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Sonic Lunacy: A Hedgehog Mini-Quest
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9. Green Hills Cop Zone/Egg Camera
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QM's Note: Born from the idea of... me actually wanting to Finish a Quest for once, I went with this idea for a Quest that'd only last Ten Story posts, with the voters' goal being to reach a Good Ending before that tenth threadmarked post. With speed in mind and Ten being the limit, I thought a Sonic Quest would fit nicely within this format.
I'll also be rolling 1d10 at the end of each post, with a 7 or higher netting you a Chaos Emerald.
Within his impenetrable fortress of aeons-ahead roboticism, and by 'impenetrable fortress of aeons-ahead roboticism' we mean 'basement of a fried chicken takeaway he was currently crashing at, Dr.Robotnik Eggman That Guy was in the midst of devising a most nefarious scheme.
"No! No Nononono!" he shouted out, flicking through TV channel after channel only to be greeted with yet more news of Sonic's numerous victories over him. Gasping with relief to find a channel not airing news, said relief promptly evaporated when he saw it was instead advertising Sonic-themed merchandise instead.
"Are they serious?! Sonic cartoons, Sonic comics, Sonic games, how would that last one even work?!" he yelled out, turning the TV off with a swift bang of his fist "You'd have zero precision, why any game-player would just be flying into traps before they had any chance to react- Wait, that's it!".
He then burst out laughing. "Of course, all this time how could I have overlooked such a key area- Propaganda!". He then pulled out a hologram-projecting tablet and began quickly jotting ideas down. "After all, Napoleon, Caesar, Ramses the Great, all the greats knew how to lift their image sky-high, while making their foes look like utter fools!".
He turned around to see no response to that from his robot minions. "WELL LOOK THEM UP!" he pulled out a megaphone at them.
"Anyway, as I was saying, I will destroy the public's good faith in that repulsive rodent, by programming a Sonic video game so terrible, so reprehensible, so disastrous, they will be unable to see him in a positive light ever again! Bwahahahahaha!". He then said in a more inside voice "I've only been spin-dashed on the head by him so many times that I'm bound to have some of the rights. If not, well I'm an evil genius, what I do care about copyright?"
"Huh, doesn't seems bad so far..." Sonic commented as he blazed his way through ring trails and loops and spun into enemies, only to jinx himself by suddenly finding that he no longer had any idea of where he was going. "Spoke too soon" he gulped as his path went all crooked, with him before he knew it dangling on the edge of cliff.
"Hahaha! Well Sonic, looks like you've already fallen victim to one of my latest creations!" the voice of That Guy then boomed from up above. "By careful analysis of atrocious game design, I've discovered that one of the surest ways to destroy you is by annihilating your very vision! Behold, the Egg Camera!".
As Sonic pulled himself back on the ledge, he and Tails's views were then blocked by a giant circular robot with a great lens protruding out of it. Said lens was swiveling wildly, skewing the hedgehog and fox's own sights as it bounced light back at them.
"Sonic, I... can't keep steady!" Tails screamed out as his shattered sight sent him nearly crashing into his friend.
"Hey no worries, Eggman's machines are usually a piece of caaaaaakkkeee!" Sonic then wailed out as he accidentally almost ran off another ledge.
[ ] Well, if your sight has been made no good to you, you'll just have to take the Egg Camera on blindfolded!
[ ] Launch a volley of Homing Attacks, hoping you can still strike the Egg Camera directly.
[ ] Try to grab on to that lens, that way you'll be close enough to hit it without needing to see it.
[ ] Have Tails fly you up so you can jump down on the Egg Camera. His sight's been messed up too, but there'll be less chance of you falling off the cliff this way.
[ ] Write-in.
QM's Note: Also I hope I didn't come off as too bitter when talking about the game.
You can post right away, won't be any need for reserved posts what with how short this Quest'll be.
I'll also be rolling 1d10 at the end of each post, with a 7 or higher netting you a Chaos Emerald.
Within his impenetrable fortress of aeons-ahead roboticism, and by 'impenetrable fortress of aeons-ahead roboticism' we mean 'basement of a fried chicken takeaway he was currently crashing at, Dr.
"No! No Nononono!" he shouted out, flicking through TV channel after channel only to be greeted with yet more news of Sonic's numerous victories over him. Gasping with relief to find a channel not airing news, said relief promptly evaporated when he saw it was instead advertising Sonic-themed merchandise instead.
