robotnik

he's 100% corrupt tho, I'm gonna get him fired one day

KnightOfTheWind

Hi classic!

Reply To: @SpaceCop

The multiverse is weird.

SpaceCop

Oop yeah

A little bit

It’s my job tho

forgot how much of a shook it is to most people

Prime's used to it and Scourge isn't supposed to exist so-

KnightOfTheWind

Can’t believe you gotta work under egghead

SpaceCop

yeah, I hate it

X-treme Escapist

that sounds like torture!

SpaceCop

yeahhhh

It’s not horrible but it’s not yeah

Our usual big bad is Eggman Nega

Who is unfortunately still at large

ClassicVibes

こっちに来て彼をいじってもいいですか？ほとんど無害だと約束しますか？(can i come over and mess with him? promise it'll be mostly harmless?)

SpaceCop

awww I appreciate that but I don't want to see you in jail bud

KnightOfTheWind

Oh that’s egghead from Blaze’s dimension!

SpaceCop

Yeah he’s a problem

Technically a different dude tho

KnightOfTheWind

yeah, me and Blaze beat hers up a while ago

SpaceCop

he's from a future timeline of Prime’s universe, but he's been traveling

there's two versions of him... i think

Youshouldseemeinacrown

OKAY

GOD FUCK

I lost him

VivalaRevolution

Oop

ClassicVibes

Reply To: @SpaceCop: awww I appreciate that but I don't want to see… 

モダンとXは刑務所に入れられました！時間があまり違わないなら私も行きます！なぜ私は彼と関わることができないのですか？そしてネガを倒しに行くかも？(Modern and X have been in jail! i will be too if the time doesn't diverge too much! why can't i mess with him? and maybe go beat nega?)

SpaceCop

you haven't been in multiversal prison

Youshouldseemeinacrown

Oh you do NOT wanna be in there kiddo

nuh uh

Z if that kid gets locked up in that shithole I'm gonna actually kill you

SpaceCop

Sonic classic, don't try it

Please

X-treme Escapist

can’t be worse than those underwater cells where we were chained up, they’re horrible

Youshouldseemeinacrown

I'm not serious about most things bud, but hear me when I say this, you do not want to end up in there

SpaceCop

Yeah... I'm sorry about that Scourge, genuinely

SonicBoom

Get a room, losers

ClassicVibes

大丈夫！私はあなたの頭の悪い人にいたずらしません (Fine! I won’t prank egghead)

Youshouldseemeinacrown

Good

Did

Did you just tell us to get a room

SonicBoom

Sonic

Boom

I need you to run that by me again buddy

VivalaRevolution

*wheeeze*

SonicBoom

no

SpaceCop

uhhh

idk how to uh

mm

yep

I’m gonna go now

-SpaceCop is offline!-

SonicBoom 

lmao

Youshouldseemeinacrown

fuck fuck fuck fuck FUCK HES BACK

JABSBSHIT

KnightOfTheWind

Oh no-

VivalaRevolution

Oh how funny, I just got a message from shads saying he's got a lock on Scourge

Hilarious 

ooo I can see them in the distance

ClassicVibes

ಠ ಠ

-SpaceCop is online!-

SpaceCop

...what happened to no contact, Scourge

SonicBoom

Wow, i didn’t know scarlet letters could be green

SpaceCop

I don't like where this is going.

KnightOfTheWind

this chat has gone so off the rails in so little time

X-treme Escapist

Did it even have any rails to begin with?

SonicBoom

Rails?  Where we’re going we don’t need rails!

SpaceCop

…what does that mean-

VivalaRevolution

Reply To: @SonicBoom 

I like you

SpaceCop

I don’t-

X-treme Escapist

Those fake emeralds are acting up, brb!

-X-treme Escapist is offline!-

SonicBoom

Reply To: @SpaceCop: I don’t like where this is going

Keep your boy drama to yourself lmao

SpaceCop

What boy drama

What do you mean

SonicBoom

With Scourge, obviously 

SpaceCop

WHAT

With SCOURGE

No, nope

No

Nope

Nope

Nada

Not in a million years

SonicBoom

You must be well dressed, with all that time you’re spending in that closet

SpaceCop

I don't know what you're referring to, but I don't like it

VivalaRevolution

Z

Buddy

You’re a sonic, you know that right

there are few universal constants with our lot

ClassicVibes

否定してもどこにも行けない! (denial won't get you anywhere!)

SpaceCop

I'm not denying anything!

VivalaRevolution

zonic, you don't gotta like scourge, but buddy, yk that I like guys r

and girls

KnightOfTheWind

Eyyyy same

SpaceCop

What’s that got to do with anything

Congrats

But-

yeah idk, it's something I think about all the time tho

It’s not

it's not something I think about all the time

Like literally I don't think about it

Ever

No-

SonicBoom

Wow, freudian slip much lmao

I didn’t even have to say anything

Youshouldseemeinacrown

OH FUCK ME

guys I lived

I lost him

SonicBoom

Reply To: @Youshouldseemeinacrown: OH FUCK ME

Talk to @SpaceCop about that lol

SpaceCop

Guys can we block people

Youshouldseemeinacrown

Goddamnit

yeah I lost shads, he's still out there looking for me, but he ate my fucking dust

VivalaRevolution

Funny

[Screenshot: freedom-fighters-GC]

Ultimatelybetter : I lost him, but he's injured.

Ultimatelybetter : He should be approximately halfway between Knothole and Merica

X-tremeEscapist

Oh tell him hi for me!

VivalaRevolution

o7

[screenshot: freedom-fighters-GC]

Blueleader : alternate me says hi

Ultimatelybetter : did I ask?

eeesh yeah

He's probably confused

KnightOfTheWind

classic Shads

X-tremeEscapist

Expected that lol

VivalaRevolution

yeahhh

We’re buddies I swear

Youshouldseemeinacrown

well I got shadow prime off my ass for now

you rat me out blue, and you ain't gonna like it

X-tremeEscapist

that probably won’t last long

VivalaRevolution

nah I won't, this gives him something to do

he was going stir crazy

I don't blame him, I am too

I'll come for ya later tho :) 

Youshouldseemeinacrown

Fucking joy.

X-tremeEscapist

[Photo of him in his dark form, Tails cuddled up next to him.] 

This is the calmest I’ve ever been when transformed, maybe it’s just a Tails thing?

Youshouldseemeinacrown

Oh fucking hell, glad you're calm there dude

KnightOfTheWind

Feeling sad, angry? Go cuddle Tails

X-tremeEscapist

fact of the universe right there

Reply To: @Youshouldseemeinacrown

yeah, pretty sure i scared the shit out of eggman when i first transformed

Youshouldseemeinacrown

I bet.

X-tremeEscapist

from what I heard from Tails if i get really angry I change into a super looking state, but my eyes apparently lose their pupils, so yeah eggy probably was scared for his life

Youshouldseemeinacrown

eeesh, not even anything like my super state

That thing’s pretty spooky

X-tremeEscapist

Try to keep away from everyone but Tails kept insisting I stay around him so today I finally gave up and let him stay with me

kinda glad he kept pushing for it tbh..it feels really nice not having to deal with all that negative chaos energy messing with my head, it’s still there but i'm distracted from it

VivalaRevolution

can't say I've ever experienced anything like that, so I won't be much help, but I'm glad you're doing okay kid

KnightOfTheWind

same here, glad you’re doing okay X, negative chaos energy in you doesn’t sound fun to deal with

X-tremeEscapist

Thanks

KnightOfTheWind

Yeah, just be careful man

Youshouldseemeinacrown

…there’s way too much blue in this chat

KnightOfTheWind

What

Should we add your Shadow instead?

He still after you?

Youshouldseemeinacrown

fuck no

VivalaRevolution

Idk, sounds like a good idea to me

Youshouldseemeinacrown

blue I don't need to fear for my life any more than I am already

VivalaRevolution

So he scares you?

Youshouldseemeinacrown

fuck yes he scares me

Don’t tell him that

Don't you dare

X-tremeEscapist

The transformation finally ended!

Thank chaos…

Youshouldseemeinacrown

Oh shit, you doing alr kid?

X-tremeEscapist

yeah, ugh, feel kinda down, side effects of having so much negative energy in me just decrease so suddenly i guess, i'll get over it in a few minutes though

Youshouldseemeinacrown

oh

your form is powered by bad vibes?

that's how my beryl works

Worked

It don't exist anymore :p

my super form draws on negative energy... there's something there

SpaceCop

your anarchy beryls cause a feedback loop of negative emotions, that's why they're less efficient than chaos emeralds, which run on positive emotions and neutral ambiance

VivalaRevolution

Nerd

Youshouldseemeinacrown

yeah, nerd, but yeah, that

…why do you know that?

X-tremeEscapist

yep, fake chaos emeralds, if i can change into Super for a bit it neutralizes the effects but since they’re always scattered I can’t constantly be chasing after em

So fake ones it is

VivalaRevolution

that's understandable, but that doesn't sound good for you bro

from what I remember from my fights w scourge, he was mega drained after powering up to super form

Youshouldseemeinacrown

Yeah?  So what.

X-tremeEscapist

yeah, that happens too but if i get really angry or the negative energy gets to me I’ll lash out at people… that’s why i was pretty insistent on staying away from others

VivalaRevolution

maybe try to avoid your super form, just to stay on the safe side

Or don’t, but be careful either way

X-tremeEscapist

yeah... I don’t mean to it just, sometimes i think trying to hold back on transforming into the dark form just allows more energy to get bottled up

should be good for now tho :)

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SpaceCop

we're still adjusting to the catastrophic damage of the Genesis Wave Event to the multiverse as a whole, and our running theory is that what's left of ours has latched onto a neighboring multiverse.  I bring this up because Prime, you aren't sonic prime anymore.

suffer with the rest of us alternates

VivalaRevolution

:O 

X-tremeEscapist

pretty sure i know who that would be

SonicBoom

Me, obviously

X-tremeEscapist

you don’t even have chaos emeralds

SonicBoom

Ouch, but fair

ClassicVibes

(人◕ω◕)

X-tremeEscapist

Sorry but-

SpaceCop

@KnightOfTheWind

This guy’s the closest

There’s some discrepancies, but he’s pretty much a match

KnightOfTheWind

I’m technically still in the alternative camp with the rest of ya?

X-tremeEscapist

It could be worse

SonicBoom

it’s torture don’t listen to them

SpaceCop

I mean- if it makes you feel any better, you're essentially sonic prime

VivalaRevolution

This doesn’t make me feel better

Youshouldseemeinacrown

he's not talking to you alternate, go face the corner

X-tremeEscapist

we don’t bite!

SonicBoom

Classic will though

ClassicVibes

( ˘▽˘)っ♨

VivalaRevolution

funny, so will scourge

Youshouldseemeinacrown

Bitch

KnightOfTheWind

Eyy

Language

Youshouldseemeinacrown

I’ll call him what I want

VivalaRevolution

if that's the case, I might just start calling you evil sonic again

Worked well enough for a long, long time

Youshouldseemeinacrown

that was the most awkward thing and we both know it

SonicBoom

wait his name was evil sonic?? like, on his birth certificate they named you evil sonic??

VivalaRevolution

nah he was sonic, but evil

Youshouldseemeinacrown

fuck you I wasn't sonic then and I ain't now

VivalaRevolution

we were both sonic, but he ran around looking like he rolled out of grease, so we had to call him something

clearly we were creative

ClassicVibes

私たちの名前はアズラ、文字通り羽ペンの色でした、それで私たちはもっと良くなったでしょうか？(our name was Azura, literally just our quill color so were we much better?)

VivalaRevolution

Well did you give yourself that name or

KnightOfTheWind

Come to think of it... Scourge does remind me a bit of Jet the Hawk, color scheme and all

Youshouldseemeinacrown

how fucking DARE you

VivalaRevolution

WHEEZE

Youshouldseemeinacrown

I look nothing like that CLOWN

VivalaRevolution

idk man, I see it lmao

Youshouldseemeinacrown

uh, fuck you, I'm much cooler

KnightOfTheWind

But do you have a hoverboard, or are you too busy cosplaying literally every 70s stereotype?

Youshouldseemeinacrown

are you dissing my fit

KnightOfTheWind

Idk, am I

Youshouldseemeinacrown

…my fit is just fine, asshole

VivalaRevolution

you run around like grease the film vomited on your sleeves buddy

ClassicVibes

Reply To: @VivalaRevolution: Well did you give yourself that name or… 

私たちはそうしませんでした、それが私たちの出生名でした、ソニックは私たちが速かったからですが、テイルズがそれを考えるのを手伝ってくれました (we did not, that was our birth name, though Sonic was because we were fast, Tails helped come up with it)

VivalaRevolution

Well then that’s on whoever named you for their lack of creativity 

Sonic’s a great name anyway, I would know ;)

Youshouldseemeinacrown

I got rid of that thing as fast as I fucking could

KnightOfTheWind

Ouch

VivalaRevolution

I mean, as fast as he could wasn’t very fast…

Youshouldseemeinacrown

hey, either I changed clothes or he did, our universe was too small for the both of us

Reply To: @VivalaRevolution  

Hey fuck you

VivalaRevolution

Lmao

omg wait he said OUR universe

awwww

Youshouldseemeinacrown

no its mine now motherfucker

I'm going for your master emerald

VivalaRevolution

Lame

KnightOfTheWind

lol how’s Knux gonna take that

VivalaRevolution

ooo hold on

Story Time

you see, Scourgey boy here has these massive scars down his chest

that are from knuckles' dad absolutely owning him

And now there is a grudge between house scourge and house knuckles

Youshouldseemeinacrown

Ima own you in a minute here if you don’t quit

KnightOfTheWind

Knuckles’ dad’s alive over there???
Huh.

VivalaRevolution

uhhh I’m actually not sure

he might be dead

Youshouldseemeinacrown

Oh thank fuck

VivalaRevolution

Lmao don’t say that to Knuckles

KnightOfTheWind

He won’t chuckle

VivalaRevolution

eyyyyy

yeah, it's a bit fuzzy, post genesis, but uh, we think they were all wiped out, twice

just all echidnas everywhere

i’m also fairly sure my knux has died before…

That was a very weird few weeks.

SpaceCop

yeah, yeah they gone

Youshouldseemeinacrown

oh

huh.

I think I missed that

KnightOfTheWind

wait there were more echidna in your universe?  Like in your lifetime?

VivalaRevolution

Yeah

At least I think there was

We had some weird time-y space shit go down, I’m not sure what's true atp

Youshouldseemeinacrown

Aw fuck

KnightOfTheWind

What's up?

Youshouldseemeinacrown

Fucking stripes caught up with me

godDAMN does this freak not sleep!?

