OOC:  I think they made need more information.   I can assume this universe has magic due to the zombification potion.  What about races?  Humans?  Elves?  Dwarfs?  Halfings..  >>  Furries?  etc.

I can assume we've some sonicverse stuff via the chaos emeralds.   How much of the continuity is involved?   Just ideas?   Maybe an alternate reality?   Are canon characters around? 

OK, I'm sorry. I'm new to the way this forum's RPs work. It's very different from what I'm used to with other sites, but I love to RP. Ok, here are my answers to your questions.

The whole magic thing can be explained in something I forgot to add, so I will add it here.

(As we advanced throughout the centuries, alot happened. Magic became possible through the use of potions, alchemy, etc. These arts were used by many now famous professors and alchemysts to help save the planet from the things that still trouble us in the future such as environmental issues among other things, but many used the power of this new technology for the exact opposite... evil. The world practically split apart, one side being the place that remained like everything was and is supposed to be, while the other side, a barren wasteland with all civilization living underground, is filled with dark magicians, evil species that spawn from dark potions, evil armies, and wars waging between the two halves of Earth.)

Here's how the Chaos Emeralds work.

(Our planet Earth is simply now part of the same galaxy as Mobius. This is simple, and doesn't much effect the plotline aside from the fact that the Chaos Emeralds have been scattered throughout the Galaxy, putting some emeralds on our planet. That's really the only Sonic that comes into play in this RP, except for some villages and zones being partly populated by migrating hedgehogs and other species from Mobius, including the ability to BE someone from Mobius and, as you asked, you may see some canon characters that may happen to be there for some reason)

Does that answer your questions? Oh, wait, I forgot. Here's my info about Surge.

Name: Stephen

Alias: Surge

Age: 19

From: Mobius

Personality: Very determined. Will do anything to get what he wants without going to extreme measures or resorting to hurt a loved one or friend. He would go to the ends of the earth for revenge against someone who wronged him, and has a very sarcastic sense of humor.

Appearance: A dark green hedgehog with a black and red trenchcoat, cool goggles, and a cane.

Extra: Has a Chaos Emerald in a necklace around his neck that is hidden under his trenchcoat. He came from Mobius when Dr. Robotnik took over his hometown, Mobotropolis, and has been searching this planet for any other Chaos Emeralds for 4 years, hoping to clean the planet of the gems and move on somewhere else in the galaxy- so he can make a wish on the seven emeralds that Dr. Robotnik was gone for good, and his home planet was safe.

Does that help?

Hmmm, this is an interesting concept, and sice you clarified that I can use a mobian species I have the perfect character in mind, one I have used quite frequently in the past. However, you may want to give a starting point so people can easily jump right in. An IC (In character post) involing your character or some NPCs can go along way to describing how the world works and interactions between individual characters. For instance you mentioned evil armies and wars going on, but failed to mention how all of this ties in to the overlying world you created. Also who are these evil armies, are they all just mindless zombies or do alot of them have personalities and specific goals. The way it is right now it is very vague. I can join, but I don't know what I should be doing or what my personal goals are. This is just some friendly advice. I am definately a player, but just flesh out the world a little bit more! An intoductory IC is your best freind!

Ok, thanks for the advice. I will start now. My ICs will usually be in the character's perspective, I dont know if thats how I'm supposed to do it if theres a preffered way, but uh... here it goes.

