Scrambled Egg Zone Act I

[reneggadetinkerer]

Type: VIDEO
Sender ID: reneggadetinkerer (Dr. Robotnik)
To: General Public
Subject: Introductions
Warnings: ~THEATRICS~

[The first thing you might notice on the screen is a bulbous pink nose. A nose from under which a massive, aburn, magnificent mustache extends off to either side like the bristles of two enormous brushes. Only then might you notice the glint of dark spectacles completely enshrouding the eyes of the one beginning this broadcast. As he pulls his shellphone away, you get the full picture; a rotund man that simply exudes the aura of a mad genius.]

Attention! As loathsome as it is to admit this, I appear to be stranded on this overly moist macrocosm like the rest of you. The accommodations I've found myself in are abhorrent, frankly, and I refuse to live like a deckswab. As such, I'm taking it upon myself to begin searching for more appropriate facilities so that I might continue my work. If anyone out there knows of any...let's say...recently vacated warehouses or factories...or, better yet, an island that I may lay claim to as my own, I can repay you with the knowledge that you've helped secure the great Dr. Ivo Robotnik a place where he can properly work. For the betterment of...everyone.

Apparently. Pah.

Oh, and if there's anyone out there versed in this "magitech" I keep hearing about, make yourself known! I'll have you disclose your findings so that I might better ascertain the nature of this technological power. Better yet, if you have anything worth disassembling, bring it to me.

But don't expect compensation!

Comments

[reneggadetinkerer]

I don't recall my initial declaration containing any questions.

I offer the benefit that I, Dr. Ivo Robotnik, mechanical engineering genius will put this technology and this space to more adequate uses.

[telepathicignorance]

Yeah really not interested in helping you get better resources so you can actually enforce your stupid demands.

[reneggadetinkerer]

I would honestly consider a place where I can work undisturbed to be quite reasonable.

[telepathicignorance]

Not a lot of abandoned factories here. And you need a ship to claim an island.

(Now they're just giving the requested info to rain on his parade.)

[reneggadetinkerer]

Then I build a ship. I've built entire armadas before. A seafaring vessel hardly seems like a noteworthy challenge.

[telepathicignorance]

At least you're determined.

[reneggadetinkerer]

Of course I'm determined! I don't wait for the planets to align, I seize any opportunity I am given!

Where's the fun in wasting time idly when I could be innovating and adapting on the fly?

[telepathicignorance]

Alright then.

(They're not sure that determination will actually hold up when it comes to the task of building a ship with the limited tech and infrastructure available, but it'll be interesting to see if it does.)

[reneggadetinkerer]

Is that all? Or do you perhaps have more for me to rebut.

[telepathicignorance]

I don't think your rebuttals are as good as you think they are, but this is a boring conversation anyway.

(And they'll disconnect. If he tries to reach them, they'll ignore it.

...They're hoping that them getting a last word in will get on his nerves.)