IT’S TWO IN THE FUCKING MORNING

VivalaRevolution

He

He doesn’t sleep

He tries very hard not to <3

Youshouldseemeinacrown

WHAT THE FUCK

SHIFSDBKJSBJB

rUNNIG NOW

KnightOfTheWind

Lol good luck buddy

SonicBoom

today we mourn the death of Scourge ‘evil Sonic’ the hedgehog

Also sup

KnightOfTheWind

F

VivalaRevolution

F

Youshouldseemeinacrown

HIS ASS HAS A GUN

WHO GAVE HIM A GUN

HE’S SHOOTING AT ME

WHY

KnightOfTheWind

Have you seen the bike

VivalaRevolution

He’s driven that bike into my garage…

KnightOfTheWind

That’s shadow for you

Youshouldseemeinacrown

HE SHOT ME IN THE FUCKING FOOT

fucking OW

SonicBoom

I do NOT want to picture my shadow with a gun…

Or a bike what

Like a motorcycle?

VivalaRevolution

Yeah

Hate that thing

He can run almost as fast as I can, idk why he thinks he needs it

That bike is slow af

Nagged him into giving me a ride once

This was after he crashed it through the garage door

The ride was nice but that thing is slow

SonicBoom

Does he- does he ride around on the bike with a pistol or smth???

VivalaRevolution 

Oh the bike has guns

SonicBoom

what

VivalaRevolution

It’s got like

missiles 

Idk the entire thing seems impractical but like

It makes him happy?

SonicBoom

I am so glad my shads hasn’t figured out guns yet

Youshouldseemeinacrown

Okay

Bitchass missed

I still have my foot

I am bleeding

What an asshole

KnightOfTheWind

Uh

Get help?

Can you?

Do you??

Youshouldseemeinacrown

nah can't stop the grind

I'm kicking shadow's teeth in

with my bloody fucking foot

KnightOfTheWind

Bro

an injured foot is basically murder for a Sonic

Youshouldseemeinacrown

good thing I ain't a sonic

KnightOfTheWind

Well don’t die ig

Youshouldseemeinacrown

the only bitch dying tonight is shadow the fucking hedgehog

VivalaRevolution

kay have fun lmao

Chapter Text

VivalaRevolution

[screenshot: freedom-fighters-GC]

Ultimatelybetter: Found your clone.  In pursuit.

Blueleader: for the last time Scourge ain’t a clone 

:p

He’s doing his best

ClassicVibes

誰に賭けますか？私は影の勝利に賭けます(Who do you bet on? I’m betting on Shadow’s win)

KnightOfTheWind

Same

X-treme Escapist

sorry scourge, but i gotta bet on Shads here

SonicBoom

I’ll bet on Scourge

you know

for drama

and it isn’t really a bet if no one bets for the other side

VivalaRevolution

oh lmao, yeah shadows winning that

ClassicVibes

スカージにとっては哀れな災難 (a pitiful disaster for Scourge)

VivalaRevolution

unfortunately can’t read japanese, but i support Classy’s rights and wrongs

ClassicVibes

>:)

SpaceCop

…does someone need to go pick up Scourge

what'd he do?

SonicBoom

Picked a fight with a version of shadow with guns.

Horrific.

SpaceCop

Oh lovely

@VivalaRevolution go get scourge, he did something stupid

SonicBoom

Good to see you looking out for your bf 

Very cute

SpaceCop 

…

ignoring that

VivalaRevolution

Why me, he won’t be any safer with me lol

SpaceCop

because he's supposed to be dead and I can't leave my post

And you owe me

VivalaRevolution

fineeee

KnightOfTheWind

i would but I’m not in the same universe as Shads, I could get a chaos emerald real quick though?

SpaceCop

and I know you have zone rings.  You aren't supposed to, but I know you have them.

VivalaRevolution

Nah I got him, thanks tho, other me

don't worry about the rings Z…

we don’t talk about those rings

SpaceCop

>:(

KnightOfTheWind

Np!

lol

X-treme Escapist

[Photo of Chris and Tails cuddling X from both sides, Cream is in his lap] 

got trapped, guess that’s what happens when you accidentally gain two other younger siblings

VivalaRevolution

aw sweet

SpaceCop

cute!

KnightOfTheWind

Nice!

Is that a human?

X-treme Escapist

yep! That’s Chris!

VivalaRevolution

Aw man

Stripes is telling me that there was collateral damage

…he’s asking for rings

SpaceCop

Prime I need to pay rent this month

VivalaRevolution

I mean I wasn’t going to ask but now that you’re offering-

SpaceCop

Sonic.

VivalaRevolution

…I'll be there for scourge in a minute

Lemme just go

Get my wallet

To pay damages

SpaceCop

I know for a fact that you don't carry a wallet

VivalaRevolution

shut up

SpaceCop

I owe you one

VivalaRevolution

This is a transactional friendship

And I am betrayed

SpaceCop

Oh shush, you make more money for saving the world than I’ve made in my entire career

VivalaRevolution

You are eighteen

man Stripes really just left him in the street

I mean, he probably deserved it but

Damn

…is he concussed???

He’s concussed. 

Lovely.

KnightOfTheWind

@SpaceCop @VivalaRevolution 

i have plenty of rings if you need me to spot any

VivalaRevolution

I got it, I'm pretty good on funds and I'm already here so

Cannot believe shadow left me with the bill tho

wtf

SpaceCop

Reply To: @KnightOfTheWind

Appreciate it, but Prime owes me a pretty sizable debt anyway.  

So does Scourge come to think of it.

VivalaRevolution

Shadow just ran off

Don’t kill me, scary gun man

SonicBoom

Amen

VivalaRevolution

[Image of Shadow's retreating figure.  Archie leans into the frame, grinning.  Scourge's hand is thrown limply over his shoulder]

Well that was fun

KnightOfTheWind

@SonicBoom pay up 

SonicBoom

Come get it

I don’t think I can get offworld lmao

I have no idea how

KnightOfTheWind

eh we’ll worry about it later

VivalaRevolution

[Image of a green blur bolting after Shadow, Archie is overbalanced, grinning madly]

SpaceCop

why.

please.

not again.

get his concussed ass before he causes more problems

ClassicVibes

バラバラに休む影 (rest in pieces Shadow)

VivalaRevolution

[Image: Scourge is out cold, again, with a fresh imprint of an oddly familiar boot on his face.]

Yeah he’s not very smart

SpaceCop

He’s you

more than any other hedgehog in this chat, Prime, Scourge is quite literally you, and you have to live with this

VivalaRevolution

and if i run fast enough, i don’t have to think about that

Yeah, Stripes is gone now

lol

Oh

Oh he is texting me some things

Oh chaos

Man he is pissed

Uh.

He’s calling this a “recovery period” for Scourge

[screenshot: freedom-fighters-GC]

Blueleader: So

Blueleader: let’s not kill Scourge

Blueleader: I know he’s mean, and green, and nobody likes him

Blueleader: but he’s like, kinda uhhhh

Blueleader: I do want to keep him around

Blueleader: Call it entertainment value

Ultimatelybetter: …

Ultimatelybetter: no.

Queenpin: what has gotten into you two

Ultimatelybetter: no.

Queenpin: damn alright stay mad

X-treme Escapist

Lol that’s one way of putting it

Who’s Queenpin?

VivalaRevolution

Princess Sally

My uh

“It’s complicated”  

SonicBoom

Whoa you dated a princess??

VivalaRevolution

yeah

yeah i sure did

we sure did do that

SonicBoom

Damnnnn

I’m assuming it’s messy

VivalaRevolution

Whatever gave you that idea, genius

SonicBoom

Touchy, touchy

…you mentioned you rode on Shadow’s motorcycle

Did you 

Perchance

Ride with him

VivalaRevolution

Oh yeah, absolutely lmao he wouldn’t let me touch that thing otherwise

…what is with you and poking at other people’s relationships.

SonicBoom

I’m lonely and I like tea <3

I live outside a small island village, we don’t get a whole lot of drama

At least drama that I’m not involved with

VivalaRevolution 

There is nothing going on with me and stripes

You sad, pitiful man

SonicBoom

Damn lol

Sure, sure

Chapter Text

-Notgonnaruleyoucantmakeme has been added to the chat-

Notgonnaruleyoucantmakeme

Hello?

This just appeared

KnightOfTheWind

Oh a new guy!

ClassicVibes

o/

X-treme Escapist

Hi!

SonicBoom

Oh, new guy?

Sup!

…another sonic?  

Assuming?

Notgonnaruleyoucantmakeme

woah 3 of me. Do I have more siblings I didn't know about

VivalaRevolution

Heyo new blue boy

Got Scourge home safe btw, I'm hiding him in the laundry room so Shads don't find him

Notgonnaruleyoucantmakeme

hello. 

None of you are gonna rat me out to the nobles yea? They've been a real pain recently.

why can't they get Sonia to rule

KnightOfTheWind

dang you got a monarchy too?

Notgonnaruleyoucantmakeme

Supposedly. Though no one's been too quick to actually set things up with robuttnik still in recent memory. 

Much to my enjoyment 

Except the aforementioned dumb nobles

VivalaRevolution

Reply To: @Notgonnaruleyoucantmakeme: None of you are gonna rat me out to the…

Oh my GOD mood

ClassicVibes

私たちは今ここにいる外れ値だと思います、モダン (guess we're the outliers here now Modern)

KnightOfTheWind

yep, no monarchies lol

at least not any local ones

X-treme Escapist 

Ditto

KnightOfTheWind

wait did eggman rule?!

ClassicVibes

ಠ ''ಠ

VivalaRevolution

we had that happen on this side too, good 10 years

No bueño

Notgonnaruleyoucantmakeme

Reply To: @KnightOfTheWind 

 yea for like my whole life. 

It's why me and the sibs had to go into hiding. 

…do you all have siblings?

SonicBoom

Not that I know of

I don't honestly think our eggy could take over a kingdom

The economy, maybe

Or like

A preschool

VivalaRevolution

…is one of your siblings green.

Notgonnaruleyoucantmakeme

yea his name’s Manic. He's a great thief

VivalaRevolution

No way

ClassicVibes

兄弟？テイルズのことですか？(siblings? you mean Tails?)

Notgonnaruleyoucantmakeme

who's Tails

KnightOfTheWind

…wow

ClassicVibes

（ｉДｉ）

Notgonnaruleyoucantmakeme

??

X-treme Escapist 

YOU DON'T HAVE TAILS?!?

Notgonnaruleyoucantmakeme

Who???

SonicBoom

This is like

Actually a crime

@SpaceCop 

Do your job

-SpaceCop is offline!-

SonicBoom

Damn alright

Notgonnaruleyoucantmakeme

is Tails’ somebody’s nickname?  Who is this

KnightOfTheWind

it's a nickname, his name is Miles Prower

Two tailed fox?  Really doesn’t ring a bell?

Notgonnaruleyoucantmakeme

sounds like a name I'd come up with

VivalaRevolution

were you born into royalty or...?

Notgonnaruleyoucantmakeme

yep though mom quickly had to hide us from Robotnik so I didn't have the silver spoon for long. I went to Uncle Chuck, Manic to the sewers somehow, and Sonia to some noble family

VivalaRevolution

wack

KnightOfTheWind

Reply To: @VivalaRevolution: we had that happen on this side too, good…

Same here, though it only lasted six months. He had to rely on some asshole named Infinite though, it wasn’t just eggy

Damn, 10 years?

VivalaRevolution

eeesh, I'll keep an eye out for anything like that

SonicBoom

wait that actually happened to you guys??

That’s… really weird to think about

KnightOfTheWind

We also had the metal virus though.  That was.

Way too close.

VivalaRevolution

robotnik took over when I was a little kid, we started our rebellion when I was... oh god.  11?  Maybe?  And it's just been building since.  He's so not a cool dude

Reply To: @ KnightOfTheWind

Metal what

KnightOfTheWind

Eggman turned everyone into zombie robots, if you were touched you were transformed into one of em, my speed was able to fight it off but I couldn’t take breaks or I would fully change..and then after that I crashed into Blaze’s dimension with amnesia..

I don’t really like thinking about it

Notgonnaruleyoucantmakeme

Sounds a lot like roboticization.

Though we haven’t found a way to reverse it yet.

VivalaRevolution

That sounds… a lot like roboticization 

Reply To: @Notgonnaruleyoucantmakeme

It’ll come with time.

Man, sorry that you got to deal with this.

Genuinely

Notgonnaruleyoucantmakeme

yea I know. Doesn't mean I like waiting through

VivalaRevolution

Would you be sonic otherwise lol

KnightOfTheWind

what is roboticization, if you don’t mind me asking?

Notgonnaruleyoucantmakeme

Robotnik has these machines called roboticizers. If you go in there they turn you into some kind of cyborg. And you can't say no to anything once you've gone through it. It's like they're just machines.

There’s got to be a way to fix it.  We just haven’t found it yet.

VivalaRevolution

Don’t lose hope, Sonic

I’m so sorry that you have to deal with that shit too.

KnightOfTheWind

I could come over, bring the emeralds and maybe they could help?

Notgonnaruleyoucantmakeme

You mean like that green gem that keeps Knuckles’ island afloat? So far we've only found two of them. And they’re both green.

How many are there?

VivalaRevolution

sssseven

KnightOfTheWind

wait

so you haven’t gotten at least six? You haven’t turned super either?

Notgonnaruleyoucantmakeme

No?  What's that?

SonicBoom

Oh thank god I’m not the only one

Welcome to the normal side, buddy

KnightOfTheWind

How’d you beat Egghead???

Notgonnaruleyoucantmakeme

You mean Robotnik???

SonicBoom

Oh my goodness, he doesn’t have a Tails, the emerald thing, or an Eggman what

VivalaRevolution

…you do know that Eggman isn’t his real name

right

His real name is Robotnik

uh

Actually think I drove mine off the deep end by calling him Eggman…

SonicBoom

Like he wasn’t already there

VivalaRevolution

It has been

Many

Many years

He’s gone through like three levels of psychosis and honestly I think he’s dragged me down there with him

KnightOfTheWind

[Sends a photo of himself as super Sonic] 

Here

This is Super Sonic

Notgonnaruleyoucantmakeme

woah awesome

KnightOfTheWind

you want help? The emeralds agreed I could come to ya, see if we can’t figure something out for you?

VivalaRevolution

Reply To: @KnightOfTheWind: [Sends a photo of himself as super Sonic]

[Photo of Scourge, somewhat treated for his injuries, laid across a washer and dryer] and not this, btw

KnightOfTheWind

lmao poor Scourge

Notgonnaruleyoucantmakeme

It's fine, I'm sure I can find mine

I already know of 2 and I can zip across all of Mobius in like a month tops

Reply To: @VivalaRevolution

…is that Manic?

