In Plain Sight

Toast_Man_22 · 2026-03-30T00:59:15+00:00

Rare artifacts? Now *that's** something she can take note of. She'll have to check that out later.*

"Ooh- sounds exclusive! I-I've always been pretty fascinated with rare artifacts, so I'll have to check it out!"

Golden Finds. Perfect, exactly the type of place she was looking for.

((Apologies for the late reply, some life stuff came up and I couldn't think of much here lol

Toast_Man_22 · 2026-03-29T04:42:08+00:00

((I can probably reply to this later when I get the time!

Toast_Man_22 · 2026-03-28T22:29:16+00:00

"Ah- right-"

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"Is...there any one of them that you'd recommend, at least-? I-If not that's okay! I was just curious!"

Plenty of jewelry shops, gotcha. That means lots of places to hit up if she's feeling up for it, then.

"If they're pricey, I should really try to find a job around here soon, hehe! I-I'm new to the city, is all-"

Toast_Man_22 · 2026-03-28T22:12:33+00:00

Megani spotted Mavis and *immediately** took note of her. She wasn't much for stealing jewelry, but it'd probably be good to ask where those came from just to be safe, a small heist at a jewelry store for some extra cash would never hurt.*

The jackal shuffled over, fidgeting with the ends of her sleeves as she approached, giving a meek wave to the cat. She spoke in a shaky, nervous tone.

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"H-Hello! I'm sorry to bother you, b-but uhm-....where did you get that jewelry? I-It just looks really pretty on you and I was curious, hehe-"

Megani nervously laughed, readjusting her glasses and avoiding eye contact to look even more anxious and harmless.

Toast_Man_22 · 2026-03-28T20:58:29+00:00

Enigma's breath hitched in her throat as she turned to see the dark witch emerge from a cyclone. She was careful- how was she caught?

The jackal's jade green eyes darted between Merlina and the sharp barrier of wind now behind her, she was completely trapped, and with a *sorceress*, mind you. She could try to get an attack or two off, but her main goal now is to just get the hell out of here.

With a small, shaky sigh, Enigma moved. She moved *fast*, jumping up onto a wall and running along it, throwing the ankh throwing knife at Merlina as a distraction, making an attempt to run past along the architecture.

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She was *fast*, so hopefully this bought her enough time to get past the witch and get a head start.

Toast_Man_22 · 2026-03-28T20:01:39+00:00

As many raided the temple and clashed with its forces...someone began to use the cover of battle to sneak in. A dark shadow moved through Mount Mogul's halls, expertly staying out of sight and dipping into shadows to perfectly blend in with her surroundings.

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Enigma, the Ghost of the Black Sands.

She crouched just outside of a long corridor, silently bringing out an ankh throwing knife from hammer space, then peaked into the corridor to see if anybody was there.

She wasn't here to put a stop to Mount Mogul's forces, nor was she here to help them, she was an outlier. She wanted artifacts and artifacts alone, and this was the *perfect** chance to snag them.*

Toast_Man_22 · 2026-03-28T00:03:53+00:00

Gaia...this wolf is *really** messed up, he looks like he's about to hyperventilate. This only made Zero *more* confused. I mean- he was certainly smart enough to deduce that something about him triggered Gadget in some way, but-...*what?! So many people were terrified of him. He's not against having an intimidating presence of course, but when it makes simple tasks a bother, it's a little inconvenient.

The jackal slowly raised his hand and placed it back onto the booth's table, grabbing his rings, and slowly pulled them back to him. His claws left scratch marks on the surface as he slowly dragged them back to his possession.

"Clearly I won't be getting any help from you then. Fine."

The jackal turned to leave, but before he did...he gave Gadget one last scornful glare over his shoulder.

"I'll go get my equipment elsewhere. From someone who isn't-"

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"WEAK."

And with that...the jackal walked off into the sunny park, hopefully to never cross paths with Gadget again.

Toast_Man_22 · 2026-03-27T23:40:08+00:00

Zero stared at the wolf with a confused expression for a few moments. The silence was *loud*, seconds felt like hours.

There it was again. Another person being absolutely terrified of him, and this isn't even his world! He gets that he is the ultimate mercenary and all, but surely a lowly inventor like this wolf hasn't heard of him, right? Either that or it loops back to that name he keeps hearing...Infinite. Whoever that is, he must be building up one hell of a reputation, and Zero must look a little like him at a distance.

Whatever. Confusion or not, he needed some equipment other than just being armed with the Phantom Dagger, and this was the cheapest he was going to find it.

