MEANWHILE...

[spinsandneedles]

WHO: Anybody who isn't in the middle of some calibrations
WHERE: all over the damn place
WHAT: Business as usual? Wondering where the hell everybody else went? Being all creeped out and stuff? I dunno man, whatever happens when the place you're stuck is suddenly a ghost town.
WHEN: During calibrations
WARNINGS: None. Will update as needed


[Temba isn't exactly the most exciting place Sonic has ever been, especially last month when it was all rainy and shitty and going out was a bad idea. This month was shaping up to be less soggy though, so Sonic was pretty pumped to get out there and start doing some real exploring. Maybe race that one guy, maybe see what the one turtle is up to? BUT, it doesn't take him long to realize that Temba is a lot quieter than usual.

Like, a lot quieter. Like 'literally where did everybody go' levels of quiet. Like 'aw dang it did I sleep through the entire end of the world' levels of quiet. Spooky, yeah?

Seeing as Sonic is able to cover a lot of ground in a short amount of time, he decides that the best course of action is clearly to just run around checking every building, tree, Porta Potty (do we have those??), whatever that he comes across. The longer he's at this, the ruder he might be about just barging into a place looking for signs of life so uh. Hope you weren't taking a dump, but Blue over here is a little bit frazzled right now. He could do the smart thing and just check the network, but eh... Nah. He'd rather just run up the sides of buildings and yell 'HELLOOOOOOOOOOO' really loud from the tops of them. Basically wherever you feel like encountering a semi-panicked-but-still-totally-trying-to-play-it-cool hedgehog is on the table. Unless that location is underwater, in which case he will not be joining you because swimming is not in his skillset lmao.]



[[You can deal with Sonic's horseshit OR!!! Feel free to just straight up make a top level for anyone to tag!!! GET YOUR CREEPY ABANDONED GHOST TOWN MINGLE ON YOLO]]

Comments

[spinsandneedles]

Ugh. The more I hear about this place, the less thrilled I am about being here.

[crystalmaster]

Yeah, no kidding.

[Radley gives a dark smirk and then sighs. He definitely wishes he could go home. But if he and Sonic are the only ones here, he wouldn't want to leave Sonic here alone.]

Well ... shall we check out some places together or take a food break?

[spinsandneedles]

Hm. As much as I want to get back to looking now, I kinda forgot to eat before I got creeped out and started running all over. I better fuel up before we head out.

[He looks pretty restless, like he really wants to get out there and keep looking, but he's not really going to be any good to anyone if he's distracted by his stomach growling lol]

[crystalmaster]

[Radley gives him a sympathetic look.]

Yeah, I haven't eaten either. Let's take care of that for us.

[He'd like to feel useful anyway. He heads for the diner.]

[spinsandneedles]

{And Sonic follows, because what else is he gonna do right now?]

Maybe we can just slap some sandwiches together really fast or something. I'm eager to get back out there and keep looking.

[crystalmaster]

That works.

[Although he imagines Sonic is much faster at that than he is. He pushes open the door and heads for the kitchen.]

[spinsandneedles]

[Honestly if Sonic knew where everything was in the kitchen, he'd probably just whip in there real quick and zip around assembling sandwiches. But he'd probably make a giant mess, and he wouldn't really be able to reach the counters very easily anyway, so he'll just stay out of the way.]

Do you think we oughta check Sh'Ka too? I don't know how likely it is that everyone would have hopped on a train all at the same time, but it's not like there's nothing else going on that's super weird.

[crystalmaster]

[Radley gathers everything as quickly as he can and starts making the sandwiches. He ponders this suggestion.]

Yeah, we probably should. You know, I still haven't ever been there.

[spinsandneedles]

[And Sonic will hop up to sit on an empty counter top. Y'know, because sitting where food prep happens is a good idea. It's fine.]

I haven't either, but that's mostly because I don't want to be stuck on a train for however long it takes to get there. Guess I should just suck it up, huh.

[crystalmaster]

[Radley sighs at this seating arrangement and gives him a pointed look, indicating a nearby stool.]

Yeah, it looks like we both will.

[spinsandneedles]

[but Raaaaad, he wants to feel tall!

Sigh fine, Sonic takes the hint and hops off the counter and sits on the stool like a normal person.]

I assume the train is still running, anyway. I know the ships are gone.

[crystalmaster]

[Radley relaxes and finishes the sandwiches.]

I hope it is. I guess we're about to find out. You wanna eat here or on the train?

[spinsandneedles]

Let's save 'em for the train. That'll give us something to do for... like five minutes.

[And then after that Sonic's going to have to find some way to keep himself entertained. weeee]

[crystalmaster]

[Radley quirks an eyebrow.]

You don't get indigestion eating that fast?

[He starts to load the sandwiches into bags.]

[spinsandneedles]

Not at all! But if I really take my time, I can probably push it to ten minutes.

...Eight minutes. If I like, set the sandwich down and stare at it for a bit.

[crystalmaster]

[Radley chuckles and shakes his head.]

Okay then.

[He hands Sonic his sack.]

[spinsandneedles]

[And now Sonic has this sack!]

Thanks. Normally I would say 'meet you there' and then just go, but with the way things are right now, maybe it's better if we don't lose track of each other.

[which is a bummer because he really wants to GO FAST, but even if he did he'd just be waiting around for Radley anyway. MEHHH walking it is.]

[crystalmaster]

[Radley smirks a bit, but is glad of this decision.]

Yeah, I think that's for the best.

[He steps outside. Still no sign of anyone else....]

[spinsandneedles]

[Sonic definitely notices the lack of people, but does a fairly good job of not letting how much it creeps him out show. He doesn't have a lot to say along the way, but once they get to the train he'll speak up again.]

I'm assuming the train must be automated somehow? I get the feeling the Agrii wouldn't just let us drive it.

[crystalmaster]

[Radley stays outwardly calm too. He can't fall apart as long as there's someone to be strong for. And he does have a little bit of hope of finding them in the other city.]

They must be. They'd better be; I honestly have no idea how to drive a train!

[He studies it with a frown and starts to climb on.]

[spinsandneedles]

What better time to learn than now, huh?

[He's joking, of course, but he does get bored easily so who knows. Sonic waits for Radley to board before hopping on after him.]

[crystalmaster]

[Radley hopes it's a joke and that they won't need to learn. He looks around.]

I wonder if we have to tell it to start or if it'll just mechanically sense passengers and go.

[spinsandneedles]

[Who's gonna stop us, Rad??? Time to steal the train

or not, that's fine too]

Or we could push buttons. Wanna push some buttons?

[They probably can't even get into the front car where the train buttons are IDK I don't know trains, but Sonic's gonna be a little shit anyway.]

[crystalmaster]

[Radley laughs.]

We could see if there are any. I'm sure they're behind locked doors.

[He looks around the train car with curiosity.]

[spinsandneedles]

Ugh, probably. Should we wait and see what happens and then start poking around if nothing does? I don't love the idea of waiting, but I'm kinda starving, sooo...

[Fuck it, he's gonna get all up in his sandwich bag]