Okay, updated character list based on suggestions:

1 Sonic
2 Tails
3 Knuckles
4 Amy
5 Big
6 Rouge
7 Shadow
8 Bean
9 Bark
10 Omega
11 Vector
12 Espio
13 Mighty
14 Charmy
15 Nack
16 Ray
17 Blaze

I removed Cream, Vanilla and Nic and put in Bean, Bark, Ray, and I added another slot for Blaze since she is an official char coming out soon (and unlike the three bird boys, she's going to be featured in a more traditional Sonic-style game, unless I'm mistaken in my understanding of that).

While flattering, it wouldn't be a good idea for me to assign characters to people. I might as well assign people to the characters they displayed an interest in, except in those cases where multiple people showed interest in the same character, at which point I'd have to decide who gets who and then all too likely someone might turn out not too happy. Heck, even if they wanted the character originally, they might decide they don't like it after all and still end up blaming me. 😛 But seriously, I just don't see it as such a good idea. People obviously think this is a cool idea, but there's nothing like being forced to play a character you don't feel you can relate to for cooling off that ready enthusiasm.

The scenario I was originally imagining was that the contest winners would all get their own home version of this virtual reality simulator system - and be connected together via a specially-made closed network for this opening game. Then when it's discovered that they can't unlink themselves and their real world bodies are just laying there connected to the game world, they would be somehow transferred to a hospital while maintaining the link - since any disruption of the link could actually kill their real bodies. It makes more sense that the players might be brough together to one facility, but it might kill the "surprise effect" of having the RL players see each other before they start playing. Unless each player is escorted to a private chamber to begin the game in...

SEGA might recognize the possibilities, but since when have they been excited that much about a MMO-style Sonic the Hedgehog game? 😛 I imagine that they might have that potential in mind for later, but for this opening game they wanted to focus just experiencing the excitement of actually being your favorite SEGA character. They would also have a wider character array than ever before. That's part of the aim here.

However, I would like to see something more of a reason for certain characters to be involved. I wasn't expecting anything more than paper-thin explanations for the official SEGA characters, really, but that implies something more than no reason. Knuckles is such a classic example for this since he's the Guardian of the Master Emerald, and they've been struggling to include him since Sonic Adventure 2, and seem to have just given up on even explaining it since Heroes and Battle. But since this is an RP an not a video game, especially since we are looking at a SEGA that comes back from the grave to innovate the first virtual reality console, I think we can afford to idealize SEGA a bit more and assume they got better writers. After all, they got us. 😛 And we can surely come up with at least a basic explanation for why certain characters are involved in this, which might attract certain players to those characters.

While connectability is one of the issues here, this is less an online game launch as it is a virtual reality game launch. For the sake of this RP and this game, only official characters could be chosen. It is an interesting point that maybe these players get the honor of playing the official Sonic+co. characters, but it's a fairly moot point since the RP is only going to cover the adventure in this virtual world that's created.

Does the current updated character list look good to everyone now? Any complaints or comments? We should be starting this soon, I'll get started on the opening post. The one problem I can see is that I'd need to know who my character is in advance to really "get into" this first post, but I can work that in once we finalize this character listing.

Just do things at ya own pace, and we'll work with ya no matter how this pans out. :3

Seems like a good crowd in the RP OOC prelim post right here...I think it'll be safe to assume a fairly smooth start, if all goes well! ">

Terg, I've just had an idea...why into the characters and have a backstory for them all being together? Why not start the story with them all off on their own, like Knux up on the Floating Island all on his bill, and IC them coming together as the story progresses? That way we'd all be able to work off each other and get reasons for their existance that are much tougher than "Paper thin" backstories.

Also, it makes sence in the format of the RP...imagine if you were taking part in the game...to become your character then suddenly be thrown into an area with lots of people would be disconcerting. It would make much more sence to say the company seperates the characters at first, so they can get used to their new bodies, before they start interacting!

That strikes me as more realistic, and would solve the backstory problem. Just an idea though...it's your RP after all.

I agree with Wraith, as it serves to be much easier and again, as stated, helps to account for the backstory situation. For instance, Sonic, Tails and Amy could possibly start off together, on a beach somewhere, relaxing as they do, Knuckles on the Floating Island where he remeets up with Rouge (once again aiming to steal the ME. ) The Chaotix (inc. Mighty and Ray) all together, Shads and Omega together (possibly attacking an Eggman warehouse?) and such (since the other chars are a bit more ambiguous, they could either go together on their own group or meet up with the rest by their own personal aims) and itd help build up a storyline for them personally as well.

Because so far within the games I cant remember any specific reason for all the characters to automatically be grouped together at the beginning of it other then in miscellaneous non-canon games like Sonic Drift or Sonic R. If you could find an idea to bring them all together automatically, then sure, go for it, but starting them off in more separate groups, before bringing them all together for what would be the main crisis (during which would help explain their back story) would be a good idea.

Much better then the lame Knuckles already being with Tails in SH. >>

The list is fine with me, Terg. And I also agree with Wraith. A reason for teh charas being together would add more to the plot, if ya ask me. I'm getting so excited. Can't wait for this thing to start. =D

That is a good idea - and now that I think about it, I was thinking of using a "tutorial mode" as a part of my first post, which could be used for all of the characters in their starting points. I had been thinking that after the tutorial mode, then everyone would be thrown into the same general area, but it makes more sense that there would be other motivations going on.

To facilitate this idea of everyone jumping in at different points, the first post will have to include various starting points - or at least set up a specific overall storyline that everyone can join in at different points as it proceeds. Not anything that immediately involves the characters, mind, but something that is open enough for people to jump in as we go. After all, it would be important for the players to have some idea of the plot for the game, like Eggman going after the Chaos Emeralds again for some new weapon. That seems fairly standard, and can allow for exploration of each individual "world" or zone where the characters will be going for their adventures. However, I'm certainly open to other more detailed ideas for the plot, since Chaos Emerald chases don't always appeal and tend to get crazy introducing elements like Chaos Control and whatnot.

In terms of starting out, we could start out with SEGA calling out on national television the numbers of the winning tickets. Those who have the winning tickets will then go into virtual reality. (for example, ticket 12345 was the winner of the character Sonic, and the ticketholder reports to SEGA to take part in the virtual game). This way, not everyone has to show up at once; people can join in by saying 'I'm late, I've got a ticket for Charmy, put me in'. And so on and so forth.

OOC: Ultra, I disagree. I'd think the players are Beta Testers of a flawed version of the game- and are either exclusive members, or qualified somehow.

Because the first Virtual Sonic RP started by....god I forget his name had the idea you presented.

I was thinking it would start out with a television announcement - a news item mentioning the contest and that the winners were going to test-drive the new system later that day. Then the scene would switch almost immediately into the game itself. I still like the idea of making the players' identities a secret, revealing it only through gameplay so we never actually see the players themselves until maybe the very end.

