The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog is a surprisingly excellent little adventure released by SEGA (as an April Fool’s gag), where you attempt to solve the mystery of Sonic’s murder!
The alien opened his drawer. Inside, a little plastic blue lizard stared up at him. He picked it up, regarded it, and tossed it on top of the dresser.
Inside the bathroom, he picked up his toothbrush and brought it to his only two teeth.
Something red was sticking out behind the toothbrush holder. With his claw, he pushed the ceramic piece to the side.
Behind the toothbrush holder was a little plastic red lizard.
Odd.
Throughout the morning routine, he continued to find lizards around his unit. The pillows, the hammock, the ceiling fan, his shoe... nowhere was safe.
With every new lizard he found, he thought surely it would be the last. With every "last one" there was one more to follow.
Pretty soon, he had thirty-one lizards stacked on top of his dresser.
"Where the hell did all these come from???"
It was later at breakfast that the alien would learn the origins of the little toys. It came in the form of another little creature - a human - who cheerfully sat down beside him.
“Find anything odd this morning?” they said.
“Are you the asshole who left a bunch of lizards in my unit?”
“Haha, April Fools'! You like them?”
“April what?”
Humans were known for their playfulness and pranks, so the explanation that came after was of no surprise to the alien. It would make sense that these little orcs made a holiday around it.
Later, the alien led the smaller creature back to his unit and was greeted by a torn apart bedroom and a colorful pile of lizards.
The human - unprompted - went to work sorting the little toys so they lined up in their respective color.
In the spring of 1945, the new jet powered Me-262 was devastating the US bomber fleet. An officer proposed an idea to Air Command, why not add one of the allied developed jet engines under the nose of a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress. The idea was to use the jet to dash away from the German fighters for a short period. He was given permission to convert one B-17 for testing. The resulting aircraft was dubbed the "Jet Fortress" by the bomber crew. Its first flight was on April 1st, 1945. It quickly realized the jet engine, while it did provide a boost in speed, it was no where near the speed of the Me-262. The project, which was named "Operation Fool's April", was cancelled.
[Image text: I constantly think about Aoba's "route" in that one April Fool's joke game that Nitro+CHiRAL made because of the sheer absurdity it has. But honestly, I feel like Aoba would be the type to trip on a bunch of cords, get tangled up in them, and somehow end up in a compromising position lol.]
For April Fool's, my parents disowned me. They didn’t like, lie and say they were disowning me and then go, "Haha, April Fool's! We’re not disowning you”, no, they actually just disowned me????????
In France, we have a tradition on april fool's day to draw and cut out a fish from paper and stick it on someone's back without them noticing. It's a cute and harmless little prank.
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