Chemical Wasteland - MIA

[Tony]

If one were to look beyond the scope of the Kingdom of Soleanna, hundreds of miles to the far east, they would find themselves at the very outskirts of the planet's largest chemical refinery in existence. Out in the middle of the desert, there existed a facility that nobody could have believed to be real. Towering, grim structures and tanks of foul chemicals, plumes of blood red smoke pouring from hundreds of stacks across the entire wasteland, flashes of lightning as far as the eye can see -- it was an environmentalist nightmare. If there was such a thing as an endless night, this was the place to find it. No sunlight of any kind existed here -- adding to the already ominous nature of this location.

It was certainly not hidden, by any definition of the word. The entire facility was alight with varying hues of bright colours, making the very plant's existence quite obvious to the rest of the world. But in this dark setting, none were fool enough to attempt an attack. Security was high, and thousands of drones were either wandering the very borders of the plant, or scouring the smog-laden sky for airborne intruders.

The labyrinthine chemical plant appeared to go on for miles and miles, almost never-ending -- until finally, towards the center of this disastrous construct, the chemical towers ended, to be replaced by one sole building that was monstrous within its own right. Covered in a sleek sheen of chrome, this was the main hub of the entire plant -- Dr. Eggman Nega's primary headquarters.

And it appeared that, today, he was home.

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Seated in his main office, Dr. Julian Nega watched the going-ons of his facility on several security monitors, occasionally leaning towards a microphone to issue new directives to some of his metallic drones. Today was to be the beginning of a new mission - that is to say, it would have been, save for one particular issue that had been on the back of his mind for quite some time now...

With this note in mind, Julian once again switched his microphone on.

"Would a miss Metal Blaze please report to the main office? We have... issues to go over. Now[/b]."

[Jammerlee]

Shortly after Nega sent out his summon, the sound of heavy and mechanical footfalls could be heard approaching the good doctor's office. As the door whisked open to permit 'Miss Metal Blaze' entrance, a flurry of hearts seemed to surround the lilac feline metallix as she preformed a few ballet twirls over the threshold, ending with a bow before her beloved master.

"HEELllllooooo NEGGY~" Maze greeted with a bright mechanical purr.

[Tony]

The doctor smirked, sipping from a personal tea cup as his most efficient weapon danced elegantly into his office. She was rather prompt, too -- he hardly had to put forward any amount of effort to get this one to do what she was told. The perfect robot -- was obedience a thing that his Gaian counterpart had been able to master as well as he...?

The track records shows... pfffff ha.

Sip.

"Thank you for your rather quick arrival, Maze. Once again, you show me how reliable you can be... Now then, allow me to ask you..."

Pressing his fingers together, Nega slowly turned his chair towards the wall of security monitors that stood behind his desk, eying the displays passively as he draped a leg across his knee.

"... Where is Eiffel?"

[Jammerlee]

Maze placed a clawed fingertip up to her face plate, her glowing cyan eyes drifting up toward the ceiling, as though the answer she was looking for may have been written up there.

"Uhhh..." she trailed off. "Yannow, I think the last time I saw him, was, like, in Gaia or something. Before Brizzy got all the Sol Emeralds back?" her head canted to one side. "Yeah, totally. That was, like, four or five months ago? I don't think he, like, ever made it back."

[Tony]

"Exactly."

He spun back around, and rose from his chair, leaning towards Maze as his hands rested upon the control panel. "I have received no news of his return, nor any sort of information in regards to his current position. Communication should have been no problem -- I discovered how to keep instructions flowing neatly between you two and myself during that whole fiasco. So the only thing I can think of... is that between the closure of the events of four-to-five months ago and today... something happened."

Reclaiming his seat, Dr. Julian took a long sip from his cup of Earl Grey. A brow was raised, as Nega began to think heavily.

"..."

The cup was set back down. Empty.

"So... here's what I'm proposing, my dear... You're going to go back to Gaia, and figure out what happened back there. If there is so much as a piece of his hardware left, it needs to be reclaimed so that I may rebuild that robot from the ground up. That particular employee of mine is far too important to the Negaman Empire -- I need to send him on more missions to further test his special alloy."

Once again, he stood, and began to slowly pace towards the monitors, hands behind his back as he went. "He was last recorded as leaving the Gaian floating island -- though, in what manner, I cannot say. After that, all transmissions went fuzzy while he was traveling, so even I am unsure of where this path went. There are a number of possibilities - the most likely of which appeared to be Grand Metropolis. However, the main seaside city of Station Square is just as likely. You need to do your best, and get me my robot back. Wherever the fool monkey might be hiding... find him.

Dr. Nega tilted his head a mite, almost peering at Maze from over the rims of his proper, pointy eyeglasses. "Can you do that for me? My dear Maze?"

[Jammerlee]

"Of course I can!" the robokitten answered with a heavy dose of enthusiasm. "Like, it's been totally boring without Fifi around anyway, and Brizzy never wants to hang out! She always has to, like, send her guards after me or some junk..."

[Tony]

"Ah, yes, well..." Facing back towards the monitors, Nega cleared his throat and stood tall. "Speaking of the princess, that's something else we'll have to look into -- what her movements have been since your last encounter, specifically. If she's getting any cocky ideas about attempting to take me down, we need to ensure that we ... well. Quell these foolish ideas, you see."

Turning a bit, the doctor rested his fist atop his hip, and gazed at his excitable creation. "But that can wait until after you find our monkey! Anything that Blaze may try during your absence, I can most assuredly tend to it myself with little trouble. So, focus on your mission!"

And, seemingly out of nowhere, his opposing hand procured another cup of hot tea, the doctor giving the drink a mighty sip.

"Any... questions?"

[Jammerlee]

"Just one!" Maze said, shooting an enthusiastic arm up into the air.

... ... ...

... ... ...

"Would you like me to get you some biscuits for your tea?"

Oh Maze.

[Tony]

"... Why, yes, Maze, my dear. That would be most appreciated."

Sip.

"And once you have finished, you may be dismissed. Retrieve my monkey!"

[Dr. Mechano]

"Yo ho hooo!"[/b]

The doors swung open suddenly, as the lumbering robotic pirate Captain Whisker stormed into the room. With a hearty laugh, he pointed a metallic finger at Metal Blaze, and shouted, "Beggin' yer pardon, Miss Maze! But me an' me mateys are wonderin' if we might be o'some assistance to yer hunt!"

He turned to address Eggman Nega, nodding his head politely, "Er, that is, if it be permissible to ye, sir."

[Jammerlee]

Maze turned, tilting her head to one side, before shrugging her shoulders with a happy expression. "I'm totally fine with that if Neggy is~"