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This idea has potential, but it kinda takes away the innocence of the whole idea...if the players were beta testers, they'd have to be hired by SEGA, and will therefore have some computer knowledge (or some of them would at least). This imo would take the edge of fear off, since some would know what was going on and would have ideas of how to stop it. If the players were winners of a compo though, it would mean they were just ordinary civillians who find themselves in a situation they hadn't bargined for.

Just my viewpoint.

Also Terg, if you're stuck for ideas I could dig into my old story and fanfic ideas and suggest some things I came up with, although I don't wanna take over the RP or anything. Let me know if you want me to look and I'll PM you.

I like more the idea that we where all ordinary civilians as well.

Yes, to everyone who was saying that the players should be normal people rather than specialized gametesters. In the scenario I've got in mind, the console has already been tested out, bugs worked out, and ready to go on the market; in fact, the console would be available for sale a week after the start of the RP. The contest winners are the lucky ones who not only get their own systems for free, but get to use them an entire week ahead of everyone else.

And as has been mentioned, I like the "innocence" factor that would come into play in this scenario. At first it's all fun and games but then it gets serious when they realize they cannot get out after their first real session. Deliberate, internal sabotage is clearly present - and it may even be that there is one player too many in the group, which would lead to everyone getting suspicious that the extra player is actually the one behind the hack. In a sense, this is a "survival" RP, but it's also an adventure as some of the players will surely see it as.

Now, that doesn't mean that one or two players can't know some things about game debugging and hacking. Just that such knowledge isn't likely to come in too handy unless they can establish some kind of artificial interface to the game itself, which will basically be impossible under the circumstances. It's possible that a contest winner player could be an adult or a little kid (within certain reason - we could assume that the virtual bodies they get make up for their physical impairments). So there are lots of combinations possible, although we might say that only people of a certain age could have entered the contest in the first place (maybe 13 and up?).

I think to start off with the first post, I'll have to select a character for myself to start off with. As far as I know, nobody wants to take Amy; if there is anyone who does want to RP as her, certainly speak up before I write this first post; I can always change that. But it seemed like people weren't too excited about RPing as her, so I feel it a fairly safe bet.

Good discussion, this is more like what I was aiming for. Mike, I don't know about the RPs that you've been mentioning, I am curious about them and how they turned out, so if you could provide some more info on that, it might be helpful to give something to compare with this one.

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Yes...yes I agree entirely!

*Has nightmares of Sonic being RPd by a 5 year old in this sort of situation*

Seriously though, I agree that having a minimum age limit on the compo is more realistic, and also I find it hard to imagine how anyone much less than 13 would really be able to contribute to the RP in any major way...immaturity would probably lead to one of two outcomes: Uncontrollable panic, or foolhardy, recklessness.

That is not to say, of course, that an over 13 year old wouldn't fall victim to one of those outcomes, and indeed it may be interesting if one did, however at least they could be reasoned with to a degree.

Sorry, but I'm gonna have to withdraw, due to my increased involvement in the Konoha Ninja RP. Rouge is now open to anyone.

Okay, since I hear no complaints, I'll use Amy for my opening post. I'll get to work on it and we'll get started this week, so hold on to your hats!

o.o *Holds*

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lol I thought the character picking earlier didn't mean anything, and it was first come first served.

Heh, I can't wait to see where this goes...:P

Let's just wait for that thar intro postage.

Im waiting too.

This is Sharla Dunn, Channel 3 News. Game fans, get ready the contest winners for SEGAS Avalon contest have been announced! Ever since SEGA took over the gaming market with their hot Ultimatum 1,128-bit video game console ten years ago, they had secretly been planning for the release of the first home entertainment system that could literally put players into the games. Hiro Suunake, the successor to Yuji Naka and the CEO who is credited with the success of the company, announced a month ago that a 10th anniversary contest would be held to see who would get their own Avalon Virtual Reality console and play it one week before anyone else in the world! The winners have been announced on SEGAs website. Due to confidentiality agreements, we are not allowed to announce the names of the winners over the air, but we are watching the proceedings closely as the contestants are brought to SEGA of Japans headquarters, where the winners of the contest will get their first shot at this incredible new video gaming technology with the consoles release game, Virtual Sonic. As we begin the 4th decade of the 21st century, those players will be having the time of their lives! Good luck, gamer fans, and watch out for those lines already forming for when the Avalon gets released to stores next week!

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In a lush grassy field, with a beachside cityscape anchored in the distance, a pink hedgehog wearing a red dress with white highlights, red and white shoes, white gloves with golden bracelets, and a red quillband opened her eyes. She blinked and looked up at the clear blue sky for a moment, then sat up, feeling the tips of the grass tickling her legs.

This feels soreal! she thought as she held up one hand in front of her face and flexed the fingers. She felt the subtle creases in the gloves that made them easy to wear and use, and in the reflection of the bracelet at the end of the glove allowed her to see herself. I can hardly believe it

She brought her legs underneath her and pushed herself to her feet, a little shaky at first. Im s she thought with a giggle, and she clapped a hand over her mouth at the sound. My voiceits changed too! They thought of everything!

After a few minutes of walking around, she soon felt confident walking and even running in this unusual shape she found herself in. She felt like her smile was going to break her face, it was so wide. This is real! she shouted out in a squeal of laughter. Im really Amy Rose!

Suddenly, part of the grass rose up as a block, the brown sides forming a criss-cross of lighter and darker squares, like a checkerboard pattern. The block rose up above her head, high enough that she couldnt hope to climb up to it. The pink hedgehog skidded to a halt, her face losing its smile to an expression of inquiry. Whats going on? How did that get there? Oh waityeah, this is part of my tutorial! I have to get up to the top of that blockbut the sides are too steep.

At the edges of her vision, she felt something almost tug, and she reached out with her hand toward the pull. A window popped up into her vision, and she clearly saw a set of directions with a series of illustrations. Oh yeah, I almost forgot, she said with a snap of her fingers, and she took a step back as she reached behind her, her fingers grasping an invisible handle. In response to this, the handle suddenly formed into reality, and Amy held out a large yellow-and-red mallet. My Piko-Piko Hammer! If I do this right, I should be able to jump up to the top of that block.

Running away from the block, Amy turned right back around and dashed straight at it. She waited until she was within a certain distance, then swung down at the ground with the hammer. The head of the hammer struck the ground with a kind of wooden pock noise, and Amy found herself flipping through the air! Wow! This is incredible! she shouted as she flew up toward the block, and she righted herself in midair just as she was about to land

She gave a shriek of terror as she landed and nearly fell off backwards, barely staying on top of the block by using the hammer to prop herself up. That was closeI think Ill have to spend a little time practicing this move, she said with a nervous laugh. So, whats next?

A strange electronic garbling sound reached her ears, which she twitched and simultaneously realized just how strange it felt to have ears near the top of her head. Looking over the edge of the block, she could see what looked like a giant mechanical caterpillar, almost her size, crawling around the base of the block. Oh yeah, combat tutorial, she said to herself. But Im going to need rings to give me a chance at fighting without dyingso where?

