smashacademy | text, middle of the night

It seems as though I have returned at a fitting time.

Something so precarious.

No matter then. I will return to work posthaste.

It seems I must reintroduce myself. Very well, my name is Cyrus. I have been the Ethics teacher here, and I trust I remain in that position. I was called away urgently for many months and will not speak more on it.

I demand those in my class pay attention and do the work that is assigned to them. This ought not be an extraordinary thing; in fact it ought to be expected. Yet as with much, this has fallen by the wayside.

For you to reconsider the world and what you know of it--that is my aim. What surrounds us and fills our lives often passes us by for the commonality of it. For us to act ethically is for us to be thoughtful of those things around us and their impact on the greater whole of existance.

I urge critical thinking, and for those in my class to be able to support your beliefs. Do not be surprised if you are unable to do so immediately. You have not spared thought for such things before, and as such you may find it difficult.

Yet it is ultimately rewarding, for therein lies justice itself.

And justice is something that must be upheld. I am certain that you have seen why.

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Fascinating. A sword, under ordinary circumstances, would barely damage a Ghost-type. Unless...

...No, it could not be that blade. Though undoubtably there are others akin to it.

You caused such damage because I had not yet taken that power. Once it becomes mine, once I begin the new beginning, I will be free of such risks. And the new creation cannot happen without my divinity preceeding it.

You know of a particular blade that can hurt ghosts? They haven't tracked the guy down yet so any leads might be useful.

And how exactly do you plan on taking divinity? That collection of red gems?

It is said to be able to slay anything. Yet it was believed to have been removed from the world in ancient times. Though...we have witnessed that that is not nearly the barrier it was believed. If it truly is that ancient blade, and not simply akin to it.

The purpose of the Red Chain is that, yes.

Does that blade have a name?

OK, see, I'm no stranger to taking power from certain gems and becoming Godlike. I've done it myself. A buncha times. My question is, if you could have done that, why didn't you do it when you realized I was going to fight you? If you really can go Super Cyrus, why didn't you? I mean, not gonna lie - I've beaten up gods before, but it woulda given you a fighting chance.

Its name was not recorded.

The process is not instantaneous. What you witnessed, that was only the first step.

Perhaps...yes. I will show you.

[[all right and here he puts up a ton of very scientific text with a lot of numbers acting as letters. It would probably require a postgraduate degree to just read the title, or at least it feels that way.]]

This is a summary of what ought to have transpired.

Hmm... well, thanks for the information anyway. Might be something I need to look for.

[And so Knuckles tried to make sense of the equation and... just... no. It was like an entirely foreign language and he really had no tools to even begin undferstanding it. ]

...uuuuuh-huh. Yeah. I think you and I have different ways of drawing godlike power from gemstones.

I may aid you in that quest. In particular because it is a legend of Sinnoh, and you are aware that they are a field of my research. Though as I have said, this sword is unnamed in all texts I have studied.

Perhaps they are closer methods than you believe. What I have shared is simply a description of the process. I consider it vital knowledge, though I suppose it is possible to undertake it without knowing the formulae behind it. I simply prefer to remain in control of such things.

Sure. I'd appreciate any help I can get.

Yeah... that's true. Break it down far enough and doing anything really can be boiled down to an equation or set of them. I learned that much from hanging around with Tails.

Very well. I will send you the text of the legend. Translated into modern language, of course.

True. It is not necessary to understand, for instance, biology in order to possess a body. But when one seeks to undertake a process which has never been done before, it is imperative to understand as much as possible, every step, even if unseen.

I appreciate the translation. Would be kinda a pain to have to enter the whole thing into Guurgle Translator.

Sure. I guess. I mean, I have a particular connection to the gems of power I've used, so, it's a little different. I can feel their energies from a distance so drawing on them is like second nature to me. Not everyone can do the same.

[Now he was kind of imagining Super Cyrus - his hair was already blue and spiky, so, it would probably turn Gold like Sonic's...]

I see. It is a bond then...do you believe your bodily makeup has been altered in any way through their use?

No - Once I cut it off, that's it. I go back to being completely normal.

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and of course we know what he would sound like since same voice actor

Haha, awesome XD