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!"
[The sun crashes down. The world around you fades to red.
...
You don't die. You aren't in pain.
When you blink, the world around you now stands in its usual bright color, the glitchy, red world replaced by the Chicago you've all grown familiar with.
It's far too soon to celebrate, however, given that Infinite is still here, now firmly in the grasp of an unfamiliar man. He's a tall, thin, dangerous-looking human with a bristling mustache and googles on his head, wearing a jet black coat lined with glowing, green energy.
He seems far more concerned with Infinite than with the rest of you, given that he has the jackal by the throat in one hand.]
Doctor—
Infinite, Infinite, Infinite. My dearest, darling little peon. I believe I gave you exactly one little order to follow, didn't I?
You... You aren't— You can't be—
[Eggman's grip tightens on Infinite's neck, choking the words out of the jackal. Bright green energy crackles around his hand.]
I don't recall asking for your response. I told you to kill all of them but that blithering blue rodent, and what do you do? You blatantly ignore my one order.
[His second hand comes up, gripping that gemstone on Infinite's chest - the Phantom Ruby. With a surge of that green energy, Eggman crushes it in his bare hand. Infinite makes a strangled noise of pain.]
I don't tolerate failures. I don't tolerate losers. And you, Infinite? Why, you might just be the greatest loser I've ever had the misfortune of dealing with!
[A jolt of green energy tears itself open beside Eggman, ripping a hole into the fabric of reality and forming shortly into a dark portal, not entirely unlike that of the rings. Instead of the familiar gold light, all you can see is sparking green energy surrounding a dark void present within.]
So I think it's time I handed you your termination slip. Starting today, at this exact point in time, you are officially, permanently terminated.
[Eggman flings Infinite aside with incredible ease, and as the jackal falls into the portal, the rest of his fake Chaos Emeralds are snatched up by the Doctor at remarkable speeds. All of them are crushed in hand as the portal closes.]
This is why free will is worthless. I should have entrusted this to a machine.
An incredible evil genius's work is never done... Now then, what shall I do with all of you?
[Eggman turns to you now, with a grin that's somewhere between manically pleased and maniacally devious.]
I would say it's a pleasure to meet you, but let's not kid ourselves here. You can have the momentary joy of meeting me, Doctor Ivo Robotnik, esteemed genius and conqueror of this world - and soon to be many, many more.
[He holds up a hand, as if to keep anyone from interrupting.]
Not that I care about any of your names, so don't bother introducing yourselves. After all, you're all going to die, right here, right now. I allowed Infinite to toy with you, but like that useless idiot, you've stopped entertaining me.
[With a snap of his fingers, you find yourselves suddenly surrounded by that sparking green energy. One by one, machines snap into view. Some of them are familiar - drones and tanks and B33s, or the Moto Bugs and Buzzers you've been fighting this week - but most of them are not. They're larger, more dangerous, or entirely unfamiliar from Eggman's usual white chrome designs, standing out starkly against the buildings that have been taken over here. Regardless of size or shape, they are all robots, and they are all pointing their lasers at you.
Eggman still floats above you, now moving as if to sit down in midair, crossing one leg over the other. The machines all gear up to start attacking, and there is not a single potential escape or exit in sight.]
Oh, and do be sure not to destroy our little pal Sonic. I'll deal with him personally.
[Speaking of... the blue blur and Knuckles have already moved to either side of your group. The former nods at the latter.]
Yeahhhh, thanks for the party, Egghead, but turns out we've already got a date we're late for! It's go time, Knuckles!
With me, warriors!
[The two of them throw out multiple rings at the same time, moving to usher you all through them as quickly as possible. Leave no one behind, but get going, because staying here is definitely going to lead to death. Those of you who take up the rear, roll a 1d20 to determine how much damage you're taking from the robotic onslaught, but everyone should make it through safely. Hopefully.]
[Honestly, Oscar isn't in any better shape (is probably much worse, in fact, but adrenaline is a hell of a drug), and he's definitely taken more than a few hits from those lasers (5), but that doesn't mean he won't stop long enough to just scoop Mafuyu up into his arms. She's light, he can carry her even in his condition, because like hell he's about to just leave her there.]