"Are they serious?! Sonic cartoons, Sonic comics, Sonic games, how would that last one even work?!" he yelled out, turning the TV off with a swift bang of his fist "You'd have zero precision, why any game-player would just be flying into traps before they had any chance to react- Wait, that's it!".
He then burst out laughing. "Of course, all this time how could I have overlooked such a key area- Propaganda!". He then pulled out a hologram-projecting tablet and began quickly jotting ideas down. "After all, Napoleon, Caesar, Ramses the Great, all the greats knew how to lift their image sky-high, while making their foes look like utter fools!".
He turned around to see no response to that from his robot minions. "WELL LOOK THEM UP!" he pulled out a megaphone at them.
"Anyway, as I was saying, I will destroy the public's good faith in that repulsive rodent, by programming a Sonic video game so terrible, so reprehensible, so disastrous, they will be unable to see him in a positive light ever again! Bwahahahahaha!". He then said in a more inside voice "I've only been spin-dashed on the head by him so many times that I'm bound to have some of the rights. If not, well I'm an evil genius, what I do care about copyright?"
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"Sonic! Sonic!" Tails the Fox called out as he propellered his way down to the speeding hedgehog, a silvery disc in his hands.
"Oh hey Tails, what's that you've got there?" Sonic said more casually without needing to slow down at all.
"I've just come back from beta-testing a videogame Eggman made about you" Tails called back.
"Really? Huh, y'know it'd be nice of he asked" Sonic muttered "Ah well, any good?".
"No Sonic, it's..." Tails gulped then trembled "Its... Horrible! The camera and controls work against you, it's glitched beyond repair, and... you spend most of the game playing as this other Hedgehog we've never even met, for some reason".
"Whoa, sounds bad" Sonic muttered "But eh, sounds exactly like the programming skills I'd expect from Eggman, I could've made a pun there but nah. So anyway-".
"No Sonic, it's worse than that!" Tails kept going. "Don't you see, Eggman's planning to release it to turn the whole public against you! And we've only got ten days until it's in stores!".
"Okay, now I'm hearing ya buddy. Well, let's speed up!" And off Sonic went.
"Oh hey Tails, what's that you've got there?" Sonic said more casually without needing to slow down at all.
"I've just come back from beta-testing a videogame Eggman made about you" Tails called back.
"Really? Huh, y'know it'd be nice of he asked" Sonic muttered "Ah well, any good?".
"No Sonic, it's..." Tails gulped then trembled "Its... Horrible! The camera and controls work against you, it's glitched beyond repair, and... you spend most of the game playing as this other Hedgehog we've never even met, for some reason".
"Whoa, sounds bad" Sonic muttered "But eh, sounds exactly like the programming skills I'd expect from Eggman, I could've made a pun there but nah. So anyway-".
"No Sonic, it's worse than that!" Tails kept going. "Don't you see, Eggman's planning to release it to turn the whole public against you! And we've only got ten days until it's in stores!".
"Okay, now I'm hearing ya buddy. Well, let's speed up!" And off Sonic went.
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Green Hills Cop Zone
Green Hills Cop Zone
"Huh, doesn't seems bad so far..." Sonic commented as he blazed his way through ring trails and loops and spun into enemies, only to jinx himself by suddenly finding that he no longer had any idea of where he was going. "Spoke too soon" he gulped as his path went all crooked, with him before he knew it dangling on the edge of cliff.
"Hahaha! Well Sonic, looks like you've already fallen victim to one of my latest creations!" the voice of That Guy then boomed from up above. "By careful analysis of atrocious game design, I've discovered that one of the surest ways to destroy you is by annihilating your very vision! Behold, the Egg Camera!".
As Sonic pulled himself back on the ledge, he and Tails's views were then blocked by a giant circular robot with a great lens protruding out of it. Said lens was swiveling wildly, skewing the hedgehog and fox's own sights as it bounced light back at them.
"Sonic, I... can't keep steady!" Tails screamed out as his shattered sight sent him nearly crashing into his friend.
"Hey no worries, Eggman's machines are usually a piece of caaaaaakkkeee!" Sonic then wailed out as he accidentally almost ran off another ledge.
[ ] Well, if your sight has been made no good to you, you'll just have to take the Egg Camera on blindfolded!
[ ] Launch a volley of Homing Attacks, hoping you can still strike the Egg Camera directly.
