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Characters: Shadow the Hedgehog, anyone who crosses his path.
Setting: His room [ 03-14 ] upon awakening and beyond.
Format: Staaartin' off as prose, but I will switch about to whatever makes you comfortable.
Summary: One little hedgehog is grumpy and bumbling about the tower, looking for a way out, hoping to get back to Earth (someone's in disbelief, see). Oh, honey, no.
Warnings: Very, very mild cursing from him, should the moment arise that it would happen. (It's a rarity, though~~, unlike a certain namesake game he has~~.) Other than that, it really depends on who bothers him!

He honestly thought he was going to die.

Instead, he woke, his brain fizzing like a freshly-opened soda pop, his body numb for a brief moment. At first, it jolted him, the feeling of being unable to move coursing through his nerves, but soon, his fingers began to twitch, toes wiggling and curling within his hover shoes. Shadow was alive and well, no worse for wear beyond some burn marks, some bruising, and some nasty cuts along his arms and sides. Not only that, but he was in a bed, and he was lying on top of two very, very crumpled pieces of paper.

He rose, grunting and groaning over the aches all along his flesh. The letters were dabbed lightly in his own blood, something that made him wince. Disgusting. He didn't want to make a mess. Oh, and the fact that he was bleeding kind of sucked, too.

The first letter was an explanation of where he was expected to reside in this tower here, where to gain food, how to accommodate, etcetera. He scoffed, nonchalantly tossing it onto the nearby nightstand, before tearing into the other one.

That was the one that made his heart stop. His planet was destroyed.

He'd...

He'd failed?

No, this couldn't be. Someone had to be messing with his mind, and he was not about to have any more of it. He was going to confront the owner of this tower right now, settle this, and get back to his planet, saved from the clutches of the Biolizard and the plummeting ARK. His planet was fine. It had to be, or else he'd...

He'd failed her.

[ okay so! shadow can be wandering just about... anywhere and everywhere possible, basically lurking about and examining things as he tries to locate someone of authority. along with that, his roomies are free to find him in his room after having opened his letters. be careful, though: he might be just a bit more of a grumpypants than usual! u_u welp. ]

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Dax, Riki, Jason, Ruana, and Zo are all names Shadow didn't recognize. That put him further on edge, realizing that these beings, these... 'bad people'... well, he did not know what they were capable of. Obviously, he could take whatever they could dish out, but the idea of these people being so manipulative and secretive, let alone capable of ripping people from their own worlds...

To put it lightly, it made his stomach twist.

He settled down a little, his defensive stance ebbing into something more relaxed, mainly to show that he wasn't going to be hostile, at least not towards this boy. His expression, however, doesn't change.

"That... cannot be," he denied, his ears flopping against his head. He maintained a cool and collected demeanor, yet the wild look in his eyes portrayed just a small amount of worry. "There must be a way to escape. If I must, I will destroy this entire tower."

"There isn't... well there must be somewhere sir but lots of people have tried and we are still here. But I am sure we will find a way to escape soon. You can't destroy the tower though because it will get fixed really quickly and if you have magic powers the bad people will just stop you using them. Or kill you."

He was talking quite quickly to explain everything but he paused then. "You come back though if they kill you, so it's not too bad sir."

No way out. Destroying the tower will have them kill you. That was more worthwhile information than what he'd been given before. So be it. He'd just have to try to decimate the tower. Shadow knew one important fact about himself that put him at the higher advantage.

"I am the Ultimate Lifeform," he told him, dismissing the threat of murder as if it were a minor obstacle. He shook his head, adding, "I cannot be killed."

At least, he cannot be killed as far as he knew...

Romeo had no idea what an ultimate lifeform was but he had heard that argument before, people who couldn't die in their worlds. Like angels. The bad people still managed to hurt them because they were the baddest.

"They can still kill you. They are really powerful, I think they could kill anyone. Even God. But I am sure we will find a way out soon okay." Because this conversation was going firmly into spirits down territory and Romeo had to try and keep everyone's spirits up. Especially new people. "So don't worry okay sir! Dying's not even that scary, I've died loads of times."

Wh...

What.

Shadow's brows lofted high, his eyes doubling in size at the outrageous statement. They can still kill you? Crazy. They could kill anyone, even God? Very crazy. Dying's not even that scary? Insane. I've died loads of times?!

What on his green Earth is any of this bull.

"You... have died many times." He slowly spoke every word with heavy enunciation, his tone so full of disbelief. This was so awful that he was sure he'd lost a good cluster of his IQ just by hearing it.

"For a child, your fairy tales are morbid."

Romeo nodded, because he had. He knew it was difficult for people to believe though.

"They're not fairy tales they are true! I don't lie sir!" and he didn't like being called a liar, he scowled.

The smirk Shadow gave at that point was awful. It was bittersweet, half-amused and half-hateful, not towards Romeo but towards the situation. Should that be true, this tower was going to be a larger threat than he thought, but should it be false, this child sure knew how to conjure a wicked tale.

Yes, he wanted to interact with this one further, to garner more information from him, however false it may be. Should it not be useful, it could at least provide a touch of foul humor. Pathetic humans...

