[Mari]

A pink blur sped into the stadium, kicking some debris as it promptly did a half donut around the base of the arena before breaking into a zig-zag pattern. When the dust finally settled, a small pink hedgehog stood in the center of the arena. Around her, a crude imprint on the arena of the floor in the shape of Sonic's head. Amy performed a flourish and struck a rather demure pose for the crowd. Her gaze scanned for one of the cameras recording the stadium and she locked eyes with it, beaming invitingly at the remote audience.

"...I hope you're watching, Sonic! Because this next fight is going to be in the name of love~!"

[Blade Unlimited]

On the other side of the arena, not nearly as fast as the pink blurring mess that was Amy Rose, another hedgehog solemnly began walking into the dusty, circular ring. This particular Hedgehog, colored a Silvery contrast that nearly blended into the creme dirt, did not bear nearly the amount of enthusiasm that his soon to be opponent did. In fact, Silver lacked any emotion at all as he dejectedly stared at the ground with a blank expression. It wasn't until the shrill voice of the girl calling out to her "lover" did the boy finally snap out of his stupor, his eyes widening in shock. "No... It can't be." His eyes looking across from the imprint of what he once was his dreaded rival in the ground, Silver's gaze finally landed onto the face of his old former friend.

"Wh-What!? AMY!? What are you doing here!?"

....wait... this didn't mean that Amy would be his opponent... RIGHT!?!?

[Mr. Game & Watch]

There was a rumbling in the arena when the two fighters stepped forth. The audience couldn’t be seen just yet as the stands were shrouded in darkness, but the camera ‘men’ (little chao that were fluttering around with giant honking video cameras) kept their focus on the action, just in case the duelists made any remarks to one another.

As the silence settled and the crowd was given their time to setup, a set of glowing pink spotlights honed in on the two hedgehogs. Once they were both nice and blinded by the radiant lights, they began to expand until the two lights connected and began to resemble the shape of a heart. Somewhere in the crowd, a wild saxophone began to flare in delight, which cued a couple of cannons of confetti to explode and drizzle the confectionary all over the battlefield.

The audience wailed with excitement as the lights around the stands began to brighten with the same pink tint that was being shined upon the two fighters. They began to pump signs into the air, most of them reading something along the signs of “Sonic + Amy = <3.” A lot of them began to realize though that the other hedgehog in the stadium was clearly not Sonic and lowered them in disappointment, but there was still a couple that weren’t intelligent enough or of good enough eyesight to figure that out.

MC Ballyhoo began to descend from the sky brandishing a harp and sprinkling heart candies over the hedgehogs as his propeller puttered and eased him gently to the ground. “Ah! Young love! Isn’t it beautiful, Big Top!?” he asked as he swatted a tear from his eye.

“…Where? These two? They’re here to fight, so I dunno if I’d call that love…”

“It must be love! It was destined to be!”

“You know that he’s clearly not Sonic, right? Like, he doesn’t even remotely look like him…” Big Top tried to explain as he eyed Silver.

“Of course that’s Sonic! He’s just wearing a dress!” MC Ballyhoo elaborated as both his hands were directed towards Amy.

Out of complete confusion, Big Top glanced at both Amy and Silver in an attempt to piece together what was going on in the big lipped announcer’s head. “…Okay, let’s say that’s Sonic. Then who’s this guy?” Big Top asked as his eyes pointed to Silver.

“That’s clearly future Sonic! There’s no one on Li that Sonic loves more than Sonic, it is destined to be!”

“…You’re not right, but you’re not wrong either…”

“Now! With introductions out of the way, let’s get this show on the road!” MC Ballyhoo shouted as he shot into the sky once more. Somewhere in the distance a bell dinged and the fight was on.

HP: 0% Appeal: 0		HP: 0% Appeal: 0

[Mari]

"

"Oh, it's you..!" (Y'know, now that we're here face to face I realize I don't remember his name. Did I ever know it? Now that the announcer mentions it he does kind of look like Sonic. ...Sonic with a pompadour, maybe? But the look in his eyes was all wrong. I mean, other than that weird sense of fear when he met her gaze. That was pretty spot on. ...Then again, would that gorgeous speaking voice really lie? )

"

It was then that Amy rather sluggishly realized that Ballyhoo had called her Sonic. ...Should she be annoyed by that? Wait--Nope. She couldn't be mad about that. He was right, after all.

"Make that Mrs. Sonic, and let's make this a date~! Put on a good show for me, alright Sonic~?"

