Not All Discoveries Are Fun Ones [Open]

[lightspeed-attk.livejournal.com]

Sonic had been running almost since the run with Shadow. He wanted to see everything the ship had, and he wanted to see if there were any other Mobians aboard. Shadow was cool, but he wasn'y anyone from Sonic's home, and that still left the hedgehog feeling extremely lonely. That feeling also left him feeling extremely guilty, because what kind of selfish 'hog did he have to be to be capable of wishing such a fate upon his family and loved ones?

So he started running through the hangar, dashing over, under and through the ships, vehicles and robots there. It was easy to do, really. He wasn't really interested in pushing himself. As he was running, however, he saw something familiar out of the corner of his eyes. He had to circle back around to it because of his speed. The familiarity of it took a moment to dawn upon him, mostly because he hadn't seen it used in quite some time.

"No," Sonic said, "no freaking way." The device appeared to be several consoles hooked up to and surrounding a very large central pad. A plastic-like tube hung over the platform, ready to come down and surround it.

With haste, he grabbed his omnicom and the communication ring he'd been given, practically yelling into the latter device.

<< Hey! If there's some kind of machine geeks on this ships, get your butts down to the hangar yesterday! >>

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[lightspeed-attk.livejournal.com]

Making the speeches? Usually Sally's place, but not too hard, the hedgehog found. Doing actual tech work? "I saw all sorts of tech stuff in the Media Library. I don't know enough about blueprints and schematics to recognize it all that well. Robotnik did make a user's manual, though, and it should be really easy to find, since it had his ugly mug on the cover."



As quickly as he'd reconsidered and gone all wordy, he was back to normal, and holding out one gloved hand to the tech geek. "Anyway, thanks for listenin', man. I'm Sonic the Hedgehog. What's your name, pal?"

[twelvevoltman.livejournal.com]

"Well, help me come up with a list of search terms and I can probably find it. If it's on board." Hopefully it is. He shrugs. "Man, other than blowin' shit up, what am I here for? Allen Gentry, the cyborg. I co-head Engineering."

[lightspeed-attk.livejournal.com]

"Cool, man. One of my best friends is a cyborg." Sonic paused a moment, then decided to ask anyway.

"What do you know about video games?"

[twelvevoltman.livejournal.com]

"Only freaking everything up to around the year 2010, Earth Time." Allen looks at Sonic with raised eyebrows and a grin. "Why, you rounding up a team for Fat Princess or something?"

[lightspeed-attk.livejournal.com]

"How good are my games?" Yes, Allen, he already knew.

[twelvevoltman.livejournal.com]

"Man, I grew up on those. They're classic."

Hey, if he knows, it's not rude to tell him!

[lightspeed-attk.livejournal.com]

"Apparently I have cartoons and comic books, too. Man, that is so way past cool." Sonic, unlike most people, didn't waste time on existential quandaries concerning the value his life had as entertainment, or of the implications of his life perhaps being narrated for him.

No, he thought that having video games, comics and cartoons was the coolest thing ever.

[twelvevoltman.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, they're all pretty awesome. You're taking having your life on a screen somewhere pretty well."

[lightspeed-attk.livejournal.com]

"You kidding? I am so rubbing this in Knucklehead's face when he pops out of that slimeball he's sleeping in."

[twelvevoltman.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, rubbing peoples' faces in your popularity is the best part of being a video game hero. So I'd assume." Allen is still looking at the roboticizer, thinking on a couple of different lines of thought.

[lightspeed-attk.livejournal.com]

"Something on your mind, pal?"

[twelvevoltman.livejournal.com]

A machine that turns people into robots? A few ghosts from his pasts? Maybe.

"Nah man, just thinking mechanics. New tech - one of the primary perks of abduction."

[lightspeed-attk.livejournal.com]

"Hey, man, while we're on the subject of tech from Mobius ... you seen any power rings lyin' around?" Sonic figured, if he couldn't find Chaos Emeralds, that a power ring or two could at least help a little.

[twelvevoltman.livejournal.com]

"Maybe, in the Possessions lockers. I dunno. It mostly gave me my own stuff."

[lightspeed-attk.livejournal.com]

"Thanks!"

[twelvevoltman.livejournal.com]

"So, what do those do for you in real life? In the video game, you got points for getting more of them -"

[lightspeed-attk.livejournal.com]

"Well, they're kinda this weird cross between magic and technology that a man named Nate Morgan invented. One or two of them can make me faster, stronger, heal faster and other stuff. I can also use them for knowledge and insight, but it delivers a real kick. Ever since I grabbed my billionth ring, I also can use them to sometimes grant wishes of an immediate nature, if I really need to and the emotion in the wish is strong enough.

"Same with the billionth ring, ever since I grabbed it I can also cross through other realities pretty easily, and I heal almost as fast as I run. Finally, with enough rings, I can transform into Ultra Sonic, though they're not really meant to do that."

[twelvevoltman.livejournal.com]

"Cool. Can I see one if you find any? Love to get a look at any magitech."

[lightspeed-attk.livejournal.com]

"Sure thing. Oh, I almost forgot -- used to be if I collected fifty rings and seven Chaos Emeralds, I could transform into Super Sonic. These days, though, my body's so saturated with Power Ring energy, I just need the Emeralds. Or the Master Emerald. I wonder if it's on this ship, too."