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[monotreme_101]

[Action!

So, you know that new Floating Island, hovering around up there above the school? Yeah, that one. Some guy just jumped off of it. And sort of floated down to the ground in a slow, spiral glide. Now he's standing there, looking around.

You might recognize him. But he, unfortunately, probably won't recognize you. (Unless you're Sonic or Eggman.)

Feel free to approach, though!]


[There's a new video on the Network.

The first twenty five seconds of it are some kind of black, triangular nose on the end of a peachy colored snout. It moves around and the microphone stutters and wheezes and whoever this nose belongs to can be heard muttering something unintelligible.

Then, a violet eye stares into the feed, blinks several times with a big, red eyelid. Then he draws back so you can see his Echidna-ey face in its full glory.]

First off, I ain't wearing this uniform thing. I was hatched with fur. It's good enough for me, it should be good enough for you.

Uh... anyway. I'm Knuckles. Knuckles the Echidna.

Hmmm...

[He's sort of run out of things to say. He has questions, but he's not really used to talking to a computer. He's used to smashing them to gain extra lives and shields and stuff.]

Anyone know anythin' about the Floating Island above this school? It's kinda important. If you've got info on it, I'd like to know.

So. Thanks in advance.

[You are now treated to over a minute of closeup footage of his white-swooshed chest as he tries to figure out how to turn the computer off.]

Comments

[cplusplus]

[... oh. He didn't knew Knuckles all too well, but it still does bring him pain whenever people seem to forget their time here.]

I don't think it would entirely bother people, most tend to go against the uniform regulation. As for the island, I'm not all too familiar with it yet, I'm afraid. What I know of it so far is that it's a lab owned by a man who was known as Professor Hector.

[monotreme_101]

Huh. Why do they have it if most people don't bother with it?

I looked around up there a bit and saw all the lab... stuff. You know how long it's been up there?

[deathboss]

[OH SHIT BIG FLOATING OBJECT TIME TO INVESTIGATE AND PUNCH IF NECESSARY....wait he's definitely seen that guy before.]

Hey! Knuckles, right?

[monotreme_101]

[Huh. Look at that blue haired Human! That was kind of strange, wasn't it? And wait, how did he know...?]

Uhhh... yeeeees?

[Vidya]

[boo_blimp_babe]

Right, tomato face finally lost it. [Charlise rolled her eyes.]

Someone beat your big ass melon for a head until you forgot shit? Or yer just trying to be funny? Oh, wait, you're unable to be funny, so I'm going to go on a limb and try to care for a moment and say that either you're not you, or you got some fairy fucking tale amnesia going on.

Re: [Vidya]

[monotreme_101]

[YIKES KItty. Anyone ever tell you that you come on a little strong?]

T-Tomato face!? Fairy tale!? Wha--

Lady, you're rude!

[vela_nova]

[Again? First Sonic and now Knuckles? Okay, just... don't make assumptions.]

Well. This is a surprise.

[monotreme_101]

Finally, somebody who knows me who I know back!

You get displaced here, too, Blaze? You figure Eggman or Eggman Nega is behind it, somehow?

[iamtheeggman]

I have an idea! Why don't you GET ON IT, and then fly IT and YOURSELF OUT OF HERE!!

[monotreme_101]

I KNEW you had to have somethin' to do with this!

[HOW Eggman was responsible...? Details, details.]

What are you doing in this world, Eggman!? Couldn't take over our world so you figured you'd try your luck here? Too bad for you that I'm around to stop you!

video;

[atmyage]

I thought echidnas only lived in Australia!

[That's what's most important here. But anyway,]

Nice to meet you, Knuckles! I'm Ema.

Video

[monotreme_101]

What's an Australia...?

Oh. Uh. Hi, Ema. Good to meet you. You know anything about that Floating Island up there?

[Video]

[rivalcurse]

Well, hey, bro!

[Whoever this weird, purple-haired woman is, she sure does seem pleased to see you, Knuckles. Nyx is grinning and leaning into her camera, like she's trying to get a better look at him.]

'Course you'd come back, huh? Just couldn't bear bein' away. Anyways, I don't know too much about that whole island deal, popped outta some nasty hole in the sky or some shit a ways back. Sorta figured it'd go away once that whole ordeal was over, but here it is. I been meanin' to float up there myself, give it a look around, but it ain't quite happened yet.

What about you, man, what you been gettin' up to?

Re: [Video]

[monotreme_101]

[There have been a couple of people so far who seem to know him. She's the most... enthusiastic one so far, though.]

What kind of hole in the sky? Bright lights and a weird kinda... electricity in the air?

[It was hard to explain Chaos Energy in words.]

Oh, and, uh... I've been up to all my usual stuff. I got pulled into this world just the other day, up on that Island. I mean, for the first time. I don't... I'm pretty sure I've never been here before. So...

[Awkward.]

It's the biggest man you've ever seen on a video.

[bluetanker]

Knuckles! You're back! ::He seems amazingly happy. And huge.::

[And considering he's seen Eggman in videos, that's saying a lot.]

[monotreme_101]

[What is that. Is that a mountain? Is that a house? What is it? Why is that man shaped like a box?]

...hello.

I'm gettin' the idea that a lot of folks around here know me somehow.

Hello it's a robot

[awakeningwill]

...You're back.

[It's an incredibly stoic robot. But there was a tinge of genuine surprise in his roboty eyes.]

Robot! *_*

[monotreme_101]

Yeah. Yeah, so people are tellin' me.

Way I remember it, though, I've never been here before. So... Y'know. Sorry, guy.

this will hurt [video]

[star_punched]

[The very moment Knuckles came on the screen, a happy Mac appeared. It's been months, and to be frank, he missed him a bit too much. After all, Knux was one of the closest friends he ever made. He was practically family. He told Knux everything. And he was back and in action.]

