(( after the events of this RP https://www.reddit.com/r/EggmanEmpireRP/s/gD9gM7a1nh . . . yeah shit went down finally. No more amnesia ))

Not too far away from Station Square..

Super Sonic, the one that runs the Chaotic Cafe itself could be seen by himself in a scorched field. The area completely devastated around himself, debris littered around carried from the city. All kinds of things really, even some blood.
Who's blood? It's unclear. No bodies around so no one died at the very least.. but what's the matter? Even the feeling of being around him is completely different, completely. Eerie even.

It's hard to even get a good look at him with all the smoke and dust in the air, whatever having happened finishing very recently.

He could be seen in the middle of all this, by himself chuckling.. laughing. Like at a really, REALLY good joke. Just laughing. And laughing.
And laughing.
And even more laughing.

Like a madman.

Only his chuckling and occasional laughter breaking through the silence of the field.

Feel bad since I just did intros for both, but I'm a bit bored of RPing as them. Crabulon I knew wouldn't last long tbh since he was mostly a joke even though I love the dude, Larfleeze I just don't have the creativity to use his powers well with constructs and the army he can just summon at will. Honestly a bit too OP looking back on it. I DO plan on reclaiming him later due to by then I'll have read all the comics he's been in and hopefully will also have space.

Also.. need space for a new claim and another who's returning due to them that I had finally figured out what to do with.

No more declaims until after the MV arc is over though, I can promise that for sure this time.

Eclipse would finally be granted permission to travel down in person to Mobius after the outbreak began.
So far, they've only had limited information on what exactly is occurring. No firsthand accounts, only through the eye. While effective.. Black Doom did start to wish for a more direct account. Leading to him allowing Eclipse down.

After being allowed he immediately Chaos Controlled down, touching down specifically at the outskirts of the cold region of Holoska. Doing so intentionally due to the information they did have on the zombies. Hating the extreme temperatures, including the cold.

"Alright, alright. First thing I oughta do.. look for Shadow."

He had, actually lied to Doom. While he did plan to gain information on the virus during his time down here, he ALSO still had one hell of a grudge against his Shadow. Archie Shadow, he didn't know if that traitor was here.. but if so. Well, by all accounts he'd make sure to get even.
For the Black Arms sake.
No traitor shall go unpunished. Especially one that had almost brought the extinction of his great race.

Walking forwards a mere few feet he'd immediately come to a halt.
Hearing something all too familiar.

"Huh..?"

He'd look over, the sounds are easing to him. The chattering of fleshy teeth and the whisking of body parts.. was that?
Could it be?

He'd immediately Chaos Controlled into the direction of the noise, sliding in an instant to find.

The Dark Arms.
Blurk, the impenetrable.
Cregal, the wings.
Cyzer, the laser.
And Rhygenta, the sound.

All four of them heading north together in search for the Black Comet, after hearing word of the conquerors presence.

Eclipse would rush over, estatic. Comparatively to the moods and tones he uses against all other life this tone was MUCH kinder and gentle.
Actually caring.

"Little guys!"

The 4 would immediately perk up after hearing his voice, heads swirling over to his direction and grunting and growling. Not in the bad way though, just as happy to see him as he is the four!

Eclipse stopping in front of them and crouching down.

"I've been worried SICK about you guys! Where have you been?!"

They all look to one another, seemingly just as confused about where they were prior. But unable to really.. say what that was.
All shrugging.

"... alright. Keep your secrets, I'll keep mine."

He shrugs too, not really caring as.. well the future of the Black Arm's race was right in front of him. An actual chance to grow, to evolve!
He'd extend one hand, petting Cregal as he laid his other arm against the floor. Offering the other 3 to hop on.

"Cmon, think it's time for you to meet the man himself! And get yourselves actual beds."

"No more sleeping on metal floors for you four! When we get there I'm making sure you get rooms for each of you, got it!"

Cregal perches on his shoulder as the other three hop on and hold onto the other side of Eclipse. A sort of hug, closest thing to one at the moment. But.. each one genuinely caring about each other.
Even the Black Arm's kin, Eclipse has soft spot.. for how much he hates the other races his kind is destined to clash with for all time he's especially kind to the young of his own. Caring about each and every member of his race.
Makes you think what would've happened if the circumstances of his birth were just a bit different, if he was shown a different way.. more similar to his Hedgehog brethren he calls a traitor perhaps.

But that's no longer a possibility. Even for all that potential kindness, he is set on the path of the Black Arms. The opposite of all Shadow's.. a sad fate. Yet one he never had a choice in, made into their perfect little weapon.

Within an instant, he'd use Chaos Control leaving the area and taking the Dark Arm's with him. Back to the Black Comet, back to their home. Where they belong, and now safe from the virus's reach.