She turned and looked to see that three golden rings were hovering in midair just above the blocks surface, level to her eyes. She reached out with one hand to grasp the first ring, and just as she felt her fingers curl around its smooth and shiny surface, the ring dissipated into a cloud of sparkles, chiming with a familiar ringing noise.

Whoa, this feels awesome! she gasped as she felt a tingle run through her entire body. I feel like I can take on anything now! She quickly gathered the other two rings, which also disappeared in the same way, though she didnt quite feel the same tingle run throughout her body as she did so. Now, time to take on that robot! she said confidently as she went back to the edge of the block and jumped off.

The caterpillar robot, its purple and yellow metallic surface gleaming in the sunshine, turned to face her when she landed on the ground. That felt so weird, its like I almost didnt fall at all, she said to herself as she steadied herself, but she had to jump to one side as the robot dove at her with a maw full of metallic teeth.

She whirled back around, the hammer in her hands as she faced this opponent. Okay, wiseguy, time to clean your clock! Gripping the handle with both hands, she ran forward until she could see its beady eyes gleaming at her from under its artificial antennae. With a cry, she swung the hammer like a baseball bat at the robots head, and-

Missed! she grunted as she fell off-balance, and the robot struck at her, knocking her back as the tingle suddenly left her body and the three rings fell away from her. She got back to her feet, grimacing and looking at the robot with one eye closed as she leaned on the hammer. Now thats just making me mad! she growled as she swiped with one hand to grab one of the rings, the sensation of its protective powers enveloping her again as she rose to her feet and ran forward again. This time, she stopped just in front of the robot, brandishing the hammer. It dove at her, teeth gleaming-

And she stepped to one side, using both hands on the handle as she swung down hard onto the caterpillars body! With a satisfying shattering sound, the robot fell apart into its individual segments before all of the parts faded out of existence.

Hah! Ive got the hang of this already! she said with a triumphant huff as she reached back behind her again and the hammer vanished from her hands. I can do some more practice once I get to the citynow that I think about it, it would be neat to see what they have there. Station Square, huhI wonder how many of the others are going to be there when I get there? Well just have to find out!

She headed off toward the bridge that connected the grassy field to the city over a river connected to the ocean. The steely and light gray buildings dominated the horizon as she made her way toward it, feeling more powerful than she had ever before in her life.

SonicIll be able to see you soon, in the flesh! Now this will be exciting!

OOC: It is the year 2030. Electronics technology has continued to make leaps and bounds, and video games have matched this rapid advancement. In a surprise turnaround that slaughtered all other competition, Service and Games (SEGA) not only came back with the most advanced and popular console for 2020, but have continued to hold the dominant position in the video gaming market for a decade. And now on the 10th anniversary of that fateful time, SEGAs CEO and successor to Yuji Naka, Hiro Shuunake, has announced the development of the first full-immersement virtual reality home entertainment system the Avalon!

To join this RP: You play the part of one of the winners of the contest. This is your player. Your player has selected a character one of the seventeen pre-selected characters available on the list. What you must do, is keep in mind who it is youve created as the player, but for the sake of preserving the feel of the RP, dont put down at all who your player is. You can choose to reveal personal details later on as the RP progresses, but at the beginning nobody knows the real names of the other players or what they look like. Keep in mind that for simplicity, a player is the same gender/sex as their character (this means that if you want to select Rouge or Blaze, for example, then the player you play as must be female).

This is a first-come, first-served-basis RP. If there are any disputes about who selected which character first, well deal with them when we see them. So please be considerate of other players and the RP itself and do not start arguments if I cannot attend to the situation immediately. Please do not join this RP only because it looks cool I dont want someone taking a character only to end up discontinuing. You can leave the RP if circumstances demand, but please post in this thread with OOC reasons and/or PM me to let me know.

This is the character list for the RP. I will post this list in the first post and edit in who is taken by whom as the RP progresses.

1 Sonic the Hedgehog - Pachamac
2 Miles Tails Prower - DivineDragoonKain
3 Knuckles the Echidna - Mobius Springheart
4 Amy Rose - Tergonaut
5 Rouge the Bat -
6 Shadow the Hedgehog - Froggy
7 Big the Cat - Wonderbat
8 E-123 Omega - Alex the Teknian
9 Vector the Crocodile - Mega
10 Espio the Chameleon - Wraith the Echidna
11 Charmy the Bee -
12 Bean the Duck -
13 Bark the Polar Bear -
14 Blaze the Cat -
15 Ray the Flying Squirrel -
16 Nack the Weasel - Mike
17 Mighty the Armadillo

Any questions, comments, concerns, etc. can be posted in the thread or PMed to me.

Begin! You may choose to start in the tutorial, or you can immediately jump into the action. Be creative about how your player can interface with the different abilities of the character they selected, and build on what has been established so far. You can even introduce other environments as needed. The main plot of the game itself will be introduced as the characters start gathering together.

(OOC: So ~ Totally ~ Awesome!

After much consideration I've decided I actually majorly want to try Espio the Chamelion, so I'll play him. I have no time to post now ~ DARN ~ but I'll be ICing sometime today^^

Just thought I'd better get my foot in before anyone else does lol)

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In a big storage room hiden underground the E-123 robot model known as Omega turned to life, he felt strange being a robot, unlike the rest of the players he couldnt feel but his emotions and personality remained, he looked around the room he was in, data appearing in his vision.
"This looks great." he said in his robotic voice and was a bit surprised that his voice now sounded like Omega "Sega did a really good work in this game even my voice has changed." he said gladly for becoming his favorite Sonic character, he detected in the room had a small arena to practice his figthing skills and a target practice arena, trying to move he took a step but he lose his balance and falled on the floor with a loud metalic clang.
"Opss, I need to learn to move first." he says in embarrassment.

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Atop a skyscraper in Station Square, a new character materialized into existance. Jet sneakers touched down on the roof, shoes filled by the feet of a familiar black and red hedgehog with a nearly permanent scowl on his face. Shadow the Hedgehog looked up at the blue, sunny sky, a heavy contrast to his dark appearance. The hedgehog looked down at himself, flexing his fingers, running his gloved hand through his fur, toying with the white fluff on his chest. He leaned down and picked up a piece of broken concrete, feeling it. It felt so real. Everything felt so real.

Standing back up, Shadow casually tossed the bit of concrete into the air, pointed at it mid-flight, and snapped his fingers. A flash of purple split the air and the rock, shattering it. A huge grin split his face, and he began to laugh maniacally. He IS Shadow the Hedgehog! Absolutely incredible!

"I am the Ultimate Lifeform!", he declared triumphantly, pleased by the distinctive, deep voice of his chosen character. He felt invincible, unstoppable! Walking along the roof, he looked out at the city he was going to rock hard. It was time to kick ass and chew bubble gum, and he was all out of bubble...