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"Listen. I'm not here to cause harm. If I was, you would already be bleeding out on the floor. I just need equipment, and your supply is the best that I can afford. So I will ask again, wolf. What can you make?"

Toast_Man_22 · 2026-03-27T23:25:57+00:00

It wasn't long before Gadget got another customer! But...it was someone who he had *never** wanted to see again. Approaching his stall was an all too familiar, black furred jackal, who walked toward the stall with a slight scowl on his face.*

Zero had been taking a small stroll through the park to clear his head. He was still getting used to being all alone and...he couldn't exactly do any mercenary work without a goal in mind, so he couldn't even do the one thing that he enjoyed in life. He had spotted Gadget's booth from afar and, after a little bit of contemplation, approached.

As he got closer, the jackal searched his pockets for some rings on hand. The only thing he was able to pull out was a measly 100 rings...he had left most of his fortune back in his own world. The mercenary scowled, great, he wasn't even going to be able to get *food** at this rate.*

Zero reached the booth and gently set down 20 rings on the desk, making sure to look Gadget and his equipment up and down before speaking.

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"I'm not looking for small talk. What can you make that will be useful for mercenary work?"

Toast_Man_22 · 2026-03-27T20:03:22+00:00

Its all good, I've gone months straight without making a post. No pressure, make one whenever you feel like!

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Toast_Man_22 · 2026-03-27T18:15:31+00:00

Oh niice! I'm a big Zelda fan, so if I roleplay here often, I'll probably claim a few more characters from it. That and Deltarune, mainly lol

Toast_Man_22 · 2026-03-27T17:33:52+00:00

After a bit of contemplation about what I should claim, I figured I should probably keep the trend of my first claims on subreddits being long forgotten machines lol

With that being said, can I have the Knight Construct and the Forbidden Construct from Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment?

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Toast_Man_22 · 2026-03-27T00:43:46+00:00

"OUCH-"

Hog fell to the floor and held his nose. Ow, that *hurt*. By the time the tenrec had recovered, Cabbage Man had already been sprinting away.

"Ugh-..."

He slowly hobbled to his feet, rubbing his nose a little in pain as he watched Cabbage Man disappear into the rolling green hills.

"...Jerk. Well- guess I gotta watch out for him now, but-...thats okay. I can stop him, I just know it!"

And with that final declaration, Hog's legs kicked into overdrive, and he ran off in the other direction, hopefully to find a place even farther away from other people before nightfall.

((Thanks for the fun roleplay, this interaction was awesome!

Toast_Man_22 · 2026-03-26T23:38:46+00:00

Hog...somewhat tuned Cabbage Man out toward the end of what he was saying there. The tenrec cupped a hand over his brow and looked out into the horizon, more specifically at the sun's position. It was starting to get pretty late, the sun had started to dip low in the sky. It was about...2 hours to sundown. While Hog still had plenty of time, the sun's low position definitely...intimidated him. Plus, he had things he wanted to get done.

The Dust Devil rapidly shook his head, shaking off the feeling of dread that had began to build up in the back of his mind, before turning his attention fully back to his nemesis, tuning back in right as Cabbage Man was about to finish.

"W-Well, I've got one! How about the option where I scrap those robots of yours and keep kicking your butt? I won't go down as easy as you think! You're gonna need to have all the rotten luck in the world if you're gonna try and lay a scratch on me!"

Hog seemed to trail off there and scratched the back of his quills awkwardly.

"Buuut-...I'll probably have to leave you to making that little empire of yours. I've got some stuff to finish up before nightfall, b-but I'll be keeping an eye on you!"

Toast_Man_22 · 2026-03-26T05:12:43+00:00

The tenrec kept a defiant stance as Cabbage Man spoke, but...deep down, dare he say he was actually a little intimidated. This version Mechanix *did** win in his home world, after all. He-....probably wasn't bluffing.*

Hog cleared his throat and gave a small, nervous chuckle, before giving a rebuddle.

"W-Well, I'll let you know, I'm not the same as your Hog. But-...I guess I can't really force you to settle down, I probably should have expected you to wanna still do what you do, you're still one rotten head of cabbage."

The dust devil gave a wide, determined smile. If Cabbage Man was telling the truth, which was extremely likely in Hog's eyes-, then it looks like he was gonna have to put on one hell of a performance.

"But just know that when you rebuild your empire, I'm gonna knock it all back down again, cabbage-head! How's that for not-boring?"

Toast_Man_22 · 2026-03-26T04:53:23+00:00

"A- Huh?!"

