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| 20 | she/her jumping from one hyperfixation to another
full doodle:
February 11, 2025 at 4:04 PM
read right to left and then up down- you know what i don’t even care- 🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️ doodle is supposed to be messy anyway-
February 11, 2025 at 1:19 PM
full doodle:
February 11, 2025 at 1:18 PM
for the rest of the journey, shadow never dared to take his eyes off sonic. off the blue hedgehog.

//i imagined this took place in sonic x universe… i should really write sonic x’s sonadow someday…
February 11, 2025 at 8:48 AM
but shadow remained silent, and watched as sonic started walking again, acting as if the conversation hadn’t happened in the first place.

in shadow’s chest, his /artificial/ heart frantically beat.

almost as if it was alive and had tricked itself into thinking that it was a real heart.
February 11, 2025 at 8:48 AM
“i’ve been made to harness this power - this responsibility - ever since i’ve taken in my first breath of air.

so, no, shadow. i have not changed.

you must have been mistaken, or perhaps you just don’t know me well enough.

no one does. so do i.”

it was an odd thing to say.
February 11, 2025 at 8:48 AM
the voice that was adamantly telling him that sonic had truly changed - even in the way his eyes raked over shadow’s form whenever they’re looking at each other.

“it’s kind of my thing. /to be there for everyone and to stand for what is right/. i am not made to change nor evolve.”
February 11, 2025 at 8:48 AM
“ah, but i’m afraid you have mistaken one thing.”

shadow inhaled sharply.

“…and that is…?”

“it’s impossible for me to have changed, shadow. i am a /constant/. i can’t change.”

even as sonic claimed as such, shadow couldn’t stomp down the insistent voice in his head.
February 11, 2025 at 8:48 AM
“i jest, shadow. yes, you are right in your assumption, that is i am trying to find a way to save my friends who are trapped on that island.” sonic cheerily said - as if he wasn’t just restricted oxygen from entering shadow’s lungs from his words and stare alone a few seconds ago.
February 11, 2025 at 8:48 AM
there’s something in sonic’s eyes that was stopping shadow from saying anything.

shadow was pretty sure nothing about what’s going on at the moment was funny, but, abruptly, sonic laughed.

it uncharacteristically made shadow jolted, as if snapped awake.
February 11, 2025 at 8:48 AM
“you said it yourself: i love quiet. silence. maybe the thread that was holding me together snapped in that island, and i decided i had enough of their voices filling my ears - filling the silence.

how are you so sure my hands are clean of blood? based on our fleeting interactions?”
February 11, 2025 at 8:48 AM
“how can you be so sure that it wasn’t me who put an end to them?”

sonic’s question made shadow’s blood ran cold.

emerald green eyes were trained solely on ruby red ones, and shadow found himself unable to look away even if he wanted to.

shadow’s heartbeat spiked.
February 11, 2025 at 8:48 AM
he was certain that he got it right - but sonic simply smile at his words.

a smile was common to be seen on sonic - but this one felt different.

taking a step forward to shadow, sonic spoke:

“you talk as if you know me so well.”

“…it’s a guess from the few times we interacted-“
February 11, 2025 at 8:48 AM
“perhaps they are stuck on that island. and you managed to escape, and now you’re looking for ways to help them leave the island.” shadow guessed, finally voicing out what he thought sonic was doing in the middle of this forest. sonic may not say his intentions, but shadow could guess.
February 11, 2025 at 8:48 AM
shadow had no idea.

it was because of sonic’s most recent adventure did the world turn against sonic - when sonic and his friends went into an island only to return by himself.

shadow had thought that sonic would never abandon his friends like that.
February 11, 2025 at 8:48 AM
“you’re… not as talkative as i thought you’d be. you seem to prefer the silence over chatter. i had thought you would be prone to talking since you’re always going around with your group of friends - who have gone missing after your most recent adventure.”

“and where did you think my friends are?”
February 11, 2025 at 8:48 AM
“…you confuse me, is all. it’s been so long since we met, and… these past years must have changed you.” shadow had said.

sonic stopped in his tracks, and shadow stopped, too.

“change?”

“yes.”

“tell me, shadow. what about me that has changed?”

sonic’s tone was intrigued yet disinterested.
February 11, 2025 at 8:48 AM
shadow had always thought sonic would’ve been loud. incessant talking. persistent - because sonic was persistent to get to know shadow when he first met him. yet he’s so… quiet, now.

at some point, sonic finally pointed out shadow’s ‘observant’ nature.
February 11, 2025 at 8:48 AM
he never explained where he’s going, and it was not like it’s because it was a secret. if it was, he wouldn’t have let shadow tag along. when shadow got in trouble, distracted or things along those lines, sonic somehow would always be there to lend a helping hand.
February 11, 2025 at 8:48 AM
they started traveling together because shadow somehow found himself incapable of leaving, and followed sonic as the blue hedgehog went here and there. from this adventure, shadow learnt a lot of new things abt the blue hedgehog. contrary to what he had heard, sonic was not talkative at all.
February 11, 2025 at 8:48 AM