His crimson eyes widened as he reached the edge of his roof, and the black hedgehog stepped back in surprise. He was way up there. Really, really high up there. And he didn't like heights, not one bit. He really wanted to do the Shadow thing and just run down the side of the building, or even better, Chaos Control to the ground, but checking his inventory revealed that he didn't have any chaos emeralds, and well....he didn't feel confident to run up and down building sides yet.

Looking around to make sure no one saw him, Shadow made up his mind. He was going to take the stairs.

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That had been ten minutes ago. For the last, unbelievable amount of time period in which it felt like an eternity, he had been him. The idol of millions. The star mascot of the most successful video games company in the world. He was Sonic the Hedgehog.

He had been experiencing the tutorial mode as he expected most others would. Although it wasnt necessarily standard for players to do so, in such a new and unbelievable environment like this it would be necessary.

His tutorial had proceeded without any problems at all, resembling Amy Roses tutorial all the way down to the scaling of the checker hill wall (however, whilst Amy Rose had done this using the Piko Piko Hammer, Sonic had scaled it by running up it. It was incredible, and something he had decided upon doing at every opportunity now available to him. He felt powerful).

The Caterkiller robot was defeated with no harm brought to himself, and the robotic beast was defeated with a well placed spin attack. The first time he had done that was weird, almost uncomfortable. But it worked, and hed get used to it eventually.

He had, to his dismay, disappeared from the grassy, familiar setting to one of something far more different. It was industrial, a city. Although hed knew where he was, Station Square, hed much preferred the calmer, peaceful environment of the tutorial stage. But this would be where hed meet the other contestants of the game, and somewhere thatd, by looking like a much bigger environment, somewhere he could truly test his amazing speed at in.

I guess now that Im properly in this game I should act Sonic-y. The player thought to himself, considering while he smiled and looked over the city. While other player might have started out in various different areas, upon buildings, on the street, in shops or restaurants, he was on top of a bridge that led from one section of Station Square to another, over the river thatd join up to the mouth and sea beyond.

It was truly unbelievable. He had spend the first two minutes merely paying attention to it, but still he couldnt get over how real everything felt. His body, the fur and spines. His gloves, and his iconic shoes. The grass, and now, the cold feeling of metal of the bridge. The wind

Time to test this baby out! Lets see just how fast I can go! Sonic shouted aloud, and jumped off from atop the giant support of the bridge, landing on the main part of the bridge itself. He turned, and ran forwards at a relaxed, but still incredibly fast pace, looking for anyone else who might be around.

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The darkness lifted, as Knuckles opens his eyes to an unfamiliar, yet..just as familiar scene of the emerald alter of Angel Island.

The first thing the lone figure realised upon this awakening was that he was isolated, and drifting along just trailing beneath the clouds, with seemingly but deceptively no distance between him and the sun.

Then again, the floating island DID have the name for a reason...

" Guess it works... " was ultimately the first uttered words of the simulated echidna, who took his first tentative steps toward the emerald and placed a hand down on it's surface.
This was mostly to test out his tactile sensations, but along with that...he had ALWAYS really wanted to do so.

One thing occured to him after doing so, and without a second thought, he ran down the stairs, and headed toward the closest outer edge of the island.

He looked down...and was promptly blown away by the view.

Mobius, beneath his feet...so close, yet so far. It was SO unbelievable.

The sense of the isolation felt more real now, as he begun to understand and sympathise a whole lot more with the character he'd adopted for the time being.

" Knuckles the Echidna, Guardian of the Master emerald... " he muttered to himself. " That has a GOOD ring to it, heh. "

Only thing that was a minor sticking point now was where the hell was everyone else at, and how was he gonna catch up to 'em?

Ah well...

He figured that he'd make an attempt to glide down to the surface on the first sighting of anyone familiar, but for now he would just enjoy the sights and sounds of the Mobian sky...sitting quietly on the edge as the time passed, slowly realising that this was gonna be the single most incredible experience of his life.

Thing was, he had no idea just what lay ahead...

~TBC~

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He opened his eyes slowly. He appeared to be laying on his back on top of a pile of what he thought to be leaves on wood, looking up at the sky through a filter of jungle plants.

It was then he realized his folly in letting the computer select a character for him to use. There had been 6 participants already, although one had not yet connected to the game world. He had, unable to decide a character for himself, let the character choose. Although the one he had been hoping he wouldn't get, the computer selected it for him.

"I'm Big? Great." He said, kicking himself in his mind.
He marveled at the voice that came out of his mouth, one entirely unlike his own. Well, at least they put a lot of realism into the thing,, he thought, while sitting up and looking around at his surroundings. This confirmed his suspicions, as he took in the ultra-realistic scenery of the mystic ruins' jungle. "I wonder where I'm going to have to go now?" He said in his suddenly-deepened voice that sounded just a little unintelligent. He stood up, feeling a strange sensation that came from being so heavy. He took a few shaky steps toward the door, then turned around when he realized what he'd forgotten. "If I'm going to play the big galoot, I can't forget this, now can I?" he said to nobody in particular, walking back and wrapping his fingers around a bamboo fishing pole, which quickly vanished. "What the-?" he said, looking around for where it had gone. He curled his fingers as if around the handle, however, and it appeared in his hand as if by magic.

He walked off through the jungle, choosing to skip the tutorial and find out how to play on his own, then began looking for the train to Station Square.

By the time he had reached the main area of Mystic Ruins, he was starting to feel much better about his character choice (or lack thereof),
relishing in the incredible feeling of power as he lifted rocks twice his size over his head and tossed them away, where they broke into pieces.
"Maybe I'll enjoy this after all..." he thought aloud, turning a right to check out the scenery at Angel Island.

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Eyes opened. A jaw dropped. It had finally happened... The fox-boy looked around the workshop, no, HIS workshop, in wonder. "I'm Tails...!" He marveled at the realistic voice integration, and looked at himself. It felt a bit weird to be this short, and there was an odd sensation in his back... He probed it with his mind and his trademark two tails flicked in unison. "Alright! This is great!" The one who was now Tails ran a finger through his fur, shivering at the sensation it gave him. "Wow... This feels so real..." He flicked his tails more, then started spinning them. With a little effort, he had lifted himself off the ground. "Hey, this is cool! Whoa..." He felt his stamina drain, and he fell back to the ground with a plop. "Heh. I'll have to work on that..." He then began to explore HIS workshop. There was all sorts of interesting things in the place, and even the Magic Hand weapons used in Sonic Battle. The Tornado 2 was sitting in the hangar the workshop was connected to, with what appeared to be a mech leg sticking out of its bottom. "That must be the Tornado 2 before Tails... before I ever upgraded it! I wonder if I can find powerups to complete it?" Suddenly, glowing objects began to appear in the world around him. A screwdriver, a hammer, and a robotic leg hung in the air.

