Station Square - Call to Adventure

[Xeric]

Station Square. A sprawling metropolis of shopping malls, hotels, casinos and gray skyscrapers as far as the eye can see... Not a favourite setting of a certain red and black Armadillo.



Mighty stood in front of Twinkle Park, his ears twitching from all the loud traffic, his eyes squinting from the flashing lights and cars speeding by. With the Chaotix off doing their own thing, it was about time Mighty took some time to do what he does best.. explore the planet starting with one of his favourite places, Windy Valley. Something about the sprawling nature suspended high in the air intrigued the Armadillo.

"Man, I hate the city" he moaned to himself as he tried to cross the street. "I'm gonna miss my train to the Mystic Ruins at this rate!"

[Scarz]

Meanwhile sitting on a bench outside of the train station, Lilli took to a pass time her "father" often worried about: walking and hardcore gaming on a handheld console with her favorite game on it, at the same time. She was intensely immersed in it and pacing back and forth as she played and not paying attention to her surroundings.

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"FINALLY!" Mighty exclaimed as he eventually found an opening to cross the street. As he ran up the steps towards the front doors--

THE TRAIN HEADING THE MYSTIC RUINS HAS DEPARTED

Mighty stopped dead in his tracks, turned back around and walked back down the stairs. He noticed the bench and the girl sat there.

"Um.. excuse me? You wouldn't happen to know when the next train out of the city is, would you? Im not from around these parts.."

[Scarz]

Noticing a pair of legs just above her console, she slowly looked up to meet eyes with the Armadillo, jumping back a little in surprise.

"Oh, sorry! I got kinda wrapped up in my game. Well, there should be a train arriving pretty soon. In fact I'm waiting for it---"

Her sentence was cut off when she saw the overhead display flashing the message that the train she was waiting for had already left, which she would have known had she taken her "father"'s warnings to heart.

"---To leave without... me... Aww man... Well, I'm sure another one'll be along soon. They come back every 20 or 30 minutes or so." 

[Xeric]

"That's good to know!"

Mighty sat on the bench next to the girl and looked down at her video game, something of which Mighty wasn't too fond of. He lent back on the bench and looked up at the sky.

"So.. are you heading to the Mystic Ruins too?" he questioned.

[Scarz]

"Yeah! I'm heading there for---"

She paused briefly. Was it really ok for her to be telling some guy she just met her own business right off the bat? It wasn't exactly something she could talk about right away with just anyone. Still, it didn't seem like she could get any negative feelings from him either. She switched off her game so she could focus on him.

"---An exploration trip. Thought it'd be a good time to see new areas and places, y'know? What about you?"

[Xeric]

"Yeah, same here!" he said excitedly.

The Armadillo stretched his arms into the air, then put them behind his head.

"Im a bit of an adventurer.. I love exploring new and exciting places. I'm actually heading towards Windy Valley for a bit of me time.. city life really isn't my cup of tea.."

[Scarz]

Her eyes lit up a little. She'd always hear stories about Adventurers, but never thought to actually meet one. She twisted towards him on the bench and smiled.

"Aha, I hear you on that. And yet I can't sleep with some bustle in the background. But still, An honest to goodness adventurer? That's so cool! You must have seen all sorts of cool places! I'm kinda a little envious admittedly."

She leaned in slightly, as if wanting to hear more about the Armadillo's exploits.

[Xeric]

"Heh.. yeah. I've traveled all over the world and saw all matter of things!" he bragged.

Mighty began telling telling this complete stranger all about his travels, from being captured by Eggman and meeting Sonic the Hedgehog, to his adventure with the Chaotix and Knuckles on Carnival Island. Suddendly, a loud announcement came from behind the pair.

THE TRAIN HEADING TO THE MYSTIC RUINS WILL BE DEPARTING SOON

[Scarz]

Listening to all of his amazing exploits, she couldn't help but feel lost in it all, start to finish. It felt as if she could see it all happening... Until the announcement quickly snapped her out of it.

"Ahaha, well I guess the train's here now! We should probably get on or we'll be stuck waiting around some more... Ahh, not that that's a bad thing or anything... except it is... but I mean---"

She got a bit flustered and tongue tied. With an apprehensive smile and a bit of embarrassment, she grabbed her backpack off of the floor next to her and bowed slightly to the armadillo, trying not to feel the embarrassment rushing to her head.

"IGOTTAGOGETONTHETRAINNOW!"

And with that, she ran off onto the train, her trying to hide embarrassment in vain.

[Xeric]

Before the Armadillo could even reply, the young girl had ran up into the train station.



Mighty just sat for a few moments, looking up at the sky. Maybe the city and the people in it weren't as bad as he thought.. even if he did forget to get the girls name.

Suddenly a loud voice came from behind Mighty.

THE LAST TRAIN TO THE MYSTIC RUINS HAS NOW DEPARTED.

"....great"