cobalt-the-sonic

[cobalt-the-sonic]

[the hedgehog jumps on Sonic, failing to notice- or maybe in spite of-- sonic pointing his spines outwards, you can feel a cold soft substance, like flesh, be pierced by your quills... and then starting to slowly crawl across them, almost like trying to adhere to your skin, maybe you should try rolling, that will definitely help :)]

[moving through the forest... you can smell a faint... then strong, and stronger still, scent of metal.]

[sniff sniff]

ick, that doesn't seem good...

[he immediately tries to check out the source anyway]

[cobalt-the-sonic]

FUCK DAMNIT.

[the hedgehog falls towards the floor, already recovering the missing limbs]

You do realize this is only going to hurt you righ-

[the hedgehog smiles maliciously and prepares to jump on Sonic]

[moving through the forest... you can smell a faint... then strong, and stronger still, scent of metal.]

[sniff sniff]

ick, that doesn't seem good...

[he immediately tries to check out the source anyway]

[cobalt-the-sonic]

CRAP!

[you go through the body of this metallic hedgehog, only the uppermost layers of his body actually felt like solid metal, but the insides seemed to melt down into a cold liquid.]

Objective met. Initializing tactical retreat.

[the hedgehog "pumps" out his chest as if to appear intimidating; except it was for a more practical reason, for this motion caused the gap through his body to fill with metal]

NO theres no way I am running away like a coward-

That is not for you to decide.

[the hedgehog is now preparing to run away]

[moving through the forest... you can smell a faint... then strong, and stronger still, scent of metal.]

[sniff sniff]

ick, that doesn't seem good...

[he immediately tries to check out the source anyway]

[cobalt-the-sonic]

Why dontcha see it for yourself?

[he punches a tree, which clanks like a metallic surface, rather than wood. Silver-coated leaves fall down like gold leaf sheets... letting the light shine through, the thing in front of you was made entirely out of metal, so was the forest around, and the strange fluid in your arm, was also metallic in nature]

[moving through the forest... you can smell a faint... then strong, and stronger still, scent of metal.]

[sniff sniff]

ick, that doesn't seem good...

[he immediately tries to check out the source anyway]

[cobalt-the-sonic]

[he's shivering a little]

Im... so... so s-sorry...

b-but...

we need to do this...

So, don't take it personally, pal.

[the hedgehog bites deeply into Sonic's shoulder, you can feel something really cold seeping down with his fangs into your flesh]

There we go!

[he pushes Sonic away]

[moving through the forest... you can smell a faint... then strong, and stronger still, scent of metal.]

[sniff sniff]

ick, that doesn't seem good...

[he immediately tries to check out the source anyway]

[cobalt-the-sonic]

[he extends his arm as well, trying to stand up again]

t-thank you...

[the sonic stumbles forward, holding onto the body of the other hedgehog, he feels really cold to the touch, almost unnaturally so, perhaps he is in a worse state than what it seemed so far]

i-i...m s-sorry...

[moving through the forest... you can smell a faint... then strong, and stronger still, scent of metal.]

[sniff sniff]

ick, that doesn't seem good...

[he immediately tries to check out the source anyway]

[cobalt-the-sonic]

[the hedgehog nods, and attempts to stand up, but falls back on his knees]

a-agh!

[yeah he's going to need help just to stand on his own feet]

[moving through the forest... you can smell a faint... then strong, and stronger still, scent of metal.]

[sniff sniff]

ick, that doesn't seem good...

[he immediately tries to check out the source anyway]

[cobalt-the-sonic]

e-verything... h-hurts... i c-cant remember w-what h-happened...

[he turns his head and body slowly, flinching at least twice from some form of pain, two soft emerald eyes stare at you from the dark, perhaps the light shone just enough to be reflected by what appears to be... tears?]

[moving through the forest... you can smell a faint... then strong, and stronger still, scent of metal.]

[sniff sniff]

ick, that doesn't seem good...

[he immediately tries to check out the source anyway]

[cobalt-the-sonic]

[the hedgehog murmurs something... you can't really quite make out what it is, his body trembled a bit... then you can finally hear it]

h...h...e...help... m...me...