[ ] Try to grab on to that lens, that way you'll be close enough to hit it without needing to see it.
[ ] Have Tails fly you up so you can jump down on the Egg Camera. His sight's been messed up too, but there'll be less chance of you falling off the cliff this way.
[ ] Write-in.
QM's Note: Also I hope I didn't come off as too bitter when talking about the game.
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8. Suspicious Gallery/Egg Artist.
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- SV's Only Complete Persona Quest
- Pronouns
- She/Her
"Okay, I hear you! Er, ugh, aagh!" Tails then exclaimed as, trying to lift up Sonic, the whole camera went wonky and sent him spinning around. Still he was close enough for Sonic to be able to jump right on top of the Egg Camera, spinning his way onto its lens until it he broke right on through to the core in its centre.
When Sonic was promptly blasted back out of the robot, the whole thing began rapidly flailing around, sending Sonic clutching his head as his vision was bounced around all the more. He wasn't the only one, as Tails was still flailing around in midair trying to regain control, only to end up falling right inside the Egg Camera.
Trying to fly back up, Tails kept banging his head against the inside of the robot. That did end up having the effect of lifting it higher off the ground, upon which Sonic joined in by spinning up against the raised underside of the Egg Camera.
Getting hit both from inside and under it, the Egg Camera soon couldn't handle anymore and exploded. Though it had one last trick up its robotic sleeve as parts from it burst out at the two heroes, knocking them dizzy.
"What? Nonono!" they could then both hear Robotnik's voice wailing out. "But I was told a unstable camera would be the bane of any upstart speedster! Alright, but my next robot will present a far bigger hurdle, the likes of which you could say you've, haha, 'never seen before'".
When Sonic was promptly blasted back out of the robot, the whole thing began rapidly flailing around, sending Sonic clutching his head as his vision was bounced around all the more. He wasn't the only one, as Tails was still flailing around in midair trying to regain control, only to end up falling right inside the Egg Camera.
Trying to fly back up, Tails kept banging his head against the inside of the robot. That did end up having the effect of lifting it higher off the ground, upon which Sonic joined in by spinning up against the raised underside of the Egg Camera.
Getting hit both from inside and under it, the Egg Camera soon couldn't handle anymore and exploded. Though it had one last trick up its robotic sleeve as parts from it burst out at the two heroes, knocking them dizzy.
"What? Nonono!" they could then both hear Robotnik's voice wailing out. "But I was told a unstable camera would be the bane of any upstart speedster! Alright, but my next robot will present a far bigger hurdle, the likes of which you could say you've, haha, 'never seen before'".
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Suspicious Gallery Zone
Suspicious Gallery Zone
"Sonic, look at all these paintings!" Tails pointed out, the two of them having come across the door to an art gallery atop those hills. "Don't they seem a little, er, eerily familiar?".
Sonic's eyes quickly looked at the works and responded with "Yeah, they all look like er, me, Shadow, think that last one looks like Amy, 'cept all the colours are off, and their proportions are all outta whack, and- woah, watch out!".
It was then those hedgehogs portrayed in the paintings started leaping out of them, Sonic and Tails soon finding themselves surrounded by a cyborg half-wolf, one in a trenchcoat wielding a katana, and a far less fortunate hog whose limbs were so askew it could barely stand up.
"Sonic! Only by beating you can we satiate our creators' envy, and prove our dark cred in the eyes of our fandom. Hiyaah!" cried out the katana-wielder, only for Sonic and Tails to swiftly side-step and send their attacker tripping over the unfortunately-proportioned one. Sonic then took care of the wolf-mech-halfbreed by bonking it on the head with a nearby blank canvas.
"Mwaah! I present my latest opus, 'We Three Stooges'!" Sonic said gesturing at the defeated enemy trio "Of course, I leave the interpretation of this work up to its beholders".
"I feel bad for the, er, anatomically incorrect one though" Tails muttered "Hey, maybe we could find a better artist to fix his limbs up!".
Sonic and Tails soon found that the only through the art gallery was to leap into the paintings themselves, which saw the two transformed into sketches, Impressionist blurs, re-arranged Cubist oddities, Surrealist apple- and tuba-headed nightmares, and Pop Art replications among other things, before they finally arrived at Robotnik's next machine...
...a tall, pole-thin robot firing paint from its guns onto a giant canvas board, out of which then sprang forth those imitative hedgehog characters like those the two had faced off earlier in this gallery.