When I arrived at this supposed "Mobian Village", my whole world almost tipped upside down. I could finally navigate without getting freak looks from those "humans". I had to keep myself from looking wierd at them too, because I mean, they're definitely MUCH freakier creatures then I am... I'm sure you'd agree. Over here though, I can just walk around without standing out, or looking like some kind of alien, which, well... I am. Anyways, I bought the most recent issue of "The Mobian Chronicles" and sat down to enjoy the news. Apparently, there was some kind of energy spike in these mountains located in a place that the paper called "The Dark Regions". These Dark Regions don't exactly sound too friendly! But I decided that if this energy spike means a Chaos Emerald, then I'll HAVE to check the place out sooner or later, so I went and checked in at this hotel called the "Quillow Inn". I wondered why it was called Quillow, then I realized, interestingly, that their hotel rooms have pillows that are hedgehog-friendly. Sweet. It's hard to sleep comfortably with all my hair bent and spread out, all flattened over the pillow... this'll be nice. 🙂 Before I went to sleep, I went on the Earth version of the world wide web, and researched this Dark Regions place thing. There's apparently no easy (or cheap) way to get there. I studied up, and apparently, there's some war going on between one half of earth and the other... God, it's so damn confusing. I guess I'll just have to find a way to get there if I want to find this emerald... if it really even is an emerald at all. Time for a good night's sleep, resting my head on the hotel's "quillow". Night!

Next Morning

Looked a bit more online. Apparently, if I'm gonna get to this 'other side' I'll have to pay these humans to smuggle me there. Not my idea of "fun". Business is business, I suppose... but I couldn't take the risk. There has to be an easier way... I look in my suitcase. 2,000 mobiums- that's how much human money? I need to go to the bank or airport or whatever and swap it for human cash. I put it on my to-do list and I read on. Apparently, theres a center in some government building that has a room full of portals that can take you around Earth... or, just the good side. Ugh. No luck! How will I get there!? I guess I'll just wander around for the rest of the day and try to come up with ideas.

(That's as far as I can get without another character joining in.)

OOC: That's a good start! The perspective thing doesn't really matter I think. I've RPed with people who use first person like you before. I prefer to use third person as it's easier for me to detail certain aspects around my charcter that he/she would otherwise ignore. Though nothing can beat the depth of a characters personality as told from first person. Hahaha, now I'm just rambling on about nothing. If you rather prefer I play in first person is totally up to you though this first post will be in the third. just let me know if anything needs changing! I'm also going to assume this is somewhat related to the SATAM/Archie verse do to the mentioning of Mobotropolis, but if not just let me know and I can edit the info pertaining to that particular subject!

IC:
PLANET MOBIUS

ROBOTROPOLIS

The overly large silhouetted figure of Dr. Robotnik was seated in front of several massive monitors. Each monitor displayed a different piece of intel each one just as important as the other to the evil doctor. The chair Robotnik currently sat in is round in shape and constructed entirely out metal. His mechanical left arm slowly raised to his face, as he began to ever so gently stoke his overly long mustache. His other arm began to type on a small keypad located on the right arm of his metallic chair. Several new screens of information appeared before him on the large monitors. He took in a deep breath as he double checked the information given. He scaned it once more then finally broke the seemingly never ending silence.
"Quite perplexing I do say," the evil doctor slowly began to rotate his chair to face the character he was addressing, "If anyone on the entire planet of Mobius has the answers, it would most certainly be you!"
Robotnik's eyes narrowed as he glared ahead at the bright orange echidna he was speaking of. The echidna just stared ahead fidgeting with the shackles clamped around his hands.
"Please, I have spent alot of time and effort trying to track you down. Don't think you could escape from me easily." an evil grin spread across the chubby ruler's face, "Besides even if you could escape where would you go? Most of this planet is under my control! there isn't a single place you can flee to where i can't find you! And if my theroies are correct, you aren't even able to return home."
The echidna just shook his head. He knew that Robotnik was right. there was nowhere left for him to go. Mobius was at it's darkest hour, and there seemed to be no light in the future.
Robotnik continued speaking, "Tell me, what has happened to the Chaos Emeralds? Their signals no longer appear on my long range scanner, and I know they haven't been destroyed. Afterall we are still living! It is almost as if they have vanished from the face of the planet! Well save for one, but one emerald is not seven emeralds!"
"And what makes you think that I know the answer?" the echidna asked calmly.
"Your heritage of course! There isn't a thing that happens within the Chaos Force that you are not aware of!"
The echidna's eyes narrowed, "I am as just as perplexed as you are. If you abducted me in the hopes of learning anything new about the Chaos Emeralds, then you will be disappointed. I have no clue where they went are for what purpose. Ever since they vanished I have lost my link with the Chaos Force. I have no contact, and as you said, I cannot return home!"
"Hmmm, Perhaps you are telling truth. However, I feel you are withholding valuable information. For instance how is that your emerald still remains?"
The echidna looks down at the bright orange emerald hanging from a bracelet on his right hand, "My emerald, as you know, is not a Chaos Emerald. It is only shaped to look like one as the Chaos Emeralds are symbolic to my people! Which is most likely why it didn't vanish. My emerald has no special powers as long as the link between the Chaos Force is broken. I guess you already knew that though seeing as how you let me keep the gem."

