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SONIC COLORS CONTINUES: YOUR MIND IS MINE!

Who: Eggman and "Volunteers"
What: Eggman has a little experiment to run, and the park goers are the perfect volunteers.
Where: Dr. Eggman's Incredible Interstellar Amusement Park
When: Tuesday
Warnings: None yet, but we'll see

There was a catch. There was always a catch when Dr. Eggman was involved. Of COURSE the park was a ruse. A very elaborate ruse, but a ruse nonetheless. He was keeping those pesky aliens under wraps for the time being, but more and more of them were trying to escape. He put Lash on the job, and with any luck that would be enough. But for now, he had other ideas.

Eggman dispatched multiple robots out into the park to round up a few test subjects. Time to see if all of this effort would pay off.

[[Those who signed up to be brainwashed, this is where it happens!

For everyone else, people will start disappearing after this log, so feel free to react accordingly if you like.]]

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[This is gonna suck.]

[His feelings exactly.]

[You know how awkward it is with being a former bad guy?]

::I AM EATING EVERY CANDY AND WOULD BE AN EASY TARGET FOR SOMEONE TO KIDNAP::

Byrne had seen the robot out of the corner of his eye. Quickly, he saw its malicious intent and faced it, baring his gauntlet. Unfortunately, the only experience Byrne had with fighting a giant metallic thing was when he fought the princess and that Hylian brat, wherein the princess was possessing an invincible suit of armor.

However, he was able to dispatch of the robot while only receiving a few scrapes and bruises himself. But then more of them came. Two more, to be exact. They were larger, this time, and more durable. With some magic on his end, he was able to blast them to pieces. Okay, this wasn't so bad. So this Eggman person obviously advertised his Space theme park to attack people with a robot army. Nothing Byrne couldn't handle.

And then more of them came. A whole group of them. He was able to blast some of them and kick some of them away, but more and more kept advancing on him, and he couldn't keep up. What the hell was this? He couldn't lose, not now. No, not just losing, but he honestly began fearing for his life. They just kept coming, more and more of them, no matter how hard he fought back. He was sustaining more injuries as they tried to grab him, although nothing too violent on the robots' end had happened yet, surprisingly.

However, even if they weren't severely beating Byrne up, they were still able to block some of his attacks and close in on him. There were just too many...

And so, after a lengthy attempt to fight off the hordes of machines, Byrne ultimately lost, due to being severely outnumbered. Several of them dragged him away while he struggled the whole time. He still feared for his life, but due to the fact that they were just dragging him somewhere and not mortally hurting him gave him some hope. Perhaps he could find a way to escape once they dropped him wherever they were going to.

Phoenix, on the other hand, was captured pretty easily. The whole time he was wondering what the hell was going on. However he knew that Eggman had something to do with it. Oh yes he did.

Shinon was outnumbered and thus was forced to submit to the robots, who seemed to experience some sort of glee in capturing the very same man who was taunting and teasing them earlier.

Karma, dear Shinon. Karma at work. He didn't seem very happy with being held captive by a few robots.

It's funny when one thing happens when you're minding your own business. Vincent was doing just that as he was enjoying his space venture. His friends back at home were going to be wicked jealous and he was actually about to call them and Katherine allllllllll about it. See how they would believe him.

That is when suddenly, a robot came. Then another. And another. Suddenly there were many robots around him. He had seen many robots like this around the park already and had grown accustomed to it. Eventually.

"Uh...was there a robot party I didn't hear about?"

It was a party alright. A rounding up party. A few robots behind Vincent started to shove him. Vincent, confused and already infuriated at the now aggression towards him, didn't have much reaction time before the other robots made a grab for him. Vincent tried to fight the restraints but was eventually carried off. Millions of curse words were shouted out.

Cyrus had been distracted, staring out into space. So lost in thought was he that it took him a moment to realize that he had been grabbed and was being carried off.

But it stood to reason. He had willingly wandered into the den of a warlord.

With the restrained victims in place, Eggman stepped out into the room. Two Egg Pawns saluted him as he entered and took his place by a strange ray gun looking device. "Well well! It's nice to see we have so many EAGER VOLUNTEERS to further the cause of SCIENCE!"

"Shit, you're behind this?? What the hell??"

Vincent was so pissed. So pissed. You brought him a space carnival and you kidnap him for science.

"Fuck you, shithead! I didn't volunteer for this!"

"I, too, have no intention to participate in... this. What is going on? Speak!"

N wasn't about to just bend without some kind of explanation.

"I love science," said Apple Kid blithely.

Daroach, however, is going to be the idiot who flies right in front of Eggman to question him. ~~He is wearing red, after all.~~

"I'd assume it has something to do with that device you're holding. Want to share with the class?"

"I knew you were a criminal bastard!" Phoenix cried, struggling within his restraints.

All this time he had tried to be polite to Eggman, despite how obvious it was that the older man despised the former lawyer. But now he pretty much lost it. Being manhandled by large robots and restrained would do that to you.

"Duh," he said in response to Phoenix. He ran his hand over the weapon. "And it's not like any of you really have a CHOICE in the matter."

"Now then, let me explain. Some time ago, I made the most REMARKABLE discovery!" He snapped his fingers. A robot carried a capsule, containing a small white creature. It had one eye, three tentacles, and looked terrified. "This," he said, taking the capsule, "is a Wisp. Sure, it may look puny and not at all interesting, but just one of these little aliens contains INCREDIBLE power! And since they weren't using it for anything important, I thought 'They certainly won't miss it!'"

