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solalunar-eclipse · 4 years

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Scars You Can’t See - Chapter 5

Chapter title: Ready to explode

Word count: about 3800 words (whoa)

Author’s Note: I think it’s about time I gave a shoutout to @teamxdark! Their comments have gotten me to start planning out some of the later chapters (and giving me a lot of inspiration), so I figured they deserved some credit!

And thank you to everyone who’s read this fic so far- every note I get is incredible and I hope you’re all enjoying the ride :)

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Sonic stared blankly at his phone screen for the fifth time this morning. The old texts and the name at the top of the messaging app blurred slightly as his eyes unfocused. He was waiting for...something. What, he wasn’t sure.

That was a lie.

Truthfully, he was hoping that the three little dots showing that someone was typing would appear like a miracle. He knew that wouldn’t happen, though. The hedgehog on the other end of the messages had turned off his phone entirely. Heck, Shadow was literally in hiding. There had been exactly one post on Chatter (which he and Tails totally hadn’t read over and over searching for hidden messages) and that was from Omega.

But chaos, how Sonic wished for just five minutes to talk to him. He hadn’t even realized before now how much he normally texted the hybrid in a day. The hero honestly just messaged whenever he saw something or found a funny joke that he thought Shadow would like. In dealing with his new absence, though, Sonic had come up with an idea to write down whatever it was he’d seen that he figured Shadow would enjoy and save it for later.

He was forced to stop this when he wrote nearly two thousand words’ worth of moments in half an hour.

Sonic cursed all the times he’d taken Shadow’s near-constant presence for granted. The hybrid had always been a punctual texter, despite Rouge’s repeated attempts to convince him that he didn’t have to answer right away. Even when the other hedgehog had been off on a mission, Sonic still had an idea of how long he needed to wait before he could start texting. But now, it could be days, weeks, or even months before he could talk to Shadow freely again.

What if you’ll never hear from him again? a nasty inner voice whispered. What if that call was the last time you got to hear his voice?

Sonic felt his stomach fall through the floor at that idea, before swallowing the sensation and shaking his head. He couldn’t doubt Team Dark like that! They were guaranteed to pull through, and kick G.U.N.’s butt in the process.

Speaking of which…

The hero was pretty angry at G.U.N., and that was actually a big deal for him. Sonic didn’t get angry, except sometimes at Eggman. Even when a bitter detractor had posted a lengthy essay on Chatter explaining exactly why Sonic was (supposedly) a terrible person, he hadn’t reacted in fury- or even close. He’d had his friends’ support, and honestly? He’d pitied the person more than anything. Anyone who was trying to tear others down had probably been hurt pretty badly themselves.

Sonic had even made a meme out of their misspelling of his name- “Sanic” was now a worldwide joke with a hilarious drawing to match.

But now, all he really wanted to do was beat someone up- some robots, some evil agents, whatever- and trash the whole organization until they were all falling over themselves to apologize. The fact that G.U.N. had dared to treat Shadow’s obviously painful past with no kindness whatsoever really got on his nerves. The hybrid had suffered a hundred times over, lost his memory, and even died to save the world, yet he still didn’t get the respect he deserved.

“Uhhh, Sonic? Is everything okay?”

The blue blur jumped, startled out of his spiraling thoughts. He heard a growling noise, and his eyes widened when he realized it was coming from him. Sonic could feel his lips curled back into a snarl and quickly straightened his face out, blinking and clearing his throat. “Yeah! Sorry, Tails…” he said, embarrassed at having been caught in that kind of state. The fox eyed him skeptically. “Really, I’m fine!”

“Are you su-”

“Yeah!” Sonic exclaimed, grinning reassuringly. No point in upsetting others with his own problems, after all. “Everything’s good here, buddy!”

“If you say so…” Tails muttered. He didn’t seem convinced, but accepted it despite this. “Anyway, what I came over to say was: we’re out of groceries- can you head out and get some? I made a list of everything we need, it’s right here!”

Ordinarily, Sonic would’ve complained loudly and with much drama about having to do something so menial as a grocery run when he was a hero, for chaos’ sake. But that wasn’t the case these days. “Sure thing!” Sonic agreed, feeling better already. With a distraction to keep his worries and negative thoughts away, he’d be back to normal in no time. “See ya soon!”

The blue blur dashed out the door- before returning a second later, a sheepish grin on his face. “Forgot the list,” he explained, rushing out again.

With the wind in his quills, it was almost too easy to forget everything that he’d been thinking about just moments before. Sonic grinned properly as he raced across fields and through side streets. This was his element, after all! He made his way to his and Tails’ favorite grocery store, bounding over obstacles and pulling a few awesome parkour tricks he’d picked up over the years. Shadow had always gotten on their case for not supporting a more local store- this one was a big name, after all- but Sonic had--

He shook his head, walking into the building. No more thoughts like that! There was only so much ruminating on bittersweet memories a guy could do in a day.

His presence here was relatively common, so he didn’t do much more than turn a few heads as he stepped through the automatic doors into the air-conditioned halls of the large grocery store. Sonic forced himself to walk through the aisles (instead of sprinting through them and accidentally whipping half the items off the shelves in his wake). As he did so, though, he began to hear people talking. And they weren’t just talking about the latest viral video, or boring politics, or any of those things, either.

They were talking about them.

Of course, everyone would always change the subject when he walked by, chatting loudly about their dog or their kids or whatever. It was almost as though they were saying, “Don’t look at me! I didn’t say anything about your friends! I’m just here, minding my own business!” But of course none of them really had been.

He recognized that he was spiraling down the path of thinking about it again, even though there was nothing he could do. And now no matter what, the thoughts of some of his closest friends were tainted. Which totally didn’t frustrate him at all.

It didn’t help, he thought irritably (not noticing the mild scowl that had appeared on his face), that G.U.N. was basically screaming in all the op-eds and information releases the organization could get their hands on that they weren’t in the wrong. They didn’t say that specifically, of course- that would be too obvious. Instead, they just published the same old news over and over again: Team Dark had stolen classified files and then run away.

This had all begun to grate on Sonic’s nerves a little, particularly when pundits and newspaper writers alike began to spout wild conspiracy theories about Team Dark having been spies for ‘the enemy’- whoever that was- or that one of them had finally lost it...or even all three at once. The most frustrating, however, was when once avid supporters of the former G.U.N. agents completely disavowed them and distanced themselves from the team as much as possible. It made him want to pull a Knuckles and punch a wall- how could people turn on the team so easily?

The hero pulled himself back to reality to realize that he’d been staring at a can of soup for the past few minutes. And were those dents where his fingers had been? He put the can in his shopping cart, took a deep breath, and continued on, giving himself a little ride on the back of the cart as a treat. Normally, he’d remember his various accidents and restrain himself, but lately the hero had needed to clear his head. He deserved this.

A few minutes later, a chime on his phone let him know that Tails had sent him a message. Sonic opened it up and read the text:

milesperhour: Sonic, I think you need to see this. Take a close look at paragraph 5. https://www.centralcitynews.com/team-dark-update

Sonic clicked the link, sighing, and began to scan the article. Another one? Really, he’d had enough of-

Oh boy. Oh wow. Okay.

They’d made a move. G.U.N. didn’t release much in the way of information- all they’d done was declare an official alert asking people to keep a lookout for Rouge, Shadow and Omega. And to tip G.U.N. off at a hotline that they’d provided for this purpose.

Sonic had learned how to read between the lines over the last few days, though, and on his second read-through, he saw what most would not.

...are in possession of multiple classified files…

So they’d stolen more info? That must’ve been what Omega’s post was about! Sonic began to squeeze his phone hopefully. Maybe this was it, maybe soon this whole nightmare would be over!

He practically flew through the rest of the store at the thought. Team Dark would give G.U.N. what for, the organization would apologize, and then everything would be fine!

Sonic checked out in a hurry, rushing home as fast as he could. Slamming open the door, he yelled out, “Tails! Did you see- oh right, you sent me the article. But still! Things are looking up, buddy!”

Tails had a slightly lopsided grin on his face, making the hero’s heart sink. “What’s that look all about?”

“I don’t know- it’s probably nothing! After all, Team Dark can handle any situation they come up against...just, G.U.N. has a lot of resources, you know?”

Sonic’s smile returned in full force. “Sure they do, but they also owe me for saving the world, like, a million times over! Once we’ve got the Edge Gang back with us, I’ll go talk with the commander and get them to straighten everything out!”

“That sounds like corruption, Sonic…” Tails said, a wicked smirk appearing on his face.

“Dude, what?! No! I’d never-! I just meant I was gonna see if I could talk some sense into them- hey, get back here!” Sonic screeched, seeing Tails run off with the groceries...including the donut he’d bought for himself.

…

Later that afternoon, Sonic was in the middle of finally enjoying said donut after wrestling it from Tails’s (evil terrible Sonic-and-sugar-hating) claws. It was a little squished, but it was still great- he wasn’t complaining!

That was, of course, when he heard a loud, sharp knock on the door.

He jumped up and zipped over to the entry hall, pastry still in hand. Whipping open the door, a shocking sight greeted him- one that made all of his battle-honed senses immediately scream danger danger danger. Two impeccably dressed G.U.N. agents stood before him, a human and a barn owl. The human seemed pretty awkward, wearing slightly rumpled slacks and overall looking a little messy. The owl, however, despite being about the same height as the blue blur, exuded an air of steely discipline that would make everyone she faced feel about two inches tall.

Everyone except Sonic, that was. He was secure in the knowledge that his friends were not wrong, and he maintained his usual relaxed demeanor without a hitch. The hero smiled fake-pleasantly at the two agents, ignoring the fact that he had sugar glaze at the corners of his mouth and all over his glove. “Sorry, guys, I wasn't really expecting guests.” He gestured to himself as an obvious example. “Anything I can do for ya?”

He didn’t offer to let them inside, though. These agents were hunting down his friends, he was absolutely sure of that. Sonic refused to help them in any way, not when Team Dark was still out there and being threatened by their organization.

The barn owl gave him a look that nearly pierced through his very soul. “Sonic the Hedgehog. I am Agent Toya, and this is my colleague, Agent Jones. We have a few questions that we would like to ask you. Inside.” Her voice was cold and clear, with no trace of an accent.

Sonic felt a chill run down his spine, but kept his smile up regardless. “Sure thing!” he chirped, despite very much not wanting to let them in. “The living room’s right this way- make yourselves comfortable, I’ll be back there in a sec.” He honestly didn’t think he could have refused them entry without...complications.

The hero zipped over to Tails’s workshop, flinging open the door with a little more force than he’d intended. The fox jumped up in a fright when it smacked against the wall, staring at Sonic. “G.U.N. is here. Two agents.” he said quickly. The imminent sense of danger in the back of his head wouldn't leave him be, despite the fact that he was one of the most powerful people alive.

...Despite this, don’t let G.U.N. take you or anyone else anywhere. You might not come back…

...These people aren’t crazy geniuses- they’re ruthless destroyers…

“Oh, chaos.” Tails breathed. “I’ll wait nearby, okay? Then I can do something if they start getting too intense.”

Sonic nodded, before speeding back down to see the agents sitting on his couch. “Hi! So whatcha guys want?” he asked perkily, burying his thoughts for now.

“Hello to you too, Sonic.” Jones said politely. “How are you?”

The hero tugged slightly at the cuff of his glove. “Pretty good!” he lied through his grin. “Been chilling around the house for most of the day- how ‘bout you?”

“Not bad,” the human answered. “Work is work though, you know?”

“Yeah, sounds pretty rough.” Sonic said, a little unconvincingly. Before he could stop himself, he thought of all the late nights Shadow and Omega had spent working on paperwork and various odd jobs for G.U.N., and the times when Rouge had to cancel her dates with Knuckles because she was just too exhausted from work to do much of anything. His smile became slightly strained as he worked to keep his frustration on Team Dark’s behalf under wraps.

The owl gazed at him silently for a moment, having watched this whole awkward transaction with a calculating look in her eye. Then she spoke. “I’m certain you have seen the news lately.”

“Uhhh...kinda, I’m not big on newspapers, but I try to keep up, yeah! Always nice to see an article about yours truly, hah.” He played it off, deciding to act dumb for now.

Agent Jones shifted in his seat, looking cautious. “Yeah…” he said, offering up an incredibly fake smile. “I’m a bit of a fan, myself.”

Sonic knew exactly what was going on. It was almost so classic he had to laugh- the old good cop/bad cop scenario. The human was clearly trying to play the good cop, and not enjoying it either. The hedgehog had to wonder, though, was he just a better bad cop or uncomfortable because he was helping grill a hero?