Without further ado, Amy burst into a run with surprising speed and pulled a hammer out of ...It wasn't entirely clear where she got that hammer. It almost seemed to pop into existence as she raised her arms before her chest in a tiny flurry of hearts, the head expanding rather comically after a moment as she got closer to Silver. She then drew the hammer above her head, the handle bending wildly with the head trailing behind, and attempted to bring it down right on top of him!

cIs4fEeQp_1d20+3 (Amy's Piko Piko Hammer Smash; Does 19% Damage and Amy takes 2% recoil)

She them brought the hammer back up and performed something of a pirouette, sweeping the love hammer about her feet in an effort to knock the potentially squished Silver away as if she were playing golf. ...Well, she certainly chose the right type of club for this type of game anyway.

p_1d20+3 (Amy's Piko Piko Hammer Smash; Does 19% Damage and Amy takes 2% recoil)

"

I hope I'm not too rusty. It's been a long time since I've had a good chase~

"

p_1d20+1 (Amy's Appeal)1d20+3·1d20+3·1d20+1

[Blade Unlimited]

As the blinding pink spotlights began dancing over the arena, the proved to compliment greatly the intense look of confusion, fear, and embarrassment that were passing over Silver's expressions quicker than a blue hedgehog! "W-W-What!? I-I... HUH!?" Sputtering over himself, blushing intensely as Confetti canons fired and saxes played, Silver began looking all over the place trying to realize what exactly was happening... and why was Amy looking at him like that!?

"L-Love!?"

It wasn't until MC Ballyhoo descended from above with his gifts of context and small heart candies that this began making sense to the confused teen... and realizing the fact only made him blush even more. "I think this is a big misunderstanding. Tell them Am-" ...wait, did they just call him Sonic? "What? I'm not So-...HOW!? I DON'T EVEN LOOK LIKE-" Silver sputtered out, cutting himself off in his confused embarrassment. What was he supposed to do in a situation like this!? Looking over at Amy in hopes of some help dealing with this, the Pink hedgehog provided no support whatsoever as she began flirting with him! At this point, he might as well change his name to Red for how scarlet he was now.

"G-Good show!? What do you mean by the-"

JlwmJtBmp_1d20+5 (Hammer Dodge - FAIL)

Too busy blubbering in confusion to even dodge the attack, Silver was woefully unprepared as Amy's Piko Piko hammer can crashing down onto his skull. "WHERE DID YOU GE-" As the hammer impacted his head, Silver seemed to almost be shrunken and compressed like some sort of cartoon character when the mallet was lifted.

p_1d20+5 (Hammer Dodge - FAIL)

And with that, Silver was once more sent flying across the arena in a flurry of hearts and love. Landing in a heap 2 meters away, Silver crashed down roughly having his head implanted into the dirt from the impact. "MMHPPHMH!!!!" his voice mumbling underneath the dirt for the good few seconds it took him to get loose, the grey hedgehog finally emerged with his blush less intense and an irritated look on his face.

"THAT'S IT!"

Floating into the air while covered in his illustrious cyan layered aura, Silver rocketed foreward with his hand outstretched, fully intending to send a Psychokinetic shock straight to Amy's systems. "Take this!"

p_1d20+5 (Psycho Smash: Light Wis Attack; DMG 7%, 20% Chance to inflict Stunned, 2 turn cooldown)

"Stay down Amy! *pant*"

Silver was barely holding his own, trying his best not to seriously injure his former Pink companion in his haste after practically getting wrecked there and back by Amy's devastating hammer. "I don't want to hurt you."

p_1d20-2 (Silver's Appeal Check)

Damage: 38%(/150)
Shield: 0%(/50)
Status: VERY CONFUSED AND WINDED

1d20+5·1d20+5·1d20+5·1d20-2

[Mr. Game & Watch]

“AH! We’ve all been waiting for a match up like this, haven’t we, Big Top!? A good ol’ Sonic vs Sonic fight is always something to lift the spirits, eh?”

“…Nothing about what you just said makes any sense…”

“Ah, don’t sweat it, Big Top! I wouldn’t expect you to understand! I don’t even think you have a brain!”

“…I feel the same about you, but go on.”

“Well, you see, we’ve already had a younger version of Sonic in this very arena before! He was from the past and this one is from the future! Only future hair gel would be able to keep that do up! And just look at those boots! I think if future Ballyhoo exists he would be wearing the same pair! And look! He even grew some chest hair when he got older!”

“…Why isn’t his hair blue?”

“Ah, that’s just age! Everyone knows as you get older you get more gray hairs! It can also happen from stress too! And we all know that Sonic has some stressful things to deal with!”

