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Post by Topaz Mutiny on Mar 20, 2008 10:48:16 GMT -5
Tails' eyes seemed to zero in on Sally, regardless of the fact that his body was currently trying to reach out and snag Bunnie. What she had said struck a chord in his little mechanic's mind. When Metal Sonic had shut him off before, it felt strange. Almost like he was unconcious. But even then, being unconcious as an organic, he still felt... alive. This time he felt nothing. Without him even noticing, the lights in his eyes began to glow brighter as he struggled to persuade Sally not to shut him down or disable him. Slowly, his movements became more erratic, but did not stop altogether. "Nn-nnn....!" He struggled to say, not quite coming out with the word he wanted so dearly to yell. It was a painful game of tug-of-war, where on one end the looming presense of the programming attempted to keep its control, and on the other end a frightened fox was giving his all. By this time, his eyes were glowing so bright that they had begun to spark from all the power directed to them, a testament to how strong his feelings were at the moment. Coming from the corners of his eyes, the sparks almost looked like glowing tears. Internally, a warning message popped up, alerting him of his dangerously volcanic temperature, and immediately the programming attempted to cease his every motion. But now since the fire had been lit, Tails was not going down. He was never going to lose a fight again. His erractic struggling shifted from an external assault, to one of obvious self-conflict, all the while, keeping his white-hot eyes locked on Sally. It was no longer fear that drove him, for that very emotion had transformed into a more powerful asset: Anger. A much larger spark popped from his left eye, almost short-circuiting it. Tails could feel the programming weakening severely. "D-don't. You. DARE." He managed to growl, still staring at Sally. Suddenly, another warning appeared, telling him of his dire situation and the possibility of loss of function. Tails was going to yell at it to shut up, when CRACK! His neck snapped back in an inhumanly way, as an electical surge coursed down from his head. His eyes went dim, and once the electricity disappated, the fox went limp. It almost looked as if he had gone offline, but that assumtion was quickly remedied as a hand clenched and unclenched. His eyes then resumed their normal glow, and they once again resumed their position on Sally, but this time, it was coupled with complete turmoil that was on the kit's visage. Sometimes he would glare, eyes shining, and other times he seemed to shrink back, an upset, unhappy, scared look on his face.
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Post by Jamie Lee on Mar 20, 2008 17:06:41 GMT -5
The entire time the pangolin-bot had continued to encourage Tails, and upon seeing him achieve what he had hoped, he shot Sally a smug, knowing smirk. Allowing him a moment to regain his bearings, Fini slowly unwrapped his tail from around the boy to release him, smiling proudly in an... oddly paternal way, "Excellent job, Tails," he praised, giving him a back on the back. "You did marvelous." Bunnie looked at him expectantly. "Tails...?"
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Post by Topaz Mutiny on Mar 21, 2008 21:23:55 GMT -5
Tails could tell. He felt something different. He felt lighter. But all the lightness did was create more room for his already troubled feelings. It was... overbearing. He had been feeling angry, but then he also felt scared, anxious... depressed. And it was often in these states of emotions that, no matter how sincere people were, no matter if they were happy or proud, all that would happen would be a violent retaliation. So when Fini patted him on the back, Tails felt threatened and somewhat violated. Quicker than the blink of an eye, the fox whipped about and slapped at the hand that had pet him, all the while crumpling to the ground. When the attack was over, Tails had curled up into a little ball, quietly whimpering.
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Post by Lans on Mar 22, 2008 0:13:48 GMT -5
Sally joined Bunnie's side. "Tails...are you...ok?"
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Post by Topaz Mutiny on Mar 22, 2008 14:13:29 GMT -5
"Do I look okay to you? I'm a robot for Chaos' sake!" He whined, now beginning to rock back and forth.
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Post by Lans on Mar 22, 2008 22:43:21 GMT -5
"Well...um..." she was at a bit of a loss for words, "At least you seem to be able to think for yourself now."
