Between the mysteries of last weekend, the increasing number of visions and unexplained phenomena, and the attack on Vakama yesterday, everyone is likely on edge. When Tails calls you into his lab around noon, you all are likely already aware of how this is going to go.
Once again, a surge of Chaos Energy in the city is what draws you in, though this time it is a much larger burst than before. Sonic and Knuckles are here with you as usual, with Tails remaining behind to look after Vakama and the base. Unlike before, you aren't met with robots or destruction. In fact, this city block looks remarkably peaceful, aside from where Eggman's chroma has overtaken most of the buildings.
"So good of you all to finally arrive."
The voice comes from up above. You recognize it as the one you heard last week, through that gemstone the Tails Doll had. Perched on one of the buildings is a... fox? No, he's larger than Tails, and wearing a large silver mask that obscures most of his features. In one hand he holds Vakama's missing mask; his other is extended with six gemstones floating around it, a soft teal glow from beneath his black glove marking the seventh. There's a different gemstone on the center of his chest as well, though it doesn't look like the fake Chaos Emeralds you've seen before.
"You all have the pleasure of fighting me, Infinite. I am the Doctor's trusted ally... and I have been watching you all. Your struggles with my nightmares and illusions were so... delicious. You have my thanks for the show."
He kicks off the building, floating towards you all and the ground, though stopping high enough up, still out of reach. And for those of you getting any bright ideas, a deep red begins to fill your vision, tinting the corners of it as the very world itself begins to warp around you - this isn't exactly Chicago anymore, you see. The buildings still exist, wrapped in white chroma, though they bend and twist in ways they shouldn't, making it hard to tell what's real and what isn't.
"I'll snuff out your lives here and now for the Doctor's ambitions! Let's see what you're made of!"
[Joker takes two more hits (8, 9), but the pain just drags a giggle out of him. It hurts, but until he's dead on the ground he's going to keep trying to destroy this fake. He aims another shot at Natalie, this time aiming at her arm to disable her.]
[That's a hit - and not only a hit that catches her hard in the wrist, but sends the knife flying (1). She struggles in his grasp regardless, before throwing a punch at Joker's head because apparently that's all she can do now.]
[She can't dodge it. In fact, it's only just short of a lethal blow (2). She struggles, her form glitching out and reforming, glitching and reforming. She swings at him again, but it's an easy to dodge blow (roll with advantage) - she's almost gone.]
The knife finds her, and there's no escape this time. The glitchy effects don't fade this time, simply overtaking her and disappearing upward into nothingness.]
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He lunges for the knife before she can, grabbing it so he can turn it on her. He moves with obvious killing intent, aiming for her heart, again.]
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Joker's not doing so hot, but he's fueled by a special sort of madness.]
Hurry up and die!
[His voice has gone shrill, and it's not clear if he's laughing or sobbing as he drives the knife into the illusion again.]
I'm so sick of seeing you everywhere I go...!
CLEAR
The knife finds her, and there's no escape this time. The glitchy effects don't fade this time, simply overtaking her and disappearing upward into nothingness.]