video / please send this beast to your local authorities (us)

[tenrectricity]

Type: Video
Sender ID: tenrectricity (Surge)
To: Public
Subject: Have You Seen This Bum?
Warnings: n/a

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[ immediately the viewer will see a green animal on screen, the camera angled up telling that whoever is holding the camera is shorter than her. don't mind that, because she's leaning forward into the screen with a sharktooth grin, then tapping at the recorder with the tip of her gloved finger. ]

Hey, is this working!?

[ in the background is a very low "yes ma'am!".

surge leans back, her ears twitching as she nods to herself. she shifts to the left a bit, then to the right now sure which side is her best side but... she'll figure that out later. ]

Okay, listen up! Your fellow heroes [ self-proclaimed ] are inna crisis! I got a prop...eristion for anyone willing to take on the challenge!

[ from behind the camera, another voice can be heard: ]

Proposition...

Yeah, that! The reward? We'll get to that later! A N Y way! There's this damn menace on the prowl causin' trouble as we speak, and you all need to be on the lookout. He's out there creatin' monsters and trying to put people in peril, but we know his weakness, and we'll get rid of him for ya before he tries to kill ya next.

[ hands on her hips, the tenrec nods to her own words because it makes sense, why wouldn't it? ]

Hand me the... y'know! [ she's holding out her hand towards the camera person, asking for something. ] So I know you're all curious about who this nefarious fiend is. My cool and artistic sidekick has taken it upon himself to draw this cretin.

[ a flap of a sheet of paper now means the camera screen, revealing the culprit. ]



THIS GUY. Bring him to us and we will beat the shit out of him and you never have to deal with his evil again! So, anyone up for the task?

Comments

audio;

[stealthpun]

Learning Shadow creates monsters is a new one to me.

Do you have evidence to support your claim?

audio;

[tenrectricity]

Oh buddy, then strap in! [ surge rolls her eyes, annoyed that there's no visible proof because who can do that when you're trying to fight for your life. ] He was in the belly of that damn turtle making more viruses!!! He made one big one and was going to let it attack innocent people!! We saw him!

audio;

[stealthpun]

Hm. Curious.

What ended up happening?

audio;

[tenrectricity]

I asked who was up for a task, not an interview on what happened!!

[ why is this person asking so many questions, shadow is this your damn burner account.

stop trying to act like you weren't evil. ]

Ugh, whatever!!! He attacked us, he didn't even try to target the damn monster, he tried to target ME! He even broke my friend's gear!! Do you know how much it's gunna cost to try and get that fixed!?

UGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!

video; un:ohwowzers

[ohwowzers]

[Wait a sec, he knows that Togedemaru hedgehog.]

Are you sure you got the right guy? Cause he doesn't seem evil to me.

video;

[tenrectricity]

[ now her ears are twitching.... what is this she's hearing... ]

Then he's hiding his evil ways, simple as that! He's plotting and scheming, he even attacked us by teaming up with the thing!!

[ohwowzers]

With... what thing?

[Kieran just looks doubtful.]

It doesn't really sound right. I've worked with 'im plenty of times, and he's been a nice guy. A lil' grumpy, but nice enough.

[tenrectricity]

Sure. So him trying to kill me inside the belly of a turtle is just being grumpy! I wasn't aware.

[ there's sarcasm in her voice as she looks off to the side, it's really unbelievable, but she has to make her case. ]

There were slimes in that monster and he was putting them together to double, triple its size!!! Me and my friend tried to kill it, but he would get in the way and attack us instead! I'd say "can you believe that!?" But so far, you probably really can't!!

text | un: astudyinviolet

[astudyinviolet]

[ Sherlock has a lot of conflicting thoughts about Shadow, but unlike a certain hedgehog, Sherlock's not about to just turn him in for a bounty.

Also, this seems rather poorly made, putting its validity into question. ]

What prompted this challenge?

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[tenrectricity]

Ya wanna know what prompted THIS?

[ the look on her face shows she's pretty pissed at the "what" considering the other should go out there and get shadow. ]

DRIPPY! SHOW THEM!

[ the girl snaps her fingers, a few electrical sparks coming off as she reaches for the camera, flipping it around. ]

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[kitsunami]

[ the camera shuffles hands for a moment, and then the spotlight is on a blue fennec fox who looks kind of uncertain. turning around, he'll show off his hydropack—which has three incisions on it from the aftermath of their fight. claw marks. ]

Um, it's true, s-so...