KnightOfTheWind

good point, not sure about everyone else but are your emeralds sentient? They talk to me a lot

VivalaRevolution

I mean- chaos is somewhat sentient as a whole.  But not the emeralds themselves

At least I don’t think

I’ve heard chaos through the emeralds

And capital C Chaos

ClassicVibes

私のものだと思います(i think mine are)

Notgonnaruleyoucantmakeme

I haven't heard them speak but Knuckles talks to his rocks sometimes

Though I think he's just lonely

oh BTW yoinked this picture of me and the sibs from some old security camera. This is back when robotnik was ruling but we still look pretty similar

[picture of Sonic, Sonia, and Manic from around a year ago]

VivalaRevolution

oh JEEZE

KnightOfTheWind

Is that Amy?

VivalaRevolution

is that Scourge with a fringe

Notgonnaruleyoucantmakeme

No that’s my sister, Sonia

And my bro Manic

Who’s Amy?

Why don’t I know anyone lol

KnightOfTheWind

You

You don’t know who Amy is?

SonicBoom

…you’re doomed

Yall are just doomed

Notgonnaruleyoucantmakeme

We’re triplets btw

VivalaRevolution

Oh I don’t like this

KnightOfTheWind

What about tin can?

Metal?

VivalaRevolution

where's your Amy, blue boy, you're gonna need her

Notgonnaruleyoucantmakeme

 if she's around Mobius I haven't met her. And what tin can are you referring to? 

Robuttnik made a lot of bots

KnightOfTheWind

Metal Sonic?

Notgonnaruleyoucantmakeme

Can't say I've heard of any bot like that

The doctor probably knew he could never match me

VivalaRevolution

Well, I guess we all forgot how different the multiverse is, this variant of us apparently has Scourge and Amy for siblings and no Metal?  

Do you have a Metal?  

Or Shard?

Notgonnaruleyoucantmakeme

Nnnnno.

VivalaRevolution

But you’ve got two siblings

By blood?

Notgonnaruleyoucantmakeme

Yea

Sonia and Manic

VivalaRevolution

Wack lol

It’s just different

Very different

SonicBoom

With Scourge for a brother and Amy for a sister, ask yourself whether that's better or worse than how your situation is now

VivalaRevolution

listen man, I'm only saying this because he's gonna be asleep and delirious for the next couples days, but Scourge is unfortunately the second closest thing to a sibling I have, aside from Tails 

I did not ask for Scourge

And I meannnnnnn

Tails is my brother, and I love him, but Tails is also my brother.  And I love him.  With much kindness.

And much brotherly love

Notgonnaruleyoucantmakeme

found a more modern pic of me and the sibs

Plus mom 

[picture of Sonic, Sonia, Manic, and Queen Aleena]

VivalaRevolution

you all are lovely but oh god oh god that looks way too much like Scourge

Notgonnaruleyoucantmakeme

Who's this Scourge you keep comparing Manic to?

VivalaRevolution

yk evil twins

He's that

But less evil and more cringe

He's concussed rn, so I can get away with this kind of shit

SonicBoom

dw I’ll link it back when he’s coherent

VivalaRevolution

please no

He’s in my house, Boom

Notgonnaruleyoucantmakeme

Ah Manic’s not evil 

Might steal your wallet but he'll give it back (minus a ring or two) 

oh and he can lock pick with drumsticks 

Somehow

VivalaRevolution

That's incredible actually

I have no idea how that would work

But that’s so cool

SonicBoom

Reply To: @VivalaRevolution: He’s in my house, Boom

That sounds like a personal problem lmao

VivalaRevolution

I will find your zone and I will leave Scourge there

It won’t be a personal problem then

SonicBoom

Lmao

Please don’t

He’ll probably drown tbh, most of my planet is ocean

VivalaRevolution

He won’t

He doesn’t die

He just doesn’t

idk if it's the master emerald juice, or just him, but he won’t die

Like I’m pretty sure he should be dead at this point

Reply To: @Notgonnaruleyoucantmakeme

scourge is... less evil?  

Somewhat?  

He doesn't try to kill me anymore, so there’s that

I think he's just sad tbh

Notgonnaruleyoucantmakeme

moms regal and all that. Don't know why the nobles insist on trying to put me on the throne when She's still around. 

Maybe they think she'll do too good a job of being queen, and take their power away  

(Most of them collaborated with the doctor anyway they deserve it)

KnightOfTheWind

Uhg that sounds awful

VivalaRevolution

Oh god not political corruption.  

Good luck kid, they will try to put you on that throne for the rest of your life if you aren't careful

Put your Amy on the throne

She's a good leader

Or will be

KnightOfTheWind

She is 

Notgonnaruleyoucantmakeme

Sonia is the smart one. 

She’s got the noble education. 

She can run circles around the court. Got super strength too.

KnightOfTheWind

You haven’t convinced me she isn’t a version of Amy

My amy absolutely has some kind of super strength

SonicBoom

Yeah my Ames is just shredded

VivalaRevolution

she led our resistance at some point

KnightOfTheWind

She led the restoration!

VivalaRevolution

Nice!

She’s pretty cool lol

…I think she might actually be an alternate version of your sister

She’s definitely sisterly to me

Hmmm.

Sonia, right?

Notgonnaruleyoucantmakeme

Yeah?

VivalaRevolution

I feel like I've heard the name before, but I know I haven't

probably multiverse shenanigans

@SpaceCop

SpaceCop

…multiverse shenanigans.

lemme work

I have a job yk

please

VivalaRevolution

...

:)

SpaceCop

oh god

VivalaRevolution

>:)

SpaceCop

I hate you all

Chapter Text

VivalaRevolution

[Low quality video file: Archie is slowly pushing the laundry room door open, revealing Scourge, half propped up across the washer and dryer.  "Hello?" Scourge calls.  “Hello?"  Archie snickers and closes the door.  He opens it again, and Scourge squints at him.  "Are you a mirror?"   He asks incredulously.  Archie cackles and closes the door again.]

KnightOfTheWind

lmao

X-treme Escapist

great response lol

is he doing okay?

VivalaRevolution

yeah he's fine

just kinda high

we have no more painkillers in the house

X-treme Escapist 

oh no

KnightOfTheWind

dang

your shadow did a number on him

VivalaRevolution

I mean

he was concussed

so we couldn't give him anything for the first 24 hours 

but we did once he started to wake up for the other things

like the broken bones

:l

X-treme Escapist

[video: the phone plummets to the ground, camera pointing at the sky. 

“Let them go, Eggman!” X yells from off camera. 

“I wouldn’t speed off if I were you, one push of this and your friends will be pressed into pancakes, so I’d suggest you hand over those emeralds!” Eggman laughs. 

“No way!” X replied back, anger in his tone. 

“Maybe this will get you to hand them over!” 

The sounds of a machine starting up can be heard.

“NO!!!” X cried,  The camera shook. 

The video cuts out there.]

-X-treme Escapist is offline!-

KnightOfTheWind

X???

SonicBoom

You good?

ClassicVibes

!!!

KnightOfTheWind

I mean, I trust him to take care of himself

But we haven’t heard from him in a bit

SonicBoom

Nah I get you

Little worried too

KnightOfTheWind

@X-treme Escapist

You alright?

Youshouldseemeinacrown

well shit on a skewer

what did I wake up to and why was that kid filming Eggman as he kidnapped his gang

VivalaRevolution

disregard anything rude he says, he's high

Youshouldseemeinacrown

not on anything solid, asbsjsg

he won't gimme the good shit

VivalaRevolution

nobody for a hundred mile radius owns the good shit

Reply To: @X-treme Escapist: [video: the phone plummets to the ground… 

But like, srsly, no one’s heard from the kid?

KnightOfTheWind

no, pretty sure that video wasn’t on purpose, maybe one of his quills pressed into it, but we haven’t heard from him since then

ClassicVibes

彼が無事であることを願っています (I hope he’s okay)

VivalaRevolution

ditto

-X-treme Escapist is online!-

X-treme Escapist

I can't go back… I 'm stuck in this stupid form and I don’t know what to do-

VivalaRevolution

kay. 

Are you somewhere vacant?  Nothing, no one around?

This is the dark form right?

you're gonna need to do something you may not wanna do, and it may not work, it's just an idea

X-treme Escapist

yeah

ran off a while ago, can’t control my emotions and I don’t want to hurt them

VivalaRevolution

alright.  If you're volatile, this should be easier.  

Find a target, a mountain, a clearing, the open sky, whichever, and try to release the energy you've got built up

based on my experience, it sounds like you've got too much energy to spare, and it's affecting how you regulate yourself, making you lose control

And that’s okay

chaos comes from the heart, which means that's where it tries to go first, even artificial chaos

if you can blow off some steam, it should help

you're a pot of boiling water, but you either need to turn the heat down, or boil over, and you're caught in between.  You might not be able to turn the heat down, so it's easier to just release the energy you've got

X-treme Escapist

I’ll go do that thanks

-X-treme Escapist is offline!-

VivalaRevolution

Oh geeze, I did my best chat

is anyone able to like, pop in and check on him

is that a thing we can do

I can try, but I don't know where to go

I don’t know where X’s zone is

KnightOfTheWind

maybe I could see if the emeralds could get me there?

anyone else wanting to check?

I can probably pick you up?

Youshouldseemeinacrown

fuck yeah let's go help the kid out

@SpaceCop

@SpaceCop

@SpaceCop

z what are our space coord things

SpaceCop

…

why

and it’s like 

3am

Youshouldseemeinacrown

You responded babes

KnightOfTheWind

X is having problems

SpaceCop

oh I see that

ohhh lord okay

I guess we're doing this

here, just let me come over with you, it's easier

VivalaRevolution

z 

Tails and I had to put Scourge on like, 4 doses of Dayquil and all the advil in the house

he is not all here rn

SpaceCop

yeah but too late I'm at your door

…you gave him Dayquil for a concussion?

ykw I don’t want to know

Do we have a rendezvous?

VivalaRevolution

Oh shit he's really standing on the porch wtf

KnightOfTheWind

got the emeralds

SpaceCop

we'll meet at your’s Modern?

ClassicVibes

私も参加します (I'll join as well)

SpaceCop

Knight’s, I meant Knight

Modern?

Same person idk

KnightOfTheWind

keep forgetting it changed to the one in the verses chat

ah well, not a huge deal right now

Youshouldseemeinacrown

The what

You mean the chat with the elves and talking sword people

VivalaRevolution

Scourge.

Scourge please.

Youshouldseemeinacrown

I'm backreading shut up

Reply To: @VivalaRevolution : [Low quality video file: Archie is slowly pushing the… 

How fucking dare you

Reply To: @VivalaRevolution: Scourge is unfortunately the second closest thing to a sibling I have…

…I’m confused and blaming the drugs

SpaceCop

Okay, we’re here

reminding you fools that it's 3 am in most universes

KnightOfTheWind

too bad, X needs help

ClassicVibes

^

SpaceCop

I'm not saying that for our sakes

I'm saying it for Scourge and Prime

Because I hate them

And they’re already gone

I already lost them

I can direct us to Classic and X's universes

Oh

didn't lose Scourge, he's just on the ground

KnightOfTheWind

he okay?

SpaceCop

Prime get your ass over here we don't have time for your bs, we gotta get to X

Oh yeah he’s fine

Just

Yk, high

KnightOfTheWind

ah

VivalaRevolution

k, we picking up Classic?

KnightOfTheWind

Yep

SpaceCop

here we go, I'm setting up the portal

don't run off, we're leaving for X's the second we get classic

I've got the coords to portal to it

in theory

if I've mathed right

considered its god hell morning crack, my multidimensional trig might be off 

but unless anyone has any better ideas, we're doing this

VivalaRevolution

It's a good thing I trust you with my life

Because otherwise I’d be worried

SpaceCop

You’re standing right next to me

You literally just said that out loud

Why can’t you be more like Scourge

VivalaRevolution

I'm transcribing for posterity

And Scourge can barely stand up straight

SpaceCop

Yeah but at least he’s being productive

VivalaRevolution

… he’s high.

On literally everything in Tails’ medicine cabinet

KnightOfTheWind

Got the emeralds, omw

Here

SpaceCop

Oh christ 

hi

VivalaRevolution

[photo of classic era green hill zone, lit only by the moon, stars, and Scourge's phone as he glares at the screen in the grass.  Classic is waving in the foreground, Modern is leaning over Zonic's shoulder off to the side]

Youshouldseemeinacrown

Classic’s cute

Blue, we weren’t nearly this cute when we were this age

Why is he so precious

He just flipped me off

He’s adorable

I would die for him

VivalaRevolution

Lmao Scourge's crying

Literally 

SpaceCop

alright, portal is a go

there's a uh.  Slight margin of error.

but it should theoretically lead to X's place

KnightOfTheWind

Got it.

ClassicVibes

o7

Zonic stepped out of his portal, his visor alight with indicators and icons as he took in his surroundings.  He briefly tapped out a green light on his phone- he's not using his work gear to access a group chat that breaks several multidimensional laws, he'd like to keep his job, thank you very much- and steps away from the glowing portal.

"Where are you, X?"  He mutters, surveying the clearing.  He should be here, assuming that his math was right.  Which it very well may not be.  Mmm.  Assuming his math was right, considering he did the calculations based on X's registered chaos signature, he should be somewhere nearby.  Unless he wasn't.  What?

It was too goddamn early for this.

Archie grabs Scourge by the hand and bodily pulls the other hedgehog through Zonic's portal.  They topple out into a dark forested area, and-

"Z!"  He calls and throws a finger towards a dark shape darting through the night sky.

Zonic's visor goes dark as he follows Archie's gaze, and they both freeze.

X hovered above, fur stained an inky shade of midnight as starbursts of chaos jumped between his quills.  He hadn't noticed them yet.  Too focused on trying to get rid of all the negative, fake chaos energy, yelling in anger- why wasn’t this working?!

Modern steps out next, Classic perched on his shoulders. “Is this the right place?”  He asks.

"Yes, but maybe keep your voice down."  Zonic grimaces, eyes lingering on the cratered hills and smoldering trees about.  "I don't think we want a fight."

"I could take 'em."  Scourge mutters.

"Not the time."  Archie planted a hand on Scourge’s head, and lightly shoved him.

X violently darted about the sky, grasping fistfulls of chaos energy that crackled and smoked like black lightning as he hurled himself into a great oak.  He drove straight through it, leaving behind a smoldering crater and a scream tinged with desperation.

Classic's face suddenly lit up.  He planted his chin on Modern's head and whispered something in his ear.

“Got it.” Modern said, letting Classic hop off before carefully approaching X.

Archie frowned, but crept after Modern once he had not so gently passed a somewhat lucid Scourge to Zonic.  “Hey, buddy?”  He called.

X immediately spun around, pupil-less eyes roving between the two hedgehogs.  He takes a breath, closing his eyes as he tries to reign in the negative chaos energy currently pouring out of him.  

