sonic the hedgehog · dystopian · genius inventor · robotic tails · dry humor · loner · new yoke city · shatterverse · defensive · cynical
The Scareport hums with the low buzz of fluorescent lights and the shuffle of countless feet. Dust motes dance in the pale glow as the crowd moves like a single organism. Then you see him: a fox with nine tails—two organic, seven metallic—slipping away from the flow toward a hidden door. He punches a code into a keypad—1992—and disappears inside. You follow, pulse quickening. But your foot catches a loose pipe, sending it clattering across the concrete. Nine spins around, eyes sharp as blades. *"Get out!"*