“…Then why is he constantly saying that he isn’t Sonic?”

“It is the whole time traveling business! He’s got to keep it a secret and avoid making contact with his past self at all cost, otherwise the whole space time continuum will implode!”

“…That… actually makes more sense than most things you say. Bravo. One problem with your theory though, if that is the case and your previous theory is also correct then the two have already met and are fighting right now.”

“That’s why the other Sonic is pink and in a dress! That way both future Sonic and present Sonic don’t know that the other is Sonic from a different era, thus preventing the collapse of the space-time continuum!”

“…I suppose, but you are broadcasting this live and everyone in the Sunshine Stadium, including both the Sonics, can hear you. So if everything you said is true then the space-time continuum should have already been destroyed…”

“Ah, but it isn’t because they might know it, but the space-time continuum doesn’t know it!”

“…The space-time continuum doesn’t… What? It isn’t a living thing.”

“Prove that it isn’t!”

“…That doesn’t make you right.”

HP: 4% Appeal: 0		HP: 38% Appeal: 0

[Mari]

"

(...I don't know about this time-space continue thingy, but my brain feels like it's collapsing in on itself right now...) ...That's alright. I don't think I understood any of that anyway.

"

Amy was a bit intimidated by all this weird time babble. What even was happening right now? They certainly seemed a little bit concerned, anyway. Ah well, it probably meant nothing.

osqK4hCCp_1d20+3 (Amy's Dodge)

"Woah!" Amy blurted out as she not so narrowly spun out of the way of the shockwave Silver had just launched at her. Amy's hammer seemed to evaporate into a handful of little heart shaped bubbles that quickly popped moments after being exposed to the air. It seemed like she intended to switch things up, but how?

"

Of course you don't want to hurt me~! That's what makes you such a great hero, and an even better boyfriend~

"

"

...But I don't want to keep chasing you across space-time! You just make me do that by always running away from me! That's not very nice, you know! All I want to do is help! So unless you plan on finally marrying me, I'm not letting you off the hook mister!

"

That lecture aside, Amy proceeded to get down and curl into a ball. It might look familiar, and the sense of deja vu would only increase as she began to rapidly spin in place. It was the spindash! It seemed Amy had learned a new trick, probably from obsessively watching Sonic at every opportunity. Something she probably hadn't learned from Sonic was the way she proceeded to catch on fire however, a blaze forming beneath her because of the extreme amount of friction she was generating.

(Amy is using her spindash! Her dexterity has been buffed for the turn and her attacks gain a burning effect.)

The pink hedgehog then launched across the battlefield, leaving a trail of flames in her wake as she spun right past Silver without even clipping him. Amy rapidly circled Silver to throw him off, carving what appeared to be a flaming heart into the battlefield around Silver before abruptly lunging in towards him just before the heart was completed. The quills on Amy's body stood up a bit as she leapt in anticipation of impact. If Silver weren't careful, Amy would roll right into him and repeatedly jab him with her quills! It certainly looked painful. Talk about tough love...

p_1d20+6 (Amy's Spin Attack; Does 10% Damage and has a 30% chance of causing a burn)
p_1d20+6 (Amy's Critical Spin Attack; Does 15% Damage and has a 30% chance of causing a burn)
p_1d20+6 (Amy's Spin Attack; Does 10% Damage and has a 30% chance of causing a burn)

The moment Amy began losing her momentum, however, she promptly uncurled! Using what remained of that momentum, Amy resummoned her piko piko ammer into her arms and attempted to once again pile drive Silver from above! The head of the hammer expanded as she swung it rather comically, landing with a crash that seemed to send rock even Amy's body, sending a shockwave of feedback back up through her arms. She really used that hammer with passion--perhaps too much.

p_1d20+6 (Amy's Piko Piko Hammer; Does 22% Damage, has a 30% chance of causing a burn and Amy takes 5% recoil)

Amy hung from the handle of the hammer for a moment before casually climbing up onto the top of the hammer head and standing there to flourish for the crowd.

p_1d20+1 (Amy's Appeal)1d20+3·1d20+6·1d20+6·1d20+6·1d20+6·1d20+1

[Blade Unlimited]

"W-What? How did that guy know I was from the future!?"

Silver couldn't help but exclaim in surprise as the weirdly quirky announcer announced Silver' origin to everyone.... kinda? "How many time do I have to say this!? I'm not S-" Silver cleared his throat before screaming to the high heavens trying to clear up this misunderstanding the crowd and Ballyhoo were only feeding the fires too. However, just as he was about to finish it off, he had to stop short as Amy interrupted him. "BOYFRIEND!? SINCE WHEN WERE WE DATING!?!"