"I figured since it was such an important part of who you are, it should play an important part as to who you were! The gem is connected to you, and one day the link Choas Force will return. You being my mindless slave will have no other choice but to do my bidding. Maybe then we can discover where my baubles have vanished to. If there is no more left for you to say, Flacha, then prepare for robotization!" Robotnik pressed a switch above the little keypad on his chair.
"Just like that eh? You went to all that trouble for nothing?" Flacha just shook his head.
A large glass cylinder began to lower over the helpless echidna, "Not for nothing, for hope!"
"The hopes of a madman." Flacha just closed his eyes as he awaited the inevitable.
"Whatever." Robotnik sneered as he armed the roboticizer.
A green glow began to fill the cylinder as the fur on Flacha's body begins to stand stiff.
"I hope you made peace to whomever you pray to!" Robotnik pressed the power on swicth.
A sicekning wail came from Flacha as he tryed to fall to his knees, but the cylinder was to small to do so. It felt as if he was being burned alive from the inside out. Flacha slammed his fist against the glass case as his feet slowly began to turn to metal.
"HAHAHAHA!" Robotnik laughed maniacally, "One of the most powerful figures in Mobian history now bows before me!"
Suddenly the orange emerald dangling from Flacha's hand began to glow. The glow got brighter and brighter as a loud hum shot out through the air.
"WHAT?!?!?!" Robotnik hissed.
Flacha's metal feet slowly reverted back to normal. The echidna opened his eyes and wathced as a small crack began to form on the glass cylinder holding him prisoner. Flacha knew what was happening though he didn't know how. He clecnhed his fists as the shackles began to disetegrate. The crack grew larger and larger. Flacha looked over at Robotnik and smiled.
"Chaos Control." that was the only word the echidna muttered before the glass cylinder shattered. Robotnik quickly shut off his device and coverd his face as shrads of glass came flying towards him.
"GRAH!" Robotnik lowered his arms to see if his prisoner was still intact. Flacha was gone.

??????

A loud explosion rocketed across the blue sky, and the echidna came rocketing out of the smoke. He fell face first into a large mud puddle, sending water flying everywhere. Flacha could taste the dirty water swirling in his mouth. he quickly crawled out and spat the vile liquid on the grass beside him. The orange echidna just sat there on his hands and knees as he prepared for what would come next. With one sharp gag, Flacha began to vomit. He stopped and wiped the excess from his mouth, and began to observe his surroundings. The location was unfamililar to him. It sorta looked like Mobius, but he knew deep down that it wasn't. Flacha looked down at his right hand, and noticed that his emerald had broken in two. He breathed a sigh and scooped the broken shard and placed it in his glove, leaving the other shard hanging from his bracelet. He began to look around once more this time spying what seemed like some sort of village. He was just outside some place called "The Quillow Inn". Flacha got on his feet and took a step towards the Inn. A rush of dizziness began to sink in, and Flacha felt lightheaded. He took another, before he fainted crashing to the ground.
TBC

The Mobian Village

Planet Earth

Hm... no luck. I just can't seem to find any way to get to the Dark Regions... legally, at least. Obviously, the government that rules the good part of Earth, Good Earth, won't easily let us pass the border, though I think you could understand why. I decided to just call it a night, as it was getting late, and I was getting tired. I headed back to Quillow Inn, prepared to just check my email and go to sleep to a new episode of Sonic the Hedgehog. I was about to enter the building when I discovered the orange echidna lying there at the doorstep. There was one hedgehog and one other echidna standing near him, checking his pulse. I approached.
"Oh my god, what happened here?" I asked the two men standing over the seemingly passed out echidna.
"This young man has passed out," the old-looking, gray hedgehog replied. I  had no idea what to do, so, I did whatever I do when I get caught in an emergency. I took my necklace, and hoped that I could somehow use it to help this poor man. Nothing happened. But then I remembered as the other two men got in a panic, that I knew CPR.

