Shadow the Hedgehog

"No I don't race with it, it's strictly for military use. With the modifications that have been done, it would run afoul of racing rules most likely."

"Don't get him started. He'll use the excuse of him being made to have some sort of transportation because of regulations, but the truth is he loves that thing. Even if he can skate much faster," said Rouge. "Jealous because they didn't let you pick the transport?" retorted Shadow with a smirk.

"Yes I do. It's taken a lot of work to get it to where it is now."

"That expression sums up my attitude to it, but I'd have more dread. If they suggest it again I might just go work on my bike."

"Well Melody and Hope bought a karaoke machine for reasons known only to them. They subjected everyone to it, so I'm sure you'll get that 'joy' at some point."

"Well I've heard crazier ideas. If you can sing better than Hope it's not totally ludicrous," replied Shadow.

"Somehow I think that could go badly. Especially if the Mina here is determined to hold onto the spotlight, which seems likely," replied Shadow.

"Not really. Unless you took up running as a sport or something. I'm sure you'll find something worthwhile to do," replied Shadow.

"I think I'll defer to my employers," said Crowley as he glanced to Shadow and Rouge. "Anyone have any upcoming plans?" asked Shadow, though he knew the answer was likely to be no.

"Well, is there anything anyone would like to talk about?" asked Crowley.

"Thank you Anna," he continued as he retook his seat.

Crowley teleported directly in front of Anna. "Not so fast. This is your dinner party after all. It wouldn't be right to run off. Now please, sit down," he said.

"Very true Dylan. I'd rather you take them than the paparazzi. And I must remind you girls 'the cake' has a name," said Crowley.

"I suppose so. I must get used to this common availability of cameras," replied Crowley.

"That's a rather odd picture to take, but point taken," replied Crowley.

Crowley returned to his seat as he realised the photo had been taken. He picked up his glass and took a sip of his drink.

"Well at least that's taken care of. Anything happen while I was gone?" asked Shadow. "Nope, luckily for you," replied Rouge.

Shadow chaos controlled Hope to her room back at GUN before using it to get back in his seat at the restaurant.

"Alright then, I'll head to bed," replied Hope

"Thank you."

"That's fine, if it needs to be done, then we'll just have to accept it."

"Yeah let's stop now. And I'm sorry to burden you with this Skye. Though it's not like you're pressed for relaxation time."

"It's fine. I shouldn't have reacted so harshly to you given the situatio," "Yes we are thinking. It's not surprising magic is involved, we just have to work out how," she said

"No it's just thoughts as far as I know." "Yes Melody, of course we are,"

"It was nice before the fire started," said Hope before she starting thinking of an image of Shadow and Rouge playing cards. Something simple to test the compasses.