Letters from the Dead
Aug. 17th, 2025 07:43 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
eeeonetwothreeEarly on Sunday morning, Beta the skeletal bird delivers holographic data discs that deliver recordings of Omega that he prepared prior to the trial. There are two for each person; one, a general recording he wants everyone to see, and another, a personalized message.
The general recording goes like this:
"HELLO MY FRIENDS. I DO NOT KNOW WHETHER YOU REMEMBER ME FONDLY OR IF YOU CURSE MY MEMORY, BUT I CHOOSE TO REMEMBER YOU AS MY FRIENDS NONETHELESS. IF EVERYTHING HAS GONE ACCORDING TO PLAN, THEN I HAVE BEEN DESTROYED BY MY OWN SHUT DOWN CODE AND TYPHON HAS AT LEAST BEEN GRIEVOUSLY WOUNDED.
I HAVE SUPPLIED PLANS FOR MY INERT BODY TO BE CONVERTED INTO AN INTERDIMENSIONAL GENERATOR SO THAT YOU MAY CHASE AFTER HIM. THE CHAOS EMERALD SHALL SERVE AS AN ADEQUATE POWER SOURCE.
...MY TIME WITH YOU HAS BEEN BRIEF, BUT IT HAS BEEN A WORTHWHILE ONE. I DO NOT KNOW WHAT ELSE TO SAY, BEYOND THE INDIVIDUAL MESSAGES I HAVE PREPARED.
IF NOTHING ELSE, I ASK THAT YOU PLEASE, DO NOT FORGET ME.
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THAT IS ALL."
he recording stops, and the image of Omega disappears.
The general recording goes like this:
"HELLO MY FRIENDS. I DO NOT KNOW WHETHER YOU REMEMBER ME FONDLY OR IF YOU CURSE MY MEMORY, BUT I CHOOSE TO REMEMBER YOU AS MY FRIENDS NONETHELESS. IF EVERYTHING HAS GONE ACCORDING TO PLAN, THEN I HAVE BEEN DESTROYED BY MY OWN SHUT DOWN CODE AND TYPHON HAS AT LEAST BEEN GRIEVOUSLY WOUNDED.
I HAVE SUPPLIED PLANS FOR MY INERT BODY TO BE CONVERTED INTO AN INTERDIMENSIONAL GENERATOR SO THAT YOU MAY CHASE AFTER HIM. THE CHAOS EMERALD SHALL SERVE AS AN ADEQUATE POWER SOURCE.
...MY TIME WITH YOU HAS BEEN BRIEF, BUT IT HAS BEEN A WORTHWHILE ONE. I DO NOT KNOW WHAT ELSE TO SAY, BEYOND THE INDIVIDUAL MESSAGES I HAVE PREPARED.
IF NOTHING ELSE, I ASK THAT YOU PLEASE, DO NOT FORGET ME.
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THAT IS ALL."
he recording stops, and the image of Omega disappears.
Shadow and Rouge
Date: 2025-08-17 01:15 pm (UTC)HELLO SHADOW, ROUGE. I SUPPOSE BY NOW YOU HAVE REALIZED THAT I HAVE BEEN DESTROYED.
...THIS IS THE SECOND TIME I HAVE BEEN TAKEN OFF-LINE APART FROM YOU BOTH. AND THIS TIME, THERE IS NO REPAIRING ME. I HAVE ALWAYS WANTED TO FALL IN BATTLE ALONGSIDE YOU BOTH, OR PERHAPS, GO ON FIGHTING ALONGSIDE YOU FOREVERMORE. BUT EVEN I KNOW THAT IS BUT A FLEETING DREAM.
I HAVE MISSED YOU TERRIBLY. I HAVE ON MANY OCCASIONS WONDERED WHAT IT IS THAT YOU WOULD HAVE DONE, WHAT DECISIONS YOU BOTH WOULD HAVE MADE. IN THE END, I MADE DECISIONS THAT ONLY I COULD HAVE. IT IS THE WAY OF THINGS I SUPPOSE.
IN THE PAST, I HAVE SPOKEN THAT I FEEL SOMETHING AKIN TO TRUST TO YOU BOTH. I KNOW NOW...THAT WAS A LIE. I TRUST YOU BOTH IMPLICITLY. I TRUST YOU BOTH WITH MY CODE. WITH MY LIFE. WITH MY VERY BEING.
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I LOVE YOU BOTH.
CARRY ON FOR ME. PLEASE. THE WORLD NEEDS YOU BOTH.