"Mwahaha! Sonic, I've created just the thing to ruin your image! Behold, the Egg Artist!" Robotnik's voice boomed out from atop the robot. "With this machine, I can summon a whole army of, ahem, 'colourful characters' to easily make a complete mockery of you! Oh, and overwhelm you in their multitudes of course".
[ ] If paintings are coming alive here, then try fighting back with your own pained creations!
[ ] Keep leaping on top of these newly-created character, until you get high enough to home in on the Egg Artist.
[ ] Try climbing back in the paintings, until you get to one high enough where you're in range of the Artist.
[ ] Say, isn't this the part where someone besides Sonic, Tails andRobotnik Eggman That Guy would show up? (Choose a character)
[ ] "Whoever beats up Eggman and his robot gets a chili dog!" (What A Day write-in)
[ ] Write-in.
Sonic's eyes quickly looked at the works and responded with "Yeah, they all look like er, me, Shadow, think that last one looks like Amy, 'cept all the colours are off, and their proportions are all outta whack, and- woah, watch out!".
It was then those hedgehogs portrayed in the paintings started leaping out of them, Sonic and Tails soon finding themselves surrounded by a cyborg half-wolf, one in a trenchcoat wielding a katana, and a far less fortunate hog whose limbs were so askew it could barely stand up.
"Sonic! Only by beating you can we satiate our creators' envy, and prove our dark cred in the eyes of our fandom. Hiyaah!" cried out the katana-wielder, only for Sonic and Tails to swiftly side-step and send their attacker tripping over the unfortunately-proportioned one. Sonic then took care of the wolf-mech-halfbreed by bonking it on the head with a nearby blank canvas.
"Mwaah! I present my latest opus, 'We Three Stooges'!" Sonic said gesturing at the defeated enemy trio "Of course, I leave the interpretation of this work up to its beholders".
"I feel bad for the, er, anatomically incorrect one though" Tails muttered "Hey, maybe we could find a better artist to fix his limbs up!".
Sonic and Tails soon found that the only through the art gallery was to leap into the paintings themselves, which saw the two transformed into sketches, Impressionist blurs, re-arranged Cubist oddities, Surrealist apple- and tuba-headed nightmares, and Pop Art replications among other things, before they finally arrived at Robotnik's next machine...
...a tall, pole-thin robot firing paint from its guns onto a giant canvas board, out of which then sprang forth those imitative hedgehog characters like those the two had faced off earlier in this gallery.
"Mwahaha! Sonic, I've created just the thing to ruin your image! Behold, the Egg Artist!" Robotnik's voice boomed out from atop the robot. "With this machine, I can summon a whole army of, ahem, 'colourful characters' to easily make a complete mockery of you! Oh, and overwhelm you in their multitudes of course".
[ ] If paintings are coming alive here, then try fighting back with your own pained creations!
[ ] Keep leaping on top of these newly-created character, until you get high enough to home in on the Egg Artist.
[ ] Try climbing back in the paintings, until you get to one high enough where you're in range of the Artist.
[ ] Say, isn't this the part where someone besides Sonic, Tails and
[ ] "Whoever beats up Eggman and his robot gets a chili dog!" (What A Day write-in)
[ ] Write-in.
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7. Valentine Shipyard/Egg Love Interest.
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- SV's Only Complete Persona Quest
- Pronouns
- She/Her
"Whoever beats up Eggman and his robot gets a chili dog!" Sonic announced.
Hearing that seemed to turn most of the painted creations, which ranged from cyber hedgehogs to demon hedgehogs to slightly different coloured hedgehogs, around and upon the Egg Artist. Not that any of them were strong enough to do anything more than keep it occupied, but that did give Sonic and Tails enough time to jump and fly upon its canvas, and then spring off to hit the robot in the head.
The Egg Artist tried to fling them off, spraying gallons of paint at them, but just ended up being knocked back and getting its head stuck in a picture frame. Unable to pull itself out with its own creations constantly hammering at it, the robot eventually snapped in two in a shower of sparks.
This then however, left its painted creations all staring at Sonic, them clearly remembering his offer. "Um, hey, why there's a chili dog cart right outside!" Sonic then chuckled, gulped and pointed to the exit. The paint creatures all taking the bait, they rushed outside and gave Sonic and tails enough time to make their own exit by leaping through a portal-like painting.