Oh, right- Agent Toya was talking again. “We know that you have seen the articles published about the betrayal of Team Dark. Even if you do not read the news, one of your friends will have told you by now.”

The hedgehog’s eyes narrowed a little. “And what’s that supposed to mean? What do you want outta me?”

“You. Know. Something.” she said sharply. “That team- in particular Shadow the Hedgehog-” He tensed at her flippant use of his name, as if they weren’t hunting him down like he had legitimately gone bad. “-trust you. You are very close with them. They would not have left you with nothing.”

Sonic shook his head, trying one last time. “I don’t think so, lady. I know about as much as you- if that. It’s not like we’re besties or anything.”

Agent Jones shrugged his shoulders. “I don’t know- it looks like you guys are pretty close to me. Not that that’s bad, I mean-!!” he amended rapidly, realizing his mistake. In addition to having blown his role as the ‘good cop’, he was now being stared down by a very irritated pair of green eyes. The look he was being given contrasted sharply with the grin plastered across the hero’s face, and the agent began to sweat slightly and avoid his stare.

Meanwhile, Sonic turned his attention back to Agent Toya, sitting up straight and squaring his shoulders in preparation for more. He was a fighter, after all.

It seemed that the barn owl came here ready for a fight as well, because her own eyes flashed and she straightened her G.U.N. uniform. “Sonic. We need information. Our organization has been compromised. Twice. We are in a crisis and we are ordering you to tell us what you know.”

That did it.

“As if!” the hero exclaimed, jumping to his feet. “You think I’m the kind of guy who’d sell his friends out and watch them get carted off to jail- or worse?! I don’t know as much as you think I do, and if I did, I wouldn’t tell you!” He had probably blown any semblance of ignorance up now, but Sonic couldn’t find it in himself to care.

The owl agent stood as well, glaring at him. “If that is the attitude you are going to take, then we have no choice but to take you into custody.” She began to reach for the Taser on her belt at the same time as Jones grabbed the gun from his holster. Sonic’s eyes flickered between them both- the human he could take on, but he wasn’t completely sure about Toya’s skill with the Taser.

Could he get around them? Sure, but not without breaking something...and he hated to bust up his house just because a couple of agents showed up on his doorstep and pulled weapons on him. He’d handled worse odds, hadn’t he? But then he and Tails would constantly be on the run, and that was no way for a nine-year-old to live…

A loud crash resounded in the kitchen. Jones shouted and jumped up, Sonic’s head snapped around so fast he tweaked his neck, and Toya took a step backwards.

Rubbing his neck and wincing, Sonic yelled out, “Everything okay in there?”

Tails dashed into the room out of nowhere, crying out, “Sorry! Sorry! I was just working and wanted a drink- and I heard- I heard-”

The fox then began to cry, sobbing and clinging to Sonic’s chest. “You’re not gonna take him away, are you? I need my big brother…” he sniffled. “Sonic, everything’s gonna be okay, right?”

The hero was trying his very hardest, meanwhile, to keep his jaw from hitting the floor as he watched his brother, a brave, intelligent sidekick and someone he was proud to fight beside, put on the most incredible show he’d ever seen. “I…I dunno, buddy…” he said honestly, uncertain about how to react.

This seemed to be a pretty good move, as Tails immediately began to bawl harder and gasped, in between sobs, “Please don’t take him away from me!”

It appeared that Toya would not feel comfortable using force against Sonic (or even resuming her interrogation) when the young fox was around. Instead, she gave him a very pointed, piercing look, before declaring, “We will be back at a later date to continue this conversation.”

She stalked out the door, Jones shoving his gun back onto his belt and following sulkily behind her. As soon as she had gotten into her car and driven off, the hero sagged into the couch and let out a loud sigh. “Welp.”

Tails flew out of the room immediately afterwards, whispering a quick “Wait there and chill for a second I’ll be right back” before he exited. Once he returned, the fox crawled around on the couch next to Sonic before letting out an “Aha!” and holding up what appeared to be a tiny piece of metal.

“It’s a shame to have to do this, but…” he muttered, before vanishing with it. A couple minutes later, a very loud noise boomed from Tails’s workshop and made Sonic panic before blasting in there at top speed.

“What was that?!” he shrieked.

“Just destroying this camera that human agent left in our couch.” the engineer replied lightly.

“Wait- what??” Sonic gasped. “He did what?”

“I thought they’d be crazy to leave without planting one, so I checked the camera feed, and it was pretty obvious! He must be a new recruit.”

“Wait- you have a camera? In our living room?” the hero asked, feeling slightly creeped out.

Tails shrugged. “Well, I didn’t until recently, but I figured that G.U.N. would have to show up at our place eventually, so yeah.”

They both stayed there in silence for a minute, before making their way back down to the main house.

“Well, what do we do now?” Tails wondered.

“I dunno- you’re the smart guy, pal.” Sonic replied quickly. “I just don’t want to have to escape from them! I like running, but not away from people. Especially bad people.”

“Well...does it count as running if we’re hanging out with Knuckles?” the fox suggested hopefully.

Sonic sighed. “I guess not...it’d be cool with him, too, since Angel Island is a pretty safe place and all. I still hate the idea of hiding from them, though.”

“Maybe you won’t have to!” Tails said, trying to be cheerful. “After all, I don’t think people will buy it if G.U.N. says you’re a...traitor…” He trailed off, remembering a particularly eventful moment from their past.

“Yyyeah.” the hedgehog said dryly, having thought of the same thing. “That’s exactly why I didn’t have to ride through the streets of Central City on a piece of helicopter.”

“Let’s not think about that for now though, okay?” Sonic asked. “ I don’t like the idea of being scared all the time.”

Tails nodded in agreement. “Besides, we’ve handled them before! We can cross that bridge when we come to it anyway.”

Sonic grinned. “How about we watch some TV for now, take our minds off things?”

“Sure! But I’m definitely gonna tell Omega- or whoever calls us next- about this. They deserve to know.” the fox answered.

“Okay…” the blue blur said. He felt a little guilty that he could just turn on a movie and forget about G.U.N. for a while- Team Dark didn’t have that luxury. Quickly, though, he added, “Anything on there you’ve been dying to watch?”

Tails smiled happily, and Sonic decided that this was totally worth it. “Well, there is this one documentary…”

#scars you can't see #sycs #team dark #sonic the hedgehog #miles tails prower #*eggman voice* it's time for a change of pace!#i had to look up sonic characterization posts right before the final edit #i want to write him well!!#btw just to clarify #gun received word about the second heist directly after the end of chapter 4 #i can't believe we're at chapter 5 already!#wow #sol’s fanfiction

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supportingme · 3 years

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Hey so let’s talk about Shadow’s age. His age is always listed as “uhknown” or 50+ and while that is correct for his physical age I also want to look at his mental age. If course, being in cryostasis keeps you from getting older. So while Shadow may have been “alive” in the universe physically, mentally he hasn’t aged a day.

I put my thinking cap on and this was the best I could come up with. If anyone sees any inconsistencies or can think of anything better I’d love to hear your opinions. I’m open to anything really.

When Shadow is born he is the mental age of a 15 year old. Obviously his early development was fast tracked and he was expected to grow into his body overtime. That...didn’t happen as the gun raid happened a little less than a year after his “birth”. Leading to Maria’s death and him being sent to earth where GUN eventually found him and put him in stasis.

At the start of Sonic Adventure 2 Shadow is physically 47 and mentally 15. I know this contradicts some things said in the game. I don’t believe it had been 50 years since the incident on the ark. It made sense when the game was made, but when you take Shadow the Hedgehog into the equation it throws everything off. So I’m going to say it was roughly 50 years since the raid, but realistically more like 47 for reasons I’ll get into.

At the start of Sonic Heroes Shadow is physically 49 and mentally 15. Unfortunately for Shadow he “died” at the end of SA2 only for Eggman to later find him and set the events of StH into motion. I have a feeling at this time the doctor was on a robotics high, what with the upgrades he’d already given Metal. So having his hands on the ultimate lifeform gave him the chance to make his own “Shadow Army”. Highly detailed killer androids that could easily pass off for the real thing. Of course I believe this to have taken a few years. Which is why Shadow has physically aged by 2 years, however mentally he’s still that of a 15 year old. Considering he’s back in stasis...it’s just goo-stasis this time.

At the start of Sonic Battle Shadow is physically 49 and mentally 15. This is the last “major” stop I consider before StH happens. These events take place almost immediately after Heroes. Shadow is living with Rouge at this time who is trying to make him comfortable and struggling with how to...properly being his memories back. She’s also keeping him from GUN, who obviously want to get their hands back on him, but she has done her best to convince them he’s not the threat he was before and to let her take care of him. It’s here where Shadow finally gets a “birthday” and ages up...you know what that means.

At the start of Shadow the Hedgehog Shadow is physically 50 and mentally 16. Guess who’s back, back again, black doom’s back, kill your friends. Dad’s home and wants Shadow to hold up his end of the barging in a deal he wasn’t even a part of, but that’s what happens when your dad decides to make a deal with a deadly alien race in order to use their genes to make you. But hey, at least Shadow’s a little older and not any wiser. But we all know what happens, Shadow kills Doom, saves the planet and becomes the true anti-hero we love.

At the start of Sonic 06 Shadow is physically 53 and mentally 19. A lot of time passes here. Most of it is filled up by the smaller games. Rivals 1 and 2, chronicles, the rush games, those titles. Things that Shadow isn’t really a huge part of. (Mostly because I haven’t played them and don’t know his role in them hjgkdsha.) Shadow, having set aside his differences with Tower has been working in GUN with Rouge and Omega, operating under the codename “Ares” (a name aptly given to him by Tower). Insert Sonic 06 shenanigans here.

At the start of Sonic Unleashed Shadow is physically 55 and mentally 21. Another little jump once again littered with a few smaller/side games. Shadow...doesn’t really have any part in Sonic Unleased, SO it’s time to go to the comics! This is the time where the second lesser black comet comes to wreck house and Shadow once again has to exterminate his own race, though not without meeting Eclipse and having their back and fourth. This lasts until the end of Unleashed when the planet is put back together and Shadow finally bests his estranged brother in combat. This is also the first time Shadow decides to spare the life of an enemy and lets Eclipse live. He tries to convince Eclipse to work with him, as having another member of the black arms on their side would be valuable, however Eclipse chooses to flee and has yet to be seen again. Though he does still keep in contact with Shadow...however infrequent.

At the start of Episode: Shadow in Sonic Forces Shadow is physically 59 and mentally 25. Forgive me if I get any of this wrong, I personally haven’t played forces. I’ve watched it but I honestly can’t remember to details and I’m a bot too lazy to go back and re-watch it, that and I kinda want to play with the events of the game a little to fit my personal interpretation of Shadow a little better. By the end of the episode Shadow defects from the group (and GUN) to leave and find his own answers (as he does), where he is eventually trapped in a glorified virtual reality Null Space created from his memories and the power of the phantom ruby.

By the mid-ish way point of Sonic Forces Shadow is physically 60 and mentally 26. Shadow is trapped in Null Space until Sonic and Rookie end up being pulled in as well. Shadow fights them at first, believing they are sent there to kill him, like Infinites virtual reality showed him but is eventually convinced by Sonic that what he has been shown isn’t true. He leaves with Sonic and Rookie and goes through the rest of the game as normal. I also just kinda want to see them do a...triple boost(?) for the giggles.

During the rebuilding process from the end of Sonic Forces Shadow physically turns 61 and mentally 27. That leads up to roughly the end of the games, at least what we have so far, depending on the next thing Sega puts out. By this point Shadow’s story would diverge to the IDW comic but frankly I’d rather not go through that in timeline form, that would be a lot ad this is already long.

As of the canon time of this blog being set in the future Shadow is physically 311 and mentally 277 years old. He’s old. Really...really old. But hey, at least he still looks like he’s 20.

