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[dipping his paws on a lake there's a silver-colored hedgehog sitting in the middle of the forest, he looks... concerned, there's cuff-like golden rings on his ankles, as well as his wrists]

*there are some bright green eyes watching from the shadows*

[he sighs, looking around before standing up, walking further into the lake and sitting down slowly, he yelps when the cold water touches his tail, and then his torso and back.]

...

[he takes a deep breath, and the water begins to glow from his hands outwards, the hedgehog closes his eyes and frowns]

focus...

[the glow of the water focuses around his hands which form a cup under the surface of the water... slowly, that zone begins to bubble slightly.]

it worked!

[the water bursts upwards from his sudden reaction and the glow fades away from both it and the hedgehog]

Ow-ow-ow-ow too hot!

*the green eyes materialize into a hedgehog shape as the water around Silver grows noticeably darker and returns to a reasonable temperature*

huh? that feels nice... did... it actually work?

[the hedgehog looks confused but... he's going to let himself have this little moment. Too much has happened the past months, he wants at least one last happy moment before the storm]

[siiigh]

[he rests his head on his quills, keeping his face over the surface and looking upwards]

I wonder how everyone else is...

*he's just watching from the sidelines, before making a little motion with his hand. The dark water responds, just gently swaying Silver back and forth*

hmm...

[silver closes his eyes]

this feels... so... familiar...

[he lets himself enjoy this moment... and for Mephiles a familiar presence beats like a heart from within Silver. A very familiar one, almost like his own, and yet entirely different, entirely... Silver's.]

...

[he opens his eyes and stands up looking confused, splashing at the water]

*he hasn't felt this in...so long. That almost presence, almost the heat that compliments his dark, cold night. He closes his eyes for a moment, but even so is completely aware when Silver stands up, the dark water not splashing quiiiite the right way, like it's thicker than it should be. But he also doesn't move, just a quiet dark hedgehog on the side of the lake.*

...maybe it was just my imagination...

[but now he notices the dark water and splashes around more]

w-what-???

[he stands upright and begins to turn around trying to spot anything else unusual, all the relaxation he had accomplished giving it for more anxious panic in fear of having fallen into a trap like a rabbit falling for a hunter's trick.]

You're not in any danger. I promise.

*the dark water dissipates, all the shadows retreating back to Mephiles, who finally sighs through his nose and opens his eyes*

[silver locks his eyes on the other... hedgehog. his quills visibly go down a little and relaxes again]

oh... it's, you... Mephiles, was it?

[silver smiles a faintly, he recognizes this person, they had a short encounter a while ago]

... where... you... did you... make the water... change?

Yes. It's me.

And yes, I did.

*short, simple, to the point answers. He doesn't blink at all, just green eyes staring*

Ah...

[he begins to walk out of the water, his fur still dripping.]

May... May I ask... what were you doing with... it?

[he smiles awkwardly... while fighting against his guts telling him to make an excuse and leave]

Ensuring that you didn't get scalded. It seemed like your telekinetic abilities overcompensated slightly when you were heating the water.

*not mentioning the part where he essentially rocked him in his arms from a distance, nope*

oh ... yeah

[his awkward smile turns rather nervous.]

heating things up like that is hard ... well... thank you!

I'm surprised you could keep the water so ... warm but not hot

i thought i had managed to work something up... he he he... he...

[he looks away from his own self feeling cringe at thinking it had been his power.]

...

[he fidgets]

would you... like to join me? i... could use the company of a friendly face]

It is an art form that takes many years to perfect; you created the heat, adding the energy in. I simply tamed it, taking energy away, which is far easier to accomplish in such a case as this, when the water already wishes to return to its natural state.

*finally a slow blink*

I would join you, if you would have me.

i would be glad to, it's been a while since i could spend a nice time with anyone that wasn't trying to end me

[he forces a chuckle]

you can leave your stuff next to mine if you want

[the soft gray hedgehog points at the pile of footwear and gloves left behind by him]

i would really like to know more about you

*he stares at his hands for a moment, almost seeming not to understand what Silver meant by 'leave your stuff next to mine' before he very deliberately peels off his gloves and steps out of his shoes. In a few minutes, whenever Silver isn't looking, they'll dissolve back away into shadows.

Slowly, he steps into the water, staring at it as he does.*

Yes...I suppose so.

[he smiles, looking away to attempt to heat up the water again]

I didn't get to know a lot about you last time we met, besides your name...

[the glow spreads around him much slower than before]

...

What do you wish to know?

well for one... how exactly is it you look so... identical to Shadow, it's... like you're Shadow's shadow!

[begins to slowly raise the temperature of a much smaller area than before]

I...was reincarnated in the form--the shade--of the living being closest to me at the time I was released from a purgatorial prison.

That happened to be Shadow the Hedgehog.

. . . That... sounds so ... familiar... like a... ugh... memory I can't remember.

I'm glad to know Shadow still goes out of his way to help people, though!

Especially with the words you used... purgatorial prison...

[he shudders a little... and he ignores a different unrememberable memory]

[finally he's being able to carefully heat up the water around him]

*if he could have smiled, just for a moment, he would have*

Memories can be...tricky things.

You seem to have better control of your abilities this time.

it's... easier when you're talking to someone!

it helps me concentrate sometimes, or... get in "the zone", i guess

[silver smiles at him]

You don't over think your actions quite so much if you're concentrating on something else, I'd imagine.

yeah...

there's also been a lot on my mind lately, it makes things harder...

[the water around them is now finally a reasonably warm temperature, Silver raises a wall around their section of the lake so that the water doesn't immediately cool off]

i needed this...

Hmm...what has been on your mind, gorgeous?

[silver flusters a little at the last word]

u-ea-eerrmmm

there's... this thing happening... or well, that could happen, called the metal virus and... I was supposed to search for it, but i don't find any clue of it yet, it's like... it's hiding from me

i have a feeling something will go really wrong and I won't be able to stop it...

[his quills drop down and his ears flop forward.]

I want to help and... feel useful, but I can't do the one thing I came to do!

The metal virus...it sounds quite...dastardly. How would you find a clue to complete your mission? What were you looking for? Perhaps I could be of service in making your quest a sucess, and you would be able to feel useful.

well ... ... ... I don't know... I... don't want to get advantage of you, or even put you at any risk of infection...

thanks for offering though, you're ... really nice, honestly

I appreciate the sentiment, but I assure you I am not at risk.

huh? really????

Really.

Trust me, Silver.

well... if you're so sure...

the metal virus looks like ... a liquidy metallic... goop substance, it spreads slowly through anything!

and if it covers an entire living being... it turns it into a zombie-like robot

[he looks really worried]

Hmm...that does sound rather dangerous. Although also rather fictional, but if you assure me it exists, I believe you.

I shall keep an eye out for such anomalies.

I wish it wasn't real, but, I know it is... Either way- thank you, Mephiles, you really are a good friend, I knew it was a good thing that I was able to meet you!

[the silver hedgehog interlocks the fingers of his hands in front of his chest, offering the dark one a warm smile, you can almost feel as hope washes through the hedgehog's body, that warmth... its so... contagious]

*Warm...he misses the feeling of warmth so much. He's drawn to it, craves it more than anything else. He can't help moving closer to Silver, even if it's just a step or two*

Indeed. I am glad to have met you as well, Silver.