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Post by Topaz Mutiny on Mar 23, 2008 19:56:51 GMT -5
"..." It probably just wasn't Sally's day. Especially since when, under stress, people tended to scrutinize everything people say to them, and even a slight technicality could send them into a rant. "Think for myself? Now?" Tails scoffed, turning to glare at her. "Think. That's something I've been doing ever since I was born. Even when........ this happened, I could think. I could think of how that lard ass is a demon, and I could think of how much I want to blast his face into a million pieces. I wasn't unconcious. I was still aware of my surroundings. The only difference was that I couldn't do anything about it." He wrapped his namesakes around his body, uncomfortable about the subject, but enraged at the notion Sally thought that he never knew what was going on. Or at least, that's what the imperfection in her sentence appeared to him. ".... You have no idea how PAINFUL it is to try and hurt somebody you really don't want to... and.... I'm sorry."
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Post by Jamie Lee on Mar 23, 2008 21:21:08 GMT -5
Finitevus just shook his head and he listened to the kit speak. "I hardly see the need to apologize for something beyond your control. In fact," he glanced at Sally. "I believe Ms. Acorn has been entirely beneficial, naive as she may be."
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Post by Lans on Mar 24, 2008 0:58:37 GMT -5
Sally shot Finitevus a nasty look but refrained from giving him the satisfaction of her snapping at him. "Be that as it may, now that Tails is...in control again, I suggest we find a way to return you to normal, and...as much as leaving you here would solve a big problem for me, all three of us back to our world."
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Post by Topaz Mutiny on Mar 24, 2008 17:33:44 GMT -5
Tails scrunched his face to the side in (as well as still being a tad upset) thought. "I think we have a bigger problem than just getting us home. Especially since that's... going to be done... already." He said, a tad hesitantly. "Robotnik is going make me manufacture a Fake Chaos Emerald so he can use it to power a portal that's being created... sort of like the one we made to connect to the Sol Dimension." he added as well.
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Post by Jamie Lee on Mar 24, 2008 19:58:03 GMT -5
"Not 'sort of'," Fini corrected disdainfully, "He took my laptop. I had all my documents involving the Sol Gate on it. Once that fake Chaos Emerald is done all he needs is whatever gem of power is native to this world to create the vortex. The problem is that until another gate is constructed on the other side it'll only go one way. I'm sure you can figure out what that means." Allowing that point to sink in, he turned and began to walk back toward his chair. Bunnie frowned and had opened her mouth to say something in response to Sally, but when Tails spoke in her place, she remained quiet and listened as he and Finitevus spoke. Something they kept referencing seemed to grab her attention, reminding her of something she'd heard Sally and Knuckles talk about... "Chaos Emerald?" she finally spoke up once finding an opening. "Ya'll mean like that there power stone that's s'posed to be on Little Planet?"
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Post by Topaz Mutiny on Mar 25, 2008 19:14:52 GMT -5
Tails' eyes seemed to light up (figuratively, but now that he was a robot, literally as well) at Bunnie's question. It was a nice deviation from the current subject, especially since he was rather the most experienced with them... scientifically anyway. "Well, if your 'Power Stone' is a glowing rock of unlimited power, then pretty much, yeah." Tails began to fidget a bit, tails twitching, pondering as to whether to fully explain what the Chaos Emeralds were, in case there were still some differences he hadn't touched upon. He was also pondering whether to say more, simply for the fact that, just a bit earlier, Metal Sonic had forced every bit of information out of him, and it still stung rather badly. Helping Bunnie understand would at least keep these people from being unprepared if they came across one. Eventually, he decided just to give a Sonic-fied version of what they were. "The Chaos Emeralds have basically been around on our world for as long as anyone can remember. There's seven in total, each one a different glowing color, and they all share the same diamond-shaped cut," he began to explain, making finger gestures to further his point, "They're all about the size of my fist, and each of them contain a yet undocumented amount of power. All we do know is that the more emeralds there are together, the more power they release. Anyways, it seems that only a few people are able to use this power, in the form of various random abilities. Various machines can use it as well, though unless they have the right insulation and conversion systems, the energy from the Emeralds will start to destroy them. However, when someone compatable with the Emeralds gathers all seven, they're able to completely absorb the gems and gain what we call a 'Super Form'..." He added, using air quotes. "... Pretty much everything about you changes dramatically, barring personality... but basically you become so powerful that you can survive in space or underwater without oxygen or the right air pressure or temperature. Although, it only tends to last as long as it's needed, and once the Emeralds reappear, they scatter off in random directions across the planet. They, and people with particularly strong energy fields, can be tracked with specialized equipment which I was the first to invent." ... "And I think they've been named 'Chaos Emeralds' because they generally tend to be at the center of every major disaster to date." He finished at last. Curses, even when cut down to a minimum amount of information, that was STILL really long to explain. And he didn't even touch upon the Sol dimension or the Master Emerald yet! ... I should probably write all of this down in a book somewhere someday... Tails thought to himself. After all, it was a large amount of information to recall.