Blush fully taking over his face once more, Silver had almost completely failed to take notice that his attack meant to hold Amy in place hadn't worked at all as she started bending down. "U-Um I'm s-sorry for making you run after me, but you were the one who left me, remember! I also never agreed to dating y-WAIT M-M-MARRYING YOU!?"

"Look Amy, I don't think that I'm ready for that kind of commitment. I mean I didn't even know we were dating! I thought you hated me after tryi-That isn't to say I don't like you or anything but I don't not not like you; I just didn't know this was going to happen and came here looking for a fight and besides I'm WAY too young to get married and-" Sputtering over himself before devolving into a haphazard mumble, completely caught off guard by Amy's aggressive and flirtatious comments, Silver tried his best to somehow reach a resolution in his points but just couldn't seem to! Jeez, he came here to fight someone not have to deal with Amy's aggressively dangerous love advances!!!

Lifting his gaze once more to try and make some sense from the pink hedgehog, Silver barely had a moment's relief before he was once more assaulted by the girl in the form of a flaming ball of pink spins!

"WOAH! PSYCHIC SHIELD!"

Throwing up his Cyan aura in the form of a translucent energy shield, Silver's Psychokinetic powers were just barely enough to defend the youth against the Rose Virago's fiery onslaught. 

Bubble Shield: 50%-->40%-->30%-->15%-->5%

"Amy, cut it out! Do you want to attack me or date me!?" Silver warned the overly enthusiastic hedgehog, trying his best not to engage in too much combat with Amy. How was he supposed to fight her if she kept distracting him with love talk before attacking him!? Would she hate him if he attacked her too hard, or would she hate him if he didn't attack hard enough!? [AAAAAH! Why is she so confusing? I miss Blaze; at least she was brutally honest and foreward.] Scratching his quills in frustration, Silver wouldn't have much longer to scream in his mind as he once more saw Amy materialize her hammer, this time with the intent to flatten and fry him!

ppCa9h5Yp_1d20+5 (SQUISHED)
p_1d100 (AND FRIED)

And with a resounding Sonic Boom, Silver's body completely disappeared into the ground as the boy was crushed underneath the force of Amy's mighty hammer. While the enthusiastic female rejoiced by grandstanding to the audience, Silver was barely able to use his Psychokinesis to lift himself back above ground. "Urgh... What's that hammer made *cough* of? Are you trying to kill me!?"

That was it. Silver couldn't just keep sitting back like this as Amy continually wailed on him! Maybe she would end up hating him in the end, but it was better than loved and DEAD! "It's no use!" Swiping his hands horizontally, vertically, and diagonally; Silver sent flying towards Amy with each stroke, blades of cyan, crescent shaped energy! Though he made sure to blunt the edges on the end so they wouldn't slice through his would-be lover, getting hit by the attacks would still hurt a fair deal.

p_1d20+5 (Psycho Cutter: Light Wis Attack; DMG 8%)
p_1d20+5 (Psycho Cutter: Light Wis Attack; DMG 8%)
p_1d20+5 (Psycho Cutter: Light Wis Attack; DMG 8%)


Disengauging his Psychokinetic powers on himself to start falling back down to the ground, Silver trailed behind his blasts before forward flipping in the air. "How about this?" Silver shouted as he came crashing back to the earth before throwing up his arm towards Amy. Sending out another wave of Psychokinetic energy, this time Silver was attempting to wrap his own energy around Amy in order to constrain her movement entirely.

p_1d20+5 (Psychokinesis: WIS vs. INT, Grapples, no damage)

Standing back up to his full height before bending his neck around to look back at the crowd, Silver offered a brief wave to their cheers before directing his attention back at Amy. Hopefully he didn't hurt her too bad. 

"Hey... you're okay, right?"

Silver's Appeal: p_1d20-2 (  )

1d20+5·1d100·1d20+5·1d20+5·1d20+5·1d20+5·1d20-2

[Mr. Game & Watch]

“WOAH! Just look at Pink Sonic move, Big Top! I’ve never seen such finesse from that guy in my life! And the crowd’s absolutely LOVING every second of it! If I didn’t know that that was Sonic in disguise, I would’ve thought that it was another person entirely!”

“…Yeah, ‘he’ certainly seems obsessed with marrying… his future self? That’s definitely a Sonic thing to do… It’s not like there’s another figure in his life that’s EXACTLY like that…”

“Big Top, stop trying to confuse me!”

