#sonorous-strings

Oh, that’s pretty much his default response now. In 2015 he said there’d be a winter release, and he’s twice said it would be ready in time for Comic-Con, and then of course there is the immortal declaration on his forum of “COMING SOON IN 2012!”

Where the hell was this coming from? Was he okay?

"What? No, of course not. What the hell could I be hidin'?

"So... met Spade. He said something about you needing to be prepared, something to do with the Battlesphere."

"And he is a colossal asshole. Wish I went through with my promise to sock him in the schnoz."

"What."

THAT IS A LOT TO UNPACK IN LIKE, A COUPLE SECONDS. WHAT.

The wildcat would just. Stand there. Frozen. Collecting her thoughts on everything.

Okay, okay, okay--Sonar met Spade. Sonar met the one guy she never wanted him to meet. The one fucking guy.

And, well. It sounds like it didn't go well! That's... good, right? Yeah, yeah no that's super good. Sonar doesn't look hurt or anything, so they didn't beat each other up. And if Sonar doesn't like Spade either--she almost wishes she fully explained her Scarves bravo sierra to him before they met--then that means that they can't talk. Which is also good! She did not want them being friends, not even slightly--wait why.

Spade's an asshole, but limiting who her husband can befriend? When, uh... he wasn't exactly sociable to begin with. That sounds kinda assholeish, right? Why would she wanna do that? Even if he did make friends with Spade, then that'd be good! He'd have someone to talk to! Talk about... she doesn't even know. Music? Crimes? Carol--

. . .

Stones, they could talk about her, couldn't they?

But, well, why would she care about that? With how famous she is she's sure that her name's been in no less than one thousand people's mouths, probably. So, why would she care? She wouldn't care. There's nothing to care about.

There's this pit sitting in her stomach.

And, besides, it's not like they could talk--Sonar already hates the guy. Any chance for a friendship was dead in the water before it began.

...Well, if they've already met, then they've already talked about her, right?

No.

Well.

Maybe?

He... had a message for her? Concerning the Battlesphere?

Be prepared. The fuck does that even mean?

She's like, always prepared. She's just her jump disc on her 24/7--especially when going to the Battlesphere.

Was kind of her job to mess stuff up there.

Maybe he's... making some sort of threat? Like, is he gonna blow it up or something?

That... doesn't sound like him. But also... she can't exactly be sure on the specifics and whatnot. There was probably something he wanted to steal there. That's like, the only reason why he'd wanna hit the place. Steal big artifact, sell it to the biggest seller, go on with his day.

So... is he asking her to stop him? Presenting some sort of challenge?

That... wouldn't exactly be a hard challenge. She's pretty sure she can crush him without breaking a sweat nowadays.

Okay, her mind's calmed down from the initial reaction. This seemed kind of... stupid, and cocky, on his part. Meet up with her husband, issue some sort of silly challenge, only to get knocked on his ass when he doesn't realize how cool and awesome she is.

She sighs. Presses on the communicator in her ear, takes out her phone. She'll put it on speaker, because if it's some sort of threat to the 'Sphere, then it concerns the both of them.

That's like, their jobs.

The hedgehog--wherever he was--would find himself with two wildcats who just appeared out of literal thin air right in front of him, laid out on the floor, dazed and confused. A glowing green emerald looking thing in between them.

After an hour of two of gathering information, it seemed that the most likely place that the hedgehog would be stationed at was his studio inside of the Battlesphere.

According to Mayor Zao, he had given that ''ungrateful brat'' a sort of room, in order to create new tunes for the adoring fans of his shows. It was for him to do whatever he wished to do with, as long as he created new songs and further revolutionized the Battlesphere to make it as ''profitable as possible''.

Mayor Zao was never one for subtlety. She had learned that fact quickly, overhearing the conversations he and the Magister would have.

So, dressed in something slightly more causal than she would normally wear--a simply purple dress with white highlights, reaching down to her ankles--she rapped a hand on the hedgehog's door.

She kept her staff on her back, yet she decided to leave the Magister's crown at home. No need to wear it, after all. She wasn't here as the standing Regent.

She ran up to the three--Sony, Lyli and Milla--very excitedly, with Neera at her side and Cory--

Is she dragging her?

"GUYS, GUYS, GUYS. WE TOTALLY, DEFINITELY NEED 'TA TAKE A PICTURE BEFORE THE END OF THE NIGHT. BIG FAMILY GROUP PHOTO!!!"

She pulled off her best kitty cat eyes on the three. "Pleaaaaaaaase?"

Twice in one night. Cock blocked twice in one night by her little sister. She is going to scream. She is practically fuming.