"Which brings me to my LATEST INVENTION." He returned his attention to the laser. "Anyone want to guess what it does?"

"Nothing good, I imagine..." Daroach brought up a paw defensively. Nothing good, indeed-- if this man didn't find out the firsthand consequences of meddling with powers that aren't his own soon, then eventually he would. The pirate had been there.

Byrne was restrained, but he stood silently, only glaring at Eggman with utter hatred.

He listened, oh yes he did, wanting to know just what the hell was going to happen to him. But at the same time he tried to discreetly fiddle with the restraints, attempting to find a way to free himself. If he did free himself, though, would he free everyone else? Probably not.

Shinon looked more peeved than anything. He, too, had been taking measures to break himself free from his restraints, but once he realized there was really no way out of it, he just glared at his captor. Of course, when Eggman actually addressed them, he just rolled his eyes.

"Don't play guessing games with us and just get on with it," Shinon urged impatiently. "So what is it, you hulking lardball? You're putting me to sleep with all this talk."

Apple Kid gazed up at the device.

"There's a 97.2% chance that what you are holding is a mind control beam," he replied.

"1.5% ice cream cone beam, remaining 1.3% miscellany."

Apple Kid was really hoping that it was the ice cream beam.

"Mind control??"

This was when Vincent started struggling from his restraits madly.

"There is no way in hell I'm becoming a zombie, you bloated Eggfatass!!"

Oh, he mad.

Eggman was silent for a moment. His eyebrow twitched. He immediately turned the gun towards Apple Kid, pressing a button. A beam of dark purple energy fired into Apple Kid. "THAT'S for ruining my big dramatic reveal," he remarked with mild irritation.

"Oh, and it's not like you have a CHOICE in the matter," he informed Vincent sadistically.

Apple Kid stared up at Eggman with his horrible Apple Kid eyes and his horrible Apple Kid face, slackjawed and silent.

This couldn't be real. That mind-control couldn't be real. Please God, let this be a dream. God in Heaven, let this be a hallucination, a dream, anything but real.

But Phoenix had never woken up from the nightmare. In the past few months, he had encountered talking animals, talking animals who could turn into humans, a giant, functioning Space amusement park, and a gang of robots. It had been months and he was still in the nightmare. Nobody pinched him. Why did he have to lose his badge and come to this place? Now he faced what could be the end of his conscious life. The end of his sanity, if Eggman was going to control his mind.

Who knew what atrocities Eggman would make him commit? Maya being possessed by a dead person wasn't enough of a defense in court, so obviously mind control wouldn't be either, should Phoenix be forced to do anything illegal. As everything came together in his mind, Phoenix's face conveyed a look of sheer horror at the realization of the hellhole he had gotten himself into.

Cyrus had been silent through the proceedings, his mind racing faster and more distractedly than it had been ever since the Distortion World. To be overcome by another, to lose his mind to blankness and control...

That was what he wanted, wasn't it? Surely those in his planned universe would possess limited willpower, so that they could progress without his direct influence, and they would possess intellect, so that they could process what they learned and progress in technology. But they would be his and his entirely, and he alone would shape them.

But at the same time, it was entirely different. He was a man of morals and ethics, while Eggman had none! This was a sick irony, a perversion of truth.

And all he could manage from his lips was "...Bastard!"

Shinon shrugged. "Yeah, that's something that I can agree with," he dismissed, acting as though the situation had no real impact on him.

But there was Apple Kid, who had become a drone... what was going on? Shinon thought about Ashera's pawns clad in gold armor with a purpose none other than to serve her selfish bidding. He imagined this was likely going to be his fate if he didn't get himself out of here, and quick.

The archer cast his glance to his fellow victims, wondering if any of them had any means of escape. Nobody appeared outstanding to him, but Byrne... Shinon's eyes narrowed as he wondered whether he could break himself from the restraint of the numerous robots. Nabooru had said he was powerful. But it really wasn't his concern whether he could do it or not, because naturally, Shinon didn't trust anyone here to do much more but free themselves. And he was the same way. But things didn't seem to be getting any better for him, and he couldn't see any openings to escape from his current position. He would have to face the music.

So he pretended to look utterly bored with the sight in front of him, sighing and allowing his head to rock forward. "Not this again..."

"What was that?" Eggman said, leaning towards Cyrus. "I couldn't hear you over the sound of my BRAINWASHING!" He slammed the button again, turning the weapon towards Cyrus and letting him have it with a burst of energy.

"Now, who next..."

"To hell with you! You won't get away with this!"

How about the guy who said that and was trying really hard to get away from the robots so he could slug them and then slug Eggman and get the hell out?

"We have a WINNER!" And Eggman turned the gun on Vincent next.

We're sorry, due to unforeseen circumstances, Phoenix is now having an internal meltdown. His last line of defense was here. Loudly, he proclaimed forth:

"OVERRULED!" Eggman shouted, gleefully turning the weapon on Phoenix. "I'm on a roll here!!"

Being hit with the ray had been as if someone had turned off a switch in Cyrus's brain. His muscles loosened and he stopped struggling against the binds. His thoughts stopped racing, and in most cases stopped altogether.

There was no emotion in him, just as he always wanted.

But he was also without willpower, without intelligence. There was the ability to reason, to process information, but it was entirely artificial.

"...Awaiting your commands," he said, his voice as dull as ever.

"This is the best day of my life," Eggman boasted, wiping his eye. Was that a tear? A tear of joy?

"And have I got orders for you all..."

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