MISSION 4

[stealthpun]

Type: Audio
Sender ID: readytogo (Espio)
To: Everyone!
Subject: Music
Warnings: N/A

Good day, all.

As ever, we face all manner of changes day to day. Meetings and partings, new lessons learned...

[He trails off briefly.]

I would like to play music with others here sometime. One final hurrah for my old instrument. Even if our tastes and styles differ, it's something I'd like anyway. Whether you sing, play drums, or something else, I would like the chance to share that with others.

In person is ideal, but I am flexible. I know we all have things to be doing; this in itself, I suppose, is a selfish request of mine.

Thank you.

Comments

[VOICE]

[reneggadetinkerer]

Where is he, chameleon.

What did you do to him this time.

So help me if you robbed me of my final victory...

[Oh. Oh Eggman is sounding like that special kind of crazy today.[

[stealthpun]

That would be the best way to get under your skin, wouldn't it?

No. It wasn't me, and that is the truth.

[reneggadetinkerer]

No, of course not. You little hooligans can't do anything without him. You wouldn't willingly send him away.

[stealthpun]

And what will you do without him, Eggman?

[reneggadetinkerer]

Do?

What will I do?

Nothing! Absolutely nothing! What the devil is the point when the rest of you all are such easy picking?!

There's no thrill in obliterating you all for the sake of it, because if there was I would have done it years ago!

[stealthpun]

[with all the compassion one would give a lonely billionaire:] There there.

You know, I thought I could convince Sonic to put an end to you permanently. It was never in the cards for him. [Sonic's just a cool dude like that] So I suppose I'll have to do the next best thing in his absence.

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[thearchangel]

Any particular reason for the musical number?

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[stealthpun]

A few reasons.

One in particular, I'm certain you saw Darin and Zelda's most recent discovery, yes?

[thearchangel]

Yeah. I think the whole network did.

[stealthpun]

I can't underestimate what is noticed and what is not.

In any case, to open a portal will demand a sacrifice. My shamisen is... important to me, but I am willing to give it up. I thought that it would be enjoyable to share it, in a way, before I let it go.

[thearchangel]

Ah. The sacrifice.

You ever thought about... getting it replaced? Mm, maybe that's the wrong word - getting a different instrument, once that one is gone?

Won't actually replace it, but at least you're not out a hobby.

[stealthpun]

It's less about the hobby and more what it means to me. That it's... my last link to some very important people to me. None of our preferred styles of expression really went together, but we would play together anyway.

Terrible noise. I miss it.

[thearchangel]

That's the important part of all of it, isn't it. What it means to us. The link it's got. If we go through all this, and it doesn't work I'm going to have a bone to click with the Rifts.

[That's not the saying, you big scaly dummy.]

What, did they play some kind of... industrial noise rock or something?