[silver also takes a small step forwards, though he doesn't particularly know why. It's almost second nature, but something in him, tells him that he has to stay closer]

All sorrows out of the way, maybe we can actually enjoy the warm water together now!

Enjoy...

Yes. I'd like to enjoy...your company.

[silver let's out a little chuckle, and smile again, a faint yet noticeable blush is marked on his cheeks]

You just say such nice things...

[his eyes focus on Mephiles']

I'm really glad I was able to find a friend like you!

I have been doing really bad but ... it feels like everything flipped to the right-side-up way once I met you!

[his tail wags, happily splashing the water]

*his eyes crinkle slightly--he would be smiling, if he could smile...something almost genuine even, rather than the manipulative expression he tends to have*

Yes. I did hope you would feel that way, my dear.

[silver, as second nature, reaches for Mephiles' hands and tries to gently lead him to sit down in the water with him, softly tugging from his arms]

*Lets himself be led, doing his best to prevent any of his darkness leaking into the water at the edges of his form*

For someone who's meant to be the brains of an operation the calculated risk you took could've used someone who actually knew maths

When you've been tortured in writhing agony for centuries after being forcibly ripped away from your other half, I'd like to see you come up with something better.

well...

[a small red ember floats next to you, until it hits a curiously dark shade nearby. Then, the ember divides in two... almost like eyes looking at you.]

I sure came up with something better.

Tch...well aren't you special.

What do you want?

I want what you want, I want what we want. I want Solaris to be back. And if there's anything left in you willing to recover our godhood, then you are going to help me.

[from within the shadows a creature emerges, deep black eyes with those ember-like red irises in the center, the rest of that cocoon resembled Sonic, although red crystals spread across it's fur]

You might not know me, Mephiles. But I know a lot about you.

[there's a familiar feeling on this creature]

Solaris...

*his voice is almost hopeful for a moment*

How would you propose we return Iblis to existence here? True, there are creatures with fire, but none that I know that would be willing to help. And trust me, forming Solaris with unwilling parties will result in nothing but pain for all parties involved.

I thought you had that so-called "Super Sonic" under your control for a while, you and I both know that the power inside that hedgehog matches almost too perfectly with that of our dear Iblis.

And thanks to my infallible plotting skills, I've created a plan that will certainly help us get to the goals we've sought for so long through that golden hedgehog.

[the false Hedgehog smiles, closing its eyes and extending one of its hands to Mephiles]

You may call me Ephialtes. It's going to be a pleasure to become your acquaintance.

*He stares at the proffered hand for a long moment before extending his own, clammy, unreal hand*

Very well. I will see what your so called "infallible plan" entails.

[he smiles, shaking hands with the other creature]

It's already in motion! and you will be doing more than just... seeing :)

...

You're quite fond of that hedgehog... "Silver" aren't you?

[a mischievous smile forms in the hedgehog's face]

That's just perfect...!

I gotta take care of a certain someone, but I suggest you keep trying to get close to Silver. It'll come in handy in the future :)

But we'll meet again, soon.

...

*he's silent, but his gaze contains a whooole mix of contempt, caution, and cynicism*

And do not. Get. Attached.

[the hedgehog sinks into a shadow and... seemingly disappears]

*Too late.*

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[dipping his paws on a lake there's a silver-colored hedgehog sitting in the middle of the forest, he looks... concerned, there's cuff-like golden rings on his ankles, as well as his wrists]

*there are some bright green eyes watching from the shadows*

[he sighs, looking around before standing up, walking further into the lake and sitting down slowly, he yelps when the cold water touches his tail, and then his torso and back.]

...

[he takes a deep breath, and the water begins to glow from his hands outwards, the hedgehog closes his eyes and frowns]

focus...

[the glow of the water focuses around his hands which form a cup under the surface of the water... slowly, that zone begins to bubble slightly.]

it worked!

[the water bursts upwards from his sudden reaction and the glow fades away from both it and the hedgehog]

Ow-ow-ow-ow too hot!

*the green eyes materialize into a hedgehog shape as the water around Silver grows noticeably darker and returns to a reasonable temperature*

huh? that feels nice... did... it actually work?

[the hedgehog looks confused but... he's going to let himself have this little moment. Too much has happened the past months, he wants at least one last happy moment before the storm]

[siiigh]

[he rests his head on his quills, keeping his face over the surface and looking upwards]

I wonder how everyone else is...

*he's just watching from the sidelines, before making a little motion with his hand. The dark water responds, just gently swaying Silver back and forth*

hmm...

[silver closes his eyes]

this feels... so... familiar...

[he lets himself enjoy this moment... and for Mephiles a familiar presence beats like a heart from within Silver. A very familiar one, almost like his own, and yet entirely different, entirely... Silver's.]

...

[he opens his eyes and stands up looking confused, splashing at the water]

*he hasn't felt this in...so long. That almost presence, almost the heat that compliments his dark, cold night. He closes his eyes for a moment, but even so is completely aware when Silver stands up, the dark water not splashing quiiiite the right way, like it's thicker than it should be. But he also doesn't move, just a quiet dark hedgehog on the side of the lake.*

...maybe it was just my imagination...

[but now he notices the dark water and splashes around more]

w-what-???

[he stands upright and begins to turn around trying to spot anything else unusual, all the relaxation he had accomplished giving it for more anxious panic in fear of having fallen into a trap like a rabbit falling for a hunter's trick.]

You're not in any danger. I promise.

*the dark water dissipates, all the shadows retreating back to Mephiles, who finally sighs through his nose and opens his eyes*

[silver locks his eyes on the other... hedgehog. his quills visibly go down a little and relaxes again]

oh... it's, you... Mephiles, was it?

[silver smiles a faintly, he recognizes this person, they had a short encounter a while ago]

... where... you... did you... make the water... change?

Yes. It's me.

And yes, I did.

*short, simple, to the point answers. He doesn't blink at all, just green eyes staring*

Ah...

[he begins to walk out of the water, his fur still dripping.]

May... May I ask... what were you doing with... it?

[he smiles awkwardly... while fighting against his guts telling him to make an excuse and leave]

Ensuring that you didn't get scalded. It seemed like your telekinetic abilities overcompensated slightly when you were heating the water.

*not mentioning the part where he essentially rocked him in his arms from a distance, nope*

oh ... yeah

[his awkward smile turns rather nervous.]

heating things up like that is hard ... well... thank you!

I'm surprised you could keep the water so ... warm but not hot

i thought i had managed to work something up... he he he... he...

[he looks away from his own self feeling cringe at thinking it had been his power.]

...

[he fidgets]

would you... like to join me? i... could use the company of a friendly face]

It is an art form that takes many years to perfect; you created the heat, adding the energy in. I simply tamed it, taking energy away, which is far easier to accomplish in such a case as this, when the water already wishes to return to its natural state.

*finally a slow blink*

I would join you, if you would have me.

i would be glad to, it's been a while since i could spend a nice time with anyone that wasn't trying to end me

[he forces a chuckle]

you can leave your stuff next to mine if you want

[the soft gray hedgehog points at the pile of footwear and gloves left behind by him]

i would really like to know more about you

*he stares at his hands for a moment, almost seeming not to understand what Silver meant by 'leave your stuff next to mine' before he very deliberately peels off his gloves and steps out of his shoes. In a few minutes, whenever Silver isn't looking, they'll dissolve back away into shadows.

Slowly, he steps into the water, staring at it as he does.*

Yes...I suppose so.