Hearing that seemed to turn most of the painted creations, which ranged from cyber hedgehogs to demon hedgehogs to slightly different coloured hedgehogs, around and upon the Egg Artist. Not that any of them were strong enough to do anything more than keep it occupied, but that did give Sonic and Tails enough time to jump and fly upon its canvas, and then spring off to hit the robot in the head.
The Egg Artist tried to fling them off, spraying gallons of paint at them, but just ended up being knocked back and getting its head stuck in a picture frame. Unable to pull itself out with its own creations constantly hammering at it, the robot eventually snapped in two in a shower of sparks.
This then however, left its painted creations all staring at Sonic, them clearly remembering his offer. "Um, hey, why there's a chili dog cart right outside!" Sonic then chuckled, gulped and pointed to the exit. The paint creatures all taking the bait, they rushed outside and gave Sonic and tails enough time to make their own exit by leaping through a portal-like painting.
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Valentine Shipyard Zone
Valentine Shipyard Zone
"Woah!" Sonic immediately fumbled as he fell through the painting, finding himself falling down into a rosy pink-coloured sky. Turned out that Tails had no need to swoop in for him, as Sonic landed safely on a giant beating loveheart, which he found himself able to bounce ff of onto a series of other hearts.
But he wasn't out of danger for long, as a flock of mechanised cupids flew towards him, all of them firing pink laser arrows at him. Jumping a fair way down to avoid them, Sonic then landed with a thud on what looked like a boat, where he found himself seated next to...
"Hey there, Sonic" a low voice greeted.
...Big the Cat?
Sonic, soon seeing this swan-shaped boat was about to head into a dark tunnel, swiftly said "Sorry Big, it's not you, it's me" and leaped off. However, he only ended up in another boat sitting next to... Vector?
Leaping off that into another boat saw him come face to face with... Omochao of all possibilities. Another leap saw him in a boat with E-123 Omega, and then another with one of those pseudo-hedgehogs from that gallery.
"Tails, you there? What's with this place?" Sonic spoke up, as he ran onto the deck of a pink galleon with what looked like loveheart-shaped masks.
"I know what you mean Sonic, I found myself on a boat with, um..." the fox then gulped "Some weird doll-like copy of myself. It's like something's putting us on weird blind dates".
"Hahaha!" a familiar voice bellowed out "So you have already run afoul of my latest invention! Here's hoping you'll treat her like a real woman, the Egg Love Interest!".
At those words, another robot swung down from one of the ship's ropes. It looked like a comically oversized human female, with outstretched arms, bright pulsating lips, and a thumping steel heart that sent out shockwaves with every beat.
[ ] Climb up the ship's mast, then swing down on a rope to homing attack its head.
[ ] Take the helm of the ship, and try turning it so fast the Egg Love Interest falls into the sea.
[ ] As the Egg Love Interest comes after you, jump off the gangplank to trick it to fall into the water.
[ ] If it's programmed to go after you, then try to find some of the other people, and shock it by getting it to kiss them instead.
[ ] Write-in.
But he wasn't out of danger for long, as a flock of mechanised cupids flew towards him, all of them firing pink laser arrows at him. Jumping a fair way down to avoid them, Sonic then landed with a thud on what looked like a boat, where he found himself seated next to...
"Hey there, Sonic" a low voice greeted.
...Big the Cat?
Sonic, soon seeing this swan-shaped boat was about to head into a dark tunnel, swiftly said "Sorry Big, it's not you, it's me" and leaped off. However, he only ended up in another boat sitting next to... Vector?
Leaping off that into another boat saw him come face to face with... Omochao of all possibilities. Another leap saw him in a boat with E-123 Omega, and then another with one of those pseudo-hedgehogs from that gallery.
"Tails, you there? What's with this place?" Sonic spoke up, as he ran onto the deck of a pink galleon with what looked like loveheart-shaped masks.
"I know what you mean Sonic, I found myself on a boat with, um..." the fox then gulped "Some weird doll-like copy of myself. It's like something's putting us on weird blind dates".
"Hahaha!" a familiar voice bellowed out "So you have already run afoul of my latest invention! Here's hoping you'll treat her like a real woman, the Egg Love Interest!".
At those words, another robot swung down from one of the ship's ropes. It looked like a comically oversized human female, with outstretched arms, bright pulsating lips, and a thumping steel heart that sent out shockwaves with every beat.
[ ] Climb up the ship's mast, then swing down on a rope to homing attack its head.