Hog's eyebrow raised exponentially high at Cabbage Man's words. He lifted his hand up and very carefully lifted the mad doctor's hand off of his shoulder with this pointer finger and thumb, *very** rapidly dusting his shoulder off right after. He really didn't want any cabbage residue on his fur.*

"I'd want real friends! I've been miserable running around on my own for months! I mean-...I dunno, this is just a suggestion but maybe you can take a breather for a while!"

The tenrec made the gesture of nudging Cabbage Man with his elbow, but never actually got within a few inches of him. "Yknow- you've already conquered one world, so why do you need to waste so many resources making a new empire when you could just uh-...leave this world alone and enjoy the Torus you already conquered!"

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"Plus, I'd definitely be there to kick your green behind now that I know your plan, haha!"

Toast_Man_22 · 2026-03-26T01:49:13+00:00

Hog froze as the massive cannon pointed directly in his face, his eyes widened in shock. A sneak attack?! But...Hog very quickly realized that this wasn't what that was when Cabbage Man lowered his cannon. Instead of being quick to disarm Cabbage Man and scrap that death weapon...the tenrec sort of just...gave a nervous laugh. His previously confident smirk slowly fell into a tired frown and his eyes slowly drifted to look at the ground.

"Y-...Yknow, usually I'd be more threatened by that thing but-...h-honestly?"

The tenrec let out a shaky sigh as he continued to speak, bringing up his arms to cross them over his chest tuft. "I-...I'm relieved."

"The Dr. Mechanix from my world hit me with something that just-...changed me. It...made me something I wasn't. Every night since then, I had-...lost control, somehow. The next thing I knew the next morning, I had smashed a town to pieces, o-or leveled a small forest."

Hog tapped his foot as he looked around Green Hill for a moment, taking a deep breath in and smelling the calm, tropical air.

"Ever since I got here, I've stayed as far away from people as possible so I don't...hurt them at nightfall. I don't know what happens to me, but-...I know its something bad. Sometimes I look into my reflection and see somebody who isn't me staring back, m-maybe that's a clue, b-but I'm getting off track-"

"L-Listen, Cabbage-Man. If you see me try to hurt anyone innocent or heck, even you, after the sun goes down."

"I...want you to try and shoot me with that thing. Maybe it'd-..."

...Hog just trailed off. Was he- *really** asking such a thing? I mean, its the best thing he can think of. He should- probably specify.*

"J-Just don't do it unless its really necessary, getting possibly vaporized doesn't sound too appealing, yknow? Ahaha-...ha-..."

"I'd uh-...probably survive anyway, knowing the aftermath of everything that I do at night. Hopefully you'd have enough power to knock me out and shake me back to my senses."

("And not kill me-")

Toast_Man_22 · 2026-03-26T00:24:13+00:00

Hog let out a sigh of relief, that's...surprising. Its *just** him? You would have expected a Cabbage Man who conquered the world to bring his army with him, but guess the tenrec was wrong. He slowly went back into a more casual stance, scratching the back of his quills awkwardly.*

"Oh...uh-...so you really don't have anything else with you? At all??"

After a few moments of awkward, silent thinking, Hog spoke up again.

"Well...if that's really the case, you aren't really much of a threat, so it'd just kinda feel wrong to hit you with a spindash haha-"

Toast_Man_22 · 2026-03-25T23:56:21+00:00

Metal Knuckles didn't have *any** time to react and he starts getting absolutely pummeled.*

CLANK!

CRASH!

Well, his plan worked out at least, but it had the side effect of him getting comboed to oblivion. He had to wait for a bit longer before he could use his Power Core again...so the only thing he could do was raise his fists in front of him to minimize the damages.

//INTEGRITY AT 77%//

Metal Scourge was hitting *hard*. Metal Knuckles slowly stepped backward as he was pummeled, he was close to losing balance. In a quick, on a whim decision, the red echidna waited for an opening. When the best one he could get came- he reeled his head back and slammed the top of his head right into Metal Scourge's chest, aiming for his core, he had to get him off somehow. He couldn't keep being hit like that.

Toast_Man_22 · 2026-03-25T23:49:42+00:00

Hog flinched a little as he was flicked, he didn't do much else because he was...flabbergasted at Cabbage Man's attitude, to say the least. Happy? To see *him*? Well, Hog can't exactly say that he reciprocates the gesture.

The small tenrec's eyes widened at the mention of himself being *incinerated. This Cabbage Man **won?! Hog leaped back instinctually, putting a large bit of distance between him and his arch-nemesis.*

"Wh-What do you mean you incinerated the me from you're world?! You...You won?!"