[he smiles, looking away to attempt to heat up the water again]

I didn't get to know a lot about you last time we met, besides your name...

[the glow spreads around him much slower than before]

...

What do you wish to know?

well for one... how exactly is it you look so... identical to Shadow, it's... like you're Shadow's shadow!

[begins to slowly raise the temperature of a much smaller area than before]

I...was reincarnated in the form--the shade--of the living being closest to me at the time I was released from a purgatorial prison.

That happened to be Shadow the Hedgehog.

. . . That... sounds so ... familiar... like a... ugh... memory I can't remember.

I'm glad to know Shadow still goes out of his way to help people, though!

Especially with the words you used... purgatorial prison...

[he shudders a little... and he ignores a different unrememberable memory]

[finally he's being able to carefully heat up the water around him]

*if he could have smiled, just for a moment, he would have*

Memories can be...tricky things.

You seem to have better control of your abilities this time.

it's... easier when you're talking to someone!

it helps me concentrate sometimes, or... get in "the zone", i guess

[silver smiles at him]

You don't over think your actions quite so much if you're concentrating on something else, I'd imagine.

yeah...

there's also been a lot on my mind lately, it makes things harder...

[the water around them is now finally a reasonably warm temperature, Silver raises a wall around their section of the lake so that the water doesn't immediately cool off]

i needed this...

Hmm...what has been on your mind, gorgeous?

[silver flusters a little at the last word]

u-ea-eerrmmm

there's... this thing happening... or well, that could happen, called the metal virus and... I was supposed to search for it, but i don't find any clue of it yet, it's like... it's hiding from me

i have a feeling something will go really wrong and I won't be able to stop it...

[his quills drop down and his ears flop forward.]

I want to help and... feel useful, but I can't do the one thing I came to do!

The metal virus...it sounds quite...dastardly. How would you find a clue to complete your mission? What were you looking for? Perhaps I could be of service in making your quest a sucess, and you would be able to feel useful.

well ... ... ... I don't know... I... don't want to get advantage of you, or even put you at any risk of infection...

thanks for offering though, you're ... really nice, honestly

I appreciate the sentiment, but I assure you I am not at risk.

huh? really????

Really.

Trust me, Silver.

well... if you're so sure...

the metal virus looks like ... a liquidy metallic... goop substance, it spreads slowly through anything!

and if it covers an entire living being... it turns it into a zombie-like robot

[he looks really worried]

Hmm...that does sound rather dangerous. Although also rather fictional, but if you assure me it exists, I believe you.

I shall keep an eye out for such anomalies.

I wish it wasn't real, but, I know it is... Either way- thank you, Mephiles, you really are a good friend, I knew it was a good thing that I was able to meet you!

[the silver hedgehog interlocks the fingers of his hands in front of his chest, offering the dark one a warm smile, you can almost feel as hope washes through the hedgehog's body, that warmth... its so... contagious]

*Warm...he misses the feeling of warmth so much. He's drawn to it, craves it more than anything else. He can't help moving closer to Silver, even if it's just a step or two*

Indeed. I am glad to have met you as well, Silver.

[silver also takes a small step forwards, though he doesn't particularly know why. It's almost second nature, but something in him, tells him that he has to stay closer]

All sorrows out of the way, maybe we can actually enjoy the warm water together now!

Enjoy...

Yes. I'd like to enjoy...your company.

[silver let's out a little chuckle, and smile again, a faint yet noticeable blush is marked on his cheeks]

You just say such nice things...

[his eyes focus on Mephiles']

I'm really glad I was able to find a friend like you!

I have been doing really bad but ... it feels like everything flipped to the right-side-up way once I met you!

[his tail wags, happily splashing the water]

*his eyes crinkle slightly--he would be smiling, if he could smile...something almost genuine even, rather than the manipulative expression he tends to have*

Yes. I did hope you would feel that way, my dear.

[dipping his paws on a lake there's a silver-colored hedgehog sitting in the middle of the forest, he looks... concerned, there's cuff-like golden rings on his ankles, as well as his wrists]

*there are some bright green eyes watching from the shadows*

[he sighs, looking around before standing up, walking further into the lake and sitting down slowly, he yelps when the cold water touches his tail, and then his torso and back.]

...

[he takes a deep breath, and the water begins to glow from his hands outwards, the hedgehog closes his eyes and frowns]

focus...

[the glow of the water focuses around his hands which form a cup under the surface of the water... slowly, that zone begins to bubble slightly.]

it worked!

[the water bursts upwards from his sudden reaction and the glow fades away from both it and the hedgehog]

Ow-ow-ow-ow too hot!

*the green eyes materialize into a hedgehog shape as the water around Silver grows noticeably darker and returns to a reasonable temperature*

huh? that feels nice... did... it actually work?

[the hedgehog looks confused but... he's going to let himself have this little moment. Too much has happened the past months, he wants at least one last happy moment before the storm]

[siiigh]

[he rests his head on his quills, keeping his face over the surface and looking upwards]

I wonder how everyone else is...

*he's just watching from the sidelines, before making a little motion with his hand. The dark water responds, just gently swaying Silver back and forth*

hmm...

[silver closes his eyes]

this feels... so... familiar...

[he lets himself enjoy this moment... and for Mephiles a familiar presence beats like a heart from within Silver. A very familiar one, almost like his own, and yet entirely different, entirely... Silver's.]

...

[he opens his eyes and stands up looking confused, splashing at the water]

*he hasn't felt this in...so long. That almost presence, almost the heat that compliments his dark, cold night. He closes his eyes for a moment, but even so is completely aware when Silver stands up, the dark water not splashing quiiiite the right way, like it's thicker than it should be. But he also doesn't move, just a quiet dark hedgehog on the side of the lake.*

...maybe it was just my imagination...

[but now he notices the dark water and splashes around more]

w-what-???

[he stands upright and begins to turn around trying to spot anything else unusual, all the relaxation he had accomplished giving it for more anxious panic in fear of having fallen into a trap like a rabbit falling for a hunter's trick.]

You're not in any danger. I promise.

*the dark water dissipates, all the shadows retreating back to Mephiles, who finally sighs through his nose and opens his eyes*

[silver locks his eyes on the other... hedgehog. his quills visibly go down a little and relaxes again]

oh... it's, you... Mephiles, was it?

[silver smiles a faintly, he recognizes this person, they had a short encounter a while ago]

... where... you... did you... make the water... change?

Yes. It's me.

And yes, I did.

*short, simple, to the point answers. He doesn't blink at all, just green eyes staring*

Ah...

[he begins to walk out of the water, his fur still dripping.]

May... May I ask... what were you doing with... it?

[he smiles awkwardly... while fighting against his guts telling him to make an excuse and leave]

Ensuring that you didn't get scalded. It seemed like your telekinetic abilities overcompensated slightly when you were heating the water.

*not mentioning the part where he essentially rocked him in his arms from a distance, nope*

oh ... yeah

[his awkward smile turns rather nervous.]

heating things up like that is hard ... well... thank you!

I'm surprised you could keep the water so ... warm but not hot

i thought i had managed to work something up... he he he... he...

[he looks away from his own self feeling cringe at thinking it had been his power.]

...

[he fidgets]

would you... like to join me? i... could use the company of a friendly face]

It is an art form that takes many years to perfect; you created the heat, adding the energy in. I simply tamed it, taking energy away, which is far easier to accomplish in such a case as this, when the water already wishes to return to its natural state.