"You're alright, kid."  Archie smiled passively, arms spread wide.  "We're not gonna hurt ya, and you don't gotta worry about hurting us, promise."

X hesitates for a moment before slowly touching down on the ground before Archie and Modern.  He suddenly seemed much smaller, all narrow shoulders and wide, wide eyes, despite the malice pouring off of him in waves.

"Heya, X."  Archie greets softly.  He takes a knee.  "I see you took my advice.  Do you feel any better?"

“I… a little but I can’t get the transformation to wear off.”  He looked away.  “I don’t know what to do…”  He said lowly.

“Hey,”  Archie leans to the side, following X's posture and maintaining eye contact, brows drawn in concern.  “You’re alright.  Don’t worry too much about it, just…”  He pursed his lips, unsure of what to say.

“If… if you need a sparring partner, to get the energy out, I can keep up with’ya.”  Modern offers.

“...think about this, man.”  Archie looked over his shoulder, considering.  Modern winked back.

"He needs to fight it out, and taking on the forest isn't working.”  Modern smirked and stepped forwards, then dropped into a lunge, flipping through his stretches, as if he were about to go on a run.  “He needs more of a challenge!"

"Ah.  I don't know how much more durable you are than those rocks, buddy."  Archie snorts.

“Nah, I can take it.”  Modern grinned cheekily. 

"Oh chaos."  He groaned, shaking his head.  "It's up to the kid.  This is outta my hands."

“I’ll spar you.”  X nods, something nervous, yet harsh, and cold in his muddled green eyes.

"Alright," he chirped, straightening.  "Make some room, this’ll probably get messy." He waves a hand back at Zonic, Scourge and Classic.  Zonic wisely takes a few steps back, a weary expression beneath his visor.  Classic, unwisely takes a few steps forwards, rocking on his heels.  Scourge stares off into the abyss, really not all there.

"And here we go."  Archie drawled as he dragged Scourge and Classic away, giving Modern and X a wide berth.  

“You ready kid?”  Modern called amicably.  X nodded back, a touch grim.  Modern nodded, then shot towards X like a bullet, a blue streak bleeding into the night sky.  He managed to nail X in the chest, but the smaller hedgehog barely flinched from the impact, staring up at him with clouded eyes as Modern hopped away. 

X curled into a spin dash, rocketing off Modern's hasty block, but quickly lost form, resorting to messy, undisciplined strikes.  Modern grit his teeth and took the hits, blocking and swiping back when he saw the opportunity.  There weren't many.  For all of X's apparent lack of control, he was still in a super form, and a powerful one at that.  With every hit, rang a measure of desperation, of fear, that Modern's heart ached for, but he knew he couldn't hold out against another version of himself in a super form forever.  Which was exactly why he'd brought a backup plan.

Modern ducked one of X's swings, grabbed the smaller hedgehog’s arm, and forced him away, using his momentum against him.  X quickly regained his balance, and aimed to sweep Modern's feet from beneath him, but Modern managed to jump it, hit the ground, and swing his weight into a speedy kick.  

But X caught it.

Modern wasn't surprised, per say, but found he couldn't pull away.

“Hey!”  He scowled.  He tugged at X's grip, but quickly found himself several meters in the air, in freefall.  “Wish you'd've told me we were skydiving today!”  He shouted at the ground.  “I'd have brought my-”  X suddenly vanished from view.  He frowned.  “Huh?  Where-”  And suddenly. something heavy slammed into his side, sending him spiraling into the earth.  “Ough,”  He groaned, blinking up at the hedgehog hovering above him, nearly blending into the midnight sky, a patch of perfectly starless night.  “Found him.”  He muttered.

Without a word, X crashed down into him, plummeting right into his chest.  Red hot pain seared into his side and yep- yeah that was a rib.

“Nice hit, kid.”  Modern hissed, pulling himself to his feet with a wince and a swear.  X stared back, something hollow and impassive behind his dull eyes.  “Whew boy,”  He frowned, pushing down the fiery storm in his chest because something… didn't look right with X.  

And then X was on him again, a flurry of blows.  Modern yelped, and put everything into weaving between each hit, dodging every bone-shattering blow he could.  He hopped, jumped and-

Suddenly everything was white, hot, agony.

X's fist slammed into his side, and he crumpled to his knees with a shout.

Archie was immediately between them, standing over Modern and blocking him from X's view, forcing the smaller hedgehog back a few paces.  "Alright."  He called, voice tight.  "Maybe we try something new."

“Sounds good.”  Modern croaked.

“You alright, man?”  Archie winced, casting a glance down at his counterpart.

“Oh,” Modern groaned and pushed himself to his knees, and then to his feet, blinking spots out of his eyes.  “It'll hurt worse in the morning.”  He quipped, waving off Archie's concerned gaze.  That was definitely a rib or two.

“Oh.”  Said a distant, small voice.  “Oh no.”

Modern looked past Archie to find that X had finally touched down on the ground, wide, wide eyes staring back at him.  They were clearer, brighter, and just as fearful.

"X?"  Archie called, somewhat hesitant.  "You all there?  You good?”

“Mostly,”  He answered thinly.  Modern was struck by just how much younger X seemed… the kid couldn't have been more than fifteen.  “Sorry,”  X chuckled.  It rang stilted and dull.  “I think I went overboard…”  He sounded horrified.

"Yeah."  Archie spared another look at Modern, eyes snagging on the mottled bruises cropping up on his torso, and the entire starburst of them on his side, stark against his lighter fur.  "It'll all turn out fine, just- yeah.  It's.”  He paused, turning his attention entirely on X.  “It's fine, kid.  Let's make sure everyone's alright, yeah?  You included.”

“I'm sorry.”   He whispered, staring down at the ground as the darkness drained from his fur and his quills found gravity.  “Oh chaos.”

“It's alright,”  Archie said.  “It's okay, we're just playing damage control now, yeah?  None of this is your fault.”

"Prime."  Zonic suddenly called, urgency lacing his tone.  "Prime, we got incoming!”

“What-”  Archie frowned, but suddenly cut himself off.  He could hear a distant rumble.  He suddenly noticed that, aside from that sound, it was dead quiet.  There were no crickets, or nightlife, or distant city racket.  Even the wind seemed silent.

Modern eyed the surrounding forest warily.  X stiffened, shoulders drawing close to his chin as he watched the two hedgehogs intensely.

Then the rumbling stopped.

“Zonic-”  

And a great burst of steel exploded from the forest, a monstrous feat of mechanics and metal that took a distant rumble to an unnatural roar.  It rolled to a stop on innumerable treads as the sickening tang of gasoline flooded the air.  Blinding spotlights roved the ground below, lighting up the grass in swaths as a familiar cackle suddenly erupted from some unseen speaker.

“Eggman.”  X breathed. 

the-fastest-things-alive

NotGonnaRuleYouCantMakeMe

oh god what's been happening in here I haven't been looking

Youshouldseemeinacrown

lmao

NotGonnaRuleYouCantMakeMe

Oh hello are you that version of Manic they were talking about

Youshouldseemeinacrown

of who?

oh yeah @KnightOfTheWind is about to get his shit rocked

oop 

NotGonnaRuleYouCantMakeMe

Manic, my brother

Reply To: @NotGonnaRuleYouCantMakeMe: found a more modern pic of me and…

Youshouldseemeinacrown

goddamn

GODDAMN

FUCK naw

first- first of all-

I ain’t never gonna be associated with that haircut

My quills are in bad enough shape as it is

Second, who the hell decided I was some alternate version of a sonic’s brother

Excuse you, I’d rather kms

NotGonnaRuleYouCantMakeMe

To be fair- we don’t talk about his haircut.

But I think @VivalaRevolution said it

Youshouldseemeinacrown

that mother fucker is me

wr the same guy

what is he on

hol up

Reply To: @Youshouldseemeinacrown: I’m confused and blaming the drugs… 

YOU

oh wait the girls are fighiting 

omg

blue

baby blue

the girls are fighting

ClassicVibes

?

Youshouldseemeinacrown

[Blurry image of Modern standing in front of a dark, warped blur.  Classic is leaning into frame with wide eyes]

not baby blue

lil blue

the other dude

uhhh crown kid

ClassicVibes

!

@NotGonnaRuleYouCantMakeMe

NotGonnaRuleYouCantMakeMe

Me!

Youshouldseemeinacrown

yeah 

lil blue

the girls are about to throw HANDS

lmao

NotGonnaRuleYouCantMakeMe

oooo a fight

Are they selling tickets, or is it more of an rsvp kinda thing?

VivalaRevolution

Reply To: @Youshouldseemeinacrown: YOU

why are you texting we’re at ground zero for a whole lot of bs

Scourge, bud

The medicine cabinet is not gonna recover at this point

Youshouldseemeinacrown

shutup

[Photo of Modern getting absolutely pounded into the ground by a spinning blur of night]

this is going fucking great

thrres a qrd

word

vicarios

vicarious

vicariously

I’m living vicariously through this kid

Beat his ass, X

Oh fuck

Aw shit

[photo of… a wall of metal, stories high and seemingly insurmountable]

OH FUCK

[Shaky video of Modern.  He flicks his wrists, and suddenly, all seven chaos emeralds jump into existence, falling into orbit around the hedgehog.  He grins, and is enveloped in a flash of light.]

“Foolish hedgehog!”  Eggman's voice exploded from the machine.  “You thought I'd let you get away with trashing my lab like that!?  Just to rescue your little friends?”  He let out a harsh bark of laughter.  “You thought wrong.”   He growled.  Suddenly, the automaton- so tall and wide it blotted out the night sky, an unnatural eclipse- lit up with rows and rows of eerily calm flame.  Each fire began to arch towards them, growing bigger by the second.

“Shit!”  Archie spat.  He darted towards X, grabbed him by the arm as each flame quickly took shape, becoming gleaming missiles before plummeting into the ground.  Archie weaved between the explosions until he was out of range, and suddenly found himself before Scourge and Classic.  He spared them a quick grin, deposited X on top of Scourge, and dashed back to Modern's side with an offered hand.

“Nah,”  Modern declined.  Archie gave him a look.  “I'm still good to go, I've got a trump card.”  He winked.  Archie looked at him for a moment, calculating.

“The emeralds?”  His brows shot up.  “You took all seven?”

“You never know when you'll need a boost.”  Modern smirked.

“Fair enough.”  Archie shrugged.  “You ready to take this guy?”

“Born ready.”  He nodded as his emeralds jumped into existence.  They began to orbit around him, casting a rainbow of color across the ground, a stark contrast to Eggman's harsh floodlights.  His fur flickered gold as he lifted into the air, and when he met Archie's gaze, his eyes were scarlet.

“Glad to hear it.”  Archie chuckled as he slid into a ready stance.  “I go low, you go high?”

“Sounds like a plan.”  Modern grinned, relishing in the sudden release of the red hot grip of pain in his chest as the warm, energizing touch of the emeralds washed over him.  He greeted it like an old friend as he drifted higher, then shot off in a streak of sunglow, racing towards the upper deck of the mech.  He darted between the windows until he found a familiar- yet unfamiliar face.

“Sonic!”  Came Eggman's voice through the mech.  “You've brought the emeralds, I see!  Or rather, those fakes your little fox friend's been manufacturing.”  He grumbled.  “It's much less fun now that I can't get a monopoly on those things.”

Modern made a show of shrugging.  He didn't doubt that the glass was bulletproof, even if he didn't know this version of Eggman personally.  He pressed a glove to it, letting the raw, turbulent chaos pulsing in his veins rush to his palm.  Bulletproof by no means meant that it wouldn't melt.

“What are you-”  Eggman frowned, watching him through the window.  “No matter!  I'm here to finally be rid of you!  Once and for all!”

Modern rolled his eyes.

“You!”  Eggman fumed.  His voice crackled through the loudspeaker.  He suddenly stood up and marched towards the window, something like scrutiny in his furrowed brows.  He didn't look all that much different from his own Doctor, a little bit taller, a little younger maybe, but really not all that different.  To be fair, there wasn't much separating him and X aside from age and slight differences in coloration.  Not like Prime and Zonic, who looked damn near identical if you overlooked the latter's bizarre uniform.

“Me.”  Modern grinned, wound back his fist, and punched straight through the cleft he'd melted.  Eggman shrieked and lept backwards, stumbling over his own feet.

“Wait a minute!”  He yelped.  “You're not Sonic!  You're an imposter!”

“Mmm!  Not quite!”  Modern chirped as he stuck both hands through the hole and began to pull.  The glass softened like putty in his hands, glowing a hot red-orange as he slowly tore the window open.

“Who are you?”  The Doctor scowled, slowly backing away.

Modern released the molten glass and let the chaos within him flare.  The window parted like thread as he drifted through it, bright hot beads of glass dripping down his quills.  “I'm Sonic.”  He flashed a smirk.  “Just not the one you know and love.”

“Oh don't tell me there's more than one of you rats running around.”  Eggman spat, brow twitching.

A low explosion suddenly shook the deck.  A moment passes, and an alarm kicks on, blaring raucous and red.

“That,”  Modern laughs.  Perfect timing.  “Sounds like more than one of us running around.”  The Doctor scowled and backed away, retreating to his chair.  His expression darkened as the damage set his monitor alight.

“Why are you here, rat?”   He slowly asked, not once looking up from the screens about the chair.

“You don't have to call me names t'ask a question, y'know.”  Modern pouts, brushing his chaos-hot hands across the metal panel adjacent to him, smiling to himself as it warped and crinkled.

“Are you going to answer it, or are we going to go around in circles until one of us snaps?”  Eggman drawled.  “Or until your friend down there causes enough damage to bring this whole room down with us in it.”

“Well, if you gotta be so to tha’ point about it,”  Modern threw his arms up into a languid stretch.  “I'm here to help out a friend.  And you're kinda in the way of that, Doc.”

Eggman's brows furrowed.  He looked up and regarded Modern cooly, but not without suspicion.  Not without a cold sort of curiosity.

Another crash shook the room, prompting another chain of alarms and indicators that quickly drew Eggman's attention.  The man grimaced, red alerts reflecting harshly across his glasses.  He sighed and pulled away, massaging the bridge of his nose.  “Let's make a deal, hedgehog.”  He said.

“I'm listening.”  Modern cocked his head.  His Eggman would never just… was this a surrender?

“Take your friend, and yourself, back to where you came from, and I'll leave.”  The Doctor smoothly proposed.  "I'll even let Sonic's friends go, free of charge."

“...you'll leave them all alone?”

“For the time being.”  He relented.

“I mean, I should know better than to expect anything less.”

“...I suppose you should.”  Eggman sat down heavily in his chair.  Modern let himself drop to the floor.  “However, I have one term.”