Initiating Machine Creating and Upgrading Tutorial for Miles "Tails" Prower.

The fox-boy smiled. "This is gonna be great!"

(OOC: ARGH posted this once but EZ ate it!

Sorry for the false start above all...I'm here now and ready to rock^^)

IC:

As "Big" had been choosing his character he had noticed one of the players was not yet online, but in the short time it took him to log in, pick up his rod and start walking, the newcomer was in.

Station Square was beginning to wake up, with crowds moving into the city to start the day's work. Had any of them been wearing Infra-Red goggles, they may have spotted a figure, invisible to the naked eye, darting around through the back streets and alleyways at considerable speed!

The invisible intruder ran into another alley and lept into the air, heading straight for the stone wall of the nearby building! He impacted...and stuck, hanging like a spider or a lizard!

No sooner had he landed than he began to climb, moving swiftly up the masonry to the top of the building. He was quick, and scaled the many floors in quite a short time! As he reached the roof he jumped again, performing a summersault in mid air and landing in a crouch. As he jumped, his frame shimmered and became visable, his purple skin fading into focus and the large horn on his nose appearing out of thin air!

Quickly he spun round, flicking a hand to his side in a fluid motion. A glass bottle lay on the rooftop shattered as a ninja star impacted on it dead center. Another swift turn, another two flicks, and two metal drinks cans went flying aross the rooftop with a clatter, two more stars embedded in them!

Espio grinned as he slowly straightened up. He had flown through the tutorials. His co-ordination had always been good, but this game had enhanced it even further! He felt like he couldn't miss!

Undoubtedly the best trick was his skin though! He held up a hand, watching as the color on his arm shifted, turning to the same grey as the concrete he stood on and blending in perfectly! This is SO AWESOME!!!

Slowly he turned and stepped to the edge of the building, looking off at the bustling metropolis below. He blinked in supprise as he spotted a familliar black and red form exit one of the buildings further down the street and set off down the road. Even from this distance his identity was clear!

Espio was curious to see just how well Shadow's player handled the Angst Factory, but to be more in character he should really locate Vector and Charmee (He hoped to goodness whoever was playing Charmee didn't get too into character!) first. He turned and set off down the building the same way he had come up, glancing after the black hedgehog as he did so. They would undoubtedly meet at some point...

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System status nominal, all lifesigns read normal. Direct Interface Unit (DIU) fully operational. Character selection confirmed. VR Field created, adapting Vector.exe to player.

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The large green crocodile opened his eyes. He was in the office of the Chaotix detective agency. Whoa... this place seems so real The reached his large muscular arm and rubbed his scaley skin. Amazing.... this equipment is more high tech than I thought... I even FEEL like Vector. He got up and did some exploration for a brief moment. "Well.... no more time to waste," he said.
He decided to skip the tutorial and head straight for station square. Vector smirked. He decided to test out his new strength on a nearby grabage can. Pleased with his new ability, he continued walking. "Well," he said. "I'd better look for Charmy and Espio. Can't be the Chaotix without them"

TBC

Unlike the other players who where organic he needed a little more time to get acustomed to his Robotic body, after a while Omega could walk and with a little more practice he learned how to activate the two trusters on his back making him able to slide fast around the room, he walked toward the small fighting arena to practice his movements, he pushed a button and holographic Eggman robots started to appear around him, he slashed at the robots with his silver hands tearing them to pieces easily with the pointy ends of his fingers, after a while of practicing he got the hang of it and then walked to the target practice arena. changing his hands into the barreled machine guns wasnt so hard since they where part of him like the two trusters of his back, he pushed a button and changed his hands into the barreled guns as holographic targets started to appear in the arena moving around, Omega pointed his barreled machine guns and shooted at the targets blowing them to pieces, after a while he could shoot and destroy the faster moving targets very easy without missing.

Tails easily adapted to the assembly tutorial. It seemed that by finding parts for items and the necessary tools, he could make an almost endless amount of gadgets to perform various tasks. This was likely due to Tails being nerfed in attack and speed compared to Sonic and Knuckles.

Just as he put the finished work on the Tornado 2, the mech glowed.

Tutorial completed with 100% efficiency.

"All right!" Tails pumped the air, but the computer wasn't through talking.

Deleting tutorial data.

"...Huh?" Suddenly, the Tornado 2 flashed, and the mech was replaced with the original, red Tornado.

"WHAT?! Aw, man! I wanted to pilot that thing... Oh well, it'll get better later, I guess."

Tails, armed with his new knowledge, stepped outside. The world immediately fell away, and he found himself inside another tutorial.

Commencing flight tutorial.

Mountains with ledges appeared in front of him. Grinning, Tails worked his magic and flew from ledge to ledge. He cleared the first batch of mountains, and another set popped up; this time with traps. Spikes flew out at him from the walls as he blazed past, moving a speed that would likely make his namesake sick. "YEAAAH! THIS IS AWESOME!" Tails felt the wind on his fur as he leaped and flew, and looked down on the area. A Caterkiller lurked below, and Tails knew the perfect solution. "BANZAAAAAAAI!!!!" Tails dropped and spun his tails around him, bouncing off of the caterkiller, killing it, and landing perfectly. "Yeah!"

The tutorial dropped away, and Tails found himself in the very familiar Station Square. "Ok, guess it's time to find Sonic! I'll prove to him that I'm not a n00b!" Tails flew off in the general direction of a bridge, scanning the world below.

Wether the game had placed them close, or somehow drawn them together...

Espio had been wondering around the city, mingling with the populous and watching the crowd. It was quite incredible to be surrounded by furries...watching closely, he could see each one had their own personallity and character, just like in real life!

This is TOO cool!!!

Then he'd spotted the green figure moving down the alleyway, his yellow walkman on his belt and gold chain around his neck. Surely too much of a coincidence to be accidental.

He ran down the back alley after the crocodile, shifting his skin color as he did so and once again becoming invisable. This would be a little out of character, but he just had to try it once!

His footfalls made no sound as he ran up behind Vector and, reaching up, he tapped him on the shoulder with a finger...

For a moment, something entered his line of sight...words appeared outta nowhere, proclaiming:

Tutorial session beginning. Basic fighting technique...

" Wha'? "

And without warning, a couple of lethally lame badniks popped out of virtually nowhere.
Crabmeat an' Buzzbomber - both inactive weapon-wise, but moving, as to get the player who's become Knuckles used to the feeling of quick battling.

" Oh, s'ya wanna play tag? " The echidna gave a wry smile, and immediately jumped to his feet to run at full speed toward Crabmeat, jumping and landing a vicious Fist into the metal chassis of the virtual Robot.

It caved in, and sparks flew as the Robot's innards became outtards in a moment, before poofling back out of existance, defeated.

He turned his attention to the flying Beebot, Buzz Bomber.
This, however, was slightly interrupted by the words again...

Backup training bot Armaments, engaged.

