[Action] Enter the sandstorm.

[travelingsandstorm]

[In the morning when Blue wakes up, Acacia lets herself out of her ball to greet her momma before the day starts. Normally, she'd go out for a bit to get some fresh air and stretch her legs before returning to the room to relax. However, today shall be a different day. A break in the cycle, if you will.

The Sandslash has been getting a little restless in her ball for some time now and finally decides that today is the day she is going to take up a human form. So, wanting to surprise her momma and little bro, she sneakily approaches the crazy headmaster to enroll as a student and acquire a transformation accessory. And, tempting as it is to make a grand and showy announcement of her presence over the network, the Sandslash decides she'd rather personally greet everybody and surprise her family and friends in the flesh. That would create a better, lasting impact, she believes. So, here you have a spiky brown haired girl roaming about the campus looking for her family and aiming to strike up a conversation with anyone interesting.

Will you unfortunately be within sight of Acacia? Approach her? Avoid her?]

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[mach_n_roll]

[Sonic would certainly stand out to Acacia, being just a spiky as she usually is. She can find him practically inhaling a trio of chili dogs at the school cafeteria between classes, and then lounging with sneakered feet propped on the table, soda in hand.]

[travelingsandstorm]

[Well, look at this blue spiky hot dog vacuum. He certainly did look interesting. And, as Acacia had no real big plans for the day apart from finding Blue, she figured stopping to talk to this fella wouldn't hurt. It may even be fun.

Grabbing a soda for herself, she seated herself beside the blue hedgehog and propped her own feet up.]

Hello there. You look like a fun guy. What are you, by the way? If you don't mind me asking.

[mach_n_roll]

"Huh?" He looked at the spiky-haired girl with her feet propped up, a strange mirror-image of him, and then grins and sits up.

"Nope, I don't mind. Heck, I get that a lot around here. I'm a hedgehog! Name's Sonic, by the way. What's yours?"

[travelingsandstorm]

"Hedgehog... Interesting. I'm Acacia, a Pokemon called a Sandslash. There might even be a tiny resemblance to you with my original form." She opened her soda and took a sip.

"Nice meeting you."

[mach_n_roll]

"Nice meeting you too!"

...Wait. Sonic actually sits up when the full meaning of this gets past those head-quills of his.

"Hold up. That's not your original form? You can turn into a human?" Call it selective ignorance or just never being in the room when it's mentioned, but the idea had avoided him until now.

[rivalthunderbolts]

[Jolt didn't notice her at first. He was too busy enjoying the big hot dog he brought out for a picnic. Obviously there was a special on hot dogs at the cafeteria. Favourite treat of speedsters everywhere. This was obviously a perfect chance to bother him.]

[travelingsandstorm]

[What a scrumptious looking hot dog he has! And judging from Jolt's expression, it would appear that it was, indeed, a very yummy treat.

Why not have a bite? Since it's Jolt, Acacia had no qualms in going over and having a real close seat next to the speedster. Don't mind her taking hold of his hand to guide that beautiful hot dog to her own mouth to steal a bite.]

[rivalthunderbolts]

[Jolt was not super used to pretty girls showing up out of nowhere and sitting next to him. Nor was he used to them munching on his lunch. He just... stared for a moment, whether it was captivated by her beauty, or amazed at her audacity in snatching food from him was--]

Yeah... You're buying me a new hot dog for that.

[--okay yeah, it was the latter.]

Also, who're you?

[Stealing Jolt's food was not a way to endear yourself to him.]

[travelingsandstorm]

[Acacia licked her lips and sat back.]

I thought it was a man's duty to treat a lady, or are you not a man? The hot dog was yummy, by the way.

[She chuckled and turned to face him.]

Tell you what. Guess who I am and I'll get you a new hot dog. Good deal? But you only get one guess.

[Because you should only need one look at her beauty and perfect hair to know who she was. A guess shouldn't even be necessary.]

spiky fast people of the world unite

[voltecpower]

[Hot dogs? Nah, Pulse didn't need to eat. Or at least, he shouldn't really try to; his half-formed digestive system causes him to feel sick whenever he attempts to eat anything. You can find him indoors, checking the physical bulletin boards for notices on things that might not have been crossposted to the school network. Can't be too careful.]

[travelingsandstorm]

[What a curious looking person. Was he dressed up as a robot or an actual robot? Half man, half bot? Acacia had to know and now was the perfect opportunity to do so.

Quietly, she stepped up beside him, acting as if she was interested in the boards (and to some extent, she was, but she could always look at the postings later).]

Sup. Looking for something in particular?

[voltecpower]

[Aah, a person! Lady. Lady-person. Get a grip, Pulse, all she did was ask you a question.]

Um, uh... N-not really. Just in general, I guess. Sorry if I was in... your way...

[Oh. He didn't recognize her.]

...Exc-cuse me, ma'am, are you a new student here?

[travelingsandstorm]

[Ah ha ha. Oh, the shy types. Acacia loved them so. She took a step closer and leaned in so her face was closer to his.]

