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ITS PRIDE MONTH he’s demi just like me fr

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The Darling Robe by Scarlett Gasque ⋆ ˚｡⋆ ꣑ৎ ˚

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Send "when was the last time you slept?" For my muse's reaction.

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"Wait- Pardon--?" The platypus looks DOUBLY flustered suddenly, taken aback. A compliment between friends- ... 'Coworkers' is fine. But Yu-nae suddenly doubling down really made the doctor freeze up. This was so sudden- He cleared his throat and gripped his drink a little tighter.

I didn't think you would want to hear anything I had to say about you.

That rang in his mind as his immediate response, but he held his tongue. No. That was too honest. Not when Yu-nae clearly seemed to be inviting them to speak an opinion freely. Really, Starline wasn't used to having people who tolerated his yapping without an annoyed glare to accompany it.

".... I think, despite our differences, you are a breath of fresh air." He says while he takes another sip. "I've never met another like you. And I can tell you think of yourself as boring, but you really aren't. You're... Fascinating."

He finally glanced back at them (for a moment) and smiled ever so subtly. A scoff rolling from the back of his throat as he looked them up and down. "And you certainly aren't bad to look at. But take that as you will."

‒‒‒‒‒‒‒‒‒ There's not much of a change in their demeanor once they've finished drinking the glass of water. They're still blushing, but the nervousness has seemingly faded, drowned out, almost. Truth be told, they were actually sober. One of the things the nanomachines could do was filter out poisons efficiently and quickly, and that included alchohol; much to their chagrin. They needed to drink a lot to feel something, and it only subsided in half the time it would take a normal human to sober up.

Yu-nae had thought their last interaction odd, all mostly a blur, thanks to their strange fainting spell. They originally believed him at face value, but as more and more thought was put into it, they decided to hack the surveillance cameras. Surprise surprise, he had lied to them. No audio, but they had seen how he had made them fall with a simple wave of his hand.

Their eyes trailed down to his knees, but they weren't looking at his legs, they were looking at his glove. Did he have some kind of knock out gas or taser hidden in there? From the angle they saw it at, it was hard to tell what exactly he did other than hold his hand up to them. Their eyes trailed back up, leaning in a bit towards him.

"Heh... you know, this is usually the part where either you compliment me back, or say 'not interested.'" They jested, then covered their mouth to stifle back the hyena-like, nervous laugh.

"Sorry, am I coming on too strong?"

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Oh, how nice! They also played multiple instruments! He seemed rather impressed and he smiled once again, this time more reserved about his giddiness to keep all those thoughts contained better. Piano, Violin, and Guitar... Quite a range of dexterity they must have! He's looking a little closer at their hands as if to try and confirm that thought when the compliment rolls off their tongue.

"---!!" He's right there with them with his suddenly pink cheeks. His legs clenched together tightly as Yu-Nae pointed them out and he quickly sets down their glass to tug at their jacket collar nervously. Did they- Did they REALLY just check out Starline so unabashedly? He clears his throat and his gaze turns away, using his other hand to cover his mouth from sight as it thinned and pursed.

"... Uhm- T-thank-you?" He mutters softly, trying to save a little face. As he's turned towards the bar now, he lifts the glass back to his lips and takes another swift sip. "I guess you would have been staring a bit to be curious about whether or not I wore pants... Hah." His hand drops from his collar to his knee, tapping two fingers against it anxiously.

‒‒‒‒‒‒‒‒‒ Yu-nae smiled slightly at Starline's quip to his own detriment. "Hah, you're fine, I used to do that too." Keyword: used to. Robots made for poor company, and Eggman usually snapped at them after too long when they got like that. They took another gulp of their rum, still seemingly sober.

"Well, I got into music at first because my parents thought the extracurricular activities would land me a good scholarship. Piano my dad's choice, violin my mom's choice," they explained. "When I got a bit older though, I picked up guitar on my own accord-- I was a big fan of alternative rock as a teenager."

Their eyes idly trail over from their drink to his margarita, and they land back to the previous subject: Starline's pantsless legs as he crosses one over the other.

You take out those scrawny legs, they're down for the count [...]

"...You do have some *really* rocking legs." They stated aloud. It looked like what they said hadn't even registered to them until a few moments later, when their cheeks turned bright red.

"Hah hah! I mean, what? Wow, I think *someone* needs to put away the rum for the night!" They feign a flustered wave at the bartender. "H-hey, maybe some water over here for me, please?"

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"Well- I suppose that's one way to put it..." A soft chuckle comes from him, making his shoulders bounce and a smile that scrunches his features at the comparison. He crossed his one of his legs over the other and reaches for his own drink. A Margarita the bartender badnik had finally put in front of him. He used the lemon on the side to sir it a little as he seemed to take more interest in Yu-nae's reply.