[ ] Take the helm of the ship, and try turning it so fast the Egg Love Interest falls into the sea.
[ ] As the Egg Love Interest comes after you, jump off the gangplank to trick it to fall into the water.
[ ] If it's programmed to go after you, then try to find some of the other people, and shock it by getting it to kiss them instead.
[ ] Write-in.
6. Screaming Manor/Egg Players.
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- SV's Only Complete Persona Quest
- Pronouns
- She/Her
With the Egg Love Interest locked in on Sonic, it lurched its way over arms outstretched. Seeing the robot looming above it, Sonic slowly stepped back, then as the robot was about to clamp down on him, he quickly sped over to beneath where Eggman was hovering, leaving the Egg Love Interest to end up smacking its lips onto him.
"What the- Gyaaah!" Eggman fast spat out, then reacted by hovering up near the sails, out of his robot's reach. Tails then flew up after him and tried to keep him stunned in place with fake ring bombs, while Sonic began leaping up the mast till he was balancing atop the sails.
The Egg Love Interest then climbed up after him, causing the mast to sway back and forth as it did so. As it tried to reach up a metallic hand towards Sonic, the Hedgehog jumped right out of the way and, the Doctor promptly went wide-eyed, sent the robot crashing down onto Eggman.
"I- I will not be humiliated like this!" Eggman then screamed out as he flew all the way up to the Crows' Nest. Sonic then tried climbing up there, but by now the mast was rapidly swaying, with him struggling ever harder to maintain his grip. When finally made it up to the Crows' Nest, he barely had time to go after Eggman before the Egg Love Interest made the mast come toppling down... with Eggman having the misfortune to get hit straight on the head by it and be tossed down into the ocean.
Gasping for air, the Doctor slowly looked up, only to see his misdirected robot now about to plummet down on top of him.
With Sonic and Tails covering their ears and eyes at the gigantic splash that then ensued, they gradually opened them, only to now find that the ship they were on was setting sail.
"Well, off to the New World, buddy!" Sonic took this in stride, jumping onto the prow and pointing his finger forward. And it wasn't long before they docked at...
With Sonic and Tails cautiously making their way off the ship, they heard another splash, as a figure they couldn't quite make out fell off a cliff.
"What? Noooo, I just had that!" a voice suddenly screamed out. But as Sonic and Tails swiveled their heads all around for any sign of who that voice belonged to, they could only see nothing.
Even rushing down to the cliff to look for whoever might now be drowning didn't turn up a single sign of anyone.
"Well, gotta speed up Tails, 'cause the faster we get outta here the better" Sonic tried to make light of the situation.
Dashing through the mist-drenched woods, they only heard more piercing shrieks and shouts of "Did you see that? Aw come on!" and "Hey man, you were the one who said you wanted a challenge..." that still didn't seem to belong to anyone nearby.
Finally pushing open its creaking oaken door and stepping inside the manor, the two heroes were instantly greeted by the sign of a large, waddling robot, its most eye-catching features being its two heads and the large, oblong shape it held in its hands. Said oblong had two flashing green strings coming out of it, which seemed to be winding their way towards Sonic and Tails.
"Whoa there!" Sonic said he sprang and tails flew out of the way of the wires snaking towards them.
"What, the game ain't letting me control 'em? The Hell is this?!" one of the robot heads spat out at the sight of that.
"I'm telling ya, glitchy as always" muttered the other head.
"Though hey, you were the one who said we should do this No Rings Challenge!" the first head shot back.
"Me?" the second head snapped back. "Hey, it's these sorts of challenges we're getting paid for!".
"Well Sonic, endeared yet?" it was Eggman's voice who then came out of nowhere. "Allow to introduce you to my latest, most grating, most ear-shattering robot yet, the Egg Players!".
[ ] Dash over any loose floorboards, tricking the Egg players into falling below.
[ ] Try jumping in loops around their controller, hoping that'll tangle its wires.
[ ] Homing Attack one head while Tails simultaneously hits the other, knocking both heads together.
[ ] Try getting onto the roof of this creaky old house, to collapse the whole thing on top of them.
[ ] Say the most vile, profane thing you can, since they mentioned getting paid that might de-monetize them.
[ ] Write-in.
QM's Note: Apologies for being later than usual, guess I just kept getting distracted is all.
