smash_logs | ✧ Chao Garden ✧

Welcome to Smash Academy's Chao Garden!

Who: Everyone!
Where: The Lake
When: Backdated to Sonic's flubbed network post on August 23
What: Looks like Smash has been keeping their lake pristine, because the cutest presence to grace Sonic's universe have taken a liking to it!

Chao (pronounced 'chow', sing. & plur.) have found themselves a comfortable little paradise to call their own on Smash Academy's grounds, enjoying their days swimming around, playing games, and taking a gratuitous amount of naps in the warm kindness of the Sun's light.

Most of what you see around the lake now are these little guys in their more neutral, infant forms, and some of the eggs that Sonic was seen holding in his video post are nestled snug and comfy in tall patches of grass. Either way, Chao have an evolutional struggle to contend with, but perhaps a little help from another life form can give them an idea on what they can truly become.

In order to avoid making this the longest log opening possible, please visit this entry in Sonic's journal for all the information you need about how Chao will work! I had to make some adjustments from the original concept, obviously.

As for the log itself, consider it an opportunity to mingle while picking up your Chao (like the dorm log!) You don't need anything from me. ~~But Sonic is going to be watching the crap out of all of you CHAO POLICE~~

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WHAM!

Welp.

Sonic hadn't quite braced himself for that. When he sat up again, his face was puffing up red and blood was trickling from his nose in two plentiful streams, but he was still holding the Chao egg out. Oohhh, how he wanted to hit you back, Shads.

"Take it!"

BUT, he'd punch you later. He wasn't about to start a brawl in front of the Chao. Not with one so close and an egg in his hands.

Ah, much better. Shadow's breathing steadied, arms flinging up to cross over his chest, notably higher than usual. He kept the delicate area covered, just in case Sonic decided to make another fast move.

"... I will," he growled, his voice lighter than he'd intended, "if you do not touch me there without warning again."

Maybe if he had more warning he wouldn't have been this fucked off, but sadly, he didn't see it coming. That only amplified the sensations and those... thoughts.

What was that even about? Just the heat of the moment making him grab for some sort of reasoning...? Yeah, let's go with that.

"What? Why? Are you ~~fucked~~ hurt?" Sonic pushed the blood off his muzzle, crawling closer to stick his bloody nose a tad closer in that direction.

That Chao from earlier was out of there cause, uhm, gross. Blood dripping.

Shadow averted his gaze, however concerned he might have been. Sure, it was nice and all, but dammit, he was sensitive there and Sonic had no right to be up in his business. It left him uncomfortable, to put it mildly.

"... No," he mumbled. "Just do not do it again. It feels strange."

Sonic withdrew the egg to his own torso, sitting on his legs and sniffing back his blood and snot. He coughed at the sharp, coppery taste.

"Sorry, didn't know, but it wasn't on purpose," he offered, hoping it was enough. From there, he stood up, smiling again and holding the egg down to Shadow. Here ya go, buddy. ~~Here we go~~

"Mmh..."

Shadow finally accepted the egg, handling it carefully and holding it close. It wasn't cold, but it wasn't exactly warm, either. It was probably a mixture of the life growing within it and the outside air balancing the temperature to something more acceptable. It made enough sense.

His ears flopped, mouth stretching in a wide frown.

"... My guess is," he told him, "that you want us to raise this Chao together."

That left him feeling even more odd. Raising a child-like creature with someone? How very parental, otherwise known as Way Out of Shadow's League or Interest.

Sonic studied Shadow within those few precious moments before the other made his open conclusion. How he held the egg, what his face said that his voice wouldn't or couldn't convey. As for his words? Well, it wasn't exactly what Sonic had in mind, but...

"I can help, yeah," he agreed with a temporary adenoidal wheeze to his words. He tipped his head back a little to stop the ticking trickle beneath his nose. At least it was slowing down.

"You will," he sternly corrected, luminescent eyes narrowing in his direction. "I am not going to raise one of these on my own when it is your fault that I am."

Implying that he was going to anyway...? Hmph. Shadow already regretted his wording. For now, however, he ignored the Chao egg, reaching down to yank a glove off of his left hand. With that out of the way, he reaches a bare finger upward to wipe at the blood dripping down his friend's nose.

He dipped his lids downward, eyes poised to stare down at the ground.

He was apologetic, but he doubted that needed to be spoken.

Sonic's reflex was to lean back from his approaching digit at first, but he pressed right into it when he consciously concluded that hostility didn't exist. Sonic's lips were dancing with amusement as he hed back chuckles, and he stood as patiently as twitching toes would allow, waiting for Shadow's apology to complete. When finished, Sonic gave a playful flick to Shadow's palm as it hovered.

"I'll be back!"

And he took off, making a few stops along the way, but with one goal in mind.

"...?"

He bolted so fast that Shadow couldn't even protest. At the thought, he flinched -- he wanted to make him stay? -- and stroked the top of the egg unknowingly. His mind wasn't focused on his hand, on anything, as he stared out into the lake, lids falling heavily over weary eyes.

Just what was he planning? He was both curious and hesitant to find out.

✧ Chao Garden ✧

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