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Post by Jamie Lee on Dec 11, 2007 20:46:26 GMT -5
From one awkward subject to another. Zack stared the hedgehog in the face for a long time as he contemplated over how to answer that. Coming up with nothing he turned his glance over toward Vize, deciding to change the subject. "What's that gadget you got there, boy?"
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Post by V for Vizetta on Dec 11, 2007 20:49:33 GMT -5
Vize jumped as Zack addressed him, then looked from the echidna to his Omniheld. "Um, it's my Omniheld. It can do almost anything an electronic device is used for, and I'm using it as a GPS." Vize poked at his Omniheld for a moment, then continued. "But right now, it's not working. It's like there's no GPS satellites to link to."
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Post by Jamie Lee on Dec 11, 2007 21:16:03 GMT -5
Zack's expression remained neutral. "The only satellites that exist belong to Robotnik."
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Post by V for Vizetta on Dec 11, 2007 21:42:34 GMT -5
Vize just stared at Zack for a moment, then asked what woul, in this world, be the STUPIDEST QUESTION EVER. "Uh... who's Robotnik?"
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Post by Leda on Dec 11, 2007 21:46:36 GMT -5
@segachuck@ "Ivo Robotnik is Eggman's real name," Chuck replied without much pause. Seriously, that WAS a pretty stupid question, even in their own world. "Sonic always called him 'Eggman' due to his rather rotund form, and for some reason that's now the name he prefers. Always kind of struck me as odd; I'm sure if someone started calling me 'bristle butt' or something I'd not take that as an alias. ... Well, maybe on MySpace."
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Post by Jamie Lee on Dec 11, 2007 22:06:18 GMT -5
... Eggman. Zachary couldn't help it; his nose scrunched up and he snorted at the hedgehog's explanation. "Uh," he said, trying to keep his composure. "His name is Julian Robotnik. And he certainly doesn't call himself," he snerked, "Eggman."
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Post by Leda on Dec 11, 2007 22:24:00 GMT -5
@segachuck@ "Well," Uncle Chuck began with a grin that did not bode well, "his name used to be Julian, but then a government clerk made a typo on a financial document and single-handedly changed his name to Julia Robotnik -- which unfortunately happened to be the name of a shady hotdog vendor in Central City that was notorious for picking her nose. He then fled to Space Colony ARK to avoid a raid by the FDA, but unfortunately when he was trying to flush a toilet, he pushed the wrong button and opened the airlock, thus sucking him out into space and imploding him in a matter of nanoseconds." The rambling hedgehog paused and twisted his white bristles. "...Oh, and somewhere in there he changed his name to Ivo."
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Post by V for Vizetta on Dec 11, 2007 22:30:48 GMT -5
"..." Vize's face found it's way into his palm as he sighed. "I think Eggman's always been Ivo, though. I never heard of a Julian Robotnik. A GERALD, but he was Ivo's grandfather, wasn't he?"
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Post by Jamie Lee on Dec 11, 2007 22:49:05 GMT -5
And the echidna's expression immediately soured, and he sighed in exasperation. "Okay. Answer me this. You are Sir Charles, aren't you?" he paused, glaring slightly. "And please be serious."
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Post by Leda on Dec 11, 2007 23:40:50 GMT -5
@segachuck@ "Well, my name is Charles, though my dimension doesn't have a monarchy to knight me." He paused, allowing the idea to simmer a bit. "...Though that does have a nice ring to it. Sir Charles. Yeah, I think I like that. Vize, remind me to change the name of my restaurant when we get home."
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Post by V for Vizetta on Dec 12, 2007 0:17:31 GMT -5
The squirrel was thoughtful, then noticed an icon blinking on his Omniheld, selecting it brought up the close range scanner, which had readings similar to that wierd guy he'd seen in Station Square. "Um... Mr. Zachary? Do you happen to know a skinny, short human? With kinda wirey hair? ... Not that he has much..."
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Post by Jamie Lee on Dec 12, 2007 0:35:14 GMT -5
Both of Zachary's eyebrows raised in response to Chuck. The fact the hedgehog actually stated the words my dimension caught him by surprise. If he was aware of what he was only suspecting what else did he possibly know?! ... Obviously not too much judging by his earlier questions... He was about to open his mouth to speak when Vize spoke up, and he paused to give a quizzical look. "Are you talking about Snively?"