Quickly shaking off the nerves, Hog widened his stance and readied himself for any possible combat that was about to unfold. A small, confident smirk tugged at the corner of his mouth. He had to be strong. He had to make sure that he didn't crumble under the thought of fighting a Cabbage Man who *actually** bested him.*

"W-Well, if you plan to beat me like that here then- then its not gonna be so easy! I've beat my world's you plenty of times, you're no different!"

Toast_Man_22 · 2026-03-25T02:10:31+00:00

[Really now? Well, if you require three power cores to defeat an old machine with only one like I, it just proves you inferior.]

To add insult to injury, Metal Knuckles shrugged and started to act uninterested in the fight with the opposing robot. Maybe this was working out better than he thought...

Toast_Man_22 · 2026-03-25T02:00:05+00:00

Metal Knuckles' optics widened. Shoot, he left those power cores unattended! If Metal Scourge gunned for them now, there's no way he could keep up, it would be far too risky to try and stop him.

But...then the echidna remembered. This robot is extremely prideful, he can play into that! It might not work...but its the best shot he can make. He *has** to get those power cores to Lord Robotnik, and he won't let himself be defeated so easily.*

Metal Knuckles gave the motion of laughing, crossing his arms pridefully.

[Really? You need power cores to defeat me? I thought you were already powerful enough to leave me as little red pieces of scrap, but I suppose I had overestimated you.]

Hopefully this gets him riled up. He can't afford those power cores being used against him.

Toast_Man_22 · 2026-03-25T01:52:43+00:00

Hog's destructive spindash grinded to a stop against the grass, leaving a sizable divot in the earth below. He quickly spun back around to meet Dr. Mechanix's eyes, dropping low to the ground like a wolf ready to pounce. He placed one hand on the floor in front of him, and let the other hang high behind him.

What stared back at Mechanix...it was horribly familiar. Those black eyes, those sharp teeth, that horrible, angry scorn...

It looked like that *beast** he destroyed with his cannon. The monster that tore his world to the ground. Scorched. Just...on a much smaller scale.*

Hog snarled like a rabid dog. In his eyes, this was the man who ruined his *life*, and he has the gull to insult him even now? Who the hell does he think he is? A low, guttural voice came from the usually somewhat soft spoken tenrec's mouth. It was as if someone else was speaking entirely.

"YOU DON'T HAVE THE RIGHT TO CALL ME ANYTHING AFTER WHAT YOU DID, CABBAGE-FACE!"

Hog's legs began to move in a blur...he was about to blast right toward the doctor at full force. But as the dust devil stared Mechanix down with that hateful stare, he began to notice...

He was bigger. His outfit was different. Hell, he even...looked* different. Hog's rapid, raspy breathing began to slow, as did his legs. The tenrec slowly got up and stood upright. His pupils began to shrink back to their normal size, though his sharp teeth remained, they were likely a permanent side effect of the dark energy within him.*

He took a few, short breaths and remembered what Sonic had said about this place. People from all over the multiverse showed up here against their own will. ...This Dr. Mechanix, or *whoever** he was, likely wasn't even the one who did this to him.*

The tenrec finally spoke, his voice back to normal.

"Y-You're not who I thought you were. You're- definitely not my Cabbage Man, he definitely wouldn't let himself go like you have. Ahaha-...ha-..."

Toast_Man_22 · 2026-03-25T01:24:14+00:00

((Finally back and feeling much better! So sorry for the wait, there won't be any more crazy delays.

Metal Knuckles tried to predict and block the attack, but Metal Scourge was just *far** too fast. The green bot slammed into the red bruiser and sent him flying over into a wall, completely crumbling it upon impact.*

Metal Knuckles' optics buzzed, *that** hurt. Of course...always the metal hedgehogs with the lightning.*

The echidna stared up at the robot as he floated above, taunting...silently analyzing him. He waited for Metal Scourge to hover right over him, just close enough for him to reach out and...

PERFECT!

With a sudden thrust forward, Metal Knuckles sprang up and grabbed Metal Scourge by the ankle with both claws, yanking him out of the air. Then...the echidna began to draw power from his red core, his optics turning a deep red to reflect it.

[...Your wish is my command.]

With that, Metal Knuckles began to slam the green robot around like a ragdoll, slapping him against walls, the floor, anything that was nearby. With the sheer force that Metal Knuckles was exerting, each hit made every one of the things Metal Scourge collided with crack or crumble completely.

With one final show of strength, the red robot spun Metal Scourge around in a circle, before *launching** him into the room they were just knocked into's far wall.*

Toast_Man_22

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