"What the- Gyaaah!" Eggman fast spat out, then reacted by hovering up near the sails, out of his robot's reach. Tails then flew up after him and tried to keep him stunned in place with fake ring bombs, while Sonic began leaping up the mast till he was balancing atop the sails.
The Egg Love Interest then climbed up after him, causing the mast to sway back and forth as it did so. As it tried to reach up a metallic hand towards Sonic, the Hedgehog jumped right out of the way and, the Doctor promptly went wide-eyed, sent the robot crashing down onto Eggman.
"I- I will not be humiliated like this!" Eggman then screamed out as he flew all the way up to the Crows' Nest. Sonic then tried climbing up there, but by now the mast was rapidly swaying, with him struggling ever harder to maintain his grip. When finally made it up to the Crows' Nest, he barely had time to go after Eggman before the Egg Love Interest made the mast come toppling down... with Eggman having the misfortune to get hit straight on the head by it and be tossed down into the ocean.
Gasping for air, the Doctor slowly looked up, only to see his misdirected robot now about to plummet down on top of him.
With Sonic and Tails covering their ears and eyes at the gigantic splash that then ensued, they gradually opened them, only to now find that the ship they were on was setting sail.
"Well, off to the New World, buddy!" Sonic took this in stride, jumping onto the prow and pointing his finger forward. And it wasn't long before they docked at...
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Screaming Manor Zone
...a rocky windswept shore, a full moon up above, mist-shrouded trees all around and a crumbling old mansion straight ahead.Screaming Manor Zone
With Sonic and Tails cautiously making their way off the ship, they heard another splash, as a figure they couldn't quite make out fell off a cliff.
"What? Noooo, I just had that!" a voice suddenly screamed out. But as Sonic and Tails swiveled their heads all around for any sign of who that voice belonged to, they could only see nothing.
Even rushing down to the cliff to look for whoever might now be drowning didn't turn up a single sign of anyone.
"Well, gotta speed up Tails, 'cause the faster we get outta here the better" Sonic tried to make light of the situation.
Dashing through the mist-drenched woods, they only heard more piercing shrieks and shouts of "Did you see that? Aw come on!" and "Hey man, you were the one who said you wanted a challenge..." that still didn't seem to belong to anyone nearby.
Finally pushing open its creaking oaken door and stepping inside the manor, the two heroes were instantly greeted by the sign of a large, waddling robot, its most eye-catching features being its two heads and the large, oblong shape it held in its hands. Said oblong had two flashing green strings coming out of it, which seemed to be winding their way towards Sonic and Tails.
"Whoa there!" Sonic said he sprang and tails flew out of the way of the wires snaking towards them.
"What, the game ain't letting me control 'em? The Hell is this?!" one of the robot heads spat out at the sight of that.
"I'm telling ya, glitchy as always" muttered the other head.
"Though hey, you were the one who said we should do this No Rings Challenge!" the first head shot back.
"Me?" the second head snapped back. "Hey, it's these sorts of challenges we're getting paid for!".
"Well Sonic, endeared yet?" it was Eggman's voice who then came out of nowhere. "Allow to introduce you to my latest, most grating, most ear-shattering robot yet, the Egg Players!".
[ ] Dash over any loose floorboards, tricking the Egg players into falling below.
[ ] Try jumping in loops around their controller, hoping that'll tangle its wires.
[ ] Homing Attack one head while Tails simultaneously hits the other, knocking both heads together.
[ ] Try getting onto the roof of this creaky old house, to collapse the whole thing on top of them.
[ ] Say the most vile, profane thing you can, since they mentioned getting paid that might de-monetize them.
[ ] Write-in.
QM's Note: Apologies for being later than usual, guess I just kept getting distracted is all.
5. Scratched Drive/Egg Glitch.
- Location
- SV's Only Complete Persona Quest
- Pronouns
- She/Her
Zooming up a decaying staircase, Sonic spun right into one of the robot's heads as Tails flew up and jumped atop another.
"What the-? Hey, no fair! I totally could've dodged that!" the left head snapped at the right.
"Oh come on, you were the one who crashed into me!" the right spat back.
The two heads then angrily clashed with each other, knocking each other back without Sonic or Tails needing to do anything.
As the robot rumbled more and more of the house began to fall apart, with Sonic and Tails acting swiftly by taking the falling planks of wood and knocking them into the robot, large splinters getting stuck in its joints.
