ArtemisDrake

The corgi beamed as he was spoken to by the female feline. She was a pretty one too, but that could wait. He shook his head slightly to dismiss his other thoughts before pointing down at the array of equipment sitting on the stall. "I've got to say, I'm really impressed with everything you have here." He tried to sound professional, but he wasn't sure how well he was pulling it off. "But, I'd like to ask... is it just limbs or do you do attachments too? Like, add-on equipment and such." His professional tone upped and failed him, there was no point trying to maintain it. Plus the ice cream stain on his shirt wasn't helping his image.

Custom jobs, eh?  Zeneris thought to himself as he eyed over their equipment. Then he shook his head and simply accepted the fact that there was nothing these guys could do for him. But they were very shiny... What was he, a corgi or a magpie? He pocketed his hands and stuck his tongue out, clearly grumpy now. Then he had another thought. Maybe they did extra limbs, but what about attachments? He waved his hand at the cats, hoping to at least get one of their attention spans to notice him. "Uh, hey, yeah, excuse me? I got a question about your gear that doesn't involve debates and stuff."

Blinking slowly at the equipment on show, Zeneris couldn't help but grin to himself. He wasn't normally into the whole sciency side of things but he was well aware of what was awesome and what clearly wasn't. He couldn't help but let out an audible giggle as the grapple was shot. He finished off his ice cream and stepped closer, looking over the equipment on the stall. Limbs, both arms and legs could be seen on the stall, only interesting him more. He was half jealous at the fact that he didn't have a limb missing, because these were definitely up there as number one choice. ...not that he was contemplating any other competition at this point.

Passing by with ice cream in hand, a young corgi grinned to himself as his tongue lapped over the flavour and tip of his dessert, making rather satisfying noises as he ate. "Damn, nothing better than a bit of strawberry on a day like- oh, sunnova gun..." He groaned, wiping at his shirt. Strawberry ice cream on a white shirt, never a good mix. He huffed slightly and went back to his ice cream. He guessed he just had to go around looking like a mucky pup.

Suddenly, his ear twitched and his gaze was torn from his treat at one particular individual complaining rather brashly in the R&D Area. Curious, he picked up his feet and trotted close to what looked like a stall for metal limbs. No, cybernetics. Valuing his dessert more than the confrontation at hand, Zeneris kept his distance, observing the argument from a distance.

Blade continued to stare at the human with a mixture of awkwardness and disbelief. It was clear this man actually thought he was a wolf... or was suffering from serious brain damage. He listened intently to his story however, slowly scratching his chin in thought as Kynan spoke. A colossal panda? Magic portals home? It was all a very hard story to believe. Still, it was clear the man was distressed so probing him for answers himself clearly wouldn't get him anywhere.

"Blaze, do you know who would be best at figuring out something like this? I can't say I have much expertise in portals and giant pandas..." The hedgehog asked, a look of pure confusion now coating his face.

"Well I wouldn't really constitute dimension hopping to be on the same scale as time travel..." The hedgehog pondered, frowning slightly as he scratched his chin with curiosity. "To be honest with you, I'm agreeing with Arty on this one for a change. Perhaps we do need a higher up's opinion on this one. It's not going to do us any good to just sit here pondering now is it?"

"Time travelling... what utter crap. It's clear that he's just turned up from another place and is trying to take over-"

"Hey whoa now Arty, you're jumping to conclusions again." The hedgehog cut the husky off again, frowning this time from how agitated he was getting. "Look, something is clearly off here and we need to get to the bottom of it. How's about instead of getting so aggravated with the guy, you go find someone that can help us?" Artemis just scoffed again, grabbing his basket and storming off.

"You two deal with him. But don't come crying to me when things go down the crapper, because I told you so!" Blade simply sighed heavily as Artemis walked off, folding his arms in frustration.

"Boy that dog is a heap of irritation sometimes..." He muttered, before turning back to Kynan. "I'm sorry about him. Despite his demeanor, he's normally quite good around people."

"Oh I doubt that..." Artemis snuffed, curling his lip at Blade introducing him unnecessarily.