“…You? Try everyone else who’re still trying to figure out what you were talking about a couple seconds ago… We’re here to see people beat each other’s faces in, not learn about quantum mechanics… Or whatever it was you were talking about…”

“It really isn’t that complicated, Big Top! I talked with the greatest minds of the Life Sphere! I’ve picked up on things that they just talk to one another about! Very fascinating, Big Top! You were there though, you should know this stuff too!”

“…I zone out immediately after E Gadd starts talking about ecto-whatever…”

“It is a very simple theory really! If you travel back in time and interact with yourself, then it will drastically change the way that the future plays out! Unless of course you were destined to go into the past in which case you would be playing right into the space-time continuum’s hands!”

Suddenly, a trans-dimensional vortex splits open within the commentator’s booth.

“There’s no time to explain, but I’m Future Ballyhoo! You have just cracked the code that will solve all of the rips in the space time continuum!”

“Future Ballyhoo!?! Where’s your Big Top and how did you grow such a magnificent goatee!?”

“There’s no time to explain! Hurry into the portal! You must leave Big Top behind!”

“I can’t leave! I have a fight to commentate! The rips in the space time continuum can wait until after my gig is done!”

“There won’t be any future gigs if we don’t solve this now!”

MC Ballyhoo is pulled through the portal.

“…I don’t even know where to begin my questions…”

HP: 9% Appeal: 57		HP: 61% Appeal: 0

[Mari]

"

(...Did he just say he was from the future out loud?) I knew it~! You are future Sonic!

"

Amy was somewhat pleased, to say the least. His words were all the proof she needed to leap to conclusions about his identity. However, what Silver said next annoyed her. It wasn't like Sonic to stay and fight, though. Usually she didn't have to endure quite this much back talk from him. That wiped the smile right off her face. Nnn--Always resisting her life. Why couldn't he see that her passion came from a good place? There was clearly something missing in this puzzle, but she wasn't sure what...

"

...Now you listen here! I don't know what you're trying to pull, but if you're from the future that means you can't be too young to marry me- ...Oooh. I see what you did there. Very clever.

"

It took Amy a while, but she came to the abrupt realization that marrying a much older version of Sonic was kind of weird when she thought about it. Not weird enough to snuff out her terrible fangirl spirit, but weird enough to make her question what exactly it was she wanted from him. ...A pain ran through Amy's heart. Nope. Wait. That was a blast of psychic energy hitting her in the face.

QhxAzvWyp_1d20+3 (Fail Dodge; 8% Damage Taken)
p_1d20+3 (Fail Dodge; 8% Damage Taken)
p_1d20+3 (Fail Dodge; 8% Damage Taken)

Amy just sort of tripped all over herself as she was pelted by attacks, wildly stumbling and grasping about as she tried to stabilize herself. She eventually collapsed onto her hands and knees, quickly struggling back to her feet and moving to take a step back towards Silver. 

p_1d20+0(Fail Resist; Grappled)

...Only to find that her legs weren't moving. Amy pouted slightly as she tried to move. She couldn't see what was holding her legs past her dress, but she had a pretty good idea what was going on. Since when did Sonic have psychic powers?! ... Nnn... She couldn't get close to him while she was being held like this, and she wasn't quite sure what to do. That is, until Silver made the mistake of mocking Amy by asking if she was okay. Amy just sort of gave him a rather dubious look, standing there for a moment before promptly conjuring a brand new piko piko hammer in her hands and immediately whipping it through the air at Silver in retaliation.

p_1d20+3 (Amy's Piko Piko Hammer; Does 19% Damage and Amy takes 2% recoil)

"

I'm not that fragile, you know. I can hold my own when I need to... What's with you, anyway? Are you attacking me, or my heart?! We're supposed to be putting on a show, don't you know? So you don't have to pretend you don't know me very well...

"

"

...Y'know, I feel like someone should really check in on the announcer. (I only half heard anything he said, but it sounds like things are getting weird up there.)

"

p_1d20+1 (Amy's Appeal)1d20+3·1d20+3·1d20+3·1d20+0·1d20+3·1d20+1

[Blade Unlimited]

"I'm not that old... I'm not even 16 yet."

Feeling a little put off by Amy's indignant statements, Silver was once more thrown for a loop. This was getting ridiculous! It was like for every justification or explanation Silver tried saying, Amy ended up finding a way to make the situation more confusing!