#~Walk into my history~ Headcanons #this took way too long to type out #my brain is fried ghdsjagk

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thankskenpenders · 5 years

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Yeah, this is the big one. Grab your popcorn

Sally finally gets a moment to talk to Sonic after being ignored all day, and tells him what’s up. With her being put in charge, and Sonic being her royal consort (basically, the guy who’s committed to marrying her someday but isn’t quite her fiance yet), Sally wants Sonic to stop going on away missions and lead Knothole by her side

Look. Let’s set aside all of our preconceived notions about what a Sonic comic should or shouldn’t be. Ignore the fact that we obviously want to see Sonic go on adventures. Forget it. Let’s look at it from Sally’s perspective for a second

Yes, this is the post in which I explain that “The Slap” isn’t that bad. It’s certainly not great, but it’s not The Worst Thing Ever like it’s been made out to be. I wish I didn’t have to spend my evening writing this, but 15 years of hyperbolic fan outrage (note: some Wikia rando added that “reception” section this year) have forced my hand

First of all, again, Sonic is formally committed to marrying her and ruling alongside her someday. This was established ten issues ago. He was already committed to this. Then, Sonic went and died. Sally still spent an entire year of her life thinking her basically-fiance was dead, and had to deal with shit in Knothole without him as things continued to get worse and worse. No one can just bounce back from that unscathed. After his return, she WANTED to help Sonic and go be a Freedom Fighter on the last mission, but her parents forbade her and the royal guards kept her in the castle. (That SUCKS, but is a whole ‘nother conversation.) She wants to fight by his side and keep him safe, but her parents are forcing her to stay home and be the princess, which only makes her more distraught. Last issue, she broke down into tears when she saw Sonic get shot by M over Eggman’s video feed, and her mother had to console her and reassure her Sonic wasn’t dead

Sally very clearly has PTSD over Sonic’s “death” a year ago. She doesn’t want to lose him again. She’s outright said as much

And also... when she says Sonic isn’t the only hero around, she’s got a point?Sonic barely did anything in the last arc! Tails was the one who outsmarted ADAM. Shadow dealt with Eggman. Bunnie did most of the damage to M and took out an entire fucking aircraft carrier on her own. Knuckles, the Chaotix, Rouge, and Amy took out the robot horde. All Sonic did was land the final attack on M--which, honestly, someone else could’ve done. And he got his arm injured in the process

Add on to this all of the chaos of the last few days. Sally’s barely had a free moment to see Sonic since she found out he was alive. They nearly got nuked by Eggman. They’re being harangued by the paparazzi. It sucks. And hell, it goes back WAY further than this! She spent years as a kid trying to save her parents, and now all they do is belittle her. She found out she had a secret older brother, and then her parents decided he was the more important child. She went through all sorts of relationship drama. She nearly died a few times herself. And now, her parents have decided to leave her in charge of their whole kingdom at a time of war, while she’s still a mess from the trauma of losing Sonic. The idea Bollers had was apparently that Sally had been bottling up her issues for years (which she totally had been), and this was just the breaking point

I know Sonic’s desire to keep being a hero is understandable. I know he’s right. That’s all he really knows how to do, and he feels useless in times of peace. And obviously, we the readers want to see Sonic go on adventures. But Sally’s concerns are valid. We don’t have to agree with her plan to have Sonic rule by her side for her emotions to be understandable

Sally’s been on the verge of a breakdown for who knows how long. She should be mad at her parents, but they’ve worn her down to the point where she thinks she’s unable to confront them. (It would be very, very easy to make a case arguing that Sally’s parents are emotionally abusive. Max especially.) She thinks that Sonic is the one person who will listen to her and have her back. They’re betrothed, after all. This is literally what he signed up for. After trying to get his attention ALL DAY, she finally gets a chance to talk to him. But he wants other things in life, and refuses. In front of a crowd, no less

So she lashes out at Sonic and slaps him

Then they both start yelling at each other and crying. Sally asks Sonic if she’s more important to him than fighting Eggman, Sonic can’t answer, and Sally runs away in tears. For all intents and purposes, Sonic and Sally are now broken up. (For now.)

Should Sally be lashing out at Sonic? No. Could this scene be done better? Oh, absolutely. This is not the direction I would want Sally to go in as a character, and if you ARE gonna have them fight, this wasn’t written with the care required to make fans sympathize with both parties. The fact that we’ve seen everything from Sonic’s perspective with barely any insight into Sally’s certainly doesn’t help. But as the several lengthy paragraphs above explain, this does not come out of nowhere. It’s easy to find lots of fans online calling Sally all sorts of names (sometimes very misogynistic or ableist ones) because they think she just flipped out on Sonic out of nowhere. But she didn’t. Sally having some sort of breakdown had been foreshadowed for several issues, and the reasons why make sense. No, she shouldn’t have lashed out at Sonic, but this isn’t just her going “Oh no, my period! Let’s nuke England!” as so many have made it out to be. (And hell, the comics already had a lengthy history of treating Sally even worse than this, with Gallagher making her the nagging girlfriend who bickered with Sonic all the time and Penders sympathizing more with her shitty dad.)

Again, this was supposed to be a turning point in which Sally bottling up all this crap and carrying the weight of the world on her shoulders finally leads to her breaking. It’s a dramatic low point to build back up from. The problem is that Bollers left the series only a few issues later, and Penders and “Chacon” never did much with this. So in hindsight, many view this as her randomly snapping “for no reason,” because the followup stories that would have explored how she’d been bottling up her feelings were never actually written. But it’s not hard to figure out what’s supposed to be going on in her head if you actually go back and look at the preceding Sally scenes

For the most part, this is just run of the mill relationship drama for Archie Sonic. You see this kind of shit all the time in serialized media. Characters date, but the writers need to keep things ~spicy~, so they break up, see other people... then inevitably end up back together, and the process repeats ad nauseum. You ever watch Scrubs? You know how JD and Elliot are obviously love interests from episode one, but they had to do that will they/won’t they shit for years and have flings with other characters to keep up ratings? Yeah, it’s just that. For Sonic, there’s also the added pressure from Sega, who never allowed Sonic to be in any stable relationship for very long. Several writers have talked about how this limited what they could do with Sonic and Sally. Do I like that this cycle of drama is the norm? No. But after over 200 of these comics, I’m used to it

(And hell, at this point in the comics, they had literally just broken up Bunnie and Antoine, and Rouge was starting to get in the way of Knuckles and Julie-Su’s relationship. Between Julie-Su and Knuckles’ first kiss and them actually dating, Penders had Julie-Su get mad at Knuckles and go out with some random other guy. They do this shit all the time)

The worst you can really say about this scene is that Jon’s art is a little too goofy and undermines the drama a bit. In his own words from his website’s FAQ: “I’m sorry. Like I said, I was an overeager noob and I drew what I was given.” But really, he had been drawing these sorts of exaggerated, frantic expressions throughout the entire issue. Not just with Sally. Look at all the panels of Sonic wigging out in the previous pages. I still think his work is fantastic. If anything, it was a bad call on Archie’s part to give this somber scene to a brand new artist with a very exaggerated, silly art style. He just drew what was in the script

You know what really blows about this whole thing, though? Jon Gray is still, to this day, over 15 years later, getting harassed for drawing The Slap

That is so utterly ridiculous and shitty. People have made up all sorts of conspiracy theories about the slap, saying that Jon had some sort of “anti-Sally agenda” and that it wasn’t in the script. (This is completely false.) People are so stuck in the past and bent out of shape over this one panel in a pretty run-of-the-mill Archie Sonic issue that Jon has to block people who come into his Twitter mentions accusing him of “sabotaging” the series on a regular basis. Y’all, Jon’s a good guy, and he doesn’t deserve to be treated like that

And lord. There’s so much nastier shit within this series. Penders hooking a 15-year-old Sally up with a dude in his 20s (and later saying that he wanted her to lose his virginity to said dude). Gallagher making Barby Koala have a creepy crush on Tails. Penders rephrasing a poem about the Holocaust to be about hedgehogs. Penders having Sally rationalize her dad’s attempt at genocide. (I could go on and on with Penders, can you tell)

This whole thing is just, so blown out of proportion. It’s not a great scene, but it didn’t “ruin” Sally’s character. Neither Jon nor Bollers had some sort of “anti-Sally agenda.” They weren’t out to ruin your fucking ship. And for god’s sake, quit yelling at them about it. This was 15 years ago and all parties involved have moved on. It’s just more melodrama in a series that’s always 90% melodrama

It’s a single panel in a comic about Sonic the Hedgehog. Can we move on

#StH 134 #tkp post #the slap #hall of fame

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sonicfanj · 4 years

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A little while back I made a comment in regard to Sonic’s character not being understood and pointed out that he has the potential to be a “selfish hero”. Not surprisingly I was asked about what I meant so I’m going to tray and explain.

Before beginning though, I should note that I view Sonic as an adventurer first, and not a hero like most of his fans do. This creates completely different expectations out of his character and results in me seeing things very differently from others. For example, I disagree with the notion that Sonic lives to stop Eggman. To me, it’s simply something that happens and we see so much of it because those are the stories of his adventures that we are shown most commonly (I think Eggman has only missed one game that Sonic has been in so that kind of says something).

So, for my explanation I am going to try to stick to as few examples as possible, but I get a little long winded so apologies in advance.

To begin, let’s look at Sonic’s motivation to be a hero. Well, simply put he has none. That may seem a little short-sighted, especially in light of Sonic’s heroics, but the thing is, Sonic does not present himself as wanting to be a hero. If you ask Yuji Naka, Sonic’s favorite thing to do is run, and his running is spoiled if he doesn’t get a full eight hours of sleep. If you consider this Sonic’s constant lazing around makes sense as he’s trying to put himself in a mood to enjoy what he loves best. But for as hard as it seems for Sonic to get a good night’s sleep, which supposedly also makes him irritable, he still loves to adventure. When describing Amy’s character Hoshino has stated that Sonic’s mind is always on the next adventure or challenge. This is important as it tells us that Sonic is not thinking about who to help next. He is thinking about himself. In other words, he is being selfish, or he adventures to enjoy himself and his running, not to help people like most of his fans believe.

Naturally this raises the question of why does Sonic help people. That is a very easy question to answer, but it also reflects a bit on Sonic’s nature and his selfishness some more. Out of the gate, we are told that Sonic has a strong sense of judgement and a big heart. And we know how compassionate Sonic is. In case anyone has forgotten, though he bashed the poor guy in the brain a few times over, Sonic calmed a raging God of Destruction and desired to console it so it could live in peace. It takes a big heart to do that and Sonic has it. But he is also said to have a short temper (though it is rarely demonstrated) and that he can’t stand injustice and dislikes tears. At this point I would hope that a clearer picture of Sonic’s selfishness as a hero is starting to become clear, but as I’m explaining my viewpoint I’ll continue.

Making what will feel like a sudden jump, Sonic helps people on his adventures because seeing or knowing that people are in trouble ruins his adventure for him. The moment he knows people are in trouble he can’t enjoy himself no matter how much sleep he got. His big heart and distaste for injustice spur him into action. He’s acting on his own emotions to bring himself back peace of mind. This is a horribly selfish thing to do, but we see him do it quite a fair bit, sometimes even putting himself before those he is aiming to help. Obviously, I need some examples to back these claims up, so I’ll go ahead and get started with Sonic CD.

Now, a lot of people do not know this, but Sonic did not go to Little Planet to save it. It kind of happens as it stands due again to Sonic’s short temper and reaction to things he dislikes and can’t stand. The whole reason he actually goes if I remember correctly is that he already knew the legends of it and wanted to both see it and see if he could actually time travel using his speed. When he arrived Eggman being there was a total shock to him, and seeing what the good doctor had wrought spurred him into action. In other words, he was there for himself, and saves Little Planet only because his moral compass and own feelings happen to align with what appears to be heroic. But roughly, Eggman ruined his plans and Sonic responded in kind. It’s almost petty his actions at Little Planet if not for how it is painted due to Eggman being the rather destructive villain. But CD is far from the only example.

In Sonic Adventure he gets involved because he is involved by Tails and Eggman. Stopping Chaos 0 is a matter of his evening run being ruined by the clash between Chaos and the Cops. He can’t leave the cops to be slaughtered and jumps in restoring his peace of mind. A selfish action. It isn’t much better with Tails either. With his peace of mind restored we next join Sonic chilling at the pool until Tails appears and ruins his nap. Though not Tails’ intentions, Sonic’s shrug tells us a great deal about how he feels about the situation before going off to make sure the fox is alright. If Tails came first he would not have delayed or even shrugged. He simply would have taken action. He also is later on disparaging of Knuckles, dismissive of Amy when she is trying to ask for help until he actually sees the danger, and gets wrapped up in the thrill of chasing Eggman rather than making sure Tails and Amy get away alright. Most of the game he puts himself first and displays irritation when he is needed to be heroic. It doesn’t really paint him as a hero. He isn’t much better in Sonic Adventure 2 either where he really drives home his preference for doing things his way. Then in Sonic Heroes he only gets involved because it seems like fun. Despite the danger, Sonic puts himself first. It isn’t until Shadow where Sonic is really painted as heroic straight up, but that game takes place through Shadow POV, and in relation to himself Shadow does see Sonic as rather heroic.