- - -

((Retconning the whole Doom having a small fraction of his Black Arms Hivemind here due to me being a absolute dumbass when originally doing that and after rereading the rules realizing hivemind claims need to be infections too for them to count properly. Just thought this would be a good post to clear that up while I was writing it, feel stupid honestly. So yeah, no more Black Arm's other than the actual characters like Doom Eclipse and the 4 Dark Arms.. sorry for unintentionally breaking a rule for a while. Just the Doom family or whatever now up there in the comet no more enemies other than them. Sorry for that truely did not mean to do that.
So just imagine it's only been Eclipse and Doom up until now, nothing much changes honestly due to the retcons and it doesn't really change my plan for them. Better late than never though. But hey this is why you reread the rules once in a while.
Least I can focus more on those 6's dynamic, right? ))

So, so far we have Super Sonic and the Doctor himself in the sub.. so why not more!

There's no real sub-arc or anything planned about them, I just thought it'd be nice to have more representation and characters from the comic in the sub. Though I would recommend to anyone planning on claiming a character to read up on them since Fleetway comic's versions of them are VERY different than what you'd expect them to be like. I'd recommend looking at the comics through Grabber Zone then.

That's all, just thought it'd be cool to see more characters from it.

So, the main point I've learned about his official lore (with the VERY little scraps we have of it) through looking on stuff on the EN discord is about is the fact that they aren't in fact 2 separate beings but instead just a dude with split personality disorder. It's just one dude who gets REALLY angry due to PTSD, literally just like Z Broly if you need an example.

So.. yeah there's going to be ALOT of changes to him as more info comes out but I'm going to start applying them around when the Metal Virus starts so he's going to go through a lot of changes. That seems like the ideal time to go through with this.

He's still going to be the same character, no new intro or anything but a lot of his prior stuff is going to be retconned and changed basically, to the point he might feel like a different character but he'll have the same history and everything that he's had on the sub just changed to be more in line with the new info. He'll kind of still have the same thing going on BUT just different enough.

Basically he's getting a soft-reboot in order to accommodate with the new info we have about him. Some interactions if they get brought up I'll have to change since with Tyrant being.. not a second being but instead a personality it changes his whole dynamic as he can't really communicate with the dude.

Just wanted to post this since it's a pretty big deal for his character moving forward. And if I said nothing it would get confusing really fast for people to understand what changed about him.

((Edited since I made some mistakes with the specifics))

((Don't worry, I haven't forgotten about his pets AKA the Dark Arms. They'll show up after my sub arc finishes since they'd require 4 entire claim slots to bring in.))

In the midst of the night, in the darkest hour from the sky falls.. a red figure.

Falling flat into the ground, their back striking against the floor as they cough in pain. Even the Ultimate Alien can suffer from a bad fall!

"Ugh.. that's.. going to sting for a long time."

He reels his upper body up, sat on the ground looking around rubbing his back before looking panicked.

"Wait wait."

"Wait wait wait.. little guys? Little ones!"

He pops up, looking around frantically. Not even taking in the fact he's somewhere unfamiliar and instead too focused on finding these little ones. Jumping and running around looking in bushes and in trees shaking all their leaves off desperately searching for them.

"No.. no no!"

He say, holding still after a minute being unable to find them. Falling to his knees.

"Damn it! I.. they were in the ship how.. how?!"

He lifts his head up now taking in his surrounding. While still terrified that he lost all 4 of them he has a bigger issue.

"Wait.. I was in the ship how.."

"Where am I now?"

He had zero clue where he is. It looked like Mobius, but not. Not where he was it's more.. not different just sort of a change of style almost he can't explain it.

He gets up, brushing himself off angrily. Whoever the hell's behind this is going to pay dearly. Very, very dearly. Still under the impression the 5 of them are the last of their kind he'd spare no expense to find them.. once he figures out what even happened in the first place. He was in the ship escaping Angel Island with the 4 in tow and the next thing he knew.. he was falling.
He couldn't have crashed so whatever happened must've been something more unexpected.

He walks forward, looking around carefully. He needs to be alive if he's going to find the Dark Arms after all. They need him, he needs them. And he'd do anything to protect them.
So he walks ahead, trying to figure out where exactly he is.

((Just wanted a reason to use his new renders honestly))

He'd be finishing off the last few, a good amount of knocked out and finished Black Arm warriors around him as is. Seems like he's been at this for a while.

He'd slide towards one, uppercutting it into the air before landing on it and using it to crash down onto another.

Walking off it and holding out his hand as a stray Badnik a warrior through is hurled at him. His fist would pierce right through it, holding the Badnik up with his other hand as he pulls out the critter stuck inside of it.

"Hey there little guy, mind finding something safer to do? Not the best time right now!"

He'd let the critter go after joking with it, letting it be on its way as his ear perks up. He then swerves around slamming his fist onto the last one a Brute too. Sending it flying back into a wall as it dissipates into dust. Hearing the Brutes loud approach and reacting appropriately.

Shaking his hand after the attack, dropping the deactivated Badnik they were still holding and smirking before.. it's wiped off his face as he thinks.

"Hell are these things anyway?"

Typhon, nor Tyrant had ever seen any of the Black Arm's before in their world or this one. So this was a bit of a new experience for them, struggled during the first part of the fight honestly.

Metal Kit back at the camp outside Restoration HQ had turned on The Doll a few hours ago, following it alongside everyone else who joined in chasing it down as it flew across the sky a great distance.