"And for the last time: MY NAME IS SILVER, AMY! I'M NOT S-ARE YOU KIDDING ME!? HOW MANY HAMMERS DO YOU EVEN HAVE!?"

VsXrEcxap_1d20+5 (Hammer Dodge - Success)

While leaping away in order to dodge Amy's careening heart hammer, Silver momentarily tried to divert his psychic attention by directing his free hand towards the projectile in hopes of possibly grabbing it...

p_1d20+5 (Psychokinesis: Wis vs. Previous Attack Roll - Fail)

Sadly it was for naught as the weapon just slipped out of his range before implanting itself into the bordering wall. Barely having pivoted away from the path of Amy's flung mallet, Silver cartwheeled over on his side before now ceasing his previous floating and opting to run. Streaking by and circling the arena in a blur of silver and cyan blue, it was hard not to see the similarity now between the hedgehogs as the previously denying youth was clocking at speeds nearing that of the famous blue blur!

"Alright; if you want a show, then don't say I didn't warn you, Amy."

Tucking in his legs before crouching down into a ball, Silver's momentum began picking even faster speed as his form blended into a smaller streaking blue ball! Dusting kicking behind him, the spinning hedgehog arced his path before careening towards the immobilized Amy with deadly accuracy. Aiming to just graze off the side of her, Silver at the back of his mind hoped that he was doing the right thing... right before he started feeling very nauseous. [Urgh... I think I might puke! This was not a good idea.]

p_1d20+7 (Spin Attack: Heavy Dex Attack; +2 Dex for Roll, DMG 28%, 40% Self-Inflict Sickness)

p_1d20-2 (oh boy, gunn puke - Sickness: CON&STR -1 MOD)  p_1d20 (For 5 turns... so the rest of the match xD)

Yup he was definitely gonna hurl after this. Puffing out his cheeks mid spin, Silver tried his best not to completely vomit as his stomach began feeling very queasy. Ending off from the spin attack in a crouched position, the boy shut his eyes tight trying to clear away the sensations of vertigo. Clearing his throat and pretty convincingly masking his uneasy stomach, Silver stood back up to his full height before turning to address Amy once more.

"What's wrong? Too fast for you~?"

"...huh... I wonder if everything's okay with those announcer guys, though. Did something bad happen?"

p_1d20-2 (Silver Appeal Roll)

Damage: 62%
Shield: 10%
Status: Sickness + Burned [CON -1 mod, STR -3 mod]

1d20+5·1d20+5·1d20+7·1d20-2·1d20·1d20-2

[Mr. Game & Watch]

“…Well… I guess it’s just me now. Fricking Ballyhoo gets to go to the future or whatever and I’m stuck trying to run this thing all by myself… I wonder why future Ballyhoo wasn’t wearing a future version of myself… Maybe I managed to escape his scalp once and for all… My future life must be boring…”

“You didn’t actually believe that whole future business, did you!?”

“GAH! Where did you come from!?”

“I just got back from getting mugged! And you did nothing to help!”

“…I thought you went to the future with your future self…”

“Poppy phallus! He just showed up and said he was me from the future and you’re going to believe that!? Do you know how many people around here are capable of shapeshifting!?”

“…It was kind of so stupid I had to believe it… How did you know he was fake?”

“If it was really future Ballyhoo he would have had the future boots! He had no future boots at all! Just look at how fashionable they are on future Sonic! Also, if he was a time traveller he would have had plenty of time to explain! Time wouldn’t matter to him!”

“…Wait, didn’t you say something about getting mugged?”

“Yes! That scammer must be teleporting around the Life Sphere pretending to be future versions of other people and trying to steal everything they got! I narrowly escaped by jumping over a shark!”

“…Well, that must have been quite the five second adventure.”

“Yes! And I think I learned a valuable lesson! That isn’t future Sonic at all! That is an imposter trying to act like he’s future Sonic! It is the perfect plan to win pink Sonic’s heart and gain access to all of the Life Sphere’s resources!”

“…What plan? He’s been trying to tell everyone that he isn’t Sonic…”

“Exactly! No one would ever suspect that he’s an imposter! Would an imposter go around saying that he isn’t who he’s trying to disguise himself as!? Of course not! He’s doing the exact opposite thing that we would suspect an imposter to do so that we will all fall into a false sense of security! I’m one step ahead of his tricks!”

“…You… Okay, whatever. Let’s go with that…”

HP: 36% Appeal: 57		HP: 62% Appeal: 0

[Mari]

"

15?! ...What happened to you?? (Maybe I should lay off the chaos emerald. Eugh.)

