OH GOD I'M A DORK.
The new sonic_drive prompt is "crossovers". So, what else was I supposed to do but go with that Sonic/Wild Arms crossover thing that's been bouncing in my head for a while? It's time to alienate both halves of my audience! =D
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The blue hedgehog walked down the hall leading to the throne room. His brown duster fluttered behind him, revealing a short sword on a belt. The guards’ eyes glanced at it, but they worried not; he was the sheriff in the town.
He reached the room, took off his bullet hole-ridden hat, and knelt down before the throne. “Your Highness,” he said.
The princess, a red-haired human fanning herself with what looked to a casual observer to be cards, giggled softly. “Come now, Sonic, you don’t need to be so formal. After all, we tramped through the sewers together; I’d say that makes us a little more than ruler and subject.”
Sonic rose to his feet and put his hat back on. “Heh, you got a point. I’m still amazed a lady like yourself tried to take on that Olivier down there all by yourself. They’re tough buggers, and the smell…” His face scrunched up at the memory.
“What can I say; I needed a little excitement. It’s too quiet in the castle…” the princess said, a touch of sorrow coloring her voice.
The hedgehog’s eyes darted to a mouse by the wall. “The king was a good man, ’Lise. A bit nuts, but a good man…”
Elise bowed her head and closed her makeshift fan of cards. “He was…” She took a deep breath and looked at the hedgehog. “Anyway, you had something to report?”
Sonic nodded. “We got a strange visitor here in Adlehyde. Green hawk, belt and suspenders-apparently can’t trust his own pants. I heard him bitchin’ ‘bout hearin’ the Guardians. Which, OK, maybe he’s just crazy, but…”
“But?” asked the princess.
“It just seemed weird. He had this crystal that was sparkling like a firefly on peyote and the ARM user kept teasing him about being the ‘Innocent One’. The big guy-looked like one of the Baskar fellas-seemed to believe the guy with the crystal was the real deal.” Sonic shook his head. “I dunno. Like I said, he might just be stark ravin’ mad, but that crystal… Ain’t there some legend ‘bout someone with a crystal who hears the Guardians?”
“The Legend of Queen Cecilia,” Elise confirmed. She rose from her seat and descended the short staircase. “Where is this person now?”
“Still in town,” the sheriff said. He pulled his hat down and lowered his voice. “I, er, hired them to do something for me…”
The princess crossed her arms and peered down at the hedgehog. “This is about Miss Rose again.”
Sonic yanked off his hat and squeezed it tightly. “I’ll be damned if I’m gonna sit idly by while my little sis works in a fucking whorehouse!”
Elise sighed. “Well, let’s just hope they fare better than the last group you sent to do that. What was it that happened again?”
The sheriff wrung the hat in his hands, “OK, so Shadow got a little rough with them, but he an’ the madame ain’t in town this time!”
“‘A little rough’?!” Elise exclaimed. “He sent them through the wall of their building and the next one’s! And let’s not even talk about what that ARM of his did! The owner of the neighboring building told me he had nightmares about evil ricocheting chao heads!”
“It’s not like anyone died!” Sonic countered. “And like I said, Shadow an’ Rouge ain’ here this time! It’ll be fine!”
The princess frowned and covered her face with her hand. “Sonic, you’re going to have to realize you can’t save everyone.”
The hedgehog shook out his crumpled hat and put it back on his head. He turned his back to the human and looked at her over his shoulder. “Maybe not, but I’m damned well gonna try.” His gaze changed to a point far ahead of him. “So, you wanna meet this bird or not?”
“Sonic…” Elise murmured. She nodded. “Yes, I would. Shall we go?”
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The blue hedgehog walked down the hall leading to the throne room. His brown duster fluttered behind him, revealing a short sword on a belt. The guards’ eyes glanced at it, but they worried not; he was the sheriff in the town.
He reached the room, took off his bullet hole-ridden hat, and knelt down before the throne. “Your Highness,” he said.
The princess, a red-haired human fanning herself with what looked to a casual observer to be cards, giggled softly. “Come now, Sonic, you don’t need to be so formal. After all, we tramped through the sewers together; I’d say that makes us a little more than ruler and subject.”
Sonic rose to his feet and put his hat back on. “Heh, you got a point. I’m still amazed a lady like yourself tried to take on that Olivier down there all by yourself. They’re tough buggers, and the smell…” His face scrunched up at the memory.
“What can I say; I needed a little excitement. It’s too quiet in the castle…” the princess said, a touch of sorrow coloring her voice.
The hedgehog’s eyes darted to a mouse by the wall. “The king was a good man, ’Lise. A bit nuts, but a good man…”
Elise bowed her head and closed her makeshift fan of cards. “He was…” She took a deep breath and looked at the hedgehog. “Anyway, you had something to report?”
Sonic nodded. “We got a strange visitor here in Adlehyde. Green hawk, belt and suspenders-apparently can’t trust his own pants. I heard him bitchin’ ‘bout hearin’ the Guardians. Which, OK, maybe he’s just crazy, but…”
“But?” asked the princess.
“It just seemed weird. He had this crystal that was sparkling like a firefly on peyote and the ARM user kept teasing him about being the ‘Innocent One’. The big guy-looked like one of the Baskar fellas-seemed to believe the guy with the crystal was the real deal.” Sonic shook his head. “I dunno. Like I said, he might just be stark ravin’ mad, but that crystal… Ain’t there some legend ‘bout someone with a crystal who hears the Guardians?”
“The Legend of Queen Cecilia,” Elise confirmed. She rose from her seat and descended the short staircase. “Where is this person now?”
“Still in town,” the sheriff said. He pulled his hat down and lowered his voice. “I, er, hired them to do something for me…”
The princess crossed her arms and peered down at the hedgehog. “This is about Miss Rose again.”
Sonic yanked off his hat and squeezed it tightly. “I’ll be damned if I’m gonna sit idly by while my little sis works in a fucking whorehouse!”
Elise sighed. “Well, let’s just hope they fare better than the last group you sent to do that. What was it that happened again?”
The sheriff wrung the hat in his hands, “OK, so Shadow got a little rough with them, but he an’ the madame ain’t in town this time!”
“‘A little rough’?!” Elise exclaimed. “He sent them through the wall of their building and the next one’s! And let’s not even talk about what that ARM of his did! The owner of the neighboring building told me he had nightmares about evil ricocheting chao heads!”
“It’s not like anyone died!” Sonic countered. “And like I said, Shadow an’ Rouge ain’ here this time! It’ll be fine!”
The princess frowned and covered her face with her hand. “Sonic, you’re going to have to realize you can’t save everyone.”
The hedgehog shook out his crumpled hat and put it back on his head. He turned his back to the human and looked at her over his shoulder. “Maybe not, but I’m damned well gonna try.” His gaze changed to a point far ahead of him. “So, you wanna meet this bird or not?”
“Sonic…” Elise murmured. She nodded. “Yes, I would. Shall we go?”