In 06 though Sonic goes right back to his selfishness. Yet another seemingly lost detail, even though it is repeated at the end of the game, Sonic goes to Soleanna to see the Sun Festival. It is literally his only reason for being there. If not for Eggman arriving he would have never interacted with Elise and would have been gone the next day. Yet Eggman attacks and Sonic gets involved. And seeing the mess that Elise is Sonic can’t have any peace of mind until she has some and shares a lot of his philosophies with her until she finally stops being mopey and has the strength and resolve to do what she needs to. Then, sure enough, even with the subtle hints that Sonic remembers what happened, he heads right on out once he knows everything is fine, including Elise. He made himself a big part of her life and then leaves because that is who he is and he can enjoy his running again knowing that everything is resolved.

When we get to Unleashed, we see a slightly different side to Sonic’s selfishness as he puts himself before his charge of the game; Chip. When Sonic meets Chip he blames himself for the latter’s memory loss and offers to help him restore it. Yet when he can’t resolve it and is informed of the larger mess at hand by Tails he heads right off to solve the problem. Now yes, he brings Chip along, but he has no basis on which to base Chip regaining his memories in his company. Yet he gladly exposes him to danger while thrill riding on his own adventure, where Chips memory coming back becomes insignificant to him. Chip simply becomes a friend on the adventure and Sonic mostly enjoys himself. Again he is being selfish.

Like 06 before it, Black Knight is a game where Sonic is heavily doing things his own way and for his own enjoyment. Most of that breaks later on when facing Merlina, a friend he has to save as much as her world, and of course the Knight Trials. The Knight Trials are one of the more interesting examples of Sonic’s selfish heroism as he has been tasked with saving the world but will not refuse the child in need. Worse, the Lady of Lake knew Sonic’s abilities when she put the time limit on him and the trials which would assure that Sonic would fail should he deviate at all. But Sonic has a big heart, and he hates tears, and here is this child crying due to the dragon. There is no way Sonic can have the peace of mind to focus on his quest to save the world while this child suffers and chooses the child over the world. Kind of funny that Amy gets chewed out by the fandom for this but Sonic clears his Knight Trials with flying colors for the same thing. But I digress. While it worked out for Sonic here, it could have been disastrous, but in his selfishness, he prioritized his feelings and went against what was requested of him. I may sound heartless here, but when faced with the choice of saving the few or the many most “heroes” seek a way to accomplish both, but Sonic chooses to satisfy his feelings instead. It is a selfish action on his part regardless of the outcome.

Beyond the games though you can also find Sonic being selfish in the OVA where talking him into going to Eggmanland is to stop Tails from worrying. He has no desire to go and outright refuses. It is only when someone he cares about is expressing genuine concern that Sonic is prompted to act. Even then he is visibly irritated by the whole affair the entire time. He had to go against what he desired to do, and it frankly agitates him, which implies a very selfish nature. When he does agree, it is to address something which does bother him, which is anything but heroic.

So, I’ll admit that some of my readings may seem excessively extrapolative, but as I addressed at the beginning of this explanation, I look at Sonic in a different light than most and this paints my view of his character. That Sonic’s selfishness is never really called into question tells me that most people at SEGA also don’t understand it, or as Sonic is supposed to represent everything cool about SEGA it highlighting a negative trait would be seen as unfavorable to say the least. Regardless, Sonic’s selfishness slips in and paints the character in a very unique light, but if you don’t fall for the trap of him being a hero but rather an adventurer who lives for himself first, than it starts to not be a surprise. Or at least, that’s my view on it.

#my thoughts #my opinion #sonic the hedgehog #character analysis

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saturnw0lf · 5 years

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What happened to Juvi Adventure 2?

Well, buckle in, because this is a long story.

This is something that’s still a bit of a sore spot for me. It’s at the point where I’ve written and re-written what I’ve wanted to say a few times because I’m not quite sure how I want to approach this. What you also need to understand is that my memory in general is also pretty bad, so I can only tell you what I remember, as much of this was years ago. I’m sure other people who were involved with this project can pick up the torch from where I’m leaving off if they so choose. I should also note that I’ll include a tl;dr at the end of this if you don’t care for the preamble. With that disclosure out of the way, I suppose I should begin answering this question with the story of what was going on behind the scenes:

Our story begins in 2014. Or at the very least, that’s when my involvement in the project began. Juvi Adventure 2 was a large group effort comprised of different artists, writers, etc. Put a pin in that, that’ll be important later.

I was much more of a writer back then, I dabbled in GameMaker since about 2007 but I wouldn’t by any stretch call myself a game developer just yet. So I saw the head of the project post in some Sonic groups that he was looking for people to help, and feeling self-conscious and insecure as ever, I saw an opportunity to make a name for myself.

So I pitched some of my ideas for the project. I don’t even remember any of them fully, something about Eggman aiming to conquer the multiverse or whatever. I can say now that seems silly, even by Sonic story standards, but we were all teenagers, kids. That kind of thing was just the coolest thing ever to us. So he liked it! I was brought on board thinking I would hit the ground running.

It didn’t quite work out like that. I wasn’t the only writer involved on the project, there was one in a sort of higher position than me, if that’s what you want to call it. The general outline for the plot was written ahead of time, and at that point I was only allowed to fill in the blanks. (Which, I should note that I’m not bitter about. That’s a pretty standard practice, even if irksome back then). And over the months, I did. It took a lot longer than it should have, but I was being hit with several technical and personal setbacks at that time, and we still didn’t have a game developer, despite all the people we were bringing on board. You can see how this is coming up and becoming more of a problem.

So, we brought more and more people on board, and most of them were artists and people whose roles I don’t quite remember. But they definitely weren’t game developers. We had some voice actors, musicians, almost the whole nine yards. It wasn’t until later that we finally, finally got ourselves a real developer. And for a while, all seemed swell. Things were finally moving. But of course, all is never as it seems.

(NOTE: Things are good between they and I now. This was years ago and we’ve put it behind us. I’m not upset about it anymore.)

Our programmer, to put it bluntly, tended to flake on us a lot, but in a lot of the scenarios they gave us, it was hard to blame him. They listed things like depression and anxiety, which I know all too well and have compromised my workflow an innumerable number of times. So, we obviously missed our SAGE 2015 deadline. Okay, no big deal things like that happen all the time, right?

Well, then we missed the deadline after that. And the one after that. And the one after that. And the one…you see where this is going.

We hadn’t updated any of our pages in months because we simply had nothing to show beyond the screenshots we already had. Things were beginning to look dire. Then, the critical blow, and where things all went downhill.

They quit. The demo would never come to be. They gave me the source code, and left. I tried to fix it up, but it was incredibly broken with several things not working. This point around 2016 is what I would call the beginning of the end. Subconsciously, I think, we were all tired and ready to give up, we just needed a reason. That would come soon enough.

The head would leave after several attempts to revive the project went nowhere. At this point, we were all fully ready to give up and dropped the project completely. We lost members before, but none as critical as those two. Slowly but surely the rest of us, including myself, started leaving, and to my knowledge, that team chat has been inactive for months now. At the risk of burning bridges and ruining future business opportunities, I would say it’s safe to call it dead.

tl;dr: We tried to do too much and didn’t know what we were doing. We had a whole bunch of playable characters planned, DLC, Online playability, things that just aren’t realistic to expect out of a group of teenagers making a Sonic the Hedgehog fangame for he first time, let alone as their first project. When we finally actually had a programmer, the project collapsed under its own weight.

It’s not all bad news, though! Another former Gamestalgia member and myself split off to form our own group, and we have something I’m really excited to show off in the hopefully not too distant future.

#fangame #sonic the hedgehog #sonic fangame #juvi adventure 2 #gamestalgia #what happened to

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xxemitsuxx · 6 years

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Sonic Forces - burning world

A small thing I wrote. Set during the infamous six months of Sonic Forces. This will probably be continued later on as I only managed to squeeze Sonic waking up and some basic babbling with Eggman to set everything up into it. Enjoy!

The first thing he noticed when he woke up was the unusual amount of uncomfortableness he felt. Groaning, he curled more into himself and searched for his blanket with one hand, only realising something was off when he couldn’t find it and, after waking up a bit more, noticing the hard ground under him replacing his soft bed. Growling in annoyance – who'd dare interrupt his sleep?! – he sat up, immediately clutching his head and hissing through gritted teeth when it began pounding like crazy. What the…? Still disoriented from his sleepiness, he took in his surroundings. He was in what appeared to be… a cell?

Yup, definitely. Boring, gray metal walls and bars replacing one wall. How exactly did he end up here again? His memory was a bit fuzzy and it took him a while of staring blankly at the opposite wall until it finally came back to him.

Right… Shadow, Zavok, Chaos, Metal and… that guy, whoever he is, all came at me at once. He shook his still hurting head and decided to check the cell for any weak spots, not expecting to find much. He wasn’t too panicked; it wasn’t like it was the first time Eggman managed to catch him. However, the way he ended up in this situation in the first place bothered him a great deal…

After spin dashing against the bars multiple times without them showing even the slightest scratch, he reluctantly sat down on the only object in the entire cell; the uncomfortable metal platform he had woken up on earlier. He didn’t like being idle, but he recognized when he just wasn’t able to do anything about a particular situation. His best option would probably be to wait until Eggman or his robots showed up and then see what he could do to escape. To prevent falling completely into boredom, he tried to recall the details of his most recent battle.

That guy… a jackal, was it? He didn’t know his name. He'd just call him Mask or something until he learned it. Simple and fitting. Anyway, Mask had moved way too quickly – how could he have kept up with him, the fastest being alive? Maybe he wasn't fast but just teleported. Yeah, he'd go with that. Still, it wasn’t like he had never fought teleporting opponents before. Something about him had been completely off. Not to mention that he had all those bad guys supporting him. Why would Shadow of all people help someone like that? He didn’t get it.

It really did irritate him how little he had been able to fight back. What would Tails think about him, being knocked around like a rag doll?! He huffed, trying to find a more comfortable position to sit in. His entire body hurt; it wasn’t the worst pain he had ever experienced by far, he could handle this much, but it didn’t make it any less annoying and distracting, especially when he had nothing else to do other than sitting around.

His ears perked up at the sound of footsteps. About time. He blinked and covered his eyes with one hand when suddenly, bright light filled the room. When his eyes had gotten used to the brightness, he felt a condescending smirk form on his face at the sight of Eggman grinning at him from the opposite side of the bars, two robots flanking him on both sides.

"'bout time you showed up, Egghead. I was getting pretty bored in here." The grin didn’t disappear from the doctor's face at the insult. In fact, he looked very much like a little boy who had just seen Santa Claus in person. "Sonic, my dear arch nemesis! So glad to see you've finally returned to the world of the living. I already thought the little beating my underlings gave you was too much for you." Sonic tried his best to not let the anger he felt at that statement show, instead settling for lazily crossing his arms behind his head and leaning back.

"Sorry, but I'm not so keen on leaving anytime soon." Especially not as long as you're around. He hoped Tails had managed to get away safely. Then again, he wasn’t too worried about the fox. He knew how to take care of himself-

"That's splendid, because you definitely won't." He had to stop himself from rolling his eyes at Eggman's obviously intentional misinterpretation of his words. "So. I'm sure you're wondering what happened during the time you were unconscious, and what I'm planning on doing with you, now that you are finally in my grasp… oh, saying that feels so wonderful!" Sonic yawned and looked around to find something more interesting to do than listening to Eggman's upcoming overlord speech. He only found his gave traveling back to the doctor when his voice took on a sinister undertone, making his spines stand up slightly.

"By the way, I wouldn’t expect any of your little friends to show up and rescue you. Doubt they'd dare to do that when they believe you're dead." It was only for a second, but by the satisfied smirk on Eggman's face Sonic could tell he had seen the shock which had crossed his face at that statement. He quickly composed himself and leaned forwards.

"Sure thing. They wouldn’t believe I'm dead just because I went missing for a few days." His annoyance rose to a dangerous level when the doctor snickered – seriously, there was only so much Sonic could take of this guy when he didn’t have the upper hand (which obviously was the case most of the time) and he was nearing his limits. "What's so funny, Egghead?" Eggman clasped his hands together behind his back.

"Well, first of all, my dear little rodent, you didn’t just 'go missing' – I personally prefer the term 'got captured' – for a few days. It's been two weeks", he looked way too smug for Sonic's tastes when said hedgehog gaped at him, this time obviously shocked, "and considering the way things look outside, it's honestly not very far-fetched to believe such a thing." At this, Sonic jumped up with a growl and stomped towards Eggman, grabbing the bars.

"What did you do?", he asked threateningly.

"Ooh, scary. So you believe me after all?" "Hah! I don’t believe a word out of your mouth without any proof, especially in a situation like this."