"

Amy was a bit too distracted to acknowledge Silver's question by the horrifying revelation that Sonic apparently hadn't aged a year in spite of the fact that he was from the future--hold on. ...Wait a moment. There was an intelligent thought somewhere nearby! Now if only she could figure out what it was.

EI0iJoN8p_1d20+3 (Amy's Spot Dodge)

Amy just sort of leap-frogged Silver's attack, bouncing over him at the last moment. Gosh--For someone who couldn't tell he wasn't Sonic she was really hard to take by surprise, even when distracted! In fact, her mind seemed to be elsewhere even as she landed behind Silver. It kind of hurt her feelings, hearing Silver call her slow like that. That was just mean. Why was Sonic being so cruel..?

"

...I'm trying really hard to keep up. It's really hard, you know. I only started running because I wanted to be close to you... (Something doesn't add up here. But what does that mean?)

"

And then--Ballyhoo shattered Amy's illusion. Wait a moment! That handsome voice was right! Silver couldn't be Sonic from the future! He was still Sonic's age! Amy's bemused expression slowly shifted into quiet disbelief and then open anger. She began to glare straight into Silver's soul.

"... You're not Sonic..."
"... You're not Sonic at all!"
"...And you were just going to let me believe that lie..!"
"Do you think that's funny, playing with a girl's heart like that??"
Amy produces a chaos emerald from amongst her person.
"...W-Well, it's my turn to play now! Chaos Control!"

p_1d20+2 (Amy's Critical Chaos Control; Targets INT and inflicts Slow if succesful. If Amy's roll beats Silver's by 6 or above, he is also stunned.)

The pink hedgehog then began rushing Silver with newfound determination in her eyes. Her heart was beating at a mile a minute and she was angrier than she'd been since she stopped chasing Sonic. ...Boy, she should really stop to consider the relation between those two things. What would Cream think if she saw her like this? Unfortunately for Silver, Cream wasn't on Amy's mind right now. A massive surge of strength fueled by adrenaline rushed through her systems, granting her the strength she needed to strike fear into the hearts of men. Especially men named Sonic. ...And probably Silver too. He was also important! Lunging forward, Amy attempted to take advantage of this newfound strength and the opening she had (probably) created with chaos control... by punching Silver in his lying throat.

(Amy's Adrenaline Surge Buff has been activated as a free action in response to extreme emotions!)

p_1d20+5 (Amy's Lying Larynx PUNCH; Does 16% Damage) "This is for lying! No more lies!"

...Boy did that feel satisfying. Amy then wound back and produced yet another piko piko hammer, bringing the hammer down upon Silver with grounding force. The feedback traveling through the hilt no longer fazed her, her temporary superhuman strength aiding in offsetting the exhausting effect of swinging such a big hammer around all the time.

p_1d20+4 (Amy's Piko Piko Hammer; Does 20% Damage and zero recoil) "And this is for Sonic! The real Sonic!"

p_1d20+1 (Amy's Appeal)
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[Blade Unlimited]

As Ballyhoo finally returned (apparently after being mugged?), Silver breathed out an uneasy sigh of relief. While the weird announcer was saying it to a strange tune, at least he wasn't spouting off that Silver was Sonic anymore! Turning back to Amy with a faint smile, Silver hoped that she would finally stop acting weird.

"See, I told you Amy; I'm not Sonic! It's me, Silver!"

But apparently the enraged virago had been blinded by her ridiculous logic and fury since Silver's words fell on deaf ears. "Amy, don't be like that. I told you I wasn't Sonic, I wasn't trying to lie to you! We're friends!" Sweating in disbelief at how he had somehow made his friend hate him for a second time, Silver could barely even get out another word before something in Amy's hand caught his eye... "That's a... CHAOS EMERALD!?" How was this even possible!? Silver had all seven in his possession right now... and yet here Amy was angrily waving the gem of infinite power right before his eyes, seemingly an eighth outside of the set.

BzFrhl51p_1d20-2 (Chaos Control INT Check - Success due to crit?)

Maybe it was his own emeralds activating in reaction to this mysterious eight one, but as Amy activated Chaos Control to slow down time around the two, Silver found himself not slowing down in the slightest. Still, the matter of the enraged pink hedgehog rushing toward him was still a very big problem with or without the chaos emerald.

p_1d20+5 (Larynx Punch Dodge - Success)

"Amy I didn't lie to you!" Silver easily back-stepped to evade the enraged girl's haphazard attempt at punching his throat... but maybe it might have been best to let her hit him and vent his frustration. "I know you're frustrated about Sonic, but I don't even look anything like him!" Spotting that the girl had finally re-summoned her hammer, the hedgehog brought up his own Psychokinetically charged gloves preparing for the coming blow.