Blade in turned gripped the human's wrist, grinning back. He turned to the feline and nodded his head in agreement, scratching his chin thoughtfully. "You may be on to something there, Blaze. It's weird enough someone hacking a radio to pieces but just appearing out of thin air? Yeah that''ll tip the scale..." At that moment, it occurred to Blade that there was still a large crowd of people watching, so he took it upon himself to address them, telling them there was nothing to be afraid of and trying to calm them down.

"Why would you be giving our information away to this person, Blaze?" Artemis scoffed spitefully, "We don't even know if anything he's speaking is the truth-"

"Hey hey hey, settle your fur, Arty pal..." A voice sounded from in the tree above them, hopping down to reveal his black and blue spines. The young hedgehog grinned as he stood from his fall, brushing his arms off of any dust. "I apologize for my little husky friend here. He's not the best at first introductions, but I usually am." He turned his head to Blaze, winking with a cheeky grin. "Blaze, looking as lovely today as always." Artemis scoffed at the hedgehog and turned his back, folding his arms in frustration. "Oh, but where are my manners?" He remembered, snapping his fingers. "Allow me. The grumpy pooch you see behind me is Artemis. He doesn't like people that much. You've already met Blaze and I, am Bladicus. You may call me Blade though." He smiled, holding his hand out to the stranger.

"...Pack? Alpha? Word as a-did you hit your head or something??" Artemis spat in anger, his ears flattening in anger as his snarl grew louder. Clearly this man was trying to talk down to him and he wasn't prepared to take that sitting down. Fury only grew when the man turned away from him, muttering nonsense about a panda and victories and so he balled his hand into a fist, which was now sparking with a visible aura.

"I don't care who you are, you've just pissed off the wrong canine, pal!" He drew it back a little, about the punch the ground beneath him when all of a sudden, he heard the familiar voice of a feline he had met once before. His head turned violently to Blaze before twitching his eye slightly, almost immediately making the aura around his fist disappear before standing up straight, flicking his trademark trench coat behind him with an audible and irritated snuff.

"I've no idea where he came from." The husky grumbled, eyeing the human up and down. "He just appeared out of thin air, literally. Ask anyone..." He continued, looking around at the number of scared people now watching this scene.

"Yuma? Pack? I don't know any Yuma and I sure as Hell don't have a pack..." 

Artemis was growing more and more weary of this person. At first glance, he looked like another Overlander, just like Robotnik. There was something off about him though, he couldn't place that. He was about to turn on his heel to inform someone that he had arrived unexpectedly in the middle of the village square but instead ended up stepping back in both surprise and terror as the man unleashed his sword on the defenseless radio.

"Hey!" The husky shouted in surprise, dropping his basket with a snarl, "What the Hell is your problem you moron?! You could have hit someone with that sword!" It only cemented his anger further when the man picked up the radio, conversing with it as though he'd discovered a lost child. "Hey! I'm talking to you!"

"...well, this is certainly something that doesn't happen everyday."

Casually making his way back to his hut from foraging, the young husky had literally almost peed himself from surprise. Just a few minutes ago, he was hauling back an abundance of fruit and nuts in a basket to stock up on food. Now, he was currently trying to pick it all up from stumbling backwards at the sudden appearance of a hole appearing in the middle of the village. Expressing a quick thank you to anyone that helped him, he marveled in awe at the person stepping through, as he was sure many others were too. This wasn't something that happened just any day of the week. The closest they got was the local kids pretending to be ninjas and falling out of the trees.

"...hey, who the hell are you? And how did you find this place?" The canine asked in a rather less-than-pleasant manner. He was terrible with people anyway, but his lack of people skills were the least of his worries here.

Miles you're awesome! \o3o/

And a jolly New year to you all too! 8D

Bah humbug!

Edit: Darn autocorrect. I meant Merry Christmas!

Sitting on the very outskirts of the village of Knothole sat a rather small, yet cozy wooden hut, adorned with a large leaf roof and a snaking stone path leading to the front door. With the combined effort of two individuals, namely a hedgehog named Bladicus and a husky named Artemis, the pair of them had constructed a nice little abode, complete with two beds, a pair of trunks for their clothing and supply needs and a fireplace for those cold nights. Situated in front of the fireplace were two armchairs. One medium sized one for the hedgehog and a rather larger one to accommodate the husky's size. Although situated away from the village, it was still within sight of the village square, mainly because of the husky's terrible sense of direction, being able to get lost literally from his front door to the end of his hut's path.

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