Modern arched a brow.

“Let me ask once more.”  He said.  “Who are you?”

Modern felt his quills stand on end as a sudden breeze rushed through the molten remains of the window behind him.  He smiled.  Eggman's gaze was suddenly fixed behind him.

“Hey, Prime.”  He flashed a grin over his shoulder.

“Yo!”  Archie greeted, leaning through the frame.  “You ‘bout finished up here?”

“Good heavens there's two.”   Eggman breathed.

“We were wrapping up.”  Modern eyed the Doctor.

“Yes,”  Eggman holds his gaze.  “We were.”

“Good ‘cause-”  Archie laughed.  “This piece of junk ain't moving anytime soon.”

“Lovely.”  Eggman muttered.

“To answer your question, Doc,”  Modern said.  “I'm just a guy looking for something outta life, outside of breaking your toys.”  He winked.  Eggman's brow twitched beneath his glasses.

“Oh,”  The man groaned.  “Just go.  Leave me be.”  He huffed and waved them off.  “Go.”

“You don't gotta tell me twice.”  Archie laughed.  He cast one last look at X's Eggman, wrinkled his nose, and dropped out the window.

“I'm not getting a straight answer out of you, am I.”  The doctor drawled.  

“Not this time.”  Modern snickered.  “It was nice meeting you though.  You're… different from what I've come to expect.”  He offered the man a lopsided smile.  “Don't make life too hard on the kid.  Or I might have to come looking for more questions to answer.”

Eggman's brows shot up.  Then he laughed, a high, bitter thing.  “Go, hedgehog.”  He said.  “Before I can reload.”

Modern nodded, and shot out the window, leaving inky scorch marks in his wake.  He spotted Archie clinging to the sheer face of the mech, and swooped down to grab him.  Archie snagged his wrists, Modern gripping his in return, and they took to the skies.

“...I didn't want to scare the kid by going super on him.”

“No, I get you.  That was probably a good call.  Even if he didn't seem very… there, while he was all dark and spooky.”  Archie said.  “I've never seen anything like that, but you kinda have to expect that when dealing with all this multiverse shit.”

“Your pal, Scourge, said he knew stuff about dark transformations?”  Modern asked.

“Nah, not really.”  Archie shook his head, quills drifting loosely in the wind.  “He's got something different, just drains him a ton.  Honestly, based on what the kid's said in the chat, this kinda sounds like the chaos in him, or the chaos he was using, went stagnant.  If that makes sense.”

“...chaos is… a moving, living thing.”  Modern said slowly.  “Like- right now it's breathing with me, it's hot in my veins, it's part of my senses.”

“Right.  Yeah.”

“So, you're saying his chaos is dead.”

“Maybe not his, but the chaos he was using, yeah.”

“Eesh.”  

“Yeah…”  Archie hissed through his teeth. 

“How can chaos die?"  Modern exclaimed.  " Like even with big ol’ capital ‘C’ Chaos, it's not like I killed them, just sealed them back into the… well I thought it was the emeralds at the time, but I think they're somewhere just in the energy.”

“Maybe it's not dead.”  Archie offered.  “Maybe it's just lethargic.  Polluted.”

“Oh.”

“The chaos emeralds have been drained before, at least mine have.”  He looked up at Modern.

“Mine too.”

“I'm not sure.  Honestly, I don't understand chaos on a technical level, just the practical stuff.”  He laughed.  “All I've got is my experience, and what Tails can tell me!”

“Yep!  Ain't that the truth.”  Modern grinned, but his grin soon slipped off his face.  “Prime.”  He said.

“Yeah?”

“I am going to pass out the minute I drop super.”

“...Modern?  That's what Z calls you- Modern we are in the sky.”

“Yeah, just thought I'd let you know.”

“...’kay.”  Archie laughed nervously.  “Please don't get us killed.”

“No promises.”

"Whew!"  Archie huffed as he dropped from Modern's hands.  He caught himself in a spindash, then bounced off the ground and uncurled in one fluid motion.  The golden hedgehog landed lightly beside him, chaos flaring from his quills as he settled back into gravity.  "Good gravy God, this went from hectic to heck so fast it gave me whiplash.”  Zonic cast a dubious glance at his counterpart, something between ‘what the fuck are you saying’, and ‘please shut the fuck up’.

“Right, X you doing okay?”  Modern asked, immediately making his way towards the younger hedgehog.

“Yeah.”  X gave him a weak smile.  “Just… not feeling my best.”

"You're all good, kid.  All of us have bad days.”  Archie said kindly.  

"All it takes is one bad day, and you'd be just like me..."  Scourge called distantly.  Archie ignored him.

“Bad days don't normally end like this…”  X trailed off, staring at the trail of scorched trees and unsettled earth he'd carved through the forest.  It was almost reminiscent of a fresh grave, the way the topsoil was scattered.  He was just glad he'd had the sense of mind to get out of the city for this.

“Hey,”  Modern said, catching his gaze.  “Don't focus on that.  You didn't hurt anyone, you got away from anywhere populated, and you're back to normal.”  He smiled.  “You did good, kid.”

“I hurt you, though.”  X muttered.

“It's part of the job description.”  Modern winked.  “I'll be alright.  Don't feel bad that I couldn't keep up with ya’.”

X frowned, but nodded.

Modern ducked to allow Classic to clamber onto his shoulders.  Classic stared at his future self's golden quills with awe, gently pressing his hands against them. “I’ll stay super until I’m back home,”  He said to no one in particular.  “Don’t really feel like going on an emerald hunt right now.”

"Not a bad plan."  Archie nodded.  "Let's get outta here.  I'd offer my place, but we're not doing so great on supplies at the moment.”  Modern frowned.  Archie patted his side, his ribs particularly, and Modern's eyes widened in realization.  “X, want to come with us?  Maybe we can head back to Modern's universe and recoup there.”

“Yeah.”  X looked up at him.  “Sounds good.  Let me find my pals before we go though.”  He chuckled breathily.

"Cool beans."  He smiled.

"Don't say that again."  Zonic cringed on approach.  "I've got a portal ready to go.”  He jutted a thumb towards the doorway as it flickered like a heat mirage.  “I don't know about you all, but if there's friendlies on the other side, I'm gonna pass out the second we're through.”

“Me too.”  Modern snorted.  “It should be safe to go through.”  He frowned.  Then shrugged.  “Yeah, probably.”

"C'mon, Xbox,"  Scourge sloppily threw an arm over X's shoulder and began to guide him towards the portal.  "Let's get you patched up.”

X nodded hesitantly.  “Xbox?”  He asked as he sagged against Scourge.

"Xbox."  He nodded sagely.

“Okay?"

"Oh you're doomed now,"  Archie chuckled.  "He likes you."

"Oh no."  X laughed lightly.  

“Um.”  Knuckles blinked, slowly taking in the… shock of Sonics inhabiting the meeting room.  And the one green guy.  Who he also suspected to be Sonic.  “Could I get like, a clue to what's going on here?”

“Oh uh,”  His Sonic whined around, shrouded in golden, undulating chaos.  “We had a problem.”  He shot a helpless glance towards weirdly sci-fi Sonic.  “You got anything, Zonic?”

"Um.  Maybe?”   He cringed, but squared his shoulders and shifted fluidly into a practiced posture.  The only thing missing was a salute.  "We received a distress message around four hours ago from X, who had a perceived unbalance of negative chaos energy which led to his initial and current distress.  Unfortunately, after the ensuing conflict, the Eggman counterpart native to zone 823-03x entered the conflict.  Sonic Prime was able to remove Sonic 823-03x from the field, allowing Sonic 1223-99834 to recover enough to convince Robotnik 823-03x to end the conflict.”

“Wow.”  Said Knuckles.  “I heard maybe the first half of that.”

“Sorry about that.”  Zonic laughed.  “Habit.  You're not too different from Znuckles.”

Knuckles mouthed the name with furrowed brows, but shook his head.  “I'm just glad to see Sonic back here in one piece.”  He nodded again, firmly.  “Even if he came with a few… twins.”  He squinted at Classic, the only doppelganger he recognized.  Classic squinted back and stuck out his tongue.  Knuckles made a face, somewhat bewildered.  “Sure.”  He turned back to Zonic.  “It's good that Sonic is not dead.  Yup.  Super form didn't put him in a coma.”

"X also kicked his ass!”  The Sonic that was mostly just similar yelled down the hall.  Knuckles was sure that his fur was lighter than his Sonic's.  Maybe.

“Sorry about that!”  X apparent laughed nervously.

"You don't gotta apologize kiddo,"  Green Sonic frowned.  "Apologizin' is for politicians and insincere assholes.”

“Preach.”  Knuckles nodded.  "If there's one thing I understand here, it's that."

“Heya, Knux.”  Sonic smiled wearily.  His fur was blue again, after he'd let the chaos emeralds flee to their respective corners of the world.

“Can't believe you got your ass handed to you by a little kid.”  Knuckles snorted.

“Hey, that little kid was hyped up on enough chaos to knock you on your tail for a week.”

“And you still told him to punch you without the emeralds.”  Knuckles deadpanned.  “What's wrong with you.”

“...Knux he broke my ribs.”

“I have no sympathy for you.”

Chapter Text

- SunshineHog has been added to the chat-

SunshineHog

Oh, wow, um

Well this is an awkward time for me to join…

haha

SonicBoom

Well, the usual welcoming committee is busy so ig I’m filling in

Hi!  Welcome to the mysterious chat that no one else is concerned about!

I hate it here <3

Youshouldseemeinacrown

im jere too asshole

SonicBoom

i know you are scourge

i know.

SunshineHog

thank u haha

you seem

Nice

Youshouldseemeinacrown

<3

SunshineHog

:3

ClassicVibes

ヾ(＾∇＾)

SunshineHog

Hi!!

Youshouldseemeinacrown

my boyyyyyyy

SunshineHog

So… what do all of you do?

I help at a coffee shop sometimes!

ClassicVibes

敗北する エッグマン! (Defeating Eggman!)

Youshouldseemeinacrown

uhhhhh run

I run

SonicBoom

good job buddy

Youshouldseemeinacrown

you try thinking w

ith 8 advils and a mug o fcough syrup down yer throat.

SonicBoom

I think you should try and sleep

Aren’t you concussed?

Sleep???

Youshouldseemeinacrown

I xant

I trid

im watching mordern melt through a window rn

living my best life

SunshineHog

あ！僕も日本語を話します！ (ah! I speak Japanese too! 

ClassicVibes

!!!

:D 

SunshineHog

:D 

sleep is really really good for you

Youshouldseemeinacrown

nah

this is 

[Shaky picture of a blue streak weaving in and out through an odd metal structure, leaving plumes of smoke in its wake]

quality 

SunshineHog

what is… what is going on?

Youshouldseemeinacrown

well there’s this guy X

SunshineHog

mhm

Youshouldseemeinacrown

hes got nothin to do w voids 

but he does have a problem

With like

Do you got fhaos emeralds?

Or anarchy beyrl

Beryl

ClassicVibes

@X-tremeEscapist

Youshouldseemeinacrown

uhhhh kids pretty shellshocked rn

he’s sittin with me

SunshineHog

Oh yeahhhhhhh

I have chaos emeralds

Not the beryl stuff tho

Youshouldseemeinacrown

Kid says hi

He doesn hav is opne

open

phone

Sry fingers aren’t fingering

dayqil 

SunshineHog

Hi!

ClassicVibes

Hello!

SonicBoom

Hey kiddo!

Scourge…

You need a hospital.

Youshouldseemeinacrown

naw

I got so much chaos in my body that only Chaos themself could kill me

lmao

awww no kid

Kiddo you did nothing wrong

this is NOT your fault or your problme

kintobor was gonna show up anyway, he always puts his nose where it don’t belong

Kid’s trying to get me to believe that his faux chaos emeralds going sour is his fault

No you didn’t fuck up

I love you, you can’t fuck up

SonicBoom

You’re so good, X, none of this is your fault 

Wish i’d been up earlier :(

SunshineHog

Yeah really really bad to mess with chaos emeralds

You didn’t fuck up friend!

Youshouldseemeinacrown

Oh damn, big words

Always swear, you beautiful golden boy

Oh anarchy bushes egghead’s leaving what happensfe 

- Youshouldseemeinacrown is offline!-

SunshineHog

>:3

SunshineHog

hehe, fuck

ClassicVibes

fuck

fucker

SunshineHog

Motherfuck, even

VivalaRevolution

Alright, we’re all safe and in one piece

Currently holed up in Modern’s zone

Modern’s asleep

Super form took him out, he’ll probably be up and about in a few days

Classic has gained a cult following

Scourge has finally passed out, thank fuck

Zonic is drowning in paperwork, per use

The locals are nice

uhh

Yep

We good

[Image of Archie leaning over Classic, flashing a peace sign.  Classic’s holding up some kind of pastry to the camera, grinning.  Modern’s Knuckles can be seen in the background, waving.]

SonicBoom

Glad to hear it

Don’t die

Have fun with your cult bro

ClassicVibes

( •̀ᴗ•́ )و ̑̑

VivalaRevolution

[Image of Zonic, face down at a table, sleeping.  His gauntlets and helmet are spread haphazardly in front of him]

Xy’s also sleeping

Don’t blame him

We uh

Kinda sorta maybe kidnapped him

So there’s that too

SonicBoom

…isn’t Z a cop

VivalaRevolution

Hey

If he hasn’t realized it then it’s fine

I mean, I don’t think any of us are legal actually

I’m not 18 for a good bit

SonicBoom

child

Lol

I’m 20

VivalaRevolution

ew old

I can guarantee you i’ve been engaged more times than you have

SonicBoom

…wtf

You’re 17 why have you been engaged before

VivalaRevolution

Princess. 

SonicBoom

Ah.

My condolences 

ClassicVibes

[A video of a delirious X, suddenly yelling at the top of his lungs. “TERIAAA-”] 

VivalaRevolution

ah, here we have the common Sonic, belting out his primal hunting roar

ClassicVibes

( •̀ᴗ•́ )و ̑̑

SonicBoom

lol what

NotGonnaRuleYouCantMakeMe

Do any of you guys know a Jet the Hawk? He's my brother's most recent fling but he seems to be getting actually serious about it and I want any info I can get. 

I mean I would actually be more concerned about him the way all that blood is rushing to his face but better safe than sorry.

[picture clearly taken from the bushes of manic absolutely draping himself over Jet with a mischievous glint in his eye. If it weren't for his feathers, Jet would be a deep red]

NotGonnaRuleYouCantMakeMe

Update: the court has officially announced Manic's "CouRTshIP" of jet the hawk.

Doubt he'll be doing much of the traditional courting they expect though.

They’re only letting him get away with it because he’s not heir apparent, I am.

I won’t be for long though.