"You sure got angry just now if that's really the case." The doctor regarded him with a non-transparent face. Then he grinned. "Could it be you remember how easily you yourself were defeated by my underlings? Then know this, they were only a small part of my force. I-"

"That’s not the point", Sonic growled. However, his mind rushed to order his thoughts. He really didn’t believe anything Eggman said, it was way too unrealistic. So why did he get so worked up? His head started pounding again like a painful reminder. Maybe it also had to do with Tails not being able to get any data on that masked guy and the others. But still-

"Then what is? So sorry to tell you rodent, but-"

"Look here Egghead, we both know that I'm gonna be out of here in no time and whatever big thing you're planning this time around is bound to fail anyway. Don't you think this is just a waste of time?" He felt somewhat satisfied when Eggman didn’t answer immediately, instead opting to stare at him in silence. He let go of the bars and chose to use the time to fix his gloves and dust off his sneakers, thinking he got his point across. What he wasn’t prepared for was the bars disappearing with a swooshing sound, giving him room to roll over both Eggman and his stupid robots. Unfortunately, he was so stunned by this seemingly superiorly stupid move that the robots had more than enough time to rush over to him and grab him by his arms and legs. "H-hey!" He yelped when their grips tightened as Eggman turned his back on him.

"I guess it can't be helped. If I can't convince you with words I'll just have to show you." Something in the way the doctor said this made Sonic feel cold inside. He hissed when the robots started following their master, holding the hedgehog in place no matter how hard he tried to get away. After almost managing to free one foot, he winced when a weak electrical wave rushed through his entire system, momentarily stunning him yet again. It wasn’t enough to really hurt, but strong enough to startle him and stop his struggling. Okay… calm down hedgehog. You won't be able to get away this way. Just play along for a bit. Maybe I can find out more about the situation outside and then sneak away. He sure hoped so. Not even a day had passed and he was already more than fed up with the doctor.

His vision went black and his head began to ring when the robots – accidently or intentionally he didn’t know – let his head hit against some kind of metallic object. He groaned and closed his eyes, waiting for the dizziness to go away.

"Ah-ah-ah, be careful, will you. We wouldn’t want the rodent to pass out again this soon. " His amused tone stood in harsh contrast to the actual words, causing Sonic to let out an annoyed growl.

"I'm touched. Are we there yet?"

"So impatient. But yes, we are." Sonic frowned when they reached a room with at least ten huge monitors, each showing a different scenery. Or well, he guessed that they did usually. As it was now…

His eyes widened involuntarily. His spines went up almost vertically and his ears folded back against his head in anger as he hissed through his teeth, not caring that he probably looked more like a feral animal than his usual civilized self right now. No way…

He could almost feel Eggman's triumphant grin from across the room at his extreme reaction. "Welcome to our new world, hedgehog. I actually planned to banish you into space right away when you got knocked out, but I just couldn’t resist letting you watch together with me as everything you've ever known crumbles away right in front of you. Don’t worry though; I still plan on getting rid of you once and for all once my plan is complete…"

Sonic barely listened to him. His entire attention was focused on the screens, all different sceneries dyed in the same colors and with the exact same special effects: Fire, giga robots destroying everything in sight, more fire, the crying of children, the screams of women or men crying for the loss of their significant other, parents shouting the names of their children in hopes of finding them in the chaos, the howl of sirens, the sheer agonizing sobs of so so many…

Normally he wouldn’t take the bait this easily and be suspicious as of whether the material was edited, but all of this sounded so real, so touching, so full of sadness and fear that he knew not even Eggman could fake it.

He could only cause it.

He took in a shaky breath. "You… you've really gone and done it this time, Eggman", he pressed out through clenched teeth, finally tearing his gaze away from the screens to glare death upon the doctor. He was almost surprised at how low and threatening his voice sounded. The other, however, didn’t seem to be very impressed; instead, his expression changed to a thoughtful one as he raised a hand and ran it through his moustache.

"I'm feeling some kind of déjà vu… I wonder why? Ah, right!" The grin returned to his face as he acted like he forgot about the day Sonic had last uttered this exact same phrase – one of the most painful days the hedgehog had ever experiences. Which was why he was sure the doctor hadn’t forgotten about it either. "But do you know what the difference is this time around, rodent?"

Sonic braced himself and let his spines rise again on high alert to offer at least some protection when the human walked towards him. With the robots still restraining him, there wasn’t much more he could do. Eggman stopped right in front of him and grabbed the softer fur on his head, making him hiss in pain against his will when he hit an especially bad bruise, forcing his head up and leaning in, way too close.

"This time, I've really done it. And this time, I won't be stupid enough to let you go until the very end. The planet's great hero won't be there to save it. Your world is going to burn, Sonic, and we're going to watch it go down together."

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Super Sonic Thieves Chapter 7

Chapter 7 - Raccoon Tail

Intro Cutscene:

Sly: “It was a fun time to get some quality time with our granddads, but we had to move on to help other Coopers. Back through time we went, to go visit an earlier Japanese relative, Karin Coopergiwa. I remember when we collected her page, she was the inventor of our coin magnet ability. I have to admit, it’s a very fun ability. According to the book, she pretty much knew how to control magnets to her will before we even knew about magnetism. I guess capturing her would be a big interest for Eggman, since that can only make his robots better. Well, it’s time to go back, back to the past, for Karin Coopergiwa.”

*We start with looking at some traditional Japanese sliding doors that are then slid open to show a somewhat large village. And like your Japanese anime, the title comes in: ‘ Raccoon Tail ’.

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Hub Layout:

The gang have made their hideout in a small building near a tall mountain with plenty of winding paths and wall hooks, which takes up most of the hub area (Making this more of a vertically build level). A forest surrounds the ground below, where the safehouse is, and in a secluded area is a hot springs which lays up to the mountain, and has a secret cave behind it. Also in the forest is a farm with open fields of food owned by a strange mystical guy (The guru’s ancestor). About a ⅓ of the way up the mountain is a set of windmills catching the wind. Halfway up the mountain is a strange dojo, where it seems the enemies are coming from. About ⅔ of the way up the mountain is a somewhat large, 4-story temple. And at the top of the mountain sits a large, castle structure. The castle looks authentic to the times, but it actually belongs to Eggman, where Zazz and Zomom hide.

Enemies:

Tengu: Mythical flying birds that look like crows that flutter about in search of thieves to attack. Can come in various forms of birds, but they all look at least like the variation of a crow. Carries/drops 9-11 coins to pickpocket has 10% chance of treasure.

Kitsune: 9-tailed, yellow foxes that walk around in search of anyone in the dark. Be careful provoking them as they’ll attack you with fiery rings indefinitely until you escape far away enough. Carries/drops 13-15 coins to pickpocket has 25% chance of treasure.

Oni: Strange demons with flashlight-like beams for eyes. Do note they will continuously attack you and follow you for quite a bit if you provoke them. They come in many flavors, from dragons to demons to other horned beasts. Carries/drops 13-18 coins to pickpocket has 50% chance of treasure.

Saiyan Pawns: Egg Pawns dressed in gis or armor and having crazy golden hair. Getting close to them will either have them fight with their fists, or in a rare chance, fire a laser from their hands at you. Still, they are Eggman’s pawn force, so they aren’t going to last long. Drops 10 rings.

Draglets: Dragon looking badniks that will float around in the air, spitting fireballs at you. Drops 12 rings.

Ninja Pawn: Sneaky pawns that can appear suddenly to throw ninja stars, or karate chop you. Drops 14 rings.

Treasures:

From Guards:

Small Necklace: Worth 60 coins and 30 rings.

Medium Necklace: Worth 80 coins and 60 rings.

Large Necklace: Worth 100 coins and 50 rings.

From Pedestals:

Ornate Vase: Worth 1100 coins and 550 rings.

Platinum Katana: Worth 1200 coins and 600 rings.

7 Orange Balls: Worth 1400 coins and 700 rings.

Golden Bow and Arrows: Worth 1600 coins and 800 rings.

The coins have the rising sun design on them.

Secret Clockwerk Sighting: Posing as a statue in the forest. Is it just a statue… or the real deal?

-----Jobs-----

Ninja Espionaje

Take recon of the mountain and forest.

Espio: “Heian, Japan… I must say, I never thought I would visit this time period in my life. The landscape’s exquisite.”

Sly: “Heh, these days, it seems we are visiting places and times we never thought we could. And, indeed, Japan looks so beautiful.”

Bentley: “If you guys are done fawning over the landscape, which is indeed ‘pretty’, you guys have some other pictures to take.”

Sly: “Well, at least recon here is going to look fantastic.”

Espio: “Let’s go.”

*The player is free to go recon everything any way they like, getting the hot springs cave, the farm, the windmills, the dojo, the temple, and the castle.*

*Taking recon of the hot springs cave.*

Espio: “It seems someone is messing with the water flow inside the mountain. I wonder what they need it for?”

Sly: “I think we can leave Dimitri to that, he loves the hot water.”

*Taking recon of the farm.*

Sly: “Hmm, it seems like someone is living there, so they haven’t been scared off yet.”

Espio: “I feel they may be a high mystic as they seem to have created a barrier to block out the Yōkai. We better come back later, as he seems busy.”

*Taking recon of the windmills.*

Espio: “If I had to guess, these windmills don’t belong here. They reek of Eggman on them.”

Sly: “They seem to be collecting the wind for something, but for what? There are some conduits, but they head into the mountain out of sight.”

Espio: “Perhaps we should move on for answers…”

*Taking recon of the dojo.*

Espio: “Here seems to be where the Yōkai and Egg Pawns are being produced in. He seems to have converted this dojo into a plant.”

Sly: “So we got a fight ahead of us in there. Sounds like fun.”

*Taking recon of the temple.*

Espio: “Hmmm… I feel something odd about this temple, but I can’t put my finger on it…”

Sly: “Well, the door is locked, and the windows seem hard to reach, so we got our work cut out to get in. But let’s move on for now.”

*Taking recon of the castle.*

Sly: “Wow! Such a big castle! And they have a big force field to match.”

Espio: “I think the windmills are the source of the shield. And I think Eggman’s lackeys are in there, whoever it is.”

*Once all the recon is complete.*

Espio: “Hmmm, all that recon done, and we aren’t any closer to finding your ancestor Karin.”

Sly: “Hmmm… I wonder… Hey, Bentley!”

Bentley: “Yeah, Sly?”

Sly: “Can you track magnetism with your computer? I wonder if it might help us find Karin.”

Bentley: *Gasps* “That’s actually a genius idea! I’ll check it out! Come back here to the safehouse, I think I can show you where she is by then.”

JOB COMPLETE

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A Magnetic Attraction

FInd a way into the temple and rescue Karin.

Bentley: “It worked, Sly!”

Sly smugly smirks: “Huh? I had a good idea for once?”

Bentley: “Karin seems to be in the temple on the mountain, I’m certain of it!”

Amy: “Well, what are we sitting around for?! Let’s go get her! I’ll help you, Sly!”

Sly: “Interesting… let’s go save her.”

*The player leads Sly and Amy to the temple.*

Sly: “Hm, I see some poles and bamboo to climb on, but I’m not sure how to get up there…”

Amy: “I can help you with that! Here, jump on my hammer…”

*Amy sets out her hammer, and the player has Sly jump on in like they would for a Murray Toss. Then they have Amy attack with her hammer down, which launches Sly up onto the low roof. Then the player can have Amy do it alone to launch herself up to the roof as well.*

Sly: “Wow! That was powerful!”

Amy: “Don’t be fooled by this dainty demeanor, I got plenty of power! Now come on, let’s get inside.”

*The player has Sly climbs up a bit higher to open and enter the window, and Amy follow with another hammer launch to end up inside…*

*Inside…*

Amy: “Wow!!! She’s floating in the air!!!”

Sly: “Karin’s just… Levitating in the air, Bentley!!!”

Bentley: “Hm… No, she’s not levitating. At least not by her own volition. She’s being suspended in the air by all these magnets in the room.”

Amy: “How can magnets do that?”

Sly: “Yeah! Shouldn’t she be pulled onto one of them?”

Bentley: “You guys don’t know much about magnetism, do you? Well, it’s going to take too long to explain, so I’m just going to figure out how we can get her down from there…”

*Karin yawns and stretches her limbs as she wakes up*

Karin: “Who’s making that noise? Can’t you see I’m trying to sle…? Whoa, what the heck are you two? I can tell you’re a fellow raccoon but what on Nippon are you wearing? And I can’t even try to discern what you are, pink creature. Are you some kind of Yōkai?”

Amy: “How dare you! I’m obviously a hedgehog!”

Karin: “Hedge… Hog? *Shrugs* Well what are you here for? Are you the guards sent to give me food? I could use my food now.”

Sly: “No! We’re here to bust you out!”

Karin: “Oh? Oh thank the Kami, my prayers have been answered! Yes, please get me out of here!”