*finally a slow blink*

I would join you, if you would have me.

i would be glad to, it's been a while since i could spend a nice time with anyone that wasn't trying to end me

[he forces a chuckle]

you can leave your stuff next to mine if you want

[the soft gray hedgehog points at the pile of footwear and gloves left behind by him]

i would really like to know more about you

*he stares at his hands for a moment, almost seeming not to understand what Silver meant by 'leave your stuff next to mine' before he very deliberately peels off his gloves and steps out of his shoes. In a few minutes, whenever Silver isn't looking, they'll dissolve back away into shadows.

Slowly, he steps into the water, staring at it as he does.*

Yes...I suppose so.

[he smiles, looking away to attempt to heat up the water again]

I didn't get to know a lot about you last time we met, besides your name...

[the glow spreads around him much slower than before]

...

What do you wish to know?

well for one... how exactly is it you look so... identical to Shadow, it's... like you're Shadow's shadow!

[begins to slowly raise the temperature of a much smaller area than before]

I...was reincarnated in the form--the shade--of the living being closest to me at the time I was released from a purgatorial prison.

That happened to be Shadow the Hedgehog.

. . . That... sounds so ... familiar... like a... ugh... memory I can't remember.

I'm glad to know Shadow still goes out of his way to help people, though!

Especially with the words you used... purgatorial prison...

[he shudders a little... and he ignores a different unrememberable memory]

[finally he's being able to carefully heat up the water around him]

*if he could have smiled, just for a moment, he would have*

Memories can be...tricky things.

You seem to have better control of your abilities this time.

it's... easier when you're talking to someone!

it helps me concentrate sometimes, or... get in "the zone", i guess

[silver smiles at him]

You don't over think your actions quite so much if you're concentrating on something else, I'd imagine.

yeah...

there's also been a lot on my mind lately, it makes things harder...

[the water around them is now finally a reasonably warm temperature, Silver raises a wall around their section of the lake so that the water doesn't immediately cool off]

i needed this...

Hmm...what has been on your mind, gorgeous?

[silver flusters a little at the last word]

u-ea-eerrmmm

there's... this thing happening... or well, that could happen, called the metal virus and... I was supposed to search for it, but i don't find any clue of it yet, it's like... it's hiding from me

i have a feeling something will go really wrong and I won't be able to stop it...

[his quills drop down and his ears flop forward.]

I want to help and... feel useful, but I can't do the one thing I came to do!

The metal virus...it sounds quite...dastardly. How would you find a clue to complete your mission? What were you looking for? Perhaps I could be of service in making your quest a sucess, and you would be able to feel useful.

well ... ... ... I don't know... I... don't want to get advantage of you, or even put you at any risk of infection...

thanks for offering though, you're ... really nice, honestly

I appreciate the sentiment, but I assure you I am not at risk.

huh? really????

Really.

Trust me, Silver.

well... if you're so sure...

the metal virus looks like ... a liquidy metallic... goop substance, it spreads slowly through anything!

and if it covers an entire living being... it turns it into a zombie-like robot

[he looks really worried]

Hmm...that does sound rather dangerous. Although also rather fictional, but if you assure me it exists, I believe you.

I shall keep an eye out for such anomalies.

I wish it wasn't real, but, I know it is... Either way- thank you, Mephiles, you really are a good friend, I knew it was a good thing that I was able to meet you!

[the silver hedgehog interlocks the fingers of his hands in front of his chest, offering the dark one a warm smile, you can almost feel as hope washes through the hedgehog's body, that warmth... its so... contagious]

*Warm...he misses the feeling of warmth so much. He's drawn to it, craves it more than anything else. He can't help moving closer to Silver, even if it's just a step or two*

Indeed. I am glad to have met you as well, Silver.

[silver also takes a small step forwards, though he doesn't particularly know why. It's almost second nature, but something in him, tells him that he has to stay closer]

All sorrows out of the way, maybe we can actually enjoy the warm water together now!

Enjoy...

Yes. I'd like to enjoy...your company.

For someone who's meant to be the brains of an operation the calculated risk you took could've used someone who actually knew maths

When you've been tortured in writhing agony for centuries after being forcibly ripped away from your other half, I'd like to see you come up with something better.

well...

[a small red ember floats next to you, until it hits a curiously dark shade nearby. Then, the ember divides in two... almost like eyes looking at you.]

I sure came up with something better.

Tch...well aren't you special.

What do you want?

I want what you want, I want what we want. I want Solaris to be back. And if there's anything left in you willing to recover our godhood, then you are going to help me.

[from within the shadows a creature emerges, deep black eyes with those ember-like red irises in the center, the rest of that cocoon resembled Sonic, although red crystals spread across it's fur]

You might not know me, Mephiles. But I know a lot about you.

[there's a familiar feeling on this creature]

Solaris...

*his voice is almost hopeful for a moment*

How would you propose we return Iblis to existence here? True, there are creatures with fire, but none that I know that would be willing to help. And trust me, forming Solaris with unwilling parties will result in nothing but pain for all parties involved.

I thought you had that so-called "Super Sonic" under your control for a while, you and I both know that the power inside that hedgehog matches almost too perfectly with that of our dear Iblis.

And thanks to my infallible plotting skills, I've created a plan that will certainly help us get to the goals we've sought for so long through that golden hedgehog.

[the false Hedgehog smiles, closing its eyes and extending one of its hands to Mephiles]

You may call me Ephialtes. It's going to be a pleasure to become your acquaintance.

*He stares at the proffered hand for a long moment before extending his own, clammy, unreal hand*

Very well. I will see what your so called "infallible plan" entails.

[he smiles, shaking hands with the other creature]

It's already in motion! and you will be doing more than just... seeing :)

...

You're quite fond of that hedgehog... "Silver" aren't you?

[a mischievous smile forms in the hedgehog's face]

That's just perfect...!

I gotta take care of a certain someone, but I suggest you keep trying to get close to Silver. It'll come in handy in the future :)

But we'll meet again, soon.

...

*he's silent, but his gaze contains a whooole mix of contempt, caution, and cynicism*

For someone who's meant to be the brains of an operation the calculated risk you took could've used someone who actually knew maths

When you've been tortured in writhing agony for centuries after being forcibly ripped away from your other half, I'd like to see you come up with something better.

well...

[a small red ember floats next to you, until it hits a curiously dark shade nearby. Then, the ember divides in two... almost like eyes looking at you.]

I sure came up with something better.

Tch...well aren't you special.

What do you want?

I want what you want, I want what we want. I want Solaris to be back. And if there's anything left in you willing to recover our godhood, then you are going to help me.

[from within the shadows a creature emerges, deep black eyes with those ember-like red irises in the center, the rest of that cocoon resembled Sonic, although red crystals spread across it's fur]

You might not know me, Mephiles. But I know a lot about you.

[there's a familiar feeling on this creature]

Solaris...

*his voice is almost hopeful for a moment*

How would you propose we return Iblis to existence here? True, there are creatures with fire, but none that I know that would be willing to help. And trust me, forming Solaris with unwilling parties will result in nothing but pain for all parties involved.

I thought you had that so-called "Super Sonic" under your control for a while, you and I both know that the power inside that hedgehog matches almost too perfectly with that of our dear Iblis.

And thanks to my infallible plotting skills, I've created a plan that will certainly help us get to the goals we've sought for so long through that golden hedgehog.