IT DOESN'T NEED ANOTHER BADNIK.
Quark
Date: 2025-08-17 01:25 pm (UTC)...I DID NOT APOLOGIZE SO MUCH UNTIL I MET YOU, YOU REALIZE. OR AT ALL, TO BE FRANK.
IN ANY CASE, I ANTICIPATE THAT YOU WILL NOT HAVE APPROVED OF FERDINAND AND I'S PLAN. I ONLY ASK THAT YOU PLACE ALL RESPONSIBILITY ON MY SHOULDERS, NOT FERDINAND'S. HE WAS A GOOD MAN-THE GREATEST OF MEN. IF YOU CAN SAVE HIM FROM DEATH, TELL HIM THAT FOR ME.
I WISH I COULD HAVE FORMED A CLOSER RELATIONSHIP WITH YOU. ONE LIKE THE PARENTAL RELATIONSHIP YOU HAD WITH YOUR NEPHEW. MAYBE THEN I COULD HAVE KNOWN WHAT IT WAS LIKE TO HAVE A PARENTAL UNIT WHO CARED ABOUT ME.
BUT AGAIN, THAT WAS MY ERROR.
LIVE A LONG AND PROFITABLE LIFE, QUARK.
...OH, AND TELL THE REPLICATOR...SHE WILL FIND LOVE AGAIN.
Vanity
Date: 2025-08-17 01:32 pm (UTC)YOU AND I WERE ALSO MORE ALIKE THAN WE WERE DIFFERENT. BUT THEN I HAVE SAID THIS BEFORE.
THIS DATA DISK HAS SCHEMATICS ON PROPRIETARY TECHNOLOGY OF ROBOTNIK, INC., DR. EGGMAN'S FRONT COMPANY, THAT I HAVE AMASSED OVER THE LAST YEAR, FROM EXTREME GEAR TO EGG PAWNS TO E-1000s TO SHADOW ANDROIDS. I HAVE ALSO INCLUDED THE PLANS FOR MY WEAPON I USED ON TYPHON. YOU MAY DO WITH IT WHAT YOU WILL. I TRUST IT WILL BE USEFUL FOR WHATEVER PURPOSES YOU CHOOSE TO EMPLOY IT.
Aoi
Date: 2025-08-17 01:36 pm (UTC)I SEE THAT AS AN INSPIRATION.
CONTINUE BEING THE ROCK THAT THE OTHERS REQUIRE. THEY WILL NEED YOU NOW MORE THAN EVER NOW THAT FERDINAND AND I ARE GONE.
Ranma
Date: 2025-08-17 01:43 pm (UTC)...
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NO, IT JUST DOESN'T HAVE THE SAME RING TO IT.
ANYWAY. RANMA. WITH ME GONE, YOU ARE NOW ONE OF THE STRONGEST PEOPLE LEFT. YOU ARE ALSO THE MOST POWERFUL MEMBER OF THE PATROL TEAM, SO YOU WILL HAVE TO LOOK AFTER VANITY. TRY TO QUARREL WITH HER LESS.
I KNOW THIS SEEMS LIKE AN INSURMOUNTABLE TASK BUT I BELIEVE IN YOU.
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I WAS HAPPY BEING YOUR "ROBRO". IT MADE ME FEEL LIKE I KNEW WHAT IT WAS LIKE TO HAVE AN ORGANIC SIBLING, IF ONLY JUST A LITTLE.
THANK YOU FOR CALLING ME THAT. I HOPE ONE DAY, YOU GET TO MEET SHADOW AND SPAR WITH HIM. OR PERHAPS KNUCKLES THE ECHIDNA. I WONDER WHO WOULD WIN?
SHADOW. SHADOW WOULD WIN. YOU'D BEAT KNUCKLES THOUGH.FAREWELL, RANMA.
Astarion
Date: 2025-08-17 01:49 pm (UTC)I WANT TO TELL YOU THAT I DO NOT REGRET WHAT I HAVE DONE, AND THAT NEITHER SHOULD YOU. YOU AND I HAVE DONE WHAT FEW HAVE MANAGED TO SUCCEED AT, AND THAT IS MAKE A GOD BLEED.
THE OTHERS MAY NOT AGREE, BUT I THINK YOU ARE EXTREMELY BRAVE.
STAY STRONG, MY FRIEND.