[ listen to surge!! ]

text | un: astudyinviolet

[astudyinviolet]

[ Sherlock studies what appears on screen. Such marks could be forged, and like this, he cannot tell when this occurred. For all he knows, the strange pack could have looked like this previously.

Also... Shadow wears gloves? ]

I would still like to hear what you witnessed and experienced.

Video; un: havenofear

[heyyourenotsonic]

[ There's an audible snrrrrk because that drawing is kind of hilarious. ]

Had a run in with Shadow, huh?

[ Amy clears her throat, though. Serious. This is so serious. ]

Creating monsters? What kind of monsters? What did they look like?

video;

[tenrectricity]

[ she's staring, she doesn't know if she wants to talk to her.

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[heyyourenotsonic]

Riiiight. See ya, then.

[tenrectricity]

[ "see ya", they're not going to see each other. ]

You tell me about him first.

[ ... ]

un:octoblot (voice)

[octoblot]

[... Oh my god, this is so funny to be honest. First Robotnik, now these other colorful looking animal people...

It takes some considerable restraint to not start laughing or sounding too amused upon seeing that this beef is about Shadow. Instead, Azul somehow manages to sound like a polite, concerned citizen when he responds.]

Oh dear, that doesn't sound good at all. Can you give me a little more detail about what exactly it was that you caught him doing? Because "creating monsters" is rather concerning to hear...

video;

[tenrectricity]

[ through voice someone sounds like a sleaze, but maybe they're okay to discuss this with considering they do act like a polite, concerned citizen. so far, everyone has said positive pieces about shadow, nothing ever negative, and surge wouldn't be surprised if he's playing them all for fools.

she would do that. ]

Yeah, isn't it!? I don't know how much sense it'll make to ya... so where were you a few days ago?

[ it's important that he knows the setting, and if he was already there then she can skip some things. ]

I wanna keep ya outta harm's way.

video;

[octoblot]

A few days ago? Let's see... ah, I believe I was trying to assist in that matter regarding the leviathan that had appeared. They had several painful spines stuck in their back, so I was seeing what could be done to get them removed.

[Although, Azul had shown up more so to see if there were any samples of said spines and things he could take as research samples for alchemy purposes, but he sure as hell isn't going to admit to that.]

video; id: ramuhs

[ramuhs]

[Oh.

This looks interesting. Shadow what in the world did you do to earn their ire—no, wait, that's a dumb question he can think of many reasons.]

He certainly looks to be quite menacing. However, if you're the heroes, why do we have to be the ones to bring him to you? Shouldn't you be able to track him down yourselves?

video;

[tenrectricity]

[ menacing, huh? then again, kit's skills are unparalleled as surge grabs a pen and begins to draw out of pettiness and spite, a mustache. ]

Because he could be hiding in anyone's shadow! So if you see him, nab'em!

[ turning back to the camera, she offers a small wink. ]

Don't worry, we're gunna hunt him too. If you don't get him then there's no reward, but I see this place functions off winning somethin' after giving some effort. I'm appealin' to the masses!

[ramuhs]

Hiding in anyone's shadow? As in the shadows themselves? It sounds like this fellow has quite the assortment of powers.

How do you even know of him?

Video

[velocityraptor]

[ You're the heroes? Really? Getting civilians involved in a manhunt? Not that heroic. Internal tsks from the number two in Japan over here, he looks rather neutral in his expression. Also threatening to beat the shit out of him instead of enacting justice. What kind of nonsense is this? ]

Creating monsters? What kind of monsters, what should I be looking out for, and what kind of peril?

[ He's not judging them! He's totally judging them. ]

video;

[tenrectricity]

[ wdym beating the shit out of him isn't justice, now what are you playing at here!! luckily this civilian can be protected by surge's unique line of thinking. ]

Listen up! He's got those blobs from inside the turtle. Snapster or somethin'..

[ she doesn't actually know it's name, with that said, she's moving on to what's important. ]

We saw him let those things crawl all over him and the he started putting them together. Could be his pets, could be absorbed into his skin and he lets'em out. Whatever. Ain't normal.

[ well, to her anyway. surge crosses her arms as she glances up in thought. what kind of peril? ]

I mean... it's bad, especially if he's going to attack ya so you can't attack the monster. I dunno what his game plan is, but we gunna put a stop to it.

[velocityraptor]

He has a strange pet so you think he...made it? [ Why is that the go to??? ]

What did the monster do that's worthy of being attacked? Cause if it's just hanging out with this guy, I'm not exactly seeing the crime here.

[ Muttering lightly. ] Assault is a crime, you know.