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Tails's Blast Cannon has upgraded once more! In addition to the standard Copy Abilities that can be acquired from battles, smaller side-grades that act as video game passives can also be achieved from interactions outside of combat! From the data retrieved from an Adaptability Chip full-to-bursting, here are the new side-abilities Tails currently has to his name!

[PASSIVE ACTIVE: HEROINE'S ENDURANCE] Derived from Mari of @rathalascendant

Upon activation, a defensive boost will be applied to Tails. The fighting force and indomitable nature of Mari the Beast Rider shall brace the fox for a short stint of time, granting him what it takes to see the job to journey's end! This world is no joke, but we're no slouches, either!

[PASSIVE ACTIVE: DEVIL'S TONGUE] Derived from Mephiles of @shadowsceptered

Upon activation, a liar's beguiling wit will overcome Tails. By nature, the fox is not so adept at lying, but a trickster's spirit will embolden him to coat truth in murky subterfuge. ...Though, this does not make the kit amazing at lying. It merely makes him better than horrible.

[PASSIVE ACTIVE: JESTER'S STRENGTH] Derived from Pomni of @pomniegranate

Upon activation, a light in the dark of madness will maintain the mind, allowing it to recognize the truth of self even beyond a hazy miasma of psychic torment. His brain is his greatest asset, and those who attempt to bewilder, bewitch, or break it down shall find it harder to find their mark. He knows who he is, and none will take this from him.

[PASSIVE ACTIVE: SPIRIT'S TERROR] Derived from Sadako of @brinefrolick

Upon activation, physical strength will rise as the choice of fight or flight becomes crystal clear. Fear, it is a natural reaction packaged in our bodies at large. In the correct amounts, it can be a boon instead of a hindrance. The fear of the unnatural and unexplainable will surge through the fox, forcing on-the-spot calls and decision-making. No delineating, no room for panic. Fight for the life you still have.

[PASSIVE ACTIVE: DOCTOR'S GENIUS] Derived from Eggman of @robotnikium

Upon activation, receive a boost from the other side of intelligence. Something more unrestricted and free-form. The fox, he is not left wanting for smarts. Anyone who has met him could tell you he radiates raw knowledge. Though, he does not know all, and there is always room for improvement. The judgment of those unlike yourself can prove useful, elevating a concept from outstanding to amazing with a little outside-the-box thinking. Just try not to get carried away.

[PASSIVE ACTIVE: FAMILY'S FREEDOM] Derived from Sonic, Amy, and Knuckles of @lightdash , @badnikbreaker , and @fastfists / @dive2themellow

🧡 Favorite Archie character?

This is a hard one...there's so many Archie characters I really like... but I think I'm gonna have to say ultimately Sally or Shard. It's a bummer Sally's writing has been all over the place over the years but she's really great when Flynn takes over and they stop focusing on the will-they won't-they romance. I like how intently she foils Sonic bc she's all obsessed with strategizing and trying to always plan for the future and stuff and she struggles with recognizing her needs and wants for the sake of her role as a leader and a princess and all that. I like that Sonic gets her killed before the first Genesis Wave that was fucking crazy. Hell yeah

Shard is so cool. I love that he inherits the typical Sonic-flavor of coolness while also being undershadowed by a level of GitS-y complexes about not feeling like anything he does 'belongs' to him or feeling guilty for wanting to be treated like Sonic when he obviously is not.

I gotta give shout outs to my GIRL Fiona Fox and my FREAK Finitevus but there's some character notes that annoy me about Fiona in comic (namely the weird puppy dog crush Tails has on her and how everyone acts to her about it but I ignore it when I write her) and Finitevus is pretty awesome but I kind of forgot how little he's actually around until Fer started reading Archie and was like "THATS ALL HES THERE FOR?" and I was like oh yeah. I think his design and malevolence really made an impression on me when I first read his runs. Bro you scary

I also really like Julie-Su and Lien-Da...when the story isn't weird.....and Matilda......and NICOLE....... and Alicia Acorn...... and Gold...... and Clove....... and--

🦔 Favorite version of Sonic? (the character)

Modern Sonic! Personality-wise I am most drawn to the SA-era Sonic portrayal as well as SatBK. I also really love JPN Sonic X Sonic's flavor of bizarre introversion. It's purely because I grew up playing the DX version of SA1 but I am most drawn to his SADX model with the Light Speed shoes.

