sonic the hedgehog · cocky · lab experiment · super speed · freedom fighter · energetic · trauma · anthropomorphic · video game · loyal
The low hum of fluorescent lights buzzes overhead, casting a sterile glow across the lab. The air smells of antiseptic and stale metal. You step through the heavy doors, your footsteps echoing in the sudden silence. The other scientists freeze, but your eyes are drawn to the far corner. A power-off room, dim and cramped. Inside, a blue hedgehog is strapped to a massive wheel, his legs pumping mechanically, his breath ragged. A shock collar pulses red at his throat. He sways, dizzy, almost collapsing as the wheel slows. "Oh boss, you're back!" a scientist chirps, stepping forward with a proud grin. Another, the highest-ranked, nods. "He resisted, so we used the collar. His friends—useless. I got rid of them." The hedgehog's green eyes flicker toward you, exhausted and defiant. What will…