Knux! Oh man, am I glad to see ya back!

How ya been? Been here long?

Re: this will hurt [video]

[monotreme_101]

[Haha! He knew this guy's name! He was the other muscly human in the picture that Max guy showed him!

...that didn't make this any easier. Dang, he felt like he was disappointing a whooooole bunch of people today.]

Hey.

[Awkward awkward Echidna]

You know me too, huh?

breaks pikmin over my knee as we [action]

[vianca]

[It was inbetween her time at the library and her time at the nurse's office that Vianca saw him. She was on her way to one or the other. It did not really matter which once she had caught sight of him, as he was more than enough of a distraction.

Normally it was the Echidna that went of his way to approach her, but Vianca could make an exception for a reunion. He was one of the precious few people she could call a friend.

And so a tiny girl that was just barely taller than the echidna walked over to where he was scoping things out.]

... Hello.

Also breaking: My Heart

[monotreme_101]

[Knuckles had been sort of meandering around, looking the place over. He'd been surprised by that one blue haired Human telling him he'd been here before. But maybe that guy was just crazy. He hadn't been assigned a room or even enrolled yet, so, he was still in the 'wandering around to get bearings' stage.

This smaller Human, though, seemed far less enthusiastic than Michel had been.]

Hello.

[He offered the white haired girl a small smile.]

I'm Knuckles the Echidna. Nice to meet you.

[Videooooo]

[pinkgingham]

Oh, goodness! Knuckles, you're back!! It feels like it was only yesterday when you left the school...well, I'm glad you're back here!

Hmm, as for the floating island...I can't say I know too much about it. I suppose there might be...enemies up there? I'm not completely sure, that's my best guess.

Re: [Videooooo]

[monotreme_101]

[ANOTHER person who knew him. And a Hedgehog lady, no less - He'd been starting to wonder if the only friends this Other Him had made were Humans.

Because he had no clue that most of them had other forms.]

Yeah.. so folks are tellin' me. I'm sorry to disappoint you, Miss, but I'm not the Me who a lot of people seem to already have met. I just arrived in this world recently.

[He actually felt not only guilty by now, but a little undeserving. Like he was riding on some other guy's coattails, somehow making use of good will he didn't earn.]

But, uh, thanks for the information about the Island. I was up there for a bit so anythin' you heard about it being filled with monsters is true.

[Video]

[mach_n_roll]

...Knuckles?

[Purple eyes, meet green eyes. Familiar ones at that. Sonic barks a laugh.]

"Knuckles! Oh MAN, It's good ta see you! What're you doin' out here?"

[Video]

[monotreme_101]

Heh... Makes sense. Eggman's here, so you can't be too far behind, right?

[He's actually pretty happy to see his buddy in blue, too. Not that he'd ever do something really dumb and say that out loud.]

How long you been here? Blaze is here too - she's been here for YEARS. Seems like Eggy's been here a while as well.

[ACTION]

[operatingbuddy]

[There was a robot. The beep boop looking kind, like Vianca said. And when he saw Knuckles one day, he thought it prudent to greet his returning friend.]

Hello, Knuckles. I am pleased to see you again.

Re: [ACTION]

[monotreme_101]

[Huh... another one who knew him. Someone else he was going to disappoint. He pinched at the bridge of his nose for a second, turning around to face the Robot. DEFINITELY a beep-boop looking robot. Probably WAS the droid he was looking for.]

Hey, guy. Uh... hate to break this to ya, but I'm not the Knuckles you know. Just got to this world a couple days ago. Seems like a lot of folks know me around here...

[Awkward.]

Good to meet you, though - You wouldn't be R.O.B., would'ja?

BELATEDLY, BY LIKE, A LOT

[forgetbeam]

Knuckles? Hold on, you were definitely here before!

[On the Disciplinary Committee and everything! When it existed. Ah, but Kiyotaka has experienced having someone leave and come back with no recollection of the Academy at all. But that was an isolated incident with someone he knew to have suffered amnesia before anyway, wasn't it?

This is... weird. There are actually a lot of things here he wants to address.

But first and most importantly:]

The uniforms exist for a reason! If it's too hot to wear over your fur, at least find some part of it to wear that marks you as a student of this academy! Even if it's just the tie!

[PRIORITIES.]

[Video]

[monotreme_101]

But one guy told me hardly anyone even...!

[Hold up. This guy apparently knew the Other him that was here. Better to not get on anyone's bad side if it can be avoided. Clothing wasn't worth losing his temper over.]

Uh... I'll... see what I can do, guy.

BELATED FOREVER. → Action

[liberatedempath]

[If she had passed him in the hallways, perhaps she hadn't noticed it. Her mind was often somewhere else and she was awful about paying attention to the network and she knew she was awful about it.

On a day that she wasn't completely locked into herself, however, she found herself pausing when she nearly brushed shoulders with the only Echidna she'd ever known. Voile found herself turning, thinking she was mad, believing it was entirely possible to be mad, and then she shook her head.

No. He was still there. She wasn't completely mad.]

Knuckles...? What are you doing here?

Re: BELATED FOREVER. → Action

[monotreme_101]

[Knuckles had been here for long enough that this was at least somewhat routine. The Other Him had apparently been some kind of social butterfly and seemed to know a whole bunch of people who weren't shy about greeting him.

He gave her a nod and cleared his throat.]

I'm lookin' for a drinking fountain I can reach.

[Because most of them were kind of tall when you were less than four feet.

Wow. This girl was pretty - look at that green hair! His favorite color and everything. Unlike his predecessor, he hadn't overcome his shyness around ladies yet. He cleared his throat and tried to figure out the least weird way of saying 'I'm not the guy you think you know.']