smashacademy | Goodbyes. [Video]

Hey, gang. You probably already saw Goombella's thing about her leavin'. Sorry to say, but I'm goin' too.

Her Professor is sending a team to an Archaeological dig out in some place called Skyrim. So, there's plenty of treasure for me to hunt. Also? Dragons keep attacking towns in the area we're going to be researching. Like... huge dragons. REALLY huge Dragons. So, I'm going to go and fight them! Y'know. Keep the villagers safe and stuff.

[If you think you can hear barely contained excitement in his voice, you aren't dreaming.]

Anyhow, I'm gonna be around campus fixing up my affairs and stuff, and also packing at the apartment getting ready to move. So... uh. Heh. I suck at goodbyes but there's a bunch'a folks I need to say 'em to.

I'll catch you around.

[[OOC: So, if you think your character is someone Knuckles would want to say 'See Ya' to before he leaves, feel free to either set up an action post (I'm super flexible. Anywhere any time is fine.) or just reply to the video and we can go from there! If you would sooner not, then we can just assume they did their thing offscreen!]]

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"Oh," said Max, again. "Then, uh, I guess, uh, I'm gonna miss havin' you around." Don't cry, Max. Don't do it. You can hold back all of those emotions. You can do it. "You're a good man... enchil... echidna. So, you gonna come over here and give me a hug to say goodbye, or you just gonna stand there knockin' the weights in your shoes together in the squat rack?"

"Of course." Knuckles replied, getting out of the rack and walking over.

"You're, uh, gonna have to bend down. Unless you want me to jump up there."

If they just stayed standing, Knuckles would be hugging Max's knees.

Max bent down and reached out to grab Knuckles and... his eyes were clearly wet and his eyes were leaking some sort of ... liquid.

Testosterone? Were his eyes leaking testosterone? They were probably leaking testosterone.

"Aw geeze..."

Yeah. Testosterone. Right.

Knuckles reached up and placed his arms around as much of Max's industrial sized neck as he could.

"I'm gonna miss training with you, guy."

"Yeah, me too," said Max, as he held the tiny red thing to his industrial-sized neck. "You, uh, you take care of yourself. Don't let nobody tell you you're too short."

"You know me better'n that, man." Knuckles replied. "It's just that everyone else is way too tall."

Especially you, Max. Especially you.

"You take care of yourself too, buddy. Keep an eye on the school for me. Eggman is still here. And Cyrus. And Bowser. Lots of bad guys."

Goodbyes. [Video]

Good. I want you gone.

We both know that's a lie.

SHUT UP. JUST LEAVE.

/Hugs shhhhh shhhhh it's OK

::sobs and sings 'I know you too well to like you anymore' to himself::

/gently tussles your hair and shhhhh-es until it's all out of your system