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Shadow the Hedgehog ([personal profile] limiterrings) wrote2025-02-25 05:42 pm

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Catch-all and open post for Shadow! Text, brackets, prose, images! I'm fine with anything. I can take him from any canon point, send me a PM if you'd like to discuss or check out my info page!
thelightshines: (To the sound)

[personal profile] thelightshines 2025-03-22 04:53 am (UTC)(link)
[His brows furrow as his grip on the other's hand tightens. Either he's out of practice, or his other is just that capable of rejecting his presence. Perhaps both. In any other circumstances, he be impressed by their willpower, but it's proving to be an annoying obstacle. He isn't deterred though. No member of the Black Arms has ever rejected him, Ultimate Lifeform or not. He just has to make adjustments from his usual approach from whatever he did long ago. He just knows. He ignores the voice from the outside. It's not his concern, his battle is currently within.

The torrent of raging emotions isn't all that different from what he sees in other members of the Black Arms. An incohesive mess. All of them are creations of Black Doom, nothing natural about their makeup. But there's always a code hidden somewhere among the mess, all programmed into them in case...certain actions need to be taken. Something tells him it'll be different with his other. Not a direct creation, but still has Black Doom's blood flowing in them. Perhaps why he struggles to get through.

Their rage was also personal. That hatred towards all of humanity, it runs deep. And he can't even be upset by it, because he shares in that sentiment. Humans are cruel and disgusting creatures. He's come to hate them, for what they've done to him, Maria, the glimpse he saw of his other's life. For a moment, he thought letting the Black Arms invade Earth is what they deserve. But no, he's been through this already, his other's feelings getting into his mind. Destroying Earth won't bring anyone back. None of those memories will return.

He could also feel animousity and hatred being directed at him, his connection to the Black Arms. Heh, he can't deny that either. He hates what he's learned about himself, wishing for those days when he was blissfully unaware, with Maria, being a kid. But he can't go back anymore. It was all just a fluke, a life he can never have. Now here he is, using a power bestowed by Black Doom to find his other. He hates it.

It's a strange contradiction from his other though, when Black Doom could easily annihilate all of humanity. They don't want that. They choose not to for some reason, holding all of this hatred inside of them instead.]


Tch. Having trouble recognizing who I am? Let me help you! [His other will feel a wave of emotions sent to combat theirs. Powerful, matching their torrent of emotions. Hate, anger, frustration, but also sadness, uncertainty and fear. Flashes of their fight with the bio lizard copy, escaping the cave-in, the question they ask each other.

"Who are you?"

They were all attached to these emotions. He will not be treated like another Black Arms minion, Doom or whatever. He is Shadow.]
thelightshines: (broken)

[personal profile] thelightshines 2025-03-22 10:30 pm (UTC)(link)
[He feels the other hate and animosity striking him, leaving mental cuts, like a warning should he continue to press. But he isn't pushing anymore than he needs to. Despite his intrusion, he's choosing only to press back if he feels the connection starts to wane. Even with all his emotions thrown at them, there was no hostility behind them. Whether the other notice in their current emotional state is unknown.

They are only focused on his nature, fixated on it, something he cannot hide. He's not going to try in front of his other. The question feels loaded. No matter how he answers, it will not end well for himself. No matter what, the Black Arm's blood flows in him, just like his other.]


...A monster like you. [Whatever comes from that response, he'll bear it. He refuses to leave until he brings back the other. If he gets killed in the process...well, so be it.] You're losing control. [He states the reason for his presence, but doesn't openly state to help. He's sure they would want to work through it themselves, but regardless the method, they need to come back. Who knows how long the owner of that other voice will wait before deciding to just take matters into their own hands.]
thelightshines: (This image was bait)

[personal profile] thelightshines 2025-03-23 01:12 am (UTC)(link)
[The moment he felt progress was the moment the ground starts to split. The connection barely holds. He blinks back in the waking world. Reality? He isn't sure what is real or not anymore. As he does, his phantom within the connection fades. Their only connection now is by his blood that managed to seep into his other, like a parasite. His grip still on his other's hand despite the additional gap.

Irritated, he stares up at the masked face above them. There are sparks in his other hand as something starts to form.]
Enough talk. [He takes aim, a tiny ball of chaos energy had form as he fires it toward the face. He doesn't know if they're actually there or just an illusion. He know he's grown tired of their constant interruptions. Once that little orb reaches within vicinity of that head, it will suddenly expand into a black hole, blocking all light and pulling anything close by into it. It's much more controlled than what was shown in those testings, only threatening the space it was occupying and not expanding much further.

You are not like me.

His other voice rings in his ear. No, not just them. There's cheering...? He presses his free hand to the side of his head. These images...what's being written on that paper, even he doesn't recall being privvy to such a thing. But some of the tests listed there...he remembers going through a few of them. The last one, something with Maria? What? Why, was he seeing this? Why was his other seeing this? The other's remaining words reaching him. The implications are concerning.]
Shadow?!
thelightshines: (oh...okay)

[personal profile] thelightshines 2025-03-23 02:21 am (UTC)(link)
[The blackhole soon disappates, letting in the light from above. Whatever that annoying apparition was had disappeared for now. His focus can return to his other. The black ooze was receding, that should be promising, but he can still sense turmoil in his other. This drive to move, go somewhere. Away.