Reluctantly, I put my mouth up to his and gave him the breath of life. Then I pulled back, began to light a cigarette, and waited for a response.

Flacha's eyes shot open as the dark green hedgehog lit up his smoke. He spat out a little stream of blood and looked around his surroundings. He was surrounded by a couple of hedgehogs and an echidna, A puzzeled expression went across the orange echidna's face. He glanced up at the sky then back at the small group. They looked like Mobians, but this wasn't Mobius.

"...okay." the gray hedgehog was speaking to Flacha, "Are you okay sonny?"
Flacha sat upright and rubbed the backside of his head, "Apart from a splitting headache I'm fine!" He looks around once again then over at Surge. Flacha stood to his feet and approached the green hedgehog. He extended his hand and smiled then said, "Thanks for your help?"
Surge, expressionless, grasped he echidna's hand and gave it a quick shake.
"So tell me, this isn't Mobius is it?" Flacha gave his evironment another glance just to be sure, "The air here is different.  So tell me is this some other zone that I'm unaware of mister..."
Flacha's voice trailed off as he awaited a response.

OOC: I didnt know you could control other's characters... we didnt do things that way on the other forum. I don't really think it would be a good idea because I think I might've responded differently... IDK, I'm not gonna change it, I'm just gonna discourage that unless... its a response that would be something I would obviously say... IDK. Heres my IC.

I took the cigarette out of my mouth. "I'm Stephen, but, ah... I'd prefer you called me by my nickname. Surge." I said before closing my eyes and taking a deep drag.   "It was nice meeting you, but ah... I got somethin' ta do. Uh, want a cigarette?" I said out of the side of my mouth, while smoking through the other side, waiting for a response.

(OOC: Debating whether I want to join this or not. Presumably, all my main characters would have stayed on Mobuis (which also would clear up any potential confusion between your character and the character that I have that has the same name(ie...I also have a Surge, but I will keep him out of this)), so I'd have to think up a new one or revamp a less-used one...

Edit: also...the majority of RP's around here seem to resemble...uh...what are they called, round robins?...which have a certain amount of flexiblity in controling others' characters.  We won't actually do something to your character that would be detrimental to you continueing to play (at least the veteran RPers won't). But if you don't want to do it that way, that's ok too.  Also...the way it tends to work around here, canons are often played as NPC (anyone can post for them)...If I'm making any sense right now...XD;; )

OOC: Yeah pretty much everyone around here uses some limited flexibility regarding other poster's characters in order to progress the current posters posistion in the story. You can do it anyway you please, but I have found in my experience that strict poster only character control can drag the pace of a RP down to a crawl when you waiting for each and every single menail respons from the OC's (Original Character's) poster (which can be several days on the Mofo!). For example in my previous post I had my charcter (Flacha) shake your character's hand. It wasn't a major progression of the plot and just simply stood in to introduce my character to yours as I awaited a response rather than just wait for you to shake my my hand. It's basically a shortcut to get things rolling faster! You still control the major story points. The other posters just add to yours with their own personal stories that ties into yours. This is your RP however so if you rather I play it strict I will comply. I will await your response before I post my next IC just to make sure.
BTW it is nice to see you again Violet! I haven't been on frequently (enough) so I wasn't aware you had returned!

Oh ok, that's fine. I'm sorry, like I said, people did it differently at the other forum... so go ahead. 🙂

OOC: Hey that's okay. You're new to here. Once you get the hang of things you will be RPing just like the veterans.