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Post by V for Vizetta on Dec 12, 2007 0:49:38 GMT -5
The squirrel shrugged, resting the Omniheld in his lap. "I'm not sure, he never mentioned his name. Although Snively sounds like a good way to describe him." Vize looked at the screen of the Omniheld, one eyebrow raised. "It's wierd, but the readings I get from this place kinda match that guy... but not exactly. It's like wherever he's from is CLOSE to here." Another shrug, and the tinkerer turned his attention to the echidna. "You know this "Snively" guy?"
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Post by Jamie Lee on Dec 12, 2007 0:57:05 GMT -5
Zack folded his arms, nodding his head down for a moment in thought. Pressing he lips together he looked back up at Chuck. "Before I answer that... Charles, you admit you, and I assume your friend here, actually come from another dimension? Can you tell me what you know about that?"
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Post by Leda on Dec 12, 2007 2:24:02 GMT -5
@segachuck@ Since it looked like the conversation was going to take a longer, heavier turn, Chuck helped himself to the vacant seat on the other end of the bench. "Well, I don't know a lot; just what my nephew's told me and what I've read in the papers. After the initial break in the dimensional barrier, the walls between the worlds were really unstable for a while. Random cracks in reality would transplant people from one dimension to the next without warning until they managed to get stable dimensional gates up and running. Ever since that all got smoothed out, the random portals seemed to diminish -- and so far as I was aware, had stopped." Chuck shrugged widely and let out a chuckle. "But given that my young apprentice and I have turned up here, I guess that means I was wrong!
"By the way," he added, "it's only now occurring to me that we never actually introduced ourselves. I guess I missed that step because you already knew my name."
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Post by V for Vizetta on Dec 12, 2007 2:32:00 GMT -5
The squirrel was confused for a moment, and looked up at Chuck. Apprentice? When did that happen? Oh, right. It was my idea... Eheh. What was it about mad scientists and being addlebrained?
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Post by Jamie Lee on Dec 12, 2007 2:36:40 GMT -5
"Ah. My name is Zachary. Zachary Acerbus," he smiled slightly, "Your apprentice startled me a bit earlier. I had always hoped my name would become famous, but to actually have a complete stranger recognize me is a bit... jarring," He then turned, nodding toward Vize. "Since we're on that particular subject, what's your name, lad?"
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Post by V for Vizetta on Dec 12, 2007 2:40:26 GMT -5
The squirrel grinned as he pocketed his Omniheld. "The name's Vize. My specialty is handheld gadgets and gizmos. And I'd like to think I'm pretty good at it." A pause. "And I only recognized you because you, well, look a lot like our dimension's version of you. He IS famous."
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Post by Jamie Lee on Dec 12, 2007 4:18:08 GMT -5
"... Really," Zachary blinked at the squirrel and scrunched his face. For the briefest of moments he seemed distressed by the information before pressing on. "Anyway, this news of other dimensions is new to me... I mean, I remember hearing rumors years ago of research being conducted on the subject, but... If any of that had been true I would have thought it would have been halted after Robotnik... hmm," he suddenly cut himself off mid sentence, his face grimly serious. "Well, that doesn't bode well at all." He coughed into his fist; whether or not it was forced was hard to tell. "As to your earlier question, I know of Snively. He's the nephew and assistant of Robotnik."
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Post by Leda on Dec 13, 2007 23:42:48 GMT -5
@segachuck@ As Zachary spoke, Chuck's brow began to furrow; this guy repeatedly referred to Eggman -- or Eggman Nega, as it were -- by his real name. He didn't doubt that Nega's real name was any mroe or less public knowledge than Eggman's was, but still, no one really used it... Or not nowadays, anyway. The hedgehog's eyes rose to the would-be sky of rocks as his mind meandered. Well, he just admitted that he wasn't aware of other dimensions, and this place, er, seems a bit disconnected from the rest of the world... I suppose he's just massively out of the loop.
"Just out of curiosity," Uncle Chuck interrupted, "do you ever go to the surface much?"
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Post by Jamie Lee on Dec 14, 2007 1:53:52 GMT -5
"Well, considering we're directly below the very heart of Robotnik's empire... not often," he leaned back a bit and sighed. "The kids go up more often than I do, and as much as I'd like to have a more active role in the war..." He sighed, grabbing his cane and positioning it so he could lean on its crook. "You don't know much about the war, do you? I assume not if you don't know what state our monarchy's in, much less what roboticization is."