He moves to stand as his other takes a step. Their eyes seem distant, focused on something else. Ahead. He glances in the same direction as his other for a moment, unable to see whatever they're seeing. He looks back when they start to cough, remaining still. Quietly.]
Shadow...? [Despite all he remembers, that softness about him never quite left him.]
thelightshines: (What I can do)

[personal profile] thelightshines 2025-03-23 02:47 am (UTC)(link)
[He cannot. Their lives are too connected in more ways than one now. If he experienced memories that belonged to his other during that time they were separated, then they must have seen his memories as well. Something there, made them snap. Is that his own fault...? No, some other force is trying to pit them against each other. The masked individual.

He can't look into them right now. It is invaluable that he gets his other back to their senses first. They seem fixated on one point, ignoring everything else around them. He needs to make another connection that his blood cannot do alone. He reaches to gently grab their hand, avoiding any sudden movements and just let him be aware he's next to them.]
thelightshines: (but time can't be borrowed)

[personal profile] thelightshines 2025-03-23 05:06 pm (UTC)(link)
[He tenses, seeing what his other sees, what he's had to relived for the last fifty years. All that he felt in that moment, reflected back at him through his other. It was so much, a heavy pressure pushing against him, threatening to swallow him. Reminding him what they've done to him, to her. Murderous intent creeping up. More intense than anything he ever felt on his own. Searching. Seeking to end them.

It's still wrong.

A small voice, still pushing back. He's starting to wonder who that voice is, keeping him from falling into the pit several times now. Their hand squeezing his, but it doesn't give him reassurance.]


Don't. [That isn't their fight. They shouldn't be driven to burn his Earth. Why is he even defending it though? Certainly not for the reason he cares about anyone on his planet. Cause he's seen enough of it? Planets burning and die. Over and over. Newer memories conflicting with the old. His devotion toward his own creator, not as strong as before.]
thelightshines: (is all that I get)

[personal profile] thelightshines 2025-03-23 09:28 pm (UTC)(link)
[Their grip is loosening, even as he continues to feel murderous intent boiling underneath. Their emotions has not calm, and it feels like he's being pushed further away. So he keeps holding onto their hand, refusing to let them go.]

Shadow, listen. [Do they even hear him anymore? Doesn't matter, he has to try.] Someone is making you feel this way. Make us hurt. I saw them. [Why? He still doesn't know. He doesn't recognize that masked face. He just knows this is likely what they want, his other to fall into a trap.]
thelightshines: (I want you to know)

[personal profile] thelightshines 2025-03-23 11:39 pm (UTC)(link)
[He's met with silence still, ears falling slightly. Though the whirlwind of emotions from them seems to be lessening...? That should be good, right? But they still aren't responding, still seeing something that isn't there. What does he do?

He watches, seeing their eyes searching. Pass him, back to him, pass him again. His own eyes searching for a way for them to recognize what is reality once more. His ears perk up, recalling a memory, when he looked at the stars with Maria. He pulls at their hand, coming closer. He then places their hand over his chest fur, there, a heartbeat. Could he feel that? That's real.]
I'm right here.
thelightshines: (of your loneliness)

[personal profile] thelightshines 2025-03-24 12:47 am (UTC)(link)
[He stands there, waiting. Watching. He thought for a moment it wasn't going to work, until he could see a shift in their eyes. A weight that slowly lifts within them. They...they're looking right at him. Recognition. His heart might have skipped a beat when they started speaking, to him! His eyes brighten for only a moment, but it returns to concern. No, he doesn't think they're back just yet. Their claim has him puzzled, tilting his head.]

Where is here? [Were his other still seeing something, or talking about the current reality?]
thelightshines: (I know you crossed a bridge)

[personal profile] thelightshines 2025-03-24 01:45 am (UTC)(link)
[...Ah. The hand holding his other's falters for a second. But then, he decides to let him go after a moment. His other seems to be with him now, aware of their surroundings. He's starting to feel anxious though, worried about where this could go. He can't hide what he is, he doesn't want this to start another fight between them. Not until they locate that masked individual. After that, then...]

...He's not here. He never was. [He couldn't quite meet his others eyes as he assures him. It's not a lie though, he would have known as well.] There was someone else who was here. A...masked faced? I think they're the ones responsible for bringing us together. [He tries to move the subject, but he already knows that is likely ineffective. All he can do, is be ready for whatever his other decides to tell him, or do.]
Edited 2025-03-24 01:47 (UTC)
thelightshines: (reconsidering)

[personal profile] thelightshines 2025-03-24 11:25 pm (UTC)(link)
...Just us when I came to. The masked face, they weren't actually here. Just an illusion. [He's still not looking directly at them, but he can feel their eyes on him.]

When we got separated...I fell into your memories. [He sounds apologetic about it, eventhough it wasn't his intention to see into his memories. Memories that trigger old ones to return. His ears fall back slightly.] You must have been in mine. You...you were still trapped in them when I saw you again.
thelightshines: (shines through)

[personal profile] thelightshines 2025-03-25 12:19 am (UTC)(link)
[He turns his head slightly at that, frowning. Were they just fishing for a certain answer from him? Expect him to say something that will give them a reason to do...something? His brows furrow, eyes managing to meet theirs once more.]

...Why don't you tell me what's troubling you first? [He wants to hear what they really want to say to him.]

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