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Post by Lans on Mar 25, 2008 20:54:57 GMT -5
Sally just sighed as they sat through Tails' long winded explaination. A simple 'yes' probably would have worked just as well. "In ANY case," Sally broke in before anyone else could break in, "If Robotnik is trying to create a portal to our world...we;re going to have to stop him. While I'd like to take the quick way home, I'd rather it not involve inviting yet another would be conquerer to walk into our world."
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Post by Jamie Lee on Mar 25, 2008 21:24:10 GMT -5
Cue Bunnie's ears drooping in confusion over the boy's long-winded explanation. "... Honey, that just about goes over mah poor head," she exhaled, suddenly feeling really tired from her earlier outburst. "All Ah know is that the Chaos Emerald is s'posed to be some mythological power stone n' that Knuckles claims to guard it. Only time Ah see a power stone do anything like what yer sayin' is when Sonic uses one of his lil' ol' power rings." And while the others babbled on among themselves? Fini was back to work. He glanced over his shoulder at Sally, however, and smiled impishly. "Ah, but Ms. Acorn, why bother baking the cake if you're not going to eat it?"
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Post by Lans on Mar 25, 2008 21:31:25 GMT -5
"Because there's got to be a better way of getting home than opening a portal right in front of the enemy's nose!" Sally snapped back at him.
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Post by Jamie Lee on Mar 25, 2008 23:47:57 GMT -5
"Not if they aren't given a chance to use it," he continued to smile, "Ms. Acorn, if Robotnik has any tactical sense at all he isn't just going to send an entire battalion through before he has any sense of what he's getting into, element of surprise or not. He'll likely send scouts first. That will be our chance." He turned and leaned back in his seat, folding one leg over another and tapping his fingers together. "Robotnik still believes that myself and Tails are under his complete control. This means that we can build the gate and then sabotage it without his ever suspecting it. A timed overload. We give ourselves enough time to pass through the gate, the machine begins to draw more power from the fake emerald than it should," he clapped his hands together, "Boom. Meltdown, destroying both the gate and the emerald. Furthermore, all of this data I'm currently gathering to program the gate is being copied onto a disk. Seconds before our departure I can wipe this system clean and still keep my work to create our own gate from the other side."
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Post by Topaz Mutiny on Mar 26, 2008 15:11:34 GMT -5
Tails nodded in agreement with Fini, but not before he uttered an embarrassed "Sorry..." to Bunnie. He didn't even think that he had carried his explanation away. When Fini seemed to be done, Tails nodded once more before speaking up. "Not to mention, it would make a big blow to Robotnik's ego. I... normally don't like revenge and all that, but after what he did..." he paused, and looked down at his mechanical hand, flexing it every now and again, "I don't think this is a situation even Sonic would call normal."
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Post by Lans on Mar 27, 2008 13:03:32 GMT -5
Sally chewed her lip, thinking. She didn't like it, but he did make a good point. "All right, we blow it up after we're through. How long until it will be up and running?"
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Post by Jamie Lee on Apr 1, 2008 2:03:39 GMT -5
"Soon," Fini answered, "I've been trying to stall as long as I can. Three of my Legionnaires are still somewhere in this city," along with... Dash. he added mentally before continuing, "Two of them are with that hedgehog metallix of yours." Bunnie listened carefully, pressing her lips together in thought. "What can Ah do?" she asked.
