1 // the friend to all things arrives

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[The arrival here had been... strange to Maria, to say the least. The last thing she had remembered was blacking out in the ARK after sending Shadow off to safety, and then suddenly waking up in this place, being tended to by nurses and in some sort of hospital. Thankfully, she was a bright girl, and it hadn't taken much to fill her in on what was going on. Once she had been released from the infirmary with a clean bill of health (or at least lacking bullet holes), she had gone straight to a computer.]




Hello, everyone! It seems I'm the newest student here at Garden. This place is so beautiful, and so much different from home -- I can't wait to see everything here!

My name is Maria -- Maria Robotnik. I hope to talk with everyone here that I can. I'd love to hear what your worlds are like too!

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[turnip-rage.livejournal.com]

...Robotnik?

Huh. Interesting.

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[turnip-rage.livejournal.com]

Just a name I'm familiar with, that's all. The name of a power hungry dictator, at that. Didn't think I'd find someone to share his surname.

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[turnip-rage.livejournal.com]

Didn't expect you to. It's not his real name, technically speaking, anyway.

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[turnip-rage.livejournal.com]

Name's Espio. The Chameleon. I'm one of the off-worlders here - from a place called the Special Zone.

[neutralchaotic]

[He arrived from a missing about a few hours ago, and the first thing he noticed was, indeed, a lot of new faces. The effects of the Time Compression were something else, alright.

Not bothering to scout around (that would just promote people to actually talk to him), he goes to check the BBS and get himself up to date on what was going on.

And then he sees it. A message with a name all too familiar to him.]

'...this must be a mistake.'

Any relation to Gerald Robotnik?

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[neutralchaotic]

'That confirms it...'

Yes.

I'm Shadow...

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[There's a pause before the next post.]

[neutralchaotic]

Of course.

Where are you? [Because he needs to see her to believe she's alive.]

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[Going into ACTION!]

[neutralchaotic]

I'll be there.

[He signed off, but stares at the screen for a moment. He hopes he wasn't talking to some ghost or impersonator. Shadow walks out of the computer room, determined to see if this wasn't a joke.

The Quad seems like the usual hang out for most students, which thankfully hasn't changed. He looks around for her, since only one of them would blend in with everyone else.]

[renzokukens.livejournal.com]

Welcome to Balamb Garden.


- Commander Squall Leonhart

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Any questions or concerns, let me know.

- Commander Squall Leonhart

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[renzokukens.livejournal.com]

Very well.

- Commander Squall Leonhart.

[gyrocopter.livejournal.com]

Robotnik?

[Not that he knows what the Robotnik family is like. He's mainly pinged by the 'robot' in the last name period.]

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[gyrocopter.livejournal.com]

It... kinda is.

You got any relation to robots or something?

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[gyrocopter.livejournal.com]

Riiiight.

Is he around here then? [Thankfully, this girl looks nice, but a scientist grandfather? That already kind of worried him.]

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[There's a long pause.]