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𝐌𝐄𝐓𝐀𝐋 𝐒𝐎𝐍𝐈𝐂 ([personal profile] metaloverlord) wrote in [community profile] sranks2024-12-16 11:17 pm

ROLLING AROUND AT THE SPEED OF SOUND

( catchall for some dumb hedgehogs
also seasons tdm link for reference! )
lovesadventure: (A steadfast heart of gold)

[personal profile] lovesadventure 2024-12-18 04:32 am (UTC)(link)
[Sonic hears Metal's footsteps, and Doctor Weissman straightens himself up easily as the metal hedgehog enters the room; they both cease the conversation easily, and Sonic finds himself chuckling idly before coughing again, wheezing hard from all of the talking.]

Easy, Sonic. Get yourself some rest. [The Doctor goes over, rightfully intimidated by the large metal hedgehog and takes the ingredients with a nod of the head.] You have my thanks for your hard work. I will get the antidote prepared for him; it shouldn't take too long, and he should be cured within a few hours.

[The good Doctor works fast; perhaps even faster, though not sloppily, while Sonic just kind of idly looks over at Metal. Huh, it's weird...Metal's gaze is usually pretty piercing, but somehow it feels even moreso than usual. Maybe he's just imagining it, though. He's surprisingly comfortable otherwise, and doesn't really devote a lot of brainpower to it.

Once the antidote is finished, Sonic ingests it with a slight gag at the bitter taste; the Doctor explains to both of them the state of Sonic's injuries, and that he'll definitely be bedridden for a little while, and while Doctor Weissman's Spring alignment healing has helped with a majority of the injuries, Sonic's going to need to stay in bed for a while so his body can heal. Sonic makes a bit of a face at it, but he at least agrees to stay for the amount of time needed; he leaves both Sonic and Metal easily, though he'll at least be easier to contact if things get worse. There's no mention of any bonds between them; it's very business-like and professional, and he's on his way in an instant afterward.

Sonic, at least for his part, relaxes just a smidge once he's gone.]


Bleh. I hope I don't ever have to taste that again...guess that'll teach me to underestimate those Octofish again.
lovesadventure: (Won't compromise)

[personal profile] lovesadventure 2024-12-18 04:46 am (UTC)(link)
[...

i can't even say the risk sonic took was calculated, this man's never passed a math class in his damn life--]


Wh-- [neo for fuck's sake his head's still mildly hazy, what the fuck--] Woah, woah--hold on! I-- [cough] What do you mean? I wasn't trying to prove anything!?
lovesadventure: (I don't need a reason)

[personal profile] lovesadventure 2024-12-18 04:59 am (UTC)(link)
[Sonic's shaking. He's not entirely sure why, but he's never been particularly good at hiding his emotions, and now's no exception. If anything, Sonic seems angry, an emotion that's almost foreign on him, and while it's weak, Sonic manages to raise his head up getting right into Metal's business in kind.]

You aren't--you aren't either, you big metal lughead!?

[Sonic attempts to rise more, with only a painful wince forcing him back down, but his own look doesn't abate even slightly.]

Look, I thought I could take it! I know you're more durable! But at least if I got hurt, I could get fixed up nice and easy by the people here!

What if that thing managed to land a clean blow on you, huh?! Eggman ain't here to repair you if you go and kick the bucket!
Edited (tensing my arch nemesis.........) 2024-12-18 05:05 (UTC)
lovesadventure: ('cause I only have)

[personal profile] lovesadventure 2024-12-18 05:18 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, but I ain't ever really killed you. Even when you tried that whole world domination thing.

[...]

You forget the fact that Eggman isn't here, in this place. And who knows how long we'll be stuck here for? I couldn't find anyone with any experience with robot stuff like he's got--a lot of it's stuff I'd usually leave to Tails, but he ain't exactly here either. If you go here, who's to say that you're not just gonna be gone for good? And...

Would it really even be you that comes back, if Egghead did go and remake you?

[The anger in Sonic's kind of died down at this point, and it's more of a genuine bit of questioning at this point. Sure, this world is nice and all, but it's got a lot of things that don't make sense, either. A lot of things Sonic doesn't understand, no matter how hard he tries to put his nose to the grindstone.