"Oh! Would you please do so? Either or is fine! I've been hiding under a rock for most of my life, so to speak... I hardly know a thing about video games! I heard that one was pretty popular, though." He seems genuinely delighted. After a little sip from his glass he also grins wider. "And you're a music lover? Wonderful! I played Saxophone in band in high school, and I've had piano lessons throughout my childhood! I'm a little rusty, but I'd be happy to show you sometime! Or I'd love to hear if you play something?" ... Suddenly, the doctor seems... Embarrassed at just how innocently delighted he was talking about it. He really does talk to much.

"... If I can stop talking long enough to actually listen to you play, that is. My apologies." He rubs his chin awkwardly. At least he's self aware about it.

‒‒‒‒‒‒‒‒‒ They nodded along as he yapped, lips away from the bottle of rum and pursed into an expression of thoughtful consideration. The human truly had a mind for selective hearing, because they tuned out a lot of the parts pertaining to culture, and listened more intently on the bit about Mobian legs being more.... fragile, than other parts of their body.

"Ah, kinda like hitting a human in the crotch, then." They injected simply.

Femoral arteries combined with a thin-skinned Mobian's legs... that sure was a glaringly bad evolution flaw.

⍰ Yu-nae will remember that.

"It's fine, you should hear me yap about Elder Scrolls lore some time, or music composition." They said dismissively, expression melding into a neutral one as they stared at the bar shelves, eyes occasionally flitting over to the robot tending the counter, then to Starline.

"Not like that's really all that impressive compared to actual academic knowledge." Indeed, blessed to have an interest in learning, cursed to have an interest in knowledge that didn't really get them anywhere in life.

Well, they knew a thing or two about coding and software programming, as well as marine biology, but that wasn't something they wanted Starline to know they knew.

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The last thing he really expected from his little compiled blabber session was any sort of reassurance. His eyes widened and there was a blink-and-you-miss-it recoil of shock that the Doctor would take the time to explain more of its inner workings to him just to put his concerns to rest. He seems just the slightest bit touched by the gesture, even though it probably meant nothing for Eggman to enlighten him on the matter. He nods his head silently (for once) and didn't seem to flinch at the gaze he received after. And stayed quiet as the other contemplated his words.

` ———-> ❝...WHY?❞ `

The question could just about make him double over. Especially when it was followed with a reminder of the Doctor's Ego. He did smile and snickered, keeping the feeling as contained as best he could.

"I owe everything to the Eggman Empire. Before this, I was a miserable little wage slave who craved more than the simplicity average life had to offer me. An intellect above the rest, with a zest for life that could not be quenched with what was at my disposal... And once I heard of Doctor Robotnik, a roboticist genius who wanted domination over Mobius, my world changed. What you know as Earth, that is. For a few years, it was an idle fascination... But my intrigue grew with every news article, every new scheme, every time the earth was threatened and almost brought to its knees! Then I became a collector, a connoisseur of the work! Every scheme was more extravagant, more breath taking than the last! It was awe inspiring watching the way things grew and developed over time! I kept many relics of the old schemes, excavating them as necessary... And my interest in archeology led me to the Warp Topaz. I would not be the man I am today without the influence."

"And imagine my excitement, my sheer and absolute joy, that the timeline jump I made in an emergency jump, would have yet another glorious Doctor... It was a dream come true. I got to learn about him all over again, learn about you! You're similar, but superior! A visionary! The one I knew never even asked me this question... Didn't even have an interest in the Warp Topaz until it became a last resort option to fix his mistake in letting the Metal Virus take over!"

"And I know that sounds vain of me, but the Phantom Ruby was something he had used just prior to my first interaction with him... I understand hesitance, but absolute disinterest?" He shrugged and let out a huff. Noo, he wasn't salty about his favorite little rock being considered boring. Why would you think that. At least he's quiet again, clearly trying not to talk the Doctor's ear off but... Well. Failing. There was a lot to cover...

【🤖】— ❝I don't need to guess when I could easily just torture the information out of you if I needed to,❞ He managed to threateningly quip in before Starline began to explain. He leaned back in his chair as he listened.

———-> AND listened. And listened. He was just about to hold a hand up to tell him to cease his explanation, but Starline was already done. It was a lot of information to take in, at least, to someone of average intelligence; but Eggman was far beyond average. He crossed one lanky leg over the other, fingers laced together as he stared Starline straight in the eye, a faint red glow behind his signature sunglasses.

———-> EGGMAN wasn't sure how much of the platypus from another world's explanation should be taken as fact or truth. Starline had, obviously, deceived him before, so who was to say that he wasn't trying to deceive him now? Eggman did believe some of his story, however, himself had managed to temporarily gain access to a plethora of different alternative universes (include one really bizarre one where Sonic's arms were blue) so obviously, the part of Starline being from an alternate timeline was real enough.

———-> THERE was also the mention of "Robotization" he had heard through the grapevine of these alternate universes. Robotnik himself found the whole idea of transmuting organisms into entire robots to be ludicrous, maybe even impossible, not to mention impractical when he used organisms as batteries to power his own machines. A virus that spread and turned living creatures into metallic zombies sounded even more ludicrous.

