Happy Valentines! Your Love Is Toxic!

[iamtheeggman]

Who: EVERYONE
What: CUPIDBOTS
Where: EVERYWHERE
When: VALENTIMES DAY
Warnings: None yet, but will be updated if that changes

Ah, February 14th. A day for loving lovers to love... But at Smash Academy, it meant something else...

At the crack of dawn, they appeared. Tiny robotic cherubs wielding bows and arrows. Those who had been at the academy for some time knew what they were: The Cupidbots. Obnoxious, potentially life-ruining robots with one mission: Fire their arrows at unsuspecting passers-by, causing them to fall in love with the first person they saw for the next 24 hours. They would be gone by the next day, but still for the best to try and avoid them.

WHAT DO?

[[Go ahead and start up your own threads for random happenings, planned ships, or just throw your characters out and see who bites!]]

Comments

[voltecpower]

I... have not, I'm sorry...

[Of course, Pulse still has yet to understand that hedgehogs here look very different here than the ones where he comes from. So, naturally, he looked down and around on the floor, hoping he didn't accidentally step on Sonic... was it a Miss or a Mister? He still had yet to meet this person.

He felt it again, after the increase of Mister Shadow's heartrate. He froze. There was an electronic signal sending out some kind of wave... was it manipulating Mister Shadow? ...No, it wasn't strong enough, not like the EM waves from the television station that Galaxy Gang had used to try to brainwash people. But, somehow, it had to have something to do with how Mister Shadow was behaving. Even with the limited time Pulse had spent around him... he could tell that this was not normal for him at all. He felt a strong urge to investigate.

He needed to get closer to better understand what the signal was and where it was coming from. Rather quickly, although hastily, he set up a plan in his head.]

...But... Sonic, was it? Would you mind if I helped you look for Sonic?

[coruskate]

Mmm, prrrrrlleeeease help me find my Sonic.

[ Shadow dizzily stumbled off in the opposite direction, swooning and sighing at every moment. He mumbled to Pulse, chanting Sonic's name over and over again, whining and mewling about how sweet and wonderful he was. His mind was nothing but Sonic, his lover boy. Lover hog. Whatever. ]

Mmm, Soniiic? Where are you, sweetheart?

[ This was a pure disaster, but at least he was distracting himself enough for Pulse to get closer without reaction. ]

[voltecpower]

[Part of Pulse was beginning to wonder if perhaps this Sonic, confirmed to be a male, was perhaps Mister Shadow's pet. The rest of him was attempting to focus on the electronic signal as he carefully approached the lovesick Shadow from behind, following him closely. He could sense the signal getting stronger as he came closer to its source, although it was still very faint. He glanced away from time to time, checking the floor for the whereabouts of the lost hedgehog.]

Um, here, Sonic... Nice hedgehog...

[obfuskate]

Veeeeeery nice hedgehog.

[ Shadow glanced behind him, only to find Pulse randomly scouring the tile. Okay, that was a bit... odd. Why was he looking down there so intently? Did he think that he was just a normal hedgehog? Ha, how silly. He gave a brief shake of his head, stating what he thought was obvious. ]

You aren't about to find him down there. He is as tall as I am.

[voltecpower]

[In what was probably one of the more unusual physical representations of "GREAT googly-moogly", Pulse reacted to the sudden logic failure by somehow tripping on the floor, falling over onto his side without doing anything to catch himself. He slowly moved his arms to get up from the floor, his eyes wide and somewhat out of focus.]

S-Sir, that sounds like a... very large hedgehog.

[obfuskate]

[ That...

Was he really that stupid? No, really? He'd even fallen to the floor in his total stupor. How could anyone be that dense? Well, Sonic had proven that to him on occasion, but Shadow was more than willing to tolerate him. Ah, his beloved Sonic... ]

My guess is that you aren't aware that I am a hedgehog.