Besides, he's not gonna just go and say the actual reason. They're not friends, no matter how much Sonic at least one-sidedly considers Metal something of one. They're enemies, pure and simple. But they're rivals too, and while Sonic's got plenty of those, they all have a say in how they live their lives.

Can Metal really say the same of himself?]
Edited 2024-12-18 05:20 (UTC)
lovesadventure: (A steadfast heart of gold)

[personal profile] lovesadventure 2024-12-18 05:39 am (UTC)(link)
[...

There's a lot of things that Sonic could say to that, and perhaps for once in his life, Sonic's mouth doesn't immediately open to form some witty retort. Mostly because it involves addressing actual feelings, and while Sonic's always been a guy who wears his heart on his sleeve, it's...

Is it really fair to Metal, who's never had his own life to lead? To keep impressing his own feelings on him like this, when the robot hasn't had anything to call his own? This is way too much thinking for Sonic to be doing, and part of him just wants to flounce out of this conversation and pretend it never happened. They can go back to hating each other and being rivals, and maybe eventually, things will go back to the way they should be.

...But is keeping this from Metal fair, either? Gah. Sonic hates thinking about this. He doesn't think, he feels.]


...What do you want me to say here? That I think you should go and die because it'd make my life easier? Is that what you want to hear?

[Sonic sounds so tired. Metal can probably smell the burning coming out of Sonic's ears from overthinking. Ugh, how does Metal do this?]

Because that ain't it at all.
lovesadventure: (And I won't give in)

[personal profile] lovesadventure 2024-12-18 05:56 am (UTC)(link)
You are a threat. You're a threat to the whole world if given enough time to prepare yourself and get it in your head to do so. I ain't gonna deny that for a second. If anything, I'd say you're literally only second to me, in a lot of ways, and even then, it's only barely.

[Sonic pauses for a moment. Coughs a little bit, because he's been doing a lot of talking, and it is still agitating his injuries whether he wants to admit it or not. He's more than willing to admit that yeah, Metal does match him in a lot of ways, and that he continues to push him harder and harder--hard enough to make things fair, at least.

It doesn't hurt Sonic's pride to say that, not really, at least. He'll always keep pushing to be better, but it's...]


Why do you want me to hate you so bad, huh?

[ah yes, it's like two wobbuffets using mirror coat on each other

...But no, Sonic's genuinely having a hard time trying to properly put any of this to words, stop making him think asshole???]
lovesadventure: (Don't criticize)

[personal profile] lovesadventure 2024-12-18 06:15 am (UTC)(link)
[We are enemies - that's all we've ever been and all we ever will be, regardless of the circumstances of this world.

...Sonic knew this, and it still stings a bit to hear. But perhaps surprisingly, it actually gets him to laugh a bit. It almost sounds...bitter.]


Hey, as long as it's your decision to do so, then that's cool. I can accept that.

[...]

You deserve a life that's your own to pursue, no matter where it takes you. I mean...I'd like it if it was away from the Egghead, sure, but even if it's only for now, you're free to do what you want. You could even kill me right now, if you wanted. I'm kinda surprised you haven't. Here I am, weak and bedridden from doing something stupid, and you haven't even gone for the clear shot in front of you.
lovesadventure: (Don't ask me why)

[personal profile] lovesadventure 2024-12-18 06:41 am (UTC)(link)
[Sonic doesn't even flinch when Neo closes the distance between them. At this point, it's deserved; they've both talked so much trash at each other that this feels more normal. More than anything, Sonic is kind of hoping for them to go back to some form of normal, and he closes his eyes.

Part of him knows he won't die. Neo wouldn't have gone this far if he actually intended to do something. He could just put a hole in Sonic or do all sorts of things, and...

Yet, he doesn't. Sonic opens his eyes as he watches Neo go out of his own apartment, and that bitter laughter comes out of him again. How stupid of him. It's his apartment, he should have just told Sonic to get out. Why didn't he?

...

Why does it...hurt, almost?

Sonic's not going to worry about that. There's a world that needs saving, and he's still got recovering to do on his own terms. He doesn't even care that he's walking wobbly at this point as he gets out of Neo's bed, forcing himself into the long walk back to his own apartment.

It's a shame, but it's Neo's decision at the end of it all.]