IC:

Flacha just stared at the green hedgehog before him. "...Uh, want a cigarette?" Surge asked breathing out a puff of smoke from his previously lit cig. Flacha tilted his head to the side in confusion. He looked around at the small crowd of furries, who had equally confused expressions on their faces. Flacha then looked back at Surge and gave a weak smile. "Um, sure, I guess." the echidna reached out and grabbed the unlit smoke from the hedgheog's slightly out streatched hand. Flacha examined the cigarette he had been handed. A sense of curiosity crept through the echidna. He slowly raised the cig up in font of his face with his left hand. He then brought his right up in front of the cigarette and quickly snapped his fingers. Nothing. Surge gave Flacha a rather odd look. "Umm, do you need a light?" Flacha glanced over at the hedgehog who was holding a lighter. Flacha tried snapping his fingers once more. Again, nothing. Flacha shook his head and took the lighter. He lit up the cigarette, took in a big puff, and exhaled a long string of smoke through his nostrils. Flacha wasn't much of a smoker, but given the situation he needed something to help him relax. The orange echidna took in a deep breath and began to speak, "Would you kindly tell me where I am at before you head off? The last thing I remember is standing in Robotnik's robotization chamber, everything went bright and I wound up here! It felt like Chaos Control, but was somehow different!" Flacha waited for his response.

IC: I nearly coughed up the entire cigarette. This guy knows Dr. Robotnik... no, he was IN Dr. Robotnik's lair. NO! He was in Dr. Robotnik's ROBOTICIZATION CHAMBER. I calmed down, took another drag to help me relax. I coughed again, and proceeded to explain things to this guy. "Ok, first of all, you're in a Mobian Village on the planet earth," I explained. "But most of this planet is pretty much inhabited by humans... and uh... if you are... unaware of what a human is... which I'm sure your uh... not," I inhaled some cigarette smoke. "Well, basically, they uh... kind of all look like Dr. Robotnik... but not exactly of course, I mean..." I coughed again, breathed some smoke. "WAIT! Oh my gosh..." I didn't know what to do, I just knew that I had to have a long, in-depth conversation with this man. He knows about Dr. Robotnik. He knows about CHAOS CONTROL. I took another deep drag off my cigarette, and scrambled things around in my mind.

"Look, uh... how about I uh, get you a room here at the Quillow Inn? It's getting late, but I have a few questions I would like to ask you...?" I closed my eyes, blew some smoke rings and dragged again, then waited for the guy's response.  

Flacha smiled, "Humans? Yeah I know about them. There's a small colony living in secret on Mobius, but we call them Overlanders. They've been there for ages. No one knows where they came from." He cuckled and took a long puff on his cigarette before tossing it on the ground and stomping the light out. "Robotnik had to come from somewhere, right? So you say this planet is mostly inhabited by humans eh? Perhaps this is the Overlanders' home planet!" "Please lets talk more inside," Surge stated. Flacha stared down at the ground as he relayed previous events through his mind. "Another planet. I'm on another planet. Chaos Control isn't that powerful, is it?" "Come again?" Surge asked not really hearing Flacha's last remark. "Oh, nothing I was just thinking outloud!" he smiled, "I'll take you up on that room. Gods know I could use some rest! We should definately discuss more once inside. I'm certain we each have many questions for one another." A shiver crept over the orange echidna. "I feel a storm brewing. I could be wrong though. I'm not used to the atmosphere here, but the feelings still there regardless. The night may be restless!" At that the two made their way towards the Quillow Inn.

Man, oh man oh man oh man. This guy knows about the Chaos Emeralds. He knows about Dr. Robotnik. He knows about.... d'EVERYTHING! We stepped into the Quillow Inn lobby to discuss stuff. "How do you like your coffee?" I asked, putting out my cigarette. "I like decaf," Flacha replied. I headed over to the coffee machine and started the brewing.