The bee unleashed a couple of glowing balls, which exploded on the ground upon impact.
Knuckles was thrown to his feet, surprised by this slight turnaround...

" You wanna play ball? A'right...I can dig that. "

Scrambling to his feet, he spies a nearby boulder...which, hesitantly, he unleashes a fist attack upon - it shatters into smaller, yet still big, chunks...

" Here, I serve...you catch. "

And with that, he grabbed hold of one of the chunks, and hurled it at the buzzbomber. It smashes into the underbelly, and the bot loses it's own equilibrium...hovering still, but no longer steady, and still firing balls.
NOW, however, there's very little gap between firing times.

" Awww, man... " The player exclaimed loudly, before dashing away from the barrage of BuzzBombs exploding behind him.

It was then he decided to try something...

He jumps into the air, and engages himself into a digging frenzy before hitting the ground on the way down.

Moments later, he burst from the ground...only to realise he was far too far away from the buzzbomber to be of any actual use.

" Uhh, Yeah...heh. " He muttered, before clambering up the nearby tree, and getting just a few inches above the Buzz bombers height. " Third time's the charm, baby... "

Jumping from the branch, he glides nimbly downward toward the buzzbomber, which can no longer control it's flight path.
He smashes through the robot, but is sent to the ground violently by the small explosion that is created because of it.

A few moments recovery time, he looks around him with a small sense of satisfied smugness.

" Alright, we're IN business - bring it ON!!! "

With that outburst, he proceeded to head back toward the emerald shrine to gather his thoughts.

~TBC~

{{ Next post, Monday. Oo; No net access Sundays, y'see. 😛 }}

Secondary Tutorial session beginning. Speed Tutorial Active.

The Sonic player stopped in his tracks at the sounding of this message, which appeared to come as if from nowhere. He looked around him, at the busy and bustling metropolis of a city, where people went on with their everyday activities, all of them oblivious to the message. It seemed that only he could hear it, or at the very least nobody else made a notice of it.

However, just because the computer controlled AI characters did not mention of the Tutorial speaking, it didnt necessarily mean they didnt notice or acknowledge Sonic himself. Several young mobians of various species would all run up to him and around him, laughing away and generally being happy at seeing their hero before them. Their words resounded with a majority of Play, Sonic!, but he couldnt, not if he had another tutorial to complete.

Which was strange. He had thought that the tutorials were over for now, but obviously not, and they even continued onwards inward Station Square. He wondered what this tutorial would have to be about though, because it wasnt necessarily hard just to run.

Sonic had waited for their helping hint information to speak up and alert him to what had to be done. For the tutorials, they didnt necessarily had to be manually goaded and manoeuvred as to what to necessarily do, a player could simply go off on the lead of what the title of the tutorial was. But for players who were confused or needed more information, they would simply have to wait without doing anything for a small while and more helpful information would be processed to them.

Speed Tutorial-
Race from this point to Speed Highway. Maintain speed at a constant at all times.

Ah, he finally understood it. This wasnt just a test about getting up to the Sonic speeds the blue hedgehog could muster, but rather maintaining it under more pressing conditions. In this way not only was a speed tutorial but an agile tutorial, in turning around corners and avoiding pedestrians and vehicles.

The Sonic player had not yet noticed the familiar shape of a long time friend up above him in the sky, of the two tailed fox who was flying towards a bridge. Before the Tails player or anyone else could stop to converse with Sonic, he had gone, disappearing in a blur as he began the mission.

Aw yeah, this isnt too bad! Sonic said aloud, as he ran forwards, his legs a constant blur of blue, red and white, his arms brought behind his back and his head pushing forwards. He moved at a constant fast speed, dodging in and out of the varying traffic that passed him and turning corners without any difficulty. This is easy, yeah! he shouted aloud again.

It was at this point he began to be a bit overconfident. As such, he pressed on even more speed and raced forwards, coming to the next corner and the street beyond. He turned around the corner in a long arc, narrowly missing all the passing traffic, and continuing on down that street. However, before him was an cross section of traffic lights, and the street he was currently on had the traffic lights blare a red colour at them, indicating for the traffic on this side to stop.

But if I stop, I fail the tutorial! The player thought to himself. Guess Im just gonna have to pour on the speed even more!

As Sonic did so, he began to race faster and faster, just passing the traffic lights and onto the area where the other sides traffic was crossing. And he found himself desperately having to break and stop just in time to avoid a collision with a passing school bus!

It was narrowly done, but he had accomplished avoiding the now gone vehicle. He was still, sitting down where he had collapsed onto his back side (fortunate enough not to have gotten hit) and rubbing his head, surprised by it. Although he was grateful he didnt hit the bus since this game felt awfully real, and he really didnt want to have to experience anything like it, he was still racked with disappointment that he failed the tutorial.

Oh well, its not like this hog needs a tutorial in speed, anyway. I thought I was pretty darn good. If only the tutorial let me the option of slowing down instead of moving at the same speed I could have breezed it! Sonic shouted out with a smug grin, reassuring both himself and some of the other astonished people who had saw the display.

He quickly got onto his feet, and zipped off the scene.

Moments later, his running had came to a gradual stop and now became a confident walk. As the blue hedgehog with attitude strolled down the street, it was now that the player was interested in finding other players like him, and he wondered of their jealously. After all, he was the unbelievably lucky one to have managed to pick Sonic himself! (Admittedly, when he came to choose his character a lot of others had automatically just been picked, showing those peoples preference in another character. But regardless, being Sonic himself was a fantastic achievement. When this game goes mainstream into all of the public hed be legendary!)

Vector felt a poke on his shoulder. He turned around and saw nothing. "That's odd," he said. "I could've sworn I felt something poke me." He continued walking, and listening tro some music with his headphones.

OOC: hort post, but it's all I could think of for now. =P

"LatelatelatelatelatelatelateLATE!!!"

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She looked around, stunned by the beauty of her surroundings. "Woww...this is so REAL!"

It only took a moment to find a small lake, and she examined her character model in the reflection..."Who the heck?!"

She was Rouge the Bat! "Eek!"

Rouge was in the outskirts of the city, hiding in an alley and behind a dumpster. She had a rough time with her Caterkiller, and only had one ring left, barely. She had won by luck; she called it an accident. But now, something more important was on her mind: "I can't go walking around in public wearing THIS! I need to find something to cover up with..."

She spied a clothing store across the street. If this really simulated reality, then there was her solution! But, she had no money...what could this character do? As if a sign from above, a prompt appeared.

-----Gliding Tutorial-----

With a sly grin, she entered the building next to her by the back way, and climbed the stairs. As she went up, she narrowly missed bumping into a dark hedgehog! "Sorry," she said quickly, and hurried up the stairs to the roof.

Only once she had gone up another couple of floors did she realize she had just passed Shadow the Hedgehog! She stopped in suprise, but then started to run up the stairs! "Can't face any of the other players yet...not until after I do a costume change..."