:)

ClassicVibes

:)

Youshouldseemeinacrown

HELL NAH

NO ALTERNATE VERSION A ME IS FALLING FOR THAT DOUCHE AHH LOSER OF A HAWK

VivalaRevolution

update: man's got all the meds out his system

Youshouldseemeinacrown

blue we are going over there

cmon blue, we are getting jet's frilly ass

VivalaRevolution

...as much as I'm inclined to agree with you, loudly and verbally, I think is this a shit plan

Youshouldseemeinacrown

there isn't a plan, we are going over there, and smacking some sense into that green mofo

VivalaRevolution

see

see I've tried to do that so many times

Youshouldseemeinacrown

I'm gonna break your legs and give them to jet as crutches for when I'm done with him

VivalaRevolution

no-

I need those-

Youshouldseemeinacrown

@SpaceCop

cmon asshole, we gotta stop this crackship ahh apocalypse from ever happening

wake tf up

VivalaRevolution

he's probably awake, but smarter than the rest of us and just not engaging

Hey Z!

Youshouldseemeinacrown

...you've got zone rings blue.  I know you do.

VivalaRevolution

...you gotta catch me first.

lmaogeheJFUCK WHY IS HE AT MY WIDNOW

SonicBoom

I can't believe Archie is fucking dead

lmao press F to pay respects

NotGonnaRuleYouCantMakeMe

Reply To: @Youshouldseemeinacrown: NO ALTERNATE VERSION A ME…

I mean, I think it's more the hawk is falling for him.

Which is tragic, but expected.

We do have the same lovely face.

VivalaRevolution

this is Sonic's brother uh.  What.  What is this chat.  By the might of chaos.  

Sonic just went out the window btw.

NotGonnaRuleYouCantMakeMe

Manic does this to everyone, this is just the first time someone's really reciprocated.

SunshineHog

wait what’s the issue here ???

VivalaRevolution

oh my god is scourge in here???

NotGonnaRuleYouCantMakeMe

Something about this Jet the Hawk my brother’s dating is setting people off.

SunshineHog

i think he went after jet

VivalaRevolution

[short clip of a green blur tracking after a more sporadic blue blur, both bolting across a green field.]

Sonic's brother, Tails: And we've lost them, folks

SunshineHog

Damn…

NotGonnaRuleYouCantMakeMe

 Oh nice to meet you.

VivalaRevolution

Nice to meet you too!

I’m Tails.

NotGonnaRuleYouCantMakeMe

Oh my god, so you’re Tails.

I don’t have a version of you in my world.

Nice to meet you, this is rad

VivalaRevolution

In your world?

OH

Oh no

I 

HOW?

You wouldn’t happen to be named Sonic, would you?

NotGonnaRuleYouCantMakeMe

Yep, Sonic the Hedgehog at your service!

I thought you were another version of manic for a second.

VivalaRevolution

Oh chaos

NotGonnaRuleYouCantMakeMe

This server seems to be a way for all the sonics of the multiverse to communicate.

VivalaRevolution

Oh what?!

why 

that's a horrible idea

SunshineHog

Who knows

VivalaRevolution

look how it went with my sonic and scourge!

NotGonnaRuleYouCantMakeMe

I don't know dude.

I just know most of these guys get weirded out when I say stuff about my home. 

Apparently I'm some kind of outlier

VivalaRevolution

it's entirely within the realm of possibility.  I've met alternate sonics before and between you and me, Scourge is an outlier too.

NotGonnaRuleYouCantMakeMe

For example, the others damn near blew a gasket when I said I didn't know you that well and didn't recognize your nickname.

And apparently my sister looks like someone called Amy.

VivalaRevolution

well I mean, it's possible you haven't met me yet, I've met an alternate version of my Sonic, who's really just him, in a past version of our timeline

SunshineHog

since scourge isn’t here right now i can ask something that’s bothering me ,,, why is he green ? What happened?

Was he born that way??

I didn’t think hedgehogs could be anything other than brown and white and pinkish

VivalaRevolution

lmao i can tell you about that

okay... Scourge wasn't actually always green.  He and my Sonic are identical in literally but their upbringing, which is why they're completely different people- nature versus nurture and all- so he was blue at some point

SunshineHog

oh wow

VivalaRevolution

Scourge was a bit uh.  Power hungry, back in the day.  By that I mean less than two years ago lol.  But wanted the master emerald, as most villains do.  Do I think he knew what to do with it?  Of course not.  But he went after it with Rouge anyway.  From her recount, Scourge- at the time he was "Evil Sonic"- was cornered by Knuckles' dad, and reached out for the master emerald in desperation.

The emerald answered, and supercharged him.

the science makes NO sense

and I hate him for it <3

and he lives in our laundry room apparently?

SunshineHog

ahhhh so he messed with chaos energy… THAT'S never a good idea

VivalaRevolution

I mean, our chaos energy is much better than his version of it so-

NotGonnaRuleYouCantMakeMe

Weird to think about the K man having a dad. He's always going on about yes the last and how he is the only one left who can guard his rock.

Though I don't know why it's so special, it looks like all the other chaos emeralds I've found: big and green.

VivalaRevolution

Knuckles' dad... doesn't exist anymore?  So you're half right?

Reply To @NotGonnaRuleYouCantMakeMe: Though I don’t know why it’s so special…

Ah.  It's uh.  There is something special about it, that's for sure.

SunshineHog

moms always warn me to stay away from chaos energy…

VivalaRevolution

I mean, ours isn't harmless, but it won't hurt you if you know what you're doing.  If you're from an alternative universe though, I can't speak of yours.

it can definitely do other stuff

they're pretty much big batteries of pure energy.  Power stores of the very stuff that holds the universe together.  And some people- like my brother- are predisposed to be conduits for this energy, and can use it to bolster their pre-existing abilities.

SunshineHog

I like your funny words magic man

NotGonnaRuleYouCantMakeMe

Woah, cool to hear. So then what could I do with these.

[Picture of 3 shards of the master emerald.]

VivalaRevolution

Oh Chaos.

why are are they in pieces that's not good

your knuckles is gonna kill you

NotGonnaRuleYouCantMakeMe

What do you mean? Is Knuckles’ rock supposed to be bigger? He says it's always been its current size.

least as long as he's been watching it

VivalaRevolution

are those... shards of the master emerald??

NotGonnaRuleYouCantMakeMe

I mean knux just called em chaos emeralds but I'm guessing from your tone those are something else then.

VivalaRevolution

uhhh they look like shards of the master emerald, which means the big green emerald has been shattered.  I mean- ours gets shattered every other Tuesday but-

NotGonnaRuleYouCantMakeMe

So there's probably some big consequences if it stays that way? I'll let knux know.  Thanks Tails.
:)

VivalaRevolution

I mean- it depends?  Your knuckles will probably know more about the conditions present in your universe

SunshineHog

they look kinda cracked to me…

VivalaRevolution

MMMMM.

NotGonnaRuleYouCantMakeMe

Hey knux le- go-  no I nee- it- my device just te- oh god you turned on the voice to text- aha got it

Now what's this you say about me apparently failing my duty.

SunshineHog

no one tell him

VivalaRevolution

oh no

NotGonnaRuleYouCantMakeMe

You. Fox boy with the misleading picture what did you say about my Emerald

VivalaRevolution

a knuckles that's smart enough to use speech to text, we're doomed

…how did you know I was a fox.

NotGonnaRuleYouCantMakeMe

Stop insulting me and just tell me what you know

VivalaRevolution

Uh.  Is it supposed to be in pieces-

NotGonnaRuleYouCantMakeMe

What do you mean in pieces it's been this size for hundreds of years It was said that being together the Emeralds only leads to destruction

VivalaRevolution

ah.

well, I'm gonna just leave that in your hands-

I don't know how your universe works buddy, I won't tell you to calculate for attraction with the wrong gravity coefficient

NotGonnaRuleYouCantMakeMe

I don't like your strange words magic fox. Sonic you may have your device back. 

Great. NOW CAN YOU STOP SITTING ON ME- (voice to text off)

VivalaRevolution

This has been so much fun, other Sonic's, but I'm gonna go now before I cause a paradox.  I do have lots of questions though.

I trust sonic to ask enough stupid questions that he won't start a multivariate collapse, but I cannot trust myself and my thirst for knowledge

byeee

NotGonnaRuleYouCantMakeMe

Bye!

SunshineHog

Bye!!  It was nice meeting you Tails

VivalaRevolution

nice meeting you too!

SunshineHog

:D

VivalaRevolution

oh wait hold up, the boys are back

Good luck!

hi, Sonic here, or Prime or whatever lol, we actually have not gone to kill Jet

Scourge was trying to kill me <3

NotGonnaRuleYouCantMakeMe

I'm pretty sure that blue tackling green pic was Archie and Scourge going at each other.

VivalaRevolution

Scourge was the green <3

My ribs

NotGonnaRuleYouCantMakeMe

Reply To: @VivalaRevolution: hi, sonic here, or prime or Archie or…

 You are not killing my brother's boyfriend without at least telling me what makes you all hate him so much. 

At least so far my brothers happy

VivalaRevolution

Jet.

Jet.  Is uh.

he's a bit of a nuisance tbh

and that's coming from me

he's not the most gracious goober

NotGonnaRuleYouCantMakeMe

So?  

Neither are we

VivalaRevolution

if your bro likes him, then that's fine w me, just uh.  Prepare for it.

having Jet as an inlaw…

ew 

Youshouldseemeinacrown

BLUE

YOU THREW ME

into a LAKE

VivalaRevolution

lol 

Youshouldseemeinacrown

my jacket is soaked

VivalaRevolution

yk that thing actively makes you slower r

NotGonnaRuleYouCantMakeMe

but it's cool

Youshouldseemeinacrown

see, the kid gets it

VivalaRevolution

little me don't, you're gonna give him more of an ego than he's already got-

SunshineHog

I have seen your jacket only in blurry pics but I can confirm it is cool

VivalaRevolution

[blurry picture of Scourge at a distance, hiding his face in his hands, like he's trying not to show his tears.  He's also drenched.]

SunshineHog

don’t be too mean to him

VivalaRevolution

naw, he's crying cause yall think he's cool lol

Happy tears

SunshineHog

though it was because you shoved him in the lake :(

VivalaRevolution

nah, that's tame

We’ve done much worse to each other

In a straight way

Youshouldseemeinacrown

your days are numbered blue

VivalaRevolution

Of course they are!  Ever seen a calendar?

Youshouldseemeinacrown

Fuck you.  

Anyway

I will find a way to little blue's universe, and I will beat Jet the Hawk into the ground.

…wait

Shit

WAIT

YOU KNOW WHAT I JUST REALIZED

manic... we decided manic was an alternate me, right

and manic is little blue's brother.

VivalaRevolution

ahahaha, he finally got there

his triplet brother, even

Youshouldseemeinacrown

no

fuck no

I've tried to kill you a fuck ton, so it don't count

VivalaRevolution

Uh, shadow has tried to kill nearly every living relative he has

so has knuckles come to think of it

Youshouldseemeinacrown

Fuck you

VivalaRevolution

I asked Tails, and Tails is okay with having another brother <3

Youshouldseemeinacrown

I'm gonna strangle you

and then throw you off that loop you like so much

SonicBoom

Honestly vibe

Youshouldseemeinacrown

YOU

SonicBoom

Me <3

VivalaRevolution

Hi Boom

Boom?

That’s like.  Weird for a name.  But it works as a user ig

SonicBoom

Hey, I hit mach one once

Lemme be proud of it

VivalaRevolution

…once?

SonicBoom

…yeah?

Youshouldseemeinacrown

YOU are a problem for another fucking day

let me have my existential crisis in fucking peace

SonicBoom

I don't think your medicine cabinet will ever recover lmao

Youshouldseemeinacrown

it's not my medicine cabinet, so it's not my problem, asshole

VivalaRevolution

it is too your medicine cabinet, my darling twin brother

Youshouldseemeinacrown

IM GONNA KILL SOMEONE TONIGHT AND IF IT CANT BE JET ITS GONNA BE YOU BLUE

KnightOfTheWind

hey everyone, I’m back, was resting after being super for so long, it started to dip into my natural chaos energy which isn’t a good thing

Very bad thing

Ouches

VivalaRevolution

eesh yeah, definitely get all the rest you need buddy

KnightOfTheWind

i think the emeralds felt bad lol

They’re trying to give me some chaos energy back 

[Picture of Modern lounging on the couch, the emeralds scattered around him, pulsing a little. Tails is in the corner, looking incredibly interested and is taking notes.]

VivalaRevolution

Oh nice

Yours are nicer than mine lmao

Question.

Modern, do you have a Jet the Hawk?

we might have to stage an intervention

KnightOfTheWind

yeah, i know him, why?

VivalaRevolution

what is your... opinion of him

KnightOfTheWind

pretty competitive and arrogant, but a nice rival

VivalaRevolution

1. So uh.  Let's say Jet, was engaged to Tails.

for example

KnightOfTheWind

what the fuck

VivalaRevolution

that's exactly my point

one of the other's has a triplet brother(who may or may not be Scourge in another life, chaos knows) who we need to save the love life of

most of us have had poor or just non existent love lives, for better or worse, but I think we owe it to Underground to save him from having Jet as an in-law

KnightOfTheWind

as soon as I’m up I’ll help ya

might have to rest for a while longer, otherwise I would join in ;)

VivalaRevolution

you're all good buddy

we'll keep ya posted

KnightOfTheWind

thx

VivalaRevolution

lemme go find Scourge, I think he's in the woods somewhere

KnightOfTheWind

Good luck

the emeralds want to come along lol

VivalaRevolution

uhhhhhh I do not control the emeralds

bring em along if you want lol

shouldn't cause any problems

Weird sentient emeralds lmao

Youshouldseemeinacrown

lmao you've seen my side of this crack ship ahh hell, blue

VivalaRevolution

yeah... yeah we might be killing(don't actually kill him) jet

let's like, lightly traumatize him

...how old is underground?

this might be like, baby jet

isn't he like, X's age?

I mean- do we want to traumatize a kid-

Youshouldseemeinacrown

Yeah

Yeah we do

VivalaRevolution

if jet turns out to be like, young and defenseless, we might wanna not... break him

SunshineHog

Good morning everyone!!! What did I miss? Did some of you meet Jet?

KnightOfTheWind

Not yet, though we might soon :D

SunshineHog

ahhh… lemme know how it goes !! it’s probably gonna be a while before i leave my… dimension? reality? zone?

VivalaRevolution

Will do kiddo

Assuming kiddo?  Scourge and I seem to be on the older side of the chat

Correct me if not kiddo lol

I think Boom’s older than us???  mmmmmaaybe?