———-> ❝THAT explains your ridiculous little objection before about taking precautions with the nanomachines.❞ He said finally. ❝Rest assured, however, whatever weird apocalyptic scenario you had in your world won't happen here by my hand. The nanomachines only work on humans with B negative blood, and they don't have contagion pathogens to spread-- same reason why cancer or diabetes isn't contagious.❞

———-> HIS sunglasses tilted downward slightly, the red glow behind them revealing to be haunting cybernetic red eyes with black sclera. They bore into Starline as they watched his body language and words carefully as Starline spoke of wishing to be only loyal to him and would do anything to prove his loyalty. The intense stare and posture of the scientist was broken with a simple question.

———-> ❝...WHY?❞ He asked blatantly. Indeed, why on Gaia's green Earth would anyone want to willingly work for and be loyal to Eggman? He was self-aware enough to realize how crazy Starline, or any fan of his, sounded when they weren't being ironic, even Ivo himself wouldn't want to be around Ivo.

———-> ❝I MEAN,❞ He cleared his throat, and decided to save a bit of face. ❝Obviously I can understand why, it's just, you know... kind of rare that anyone would share my vision for the world.❞

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from @dr-starline (obviously)

"Stay away from me. Preferably 'far'."

"Howsa 'bout ye sit on me lap and we discuss our zodiac signs ?"

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"I didn't get a chance to answer you! Your fall was quite sudden. But don't worry about that, now." He's quick to answer. They didn't seem to surprised by the supposed fainting spell... Do they have prior blood sugar issues? The doctor will have to tuck that information in his pocket for later. But speaking of pockets, Starline suddenly reached into his...

And pulled out what. Seemed to be an emergency stash of Oreos. Does he just keep that on his person??? It seems so.

"Here, take these. You're of no use to anyone in this state." He says, as if his generosity must be masked by some sort of ulterior motive. ... He does take a single one out of the already opened roll and pops it into his own mouth before letting them have it. "I can always fetch you a snack with my warp topaz no problem, so do let me know if you're feeling sickly in the future! Don't concern yourself with keeping up appearances when its just me." As if they did care in the first place.... Pushing him up against a wall was definitely proof of that.

"I know we have our differences, but you can trust me! I know its not as easy as that, but give it some thought, hm? And speaking of- when you are feeling better, would you mind writing down The Doctor's preferred Lattes? I made him one and he seemed to not care for it too much... But I've never been much for making it. I'd be delighted if you could show me something you excel at."

‒‒‒‒‒‒‒‒‒ Yu-nae groaned groggily, awoken by Starline's touch. Disoriented, they gently pushed him away as he spoke; the last thing they wanted when waking up with a headache was someone poking their face and talking in a hurried, panicked tone. They passed out? How?

"Hrm, yeah... sorry about that. Guess my blood sugar is low or something." The human muttered, still processing everything. They tried to recall what had happened before winding up on the floor. They *did* remember they were talking to Starline about something, it sounded familiar, but... his explanation didn't make sense to them.

"My service... to Doc?" Yu-nae had been under Eggman's employment, nay, *slavery*, for at least three years now-- fluctuating between silent contempt, escape ideas, and depressing acceptance. They hated working here, they hated Eggman, and the only perk out of dealing with it all had been cool powers at the cost of excruciating pain, and finally being able to pay off their student debt.

Now, suddenly, they wanted pointers? From someone who hadn't even worked for Eggman half as long? It didn't sound like something they would say or do, and yet... for whatever reason, it sounded believable to them. They could see themself talking to Starline about that, somehow.

"Oh yeah... I did say that." They seemed convinced enough, but there was only a surface-level acceptance of what Starline said. There were, after all, hidden cameras and listening devices all over the base. Maybe they were just saying weird things like that to keep up appearances? Yeah, that sounds like something they'd do.

"What did you say after that?"

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can i come over and implant false memories of us being childhood friends?

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Would you be interested in doing a one on one RP in DMs at all?

The person who sent this anon is obviously getting blocked, but. Like. How is it that every time I get a non rp blog wanting to interact with me its always a wild experience sdnfsldknf.

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Date with: Doctor Starline Date Fee: $4965 Customer Comments: "It wasn't that great of a date but they're hot so its fine. (Person in 60s)"

"..................... I don't think I can explain this one. Don't ask."

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cranky because you cant stop thinking about my ass arent you <3

🌺 I rushed home to make this in under ten minutes. @dr-starline 🌺

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The duality of Knuckles and Dread.

"Hahah...... W-what a duality it is!"

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Character bingo with infy :)

"Ohh, 3 bingos? What a good boy you are~" He's getting pat ur honor.

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"Tch... Only one potential bingo? Seems one of us would be thoroughly disappointed..." He's ignoring the fact that Yu-nae fits their definition of big, which would be at least 1 bingo... They'll make it work <3.

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🌺Confession i just copypasted the layer ontop LOL🌺

"What fascinating statistics between the two of us...~ I do love learning new things about you."