Nope! You're not in my way, so don't be sorry. I am a new student, though. So you're right about that. My name's Acacia, and you are?

he has horns can he join the spiky club too

[rivalkidneypunch]

[Oh, look, it's the Charizard that is totally like eight thousand times cooler and better and stronger than Blue's Charizard. He's making his way across the campus green, his thoughts preoccupied with maybe getting some lunch. It smells kinda like hot dogs in this post for some reason, you see.]

MAYBE. But he has to be lv9000 COOL, not 8000..

[travelingsandstorm]

[Acacia certainly did have to question the smell of hot dogs in the air. They seem to be all over the place today. But more importantly....

HELLO, CHAR.

Seeing this matchstick causes a big, cheeky grin to surface on her face. It is a grin of no good intentions. And since Char seems to be deep in thought, Acacia takes the initiative to quickly run and hop onto his back.]

HEY LIZARD BREATH!

SHIT AND DAMN......

[rivalkidneypunch]

[OH HELLLLL NO. There was a pretty long laundry list of things Char didn't like (pretty much everything, to be specific), and these included strangers trying to grab piggyback rides off him
and going near his horns. Some lady he'd never heard before leaping up on his back and shouting down his neck: NOT SUPER GREAT.

The sound he made was not entirely graceful, his wings going so wild on either side of Acacia that they actually took the both of them a few inches off the ground.]

What the hell?!

[travelingsandstorm]

[HILARIOUS. Feeling them lift off the floor gave Acacia a little rush of excitement and she clung onto him even harder so as to not fall off. She practically squealed in delight.]

Yee haw! Higher, Char, higher!

[travelingbelle]

[Blue had a really bad habit of having the worst sleeping schedule known to man. Stay up late, wake up early, and attempt to function like a human being for the time inbetween. She was trying hard to do that in the afternoon.

There she was, outside on the quad, a picture of elegance:

Passed the fuck out under a tree with textbooks in her lap. Ah, such grace.]

[travelingsandstorm]

[No worries, Mom. You'll always look beautiful and graceful no matter what you do. Just seeing your sleeping face has Acacia sighing affectionately as she looks at you in adoration.

Not wanting to wake her momma up, Acacia decides to carefully tidy Blue up and set her books aside before snuggling up beside her and passing out herself. Ah... sleeping next to Blue... such is bliss.]

[travelingbelle]

[Blue woke up briefly anyway, staring bleary eyed at the brunette that had snuggled up next to her. Oh. Well. Snuggles weren't a threat.

And so she conked right back out.

When she stirred again some time later, it was because her face was kind of wet and oh she had drooled slightly on someone's hair a...h.........]

Frig.

[travelingsandstorm]

[Hearing her momma, Acacia stirred awake and felt a wet sensation on her shoulder. Curious, she looked over and...

Well. Even if in Acacia's book Momma could do no wrong, she still had to exert every effort not to grimace at the dribble on her newly acquired beloved hair. She would not show displeasure to her mom, but her frozen stare at the drool pretty much gave her away. Acacia had always been finicky about her appearance and cleanliness when not in battle.]

A...h... hah....

[That must have been the most unconvincing and sad laugh of the century.]

No. No worries... Momma. [She cleared her throat and tried to give a reassuring smile. It more or less looked like a strained one instead.] It's just... a bit of saliva. Nothing. Serious.

Hey I heard we're having a spike party

[monotreme_101]

Knuckles didn't eat no stinkin' hotdogs.

He ate tofu dogs.

But today he was eating a pineapple.

With one hand. With the other hand he was reading a book. It looked like a pretty heavy-duty academic type book for one of the few classes he took where he needed to know the sorts of things they had in books. That probably accounted for why his face looked so scrunched up and confused.

Dare you approach?

Welcome to the Spike Party.

[travelingsandstorm]

Oh hey. It's a red spiky dude this time. First was blue, and now red. What was next? Yellow?

But supposedly Jolt could account for the yellow one.

"Hey there. Whatcha reading?" she casually asked as she stood beside him and tried to peer over his shoulder to check the pages out. He seemed awfully focused on it that Acacia had to wonder what the book was about.

Spike party woooooo!

[monotreme_101]

"It's this stupid book about cars." Knuckles muttered through a mouthful of pineapple. "Still learning about which car parts go into which--"

Wait.

Waaaaaait.

Who was that? It was a girl. It really truly was.

Knuckles swallowed his pineapple.

"....autoshop book." he clarified, throat starting to close out of sheer shyness. "I have to learn stuff about cars." he repeated, completely unhelpfully.

Have some spiked punch to relax, Knuckles. You'll surely need it.

[travelingsandstorm]

She bit back a laugh.

...Well, not really, but at least she only chuckled lightly. She noticed the pause - she'd have to be blind not to - and suddenly found him veeery entertaining.

Question: If the individual already has a red complexion, would you still be able to discern if he was blushing?

She'd like to find out.

"Autoshop book? That sounds interesting." Not really, but this red creature was worth the lie. "Mind if I sit with you? You said you 'have' to learn this stuff. Are you taking it for a class?"