OOC: Hope that's okay.

Tails flew along, enjoying the city sights. "This is soooo cool! And I'm not getting tired as fast as before, either!" Tails looked down, and thought he spotted a familiar blue sight below him. "Huh, is that Sonic!?" He stopped in mid-air, and looked again. Nothing. "Oh... I guess I was imagining things."

Tails fluttered to the ground, and looked around. "It's amazing what they managed to do here..." He began walking, still looking up. "I feel like I'm actually here... Not only that, but I feel like this is a real city, too!" He smirked as he caught a glimpse of a Sega advertising billboard on top of a nearby building. He was so caught up in it, he didn't notice the large crocodile he ran into.

The player's gaze snapped straight ahead as the game gave him a short announcment.
Three new players in game, it chimed mechanically, as he wandered around the general area of Mystic ruins, passing by a wall made of ice. As he stepped out into the light of the Angel Island area, he noticed that the island was hovering hundreds of feet above. The chaos emeralds must be up there, he thought deviously. If only I could get up there, though... His thoughts were interrupted by a series of explosions coming from the island. "There must be another player up there. I wonder what's going on? Oh, well. There's no way for me to get up there right now." He said, walking back through the tunnels and hopping the train to Station Square.

Wandering around the city, he was taken aback by the sheer amazing quality of the city. While he was walking around the interior of the city, however, he was nearly floored by a blue streak that dashed by a few feet from his face.
That must have been... Sonic! he thought, looking off in the direction where the blue hedgehog sped off to.
Looking up distractedly, he saw a familiar yellow fox flying overhead in the direction Sonic went. "Looks like most of the players have made their way here already." He said. "I wonder when we're going to find out what we're here to--" Once again the main system cut him off with a bulletin.
NEW OBJECTIVE! Head for the Twinkle Park area and find Froggy. Mission reward to be announced once mission is selected.

"I wonder if any of the other players have gotten missions yet?" He spoke aloud, attracting the attention of one or two virtual citizens as he wandered down the street.

OOC: Good job folks, I really like how some of you used the tutorial I did as an example, but I definitely encourage you to create your own unique tutorials for your characters as we go.

Something to talk about with game mechanics, rings are going to become incredibly important as this RP proceeds. I'm not going to make this into some lame video game RP where I set up rings as rewards for objectives or whatever, but rings are technically a part of the game and should be taken into consideration. As far as I've worked out, rings serve two purposes: protection, and as fuel for enhanced powers.

Defense: unlike in most Sonic games, you won't necessarily lose all your rings if you get hit by an enemy. You will lose a certain number of rings according to what hits you, what kind of damage is done, etc. Burns, cuts, etc. will start building up on the character as well. However, gathering more rings can help strengthen a character and actually heal damage sustained. That's a baseline concept for this RP and will become important with other concepts, so keep it in mind.

Powers: Obviously some powers require the use of a Chaos Emerald or all of them together. But eventually it might become necessary for the players to use rings to perform tasks that they otherwise could not do. This will usually manifest in the form of speed/reflex/strength enhancements, but at this point the players and characters don't know this, I'm bringing it up to try to keep this from being a surprise. More explanation on rings will come up "in-game" as the RP proceeds.

Since we've gotten just about all of the "base" characters, we can start proceeding with gathering the characters together. I'd prefer not to have everyone go in separate directions, either keep them into small groups or keep them as a group together, though you are free to roleplay your character and how they would feel about such a situation. It'll be easier to facilitate plot direction this early on for everyone to gather to one point. Finish up with your tutorials and then follow along with the plotline thus far.

IC:
Amy looked up at the sky as she heard the announcement, more in her head than from any voice outside of her head. "Huh? Rescue Froggy? Why am I getting that as a mission?" she asked, feeling clueless. "Oh wait, that was a general announcement...so that means that everyone else is going after Froggy too! I wonder if we have to race each other to get there? Twinkle Park, huh?"

She looked around and found a sign that said, "Twinkle Park - this way."

"Now that's just convenient!" she said with a giggle as she ran past the sign down the sidewalk. "If I hurry, maybe I can even beat Sonic there. Or, at least meet him..."

OOC: There we go.

Feeling more prepared after knowing his fighting and shooting skills Omega checked his tutorial, he readed that his energy that lets him move slowly decreases like a battery so he needs to get golden rings so his energy doesnt run out or his body could shut down and be unable to move, another thing he readed is that this room was his base and he could get back anytime he wanted to practice, ready now to start his adventure he walked into the elevator that could get him to the surface and pushed the button, the elevator closed the doors and moved to the surface, Omega waited a bit then the doors opened making him see a beauty ful blue sky and snow, he gets out of the elevator looking impressed how real was his suroundings, he took some snow in his hands watching how real it looked, even when he let it fall some snow remained stuck on his silver hands.
"Just like in real life, this is increible." Omega said and then looked at Station Square in the distance noticing he was on a mountain.
"lets see if there are any other players in Station Square." says Omega, before leaving he pushed the button of the elevator so it went underground and a compartment closed, he wondered how he could make the elevator come up again but he discovered there was small metalic cover near the closed compartment, he lifted it and saw the button for the elevator, he covered the compartment with snow and then slided down the mountain in direction to Station Square.

Tails sat in pain as he steadied himself. He started to get up, but...

Tails blinked. "Huh, Froggy? Twinkle Park? What the-?" Tails shook his head, and apologized to the person he bumped into, without noticing it was Vector. "Sorry, gotta go!" He took off into the sky towards Twinkle Park.

"Froggy...? That sounds like a mission for Big? Why did I get it? ...Wait, I wonder... Did everyone get it? Heh, maybe I'll meet everyone there! Including Sonic! This is gonna be GREAT!"

Soon, Twinkle Park's entrance came into view, but someone was already there...

Twinkle Park. Not too hard to find even in a large and incredible city as this. As it was, there were billboards and signs all over the place directing the location of the overwhelming theme park, and of how it extended out with rollercoasters in the distance certainly didnt make it difficult to find. Near to it would be the sea, and from there was a hotel resort where characters could rest.

But go find Froggy? Sonic said aloud, as his body leaned back whilst his legs continued to run at a quickened pace, his head relaxed against his hands and arms. What a dull mission. At any rate, Bigll probably be there so it should be cool to meet the guy!

The figure of Sonic which was once visible suddenly disappeared, as he concentrated more and became faster and faster, disappearing quickly.

Hed have to get used to the brakes though. Turning a corner near to a bookstore he found the entrance to Twinkle Park, and had to automatically start breaking a good few meters before it. The incident with the bus earlier was lucky, this wasnt.

BANG!

Owww! came a wide pitched scream of agony.

Ugh, what in the world did I hit? Sonic asked, rubbing the back of his head and wincing. It looked like his luck to narrowly avoid hitting things was just that, luck earlier, and it wouldnt stay. Sorry for hit- Sonic automatically stopped and his eyes widened in surprise at the person before him.