[the false Hedgehog smiles, closing its eyes and extending one of its hands to Mephiles]

You may call me Ephialtes. It's going to be a pleasure to become your acquaintance.

*He stares at the proffered hand for a long moment before extending his own, clammy, unreal hand*

Very well. I will see what your so called "infallible plan" entails.

[dipping his paws on a lake there's a silver-colored hedgehog sitting in the middle of the forest, he looks... concerned, there's cuff-like golden rings on his ankles, as well as his wrists]

*there are some bright green eyes watching from the shadows*

[he sighs, looking around before standing up, walking further into the lake and sitting down slowly, he yelps when the cold water touches his tail, and then his torso and back.]

...

[he takes a deep breath, and the water begins to glow from his hands outwards, the hedgehog closes his eyes and frowns]

focus...

[the glow of the water focuses around his hands which form a cup under the surface of the water... slowly, that zone begins to bubble slightly.]

it worked!

[the water bursts upwards from his sudden reaction and the glow fades away from both it and the hedgehog]

Ow-ow-ow-ow too hot!

*the green eyes materialize into a hedgehog shape as the water around Silver grows noticeably darker and returns to a reasonable temperature*

huh? that feels nice... did... it actually work?

[the hedgehog looks confused but... he's going to let himself have this little moment. Too much has happened the past months, he wants at least one last happy moment before the storm]

[siiigh]

[he rests his head on his quills, keeping his face over the surface and looking upwards]

I wonder how everyone else is...

*he's just watching from the sidelines, before making a little motion with his hand. The dark water responds, just gently swaying Silver back and forth*

hmm...

[silver closes his eyes]

this feels... so... familiar...

[he lets himself enjoy this moment... and for Mephiles a familiar presence beats like a heart from within Silver. A very familiar one, almost like his own, and yet entirely different, entirely... Silver's.]

...

[he opens his eyes and stands up looking confused, splashing at the water]

*he hasn't felt this in...so long. That almost presence, almost the heat that compliments his dark, cold night. He closes his eyes for a moment, but even so is completely aware when Silver stands up, the dark water not splashing quiiiite the right way, like it's thicker than it should be. But he also doesn't move, just a quiet dark hedgehog on the side of the lake.*

...maybe it was just my imagination...

[but now he notices the dark water and splashes around more]

w-what-???

[he stands upright and begins to turn around trying to spot anything else unusual, all the relaxation he had accomplished giving it for more anxious panic in fear of having fallen into a trap like a rabbit falling for a hunter's trick.]

You're not in any danger. I promise.

*the dark water dissipates, all the shadows retreating back to Mephiles, who finally sighs through his nose and opens his eyes*

[silver locks his eyes on the other... hedgehog. his quills visibly go down a little and relaxes again]

oh... it's, you... Mephiles, was it?

[silver smiles a faintly, he recognizes this person, they had a short encounter a while ago]

... where... you... did you... make the water... change?

Yes. It's me.

And yes, I did.

*short, simple, to the point answers. He doesn't blink at all, just green eyes staring*

Ah...

[he begins to walk out of the water, his fur still dripping.]

May... May I ask... what were you doing with... it?

[he smiles awkwardly... while fighting against his guts telling him to make an excuse and leave]

Ensuring that you didn't get scalded. It seemed like your telekinetic abilities overcompensated slightly when you were heating the water.

*not mentioning the part where he essentially rocked him in his arms from a distance, nope*

oh ... yeah

[his awkward smile turns rather nervous.]

heating things up like that is hard ... well... thank you!

I'm surprised you could keep the water so ... warm but not hot

i thought i had managed to work something up... he he he... he...

[he looks away from his own self feeling cringe at thinking it had been his power.]

...

[he fidgets]

would you... like to join me? i... could use the company of a friendly face]

It is an art form that takes many years to perfect; you created the heat, adding the energy in. I simply tamed it, taking energy away, which is far easier to accomplish in such a case as this, when the water already wishes to return to its natural state.

*finally a slow blink*

I would join you, if you would have me.

i would be glad to, it's been a while since i could spend a nice time with anyone that wasn't trying to end me

[he forces a chuckle]

you can leave your stuff next to mine if you want

[the soft gray hedgehog points at the pile of footwear and gloves left behind by him]

i would really like to know more about you

*he stares at his hands for a moment, almost seeming not to understand what Silver meant by 'leave your stuff next to mine' before he very deliberately peels off his gloves and steps out of his shoes. In a few minutes, whenever Silver isn't looking, they'll dissolve back away into shadows.

Slowly, he steps into the water, staring at it as he does.*

Yes...I suppose so.

[he smiles, looking away to attempt to heat up the water again]

I didn't get to know a lot about you last time we met, besides your name...

[the glow spreads around him much slower than before]

...

What do you wish to know?

well for one... how exactly is it you look so... identical to Shadow, it's... like you're Shadow's shadow!

[begins to slowly raise the temperature of a much smaller area than before]

I...was reincarnated in the form--the shade--of the living being closest to me at the time I was released from a purgatorial prison.

That happened to be Shadow the Hedgehog.

. . . That... sounds so ... familiar... like a... ugh... memory I can't remember.

I'm glad to know Shadow still goes out of his way to help people, though!

Especially with the words you used... purgatorial prison...

[he shudders a little... and he ignores a different unrememberable memory]

[finally he's being able to carefully heat up the water around him]

*if he could have smiled, just for a moment, he would have*

Memories can be...tricky things.

You seem to have better control of your abilities this time.

it's... easier when you're talking to someone!

it helps me concentrate sometimes, or... get in "the zone", i guess

[silver smiles at him]

You don't over think your actions quite so much if you're concentrating on something else, I'd imagine.

yeah...

there's also been a lot on my mind lately, it makes things harder...

[the water around them is now finally a reasonably warm temperature, Silver raises a wall around their section of the lake so that the water doesn't immediately cool off]

i needed this...

Hmm...what has been on your mind, gorgeous?

[silver flusters a little at the last word]

u-ea-eerrmmm

there's... this thing happening... or well, that could happen, called the metal virus and... I was supposed to search for it, but i don't find any clue of it yet, it's like... it's hiding from me

i have a feeling something will go really wrong and I won't be able to stop it...

[his quills drop down and his ears flop forward.]

I want to help and... feel useful, but I can't do the one thing I came to do!

The metal virus...it sounds quite...dastardly. How would you find a clue to complete your mission? What were you looking for? Perhaps I could be of service in making your quest a sucess, and you would be able to feel useful.

well ... ... ... I don't know... I... don't want to get advantage of you, or even put you at any risk of infection...

thanks for offering though, you're ... really nice, honestly

I appreciate the sentiment, but I assure you I am not at risk.

huh? really????

Really.

Trust me, Silver.

well... if you're so sure...

the metal virus looks like ... a liquidy metallic... goop substance, it spreads slowly through anything!

and if it covers an entire living being... it turns it into a zombie-like robot

[he looks really worried]

Hmm...that does sound rather dangerous. Although also rather fictional, but if you assure me it exists, I believe you.

I shall keep an eye out for such anomalies.

I wish it wasn't real, but, I know it is... Either way- thank you, Mephiles, you really are a good friend, I knew it was a good thing that I was able to meet you!