[moving through the forest... you can smell a faint... then strong, and stronger still, scent of metal.]

[sniff sniff]

ick, that doesn't seem good...

[he immediately tries to check out the source anyway]

[cobalt-the-sonic]

[as you walk deeper into the forest more and more things seem to be evidently covered in metal... or maybe made of metal? both? it was hard to tell exactly.]

[and in the middle of it all, atop a rock, a Sonic was sitting there... clutching his head, facing away from you, some light leaked through "metallic" leaves, which was the only reason you were able to see it was a sonic at all...]

[i wonder what's happening to him]

[moving through the forest... you can smell a faint... then strong, and stronger still, scent of metal.]

[sniff sniff]

ick, that doesn't seem good...

[he immediately tries to check out the source anyway]

[cobalt-the-sonic]

[it opens its eyes, staying on the floor looking around, but remaining silent.]

>Sleep...mode... off.

>Energy recovered.

>regragmentation complete.

>Incubation period exceeded.

>Running field diagnostics.

>Infected area 40% smaller than expected.

>"The metal virus spread through the forest after host physically succumbed during a refrag process. Virus infection rate through physical contact has diminished drastically."

>Virus environmental data analysis initialized...

>Data compiled.

> "the virus keeps working to spread into other beings, having the most success so far on small creatures. Large beings like 'trees' were a struggle, yet the virus has successfully converted all biological matter within the area."

>Compiling all data.

>Data forwarded to [*****].

>Recalibrating database according to registered data.

>Shifting parameters for Prime Directive.

>New protocol engaged.

[the metallic hedgehog stood up, and began to walk again, at the same time, insects, birds, flickies, they all started to wake up too, with a similar metallic sheen]

Whuh- What-

We're moving... again

...

[cobalt-the-sonic]

Can I poke you with a ten foot pole or

[why don't you try? it would be fun]

[cobalt-the-sonic]

[proceed... proceed... continue... continue... advance... advance... go on... go on... proceed... proceed... continue... continue...]

[it repeated in their head, continuously, just an endless flow of thoughts—no. Of orders. Keep walking forward, slowly sometimes as he walked or his hand rubbed into a surface... a sheet of metal was left behind.]

"We've been walking for DAYS. I feel so fucking tired and we can't even take over this carcass from that... THING."

"..."

"Are you really gonna keep quiet? what a bore."

[the body couldn't... go on anymore. the metallic Hedgehog succumbed to a feeling of tiredness, both from mental exhaustion and to allow the metallic sheen to spread through wherever surface the hedgehog landed on.]

[cobalt-the-sonic]

[The hedgehog? falls as it had been pressing onto the door. a metallic clank as well as a strange "splotch" sound, like a rock being thrown in water, filled the otherwise silent area when the hedgehog? fell into the cold floor]

[its skin and flesh reformed quickly from being partially destabilized, it looked around, a grin began forming on its face. it gripped the grass with its metallic gloves, forcing the soft green to be engulfed in metal.]

[and from its mouth a quick-silver-like liquid built up, like a predator salivating before tearing apart its prey with its teeth.]

@cobalt-the-sonic

I suppose it's been long enough.

Checking in to see if my sample worked as intended.

[cobalt-the-sonic]

[it--they approach as much as possible the seemingly-unbreakable glass-like material of the pod, trying to assess what's happening, where they're being taken off, will they finally be ... Free?]

@cobalt-the-sonic

I suppose it's been long enough.

Checking in to see if my sample worked as intended.

[cobalt-the-sonic]

[the hedgehog is confused, they are confused, it's

scaryexcitingenraging

because something was happening, and after all this time, they had become used to nothing happening at all]

@cobalt-the-sonic

I suppose it's been long enough.

Checking in to see if my sample worked as intended.

[cobalt-the-sonic]

[the hedgehog springs ''back to life'' looking around quickly]

W...wh...rrgg...hr.ee...?

[it was harder to speak again, they hadn't spoken in a long time... and metal wasn't a good material of vocal cords]

@cobalt-the-sonic

I suppose it's been long enough.

Checking in to see if my sample worked as intended.