THEY DID THE MASH

[mansionstaff]

Who: ERRYBODY
What: CURSES
Where: ALL OVER THE SCHOOL
When: Halloween night through November 7th.
Warnings: 2spooky.

It was a dark and stormy night--

Well, no. It wasn't. In fact, it was rather cool and clear, a perfect October evening for the perfect October celebration. Stars winked above, the choice accompaniment to the orange moon looming overhead. Tonight. Tonight would be a party.



But just as the sun begins to set, the sound of cackling can be heard ringing through campus, the harbinger of what could only be described as Halloween Shenanigans.

Woe betide those that fell into her path.

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[bluestreaker]

"Those are awful," Sonic punctuated with a short laugh bristled by the energy he wish he could maintain. Its start and end were overshadowed by ghostly exhales, signaling Sonic was going to fall asleep anytime soon now.

A glistened bottom lip slipped away from its partner. The hesitation was simply a prelude to something Sonic didn't do very often: recollect.

"I ever tell ya 'bout a friend of mine named Chip?"

[obfuskate]

Chip...

No, the name wasn't familiar for him. Despite that, what did this have to do with conventional Chao naming? That had absolutely nothing to do with it!

Shadow finally did look back at him in that moment, only for a few seconds, enough to glare at him with this look of pure disapproval.

"Isn't that irrelevant?"

Because seriously.

[bluestreaker]

"Man," Sonic groaned, contradicting his steady smile in the process. "Don't be so quick to judge, Shads. I've gotta point if you'll just listen."

[obfuskate]

"Fine," he conceded, tail flicking a little in impatience. Shadow was going to listen, but inside, his mind was screaming to get this done fast.

"Go on. I'm listening."

[bluestreaker]

"Y'better be," Sonic mumbled, his only visible eye threatened by an impending shade of darkness. Sonic wasn't very good at telling these sorts of stories and he knew it, but compelled by exhaustion's accompanying lack of inhibition, he convinced himself to try.

"This whole thing where I change at night's happened before. I tell ya that? Anyway, y'wouldn't know 'cause you're not where I'm from, so you wouldn't remember the entire world breaking apart. Heh heh," Sonic chuckled, too tired to consider how that was really not something to laugh about. There was some wonder if Shadow would nearly have a heart attack over the idea, but he continued on regardless, closing his eye and pulling away at the memories that he held dear.

"I met this little guy who couldn't remember anything about himself. I thought it was my fault since I, uh, kinda fell on him, but in the end, it wasn't." Was he trying his patience yet? "He liked..." Sonic yawned. "The Chocolate Chip Sundae Supreme. A lot. Like, he was seriously going crazy over it. So I called him Chip."

[obfuskate]

The entire world breaking apart... and yet Sonic laughed it off as if it was simply a minor event? Shadow can't help but give him this blank, yet mildly scornful stare that spoke words he needn't literally vocalize:

"I am judging the hell out of you right now."

Other than that, he listened quietly, carefully, albeit not without discomfort settling into his stomach. The idea of the planet he had to protect breaking into pieces was a nasty one. He had to remember this for his future, should he have to stop this himself. In fact, this made him all the more willing to hear him out, to see how this turmoil came to a close.

Shadow gave a very quiet sigh, facing him fully and leaning his head against the mattress himself. In that moment, he yawned - oh, did he ever - as Sonic's own was just naturally contagious.

"I see the relevance." At least there was that, but now he wanted to know more, more beyond just the subject of naming. "What happened to Earth? What broke it into pieces?" This didn't happen to have some sort of relation to this Chip creature, did it?

[bluestreaker]

"Who else can make a mess that big just by walkin' into a room?" Dang. For a moment, Sonic was distracted. Their green menace was twirling around in the bed, trying to get comfortable under the sheets he'd been tucked into. Sonic fixed the blankets once he settled down. "Maybe... Sugar? No. Choco? Mudcake. Wait, no..."

[obfuskate]

Ergh, the way he treated this so lightly, moving from a dire subject to one so light-hearted... Shadow was disgusted. He would have to keep pestering him for more information. He wasn't about to let him lose sight of the important issue at hand.

"No." He sternly glared at him, tapping his fingers against the mattress. "Keep going. What happened to the planet after it was torn asunder? What did you do?"

Huh.



Maybe Sugar was a kind of cute name, by the way.

Wait, no. Important matters. Right.

[bluestreaker]

"What I always do!" Sonic reached back to scratch behind his ear. "I --" He yawned yet again. "saved it."

When blue eyelids began to lift again, they lacked the motivation to rise higher than midway. His words were a rope for his mind to trip over, giving Sonic a reason to express some sadness for only a moment. "Well, no," he retracted. "I helped, but Chip saved the world that time." Sonic smiled a little, previous sorrow vanished in an instant. "He saved me, too." And with that, Sonic had no reason to feel remorse. Chip did what he had to as Light Gaia. He gave everything for their world, always and forever.