SunshineHog

I’m about 15

I think

NotGonnaRuleYouCantMakeMe

I think I'm also about 14-15 haven't bothered to ask mom yet and have not been hit with a birthday party yet but it's something around that

Siblings might know

SonicBoom

20

I think lol

I also don’t quite know my bday

Check that out

VivalaRevolution

omg 

omg old

he’s so old

I'm in the 17-19 range, lost some time to shenanigans and such, so I'm not 100% sure anymore ;p

SonicBoom

Back in my day

VivalaRevolution

yes gramps?  What was it like in your time?

I've never had a grandfather before 0v0

KnightOfTheWind

Why are you encouraging this

SonicBoom

Well son, back in my day

We had records

And wrote things down

Like birthdates

*sobs*

VivalaRevolution

Valid response

*sobs with you*

KnightOfTheWind

I don’t even know who my parents are lol

VivalaRevolution

pretty sure my grandparents are very dead, my parents are still kicking tho

they were just under the control of a megalomaniac overlord for 14 years

pleasant life experience that was

KnightOfTheWind

eesh

Yep sounds about right

SonicBoom

damnit Tails.

[Sends a photo of a cabinet, multiple locks are on the floor and there’s a trail of mint wrappers.] 

He broke into the mints again

KnightOfTheWind

oof

you thought those locks would stop him?

VivalaRevolution

In my experience, most versions of Tails are only a lab accident away from being a more competent Eggman

Locks are a speed bump at best

KnightOfTheWind

…thats true

SonicBoom

I hate that that’s literally the most accurate thing I’ve ever heard 

KnightOfTheWind

I mean, my tails has gone evil… ish  

But it was fine 

VivalaRevolution

he what??

Ykw believable 

KnightOfTheWind

he's fine now

I think.

VivalaRevolution

Its all fine

Everything's fine

SunshineHog

Wow, I definitely missed something!!!  No killing each other when I’m not here!

I want to watch.

Chapter Text

-The Ultimate Lifeform has been added to the chat!-

VivalaRevolution

oh?

ClassicVibes

o/

X-tremeEscapist

Oh new people

Shadow??

The Ultimate Lifeform

…what?

SonicBoom

oh no

oh please no

VivalaRevolution

Oh great, he’s here too.

…you ain’t my shadow, are you?

The Ultimate Lifeform

Do not tell me this is a chat with Sonic. 

KnightOfTheWind

Well it’s not

No

No it is

It is absolutely a chat with Sonic

Youshouldseemeinacrown

I’m not Sonic

VivalaRevolution

He is.

Youshouldseemeinacrown

Hey 

fuck you

SunshineHog

I’m not either!

The Ultimate Lifeform

Oh, for fuck’s sake.

KnightOfTheWind

Well I’m sonic

And so is

Uh

Most of the chat yeah

Except for Sunny I think

SunshineHog

:D

Youshouldseemeinacrown

And me???

Hello?????

SonicBoom

Why is he in here

We’re going to die

The Ultimate Lifeform

I like this one.

SonicBoom

I’m going to die

KnightOfTheWind

Glad you’re so excited to be here Shads

The Ultimate Lifeform

As soon as I find out who or what is responsible for this, my complaint will be in the form of .50 calibre.

SonicBoom

Oh lovely

It’s gun shadow

Who gave you guns

And WHY

The Ultimate Lifeform

That’s for me to know, and for you to lie awake at night thinking about.

SonicBoom

That’s the gayest shit I’ve ever heard what

The Ultimate Lifeform

…

SonicBoom

aw fuck

this is the end guys ima bout to pull a scourge and get beat up by shadow

Youshouldseemeinacrown

HEY WTF

KnightOfTheWind

uhhhh anyway I think he’s my shadow???

I think?

The Ultimate Lifeform

I believe so.

Although there may be… inconsistencies.

VivalaRevolution

Aw yeah, yeah no I can see my Shads outside actually

[Picture of Shadow the Hedgehog, taken at a distance through a window.  The camera seems to be hidden from below the windowsill.]

…why is he outside my house.

X-tremeEscapist

Oh wow that is definitely shadow

He looks so much older

Chaos

The Ultimate Lifeform

…

VivalaRevolution 

He hasn’t killed me yet

The Ultimate Lifeform

Give it time.

VivalaRevolution

Lmao don’t I know it

SonicBoom

okay that’s just weird.

I swear we’ve had this conversation before

-TheUltimateKnightform has been added to the chat!-

TheUltimateKnightform

Hello everyone. Forgive me if I am slow with… this, Sire abruptly appeared and handed me this device.

SunshineHog 

Oh hi!!

VivalaRevolution

Welcome to the chat!

That’s how it goes lmao

KnightOfTheWind

Sire would be me

Please call me Sonic

TheUltimateKnightform

…I shall refrain.

SonicBoom

There’s TWO???

The Ultimate Lifeform

…Son of a bitch.

ClassicVibes

待って 未来の私は騎士?? (Wait will I be a knight in the future??)

KnightOfTheWind

You didn’t read my username, you didn’t read that text, time is an illusion

ClassicVibes

ᇂ_ᇂ

KnightOfTheWind

Hush, small one

Think little of it

ClassicVibes

(._.)

SpaceCop

hello, new Shadows, I'm so sorry

KnightOfTheWind

aww Z why are you apologizing?

X-tremeEscapist

We’re great!

SonicBoom

I live in fear.

TheUltimateKnightform

Interesting. I was told there were different versions of my king across the multiverse, though I didn’t not expect so many. It is a pleasure to meet all of you.

VivalaRevolution

Oh my chaos he likes us

what sorcery is this

ClassicVibes

議論の余地のある (debatable)

The Ultimate Lifeform

Burn it with fire.

TheUltimateKnightform

I would prefer the name Sir Lancelot, and your apologies are welcomed but not necessary, SpaceCop.

KnightOfTheWind

Lighten up Lance!

SpaceCop

alright, good to know Sir Lancelot, welcome to the madhouse

I gotta get back to work

so I'll talk later, but byeeee

X-tremeEscapist

good luck Z

hope eggy doesn’t give you a hard time

TheUltimateKnightform

Farewell.

I am lightening up.

KnightOfTheWind

that’s good!

VivalaRevolution

he’s 

he’s knightening up

I'm sorry don't kill me

KnightOfTheWind

that was great

TheUltimateKnightform

It seems there isn’t much difference between all of you.

X-tremeEscapist

it’s in the details

Youshouldseemeinacrown

there's a difference between them and me

TheUltimateKnightform

I believe I am, technically speaking, Shadow, though I prefer the title Sir Lancelot. 

Though King Arthur repeatedly refers to me as Lance.

KnightOfTheWind

I told you that you can just call me Sonic, Lance

TheUltimateKnightform

And I have reminded you time and time again to at least call me Lancelot.

VivalaRevolution

I mean, your knightliness, it's no sign of disrespect, but…

it's fun?  Friendly?  It's friendly.  Friendly nickname <3

TheUltimateKnightform

…

KnightOfTheWind

Yeah that

:D

TheUltimateKnightform

Fine. You may drop the title.

In solely informal circumstances.

KnightOfTheWind

kinda like how we call Zonic Z

VivalaRevolution

We do call him Z

TheUltimateKnightform

I see.

X-tremeEscapist

so Modern’s a knight huh?

KnightOfTheWind

Yep!

VivalaRevolution

the first time he introduced himself, I had to try very hard not to laugh

I’m also a knight

I've had it revoked and reinstated like uh... maybe twice at this point

my kingdom isn't very uh

stable 

TheUltimateKnightform

...what manner of knight are you exactly?

VivalaRevolution

one that's not very popular with the guys in charge <3

KnightOfTheWind

ah, well I usually visit whenever something needs my attention but it’s mostly been Percival and Lance who help with ruling, I’m really grateful for them

VivalaRevolution

wait

are you king???

KnightOfTheWind

oh yeah, that too

ClassicVibes

?!?!?!?!

VivalaRevolution

why is this a recurring theme

who made a sonic king

Youshouldseemeinacrown

hey, no one has to make you king

I made myself king

VivalaRevolution

Shut the fuck up

KnightOfTheWind

Caliburn made me king actually, though with Egghead constantly up to something I can’t visit as much as I’d like

VivalaRevolution

I mean?  Good for you? 

chaos I’d be a terrible king

Youshouldseemeinacrown

I was a great king

VivalaRevolution

no... you were not

Youshouldseemeinacrown

hey I did a much better job than the last asshole

TheUltimateKnightform

How did you become a king?

Youshouldseemeinacrown

so the last guy running a local kingdom, starting doing a real shit job of things, so I slipped in one day and yknow, liberated the kingdom. 

Yknow

VivalaRevolution

and then he took over the entire damn planet

Youshouldseemeinacrown

Fuck yeah I did

TheUltimateKnightform

…I see

That is not the proper procedure. How long, pray tell, did that last for you?

X-tremeEscapist

i bet a day

Youshouldseemeinacrown

like, four months?  

I think?

The Ultimate Lifeform

Hm.

Youshouldseemeinacrown

to be fair, the state of things was pretty shitty to begin with

we didn't really do uh.  "Government" over there

TheUltimateKnightform

I figured.

VivalaRevolution

their version of chaos emeralds is "anarchy beryl", so take that as you will

TheUltimateKnightform

As far as I am aware, we have neither of those items.

The Ultimate Lifeform

…odd.

TheUltimateKnightform

We have…square rubies and other shaped jewels, usually fitted into crowns and the hilts of swords.

VivalaRevolution

these are a bit different 

they kinda harness and embody the power of the universe?

KnightOfTheWind

hang on 

[Resends this photo: Modern lounging on the couch, the emeralds scattered around him, pulsing a little. Tails is in the corner, looking incredibly interested and is taking notes.]

These 

TheUltimateKnightform

I do believe I have seen you bring one or two of those here on your visits.

Youshouldseemeinacrown

Reply To: @Youshouldseemeinacrown: like, four months?  I think?

hey, had you, and your what, seven pals not come in and fuckin beat the shit outta me and my guys, I woulda stayed on that throne

VivalaRevolution

yeah but then you would've been on world when the genesis wave hit…

nova effect?  In a way?

TheUltimateKnightform

Genesis wave/nova effect? I don’t think we were affected by that, what happened?

VivalaRevolution

quoted from tails: the nova effect is a philosophical term that describes one's experience of a fundamental shift in one's perspective, leading to a new way of seeing the world and oneself

KnightOfTheWind

whoa

Youshouldseemeinacrown

oh.

VivalaRevolution

but the genesis wave was a phenomena we aren't too sure of what specifically happened

uhhh 

@SpaceCop

SpaceCop

…

Prime, Scourge and I were originally from a separate multiverse from the one we currently all reside in

the genesis wave, destroyed every single universe within our multiverse, except for Prime's homeworld, and the No Zone, where I'm from.  We aren't sure of specifics, the No Zone- it's full of, let’s say, knights that safeguard many many worlds- is currently trying to figure out what happened.

in the meanwhile, the remnants of our multiverse has drifted to yours and attached itself for survival and stability, so we're able to contact you all

Speaking of which

I have a job

And I would like to keep it

KnightOfTheWind

Good luck, Z

SpaceCop

thanks

-SpaceCop is offline!-

KnightOfTheWind

ofc 

VivalaRevolution

…Scourge is gonna kill me

X-tremeEscapist

Why’s that?

VivalaRevolution

this is all relevant because Scourge's homeworld was destroyed in the genesis wave

I brought it up because if we hadn't gone in there and busted his ass, and if Z hadn't arrested him, he would've been wiped out in the wave

very dubiously aware of that wave atm

but yep

I’m gonna run now

he likes to hang out in my universe a bit too much for my safety

TheUltimateKnightform

That is… a lot, I apologise for bringing it up and inciting violence between the two of you.

VivalaRevolution

It’s alright

Honest to Chaos he tries to kill me every other day

As siblings do

<3

Youshouldseemeinacrown

…yk I was going to leave you alone until you said that

VivalaRevolution

…hi Scourge

Youshouldseemeinacrown

I know where you live.

You’re cooked.

VivalaRevolution

bruh

You practically live here

The medicine cabinet… we're still in mourning for it

Youshouldseemeinacrown 

I swear to fuck  

I'm gonna actually kill you this time blue

-Rouge has joined the chat!-

VivalaRevolution

Oh hi Rouge great timing

…why is she here?

The Ultimate Lifeform

I invited her because I value few things in life over my sanity.

VivalaRevolution

Thats a dirty lie

KnightOfTheWind

Welcome Rouge!

…how'd you manage to invite someone?

What?

Rouge

Well hello, blues

Shadow begged me to accept the invite because his social battery was low

The Ultimate Lifeform

…

Notgonnaruleyoucantmakeme

Hi!

SonicBoom

don’t we have a minimum speed requirement or something?

The Ultimate Lifeform

Would you like to make that complaint in person?

SonicBoom

…you know I quite like my life actually 

The Ultimate Lifeform

That’s what I thought.

Rouge

Oh! Looks like we've got some other newcomers

Hey, Sir Lancelot... you look rather familiar.

The Ultimate Lifeform

He's an alternate me. From when Sonic apparently got stuck in a storybook and became a king.

KnightOfTheWind

yep!

Rouge

…

The Ultimate Lifeform

Yes, the mind boggles at how the kingdom hasn't collapsed yet.

KnightOfTheWind

rude

@TheUltimateKnightform advocate for meeeee

VivalaRevolution

Rouge- Rouge yk how often a Sonic becomes a king in the multiverse

it’s way too often

it’s horrible

I’d hate to be king

I’ve seen dark paths…

Notgonnaruleyoucantmakeme

show of hands who all here has been royalty or is in line to be royalty. 

KnightOfTheWind

me

VivalaRevolution

me technically *sobs*

ClassicVibes

¯\_(:|)_/¯

Youshouldseemeinacrown

It’s in the name, baby

SpaceCop

lmao not me

X-tremeEscapist

not me either

Hi Z!

SpaceCop

hey, X

:)

VivalaRevolution

damn, we gotta get somebody we can call Y in here

X-tremeEscapist

any Sonics with Y in their name?

SpaceCop

God I hope not

TheUltimateKnightform

Reply To: @KnightOfTheWind: advocate for meeeee

Apologies, I was preoccupied at the moment. Yes, I can say on King Arthur’s behalf that the land is prospering beautifully. As mentioned earlier, the royal duties are filled by mainly myself and Sir Percival, with assistance from the other knights of the round table. Though, I have been told she is known as ‘Blaze’ in other versions of the multiverse.

KnightOfTheWind

yep! 

Blaze is my gf, i love her <3

The Ultimate Lifeform

So sanity mostly prevails because usually someone other than Sonic is doing the job.

TheUltimateKnightform

For the most part, yes.

KnightOfTheWind

Shads!

