Skye Prower

Looks really great!

Well... that does seem to answer the 'Will Tails have a significant role?' question.  Now the question is 'will they manage to avoid messing up his personality, unlike Sega?'

Happy birthday and best wishes Shinomi!

Tails, Island The fox beamed at the compliment from Sonic.  First the first time, it felt like someone was truly appreciating him.  Tails resolved to make sure he’d never let Sonic down, to never betray that trust the Hedgehog had started to place in him. With a nod, Tails turned back to the aircraft.  “Let’s get in, I’m sure I can fly it,” he said, with a newfound confidence.  Which then faltered. “Her…. Name…?”  Tails’ namesakes bristled, for a moment he seemed tense, then suddenly relaxed.  “Oh… er.. I think it might be written here…” Reaching forward, the Vulpine wiped off some of the dust and grime off a section of the aircraft.  “Tor… Tornado.” ----------- Skye, Furville, Feral Forest “Careful, we don’t want to….. oh, nevermind…” exclaimed Skye as Mighty rushed into Furville.  At first glance, the town looked deserted and eerily quiet, aside from a few burning fires.  But then, in the centre for the village, Skye spotted the inhabitants.  Or rather, what was left of them.  Most were now encased in robotic suits, and the few who weren’t had been rounded up and led towards some Prison Pods. “Hey, wait…” she whispered, catching Mighty’s arm, spotting a school bus parked nearby as she did so.  “I’ve got an idea.  Create a distraction, and try to get those people free.  I’ll get that bus ready so we can all escape.”  ----------- Casino Night Zone While the robots still in combat continued to press the attack, the rest turned, marching in the direction where Rouge had taken Tekno. ----------- Sleet and Dingo, Wave,  Mobotropolis “Well, Princess, it looks as if we will be looking after you for some time,” said Sleet as he, Dingo and Sally headed towards the courtyard, a slight sneer in his voice.  “Do you Royal’s have some fancy mansion you hide in when things get difficult?” There was a slight darkening on the sky, and Sleet turned, seeing in the distance the approaching shape of the Wing Fortress and Flying Batteries.  “Hmm… here they come…” Someone else, out on the streets, also recognised the approaching silhouettes.  “You’ve got to be kidding me,” Wave muttered to herself. Back in the council room, King Max turned to his generals.  “We need to evacuate the city.”  The rest of the room looked to him in surprise. “Sire, you can’t mean…” one began to protest. “I do.  Every report we have is one of overpowering forces, often after our people.  We need to get them to safety.  Preferably without a panic, but it may be too late for that.  See to it,” Max insisted.  One of the generals saluted, turned and headed out of the room.  “While that is going on,” Max continued to another officer, “send out a message on the secure frequency.  Inform our agents and allies the New Mobotropolis is under attack, and that it’s citizens will soon need places to hide in safety.” Another salute, and the officer went to the radio to send the message as Johnny arrived in the room. “No time to stand on ceremony, my boy,” King Max replied to Johnny after his introduction, allowing himself a slight smile.  “I understand you told one of my soldiers you have connections with the…” he cleared his throat.  “With the leadership in Sandblast City.  If that is true, I need you to deliver a message to them.  I know we’ve had our differences in the past, but now it looks like we’ll all need to band together to take on these invaders.”  He held out a dossier.  “This is all the data we have on this ‘Robotnik’ and his forces.  Get to Sandblast city, give them the information, and tell them to preparer for war, and possibly for an influx of refugees.”

In the meantime, this is what I've started doing for ASO: For those of you who follow the ASO Tumblr, after a bit of a hiatus, character QnA’s are back. Obviously, there’s a bit of a backlog, so we have taken a random selection from the pile, and will continue to post a group of QnA’s every Friday. It will take us a while to get through the questions in our inbox, so for now we’ll be focusing on the questions we have. So please don’t send in any new questions for the moment. We’ll let you know when we’re caught up, and submissions are open again. Also, keep in mind we won’t answer every question, as some might be too spoiler heavy, and others might be answered already by in comic events. But you can check out the batch we answered this week on our blog right now! https://blog.archiesoniconline.com/

Thanks Chaos.  As for choosing stories, some are pre-determined (like the main story of that issue) but we're also free to pitch in ideas and whole stories, such as this one, which was all me. For the SU arc I'm writing, certain things I had to include, but the overall plot, events and even many of the characters were all up to me.