[the silver hedgehog interlocks the fingers of his hands in front of his chest, offering the dark one a warm smile, you can almost feel as hope washes through the hedgehog's body, that warmth... its so... contagious]

*Warm...he misses the feeling of warmth so much. He's drawn to it, craves it more than anything else. He can't help moving closer to Silver, even if it's just a step or two*

Indeed. I am glad to have met you as well, Silver.

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For someone who's meant to be the brains of an operation the calculated risk you took could've used someone who actually knew maths

When you've been tortured in writhing agony for centuries after being forcibly ripped away from your other half, I'd like to see you come up with something better.

well...

[a small red ember floats next to you, until it hits a curiously dark shade nearby. Then, the ember divides in two... almost like eyes looking at you.]

I sure came up with something better.

Tch...well aren't you special.

What do you want?

I want what you want, I want what we want. I want Solaris to be back. And if there's anything left in you willing to recover our godhood, then you are going to help me.

[from within the shadows a creature emerges, deep black eyes with those ember-like red irises in the center, the rest of that cocoon resembled Sonic, although red crystals spread across it's fur]

You might not know me, Mephiles. But I know a lot about you.

[there's a familiar feeling on this creature]

Solaris...

*his voice is almost hopeful for a moment*

How would you propose we return Iblis to existence here? True, there are creatures with fire, but none that I know that would be willing to help. And trust me, forming Solaris with unwilling parties will result in nothing but pain for all parties involved.

[dipping his paws on a lake there's a silver-colored hedgehog sitting in the middle of the forest, he looks... concerned, there's cuff-like golden rings on his ankles, as well as his wrists]

*there are some bright green eyes watching from the shadows*

[he sighs, looking around before standing up, walking further into the lake and sitting down slowly, he yelps when the cold water touches his tail, and then his torso and back.]

...

[he takes a deep breath, and the water begins to glow from his hands outwards, the hedgehog closes his eyes and frowns]

focus...

[the glow of the water focuses around his hands which form a cup under the surface of the water... slowly, that zone begins to bubble slightly.]

it worked!

[the water bursts upwards from his sudden reaction and the glow fades away from both it and the hedgehog]

Ow-ow-ow-ow too hot!

*the green eyes materialize into a hedgehog shape as the water around Silver grows noticeably darker and returns to a reasonable temperature*

huh? that feels nice... did... it actually work?

[the hedgehog looks confused but... he's going to let himself have this little moment. Too much has happened the past months, he wants at least one last happy moment before the storm]

[siiigh]

[he rests his head on his quills, keeping his face over the surface and looking upwards]

I wonder how everyone else is...

*he's just watching from the sidelines, before making a little motion with his hand. The dark water responds, just gently swaying Silver back and forth*

hmm...

[silver closes his eyes]

this feels... so... familiar...

[he lets himself enjoy this moment... and for Mephiles a familiar presence beats like a heart from within Silver. A very familiar one, almost like his own, and yet entirely different, entirely... Silver's.]

...

[he opens his eyes and stands up looking confused, splashing at the water]

*he hasn't felt this in...so long. That almost presence, almost the heat that compliments his dark, cold night. He closes his eyes for a moment, but even so is completely aware when Silver stands up, the dark water not splashing quiiiite the right way, like it's thicker than it should be. But he also doesn't move, just a quiet dark hedgehog on the side of the lake.*

...maybe it was just my imagination...

[but now he notices the dark water and splashes around more]

w-what-???

[he stands upright and begins to turn around trying to spot anything else unusual, all the relaxation he had accomplished giving it for more anxious panic in fear of having fallen into a trap like a rabbit falling for a hunter's trick.]

You're not in any danger. I promise.

*the dark water dissipates, all the shadows retreating back to Mephiles, who finally sighs through his nose and opens his eyes*

[silver locks his eyes on the other... hedgehog. his quills visibly go down a little and relaxes again]

oh... it's, you... Mephiles, was it?

[silver smiles a faintly, he recognizes this person, they had a short encounter a while ago]

... where... you... did you... make the water... change?

Yes. It's me.

And yes, I did.

*short, simple, to the point answers. He doesn't blink at all, just green eyes staring*

Ah...

[he begins to walk out of the water, his fur still dripping.]

May... May I ask... what were you doing with... it?

[he smiles awkwardly... while fighting against his guts telling him to make an excuse and leave]

Ensuring that you didn't get scalded. It seemed like your telekinetic abilities overcompensated slightly when you were heating the water.

*not mentioning the part where he essentially rocked him in his arms from a distance, nope*

oh ... yeah

[his awkward smile turns rather nervous.]

heating things up like that is hard ... well... thank you!

I'm surprised you could keep the water so ... warm but not hot

i thought i had managed to work something up... he he he... he...

[he looks away from his own self feeling cringe at thinking it had been his power.]

...

[he fidgets]

would you... like to join me? i... could use the company of a friendly face]

It is an art form that takes many years to perfect; you created the heat, adding the energy in. I simply tamed it, taking energy away, which is far easier to accomplish in such a case as this, when the water already wishes to return to its natural state.

*finally a slow blink*

I would join you, if you would have me.

i would be glad to, it's been a while since i could spend a nice time with anyone that wasn't trying to end me

[he forces a chuckle]

you can leave your stuff next to mine if you want

[the soft gray hedgehog points at the pile of footwear and gloves left behind by him]

i would really like to know more about you

*he stares at his hands for a moment, almost seeming not to understand what Silver meant by 'leave your stuff next to mine' before he very deliberately peels off his gloves and steps out of his shoes. In a few minutes, whenever Silver isn't looking, they'll dissolve back away into shadows.

Slowly, he steps into the water, staring at it as he does.*

Yes...I suppose so.

[he smiles, looking away to attempt to heat up the water again]

I didn't get to know a lot about you last time we met, besides your name...

[the glow spreads around him much slower than before]

...

What do you wish to know?

well for one... how exactly is it you look so... identical to Shadow, it's... like you're Shadow's shadow!

[begins to slowly raise the temperature of a much smaller area than before]

I...was reincarnated in the form--the shade--of the living being closest to me at the time I was released from a purgatorial prison.

That happened to be Shadow the Hedgehog.

. . . That... sounds so ... familiar... like a... ugh... memory I can't remember.

I'm glad to know Shadow still goes out of his way to help people, though!

Especially with the words you used... purgatorial prison...

[he shudders a little... and he ignores a different unrememberable memory]

[finally he's being able to carefully heat up the water around him]

*if he could have smiled, just for a moment, he would have*

Memories can be...tricky things.

You seem to have better control of your abilities this time.

it's... easier when you're talking to someone!

it helps me concentrate sometimes, or... get in "the zone", i guess

[silver smiles at him]

You don't over think your actions quite so much if you're concentrating on something else, I'd imagine.

yeah...

there's also been a lot on my mind lately, it makes things harder...

[the water around them is now finally a reasonably warm temperature, Silver raises a wall around their section of the lake so that the water doesn't immediately cool off]

i needed this...

Hmm...what has been on your mind, gorgeous?

[silver flusters a little at the last word]

u-ea-eerrmmm

there's... this thing happening... or well, that could happen, called the metal virus and... I was supposed to search for it, but i don't find any clue of it yet, it's like... it's hiding from me

i have a feeling something will go really wrong and I won't be able to stop it...

[his quills drop down and his ears flop forward.]

I want to help and... feel useful, but I can't do the one thing I came to do!

