SSMB Heroes Academy: Resurgence - Episode 48: Dungeons & Dragons & Also Some Despair Too!
DAILY LIFE: After-Battle Maintenance
Club Penguin, Tails' Workshop
With a small snort, Tails woke up from his nap. Looking down, he noticed droll on his desk's surface.
"Wow. Pretty unprofessional of me," the Sentinel groaned, wiping the drool off with his glove. Turning around, he noticed Chi was still there, waiting to be tended to. It appeared he was in some sort of sleeping state too. But not for long.
Chi soon came out of standby mode, and checked his systems for any irregularities. Nothing out of the ordinary, it seemed. Looking around, he saw the Sentinel fox sitting by his desk. "Hey, Tails," Chi said, trying to get his attention, "...how's the repair coming along?"
"So far so good, I suppose," Tails explained. "Aside from the odd nap in-between." The fox then hopped off his seat and walked around his igloo, adjusting his family photos.
"That's... good," Chi replied, though with some hesitation. "Not gonna lie, staying in one place all day gets dull real fast." He then took notice of the photos in the igloo. They did stand out a little compared to everything else in the workshop. "Is... that your family?" he asked, referring to the others in one particular photo.
"Yeah. Me, Sonic, Knuckles, Shadow, Silver, Amy, Cream, Blaze, and..." Tails paused for a moment, looking forlorn for a brief moment. "...Yeah. That's my family. You saw them before, dude."
"Right, I did..." said Chi, feeling embarrassed. "...Sorry. I do recall seeing them before, but... it's fuzzy. Like a fractured memory." The robot couldn't tell why this was happening. Perhaps it was due to the repairs, or a failsafe of sorts, or something else entirely. Either way, it didn't help him feel any better.
Tails gave a sigh of relief. "It's fine. I figured your memory banks might be a little jumbled," he said, using Chi's comment as a means of changing the subject. He tapped the robot's head as a means of expression, and said, "Don't worry, I can fix it up soon."
"That's a relief," Chi said as Tails picked up his Utility Wrench. "I wouldn't want to forget about..." He paused before he could properly finish his sentence, staying silent for a moment. He let Tails do what he needed to do, but eventually he spoke up again. "...Do you miss them? The other Sentinels?"
"Hm?" Tails asked, twitching his ear. "You're making it sound like I haven't seen them in a long time. As a Disciple, we meet every day. I'm just juggling between two jobs." With an empathetic sigh, he added, "Guess I can't say the same for some of the other Skylanders here."
The robot went silent again for a moment. He had nothing else to discuss - at least, nothing that he wanted to discuss - so he decided to drop the subject. "...Forget I asked. Just wake me up when you're done," Chi muttered, before switching to standby mode.
"Alright. Let's get back to work," Tails muttered to himself. Turning to his family photos, he saw all the siblings he mentioned there. And yet that, for some reason, left him hung up. With a click of his tongue, he went back to work.
Credits:
Roleplay created by: Failinhearts and Crow the BOOLET
Adapted by: Spin Attaxx
Failinhearts: Tails (Sonic the Hedgehog (Sentinels))
NegaMetallix Chi (original, based on Sonic the Hedgehog)