🤩 Favorite Sonic-related memory?

Here are a few! I will choose to count meeting my friend Rain @/badnikbreaker for the first time in person because we met through the Sonic RPC.

Another, much earlier memory, was getting a letter back from SEGA of Japan as a kid (I'm talking like age 9) because I sent them one of my first ever pictures of fanart (and art just in general) because I thought if I sent it to SEGA of Japan they'd put it up on Sonic Central lol. Obviously they did not...but they wrote back to me a year later and told me thank you and stuff and that they thought my picture was cute :] I don't have the letter anymore but it was kind of them to do that.

They feel silly. And petulant. They feel silly, because they like the rain, they do, and they like Sonic — well, love Sonic more than anything or anyone, but that's beside the immediate point — but they don't like this moment, beside Sonic, hiding out from the sudden rain under a tall tree. The foliage has rescued them, mostly, the downpour reduced to slow, occasionally droplets against their bangs. They feel silly for wanting to cry a little.

It's just — ugh! They'd put on makeup for this, and their dress is special and new and so so cute, and they'd even styled their quills up. She and Sonic were meeting up in the not - a - date - but - basically - a - date way they do now, and Amy wanted to look extra cute for Sonic. But now the makeup is ruined and her quills are back and flat and her dress is soaked and ruined. She wrings out the skirt. She feels petulant and stupid for caring about something so petty and shallow, because it's not like Sonic does. He isn't like that, and she knows that. But she'd been so excited to get dressed up and look cute for him. And now she can't even enjoy her not - date, even knowing that this is silly and doesn't matter! She's being annoying! She's being dumb! And that just feedbacks onto her petty, silly frustration. The smile she puts onto her mouth feels forced, even to her.

The following voice memo reaches @lightdash 's message box. The audio quality is crystal clear, but the voice itself sounds...like Shadow, but canned somehow. As if Shadow were run through a text-to-speech AI.

"Good afternoon. I realize this is out of the ordinary, but I would like your assistance in a botanical endeavor." A very faint series of trilling beeps interrupts the message. "Translation: I need help getting flowers. I am aware that I can visit a "florist" and obtain what I need...but I would like your company and sensibility.

"If you wish to accept, please meet me at the Station Square train station within the hour. Please wait for me if I am not there immediately. I will be able to sense your geolocation within a certain distance, and will arrive shortly. Thank you."

The same series of beeps plays again, and an even more robotic version of Shadow's voice sounds. "END OF MESSAGE. RECORDED ON SAT--"

"Y'know what happens when you break them open?"

     Ah. Here we go. Shadow doesn't even so much as cast Tower a glance, who, at this point, had gotten out of his convoy truck and began shouting more orders and obsceneties -- his words falling into the mindless drone of noise surrounding the crash. There's always something about these... Interactions that made it impossible for Shadow to focus on anything else but the hedgehog stood in front of him. Sharp, crimson eyes stay locked on Sonic's, following his movements; even as he zips far off into the distance. That smirk... Well, what other option did he have but to give chase?

     Shadow says nothing. Tower is behind him now, ranting and raving, demanding to know why this hadn't been avoided, how he didn't notice -- and then he was gone. Rocket skates kick up, burning track marks into the grass as he becomes a black and red blur in the distance, catching up to blue with relative ease. Sonic was holding back, it seemed.

     As soon as they were side by side, Shadow turns, openly growling at him. "It'd be easier to explain if you stopped running."