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!"
[Lia tries to dodge, but there's no dodging a hammer that big. It slams down onto her shoulder, so hard it likely would have cracked bone, but she merely glitches out around it before she moves and reforms as if it hadn't happened. She's struggling to keep her form, but she's still here - and she's still coming at Percy with that knife.]
[ The knife connects (10) and absolutely slices through his bicep, on the same side that he got injured on last week. He's unfazed, though, surprisingly so. He swings the hammer again, aiming for her from the side.
(Void Archives' moral support is greatly appreciated as we go for baby's first kill.) ]
You'll never be her. Get the fuck out of my sight.
[And so she does. There's no dodging a hammer like that.
She tries to reform herself, but there isn't any way to keep her form after suffering that amount of damage. Lia dissipates into red, glitchy effects, fading upwards into nothingness.]
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(Void Archives' moral support is greatly appreciated as we go for baby's first kill.) ]
You'll never be her. Get the fuck out of my sight.
CLEAR
She tries to reform herself, but there isn't any way to keep her form after suffering that amount of damage. Lia dissipates into red, glitchy effects, fading upwards into nothingness.]
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Percy turns to look at Void Archives. His expression is still cold. Blank. Angry. All sorts of things all at once. ]
Where is he.
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Good question.
Let's go ahead and try to find him, hm~?
[ Everyone else seems to have the fighting mostly under control...so pitching in seems redundant. ]
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Absolutely fine. Maybe Infinite should start saying prayers. ]