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[teenspeed]

[There's a teenage boy glaring at a piece of paper in his hand, yelling indignantly at it.]

Time travel again?! Geez, at this rate, it's almost every other month! This is really getting on my nerves.

[At some point during his rant, he starts darting about the area, trying to familiarize himself with the place. Except he decides to ignore the

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[turnip_rage]

Well, there's someone who looks straight out of the Special Zone...

[Espio sort of comments to himself, albeit quite loudly, as he sees the guy rush - or rather, flicker - past.]

[teenspeed]

[The next instant, Impulse appears behind Espio.] What's that supposed to mean?

[turnip_rage]

It means exactly what I said - you look straight out of the Special Zone.

[teenspeed]

What's the Special Zone?

[turnip_rage]

My home. I live there.

[teenspeed]

Oh. So it's not something bad?

[turnip_rage]

Depends who you ask. At any rate, zipping around with that costume, you look like one of our heroes. Or... wannabe heroes, as the case may be.

[teenspeed]

Hey! I'm a real hero.

[turnip_rage]

I'm sure you are.

[There are a lot of heroes in New Tek. Most of them, as far as Espio's concerned, are incompetent and thus can't be classed as heroes. Of course, Espio thinks most people are incompetent.]

[teenspeed]

[He lets out an annoyed sigh.] What are you even supposed to be?

[turnip_rage]

Why do I always get asked this? I'm a chameleon.

[teenspeed]

You mean like those lizards that change colors?

[turnip_rage]

[Doesn't answer verbally. Just sighs, shakes his head, and turns red - there, have a demo.]

[teenspeed]

Whoa.

Turn green! Turn green!

[turnip_rage]

[Goes back to his default pinky-purple.]

No.

[teenspeed]

Aww.