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Post by V for Vizetta on Dec 14, 2007 1:56:36 GMT -5
Vize listened to all this, and his mind began forming a conclusion, but... he needed more information first. He KNEW that Soleanna was Sol's capitol, and that if anywhere would be the heart of Eggman Nega's empire, it would probably be there. "Um... what's the name of the city above us? If there is one..."
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Post by Leda on Dec 15, 2007 2:57:43 GMT -5
@segachuck@ The whimsey abruptly jolted from the aging hedgehog's expression, and his eyes became firm and serious. "War?! Since when has the Kingdom of Soleanna been at war?! Even if I somehow missed reading about that, I'd have at least heard about it from Sonic or Tails!"
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Post by Jamie Lee on Dec 15, 2007 3:07:39 GMT -5
"Soleanna?" Zachary raised his brow, "This is the Kingdom of Acorn. I've never even heard of a place called Soleanna."
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Post by V for Vizetta on Dec 15, 2007 21:26:24 GMT -5
And Vize realized that yes, they probably were in another dimension... but even someone who'd lived under a rock their whole life would at some point know where they lived. Which meant they WEREN'T in the Sol dimension. ". . . That's not good."
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Post by Leda on Dec 16, 2007 14:30:43 GMT -5
@segachuck@ "No kidding," Chuck idly added to Vize's assessment. His face had gone grim as the facts slid into place one by one: They definitely weren't in Sol. Somehow they'd ended up in some other dimension entirely. Which made it all the more curious that this gentleman knew his name... But then, he'd also added a "sir" to it, which meant he most likely had a counterpart running around somewhere that'd been knighted for real. Curious, indeed.
"Seems our problems are greater than I'd been expecting," Chuck finally announced. "I knew we were in another dimension, but, this doesn't seem to be the one we already knew about. Which means there most likely aren't established dimensional warp points. Which means that getting back home is going to be a lot trickier."
The hedgehog popped to his feet literally because a bunch of his decrepit joints snapped and placed his hands confidently on his hips. "Right then! I've got some work to do!"
All of a sudden the glowing gem on the ceiling went dark, plunging the trio into an abyss of blackness.
Uncle Chuck paused, and blinked. ". . . Starting with getting a flashlight."
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Post by Jamie Lee on Dec 16, 2007 19:16:26 GMT -5
Zachary's eyes widened, his mechanical eye lighting up as its night vision switched itself on. "HELLFIRE!" he shouted. Seconds afterward dim emergency lights flickered on from various points and a warning siren began to blare. Dropping his cane in his haste, the snowy colored echidna dashed off leaving his two guests behind.
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Post by V for Vizetta on Dec 16, 2007 22:55:22 GMT -5
Vize looked around as emergency lighting came on, and turned his Omniheld's screen to maximum brightness, so it could serve as a flashlight. Crude, but effective. So equipped, the squirrel moved to head after the echidna.
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Post by Leda on Dec 21, 2007 23:31:02 GMT -5
@segachuck@ Chuck's face again grimmed. He may have only known this man for a few minutes, but his intuition insisted that he wasn't easily excited. It didn't bode well if he'd suddenly jumped up and darted off in such a haste.
So it wasn't long before the hedgehog began to follow after, leaving Vize behind to play Tetris or something. That was a GameBoy, right? It looked like one. "Wait up!" Chuck called as he closed in; though he frequently commented on his own decrepit state, he was actually surprisingly spry, and sprinted after the echidna without much difficulty. "Let me help you!"
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Post by Jamie Lee on Jan 1, 2008 5:48:31 GMT -5
Zachary was panting by the time he reached the underground refuge's nerve center, ignoring the calls from the hedgehog behind him. When he finally reached the mainframe he slumped over onto its dashboard for a moment to catch his breath before looking up at its various meters and detectors. Pulling in his strength he forced himself up and began to twist and type at the massive machine's controls for any signs of life from the power rock overhead. Nothing. The echidna pushed himself back and stared off intensely as he probed at his mind to figure out what could have happened. The power rock had just suddenly died, which shouldn't have been possible seeing as the Knothole group had recently donated a chunk of their rock which had, up until just now, been working strongly. Someone had taken the stone. His expression grimmed. That crystalline figure who claimed to have been created by Gerald. He suddenly realized he hadn't seen him since the appearance of those other two. His features scrunched themselves up into a scowl and he tightened his hands into fists.
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