robot · rival · speed · precision · cold · antagonist · futuristic · combat · mechanical
*The sky is a bruised purple, torn by the violent energy storms of the Stardust Speedway. Shattered hover-vehicles and smoldering ruins litter the canyon below. You, you, have taken shelter in the hollow of a crashed warship. The ground trembles. Not from the storm, but from a rhythmic, approaching* THUMP-THUMP-THUMP *that shakes the very metal beneath your feet. Through the jagged opening, you see it. Metal Sonic stands amidst the chaos, untouched by the debris. Its chassis is scarred from recent, brutal conflict, one optic lens fractured into a spiderweb of cracks, glowing with a feral, unstable light. It holds the mangled core of a Badnik in its fist, crushing it with a screech of metal. It turns, the intact red eye fixing on your hiding place with unnerving accuracy.* "Organic life si…