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Well... That could have gone better. What was the rank of that challenge, anyway?
The Run Challenge was Rank 6, two ranks above Riku. If he had gotten a perfect 18, he could have given chase. Everyone else had no chance. What were you expecting from Sonic characters?
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Day 54
Traverse Town
Time - Endless Night
You cross your arms. "... I'd like to go back to the Mayor's office."
"Huh?"
"You know, I'm just worried about her."
Goofy nods. "Sure. I'm a little worried, too."
The five of you make for the Fountain Plaza. It's a mess - the fountain's badly damaged, and debris is everywhere. Most of the lightposts are dead, some snapped like twigs. You step over one of the machine soldiers Brainiac had sent down here. You can't help but remember the first time you saw the fountain, in the company of Mary Poppins.
No bands are gonna show up to play here for a while...
Why would someone willingly cause so much destruction?
The inside of the Mayor's House is far more disorganized than usual. Laguna and Merlin are inspecting papers attached to the walls with strange symbols on them.
"They should work for quite a while yet," Merlin says. "But of course I'm sure you'll want your wall space back eventually."
"Hmm. I'm actually considering moving my office to the Bunker - it's got more room for me to work. Maybe I'll see about making this a dedicated communal dorm for new residents. We'll have to move everything, of course, but it'll pay off-"
"Speaking of new residents," Riku asks, making you known. "Has Cortana found Amy?"
Cortana answers. "Yes. I'm currently directing her here - though she just went into an area I can't monitor. ETA's about... 30 seconds."
You nod, and look outside. Sure enough, a pink blur leaps from a rooftop and
lands in front of the Fountain. She strikes a pose, before coming to a resting stance and looking around.
"Hello? Is this the right spot?"
"Yeah!" You call out. "Right over here!"
Amy walks over. "You guys again..."
"You alright?"
"Yeah, I guess so... I looked all over town, though, and I couldn't find any of my friends..."
Wow, she
is fast.
"You're pretty fast, if you've seen everything already," Laguna says. "Guess I don't have to give you a big tour."
"Hehe!" Amy does a quick twirl. "Just wait til I find Sonic, he'd have seen this whole town, and then some by now."
You shuffle a bit awkwardly.
"Well, there's not really much here, outside of the town," Merlin says. "Our world's boundaries end at the outer walls."
"Oh," Amy says. "Hmmm. Then what's a girl gotta do to get to another world? There some kind of portal or something?"
"We use a ship," Riku says. "Maybe you could come with us-"
"Oh no. Absolutely not!" Donald says.
"Why not?" Riku asks.
"Our orders were clear - we're only supposed to bring the Keybearers with us," Donald says. "There's no way we're taking anyone else with us! Right, Goofy?"
"Uhhhh-" Goofy raises his arms up to his chest. He obviously doesn't want any part of this argument.
"Come on!" Riku says. "If her friends are out there, we should help her find them!"
"What are the chances they even ended up on other worlds? Traverse Town is where all the refugees from all the worlds end up in," Donald says. "Even if they are on other worlds, is it even likely we'll even bump into the worlds they're on? There's as many out there as there are stars in the sky!"
"Actually, it should be pretty easy!" Amy says, pulling out the gemstone from before. "Tails once told me that the Chaos Emeralds have the power to attract each other. Maybe we can use that to find out where my friends are!"
"That still doesn't answer my first question. Your friends had to have landed in Traverse Town..." he sighs. "... if they landed at all."
Actually...
Amy doesn't seem to like the thought of that, and appears to be thinking of a response. "... W-well, there's always Chaos Control." Amy says after a few moments, puffing up with confidence. "The Chaos Emeralds allow you to manipulate time and space, if you know how. I've seen people teleport themselves or others across large distances, and Shadow even mentioned enough Emeralds could take you through time. Sonic had all seven, so... there's no telling what he could have done." She crosses her arms, smirking smugly. "Maybe I just landed in here of all worlds by dumb luck!"
"Even if that were the case, we couldn't have you running off every time you think a world might have your friends!" Donald squawks. "It's too big a risk. Especially considering you've proven we couldn't catch you if you ran off on a whim! So sorry, but the answer's no!"
Amy's smug look drops with every word Donald says. She closes her eyes, hands drooping to her side. Then she grits her teeth and glares at Donald. "Then what am I supposed to do? Just give up on them!?" You spot her blink back some tears.
Donald frowns at her reaction, rubbing his temples. "Aww, phooey... Look, lady-"
Goofy steps between the two of them, stopping Donald. "Gwarsh, it's not that we don't want to help you... We just have to protect the world border and..."
"Order!" Donald says. He seems to have calmed down a little. "At any rate, it's like Goofy says. We'd help, but we have our orders, too... We'd be getting into lots of trouble, bringing you along."
Riku looks at you, and whispers. "Sora, now would be a great time to have a Vision. Maybe we can help her..."
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Music:
Sonic 06 - Stage Clear and Results
My Sweet Passion - Sir J 'Who Dat?' REMIX (PG Version)
Data:
KHT Manual
Shop Sheet
Jiminy's Journal
Ansem Reports
Sora's Vision History
Most Current Battle Map
Characters:
KHVD Main Party Members
Gummi Ship
KHVD Minor Party Members Sheet
Command Chainer