[voltecpower]

[Pulse's mouth hung slightly open. Refraining from getting back up, he instead brought his arm around and leaned on his elbow, placing his chin in his hand so that his mouth closed, and rested upon it, staring into space. This was new information, and it was going to take him a short while to process it. Finally, he brought his hand back to the floor, moving his legs underneath him so that he could stand up, brushing the dirt and dust from the floor off of his skin and armor. He then lifted his head to meet Shadow's gaze, also taking in the large spikes, which he feels somewhat stupid for not noticing in the first place.]

Sir, I am aware now. I apologize.

[obfuskate]

Hmph.

[ Clearly a surprising response from a brooding, emotional recluse. Shadow skulked about, peeking into classroom doors, windows, anywhere he could for his sweet beloved. As he did so, however, he began to describe his new 'mate' to Pulse, making absolutely sure that he'd be able to spot him. ]

Sonic is about as tall as I am, with blue fur and paler skin. His eyes... are likely the most beautiful emerald orbs I have ever seen, yet they hold enigmatic energy behind them, much like Chaos Emeralds.

[ He gave a dramatic, swooning sigh. How terribly purple he was being. ]

[voltecpower]

Emerald orbs... okay.

[Purple prose was lost on Pulse. Often taking what was said to him literally, he now had an even stranger image of Sonic in his head than he did to start off with. Did he really have large green jewels in his head? What was a Chaos Emerald, anyway? Still glancing about for Sonic's whereabouts, now checking for beings a bit closer to eye level, he continued to follow Shadow closely, trying to pick up the signal again. Whatever was transmitting it had to be really small, too small for Shadow to be able to feel it on him... or in him, if that was the case.]

[obfuskate]

Mm.

He doesn't seem to be here.

[ How upsetting. That just meant he'd have to look elsewhere. In fact, Shadow had a far more brilliant idea, one that he voiced quickly. He was always the type to get right down to business, after all, and that applied even in love. ]

We'll split up. You take the east wing, and I'll take the west.

[ Unintentionally, a wrench in whatever Pulse needed to do. ]

[voltecpower]

Uh...

[While he was taking it upon himself to figure out what was wrong with Shadow, he was still willing to help him find this Sonic hedgehog person, even if it meant abandoning the former task for a while. He is a guy who keeps his promises.

Although, working alone, he would probably find Sonic in a short while, and if he didn't, he would just report back to Shadow, if he could find him again.]

Yes, sir. I'll let you know if I find him.

[Then he took off. Or, to put it in better words... suddenly, he was no longer there. There might be a slight temporary disturbance in the atmosphere, or even a slightly audible whoosh from the air rushing in to fill the space he occupied a moment before, but he was just plain gone.]

[obfuskate]

[ That boy...

He took off in a blur, a very quick blur. Chances were, if Shadow wasn't a victim of the haze of lovesickness, he'd be hyper-aware of this fact and more than curious as to why. However, all it served to do now was remind him of his lover, his sweet mate, so fast and quick in the very same manner.

He had to find him. He must. He lost him in the woods, but surely he'd return here soon. Sonic, Sonic, Sonic.

He took off without a single ounce of care in Pulse's direction. He was a one-track mind right now.

Sonic. ]

[voltecpower]

Here? No. Here? No. Here? No. Here? No...

[He zipped along down the hallway, taking note of the space and its occupants, which were mostly scarce considering how the majority of them were inside classrooms. He peeked in through windows, there and gone in an instant once it was registered in his brain that Sonic was not there. He had to linger a little longer at some windows; there were some students who were blue, some with spikes, and some with a visible jewel in their head, so he would have to go through all the criteria given to him in order to determine whether or not they were Sonic.

After checking the last room in the building, he paused in the middle of the hallway; did he need to check the upper floor rooms, or should he go ahead and report back to Shadow? Shadow knew this building way better than he did, so he would know what to do next, he thought... He turned around to face the opposite direction, back toward where he originated.

Suddenly, he sensed the presence of the electronic signal he had picked up before, only it was much, much stronger this time. He looked around him, then up, toward the ceiling.

There was a robot here.

He couldn't see it yet, but he could tell that it was flying, and that it was armed. Both of his original missions forgotten, he took off in the direction of the new signal, headed outside. Whatever this entity was, he was going to find out what it was doing here.]