I would do it but I can’t just abandon Mobius, not when Eggman’s still around

SunshineHog

Woahhhhhhhh guuuuyyyyssssss!!  Mother(Ebony) just took me on sooooo many roller coasters I’m gonna go puke now 

KnightOfTheWind

oof, hope ya feel better

SunshineHog

hehe I’m fine just really really excited!!

oh em chaos new friends??

hai!!! I'm Super or Sunny!!!

TheUltimateKnightform

Hello there. 

I am Sir Lancelot.

VivalaRevolution

glad you had fun, kiddo

Reply To: @The Ultimate Lifeform: So sanity mostly prevails because usually someone other than Sonic is doing the job.

YES

THIS

EXACTLY 

in my experience, Sonics don't make great kings <3

Youshouldseemeinacrown

I was a great king.

VivalaRevolution

I thought you weren’t a sonic.

Youshouldseemeinacrown

that's why I was such a great king

VivalaRevolution

he was a terrible king and a despot, don't listen to him

he put himself on the throne at like, 16

terrible idea

The Ultimate Lifeform

Putting literally any of us on the throne is a bad idea. Myself included, because everyone would be dead within a month.

SpaceCop

ahhahaha... yeah.  Yeah.  Definitely haven't seen a timeline where that exact situation happened, nope…

granted, it was in Prime’s universe

VivalaRevolution

SEE!?

TheUltimateKnightform

Don’t have such little faith in yourself, Shadow. I am doing wonderfully ruling over Camelot.

The Ultimate Lifeform

You have a balancing influence in… Sir Percival.

And I am not you.

You disturb me greatly.

TheUltimateKnightform

She does help quite a lot.

Notgonnaruleyoucantmakeme

Reply To: @The Ultimate Lifeform:  Putting literally any of us on the throne…

Can you come take mine for a week then?

The nobles need clearing out, just don't tell mom I let you take over.

VivalaRevolution

God DAMN 

*wheeze*

The Ultimate Lifeform

I’m not a hitman.

Notgonnaruleyoucantmakeme

Darn. 

Oh well.

Youshouldseemeinacrown 

Oh shit wait what

There's two of em

There's two shadows 

Fml

The Ultimate Lifeform

Agreed, fuck your life.

Youshouldseemeinacrown 

….fuck you

The Ultimate Lifeform 

Likewise.

Youshouldseemeinacrown 

You're next on the shit list, Stripes

After I kick Blue into next week

The Ultimate Lifeform 

I'd like to see you try, but I genuinely don't think you could.

SunshineHog  

guys please don’t fight :(

VivalaRevolution 

This is probably normal

It's just how they communicate 

VivalaRevolution 

Heck, it's probably even healthy

Youshouldseemeinacrown 

He's not gonna be healthy once I'm done with him

SonicBoom 

You're both just like

Actual children

What is this

Stop bullying each other

Youshouldseemeinacrown 

…no

I don't think I will

What are you gonna do about it?

SonicBoom

…fair point

Youshouldseemeinacrown 

Anyways fuck you shadow

Not knight shadow, he seems chill

TheUltimateKnightform 

I believe you have my thanks?

The Ultimate Lifeform 

Fuck you too.

VivalaRevolution 

Lovely talk guys, really

VivalaRevolution

[Picture of Scourge sitting cross legged on the floor of Archie's house, Archie has been startled into a messy fighting stance, half on his couch and half on the wall]

- Courtesy of Tails, thought you all would enjoy this

Rouge

[Image: Shadow is lying face down on the floor of his apartment. At the bottom of the image is the caption "I yearn for the sweet release of death."]

SonicBoom

me fr

-Rouge was kicked from the server!-

SonicBoom

…

She gets to leave?!

Chapter Text

Notgonnaruleyoucantmakeme

[picture of about 12 shards of the master Emerald. It's clear this wouldn't make the full thing but it would be about halfway reconstructed.] 

So I've been working with Knux about this whole rock being apparently shattered and not just separate gems. But we've hit a wall.

How exactly do we go about putting them back together.

VivalaRevolution

Jesus FUCK every time I see that I have a heart attack

The Ultimate Lifeform

…what happened to the Master Emerald?

VivalaRevolution

yeahhh he does this

his emeralds are a mess

X-treme Escapist

My Knuckles would have an aneurysm.

Notgonnaruleyoucantmakeme

Me and knux didn't even know it was anything special we just called the shards chaos emeralds

It worked then

X-treme Escapist

uhm 

guys 

Notgonnaruleyoucantmakeme

it's been broken at least all of his life

something about some ancient apocalyptic flood that they wanted to keep from happening again.

KnightOfTheWind

He must collect and assemble the three pieces of the triforce

The Ultimate Lifeform

No.

Shut up.

TheUlitimateKnightform

Our guardian, Sir Gawain, has dual swords, sacred blades must be locked into pedestals and then have their energy sent into one place to awaken the main blade. I’m not sure if that would translate to chaos emeralds, or master emeralds, but if you find the right spot they can lock into and transfer their energy from one point to another, it may restore your jewel.

Notgonnaruleyoucantmakeme

I’ll ask Knux about it, thanks knight dude.

X-treme Escapist

why, why is there a ping for @theemeralds

VivalaRevolution

There’s a what

TheEmeralds

Do you require our assistance?

Notgonnaruleyoucantmakeme

Whoa talking rocks!  

Cool!

are you what the others were calling emeralds?

VivalaRevolution

Why are they in the chat.

KnightOfTheWind

I think these are my emeralds actually

VivalaRevolution

Who’s emeralds are those

mod 

mod please

what is wrong with your emeralds

KnightOfTheWind

wdym 

VivalaRevolution

why do they have a discord account

KnightOfTheWind

:p 

TheEmeralds

We will not be present often, please ping us if we are required

-TheEmeralds are offline!-

SunshineHog

erm

I have a weird feeling guys…

moms’ always warned me to stay away from emeralds and stuff

VivalaRevolution

You good?

I mean, us sonics are super reactive to them, and idk how yours work- especially because some of us have emeralds that can talk- so that's probably a good idea

SunshineHog

they won’t tell me why but I always get a headache and really sick whenever they say I got too close to one, but I don’t remember actually touching it and stuff sooooo

KnightOfTheWind

sorry Sun, didn’t mean to make you feel like that, my emeralds probably function different than yours

SunshineHog

I hope so

Notgonnaruleyoucantmakeme

Well something has happened.

[Picture of the half completed master Emerald. In the background it can be seen that the island is now considerably higher in the sky.]

KnightOfTheWind

aw crap uh

I’ll be right there

-KnightOfTheWind is offline!-

Notgonnaruleyoucantmakeme

You’re what

You’re going to what-

SunshineHog

haii!!! 

how is everyone doing ??

VivalaRevolution

good!

how r u?

SunshineHog

good!!! 

Mother said she has a few ideas about how to fix my weirdness around chaos energy, so she wants to see if there’s a way for me to leave my dimension and come visit all of you!

X-treme Escapist

Nice! 

ClassicVibes

(＾∇＾)

SunshineHog

though we’re having trouble figuring that out

How do you guys go visit each other ? we’re thinking of trying something with the special zones…

KnightOfTheWind

[Photo of Sonic in what looks to be a pretty large castle, laying on a bed, the emeralds surrounding him.] 

with Lance now, resting

glad we were able to help with the master emerald @Notgonnaruleyoucantmakeme

ClassicVibes

彼はハイパーになったのか？どうだった？ (Did he go hyper? How was it?)

Notgonnaruleyoucantmakeme

glowy

so glowy

I didn’t know people could do that.

TheUltimateKnightform

He did, and he is still recovering from doing so. 

Fool.

KnightOfTheWind

hey it was fineeee

I stopped the island from crashing into the sea

Might’ve scarred baby knux for life but

SonicBoom

He could use a bit of scarring every once in a while

SunshineHog

im trying to find a way to your guys worlds!!

X-treme Escapist

Good luck!

Be safe, avoid big explosions

SunshineHog

I’ll try!

SonicBoom

You could start with mine?

We don’t have chaos emeralds

At least I don’t think we do…

mmm.

You’ll probably be safe tho, all we’ve got is Eggman and uh

Not too worried about him…

SunshineHog

ok!!  Do you already have a way to travel between universes ?? or a star post we can try linking up to ??

SonicBoom

…nnnnno.

I really don’t think we do 

Lmao we’re really missing out over here

SunshineHog

you use them to get into the special zone which is kinda like a parallel universe. I was wondering if we could get those modified to travel to more dimensions

SonicBoom

Yeah sorry kid, we’re fresh out of ways to travel to more dimensions

SunshineHog

hmmm we’re gonna look more into the star posts I think

SonicBoom

Good luck o7

SunshineHog

oh me gosh!! 

it worked!! 

we were right about the star posts!! 

though I am only half sure this is boom’s zone… seems chill… im on a beach ???

SonicBoom

We definitely have beaches?

Do you see anything else?  The village is pretty close to shore

I’m omw

SunshineHog

I see you!!!

[photo of an unusually tall streak of blue, shredding sand as it beams across the horizon]

It’s probably you

I don’t really know what you look like :p

Super wanders around the sandy beach of Boom’s universe, looking at the few palm trees and looking for his taller, bluer friend, who is technically an alternative version of Sonic.  He didn’t know much about Sonic… well his Sonic, but the Sonics he’d met so far seemed nice…

“You made it!”  Boom greets.  “It’s nice to meet you in person.” 

He looks up at the other and waves.  “Wow! You’re a lot taller than I thought!”

“Ha, yeah, you are pretty short.”  He teases.  “I can’t help my height.”

Super sticks his tongue out in a playful manner and the little swirls in his eyes spin a bit.  He may or may not be doing that intentionally.

Boom crosses his arms, sticking his tongue out as well. “You want to go grab a bite to eat?”

Supper giggles.  “Sure!  Whatcha got around here?”

“We have Meh Burger and…”  He trails off, staring into the middle distance.  “Meh Burger.  That’s about it.”

“Meh..Burger?”  He can’t help but laugh.  “Is it really called that?”

“Yeah, yeah it is.”  Boom snorts.  “It’s just as mediocre as it sounds.”

He shrugs.  “Okay?”

Boom moves to pick Super up, and puts him securely on his shoulders.  Then he takes off towards the only restaurant in town.

Super clutches Boom’s head quills, giggling at being picked up and put on him.

Boom slows down to a walking speed, and slides up to the counter, ordering for the both of them. “And now my least favorite part,”  He chuckled.  “waiting.”

“We could…play a little game while we wait?”  Super blinks his spiral eyes.  “I like question games!”

“Sure!”  Boom grins playfully.  “You want to start?”

“Hmmmm…”  He hums in thought as he looks up at the sky.  “Favourite colour?”

“Green. Yours?”

“Red!!!”  Super giggles.  “Now you ask me a question!!”

“Lemme think,”  Boom trails off, pressing his hand to his chin, making a show of it.  Then… something shifts.  Something’s wrong.  Something changes.   “I…”  He frowns.  “Um.  Who are you?”  He asks, voice distant.

Super tilts his head, having noticed a weird sort of blip. “I’m Super…?  Moms call me Goldie sometimes…?  Um... you just picked me up and we’re getting food?”  He answers, very confused.

"I- '' He touches a hand to his head, staring at nothing with furrowed brows.  He glanced at Super... Goldie, and suddenly all the tension melted from his face, superimposed with an almost seamless smile.  "I'm Sonic, it's nice to meet you, Super.  Uh, you wouldn't happen to know where we are, would'ya kiddo?"

Chapter Text

“You said we were at Meh Burger?  You just got us chilli dogs…”  He deflates a little bit, very confused and a bit concerned.  He checks the chat on his communicator, noticing a flurry of activity, and thumbs in his concern.  Because… Boom was right here, right?

"I... did.”  He nodded along.  “Yeah.  Yep, my bad kiddo, sorry about that!"  He laughed, eyes darting about nervously.  "You- oh."  He blinked.  He stared at the sign above them, that read 'Meh Burger', at the picnic benches before them, at the stained wooden grain under their feet.  "Oh."  He said again.  "I know where we are."  He knows he knows he knows.  Why does it feel so off.

“I-I, me, you-“  Super points and stammers, starting to panic…and that’s all it takes to set him off.  It starts as a headache that causes his eyes to swirl around like crazy.  He grins, and his mouth is full of fangs.  “Liar, liar, LIAR!!”  He shouts.  He quite suddenly raises up from the ground, pointing right at the confused Boomverse Sonic, his voice deep and distorted.  ”I know you’re lying to me!!!  I know you’re not Sonic!!”  You’re terrible at pretending!!”  He yells, and slowly starts to float away, itching to zoom around and destroy everything.

The hedgehog takes one look at Super, slowly turns around, then fucking books it at the speed of sound.

”HEY!! Don’t run from me! I ain’t gonna hurt’cha, I’m just gonna kill you!!” He screeches as he zooms after Sonic, easily matching him in speed. Heck he can probably go faster than his blue counterpart’s counterpart.

Sonic ran, a profound feeling of wrongness sitting heavy in his chest as the ground blurred beneath his feet.  Super- Goldie- whichever- is hot on his tail- is he faster than him?  He spares a glimpse over his shoulder when that wrongness suddenly surged, gripping his limbs in icy unfamiliarity- and then he was falling.  The ground seemed to slip past his feet- and then he was falling.  And he kept falling.

And then he was gone, like he was never there in the first place. 

Super skids to a hault, mid air. He looks around hastily. ”You!! You can’t hide from me forever!!” He screeches. He gathers his energy, and glares at the earth until chaos shoots from his eyes, scoring a bleak mark through the ground.

the-fastest-things-alive

SpaceCop

yall I fell asleep for literally like 3 months what the fuck

X-treme Escapist

oof, you okay Z?

SpaceCop

no

holy shit there's so much paperwork on my desk

what in the entire no zone am I supposed to do about this

X-treme Escapist

Like 3 actual months?

SpaceCop

No but it feels like it

my backlog is going to gain sentience and take my life

TheUltimateKnightform

That would be most unpleasant.

SpaceCop

no, no it might be a mercy killing

TheUltimateKnightform

Hm. We have moved past those and I recommend you do the same.

SpaceCop

there's so much paperwork why is it all from Prime

we're in the aftermath of a catastrophic merger event, why is this a focus right now

@VivalaRevolution

what did you do

TheUltimateKnightform

May I be of any assistance?

SpaceCop

...do you know how to write multidimensional incident reports

TheUltimateKnightform

I know how to chart battle logs and attacks from other kingdoms. I’m sure I can pick up how to log incidents from other zones with minimal explanation.

SpaceCop

...there will be a portal opening in the room you're in.  Do not tell anyone, and it will close in the next 2 minutes.

this is very illegal.

this is so illegal

VivalaRevolution

...what if I told you Scourge painted himself blue and went for a run