"Ha..."

He chuckled darkly, his eyes locked on these walls, these dreaded walls that intended on keeping him trapped. Pathetic, pathetic, so pathetic...!

"Soon enough, when I am at full power... I will test your claim. Watch me."

Romeo watched him cautiously. Because laughing was meant to be happy but the animal didn't look happy even though he was laughing. "Okay sir, but I don't think it will work. I hope it does though because I've been here for ages and I don't like it here!"

Well he liked his friends, but he didn't like the bad people or being hurt.

"It will," he assured him, the sour laughter slowing to a stop. Shadow began to mutter softly to himself, hardly audible to Romeo unless he listened carefully. In such a case, he'd be able to hear something along the lines of, "Foolish creatures, thinking they can trap me..."

They were idiots, the lot of them. It both angered and amused him and brought his blood boiling and made him sick and... and...

No. Shadow shook his head. He wasn't about to lose stability here. He had to center himself. Breath in, breath out... good.

He would find his way out, no matter the price.

"You," he suddenly spoke up, facing him again. "Give me your name. I will inform you once we are able to leave."

Romeo just watched him cautiously, worried that he was going to be really angry. He shuffled his feet wondering how he could help the creature keep his spirits up when he finally spoke.

"My name is Romeo, sir! What's yours?"

Breathing... breathing. Yes, he was completely fine now, as if nothing happened. Nothing ever happened. Right. Shadow exhaled loudly, unfurling his fists and letting his hands hang loosely at his sides. Losing control wasn't going to do him any good. He knew that.

"... Shadow. Shadow the Hedgehog."

Romeo pulled a face. "Hedgehog? You don't look like a hedgehog!" Hedghogs were all prickly! Shadow wasn't like that all!

What.

"How... exactly do I not look like a hedgehog?" Shadow cocked a brow at that remark. He was the perfect fit for a hedgehog! Even though those colorblind humans couldn't tell him and Sonic apart, they could at least understand his species.

"Well hedgehogs are small and have lots of prickles and spikes. Your hair is spiky but you should have prickles all over you and be really small." He held out his hands to show how big hedgehogs usually were.

The look on Shadow's face was nothing short of exasperated. Was he really going to act as if he were a non-humanoid, pathetic excuse for a hedgehog? Those were domestics, and he was so far from one of those that it wasn't even funny.

"Those are domestic hedgehogs. I am not a domestic hedgehog."

The way he stated it was obviously a little demeaning. He took offense to the very idea of being one of those feeble excuses for a 'hog.

"Oh..." Romeo looked confused for a moment, because he had only ever heard of one kind of hedgehog. "And what kind of hedgehog are you sir?"

"I am simply a fully sentient, humanoid, communicating hedgehog," Shadow told him, huffing softly as he spoke. "We are vastly different from the domestics you are used to. We are capable of plenty more than they would ever dream."

Namely, he was, but that's just his ego talking there.

Well Romeo had never heard of one of those hedgehog's before, nor did he know what sentient meant but he grinned because he understood that he was like a hedgehog but better.

"So you are like a super hedgehog right?"

Super... hedgehog. This kid probably read far too many comic books than he should have. Shadow gave an incredibly subtle shrug of the shoulders, looking more like he was rolling the joints a tad than anything.

"In layman's terms, yes. I am the strongest hedgehog created by man, Shadow the Hedgehog, the Ultimate Life..." He trailed off, a small hint of a smirk playing on his lips. "'Super' is an apt description."

Actually he has never read a comic book in his life, but his first friend in the tower had been a superhero so it is something he knows about. He grinned happily, "I've never met a super hedgehog before? Are you the only one?"

Heh, oh, Shadow knew the answer to that one. A soft laugh flowed from him, a very quiet, yet smug one.

"Of course. There are others much like me," he spoke, one very certain blue hedgehog coming to mind, "but they are not as powerful as I. On the contrary, they are quite ordinary." No matter how much Sonic asserted otherwise.

"Oh!" Romeo nodded, so he was the most powerful super hedgehog. He nodded. "So do you get to help lots of people?"

Ah. What a question, that one. He knew that he did, yet it was moreso for Maria, for keeping her promise. He had to protect that planet for her, not out of just generosity from his heart.

Shadow's voice softened, his gaze averting Romeo's.

"... I suppose you could say that."

Romeo blinked, wondering why he was sad. Maybe he had tried to save everyone... maybe he was sad that the world had ended when he was supposed to protect it. "Don't worry sir I am sure the bad people are lying..."

It's funny how such a young, innocent child was capable of reading Shadow like a book, much like his Maria did back in the day. She always understood him, and if she couldn't, she was patient with him as she attempted to learn. She was an angel with the patience of a saint.

Children...

Children like this one, they were endearing. He couldn't deny that, not after having grown up with a girl as sweet and flawless as his Maria.

"Of course they are."

His eyes peered back over to him, all irritation in his body language and expression finally gone, blown away by the atmosphere. "You... mustn't call me that. Call me Shadow." 'Sir' just felt a bit strange. It was like if Maria called him 'sir'.