The metal virus...it sounds quite...dastardly. How would you find a clue to complete your mission? What were you looking for? Perhaps I could be of service in making your quest a sucess, and you would be able to feel useful.

well ... ... ... I don't know... I... don't want to get advantage of you, or even put you at any risk of infection...

thanks for offering though, you're ... really nice, honestly

I appreciate the sentiment, but I assure you I am not at risk.

huh? really????

Really.

Trust me, Silver.

well... if you're so sure...

the metal virus looks like ... a liquidy metallic... goop substance, it spreads slowly through anything!

and if it covers an entire living being... it turns it into a zombie-like robot

[he looks really worried]

Hmm...that does sound rather dangerous. Although also rather fictional, but if you assure me it exists, I believe you.

I shall keep an eye out for such anomalies.

For someone who's meant to be the brains of an operation the calculated risk you took could've used someone who actually knew maths

When you've been tortured in writhing agony for centuries after being forcibly ripped away from your other half, I'd like to see you come up with something better.

well...

[a small red ember floats next to you, until it hits a curiously dark shade nearby. Then, the ember divides in two... almost like eyes looking at you.]

I sure came up with something better.

Tch...well aren't you special.

What do you want?

For someone who's meant to be the brains of an operation the calculated risk you took could've used someone who actually knew maths

When you've been tortured in writhing agony for centuries after being forcibly ripped away from your other half, I'd like to see you come up with something better.

rabbitsonthemoon

Special love for convoluted, fucked up little evil plans. Mephiles meddled with the fabric of time and space itself to manipulate events into motion on a level befitting of a god. Unfortunately, in all that grandiose scheming and monologuing and murdering in order to make the strong Princess Elise cry, releasing Iblis through her tears, he overlooked the most convenient solution:

pepper spray.

niko-jpeg

“Hello Princess. Look at me”

“How did you get in here-“

Distant sounds of pepper spray, a yelp of pain, the sounds of Iblis being released, and credits rolling

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@mephiles-heritage-posts not a heritage post but perhaps you'd find this amusing

Ah when plans become too complicated for their own good.

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[dipping his paws on a lake there's a silver-colored hedgehog sitting in the middle of the forest, he looks... concerned, there's cuff-like golden rings on his ankles, as well as his wrists]

*there are some bright green eyes watching from the shadows*

[he sighs, looking around before standing up, walking further into the lake and sitting down slowly, he yelps when the cold water touches his tail, and then his torso and back.]

...

[he takes a deep breath, and the water begins to glow from his hands outwards, the hedgehog closes his eyes and frowns]

focus...

[the glow of the water focuses around his hands which form a cup under the surface of the water... slowly, that zone begins to bubble slightly.]

it worked!

[the water bursts upwards from his sudden reaction and the glow fades away from both it and the hedgehog]

Ow-ow-ow-ow too hot!

*the green eyes materialize into a hedgehog shape as the water around Silver grows noticeably darker and returns to a reasonable temperature*

huh? that feels nice... did... it actually work?

[the hedgehog looks confused but... he's going to let himself have this little moment. Too much has happened the past months, he wants at least one last happy moment before the storm]

[siiigh]

[he rests his head on his quills, keeping his face over the surface and looking upwards]

I wonder how everyone else is...

*he's just watching from the sidelines, before making a little motion with his hand. The dark water responds, just gently swaying Silver back and forth*

hmm...

[silver closes his eyes]

this feels... so... familiar...

[he lets himself enjoy this moment... and for Mephiles a familiar presence beats like a heart from within Silver. A very familiar one, almost like his own, and yet entirely different, entirely... Silver's.]

...

[he opens his eyes and stands up looking confused, splashing at the water]

*he hasn't felt this in...so long. That almost presence, almost the heat that compliments his dark, cold night. He closes his eyes for a moment, but even so is completely aware when Silver stands up, the dark water not splashing quiiiite the right way, like it's thicker than it should be. But he also doesn't move, just a quiet dark hedgehog on the side of the lake.*

...maybe it was just my imagination...

[but now he notices the dark water and splashes around more]

w-what-???

[he stands upright and begins to turn around trying to spot anything else unusual, all the relaxation he had accomplished giving it for more anxious panic in fear of having fallen into a trap like a rabbit falling for a hunter's trick.]

You're not in any danger. I promise.

*the dark water dissipates, all the shadows retreating back to Mephiles, who finally sighs through his nose and opens his eyes*

[silver locks his eyes on the other... hedgehog. his quills visibly go down a little and relaxes again]

oh... it's, you... Mephiles, was it?

[silver smiles a faintly, he recognizes this person, they had a short encounter a while ago]

... where... you... did you... make the water... change?

Yes. It's me.

And yes, I did.

*short, simple, to the point answers. He doesn't blink at all, just green eyes staring*

Ah...

[he begins to walk out of the water, his fur still dripping.]

May... May I ask... what were you doing with... it?

[he smiles awkwardly... while fighting against his guts telling him to make an excuse and leave]

Ensuring that you didn't get scalded. It seemed like your telekinetic abilities overcompensated slightly when you were heating the water.

*not mentioning the part where he essentially rocked him in his arms from a distance, nope*

oh ... yeah

[his awkward smile turns rather nervous.]

heating things up like that is hard ... well... thank you!

I'm surprised you could keep the water so ... warm but not hot

i thought i had managed to work something up... he he he... he...

[he looks away from his own self feeling cringe at thinking it had been his power.]

...

[he fidgets]

would you... like to join me? i... could use the company of a friendly face]

It is an art form that takes many years to perfect; you created the heat, adding the energy in. I simply tamed it, taking energy away, which is far easier to accomplish in such a case as this, when the water already wishes to return to its natural state.

*finally a slow blink*

I would join you, if you would have me.

i would be glad to, it's been a while since i could spend a nice time with anyone that wasn't trying to end me

[he forces a chuckle]

you can leave your stuff next to mine if you want

[the soft gray hedgehog points at the pile of footwear and gloves left behind by him]

i would really like to know more about you

*he stares at his hands for a moment, almost seeming not to understand what Silver meant by 'leave your stuff next to mine' before he very deliberately peels off his gloves and steps out of his shoes. In a few minutes, whenever Silver isn't looking, they'll dissolve back away into shadows.

Slowly, he steps into the water, staring at it as he does.*

Yes...I suppose so.

[he smiles, looking away to attempt to heat up the water again]

I didn't get to know a lot about you last time we met, besides your name...

[the glow spreads around him much slower than before]

...

What do you wish to know?

well for one... how exactly is it you look so... identical to Shadow, it's... like you're Shadow's shadow!

[begins to slowly raise the temperature of a much smaller area than before]

I...was reincarnated in the form--the shade--of the living being closest to me at the time I was released from a purgatorial prison.

That happened to be Shadow the Hedgehog.

. . . That... sounds so ... familiar... like a... ugh... memory I can't remember.

I'm glad to know Shadow still goes out of his way to help people, though!

Especially with the words you used... purgatorial prison...

[he shudders a little... and he ignores a different unrememberable memory]

[finally he's being able to carefully heat up the water around him]

*if he could have smiled, just for a moment, he would have*

Memories can be...tricky things.

You seem to have better control of your abilities this time.

it's... easier when you're talking to someone!

it helps me concentrate sometimes, or... get in "the zone", i guess

[silver smiles at him]

You don't over think your actions quite so much if you're concentrating on something else, I'd imagine.

yeah...

there's also been a lot on my mind lately, it makes things harder...

