Part 2 of the megadump (big 3) lorepost
let's talk about rewrite for a second:
created by a priest to spread the word of god, rewrite awoke in a sonic game, believing he was sonic. an unknown event happened that enabled him to escape the confines of his game and gain real abilities. he reset the universe twice, you can read more about it from him here, and after the universe resets, he became organic. this means, instead of just being a sentient ai, he gained the ability to feel real emotions and desires. (this is why hes prone more to anger compared to his original counterpart)
one day, the 3 woke up in a green, foggy field. they had no idea where they were or what was to come, but atleast they knew each other. they picked a direction and started walking, hoping to find something.
he just stood there, before he turned to greet the 3. naturally, they were offputted by this strange figure they had never met or seen before, especially with his already creepy persona. he introduced himself as sonic, taunting them. he spoke like they had.. met him before? they didnt recall meeting him. ever. what gives?
they didnt like any of this one bit. thats when suddenly, the rings (previously catered towards miles, ekiduna, and ivo), floated off of his body. he grabbed majin by his neck, plunging his hand into his chest before ripping his soul right out of him in the form of this 'red ring,' like the ones he had previously. he dropped majin on the ground, the wound healing nearly instantly as he moved onto the other two. xeno put up more of a fight than x did, but in the end, they were defeated.
rewrite owned their souls now. permanently binded.
he departed them, moving them to a different chunk of his domain, a forest by a beach.
upon the earlier encounter, every memory about the 2 universes that came before this one started FLOODING back to majin at randomly. it all made sense now. he finally knew who he was.
the better question is, HOW are they going to get out of this situation? ...thats not something they can answer yet.
during the course of the 10 years rewrite had them trapped, he did HORRIFIC actions to them. they were used as his guinea pigs, either put in different scenarios to see how they would react, or rewrite would morph and twist their bodies and minds to his liking to see how it would affect them. it was torture. they were rarely ever allowed to interact with any of his other souls, and sometimes rewrite would laugh in their faces about how HE owns them now, in which he'd then proceed to leave them to hang out with maigo.
at first, x and xeno didn't really trust each other. they got into constant fights, forcing majin to always be the voice of reason. he shared as much knowledge as he could with them. about their past lives, about rewrite and what he was capable of. they didn't... really take him seriously at first, before they started experiencing rewrite's capabilities for themselves, and found he was right. the constant fighting made it easy to manipulate x and xeno and pinpoint them against each other, however since majin knew rewrite's games, he was quickly able to make them see that what he was doing are nearly EXACT techniques the other two would use on their victims.
this didn't make the torture any more bearable to endure, though. thats why its called torture.
after 10 years, xeno decided he had enough. he remembered seeing a faint, green light off in the distance of one of rewrite's rooms. he snuck in to investigate, finding an.. open ring. a ring that lead to mobius. figuring it was a trap, xeno threw a spear at it to make sure it lead to where he thought. the spear.. bounced off. there was something blocking the ring
there was a barrier blocking the ring.
this wasn't a trap. this was real.
he IMMEDIATELY went to tell the others about this. he found majin first, and talked with him about the possibility of escape, saying that all their combined strength could break the barrier rewrite had placed.. but, they weren't alone.
he revealed himself, laughing, and while he confirmed xeno's suspicion, his desire was to inconvenience them. he wanted to delay their escape further, and hopefully diminish their will to escape all together by scaring them, so he forcefully fused them into this amalgam, one which couldn't walk and barely had a functioning brain, just constant screams and whailing of agony coming from it, but it knew one thing.
get to x as soon as possible.
and so, that's what they did. for 2 weeks straight they crawled to x's throne. (rewrite gave him a throne.) x grew suspicious of their sudden disappearance, almost concerned. 2 weeks of just... quiet? even from rewrite? it was unheard of. that's when he got sight of them. he was mortified, even if he didn't really show it.
he couldn't bare their whailing any longer. he had tried unfusing them, but due to their instability, not only was it not working, but it was hurting them more than helping.
so, why not make them stable and let them unfuse naturally? he properly fused them this time, forcing them from an amalgam to a coherent being, but there was one problem... this event caused the both of them to lose their memories and believe they were this one person.
this new fusion, dubbed mazikami, was in constant pain. faint, but constant. it took a while, but eventually x got them to remember who they were, and they got this whole ordeal settled.
now, back to the task at hand: xeno told x the same thing he told majin, and while they were all nervous about the risks imposed, the reward if they did succeed seemed much more worth it than the pushiment they could receive if they failed.
they went to the ring. together. with their combined strength, they managed to break the barrier. this should have been impossible. a sudden boost of strength enabled them to do so, one of which rewrite is still studying to this day.
this was it, they were so close to escaping! until... rewrite came in and blocked them. in order to leave, they had to get him out of their way. they fought him, in a battle they were LOSING. until.. rewrite.. surrendered? why would he surrender? well, rewrite had already won a long, long time ago. even if they escaped, they weren't technically free. he still owned their souls. he still won. he needed to study how they broke the barrier, so he just decided to let them go, he'd probably get entertainment just watching them interact with others, but it wasn't without a cost!
he was going to take unused with him.
upon seeing majin, every memory of the previous 2 universes came flooding back to him, including who these people even where. he cried out to majin, he didn't want to be left with REWRITE of all people, but xeno thought otherwise. xeno and x didnt know who this was, and they were THIS close to escaping, so xeno picked up majin and they all escaped as fast as they could.
majin BEGGED to go back, he DIDN'T want to leave unused there, but xeno dissented. they had JUST got out, if they go back NOW they risk getting trapped AGAIN.
whatever, it didn't matter. what matters now is that they're free.