Sly: “Of course, of course! We just need to wait for my friend to figure out how to release you from these magnets…”

Karin: “*Chuckles* My, are you growing more and more bizarre. Knowing about magnetism when I’m the only one with such knowledge? Well, I know perfectly well how to make the magnetic pull on myself end! I just need you both to move specifics magnets around so they cancel the effect! I’ll direct you to each one!”

*The player goes to follow Karin’s directions to moving specific magnets around the temple. Slowly, Karin is lowered to the ground, until the puzzle is solved and she is on solid ground once more.*

Bentley: “Okay! I figured out how to get her down! You-”

Sly: “Heh, Karin beat you to it, Bentley. We got her down.”

Karin sees Sly talking: “Hey, who are you talking to? You look like you’re talking to yourself.”

Amy: “Well, Karin, it’s a long story, but I think it’s more easily answered if you follow us to our friends. We can help you there.”

Karin: “Well, any place is better than this prison of a temple. Let’s go.”

JOB COMPLETE

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Sly, narrating: “We quickly got Karin back to the safehouse and introduced her to our friends. She was a little weirded out by everyone’s looks-”

Karin: “My, you guys would look like a gaggle of yōkai if I didn’t already know you were friends of my saviors.”

Sly, narrating: “-but after explaining that we were from the future and some from a different dimension, she easily understood and told us her problems.”

Karin: “Ooooohhh… that makes sense, kinda… well, maybe you can help with my problems. You see, some deities from who knows where came in and ruined my mountain for thinking! They have messed up the landscape and have made their own castle on top of the mountain! I tried fighting them, but they easily captured me and put me in the trap you saw. They looked like some yōkai representing Lust and Gluttony, or something like that.”

Sly, narrating: “Sonic and his friends had to think a bit on who she was talking about, but two prominent figures came to their minds.”

Sonic: “Tails, don’t they sound a lot like Zazz and Zomom?”

Tails: “They do… and how interesting that they get put on the case of capturing and studying Karin.”

Bentley: “It is? So far, these two don’t exactly sound like dangerous beings, and that they just got lucky in their capture.”

Sonic: “I thought they didn’t seem dangerous at first too, but they really proved that wrong…” *Sonic trails off.*

Tails: “Uh… well, to make a long story short, these guys are tougher than they look. Zazz and Zomom, and the rest of the Zeti, have the ability to manipulate magnetic fields, which they can use to control electronics, and do things without a shred of remorse.

Sonic: “They nearly drained all the life on our world just to make themselves stronger, that’s how bad they can get!”

Sly: “Well, that’s certainly nasty news…”

Karin: “Wouldn’t expect anything less from Oni. Strange that they can manipulate magnetism.”

Bentley: “Indeed! Of the adversaries we’ve faced from Sonic’s world, these guys seem to be the strangest.”

Sly, narrating: “Well, it looks like we had plenty of work ahead of us if we wanted to stop these menaces.”

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Bentley: “Well, we seem to have got a problem. Zazz and Zomom know we are here and have set up more force fields to prevent us from getting up the mountain! Thankfully, it seems we can still reach the windmills, which I am pretty certain they are the power for those barriers, maybe even for the castle too.”

Murray shoots his hand up: “OH! OH! ME! I wanna cause some destruction!!!”

Bentley chuckles: “How did I know you’d be the volunteer? Unfortunately, you can’t break in the door, Murray.”

Cream: “I’ll help Mr. Hippo! Besides, I know a bit of Japanese culture myself, so I can deal with everything out there!”

Murray: “Sweet! And don’t worry, Amy, I’ll watch Cream for you.”

Amy: “That is a relief.”

Karin: “Hey! Can we do something about my powers? Those ugly deities’ trap pretty much burnt me out.”

Sly: “Well, that’s not good.”

Bentley: “Hmmm… I believe there may be some rich mineral deposits in that cave behind the hot springs. Maybe you can also find out why it has trickled down as well…”

Dimitri, obliviously: “Sounds like you might need a swimmer to look for these fancy minerals. Well, luckily, my tastes have heightened my senses for the rare and unique!”

Karin is still hung up on what Bentley stated. “Wait?! Hang on?! The cave is noticeable now?! That’s my meditation spot! Have they turned my place apart?!”

Sly: “I’m not sure-”

Karin: “WE GOTTA GO!!!”

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Attractions and Repulsions

Eliminate Eggman’s mining operation.

Help Karin restore her powers

Karin fumes at the sight of the visible cave. “*Gasp* Those no good deities!!! *She mutters archaic incomprehensible Japanese swear words.*”

Dimitri: “Hey, hey, no need to get your magnets stuck together bro! Dimitri is here to help!”

Karin: “They have revealed my meditation spot! How dare they?! It’s sacred ground!”

*She storms in and Dimitri can only follow. Inside, they find a pretty large cave system underground. It seems to have been formed by the hot springs water, and some digging by Karin, but thanks to Eggman’s mining, the water level has dropped significantly and there is mining equipment in use, digging up the ores.*

Karin: *Shrieks* “How could they?!”

Sonic, through the binocucom: “It’s no surprise. Eggman needs materials, and doesn’t care if he messes with the environment in the process.”

Karin growls. “Grrr… he’s going to pay, starting with all this equipment!”

Dimitri: “We might not want to alert our presence, magnet lady. We will be in deep business if they all notice us!”

Karin: “Right then. My magnets should be more than enough to tear these contraptions apart silently!”

*The player has Karin and Dimitri destroy the enemies and the mining equipment with Karin’s magnetism and Dimitri’s silent harpoon gun. The key to being silent is to use the scenery (Like hitting stalactites to fall) or use the machinery against Eggman’s forces with Karin’s magnetism.*

*Once everything is destroyed, the water starts flowing newly made and the hot springs returns.*

Karin: “Finally! The space is clean of the darkness. Now to find my meditation spot.”

*The player leads Karin and Dimitri to her meditation spot, which is in the center of 4 pools of water that haven’t been drained thankfully yet.*

Karin: “Ah, finally.” *Sits in the spot, but soon stands up.* “Something is not right…”

Dimitri: “Is the juices not flowing?”

Karin: “No... someone has messed with the alignments in the pools. *Sigh* That means I have to swim in them and mess with the magnetism in each, and it takes so long to get dry.”

Dimitri: “Hey! Have no fear! Dimitri, master diver, is here!”

Karin: “Well, thanks, lounge lizard! Well, all you need to do is go in them and swim towards some magnets I have installed at the back of each of them.”

Bentley, through the binocucom: “Wait, you’ve invented magnets?! You must let me examine one!”

Karin: “Heh he, remind me to tell you when we return.”

Dimitri: “Quiet! I must concentrate to dive! Perfection is needed.”

*The player has Dimitri swim into each of the pools to push a magnet that has gone out of alignment. Just stand at the back of the magnet and push it to rotate it around. It will click into place once it is in the correct spot. Do this for all 4 magnets to finish up the mission.*

Karin: “Ah, much better! I feel the power now.” *She goes and meditates as the mission ends.*

JOB COMPLETE

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Windmill Crusaders

Destroy the 4 windmills.

Cream: “Oh, my! They sure are tall! I wonder if I can even make it up there?”

Murray: “I could toss you up to reach them.”

Cream: “Thanks, Mr Hippo! That will help a lot!”

Murray: “I appreciate your politeness, but you may call me “The Murray”!”

*The player has Murray toss Cream up, then have Cream fly into the first windmill. Inside, Cream lands right in front of the door at the bottom of the windmill, which is kept shut by a peculiar lock…*

Cream: “Okay, I’m at the door. *Studies the door’s lock, which is essentially a picture of eleven animals surrounding a circle and at the bottom of the lock is a brush and a bowl of ink* Um… Mr. Bentley? I may need help unlocking this. This lock is pretty odd…”

Bentley: “Hm, indeed. Looks to be custom made. I guess they knew about our penchant for pilfering keys… Seems it can only be unlocked by painting on it. But paint what?”

Cream: “Wait a second, this looks familiar… OH! It’s the Eastern Zodiac! My family identifies under these instead of the of the one with the stars! There’s the rat, the ox, the tiger… They’re all here! Oh wait, one’s missing.”

Bentley: “Ah, I get it! To unlock this, you need to paint the missing Zodiac animal! Such a strange yet interesting mechanism. I trust you already know what it is?”

Cream: “Yep! It’s the very last one in the cycle!”

*A “Multiple Choice” game occurs, wherein Cream tries to remember what the last animal in the Eastern Zodiac is*

Cream: “Hm, now what is the last animal in the zodiac? I think it’s name begins with a “P” and it’s really messy…”

*The choices are: Parrot, Pigeon, Penguin, Panther, Pig, and Platypus. The incorrect answer will have Cream draw the chosen animal only for nothing to happen and Cheese erases the drawing, but Bentley then alerts Cream that the incorrect drawing has started a timer that will set off an alarm and also make unlocking the lock impossible until it can be guessed correctly. Once the correct answer is chosen, which is Pig, Cream draws a pig in the empty circle and right after the lock undoes itself*

Cream: “Yes!”

*She opens the door and lets Murray in.*

Murray: “Sweet! Now it’s my turn!”

*Similar to another tall building mission, for each windmill, Murray must go and smash the circuits in the center of the room so the magnet spinning around inside stops turning, preventing electricity from flowing from the spinning windmill.*

Murray, at the end of the first one: “Let’s get out of here, Cream. I think I know what’s going to happen next.”

*They leave through the door and get outside. A few seconds later, the windmill explodes and the blades spin away to destroy a force field on the path.*

Cream: “WOW!!!”

Murray: “Gratuitous destruction! Always the best option! Now to destroy the other 3.”

*On the way to windmill 2*

Cream: “Oh, I wish there was a way to deal with these windmills without resorting to violence…”

Murray: “I know how you feel, little rabbit. One time I went on a spirit quest and was mentored by a Guru, who taught me pacifism. But sometimes destruction is the only solution, like when we had to rid his home of miners. Boy that was a crazy time!”

*Upon arrival of windmill 2’s door*

Cream: “Okay, this door has another “ink-drawing” lock. It’s a lot different though…”

*Cream studies the lock and this time it’s a painting of a white ape, a pheasant, and a monkey fighting a group of oni. There’s notably a huge space in between the ape and the pheasant*

Bentley: “Hm, just as I thought. Each of these windmills of these special locks and they’re all different. Do you recognize this one, though?”

Cream: “Uh… Yeah! This looks like the story of Momotaro! My grandmother told me this story many times! It’s about a boy who was born from a giant peach and he goes to this island of oni to fight them with some animals helping him. Though in our world Momotaro is a human, not an ape.”

Bentley: “I see! Hm, well is there something about the painting that seems off and requires a drawing?”

Cream: “Hm… Oh yeah! One of the companions is missing! Hang in there, Mr. Bentley, I’ll figure this out!”

*Thought Bubble game appears*

Cream: “Let’s see… The missing animal companion for Momotaro has a name that begins with a “D” and they have sensitive hearing…”

*The choices are: Deer, Duck, Dog, Dingo, and Dolphin. Failure repeats the scene described above. The correct answer, which is Dog, sees Cream draw a dog and the lock is undone*

Cream: “Okay, the door is open!”

*Murray enters the windmill and lays waste to it. After exiting the windmill and it explodes*

Cream: “I must admit, that explosion was rather pretty. Just wish it didn’t leave this awful debris.”

Murray: “Not to worry! That mess will go away soon. Just enjoy what you can, Cream!”

*Murray and Cream make it to Windmill 3, Murray tosses her in, and Cream makes it to the entrance, which is once again locked by a painting. This time it depicts an ape standing in front of a huge palace underwater with dragons living in it*

Cream: “Hm… Oh! This is one of my uncles’ favorite stories! It’s called Urashima Taro, and it’s about a fisherman who rescued an animal and, in gratitude, the animal took him to the Dragon Palace under the sea.”

Bentley: “Hm, sounds familiar to me…”

*Thought Bubble Minigame commences*

Cream: “Hm, now what was the animal again? It’s sure to be aquatic…”

*The choices are: Fish, Turtle, Frog, Seal, Whale, and Dolphin. The correct answer is Turtle, which upon selecting Cream will draw it on the painting and the door unlocks*

Cream: “Ah, that’s right! It was a turtle the fisherman rescued!”

Bentley: “Oh yeah, now I remember! Always loved the story for that.”

*Murrays enters the windmill, raises hell, and then the two escape as the windmill explodes from the destruction*

Cream: “Okay, that one was even prettier than the last one. Awesome, even!”

Murray: “Yeah! Now you’re getting the spirit! Just one windmill left!”

