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eeeonetwothreeOmega is quiet on the first Monday after Snow White’s execution. He keeps to himself mostly, patrolling dutifully, keeping to his thoughts to himself.
It’s after the sun goes down that he decides to act on those thoughts, sliding a poorly scrawled note under Ferdinand’s door. The writing is barely legible, but it reads: “MEET ME AT THE ARENA.”
It’s there that he waits for his friend, staring up at the moon, nervousness and guilt weighing on his mechanical heart.
It’s after the sun goes down that he decides to act on those thoughts, sliding a poorly scrawled note under Ferdinand’s door. The writing is barely legible, but it reads: “MEET ME AT THE ARENA.”
It’s there that he waits for his friend, staring up at the moon, nervousness and guilt weighing on his mechanical heart.
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Date: 2025-08-03 11:50 pm (UTC)When he arrives he has the Ochain strapped to his arm like a buckler and a small handaxe dangling from his belt, ready for use. It would be fair if Omega thinks he is expecting this to be a trap, even before their next bit of 'motivation' from Typhon. And Ferdinand would not deny a bit of worry for that, no matter how much he trusts his friend. But more than that he half expects a request to spar.
But the energy for it is all wrong when he steps into the arena. Something is wrong in a completely different way.
"I can feel your tension from here, my friend."
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Date: 2025-08-04 12:05 am (UTC)“I HAVE DISCOVERED THE MEANS TO WOUND TYPHON.”
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Date: 2025-08-04 12:07 am (UTC)"You have?! Quickly, we must gather the others!"
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Date: 2025-08-04 12:11 am (UTC)Omega’s upper torso spins around, his optics wide with fear and surprise.
”YOU DO NOT UNDERSTAND! THE ONLY POSSIBLE TIME TO STRIKE HIM, FERDINAND…IS WHEN HE TARGETS SOMEONE FOR THEIR EXECUTION!”
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Date: 2025-08-04 12:13 am (UTC)"...what?"
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Date: 2025-08-04 12:18 am (UTC)”THAT IS THE ONLY TIME TYPHON IS EXPOSED, FERDINAND. HE IS PROTECTED, OTHERWISE. I CAN TURN MYSELF INTO A WEAPON TO WOUND HIM, WEAKEN HIM…BUT TO DO IT…I MUST…I MUST…!”
Omega can’t bring himself to say it. He can’t do it. He can’t turn his back on everything he’s learned. He can’t do that to his new friends.
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Date: 2025-08-04 12:21 am (UTC)He can not harm himself- he must be alive to be executed. And to do that... someone else must die. He walks to him, hand dropping from his axe, no longer afraid his friend is planning to attack him. He too kneels, hands on Omega's arms.
"...there must be another way-"
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Date: 2025-08-04 12:24 am (UTC)”THERE IS NO OTHER WAY. I HAVE RUN THE SCENARIO IN MY SYSTEMS OVER AND OVER AGAIN. I CAN FIND NO OTHER ANSWER.
SHADOW WOULD FIND A SOLUTION. SHADOW WOULD KNOW WHAT TO DO. SHADOW…WOULD NOT BE SO WEAK AS THIS…”
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Date: 2025-08-04 12:26 am (UTC)There is something stiffening in his heart and spine. He is not even completely aware he has decided something, but he has.
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Date: 2025-08-04 12:31 am (UTC)”I NEED TO FINISH THE NECCESSARY MODIFICATIONS TO MY BODY. THE NEW FORGE SHALL SUFFICE. THEN I MUST KILL SOMEONE. I MUST BE DISCOVERED, AND SENTENCED TO DEATH. THEN, WHEN TYPHON TRIES TO EXECUTE ME, I MUST TAKE THE SHOT.”
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Date: 2025-08-04 12:33 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2025-08-04 12:39 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2025-08-04 12:42 am (UTC)"Then we should start as soon as possible."
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Date: 2025-08-04 12:23 pm (UTC)”START? START WHAT?”
As if he doesn’t know.
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Date: 2025-08-04 01:00 pm (UTC)"If the chance comes to snatch this so-called story from it's bindings I must be ready for it."
He can not let his people die around him due to his own passivity. Not again.
"The only thing there is to do-"
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Date: 2025-08-04 01:01 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2025-08-04 01:05 pm (UTC)After a moment, he stands, looking Ferdinand in the eye.
”OF COURSE. IT IS, AFTER ALL, ALL I AM GOOD FOR.”