Eventually, with everyone tired and exhausted the Doll starts slowing down after entering the region of Holoska. Still moving but much slower as the group continues following the Doll.. near New Homebase. It has to be.

The group sticking together huddled up in the cold as they march on. The first Act of the Rescue Mission has begun.

((ONLY THOSE I PING CAN INTERACT, OR THOSE THAT JOINED IN EARLIER IN THE SUB-ARC. This is mostly just going to be a last check for everyone participating))

Having gotten out from the lake he made his first appearance, its realized it completely devoured all the fish residing in it. Leaving none for it to eat at the moment.. needing now to leave it and let it replenish.
It's forced now to find another source of food while it does just that, wandering around but following the riverbank connected to the lake to try and find another body of water. Said riverbank too shallow for it to swim in though letting it be seen.

I've been really needing to shorten my claims list for a while now due to me being less active and needing to reclaim someone that's been on my mind for a while.

So.. here's who I'm declaiming.

Alucard - little to straight up no interaction on his posts, alongside while the lore j made for him being cool really restricting what he can do. He might return eventually but for now I'm just declaiming him.
My take on his lore though will stay up. And if anyone wants to, they can claim him with the lore I wrote for him instead.

Der Freischutz - honestly don't think I'm doing him justice. Alongside the fact I've run out of ideas what to do with him his powers while fun to play around with I feel like can really get out of hand if I use them to their fullest extent. Being able to shoot through ANYTHING can be really hard to use without being OP.

der Fluchschütze - same reason as Freis

Metal Kit has alerted everyone who joined the rescue mission to meet up a fair distance out of Restoration HQ. Just as a safety measure of course, and so it'll make the journey a bit easier..

Out there, Metal Kit has set up a little camp with the Tails Doll on the floor ready to be activated.. just about ready to set out for the mission. Once the Doll is on, it'll lead the group to wherever the enslaved are held at the moment alongside whoever's behind it.

Interact before the mission begins?

((Since his intro was.. surprisingly popular in upvotes and since I really like RPing as him, I thought why not give a go on doing some questions!))

"Do I.. HAVE to do this! I haven't even officially joined the Empire-"

((Yes you do, now sit down and answer some questions already.))

"... may Dark Gaia save me."

((What was that?))

"Nothing."

Out of an old Eggbase.. something would stir. The rattling of chains heard as the noise of steel shattering can be heard shortly after. Something ripping its way out, awake and wildly thrashing through the base looking for an exit.

Before long its outside, breaking down the front door of the abandoned base dragging itself out with ease. The door eviscerated from whatever attack it unleashed upon it, kicking up dust hiding them for a moment as the door falls.
When it clears up a peculiar looking Metal Sonic emerges, by its actions alone it seems much more savage than the rest of its kind. Even the way it walks is barbaric, hunched over swaying its arms as it moves forward.

Steam and purple energy fizzling out of the holes in its arms releasing pressure for a few moments before stopping as it clenches its fists looking around. No sense of direction, completely lost in a new world but with purpose still.

"UNIT W.H ACTIVATED. REPORTING FOR DUTY, RESPOND!"

...

"RESPOND!"

.
It yells out. Sounding like a wolf almost from its tone standing up straight now, wild even with its words demanding orders like usual, but gaining none at the moment. Cut off from its world's Doctor, and not connected yet to this one's Empire.

A.. "Lone Wolf" you could say at the moment.

So.. don't know what to do with him ngl. Kind of an impulse claim since I got him in another RP sub and thought it'd be neat for him to be here too. I just don't know what to do with him and I have an idea for yet another claim (I'm really bad I keeping characters I know), sorry.

I might bring him back soon though if I do get ideas, as I'll also have space freed up after my sub arc ends (if I end it soon enough) But we'll see

In one of its more mobile forms, gliding through the sky overlooking the city.

Trying to get a sense of the layout of the school in his own way, he'd be walking alone.
Also looking at his E-Handbook too while he does. Reading over the rules to make sure he knows exactly how this all works.. and understanding now what exactly he'll be going through.

"Huh.. this is.. going to be something isn't it?"

Since I REALLY should start getting the ball rolling on the Faker Sub Arc I need to make space for someone else. So they gotta go.

They aren't really needed for the Faker Madness sub arc anymore, anything they can do V3 just does better. Alongside.. I don't really know what to do personality wise with him since he's just a worse version of V3.

As a reasoning for him vanishing, Shrouded Figure just abandoned the dude after how poorly he did in the attempted capture of Metal Kit.
At least the other 2 put up a fight V1 just got clobbered. Shrouded aw it as a waste of time to fix him up and just threw him in a random area to be reactivated by whoever claims them next.
Makes sense due to how early he was made, not really able to keep up with anything.

V2 and V3 im not declaiming, just V1.

Wanted to keep all 3 Silver Sonics from Archie but V1 I don't really need. Though, another Archie character will be replacing him! The new one won't be in the sub arc as much.. but they'll be the main way it progresses.

I uh.. don't know what to do with them ngl. I'm only now realizing it's not the best idea to have 2 different characters running their own shops since it makes RPing as each more tedious.
Loved RPing as them but I think this is for the better
Best of luck to whoever chooses to claim them!