But it looked like the Egg Players had one last trick its, er, their sleeves, hard to know the word for double-headers. For the green wires from its controller had, while the hedgehog was busy stuffing it with planks, been able to creep up from behind and ensnare Sonic.
"Hah, you see? Now I got 'im, shows you who's the real brains of this operation!" the left head shot back, as it yanked the controller away, even though both heads shared the same arms, and begun to manipulate Sonic into attacking Tails.
"W-whoa! Oh hey, low blow guys!" Sonic protested as he was controlled into spin-dashing right towards Tails.
The fox, looking up and thinking quickly, promptly leapt into the air and flew higher than Sonic could reach. "Hope this works..." he mumbled as he hovered his way over to the Egg Players.
As Sonic was forced up the stairs overlooking Tails, he was made to home right in on him. Tails however then flew up as high as he could, leaving the manipulated Sonic to blast through right between the Egg Players, making them once more collide smack into each other.
With that last blow, a cloud of steam and fizzling sparks came out of the robot, sending its heads springing back and forth. "Yeah well, t-this game blows anyway!" the left snapped.
"Yup, don't make 'em like they used to..." muttered the second head as they both got blown up and blasted right through the mansion's rickety roof.
Sonic touching down back on the dusty wood floor, he looked up at the slowly descending Tails and said "Hey, nice work, what with that 'hoist by their own petard' thing! But, um, d'ya think you could've gotten me outta their clutches before you sent them exploding, huh?".
"Oh, sorry Sonic" Tails drooped down "I, uh, sort of wasn't thinking to my fullest, just had to go with my first thoughts on the matter".
"Huh, say? Were those guys guarding this?" Sonic spoke up, noticing that behind where the Egg Players once stood he could now see... an old computer with a glowing green screen, a couple of spark coming off it.
"Oh no, that computer looks to be in quite awful shape!" Tails exclaimed at the sight of it "That said, it's impressive its still running, given how aged it looks".
"Yeah, must be some reason that robot was guarding that heapa junk" Sonic flat out said, tails wincing at his description. As the two went over to inspect it. the glowing green screen suddenly flashed even brighter. Shouting in surprise, the two then found themselves...
LOADING... LOADING...
Scratched Drive Zone
Scratched Drive Zone
...racing down a glowing black-and-green highway, a highway that looked like it was strung all together from 1s and 0s.
"Sonic, hold on! D-did we just end up inside the computer?" Tails gasped, as he flew swiftly to the side to dodge an oncoming 'virus' creature.
"Let's hope Eggman doesn't hit Caps-Alt-Delete on us" Sonic simply quipped.
"Ctrl" Tails mumbled.
Naturally it didn't take long for things to go awry, as without warning Sonic found himself warped somewhere else entirely, a glaring pink-and-orange tower of blocks.
"Who, what just happened?" Sonic tried to yell out, only to find that he'd ran off the top of a ledge, and was now heading into the void. Yet for some reason he wasn't falling, some unknown force keeping him up. Not that he was flying either, more like constantly skidding without coming to a stop.
As he slowly adjusted his eyes to look ahead instead of down, he was greeted with the even more worrying sight of a great grey-blue void coming his way. Finding himself unable to turn, he soon 'skid' straight into this void, and for minutes on end could see nothing but that grey-blue.
When he at last saw the sign of something else, he was stopped from sighing with relief when he was that it was a copy of his own self, rushing in from the opposite direction. Before he had time to assess this (other) strange situation, that 'other self' of his soon turned into hundreds of other selves, all stretching way into the distance.
"Huh, this doesn't look like some 'magic mirror' place" Sonic muttered "Or well, an anything place really". He was stopped from saying anything more though, as his head suddenly swelled up large, then went as flat as a piece of paper, then had its colours invert.
"Mwahaha! So you've already fallen victim to my next robot!" at least one familiar voice then said. "Poor, poor hedgehog, you've been pulled into the realm of delusion ruled over by... the Egg Glitch!".
Immediately before Sonic, what looked like a giant, oval-shaped cluster of pixels briefly flashed before him, then warping away just as fast.
[ ] If everything's glitched here, maybe you should doing the opposite of normal. Try running and jumping in the wrong direction entirely from normal.
[ ] If those duplicates of yourself respond to your movements, try manipulating so they end up running into the Glitch.
[ ] Since it's a Glitch, maybe you should just wait until it crashes out.
[ ] Instead of going after the Glitch, look to see if Tails has gotten here.
[ ] Write-in.
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