the pinkette tried to recall things that had been taught to her during therapy. deep breaths and loosening her hands from curling into fists. "yes. . . .but that's okay. my universe is mostly under the control of ivo. we are trying to get it back."

the pinkette didn't know if they would want their arm touched, so she stood there and waited for them to get it out of their system, a worried expression turning the corners of her mouth down.

darling. you're not a scrub. wave is just a hater. you know this. . . .but if you need to prove a point i guess i'll sit back and pretend not to see anything.

"he commanded infinite to do it, and infinite managed to do it with ivo's help. it's been. . . quite a while now without my version of sonic. . . . but i met another sonic from a different universe. i love him very much," the pinkette replied, trying not to let herself make the conversation awkward.

"oh-- i'm sorry. is there anything i can do to help???"

❓

"the version in my universe has mostly sworn off trying to help eggman. . . . well. uhm. ever since he managed to kill my version of sonic. so rouge feels like she can't ever go back to helping eggman again," amy replied quietly, her heart clenching from the information she was relaying.

"you understand me so well. yeah, i think most of the people who ally themselves with eggman are wackjobs. . . . at least rouge got away from him. my version of rouge sometimes assists the resistance against my version of robotnik."

"a job well done!! all in a day's work. are you feeling okay lately? how are you doing??"

"i couldn't agree more!! the people who hate me in my universe are mostly belonging to eggman's empire. which is really unfortunate. they're all losers anyway," the pinkette replied with the largest grin.

sonic is in my dms again. . . .

"oh, twin, you're so right. i need to sell some of these cheesecakes. . . . even if my universe is a bit different with people out there who dislike me . . . and the other resistance members." mostly people allied with the robotnik empire.

mary 🔔 PLEASE, DARLING 🥺 pwetty please. . . . .

"oh yeah!! i'll bring some over the next time i visit. i have them sitting in my fridge back home. . . . i need to stop making them or i'll run out of fridge space," the pinkette suddenly realized mid-sentence, giggling at her own blunder.

"sonic and i have been going on adventures together. he doesn't run off or leave me in the dust anymore. isn't that great? oh!! i like making strawberry shortcake, though i've been experimenting with baking cheesecakes."

"hey, amy!!! how've you been? doing any baking lately?"

"have no fear!! amy rose is here!!"

ᅠ ᅠ ᅠ ᅠ ᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠ┇⋰𝒯𝐇𝐄 𝑼𝑳𝑻𝑰𝑴𝑨𝑻𝑬 ᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠ𝑳𝑰𝑭𝑬𝑭𝑶𝑹𝑴. ᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠ𝑺ʜᴀᴅᴏᴡ ᴛʜᴇ ᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠ ℍ𝘌𝘋𝘎𝘌𝘏𝘖𝘎. ᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠ ᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠ ᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠ

mary 🔔 today is my birthday 🥺

the pinkette's phone vibrating caught her attention mid-battle! while one hand was used to destroy badniks, the other removed her communicator from her pocket to read the text. a huge smile spread to the corners of her mouth. amy managed to send a text in return "i'll be over soon!"

⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ 𝑻𝑯𝑬 𝑨𝑹𝑪𝑨𝑵𝑬 𝑫𝑹𝑨𝑮𝑶𝑵 & 𝑫𝑬𝑽𝑶𝑼𝑹𝑬𝑹 𝑶𝑭 𝑺𝑶𝑹𝑪𝑬𝑹𝒀 ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀

"that can be arranged. i know how to destroy badniks, and they usually leave parts behind. . . . just one hit from my hammer and it'll be a scrap heap," the pinkette promised, green eyes sparkling with excitement. knuckle's happiness only fueled her reactions to his banter.

mary 🔔 👉👈 my birthday is in three days.

the pinkette halted in place when she noticed the water mage. the friendly greeting died on her lips after the hedgehog realized the other was /staring/ at her. green eyes locked with the mage's optics, her mouth pressed in a thin line. "can i help you," she finally broke the silence.

"i've been there a fair number of times. the scientists are still trying to figure out more about the ruins, but i believe it was left over from the knuckles clan and has to do with the chaos emeralds and the being chaos," the pinkette explained, remembering information from years ago.

it was a little awkward since the pinkette wasn't /his/ version of amy. the alternate universe pinkette smiled widely and approached him with a hand raised in greeting. "hey there, knuckles!! i'm a different amy. sorry for the confusion, but it's still good to see you."

with the pinkette's equally as pink cabriolet parked further down the street, amy could /swear/ she saw a familiar purple feline. with quickening steps, amy approached the royal cat from behind. making noise so as not to startle her. "hey there, blaze!! oh-- did you need help picking out flowers?"

the pinkette was /technically/ an alien, and this wasn't the first time she was considered one by a stranger. amy rose smiled widely, striking a pose with her piko piko hammer. "i'm the piko piko hammer heroine: amy rose. defender of justice and against the tyranny of ivo robotnik.

"i knew this world was dangerous. . . sometimes ivo robotnik throws defenseless bird flickies into his badniks to k!ll and attack people. that happens in my world, but i won't underestimate anywhere i go. every place is different," the pinkette replied, a look of concern forming. --

the pinkette was eating politely, though she was glancing at the drifter from time to time, using napkins and prompting them to use one as well. amy rose picked up a french fry, took a bite, and glanced at the rest of the food. "if you need more, we can grab more. . . how's your burger?"

— TEMP PIN

"maybe the next time i destroy some rogue badniks i'll get you some scrap metal," the pinkette exclaimed enthusiastically, a grin turning up the corners of her mouth. amy rose was proud of herself for making him smile. picking up a tiny cucumber sandwich and taking a bite.

⠀ ⠀ ⠀⠀⠀【 𝑲𝑰𝑻𝑺𝑼𝑵𝑨𝑴𝑰 𝑻𝑯𝑬 𝑭𝑬𝑵𝑵𝑬𝑪 】

"oh, YEAH, i guess you've been green for longer than me, huh."

"it's okay, kitsunami. they just made me green for the olympics promotion. i am still pink."

. . . . . blame sega.

"i've /been/ green. . . thanks, sega."

mary 🔔 i am so sorry I haven't done my replies yet. irl has been very draining and I get so tired after work. i will try to do replies soon! thank you so much for being patient with me.

the pinkette immediately stood her ground, green optics narrowed and hands clenched as they attempted to reach back to hammerspace. amy rose assumed metal sonic was going to attack her. she was ready. she remained silent instead of speaking. maybe that was for the best. the last thing she wanted --

"i was making an assumption. do you not remember me giving you a flower and how you let me escape from the eggman base? you-- you . . . you must have been reprogrammed or something. i think that's what happened," the pinkette muttered to herself, watching the badnik with a nervous expression.

"metal. . . . i heard about what happened with that frog girl. . . and how you left her with eggman? i thought you two were getting along. . . . i'm confused. are you angry with me?" the pinkette took another step back from the glare, green eyes sparkling with tears and a frown forming.

"i'm sorry, metal. i didn't mean to scare you or make you uncomfortable. . . . it's been a while since i've seen you," the pinkette replied, taking a step back and giving the metalhog some space.

"hey there, metal!! what's been going on?? how are you?? do you need something," the pinkette inquired, leaning forward and grinning at him.

ㅤㅤ ゛ YOU ARE NOW A METROID、 SAMUS ARAN . YOUR VERY EXISTENCE POSES A GRAVE THREAT TO THE UNIVERSE . ㅤ

mary 🔔 free from work. might make it y'all's problem when I get home.