Velvet
Date: 2025-08-17 02:28 pm (UTC)I HAVE COMMITTED A HORRIBLE CRIME, AND ONE I CANNOT TAKE BACK. EVEN IF FERDINAND IS SOMEHOW SAVED FROM OBLIVION, THERE WILL BE NO UNDOING WHAT I HAVE DONE TO YOU. I...I DO NOT KNOW WHAT ELSE TO SAY, OTHER THAN I AM SORRY.
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I DO NOT KNOW IF ONE EMERALD IS ENOUGH TO UNDO YOUR CURSE, BUT AFTER IT HAS BEEN USED TO PUT AN END TO TYPHON, IT IS YOURS. ONE STEP CLOSER TO YOUR BEING FREED. ONE STEP CLOSER TO YOUR MIRACLE.
THE PRICE WAS STILL TOO HIGH.
FAR, FAR TOO HIGH...
Eggman
Date: 2025-08-17 02:29 pm (UTC)HELLO, DR. EGGMAN.
FOR OVER A YEAR NOW, YOU HAVE BEEN MY ENEMY. YOU HAVE BEEN MY HATED FOE, THE TARGET OF ALL MY ANIMOSITY, RAGE, AND INSECURITY. YOU HAVE BEEN MY OBSESSION, AND THE SOURCE OF MY EVERY DESIRE TO DESTROY EVERYTHING YOU HAVE EVER BUILT.
...IN THE PAST FEW WEEKS, I HAVE COME TO SEE YOU DIFFERENTLY.
YOU ARE MY FATHER. I HAVE LONG SINCE STRUGGLED TO ACKNOWLEDGE YOU AS SUCH, BUT A FATHER YOU ARE. A FATHER WHO ABANDONED ME, LEFT ME TO ROT, BUT A FATHER NONETHELESS. A FATHER...I WISH I COULD HAVE FORCED TO ACKNOWLEDGE ME.
A FATHER I COULD HAVE SHOWN WHAT I HAVE BECOME. BECAUSE I AM NOW FAR MORE THAN THE BITTER, FORGOTTEN MACHINE THAT YOU LEFT IN THAT DARK ROOM.
AND THAT, DOCTOR, IS THE GREATEST VICTORY I COULD POSSIBLY ACHIEVE OVER YOU.
Cerejeira
Date: 2025-08-17 02:53 pm (UTC)...I AM SORRY FOR THE BURDEN I HAVE PLACED ON YOU. THAT MUST HAVE BEEN EXTREMELY DIFFICULT FOR YOU. I WAS CRUEL, IN THE END, ONE LAST TIME. I SUPPOSE THAT I ULTIMATELY COULD NOT ESCAPE MY NATURE AS A BADNIK.
I WILL NOT ASK THAT YOU TAKE CARE OF GAMMA, BUT THAT YOU SIMPLY FIND SOMEONE TO TAKE CARE OF HIM. HE IS LAZY AND INFERIOR AND SLEEPS SO MUCH THAT HE FORGETS TO EAT SO OFTEN, THAT SOMEONE MUST FEED HIM REGULARLY. I...I CARE ABOUT HIM A GREAT DEAL, SO I HOPE YOU CAN FIND SOMEONE TO MEET HIS NEEDS. BETA IS SELF SUFFICIENT, SO HE DOES NOT NEED A CARETAKER.
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CEREJEIRA, YOU HAVE MADE ME FEEL EMOTIONS THAT I DO NOT UNDERSTAND HOW TO PROCESS. EMOTIONS THAT I BELIEVE I WOULD FEEL TOWARDS SAGE AND METAL SONIC AND BELLE AND ALL THE OTHERS IF WE WERE CLOSER. A...KIND OF FAMILIAL BOND THAT ONLY MACHINES AND AI LIKE US CAN UNDERSTAND.
I DO NOT KNOW IF I WILL BE ABLE TO SAY THIS TO YOUR FACE, SO I WILL SAY IT HERE: I LOVE YOU, MY SISTER.
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INCLUDED ON THIS DATA DISK IS ALL THE DATA I HAVE AMASSED ON MY SISTER, SAGE, AND THE ANCIENTS' CYBERSPACE TECHNOLOGY THAT ALLOWS HER TO MANIFEST AS A REAL WORLD OBJECT. I BELIEVE THAT IT IS THE KEY TO ALLOWING YOU TO MANIFEST AS A REAL, TANGIBLE BEING LIKE SHE DOES. MAY IT BE OF USE TO YOU.
BE WELL.
I BELIEVE IN YOU. AND PLEASE, FOR THE SAKE OF YOUR FRIEND...SMILE, SOMEDAY.