[the water around them is now finally a reasonably warm temperature, Silver raises a wall around their section of the lake so that the water doesn't immediately cool off]

i needed this...

Hmm...what has been on your mind, gorgeous?

[silver flusters a little at the last word]

u-ea-eerrmmm

there's... this thing happening... or well, that could happen, called the metal virus and... I was supposed to search for it, but i don't find any clue of it yet, it's like... it's hiding from me

i have a feeling something will go really wrong and I won't be able to stop it...

[his quills drop down and his ears flop forward.]

I want to help and... feel useful, but I can't do the one thing I came to do!

The metal virus...it sounds quite...dastardly. How would you find a clue to complete your mission? What were you looking for? Perhaps I could be of service in making your quest a sucess, and you would be able to feel useful.

well ... ... ... I don't know... I... don't want to get advantage of you, or even put you at any risk of infection...

thanks for offering though, you're ... really nice, honestly

I appreciate the sentiment, but I assure you I am not at risk.

huh? really????

Really.

Trust me, Silver.

[dipping his paws on a lake there's a silver-colored hedgehog sitting in the middle of the forest, he looks... concerned, there's cuff-like golden rings on his ankles, as well as his wrists]

*there are some bright green eyes watching from the shadows*

[he sighs, looking around before standing up, walking further into the lake and sitting down slowly, he yelps when the cold water touches his tail, and then his torso and back.]

...

[he takes a deep breath, and the water begins to glow from his hands outwards, the hedgehog closes his eyes and frowns]

focus...

[the glow of the water focuses around his hands which form a cup under the surface of the water... slowly, that zone begins to bubble slightly.]

it worked!

[the water bursts upwards from his sudden reaction and the glow fades away from both it and the hedgehog]

Ow-ow-ow-ow too hot!

*the green eyes materialize into a hedgehog shape as the water around Silver grows noticeably darker and returns to a reasonable temperature*

huh? that feels nice... did... it actually work?

[the hedgehog looks confused but... he's going to let himself have this little moment. Too much has happened the past months, he wants at least one last happy moment before the storm]

[siiigh]

[he rests his head on his quills, keeping his face over the surface and looking upwards]

I wonder how everyone else is...

*he's just watching from the sidelines, before making a little motion with his hand. The dark water responds, just gently swaying Silver back and forth*

hmm...

[silver closes his eyes]

this feels... so... familiar...

[he lets himself enjoy this moment... and for Mephiles a familiar presence beats like a heart from within Silver. A very familiar one, almost like his own, and yet entirely different, entirely... Silver's.]

...

[he opens his eyes and stands up looking confused, splashing at the water]

*he hasn't felt this in...so long. That almost presence, almost the heat that compliments his dark, cold night. He closes his eyes for a moment, but even so is completely aware when Silver stands up, the dark water not splashing quiiiite the right way, like it's thicker than it should be. But he also doesn't move, just a quiet dark hedgehog on the side of the lake.*

...maybe it was just my imagination...

[but now he notices the dark water and splashes around more]

w-what-???

[he stands upright and begins to turn around trying to spot anything else unusual, all the relaxation he had accomplished giving it for more anxious panic in fear of having fallen into a trap like a rabbit falling for a hunter's trick.]

You're not in any danger. I promise.

*the dark water dissipates, all the shadows retreating back to Mephiles, who finally sighs through his nose and opens his eyes*

[silver locks his eyes on the other... hedgehog. his quills visibly go down a little and relaxes again]

oh... it's, you... Mephiles, was it?

[silver smiles a faintly, he recognizes this person, they had a short encounter a while ago]

... where... you... did you... make the water... change?

Yes. It's me.

And yes, I did.

*short, simple, to the point answers. He doesn't blink at all, just green eyes staring*

Ah...

[he begins to walk out of the water, his fur still dripping.]

May... May I ask... what were you doing with... it?

[he smiles awkwardly... while fighting against his guts telling him to make an excuse and leave]

Ensuring that you didn't get scalded. It seemed like your telekinetic abilities overcompensated slightly when you were heating the water.

*not mentioning the part where he essentially rocked him in his arms from a distance, nope*

oh ... yeah

[his awkward smile turns rather nervous.]

heating things up like that is hard ... well... thank you!

I'm surprised you could keep the water so ... warm but not hot

i thought i had managed to work something up... he he he... he...

[he looks away from his own self feeling cringe at thinking it had been his power.]

...

[he fidgets]

would you... like to join me? i... could use the company of a friendly face]

It is an art form that takes many years to perfect; you created the heat, adding the energy in. I simply tamed it, taking energy away, which is far easier to accomplish in such a case as this, when the water already wishes to return to its natural state.

*finally a slow blink*

I would join you, if you would have me.

i would be glad to, it's been a while since i could spend a nice time with anyone that wasn't trying to end me

[he forces a chuckle]

you can leave your stuff next to mine if you want

[the soft gray hedgehog points at the pile of footwear and gloves left behind by him]

i would really like to know more about you

*he stares at his hands for a moment, almost seeming not to understand what Silver meant by 'leave your stuff next to mine' before he very deliberately peels off his gloves and steps out of his shoes. In a few minutes, whenever Silver isn't looking, they'll dissolve back away into shadows.

Slowly, he steps into the water, staring at it as he does.*

Yes...I suppose so.

[he smiles, looking away to attempt to heat up the water again]

I didn't get to know a lot about you last time we met, besides your name...

[the glow spreads around him much slower than before]

...

What do you wish to know?

well for one... how exactly is it you look so... identical to Shadow, it's... like you're Shadow's shadow!

[begins to slowly raise the temperature of a much smaller area than before]

I...was reincarnated in the form--the shade--of the living being closest to me at the time I was released from a purgatorial prison.

That happened to be Shadow the Hedgehog.

. . . That... sounds so ... familiar... like a... ugh... memory I can't remember.

I'm glad to know Shadow still goes out of his way to help people, though!

Especially with the words you used... purgatorial prison...

[he shudders a little... and he ignores a different unrememberable memory]

[finally he's being able to carefully heat up the water around him]

*if he could have smiled, just for a moment, he would have*

Memories can be...tricky things.

You seem to have better control of your abilities this time.

it's... easier when you're talking to someone!

it helps me concentrate sometimes, or... get in "the zone", i guess

[silver smiles at him]

You don't over think your actions quite so much if you're concentrating on something else, I'd imagine.

yeah...

there's also been a lot on my mind lately, it makes things harder...

[the water around them is now finally a reasonably warm temperature, Silver raises a wall around their section of the lake so that the water doesn't immediately cool off]

i needed this...

Hmm...what has been on your mind, gorgeous?

[silver flusters a little at the last word]

u-ea-eerrmmm

there's... this thing happening... or well, that could happen, called the metal virus and... I was supposed to search for it, but i don't find any clue of it yet, it's like... it's hiding from me

i have a feeling something will go really wrong and I won't be able to stop it...

[his quills drop down and his ears flop forward.]

I want to help and... feel useful, but I can't do the one thing I came to do!

The metal virus...it sounds quite...dastardly. How would you find a clue to complete your mission? What were you looking for? Perhaps I could be of service in making your quest a sucess, and you would be able to feel useful.

well ... ... ... I don't know... I... don't want to get advantage of you, or even put you at any risk of infection...

thanks for offering though, you're ... really nice, honestly