It would be better that he never learned to feel remorse. Better that he never learned to reflect on the value of a life. Better that he never learned to see the worth in others beyond Shadow and Rouge.
It would be better that he never left that dark room to begin with.
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Date: 2025-08-04 01:33 pm (UTC)"You wish to be a protector- and I am no defenseless victim or faceless foe. We, the two of us, shall fulfill our godhead titles as is proper. There is no shame in that."
He is glad Omega did not try to argue on the 'who'- who else could it even be? No one they could both bear to allow to die and who would not fight back or expose the plan. And an ambush is too cowardly for Omega.
There was only ever one choice.
Still, Ferdinand allows empathy and fear into his voice when he says:
"We do not have to do this. There is still the chest. We can wait."
But even as he says it he knows it is not an option. Not really. Not if they wish to preserve enough of their pantheon's soul to make saving this broken world even worthwhile. Still, he has to offer it for his friend's sake at least.
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Date: 2025-08-04 01:45 pm (UTC)”FERDINAND. I AM WHAT I AM. I WILL ALWAYS BE WHAT DR. EGGMAN CREATED ME FOR. I AM SORRY I CANNOT BE WHAT YOU WANTED ME TO BE.”
He then does something he’s never done: He pulls the other godhead into a hug.
”WE WILL HAVE A FINAL BATTLE WORTHY OF YOU. I PROMISE. IT WILL BE GLORIOUS. AND TYPHON. BUT WE CANNOT WAIT. EVEN WITH THE CHEST, WE MUST ENSURE TYPHON IS AT HIS WEAKEST. WE MUST PURSUE THE OPTIMAL CHANCE FOR VICTORY. WE MUST PURSUE EVERY CHANCE WE HAVE.”
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Date: 2025-08-04 02:13 pm (UTC)He wonders if this reverting to a killer mindset is armor for Omega as much as his soldier stoisim is for him. If it is, it is not his place to try and deny Omega it. He simply hates that they both are having to discard the people they were hoping to become.
It's much too cruel.
"No, no... you are right. Of course you are right." He laughs a little bitterly. "A glorious battle... yes, that sounds just fine. My pride could not bear me being slaughtered like cattle."
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Date: 2025-08-04 02:44 pm (UTC)”I WILL ENSURE IT IS ONE EVERYONE WILL REMEMBER, AND THAT THEY WILL KNOW YOU GAVE IT YOUR ALL. UNTIL THEN, YOU MUST LIVE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, FERDINAND. GIVE VELVET A LIFETIME OF LOVE IN THE SHORT TIME YOU HAVE LEFT. LEAVE NOTHING UNSAID.”
He then pulls away, and steps back before turning around.
”AS FOR ME, I WILL RETURN TO THE WAY I WAS WHEN I ARRIVED. I WILL BURN MY BRIDGES. I WILL ARMOR MYSELF WITH THEIR HATRED, AND THEN, WHEN THE TIME COMES, AND TYPHON IS WOUNDED, I WILL SACRIFICE MY BODY SO THEY MAY FASHION MY BODY INTO A MEANS TO TAKE THE BATTLE TO HIM. THAT WAY THEY WILL HAVE NO REGRETS.”
There’s a pause, and he says:
”BECAUSE I MUST…I WILL FIGHT, AS I ALWAYS HAVE.”
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Date: 2025-08-04 04:11 pm (UTC)It's not fair. But he will not insult his determination by questioning it.
"I... I will not waste the time given me. Never again."
He puts his fist over his heart... and bows deep. A sign of military respect from one sacrifical beast to another.
"I will see you on the field of battle once preperations are done, my friend."
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Date: 2025-08-04 04:15 pm (UTC)”IT WILL TAKE TIME. UNTIL THEN, THE TWO OF US MUST ACT AS IF STRIFE HAS DIVIDED US. AS IF OUR FRIENDSHIP HAS ENDED.”
There is a distortion, static in his voice in what he says next:
”WE MUST PRETEND WE HATE EACH OTHER.”
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Date: 2025-08-04 04:19 pm (UTC)"Acting is not my forte... but I will manage.
... and Omega. Good luck."
He turns on his heels and marches away before he his heart breaks too much and he recants the entire plot.
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Date: 2025-08-05 12:49 am (UTC)He laughs, a clipped little noise. "After what happened with Snow White, how can either of you possibly think this will work?"