The ring deposits you all safely outside the base and seals up afterwards. Neo Metal Sonic doesn't chase after you, which is something of a mercy.
What's significantly less of a mercy is the sky - it's gone dark and ominously stormy, though the clouds spark not with lightning, but with that same green Chaos Energy you've been facing this entire fight. Worse still, there are now far, far too many robotic planes filling the sky - the Egg Fleet seems to go on endlessly, as far as you can see. Though perhaps it would be more accurate to call it the Neo Metal Sonic Fleet.
Sonic and friends arrive shortly, looking pretty banged up but otherwise still healthy enough to make it here, though they stare up at the sky with obvious concern.
"O...kay, this is definitely not what any of us were expecting."
"We will have to take the fight to them, it seems."
"Easier said than done, I'm afraid... I'm not sure how to pinpoint their leader's exact location to send you all with a ring..."
A jolt of green lightning flashes across the sky and Neo Metal Sonic's voice rings out.
"I expect to see you onboard my fleet in one week's time. That includes you, my loathsome copy."
It seems you don't really have much of a choice. For now, tend to your wounds and try to regroup; you've earned a break after today.
My brother had the terrible idea to bring a recently deceased man back to life, assuming the man would be able to persuade me to return to my duties in Hell. He was corrupt, so his soul went where it belonged. His regrets were entirely selfish in nature. Nothing to do with his family or unfinished business.
[ ...Absolutely incredible. They hadn't anticipated for him to recall an apt situation, but it suits their purposes perfectly, so who are they to complain? ]
There it is. A prime example, and one that you know of, no less!
...But, well, that certainly is a unique method to try to convince someone of something. I can't imagine how bringing back such an individual was supposed to make you decide to retake your duties.
Though, it is not just so-called geniuses or those like our enemy who can be quite short-sighted fools, hm?
It was a stupid decision on my brother's part. No sooner did he revive the man, did that man start murdering teenagers pretending to be bad, thinking I would approve of it.
[It still makes him angry. At least Malcolm is back to being dead.]
But I'll admit the situation isn't a perfect analogy. He was already in Hell. Our adversary might not even know it as a concept.
...Ah, quite the murderous imbecile, I see. Age does not always equate to intelligence, nor holding any common sense.
[ Void Archives sees no reason to mince words, as always. Idiocy really seems like a commonality - not just for this brother of Lucifer's, but this other man. And who would they be if they didn't call it out?
Though, speaking of intelligence or lack thereof... ]
Well, I'm certain that as an artificial being who has been programmed well enough that he understands the concept of ruling over others, and causing as much mayhem as he has that the concept is not quite beyond him. Perhaps not in a sense of knowing the little particulars, but...knowledge of it in its basic form would be enough, yes?
[It comes down to whether or not this "Neo Metal Sonic" possesses a soul. He's seen enough here to believe the machine lifeforms among the group certainly have them.]
I suppose there's only one way to find out, isn't there?
[ ...They let out a chuckle at that, before moving to rise to their feet. They still don't quite feel like themselves; it might not be like that for awhile.
But, Void Archives knows that despite everything, they don't want to lie down and accept what has happened to them. The complexities surrounding the situation do not disperse; much the same as the simplicity of needing to give their enemy hell, so to speak. ]
...Yes, you certainly are right, Lucifer.
[ But, they don't leave it at that. Their grin turns bright and sharp, promising nothing except pain for their mutual enemy. ]
So, let us ensure we tear him down and leave him in such a state of complete and utter defeat that he will know nothing else but suffering, hm~?
[ No ifs, simply they'll do whatever they can in that 'finding out' - except Neo Metal Sonic will be the one in the finding out stage. ]
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[He frowns thoughtfully.]
My brother had the terrible idea to bring a recently deceased man back to life, assuming the man would be able to persuade me to return to my duties in Hell. He was corrupt, so his soul went where it belonged. His regrets were entirely selfish in nature. Nothing to do with his family or unfinished business.
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There it is. A prime example, and one that you know of, no less!
...But, well, that certainly is a unique method to try to convince someone of something. I can't imagine how bringing back such an individual was supposed to make you decide to retake your duties.
Though, it is not just so-called geniuses or those like our enemy who can be quite short-sighted fools, hm?
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[It still makes him angry. At least Malcolm is back to being dead.]
But I'll admit the situation isn't a perfect analogy. He was already in Hell. Our adversary might not even know it as a concept.
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[ Void Archives sees no reason to mince words, as always. Idiocy really seems like a commonality - not just for this brother of Lucifer's, but this other man. And who would they be if they didn't call it out?
Though, speaking of intelligence or lack thereof... ]
Well, I'm certain that as an artificial being who has been programmed well enough that he understands the concept of ruling over others, and causing as much mayhem as he has that the concept is not quite beyond him. Perhaps not in a sense of knowing the little particulars, but...knowledge of it in its basic form would be enough, yes?
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[It comes down to whether or not this "Neo Metal Sonic" possesses a soul. He's seen enough here to believe the machine lifeforms among the group certainly have them.]
I suppose there's only one way to find out, isn't there?
[They fight back, and see what happens.]
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But, Void Archives knows that despite everything, they don't want to lie down and accept what has happened to them. The complexities surrounding the situation do not disperse; much the same as the simplicity of needing to give their enemy hell, so to speak. ]
...Yes, you certainly are right, Lucifer.
[ But, they don't leave it at that. Their grin turns bright and sharp, promising nothing except pain for their mutual enemy. ]
So, let us ensure we tear him down and leave him in such a state of complete and utter defeat that he will know nothing else but suffering, hm~?
[ No ifs, simply they'll do whatever they can in that 'finding out' - except Neo Metal Sonic will be the one in the finding out stage. ]