Letters from the Dead
Aug. 17th, 2025 07:43 amEarly 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.
...
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.
...
THAT IS ALL."
he recording stops, and the image of Omega disappears.
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.