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Post by Lans on Apr 5, 2008 22:39:08 GMT -5
Not actually considering Silver Sonic as a 'metallix,' Sally didn't catch the implications when Finitevus said 'your metallix'. "Metallix?" she asked, "Which one, Metal Sonic or Robo Knuckles?"
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Post by Jamie Lee on Apr 5, 2008 23:36:31 GMT -5
"Not them," he said flatly, "Not unless you've been working as a double agent for Eggman this entire time." Ignoring the fact she'd been ignored, Bunnie's eyes widened a bit. "Wait. Ya'll mean you got more'n one robot like Metal Sonic?!"
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Post by Topaz Mutiny on Apr 6, 2008 20:55:04 GMT -5
"Yeah." Tails piped up, bristling (although such a thing failed due to his metallic hide) at the mention of Metal Sonic. "There's like a handful of them at least. Metal Sonic, Silver Sonic, Heat, Robo Knux..." the fox kit listed off, extending a finger each time he announced a name. "There's more than that, but those are the main ones I can think of."
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Post by Lans on Apr 6, 2008 22:00:41 GMT -5
"Heat is not technically a metallix, and neither is..." She trailed off, finally realizing what Fini meant. "...the current Silver Sonic." This...could be good, assuming she could get through to it...after all, at last report it was still working for Eggman.
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Post by Jamie Lee on Apr 7, 2008 9:47:44 GMT -5
Bunnie grimaced. " Hoo boy. S'if one Metal ain't a big enough menace..." The pangobot rolled his eyes at the girl's correction. Seeing as he was the one who had built Heat he was fairly sure he was the authority on what he was and wasn't. But, he also didn't really care over how her definition might have differed from his anyway. Besides. He had other things on his mind. "Ms. Acorn, I propose a truce. I want to help this world - and more importantly, stop this world's Robotnik from invading ours. Destroying this gate is only going to slow him down. Besides... I think GUN owes it."
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Post by Topaz Mutiny on Apr 8, 2008 20:15:15 GMT -5
"Yeah... I'm just glad they usually don't attack us all at the same time." Tails murmured to Bunnie in an offside conversation, deciding that he wasn't going to add much to Fini and Sally's discussion.
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Post by Lans on Apr 8, 2008 21:01:31 GMT -5
Sally snorted mentally, not believing for a second that he was wanting to help this world for any reason other than benefit to himself. However working with him, for now, would be a lot better than not. "All right...but we're going to need to work on another problem as well. Your people and myself aren't the only ones that have ended up here. We're going to need to figure out how to reverse whatever is causing this in the first place, so we can get the others home too."
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Post by Jamie Lee on Apr 9, 2008 2:47:14 GMT -5
"I'm quite aware of the scope. I had been in the process of helping a few misplaced individuals before all of..." he gestured at the air. "This happened. By the way, Ms. Acorn," he smirked, "are you aware your counterpart from this world is a nudist?"
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Post by Lans on Apr 9, 2008 10:41:19 GMT -5
*TWITCH*"...My counterpart's dress habits, or lack thereof, have nothing to do with this situation."
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Post by Topaz Mutiny on Apr 9, 2008 19:12:34 GMT -5
Tails just stared at Fini, mouth agape in shock. " STARK RAVING NAKED!?" the robian fox exclaimed in horror.
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Post by Jamie Lee on Apr 9, 2008 20:16:41 GMT -5
"Yes!" Fini said to the kit, "She has a light brown chest marking that goes like this," he traced the design in the air with his fingers. "No, but it would be pretty awkward if anyone you knew found her running around in a Dark Legion robe," he snickered. Bunnie just gave a confused look to the two, especially Tails. "So wait, ya'll've seen our Sally?" she asked, looking back at Fini. "I offered to help her in exchange for information," he shrugged. "Of course, GUN didn't seem to take very kindly to that when I began gathering portal data, even after she revealed her status as a monarch. I'm afraid the military has been very, very bad ambassadors."
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