[Turo, naturally, turns to try and make sure everyone else is out ahead of him before he'll move forward through the ring himself! He takes a few lasers to the back and shoulders for his trouble - yes, that coat of his is definitely smouldering, as is the jumpsuit underneath to a lesser extent (6). Finally he'll be forced to wear new clothes!]
[Dorothy's more than insistent that she'll be fine to let everyone else go; let the squishy humans go. Let everyone else go, she can take the brunt of the attacks, she's always been pretty durable and she's fixable.
It all goes well and good to start, but well.
One of those shots hits Dorothy in the chest again (2), and it actually sends her back pretty hard along with some of the other shots she has to take. Her core's exposed again and it's starting to take some damage...]
N-Not--Not like this--!
[Dorothy's voice glitches briefly from another shot, and she might need an assist.]
[ The appearance of Robotnik and the disappearance of Infinite are enough to bring Percy back to his senses. He's still shaken over killing the nightmare version of Lia, but the robotic onslaught is so much. Still, he has his shield up, and he's holding it as he moves backwards to try to escort people into the rings. The lasers begin to fire and he holds his shield up as high as he can to try and deflect the ]
Go, go-! Hurry–
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Oh.
What....is this?
What is this familiar burning sensation in his head?
[Joker isn't about to test "enhanced durability" against an onslaught of robots, and quite frankly he's had enough of these shitty villainous monologues, so he's slipping through the ring as quickly as he can...
He'll definitely have to practice more, because nobody here can stay alive worth a damn.]
[with a roll of 10 he does get grazed by a few lasers because he's. yeah he did take a hit so he's bleeding. but he's mostly fine, he's not too bad, he'll get out pretty well.]
[ wolfwood is not a fan of letting the furry children take on eggman like this but sonic is who eggman is going to be hunting for so it is their best shot of making it out here alive. just sucks.
everything about this sucks.
he'll shuffle into the rings without much question but it all really sucks and he hates it. at least they know what the guy looks like and talks like for real (derogatory). ]
[Hell yeah Sonic is so cool... Fukuda hangs back to make aure the teens all get through safely, Mafuyu in particular. Which means he has time to taunt the doctor.]
You can't even beat Sonic when he's just got two people helping, you definitely can't take us all out, Eggma-Oof
[Fukuda gets bonked by a robot (9) and thus decides he should probably just hurries on through the portal.]
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1/? cw: choking
...
You don't die. You aren't in pain.
When you blink, the world around you now stands in its usual bright color, the glitchy, red world replaced by the Chicago you've all grown familiar with.
It's far too soon to celebrate, however, given that Infinite is still here, now firmly in the grasp of an unfamiliar man. He's a tall, thin, dangerous-looking human with a bristling mustache and googles on his head, wearing a jet black coat lined with glowing, green energy.
He seems far more concerned with Infinite than with the rest of you, given that he has the jackal by the throat in one hand.]
Doctor—
Infinite, Infinite, Infinite. My dearest, darling little peon. I believe I gave you exactly one little order to follow, didn't I?
You... You aren't— You can't be—
[Eggman's grip tightens on Infinite's neck, choking the words out of the jackal. Bright green energy crackles around his hand.]
I don't recall asking for your response. I told you to kill all of them but that blithering blue rodent, and what do you do? You blatantly ignore my one order.
[His second hand comes up, gripping that gemstone on Infinite's chest - the Phantom Ruby. With a surge of that green energy, Eggman crushes it in his bare hand. Infinite makes a strangled noise of pain.]
I don't tolerate failures. I don't tolerate losers. And you, Infinite? Why, you might just be the greatest loser I've ever had the misfortune of dealing with!
[A jolt of green energy tears itself open beside Eggman, ripping a hole into the fabric of reality and forming shortly into a dark portal, not entirely unlike that of the rings. Instead of the familiar gold light, all you can see is sparking green energy surrounding a dark void present within.]