Still. They would be friends until the end of Sonic's time, but even this hedgehog knew they'd never meet again.

[obfuskate]

Oh, oh no. Shadow caught that. He knew the sullen look of a man whose mind was riddled with sorrow. Of course he'd know. He's looked in the mirror before.

"And... Chip," he carefully spoke after a momentary pause, his expression subtly tainted with worry. "What ever happened to him?"

Something wasn't right. Did Chip sacrifice himself to save Sonic's life? That wouldn't have exactly surprised him -- he could think of a few people who would do that including himself -- but he kind of hoped that wasn't the case. He knew how that felt, and to undergo a tragedy like that...

No one should have to go through that suffering. No one.

[bluestreaker]

Though the tale was sad, the voice behind it was anything but. The thick of the silence between Shadow's query and Sonic's response was laced with fervent emotions bred under blue skin, concealed within his breast and occasionally borrowed by his face. There in that moment, just the two of them, he was saying so much more than words could reveal. In a way, it was his native language to simply exist, though it never stopped him from running his mouth given the chance.

He simply didn't need to most of the time. Speaking only supplemented what he was good at: taking action. Though action was hardly the word here, Sonic's body language brought understanding in mounds.

"Chip?" Sonic echoed, eyes rolling back to Shadow from their Chao. "He went back to sleep."

[obfuskate]

"Back to sleep," he repeated, eyes drifting to the Chao as its little chest rose and fell in peaceful slumber. This Chip clearly meant worlds to his companion, yet Shadow still felt as if he was being left in the dark, as if details were still swerving around him. It was time to flip on the figurative windshield wipers and clear the view.

"What is this Chip, anyway?" He entwined his fingers together, leaning heavily against the bed and feeling his lids gaining weight. He felt at peace with him, although with the small build-up of solemn expectancy in his chest, he kept wide awake to hear the conclusion.

Needless to say, he expected tragedy.

[bluestreaker]

In his eyes, it may very well be, but to Sonic, it was anything but.

"He was someone... nervous," Sonic began, closing his eyes as the weight of his evening drew the curtains on his act. "A silly guy, helpful, but confused. He was kinda always lost and always hungry. Alwaaaaays hungry. Heheh." A soft sigh.

"He was Light Gaia. He was a part of something dark and dangerous but still really bright and protective. A guide, a hero, but more importantly..."

Those emeralds he had concealed carried a dim glow as those lids rose again, regarding Shadow as if Sonic had been speaking to a spirit deep within his companion's core.

"He was my friend."

[obfuskate]

He knew it. He knew it all too well. There was no way that wasn't the case. Shadow wasn't necessarily trying to be pessimistic, but he had this feeling that's how it was going to be. It was something with the weight of Sonic's tone as he spoke of him, his friend, Chip.

He was never going to see him again, yet he still regarded him as friend, just as he did for Maria.

He sympathized, and albeit hesitantly for a second, he showed it, shuffling closer and nuzzling his nose up against his snout, tail twitching behind him. The smallest, sweetest hum came from him, something of comprehension, of deep understanding.

"Sonic..."

[bluestreaker]

Sonic chuckled as his fur flitted along his skin. "S-stop..." He spoke up peacefully, a hand gently pushing him away by his cheek. It wasn't to be denying, necessarily, but it tickled. He eyed him momentarily, then gave him one last bit of information.

"...I knew you'd come back." Before he could add that nothing as annoying him Shadow could ever stay away, the burden on his energy was too great.

The subsequence of that lulled Sonic even further into a crawl until sleep was imminent. A hand was left on Shadow's lap where it fell back down, then gravity slipped it to the floor. His smile was eclipsed by a loss of consciousness and as the Sun only rose higher past the window, Sonic's body fell deeper into slumber.

[obfuskate]

Heh.

Stupid sleepiness was contagious. Shadow couldn't even help but yawn, his muscles trembling slightly from the sudden rush of air. He was tired, very tired. They all needed to rest. He wasn't about to let Sonic sleep in a position like this, so he carefully hoisted him up onto the bed, leaving him flat on his stomach beside their slumbering Chao, chirping in its sleep.

Heh...

How cute.

He was too tired to berate himself for thinking this way, but this was absolutely precious. He felt the need to keep them safe, instinct taking over to just curl around them and shield them with his spines as they all napped. He couldn't ignore it. He didn't. He simply reached for the sheets and slipped his weary feet beneath them, taking it and wrapping his two bundles into its warmth.

"Mmm..." Shadow settled beside them, the Chao between their larger bodies, their body heat dispersing and leaving them all comforted. "Hmm..." His eyes fluttered closed, yet just before he slipped away, he nuzzled into the pillow and swore that he felt the tip of his nose brush against Sonic's.

It couldn't get better than that.