Sneak peek of a story I've been writing: https://twitter.com/Sonic_Online/status/1349071903655292930?s=20  

Happy Birthday Jest!

Wow... that is sweet!   I wonder where they do wrestling in Mobius... and how her daughter ended more more.... girly and into magic...

Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday Chaos!

“Ah’ve been cursed, but Ah can control this power.” Bunnie Rabbot as a Hexblade Warlock.  Not the class you might expect at first, but she was actually the first one I came up with after Sally.  After all, what better for someone who has had unwanted power forced on them.  While Pact of the Blade would make the most sense for her powers, Pact of the Talisman would be interesting…

“It appears the good people of Knothole have another quest worthy of our talents, Nicole.” “Very well, Mistress Sally.  If you MUST neglect your studies again.” Sally (And Nicole) as an Order of Scribes Wizard from D&D.  I wanted to do a bit of drawing practice, and I’ve not drawn Sally before.  Plus, when reading the new D&D Tasha’s book, the Order of Scribes subclass just jumped out at me as something to do if you wanted to have your own Nicole, so here we are. Not sure yet if this is a one off, or if I’ll do all 13 D&D classes.  

Given what Sega regards as 'staying true' that's not much comfort!

Tails, Island “Escape?  No, I…” They young fox shifted his feet nervously.  “I... grabbed onto one of the airships when it was filling with robots and it… took off.  I... fell off during the battle, but one of the birds caught me and… left me here...” Tails added, his voice getting a little weak.  The vulpine looked back up to Sonic.  “I… don’t know what happened to them after the crash.  It was pretty far out to sea.”  For all his rising despair, a smile crossed his face when Sonic agreed to be his friend, followed by surprise and amazement.  “You... want to know what I think we should do?  No one’s asked me that before because…” The fox caught him, and gazed out to sea. “If I was an evil man with a robot army… what would I do…” He murmured to himself.  “I’d… try to attack Mobotropolis!  It’s the capitol city of the biggest power, and they don’t have much air support... or so I’ve read.”  He turned back to face the blue Hedgehog.  “We need to go there, we have to warn them!”  Animated now, the fox spun around, looking at the now running aircraft.  “I think she can fly.” ----------- Robotnik, Wing Fortress “Excellent Omega,” grinned Robotnik.  “I will enjoy watching the devastation you’ll wrought.” The clang of Gamma’s foot caused Robotnik to start, then turn.  For a moment, he found at his robot, then his features broken into a grin.  “It seems your eager to join your brothers, Gamma,” his tone an odd mix of both pride and mocking.  “No, I can’t trust you to take part in the assault, yet.  But…” The Doctor turned to regard the operations map.  “It is taking too long to capture that Canary in Casino Night Zone.  Get down there and bring her back.  And don’t fail this time!” ----------- Skye, Feral Forest “I... don’t know… maybe?  He might not be dead.  The robots do heal the people inside to keep Doctor Eggman’s forces running,” Skye replied.  “Wait... Eggman?  Where did that name come from?” the wolf muttered to herself in confusion.  Then she felt her companion slow. “Like… who?” Skye asked somewhat confused as the Armadillo ground to a halt.  “What are you talking about?” she added, just as Mighty started running again.  With a shrug, she started running again.  “At least he’s moving,” she muttered again. As the came over a ridge, the village came into view.  But smoke was rising from it. ----------- Sleet and Dingo, Mobotropolis “When do you wish us to leave?” Sleet addressed the King.  The elderly squirrel turned his head to his daughter. “How quickly can you pack?” he asked his daughter. “I…” Sally began, looking close to protesting again, when another guard burst in. “SIRE!  Radar Sir, it’s… it’s picking up six craft… bigger than anything we’ve ever seen,” the guard exclaimed. “So… it’s beginning,” King Max breathed, getting to his feet.  “Sally, leave now.” “But,” the chipmunk began to protest. “NOW!  Please!  I have to know you’re safe,” King Max insisted.  “You,” he continued, addressing Sleet.  “If anything happens to her it will be the worse for you!” “Have no fear, your Majesty,” said Sleet with a bow.  “We’ve not failed on a mission yet.” Outside, the guard regarded Johnny’s words.  “I will report to the King.  Wait here,” he instructed, before disappearing inside the throne room.  As he opened the doors, Sleet and Dingo strode out, escorting a grumpy looking chipmunk between them.  Moments later, the guard returned, looking rather pale faced.  “The King… would like to speak with you.” (Is anyone wishing to play Sally?)