It was a girl, a pink hedgehog who had collapsed on the floor after being bowled over by him. Sonic instantly knew it was, one of the most irritating characters of all; Amy Rose.

Ah, geez, sorry about that Amy! Guess I was so excited to get here I didnt see you! Sonic said, waving his hands to try and explain the situation, whilst being wary and cautious of the girls reaction. He already had two, varying ideas of what could happen already in his mind, either a glomp or a smack by the Piko Piko Hammer

Espio had been planning to play with Vector a little more before revealing himself, but the mission call had destracted him. By the time he had looked back towards the crocodile he had run off, following a small orange kitsune with two tails!

This mission idea seemed a little dim to him...this game was made to be realistic, so missions appearing out of thin air seemed very out of place! Still there had to be at least SOME structure to the game, he guessed.

He reverted his skin color back to normal, making a number of npcs nearby jump with his sudden appearence, and set off after the crocodile quickly. He was slightly faster at running, and slowly caught up with him. As he drew close, he called out: "Hey Vec!"

Oh hell, oh hell, oh hell, He thought to himself, I'm so freaking late for this thing!

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"Quack." Quack? That don't sound right.

He looked down at himself, and the green feathers he had for a body. "O-M-G!" He let out at the top of his lungs. "I'm a freaking bird!" His voice sounded odd, rather 'quacky', in a sense. His eyes narrowed, and a smirk spread across his beak. "You're dispicable," he had said, mimicking Daffy Duck's voice, although not even having to try to force the accent from him, it just sound so... natural.

He blinked, as a signal passed over his head: Movement Tutorial.

"What!?"

Some time, and several tutorials (including movement, flight, bomb creation, and fighting), Bean the Dynamite Duck was ready and on his way, but no sooner than he had taken a single step, and the mission objective of finding Froggy at Twinkle Park appeared above him.

He rose a brow at this. He figured it had to be a general message, because he knew that his character didn't have any relation to Froggy, unless it was a plot SEGA had pulled out from their hats. He snickered slightly, and took notice of his surroundings. He was in the streets of Station Square. Good. That made things much easier, and headed on his way through the steets.

"When I get there, I can see who's who in this wacky world," he thought to himself.

Vector was about to say something to Tails, but before he could, the fox ran off. He too was confused about the mission. "Why on earth would we all need to rescue Froggy?!" he ranted.
Before he could make another move, teh crocodile heard a familliar voice. He turned around and saw Espio coming his way. "Espio! It's about tiem you got here," he said as he moved toward the other Chaotix member.

When Rouge the Bat received the notice of the mission, she had just completed both the gliding tutorial and her thievery expedition into the clothing store. Over her regular outfit, she was wearing baggy tan shorts, a loose and baggy green t-shirt, and a blue vest, also loose fitting. Thinking to herself, "thar we go! Now that I don't look so exposed and embarrassing, maybe I can do this mission!"

From the roof of the clothing store, she glided in the direction of Twinkle Park. She was still a little wobbly while in the air, not quite used to it, but doing quite well considering her obvious lack of experience. She was focused on reaching her destination, not really paying attention to the people on the ground. She was also distracted by how hot the extra layers were making her. Her attention focused on her destination, though, when she saw two hedgehogs near the entrance: a blue one and a pink one! "Sonic and Amy! I think I'd better keep my distance if they're going in the same direction. Do we all have the same mission?"

Rouge attached herself to the side of a building, and furtively climbed it to give herself more height for when she would glide again. It wasn't much further...

It was a girl, a pink hedgehog who had collapsed on the floor after being bowled over by him. Sonic instantly knew it was, one of the most irritating characters of all; Amy Rose.

Ah, geez, sorry about that Amy! Guess I was so excited to get here I didnt see you! Sonic said, waving his hands to try and explain the situation, whilst being wary and cautious of the girls reaction. He already had two, varying ideas of what could happen already in his mind, either a glomp or a smack by the Piko Piko Hammer

"Owww...watch where you're going, pinhea-"

Those were the first words out of Amy's mouth just as her eyes rose from looking down at the hard cement to the person who had slammed into her. She cut herself off with a sudden gasp as she realized who it was who had bulldozed into her.

There he was. In the flesh. About her height, blue as blue could be, with those trademark sneakers, those cobalt quills, that black nose and those green eyes that now held concern in them as they looked at her.

Sonic! He looks so real!

Almost as if in a trance, she picked herself up from the hard light gray sidewalk. She stepped toward him, and with one hand she reached out and touched his flesh-colored chest. She ignored the confused look he gave her as he stepped back, as if he was expecting her to do something else entirely.

He's real! she thought with a giggle to herself.

But then there was a swishing sound, and when Tails dropped into view Amy realized how awkward the situation was, and she turned away, taking a few steps before stopping and looking straight at the ground. Oh great, now they probably think I'm some kind of pervert, she thought, her cheeks burning. Might as well just get into this, no turning back now.

"Sonic! Amy! You two got the quest to find Froggy too, right?" asked Tails, which Amy was thankful for; better to not discuss what just happened.

"Yeah, I got that too," she answered as she turned back around, careful not to look Sonic in the eye again. He's so REAL, she thought.

"I've been looking for you." Espio stated, putting his hands on his hips. "We have a new mission...apparently we have to find someone called Froggy in Twinkle Park...no idea who the guy is."

Vector blinked. "You don't know Froggy? He's a friend of Big's in the..."

Espio held up a hand. "Dude, I'm in character here!" he muttered quietly. "Espio and Vec have never met Froggy, so they wouldn't know him!"

"Oh...yeah, sorry."

The chamelion folded his arms and assumed his normal tone of voice again. "Sooner we start, the sooner we finish boss..."

OOC: I won't be around to continue adding people Sunday, just to let you know; but I like where everyone's taking this so far, making the powers flexible but balanced with the others, cool cool.

Both Sonic and his player were speechless. At first he had just assumed the proper code of etiquette and apologised to whoever he bumped into, but now that he had the time, and Tails had suddenly appeared out of nowhere, he noticed just the amount of detail within the two characters. It was staggering. The fur almost looked unbelievable.

Regardless though, he was still a bit confused by Amys actions, but decided to shrug it off and just to have fun in this world and their next mission.

Good to see you too, buddy. Sonic shouted, smiling. Where ya been?

Oh! Uh, building some stuff onto the Tornado. Tails replied a bit sheepishly.

Awesome! Weve gotta take a ride in that later! Sonic shouted, unaware that the building tutorial had reverted the Tornado back to its original look. But anyway, weve got to find Froggy, eh? Sonic said, rubbing his chin as he stared at the elevator entrance to Twinkle Park.

Should we do it together or alone? he asked, looking at the others. He looked towards Tails in a normal manner (as well as the excitement within seeing the character appear so real) and when he turned to Amy, he would give her instead a more confused, strange look, but quickly shook that off given that it was impolite.