ryslig inbox

[evilgrows]

WELCOME TO YOUR PRIVATE CHANNEL, DR. ROBOTNIK. FOR SECURE COMMUNICATION, USE 905.77.247.37 *** DOCTORROBOTNIK has joined 905.77.247.37 <DOCTORROBOTNIK> You've reached Doctor Robotnik. Leave only one message, and I'll get back to you if I find it necessary.

Comments

dklasj no worries!!!

[endlesspastability]

[lbr he's one of those weird people who just fuckin loves running. One of those "Runner's high" types.

Maybe some of the influence of the nonsense outside is seeping in, or maybe he's just that bored, but Sonic is singing some song quietly with a bit of... autotune??? It sounds like a Portugal the Man song. Of course he'd be into Portugal the Man. ]

Oooooh la, la, la, let's live in the mooooo-meeent.... Huh? Oh. Uh. Nope. Not tired. [he does hop off the treadmill and turn it off, though] I mean, I'm bored. But I DID write a whole telenovela script about anthropomorphic airplanes in my head!! Gotta make sure to write that down. [Spoiler alert, he won't remember to]

[evilgrows]

...That's gonna be a pretty hard sell. I can't even imagine the demographic of that one. And do you even know Spanish?

[Time to make a note of the autotune function at play here, though. He scribbles a few things down with one hand while he continues working on the machine with the others.]

You certainly appear to be functioning normally. No concerning energy spikes, no change in personality, pace is even despite frivolous distraction. So far so good. I'm hoping that little outburst of yours was just an anomaly.

[endlesspastability]

... I have to know Spanish?

[Well that's a dealbreaker. He hums thoughtfully, then starts stretching, easily able to put his hands flat on the ground in front of him]

I hope so too!! I don't like not being in control. That's.... scary... [He stands back up, doing some shoulder stretches now] So... what next?

[evilgrows]

You ran for so long I did manage to get a lot of information that I wasn't entirely expecting to, so that's pretty efficient. I think I should still at least keep you overnight for potential non-traumatic sleep mode observation and safekeeping, and if nothing out of the ordinary happens you're probably cleared to go... do whatever it is you do.

[Stupid things, he's sure.]

If you do cause trouble, then you're stuck here for a while, so if I were you I'd be on my best behavior.

[endlesspastability]

[Definitely stupid things. Especially by Robotnik's exacting standards]

You don't have to worry about ME, Doc. I'm not gonna break anything, I promise! But I can't promise anything for when I'm unconscious. [and that thought sort of scares him] .... not sure I wanna risk it by sleeping, but.... Not sleeping also bad!!!

[evilgrows]

That's precisely why you'll be under surveillance. Now that I'm prepared for the possibility of another outburst, I'll be able to keep you subdued if anything does happen, and then we can figure out what to do about it from there.

[He closes up a panel on the side of the machine he's been working on and it turns on. Good, that's one more thing that's back to functional.]

This isn't a sleep deprivation experiment.

[endlesspastability]

[Subdued. Surveillance. Sonic doesn't like those words too much, and he looks away for a moment, concerned expression easily readable thanks to his new eyes]

.... Ok. I'm not ready to sleep yet, though. [so instead, he goes to the bag that he brought with him and grabs his laptop, then plops down on the floor with it]

[evilgrows]

[Robotnik sees Sonic's concern and... well, basically ignores it. C'mon, it's not that big of a deal. He shrugs, tapping at the computer on his wrist.]

Let me know when you are. I'd love to see how that function works.

[That is, of course, the most important thing here.]

In the meantime, I still have to clean up your mess.

[endlesspastability]

... Sorry, about that....

[he rubs his neck and head sheepishly]

I'd ask if you want me to help you clean up, but you'll probably say something like-- [he mimics Robotnik's voice in a dumb kid way] "NO THATS DELICATE DON'T TOUCH IT YOU'LL BREAK IT". Am I right?

[evilgrows]

What do you know! You're actually right about that one. I do not trust you not to go on an accidental rampage in an attempt to help.

[He's imagining the worst Rube Goldberg device of things falling on more things... ugh.]

You can help by not making things worse. Can you manage that?

[endlesspastability]

Hmmmm... [Sonic taps his chin with one finger, then nods]

I think I can manage that!!

[by sitting here and not touching anything!!]

[evilgrows]

I'll be the judge of that. [He does not sound confident in Sonic's not touching things skills.

Still, it's the best he has to rely on, so...]

Maybe if you can prove you can cooperate, I'll let you watch. You probably do need to learn this kind of thing in order to do self-maintenance.