So I think it's time I handed you your termination slip. Starting today, at this exact point in time, you are officially, permanently terminated.
[Eggman flings Infinite aside with incredible ease, and as the jackal falls into the portal, the rest of his fake Chaos Emeralds are snatched up by the Doctor at remarkable speeds. All of them are crushed in hand as the portal closes.]
This is why free will is worthless. I should have entrusted this to a machine.
2/?
[Eggman turns to you now, with a grin that's somewhere between manically pleased and maniacally devious.]
I would say it's a pleasure to meet you, but let's not kid ourselves here. You can have the momentary joy of meeting me, Doctor Ivo Robotnik, esteemed genius and conqueror of this world - and soon to be many, many more.
[He holds up a hand, as if to keep anyone from interrupting.]
Not that I care about any of your names, so don't bother introducing yourselves. After all, you're all going to die, right here, right now. I allowed Infinite to toy with you, but like that useless idiot, you've stopped entertaining me.
[With a snap of his fingers, you find yourselves suddenly surrounded by that sparking green energy. One by one, machines snap into view. Some of them are familiar - drones and tanks and B33s, or the Moto Bugs and Buzzers you've been fighting this week - but most of them are not. They're larger, more dangerous, or entirely unfamiliar from Eggman's usual white chrome designs, standing out starkly against the buildings that have been taken over here. Regardless of size or shape, they are all robots, and they are all pointing their lasers at you.
Eggman still floats above you, now moving as if to sit down in midair, crossing one leg over the other. The machines all gear up to start attacking, and there is not a single potential escape or exit in sight.]
Oh, and do be sure not to destroy our little pal Sonic. I'll deal with him personally.
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Yeahhhh, thanks for the party, Egghead, but turns out we've already got a date we're late for! It's go time, Knuckles!
With me, warriors!
[The two of them throw out multiple rings at the same time, moving to usher you all through them as quickly as possible. Leave no one behind, but get going, because staying here is definitely going to lead to death. Those of you who take up the rear, roll a 1d20 to determine how much damage you're taking from the robotic onslaught, but everyone should make it through safely. Hopefully.]
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They've been far too helpful to lag now (16)
And there they go, straight into the ring without looking back. ]
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I knew he was tacky.
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[She will physically push others towards the rings if she has to- even if that means catching some lasers because she rolled a whopping 1.]
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roll: 8
she tries. but she lands on the floor of the base bleeding more and in agony, curling up into herself. )
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Just hang on tight... Big Bro's got you.
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roll: 19
Fires a warning rocket at eggman before yanking Viktor through the portal with her.]
Come on, wheat stalk.
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He's getting out of dodge, no need to tell him twice!]
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cw: robot gore! again!!!
It all goes well and good to start, but well.
One of those shots hits Dorothy in the chest again (2), and it actually sends her back pretty hard along with some of the other shots she has to take. Her core's exposed again and it's starting to take some damage...]
N-Not--Not like this--!
[Dorothy's voice glitches briefly from another shot, and she might need an assist.]
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thank you redd. 1/2
Go, go-! Hurry–
[ ...
Oh.
What....is this?
What is this familiar burning sensation in his head?
(1.) ]
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Because More can't catch a break, he takes a laser-strike to the back, but... he's out. It's fine. Ow. ]
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He'll definitely have to practice more, because nobody here can stay alive worth a damn.]
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Sonic! Vakama's mask!
[If anyone can quickly check for it before everything goes to shit, it's Sonic. Right?]
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everything about this sucks.
he'll shuffle into the rings without much question but it all really sucks and he hates it. at least they know what the guy looks like and talks like for real (derogatory). ]
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You can't even beat Sonic when he's just got two people helping, you definitely can't take us all out, Eggma-Oof
[Fukuda gets bonked by a robot (9) and thus decides he should probably just hurries on through the portal.]
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When the portals open, after seeing everyone else is also getting out of dodge, he sure does drag Lark through one without a second thought. (13)]
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Now to attack Coco. ]