Knothole: Alarm Music

[Jammerlee]

(I have no idea what I'm doing I just wanna get a thread started over here)


The morning sun filtered down through the massive trees of the Great Forest. Birds chirped in their morning symphony and the air, cool and crisp without the heat of the day yet upon it, had a pleasant stillness to it. Water from a nearby streak could be heard trickling. Indeed, it was a pleasant and relaxing morning.

Until...


TWANG!

A few birds shrieked and scattered by the sudden ruckus. Spinning around on his way to his favorite spot on the bridge was a blue hedgehog. He shredded a large red guitar in his arms, headbanging as its riffs drowned out that of all birdsong and he stomped his feet hard into the wood upon reaching the bridge.

"Yeah... yeah! Kick it! Good morning Great Foor~eeeest!" Sonic cried out, entirely engrossed in his own music.

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Some distance away, a wolf breathed hard as she stumbled down a forest pathway, using her spear for support as she pushed aside the fronds blocking the path. She'd traveled a great distance, all the way from the Great Unknown, hoping to find Sonic and Sally again after they'd rescued her pack before. For all that meant now...

She settled down on a rock, pulling a canteen out of her pack, unscrewing it to have a sip. She was grateful there were more streams around here, meaning she did not have to be as stingy about water.

As she was about to dump the contents in her mouth...she heard a strange noise off in the distance. Some sort of loud noise. Was it some kind of new badnik? She'd never heard such a noise before. Jumping, she dived into a nearby scattering of bushes, trembling as she tried to look around and spot the threat, her spear in hand...

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Hopping around the bridge, Sonic continued to shred at his guitar, his voice carrying over the forest. "Fuel burnin' like a freight train, red line and I'm givinin' it moooooore! City lights are burnin' bright behind me! Top down, I push it to the floooooor!"

Hopping up onto the railing, he leaned backwards with a howling, "WHOOOAAAA WHOOOAAAAA--AAAAAAAHHHHHUGH!"

... And then promptly slipped and tumbled into the water with a loud TWUNK as his guitar bashed him over the head.

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Lupe continued listening to the strange sound. Was that supposed to be some kind of musical instrument? She thought she could hear a tune or melody or something like that through all the noise, but the Wolf Pack certainly didn't bring out any instruments like that for their celebrations and festivals...

Her ear perked up as she heard a voice too, singing along with the strange riffs. She couldn't quite make out the words, but it sounded familiar to her. Could that be... "Sonic?" It had been a while since the last time they'd met, but he always had that confident tone in his voice, no matter what.

Then there was a loud thunk, followed up by a splash. Lupe's ears curled back, eyes scrunching together at the noise. That sounded painful... Should she go to investigate though? She wouldn't put it past Robotnik to design his machines to trick people with familiar voices. Then again, a machine wouldn't jump in water, right?

Decision made, she broke from cover, her spear in her hand as she moved towards where the splash had come from, trying to listen for the noise of water.

[Jammerlee]

Bursting back through the water's surface with a gasp, Sonic clutched at his guitar with one arm as he paddled toward the bank. He looked around as he pulled himself to his feet, sheepishly hoping no one had seen that.

"D'aaaah, maaaan," Sonic mumbled as he turned his focus onto his soaked guitar. "Uncool."

"SONIC T HEDGEHOG," a voice shouted through the trees at that point. The started hedgehog quickly set his guitar aside and leaned into the pole of the bridge as a tawny colored rabbit charged onto the scene. "Just what to ya'll think yer doin' causin' such a racket at this hour?!"

"Who, me?" Sonic answered, nonchalantly looking at his fingertips. "I was just playing a little diddy. You saying you don't like myyyy sweet riffs?"

"Sweet riffs nothin', halfa Knothole's still asleep! Or were! Ya'll're lucky Sally-girl ain't back yet cuz--" she paused with a double-take. "Why're y'all wet?"

"Me? Wet?" the hedgehog's eyes drifted down toward his still dripping body. "Oh this? It's just sweat from my morning run. Humidity and all that."

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Lupe slowed down as she heard a second voice, one that was unfamiliar to her as she'd only met Sonic before. She ducked behind a tree, her pointed ears darting about as she tried to track the noise.

Her voice... It had a strange tone or accent to it, although she sounded friendly enough, even as she chastised Sonic. By this point she was close enough to make out individual things of what they were saying though. She had to admit, even in her present situation, she found it somewhat amusing that Sonic was trying to cover up the fact he'd taken a dunk in the water. No way that could be some machination of Robotnik imitating Sonic. It was far too authentic and on the nose.

I think I've found the place. Still, I should be cautious so as not to alarm them.

Stepping out from behind the tree trunk, she spied both Sonic getting out of the water, along with a bunny next to him. Grinning, she lowered her spear, waving to the other two on the other side of the water. "Hello there!" she called out.