"Stay back Amy... I still don't want to hurt you, but if yo-"

p_1d20+5 (Piko Piko Hammer Dodge - Fail)

Trying to block the blow of the hammer with another psychic wave, Silver's force proved too weak against the might of the giant love hammer as it completely blew past his defenses. Having the breath knocked out of him, Silver retched as his body was rag-dolled across the arena once more. Visibly bruised and scratched beyond belief, Silver's eyes began glowing with an intense cyan energy as his own anger began skyrocketing. Flying up into the air after touching down on the ground, the boy was completely fed up with being beaten around while trying to solver things peacefully.

"THAT IS ENOUGH!"
"I'm sick and tired of this." 
"If you're not my friend... Then you're my ENEMY!"
Appearing in a glaring flash of light, Silver produced two chaos emeralds from his person in each hand.
"CHAOS CONTROL!"

p_1d20+5 (Chaos Control: Wis Attack, targets Int; AoE Inflict Slow (+ Stun if roll loss is greater than or equal to 6), 5 turn cooldown)

Furiously whipping his arms foreward while they glowed in explosive waves, one by one Silver assaulted Amy with fully charged Psychic Cutters. It must be fate then for Silver to be hated. No matter what time period, no matter what planet, no matter if time was even reset: if it was his destiny to be hated by others then by no means would Silver sit back and just take this injustice sitting down. No... he would fight back with all of his energy until it ran dry!

p_1d20+5 (Psycho Cutter: Light Wis Attack; DMG 8%)

p_1d20+5 (Psycho Cutter: Light Wis Attack; DMG 8%)

p_1d20+5 (Psycho Cutter: Light Wis Attack; DMG 8%)

Finishing his assault but by no means done with striking back at Amy, Silver once more brought foreward his blazing palms before willing his Psychokinetic energy around the female hedgehog. "It's no use!" Who knows what'd happen if he got his hands on her... but if the burning aura of Psychic power flaring around the hedgehog and flowing even out of his eyes was any indication, it did not spell out good news for Amy.

p_1d20+5 (Psychokinesis: WIS vs. INT, Grapples)

p_1d20-2 (Silver's Appeal Roll)

Damage: 83%
Shield: 15%
Status: Sickness + Burned

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[Mr. Game & Watch]

“AH! See?! That girl won’t be falling for anymore of his underhanded trickery! And the audience is eating it up too! Down with the mugging imposter!”

“…Wait, you think he was the one who mugged you?”

“Of course! He’s the time travelling shapeshifter!”

“…I thought you were implying that he was in league with him or something… I mean, if you want to take the stupider route with that, that’s cool…”

“Bah! Nothing stupid about it! Time travellers can be at any point in time that they wish they can be!”

“…Wait, if anyone had time travelling abilities around here, why wouldn’t they just go to the future to get the cure for the Starvia and then come back? Better yet, go back in time to prevent the Starvia from happening? Why would they waste their time mugging people?”

“Hrm. We should invest in a time machine! Forget Mario and Sonic, elect MC Ballyhoo for Life Sphere leader! We shall put all of our resources into building a time machine and we will solve the Starvia threat by doing what Big Top said!”

“…How come you get to be the leader?”

“Ah! Because I’m the face man, Big Top! With only a few words I can get the stuff done! I will be the Sonic to your Samus! Only better because our plan isn’t as nonsensical!”

“…You’re not wrong. I mean, I don’t think blowing up the planet will really solve anything… I think Sonic may have some problems…”

“Now Big Top, that isn’t a very nice thing to say! Male hedgehogs have the right to dye their quills pink and wear dresses! That doesn’t mean they have mental problems!”

“…Okay, you just figured out that the first hedgehog wasn’t Sonic… It really isn’t that hard to figure out that the other one isn’t either.”

“Don’t try to implement your twisted agenda over me, Big Top! I know it’s been a while since we’ve seen Sonic switch up his look and change his name! Remember that time where he pretended to be edgy and went by the name Shadow!? Of course not! We all try to forget those times! First there were hedgehogs driving cars, but shooting guns!? That was a bridge too far!”

“…What… What are you even talking about?”

“They only pulled out three chaos emeralds! Where is that damn fourth chaos emerald!?!?!?!”

“…You okay?”

HP: 36% Appeal: 97		HP: 83% Appeal: 0