#whrrlwind

COWARD...? || Unprompted

     // Warning — Incoming Spinelessness. The target harbors subatomic levels of bravery. User discretion is advised \\

     The sixty-ton tank turns with a stomp.

     [ "AH. COWARD THE HEDGEHOG. WARNINGS OF ENCROACHING PUSILLANIMITY WERE FLASHING ON MY DISPLAY. I CALCULATED IT TO BE A RARE SYSTEM ERROR. AFTER ALL, WHAT IN EXISTENCE COULD BE EMITTING SUCH INCORRIGIBLE BEHAVIOR? BUT, IN REALITY, ONLY YOU COULD—" ]

     Oh, that shut him up. That did the trick and then some. This machine is not in the habit of taking orders, but an exception can be made on special occasions such as this. So long as the hedgehog doesn't confirm the validity of his blunt, harsh nickname, Whirl would be held like an ice cream cone in massive metal claws.

     [ "ASSIGNING PARAMETERS. STRATOSPHERE— NO. THERMOSPHERE— NO! EXOSPHERE OR BEYOND. ONLY THIS WILL BE SATISFACTORY." ] There's a shift of gears in the shoulder. A piston punches into place.

     [ "APPLYING E-SIGNATURES TO ALL RELEASE FORMS AND SAFETY WAIVERS. THE LAW OF ROBOTICS... YUP. STILL USELESS. SURVIVABILITY: SECONDARY. COMPLIANCE— UNREVOKABLE. YOU GOT YOURSELF INTO THIS MESS." ] The hold in his hand, it becomes a death grip. Not even in deactivation will this sequence find pause before its beautiful completion.

     [ "ALL SYSTEMS: FULL POWER. THIS UNIT IS READY FOR HEDGEHOG LAUNCH. QUERY: ARE THESE SETTINGS TO YOUR—" ]

     [ "OBJECTION: YOUR RESPONSE IS NOT REQUIRED. LAUNCHING IN T-MINUS TEN." ]

     It's the roar of an engine overclocked for a low-down and dirty street race. This machine, he was getting hot. The ear-shattering thrum of an airplane gearing up to take flight. The raw power harbored inside sixty tons of steel and bloodlust. It would be this hedgehog's greatest mistake, coming back to Omega's undying desire to toss that which was blue and spiky. Could he... could he really throw something into space? Surely that was an overstatement, right?

     [ "STATEMENT: WE'RE GONNA HAVE FUN WITH THIS 'THANG'." ]      Right?

     [ "ENGAGING CHAOS ENERGY RESERVES. ID SIMULATOR: ACTIVATED. SAYONARA, SONIC THE HEDGEHOG. MAY GAIA HAVE MERCY ON YOUR SOUL, FOR THIS UNIT WILL NOT." ]

    { "FIRE!" }

     Thunder.      Earthquake.

     The shot put heard 'round the world.      Ruptured tectonic plates and shuddering planetary stone.

     Miles and miles would feel this release of energy. Thank the stars it was aimed upward, for it very well could have punctured this planet's core were it not. Nay, for all of the ripples in water glasses and fine porcelain plates falling from decadent china cabinets, eyes for a seemingly endless expanse would be able to see the blue streak speeding by. A cerulean comet rending the very matter of this world asunder in his ascension.

          ╳ ┊ @whrrlwind : romanticizing melancholic solitude ? WRONG ! shadow's actually getting effortlessly scooped up and spun around by a certain cosmic hedgehog ! ♡

          "Huh—?" Whatever self-demeaning thoughts he just had a second ago vanished from his mind ( like someone had suddenly ripped them into tiny pieces. ) Out of pure instinct, a hand balled into a fist, aimed towards the intruder's face. But before the punch connected, he recognized the other.. What the-

          The fist lightly squished the other hedgehog's cheek instead. Shadow found himself stunned.. and a little overwhelmed, understanding that this was Sonic but also.. When did he get like this? 

          "Wha.. What?" His senses were already hard at work, detecting massive amounts of Chaos energy and something else. Alien.. Wisp energy? Mixing together. He's never seen anything like it.. So obviously he's staring at him wide-eyed and shocked. But at least he's not in a violent mood anymore. "Dangerous. I could've.." He stopped himself. There's a realization that even if he had punched Sonic, it probably wouldn't have done anything to him. Huh..

— ;; BOOP! DROPPING THE SCREWDRIVER CLENCHED tightly in a gloved hand, he stares back. Befuddled, he tries to align his gaze with whatever had been stuck to his fur.

❝...Eh?! What'd you just do?!❞