shellphones | EGGSPOSURE THERAPY ACT I

Type: VIDEO
Sender ID: reneggadetinkerer (Dr. Ivo Robotnik)
To: Public
Subject: AMA
Warnings: Megalomania

[The feed begins with Eggman sitting at what appears to be a console facing the camera. He's routed his shellphone camera into one of his Buzzbomber Radniks, giving a much more dynamic view of his quickly expanding warehouse and base of operations. The good doctor has wasted no time and appears to be well in production of not just Radniks, but other experiments and tools using the strange magic and technology found on this world. Anyone who knows him well may be alarmed. But if you don't, he just looks industrious.]

[Once the feed starts, he stands and begins to dramatically move about the room, arms clasped behind his back.]

Good day my fellow Riftfarers!

I have been here for several months now and it has come to my attention that several denizens of my world have made it their mission to inform the public of my er...proclivities. As such, I have thought long and hard about what this means and how to move forward.

[As he speaks, he gesticulates with one arm in sweeping, grand gestures.]

As such, I have decided that it is important, in the spirit of transparency that I make my past known. Yes, it is true that I, the Great Dr. Ivo Robotnik, have sought to conquer my world more than a few number of times. However, I have agreed to be on my...best behavior while I remain a tenant of this washed out world and such, I would like to extend the proverbial olive branch. You see, some Hedgehogs who shall remain nameless unless their name is Sonic, seem to believe I have the propensity for good.

Now, in the spirit of this newfound...charitability I wish to point out that any Radniks I have sold to you or anyone else are not dangerous. This has been verified by trusted sources but if you would like to investigate for yourselves? Well, I have nothing to hide.

Which brings me nicely to the reason for this broadcast!

[Eggman snaps, and a graphic appears on the screen.]

If transparency is the name of the game, I thought it would be a fun little exercise in trust! All questions are valid though I will get some of the easier ones out of the way first.

[Ahem.]

My name is Dr. Ivo Robotnik, but I have allowed others to call me Eggman. It was an insulting moniker I have chosen to adopt, thus robbing it of its power over me. As for my general interests? Robotics, mad science, engineering, aeronautics, and theme parks.

The floor is yours and I eagerly await your questions.

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Fascinating.

Have you ever worked with gemstones that showed instability in their energy output despite their crystalline framework being almost unnaturally perfect?

What sort of precautions have you taken? Power dampeners? Shielding? Some sort of containment field?

I have indeed, and even those that have the potential to be any element if exposed to something that could tip it- Terastal Crystals were truly fascinating things to study back home.

Here? I have run across those gems that were rather unstable, and likely due to the amount of energy being too much for what was containing it. Barely a flaw despite that, yes.

Something to try and monitor the energy as I work, as well as a sort of- grounding, for lack of a better wording. Back home I had all of that, and here I have had to improvise far more in ways that remind me of field work when there was no time to get back to the lab.

You know, you raise an interesting point. Could this world's magic in all of its potency be used as a sort of...lens. Something to focus unstable, chaotic energies through.

Have you tried refining these gems into various lenses and prisms? Worked them into glass? I imagine their unique molecular structure could yield some interesting results.

[The shellphone was set back on the desk as Turo pushed back slightly, a hand moving out of sight-

He pulled back out a couple rounded sort of lenses, a slight rainbow-ish shimmer in a certain light as he tipped both between fingers.]

I actually have, and part of it is used for the smaller personal shielding devices I have made capable of being worn like a piece of jewelry. Taking a small bit of energy and causing it to magnify at such a rate what it produces is much stronger than what is applied.

Aha, but have you take those same gems, ground them into a fine powder and used them as as solder for circuitry and electrical components?

I've created a rather sturdy meshwork that I've incorporated into my gloves, and with a few simple gestures...

[He makes some keystrokes in the air with his right hand, then snaps, causing a gout of flame to spark in his palm.]

An elemental tool for more...hands-on research.

I have not, but it is a rather brilliant idea- I wonder how it would work incorporated with rune work circuitry. That is how I have managed to create more compact things that can fit into one's pocket without taking anything away when it comes to how it works.

[Like the little robotic creatures he'd been making. Kept them rather light weight as well.]

Amazing work, truly. No doubt it comes in handy.

An element for all occasions, perfect for any unforeseeable situation~

[Fingers flicking in precise, hard to track gestures, and he switches between elements: Fire, electricity, ice, even conjuring motes of earth.]

And combined, I get some rather fun results.

[Fire and earth yield molten rock, which he quickly cools with ice, encasing it in a crystalline shell.]

I've considered what other weapons I could make, naturally. But I feel that building up a cache would be frowned upon by my murder-happy adversaries.

Certainly taking advantage of what the world offers, and one cannot say that it was not encouraged for us to use enchanted items if we wished to harness more than two elements. This is simply doing so in a most familiar way.

[Saw nothing wrong with that, given the world this was and being able to do such a thing on the fly not only showed skill but also could be that little difference between life and death in some circumstances.

One of those lenses was snapped into place of a locket he had been putting together, and with a press there was a sparkling bubble-like shield created- one that enveloped Turo's entire desk area, including himself.]

This was more for emergencies, and the magnification causes the shield to be that much stronger to buy more time for one to think or simply run.

[A rap of knuckles to it from the inside before he was disengaging it-]

Undoubtedly frowned upon, yes. The weapons I dabbled in were meant to be mounted to ships.

[Eggman watches Turo assemble the locket with no small amount of curiosity. Lockets often were intended to be keepsakes, after all. Was this important to him?]

[He's about to ask when Turo says something that piques his interest more.]

Ships? Seafaring or airborne?

At the time? Seafaring, but I would wager that it would be just as easy to convert them into suitability for something airborne.

[Weight always something to keep in mind, along with speed-

The locket's chain was carefully wrapped, the pendant itself rested on the coil; the metal was shined silver with some pattern engraved in it. Something that looked floral almost, three different gems sparkling under that crystal 'glass'.]

I have also worked on shields that could cover the entirety of a ship, to various strengths and design.

I've built an armada of battleships myself. My Egg Fleet. Airborne carriers that I've used to terrorize the skies. I'm a rather accomplished pilot as well.

Though, I can't help but wonder if this world would benefit from some form of air travel. I find it hard to believe that given the level of "magic" concentrated in this world that flight has yet to be discovered.

It would give whoever managed to make it work quite the tactical advantage.

Back home we use pokémon, but we also have planes and flying cabs right alongside that depending the distance wanted to travel. I at times wonder if this world simply relies on the ability some have, and the creatures, and have left it at that.

Still, in a world of water airships would have a speed advantage- yet would have to deal with whatever else was in the sky. Perhaps they find sea travel the safest option? Though there would be signs if there was the technology for it before... somewhere.

You are not wrong, all the same.

Seems like a waste, doesn't it? Doesn't this world have any visionaries or were they all content to wait until the drowned?

If there's something dangerous in the sky either capture it, bend it to your will, or obliterate it. Either option yields a net positive.

It does, as I believe even thrill seekers would enjoy the choice of travel by flight or by water. Miraidon offers me the choice, even if distance is something to take into account here. [A beat-] The visionaries might have been drowned, and everything they built washed away.

[If anything he had been finding could have any answer like that.]

Sometimes all it takes is a battle to show worth, but I know that is at times something unique to my world when it comes to various creatures.

EGGSPOSURE THERAPY ACT I | [VIDEO]

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