*The hippo and rabbit make it to the last windmill, Murray tosses her in, and Cream makes it to the entrance, where the “lock painting” depicts a bird wielding a sword and wearing a dress going up against a giant, eight headed serpent. There’s notable space in between the two, with lines forming a circle and indicating something important belongs there*

Cream: “Whoa, I don’t even need a few seconds to recognize this story! It’s the tale of “Yamata no Orochi”, an eight headed serpent monster who terrorized the nearby kingdom and demanded women be sacrificed for him to eat until he was slain by the storm god, Susano-o.”

Bentley: “Ah yes! It’s the Japanese equivalent of the “storm god vs. serpentine evil” story present in all other mythologies. But both characters are present here! There’s no third character to draw in here.”

Amy, over the binocucom: “Hm, I remember the story too... maybe it’s not a character that needs to be drawn?”

Cream: “Hm… Oh yeah, Amy’s right! In order to defeat Orochi, Susano-o had to use something to weaken him. Oh, but what was it…”

*Thought Bubble Minigame*

Cream: “Oh, I really forget what it was. I haven’t the slightest clue what Susano-o weakened Orochi with…”

*The choices are an Orb, a Gem, a Ring, a Drink, a Prayer Slip, and a Necklace. As you might expect, the odd choice out is the correct answer: a Drink*

Cream: “Uh… Oh yes! He made Orochi drink something! It caused the serpent to get dizzy and sleepy.”

Bentley: “Lemonade?”

Cream: “Um, I don’t think that was it, but I’ll try.”

*Cream draws a bucket of lemonade, “lemonade” written in kanji on the bucket, and the door is unlocked*

Cream: “Wow, it actually worked!”

Bentley: “Heh, never doubt the turtle.”

*Murray enters the windmill and proceeds to smash everything*

Murray: “Say your final words, dastardly windmill! The Murray has laid waste to all your friends and is here to finish you!”

*After that, Murray and Cream escape the collapsing windmill one last time and they both look at the resulting explosion with awe*

Cream: “That was… AWESOME!!! Oh Murray, we must find more windmills and destroy them! Their destruction is a truly wondrous sight!”

Murray: “Uh… Sure, yeah! Destruction is fun!”

Bentley: “Whoa now, guys. Save that destructive craze for future missions, we’re done with destruction here.”

Amy: “Oh god, what have you done to Cream? You better fix what you did to her, hippo, cause I’m not gonna take any heat from Vanilla over this!”

JOB COMPLETE

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Bentley: “A wonderful job Cream and Murray did decimating those windmills, but we don’t got time to celebrate. We need to keep on the attack and strike on while their defense is down. First off, we need to shut down the Dojo on the mountain. It seems to be actually a factory for making the badniks and conjuring the yōkai.”

Karin: “Oh my! They know how to summon the beasts? They are most certainly evil deities indeed!”

Sly: “I’ll go and sneak in to shut it off. They seem quite interesting to fight.

Rouge: “Now, hold on, sugar. You’re gonna need someone to kick and fly in there, I feel. And I’m just the lady to do that.”

Sly is confused: “Al...right?”

Bentley: “*Ahem*, anyway… next up is visiting that farm over on the other side of the forest. I took Espio’s idea on what he said about the guy in there and I am starting to think we might need him to defeat Zazz and Zomom, at least to weaken whatever yōkai they have left to throw at us. Cream and Murray, I want you to-”

Amy is seething and interjects. “Oh, Murray is not going to be taking Cream alone! I don’t trust him!”

Murray: “I said I was sorry!”

Cream: “Just stop, Mr. Murray. She is too blinded by anger to let this go by right now.”

Panda King: “I think I have an idea. How about Amy and I go along with the two? Surely, we can find some peace and common ground at the farm.”

Amy, angrily: “FINE!”

Espio, who looked like he was sleeping, opened his eyes quick and said: “Bentley, check your security defenses.”

Bentley: “Huh? O-okay.” *Checks.*

Sly: “What did you sense?”

Bentley answers his question. “What?! Ninja pawns are hiding among the trees listening to us!”

Karin: “Hmmm, I thought my magnet cane was reacting to something, but I thought it was reacting to your guy’s stuff.”

Espio: “Karin and I shall handle them as silently as possible.”

Bentley: “Good… gotta fix this computer problem now…”

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Dojo Showdown

Turn off the production of badniks and youkai in the dojo.

Sly: “Fighting in a dojo… it’s a first for me, and sounds like a challenge. A good challenge.” *He smiles*

Rouge: “Hopefully it’s not too much for a ‘Master Thief…” *She winks*

Sly: “Heh, of course not.”

*They enter and find dojo arenas mixed with various machines spewing Pawns and summoning yōkai.*

*Some sliding doors shut in front of them and some pictures light up on the patches, showing how many of each enemy must be destroyed to open it up again*

Sly: “Seems we are going to have to fight them to move on.”

Rouge: “They picked a bad day to be made!”

*The player has the duo fight off waves of Pawns and yōkai and thin out the numbers listed on the door. Once all are defeated, you can move on to the next arena. This is done 4 more times until they reach the top and the controls.*

Rouge: “These must be their controls for churning out the robots and yōkai… but the control to shut all this down is over there on the other side of the room behind too many traps…”

Sly: “You deal with the traps. I’ll make it across.”

*The player has Sly head on alone ahead as they Ninja Spire across knives and spinning blades to the other side of the room. Once on the other side, they must hook onto a large hook switch that shuts down all the production.*

Sly: “Got it!”

Rouge: “Everything’s shutting off now. Let’s get back to the safehouse.”

JOB COMPLETE

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Ultimate Ninja Master

Defeat the 30 Ninja Pawns without being detected.

Espio: “Hm, Eggman’s Pawns are getting desperate if they really need to spy on us.”

Karin: “They really know how to hide… but good thing I got my magnet cane to guide us to each.”

Espio: “I think we might want to defeat the Ninja Pawns discreetly, without alerting them at all.” *He turns invisible* “They shouldn’t be able to see me, but I’m worried about you.”

Karin: “Huh… Well, I can do this…” *She gains a magnetic barrier around her that attracts rings.*

Bentley: “I think her barrier may be useful actually. She just disappeared off my sensors. I think she might now be invisible to their sensors too.”

Karin: “Huh? I am blind to you guys like this? You future folk are weird.”

Bentley: “No, to our sensors. We haven’t figured out how to get past magnetic interference. It’s too long to explain now.”

Espio: “Let’s focus on getting rid of the robots for now. You guys can chat later.”

Karin nods. “Heh, I wanna mess with the badniks with my magnets.”

*The player has Espio and Karin stay in their invisible forms as they destroy each badnik one by one. They mustn’t leave this form since they will be spotted if they do, which fails the mission. Destroy all 30 to finish the mission.*

Bentley: “That was the last spy. We are free from their prying eyes!”

Karin: “Whew! That was so much fun! You’re a pretty awesome ninja, Espio.”

Espio: “Really? I have trained a lot.”

Karin: “And it shows! You are a great ninja!” *She smiles*

Espio gains a slight blush. “I never thought I’d be complimented for my skills.” *He shakes his head.* “Okay… let’s get back to the safehouse.”

JOB COMPLETE

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Moon Ranch

Help the Farmer Guru with his chores.

*Murray, Panda King, Amy, and Cream walk over to farm, which they now know to be called the “Moon Ranch”. The four are walking next to each other in unison, though Murray and Cream are notably on opposite sides, with Amy keeping Cream close to her*

Murray: “Come on, pink hedgehog! The Murray apologizes for making Cream love destruction…”

Amy: “Sorry, but I’m not letting her get close to you again. You’re a bad influence.”

Cream: “Amy, please! I allowed myself to indulge in that, Mr. Murray was just assuring me of my concerns. And to be fair, you’ve gotten me involved in not-so-polite things, like boxercising. “

Amy: “But that’s different! It’s an exercise and one that teaches self-defense too. I’m sorry for forcing you into it, but I only meant to help. HE got you excited over mindless destruction.”

Panda King: “Guys! Enough! We’ve got a mission to focus on! If your quarreling ruins things even a little, you will both face my fury!”

Amy: *Intimidated* “Okay, you’re right. Mission comes first. So, how willing do you guys think this farmer will be to help us?”

Murray: “If he’s anything like the Master, he’ll surely join if we prove ourselves worthy.”

Cream: “And how would he test us?”

Murray: “Well, the Master had me go through some intense training. One time, he made balance a bunch of rocks on my head and arms while also balancing myself one legged on a rock below water filled with crocodiles and-!”

Panda: *Ahem* “Hippo. Should you really be describing such thing to a six-year-old girl?”

Murray: “Oh! Right…”

*The group walk into the farm, where they find the Farmer Guru trying to do one of his many labors but struggling due to his small size. The Farmer notices them approaching and halts his action, looking at them with interested eyes*

Panda King: “Greetings, oh humble farmer. We of the Cooper Gang come to request your aid in our endeavors. We seek to eliminate the lands of the demons who have taken over.”

*The Farmer does not respond, obviously not able to understand Panda King’s speech*

Amy: “Something tells me he doesn’t understand English…”

Murray: “Hm, could you try speaking Japanese, Panda King?”

Panda: “I’m afraid not. I can only speak and understand Chinese and English, and never bothered with Japanese due to… Tense relationships between our cultures.”

Cream: “Good thing I was sent to this mission then! I know plenty of Japanese thanks to Mama and the rest of my family.” *Cream says a brief version of Panda King’s words in Japanese, struggling a bit with some words.*

Farmer: *Replies to Cream in an archaic form of Japanese*

Murray: “What’d he say?”

Cream: “I’m not exactly sure since this is a different form of Japanese, but I think he said he understands what we want and is willing to help us, but we must do him a favor first.” *Cream speaks in Japanese again, asking what the favor is.*

Farmer: *Speaks a lengthy sentence in archaic Japanese*

Cream: “Oh! Okay! He just wants us to help him out with his farm. I think he said he used to use magic for his tasks, but the demons are sapping away most of the magic, and while he can still use it he needs to limit it to keep that barrier up.”

Amy: “That’s all? Heh, you can count on us to do your work, farmer!”

Murray: “Yeah! Compared to what we usually do, this should be a piece of cake!”

*We immediately cut to the first task, wherein Murray is standing by a hoe with the Farmer and Cream*

Murray: “Um… What is this?”

Cream: “The Farmer wants you to till the soil with his hoe so they’re good for planting.”

Murray: “But why? Don’t you just put the seeds into the dirt and they grow just as easily?”

*The Farmer and Cream share a glance*

Cream: “You clearly don’t know much about farming, do you? I’m six and I know how important tilled soil is!”

Murray: “Alright, I hear you! I’ll get to work…”

*Murray’s tilling minigame begins, which is controlled entirely by the control stick. You start off by moving the control stick up, making Murray lift the hoe upwards, and then once it reaches its max, you immediately press the control stick down to make Murray slam the hoe to the ground, then quickly move the control stick left to make Murray pull the hoe toward himself, tilling the soil. After Murray finishes the first part of his towing, we move onto Panda King in a wood area.*

Panda: “I take it you want me to chop your wood for fire and fencing?”

*The Farmer nods*

Murray: *Still towing with the hoe* “Are you serious!? What does a farmer need wood for? And if you need your wood chopped, you should’ve had me do that! I’ve chopped wood before!”

Panda: “Ah, but can you chop them with your bare fists? The Farmer clearly wants a martial artist of great technique for this job.”

*Wood Chopping mini game begins, which plays like Murray’s segment for the Lumberjack Games from Sly 2. Once the first pile is done, we move onto Amy at where the crops are fully grown*

Farmer *Speaks archaic Japanese*

Cream: “Mr. Farmer wants you to harvest his crops.”

Amy: “Okay. Seems simple enough…”

*Amy’s harvesting game’s controls change up for different kinds of crops. The initial crops require Amy to slice them with a scythe, which requires Amy to press the X button at the right timing similar to Panda King’s log chopping. But then the very next crops, which are root vegetables like turnips, requires you to repeatedly tap the control stick up to have Amy pull the crop out from the ground. After that we finally get to Cream, who is in the animal area*

Farmer: *Speaks archaic Japanese*

Cream: “Oh, thank you so much for giving me this job! I love animals and will do my best to care for them!”

*For Cream’s minigame, she has to feed the animals and it’s done by her tossing the feed at the animals when they pop up onto the screen. Just aim with the control stick and press X to toss the food. After a taste (lol) of Cream’s minigame, the other minigames start to get cycled around. Soon enough the rate they change is sped up and get randomized. After a minute or so of that, we see all four characters in front of the final task the Farmer has for them*

Farmer: *Archaic Japanese*

Amy: “Translation, Cream?”

