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Name: Nam Dae Hyun

World: Sonic the Hedgehog

Story

About a half a mile out from the walls of a city in the cool desert night, a pair of Egg Pawns patrol the outer perimeter. The expressionless robots surveyed the landscape, expecting to find intruders that had been frequenting the city walls recently. Protocols having deemed this area clear of imminent threat, the two turn to move onward to the next designated patrol coordinates.
Wham!
One turns to witness a split second of a dark figure having pounced onto its partner patrol unit, crushing it almost flat. The Pawn began moving to eliminate the threat, but was swiftly wrapped up in a sticky, string-like substance before it could properly identify the target. The Pawn was then flung into the nearest tree, crushed on impact.
Standing there over the aftermath, the jumping spider sets down his tracking web to establish the the point of assault.

“Patrol is down, North East gate is wide open for some egg cracking. Follow the web, it’ll take you right to me.” he says into his communication device.

“I can’t see it Dae, where is it?” a grizzly voice crackles over radio.

“I can’t see it either, Dae…” affirms a female voice, echoed in the other line as well.

“Guys, just keep moving around until you see the shimmer of light, it’s not that hard.” he huffs, rolling his eyes. “Lemme know when you guys are close, Min.”

“Already inbound, buddy.” a third voice proclaims. “Let’s make Sonic proud, Freedom Fighters!”

“Make Sonic proud…” Dae mulls over these words, crouching down to start making something out of webbing.

Eggman has taken over the world. Scattered across Mobius are his factories, cities held captive, and a robot army at every turn. But rumor has it, a hero named Sonic, and his friends, the Freedom Fighters, have been successful in taking back parts of the world. Having heard of their bravery, people around the world are mustering what they can to put a stop to Eggman’s tyranny. Dae Hyun and his friends couldn’t stand by and watch Eggman rule with a cruel, iron fist.

After a moment, he stood up to admire the little Sonic sculpture he had erected atop the crushed robot’s body. He turned to see a heron, a panda, and a koala swiftly approaching. Dae took out his camera, snapped a picture for his art collection, and in the blink of an eye, jumped halfway to the wall. In two more jumps and two more blinks, he had scaled the city wall with his powerful legs. At the top, just before jumping down into the city, he turned and looked to the horizon.

“You can count on us, Sonic,” he heaves out under his sighing breath. With a flick of his dew hat, he descended upon the unwary Egg legion, his friends Min, Joon, and Soo close behind. Tonight, this city will freed of Eggman’s grasp.

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