"That'll take a while." I said, smiling, sitting down across from Flacha. "Anyways, I've been searching for Chaos Emeralds. I'm sure you're familiar with them, seeing as they are from your planet. You see, I have been searching the galaxy for 4 years now, in search of those mystical gems, because then I could use them against Dr. Robotnik, another name I'm sure you're familiar with, and win back my now corrupt town of Mobotropolis, maybe even rescue a few relatives from his roboticization. So, you can imagine, after I heard that you're actually a mobian directly from Mobius and that you are familiar with this stuff, I was interested in getting to know you better if it would have any effect on my quest."

Flaacha leaned forward and took a long look at Surge. "Obviously you are from Mobius," Flacha began as Surge nodded, "And you're telling me that you are on a quest for the Chaos Emeralds," Surge nodded again, "The emeralds are scattered across this galaxy? That would explain..." Flacha's voice trailed off as he became lost in thought. And they have been gone for four years? Well at least that's what Flacha gathered from this very revealing conversation with the green hedgehog. Four years. He was unaware they had been missing that long. He was certain he would have felt something. Of course there was one explanation, but Flacha didn't want to think about the alternative. The Chaos Force is probably in shambles. Flacha took in a deep breath. He could smell the fresh coffee brewing in the machine just several feet away. "So you're from Mobotropolis eh?" Flacha continued. "That is correct." Surge said expressionless. "I doubt you'll reconigze it now. Robotnik definately had plan of design in mind once he took control. So tell me, how did you get here? You're from Mobius was it a zone portal? Was it Chaos Control?" Flacha asked looking at the emerald dangling from Surge's neck.

I found Flacha's questions interesting, but I cant say they were what I was hoping for. I was really kinda hoping for answers to my questions, but I haven't asked them yet. "I took a spaceship. I still have it on this planet, but it's really old and tattered. Now, what I'm wondering is, what you know about the Chaos Emeralds. I need to find them, you see?"

"Chaos Emeralds?" Flacha chuckled a little, "My race or rather my tribe are the self appointed guardians of all the powers of chaos, if that makes any sense. The Chaos Emeralds are sacared as they are the gems, through the power of the Master Emerald,  that keep all the powers of Chaos in balance. Think of it like a chain. If one link breaks, then chaos will ensue! The emeralds have vanished from Mobius and the entire planet is in turmoil. Further more, the link to the zone I come from has been closed leaving me powerless! It is believed that iff all the emeralds are found the link can be re-established and balance can be restored. The situation is worse than I expected though. With the emeralds scattered as they are it makes my task much more difficult!" Flacha leaned forward, "So now tell me what is your intrest in the emeralds! You are obviously after them for some particular reason. Perhaps we can help each other out!"

"Perhaps we can help eachother out?" were the exact words I was hoping would come out of Flacha's mouth. "I come from the town of Mobotropolis. It is my hometown. I grew up there, and I loved that place. Then Robotnik came around and turned the greatest city on Mobius into a scrap heap. Now, I know, I know.... it's not much of a reason, but when I set my mind to something, I'm determined to do it, even if it takes +4 years...." I calmly sipped my coffee. I did of course have another, more personal reason. Actually a few more. I just hoped that I wouldnt have to reveal them, if my one supplied reason is all it takes to get this guy's help. Ive been working alone for years.... I could use a partner in crime, and this guy seemed like the perfect person to fit that role. But just then a lound grumbling noise shook the Quillow Inn. It was getting dark, I was getting tired... and the noise was getting louder.

Flacah looked around as he heard the mysterious Grumbling noise. The echidna just shrugged it off. He was new to this planet so for all he knew it was natural. Afterall no one else seemed to give it much attention. "You seemed bushed!" Flacha said to Surge, "Howabout we call it a night and continue in the morning?" He stood up and went over to the coffee machine and grabbed the brew Surge started making for him. He grabbed a pack of sugar, opened it and poured it into the balck drink. He surveyed the counter not finding what he was searching for. "Hahaha, no cream!" Flacha said jokingly, "People on this panet do drink their coffee with cream and sugar don't they?" The noise got louder. Flacha looked around. Natural or not it made Flacha seem uneasy. Just what could that sound be?