Cream: “He congratulates us on our hard work and thanked us profusely. But he regrets to say that he has one last task in mind for us…”

Murray: “Aw geez…” *Bends back to crack spine* “Well whatever it is, it should be way better than tilling! Lay it on us, Master’s ancestor!“

Farmer: *Speaks archaic Japanese, points to a huge boulder, and then uses magic to lift it up, revealing a cave*

Cream: “Oh, okay Mr. Farmer! He wants us to go into his personal mine and collect some ore for him. He would do it himself, but the intruders got in and he can’t fight them. Which is also why he blocked it with a rock.”

Murray: “Sweet! We get to collect rocks AND fight!”

Panda King: “Indeed! And this task is perfect for all our capabilities! We can break the ore from the rocks with my explosives and your hammer, Rose, while the Hippo and Rabbit take care of any foes.”

Amy: “Oh heck no! The whole reason I’m here is to keep Murray away from Cream! I’ll help fight and Cream will collect the ore with you.”

Cream: “But Amy, I have no way of breaking rocks apart. And Murray would hurt his fists if he were to try. Please, he’s not a bad influence and we’ll take care of each other.”

Amy: “Uuuuuhhhhhrrrrrrgggh… Alright. So long you keep Cream safe, Murray, I’ll allow this. For the team.”

Murray: “Aw, thank you so much Amy! Cream will be under my absolute protection!”

Panda King: “I’m glad we could agree to prioritize the mission over petty squabbles. Let’s move!”

*And so the final task begins, with the player switching back and forth between Murray and Cream as they fight back waves of enemies, protecting the ore Panda King and Amy are collecting. Should an enemy make it to the ore and attack it, Panda King or Amy will kill that enemy in a single hit, however it would take them a while to deal with multiples and the ore suffers damage anyway. Once all waves of enemies are defeated, the four walk out of the cave with ore in hand*

Cream: *In Japanese* “Okay, we got your ore and cleared your mine of the intruders too.”

Farmer: *Makes an elated “Ah” and speaks in archaic Japanese while bowing*

Cream: “Teehee, you’re welcome, Mr. Farmer! He said he thanks us a lot and will now help us out.”

Murray: “Sweet! Another victory for the Cooper Gang!”

Amy: “Yep! And I’m sorry for how I’ve treated you, Murray. Just don’t get Cream enthusiastic about destruction again.”

Murray: “You got it, Amy!”

JOB COMPLETE

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Bentley: “Now that we got the Japanese Guru on board, I believe we are ready to take on Zazz and Zomom and shut them down.”

Karin: “Finally, to capture those two deities for their crimes! What shall we do, turtle?!”

Bentley: “Well, despite taking down the energy barrier made by the windmills, the castle is still heavily guarded by leftover yōkai and Pawns. And that’s if we could get in, since they have shut us out with a gate and other defenses.”

Karin: “Aw!”

Bentley: “Heh he, fear not, for you have the great Bentley on your side! They have made the castle out of metal, so you, Karin, and Rouge are going to enter it.”

Rouge: “I get her, but why me?”

Bentley: “Mostly for stealth reasons since you fly silently. You guys need to get in there and find magnetic locks that deactivates the defenses.”

Rouge: “Ah. Well, I’m just the lady for that.”

Karin: “And so am I!”

Bentley: “Once that happens, the duo are certainly going to sic their yōkai and pawns they have in there at us, and that’s where the Guru comes in.”

*The guru asks what he does.*

Bentley: “It’s pretty easily actually. You’re going to use your powers to weaken the last of the yōkai they will have coming our way.”

Sly: “Wait, who’s our?”

Bentley: “You, Murray, and me. That ought to be enough defense to protect the guru and take down any other enemies that come our way.”

Murray: “Sweet! I get to protect my master again!”

Sly: “I think we could handle that. But then what happens afterwards?”

Bentley: “Espio and Cream will then go through the castle, handle any leftover guards and take down Zazz and Zomom.”

Amy: “Why do you need them this time? Sonic and the others like me are more capable to defeat them. I’m worried they might get beaten too easily.”

Cream: “I can handle myself, Amy. You’ve taught me how to fight and I’m ready to help.”

Espio: “And don’t worry, Amy. I’ll keep her as safe as I can, on my honor as a ninja.”

Bentley: “That’s the spirit I was expecting! And… well, they know a lot of Japanese culture and I have a slight suspicion that the demonic duo have something that only they can beat.”

Amy: “... Okay. Just be careful.”

Cream: “I will!”

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Operation Super Duper Demon Capture

Turn off the castle’s security.

Protect the Ancestor Guru.

Find and defeat Zazz and Zomom.

Karin: “Hmmm… Do you think you can fly me up there Rouge? I don’t think my cane is enough to climb up there.”

Rouge: “Of course, just hang on to me.”

*The player has Rouge grab Karin and carry her up up the wall, and into the upper floor window and land on the roof supports, below are Zazz and Zomon sitting on thrones, bored. Rouge makes a gesture of ‘shush’ to let Karin know to stay quiet.*

*Zazz and Zomom are watching intently on their thrones, as they have paid off a Saiyan Egg Pawn and a Dragon Oni to fight each other for superiority. Zazz is cheering on the Dragon Oni while Zomom is sitting lazily in his chair, wanting the Saiyan Pawn to win.*

Zazz is pretty much jumping out of his chair, screaming: “YES! That’s it, dragon oni! Beat that pawn and prove our superiority to Eggman’s useless pawns!””

Zomom sits more upright in his chair when he sees the Pawn is losing. “Ah! Um, no! Don’t lose, Egg Pawn, or I’ll have to give Zazz the rest of my sandwich!”

*Unfortunately, it was a very one sided batter for the pawn; the Dragon Oni was able to dodge every attack and fireballed the Pawn to pieces.*

Zomom slumps back in his chair, feeling defeated. “AW!”

Zazz is bouncing around in his chair happily. “Hah! In your face! Told ya Eggman’s pawns are as weak as ever to demonic beings like us! Now pay up.”

Zomom moans and dejectedly gives his sandwich to Zazz. “Be gentle to him.”

Zazz grabs the sandwich and messily eats it, as though he hasn’t eaten for years. With food in his mouth: “Aw, what do you care about a measly sandwich? You got tons more in that fridge over there.”

Zomom opens up a small mini fridge near his chair and pulls out another impossibly large sandwich from it. “Yeah, but I treat my sandwiches with respect. You’re just making a large mess over there.”

Zazz smacks him over the head with the rest of his sandwich: “Well, I can’t help that you hog all the food!”

Zomom: “Ah! Sorry!”

Zazz: “Whatever.” *Remembers something.* “At least these pawns are good for doing dirty work.”

Zomom pauses from eating his sandwich to say: “Like capturing Karin? Heh he, yeah, took a load of my back.”

Zazz nods. “Mine too. Means we can have all the fun we want here, like robot/yōkai competitions.”

Zomom: “Uh, shouldn’t we be on the lookout for Sonic and his friends? After the robots got Karin’s data, the boss told us to watch for them.”

Zazz: “Ah, don’t worry about that. They can’t even get in! Now come on, bet you another sandwich that a Ninja Pawn can’t beat a Kitsune!”

Zomom: “Ah! You’re on!”

*The player has Karin and Rouge sneak around the roof joints, avoiding the robots, yōkai, and Zazz and Zomom’s view as they make their way into the back room, where they find large magnets locking the defenses on.*

Karin: “Okay, all I got to do is pull on them with my magnetic cane until they are too far out of place, though I may need help with the higher ones.”

Rouge: “Don’t worry, I’ll lift you for those ones. Let’s get started.”

*The player has Karin pull the 6 magnets locks out of their sockets and far enough away to not be pulled back in. Rouge will have to help fly Karin for the upper locks. Once it’s done, they fly out a window as the gate rises and the defenses drop.*

Zazz stops the fight: “Wait a minute, what was that noise?”

Zomom brings out a computer, which is alerting of the shut off defenses. “They’re here, Zazz! They unlocked the defenses! Now we HAVE to do something!”

Zazz: “Oh, I got something, all right. yōkai! ATTACK THE INTRUDERS!”

*The yōkai in the castle stop what they are doing and head outside, where we join the Guru and the Sly trio.*

Bentley: “Okay… we got the yōkai coming our way. Are you ready, Guru?”

*The Guru answers with yes.*

Sly: “Alright then, let’s go!”

*The player has to have use all of Sly’s, Bentley’s, and Murray’s talents to keep the yōkai at bay from the guru as he charges his magic. (Think like the Lemonade Bar fight, but now with a protection task.) The task is complete when the meter on the side is full, meaning the guru is finished.*

*When the guru is ready, he yells something in Japanese and smacks his stick on the ground. All of the yōkai around disappear back into the ground.*

Bentley: “We did it! Time for Stage 3!”

Cream and Espio fly in and both say “Got it!” before running into the castle.

Zazz looks angry. “Gah! All the yōkai, gone!!!”

Zomom, contently: “Heh he, told you badniks are better. Go and stop the duo, pawns, and prepares the rooms!”

*Espio and Cream enter the castle, and find that the rooms and halls inside have been arranged in a dungeon-like manner.*

Espio: “Hmmm, Japanese game-style dungeons. Quite ingenious… if it weren’t for the 2 of us.”

Cream: “Heh he. They won’t fool us! I’m guessing we’re going to have to find the stairs to the next floor.”

Espio: “Yes… and perhaps look around for anything interesting. They might be of use against the demonic duo.”

*The camera changes to a ¾ view and the player has to lead Cream and Espio through the castle to Zazz and Zomom’s room (The boss room). Along the way, the duo will have to fight any Pawns that come in their way by ‘command fighting’ styles. And if you feel like doing some searching, you may find some equipment for Espio and Cream to make fighting easier, or to make it through the rest of the castle. Espio can find some Golden Shurikens to make his attacks stronger, and Cream can find a Golden Staff to make her magic stronger.*

*Whatever happens, the player should reach Zazz and Zomom’s room and enter to find the angry demons.*

Zazz: “So you’re the fools that have made mincemeat of all the yōkai and pawns!”

Zomom: “Mmm… mincemeat- Er, I mean, aren’t they friends of Sonic?”

Zazz: “Hmmm… it appears so… and they look pretty weak to be sent by them.”

Cream: “Hey! We’re not weak!”

Zazz: “Bah, no matter… I’m in the mood to fight something! And who knows? Defeating you whelps will probably LUST Sonic to fight us!” *He laughs.*

Zomom: *Laughs* “We’re gonna serve them back on a silver platter!” *He mutters* “I hope this won’t be too tiring…”

Espio: “Prepare to lose, demons!”

*The player is sent into a ‘command-style’ boss battle fighting against Zazz and Zomom. Espio can attack with his shurikens, perform some damaging wind magic or defensive wind magic, or just simply defend. Cream can attack with her staff, but has better magic power with damaging magic like water, lightning, and fire or defensive healing or shield magic, and simply defend as well. Zazz can either attack with his claws, or prepare a 2 turn move of calling a strange yellow ball that blocks all magic on the first and then throws it for big damage on the second. If you hit him while he carries it with a shuriken, he’ll drop it and be open for attack for an extra turn (And take a bit more damage.) Zomom mostly just flops around for his attacks, and rests for a turn (He has more health and defenses for compensation.) or he may do a tornado attack that leaves him open to magic.*

*As for the battle, the player has to do their best to manage attacking and healing in order to defeat Zazz and Zomom.*

*Upon defeat, we return to the room with the demons defeated*

Zazz: “Damn… you guys got lucky…”

Zomom: “Least I can lay down now… and now I’m hungry.”

JOB COMPLETE

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Outro Cutscene:

Sly: “I have to admit, these two lackeys were quite weird if you ask me, but no matter thinking on that since we captured them. Karin did want to send them back to whatever dimension of hell they came from, but we convinced her to let us take them back where they belong. Afterwards, we decided to go on a sightseeing tour of ancient Japan with Karin and the Guru. It was fun pickpocketing with my ancestor and checking out all the wonderful sights. And, of course, Murray stuff himself with Japanese food. We could have stayed here for a while, but as you know, duty calls.”

Next Time: Viva la French Revolution!

#Isakthedragon's fanfiction #Super Sonic Thieves #SST #Super Sonic Thieves: Chapter 7 #SST: Chapter 7 #How about some Japan for your tastes?#And we get another fabulous lady Cooper with Karin!#Also Zazz and Zomom return but I've decided to rewrite them to be more like embodiments of the sin of Lust and Gluttony #And Cream gets a prominent feature with her knowledge of Japanese Culture.#Also the Guru's ancestor 'The Mystic' appears here.

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