To make this more fun to you the reader, I suggest putting on the theme from Video Game Confessions ( /watch?v=tCrrZ1NnCuM )

Anime Confessions – Two Forgotten Characters

You're introduced to a young Saya-jin/Endurion male of African/Asian (we apologize for not informing you that he was Blasian) descent about 6'0" with a fighter's frame. His hair spiked and black with eyes of light gray and electrical blue ends on his hair. He wears a typical outfit of a bartender for a fancy restaurant.

"This is Ryo Nazo Blackthorn, a Time Patroller and younger brother to Jōshō. Ryo works in the seven-star restaurant known as the Tori Dragon Palace (which is two blocks away from the Pixel Palace). There, some of anime's most popular celebrities pop in to have a drink. Sometimes, they share stories, and even secrets. Because—as we all know—what the bartender hears is confidential... isn't it?"

Episode 24 – Princess Sara

So here I was tending the bar and in walks in a character most could barely remember, but I do, Princess Sara. Now who is she, you ask? Well, she was from a little-known Sonic OVA which is one of the examples of video game movies not sucking. The Nostalgia Critic even answered my request to review it….but I digress. You'd think she would be even worse off than Topaz, and you'd be damn right about it.

"So, what I get for you, Sara?" I asked.

"Whiskey on the rocks." Sara said. "So, you're the guy they go to vent, huh? Must be nice to be independent."

Dawn already gets her a drink and she took several sips.

"So, you're wondering what I did with myself after my show deal didn't catch on. You're probably thinking I went and did porn." Sara said giving me a dirt look.

Considering it's one of the rules of the internet, I can't be faulted even if I did assume. So, I asked what she did, and she answers with a grin.

"I wound up becoming a writer in animation. Aided the writing for Sonic SatAM and Sonic Underground." Sara said proudly.

"What about the Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog?" Dawn asked.

She had to duck as Sara threw the glass at her nearly nicking her head.

"Get me a glass of Everclear." Sara said snarling.

I look at her with a glare of my own, and she glares back while Dawn meekly slides the drink over.

"I rather not be reminded that heap of garbage. Those were the days I had a habit of co…I mean marijuana. Yeah…totally high from the weed, and not cocaine." Sara said sheepishly.

That explains so much.

"Well after all that, I retired. By then, I was well off and looking after my uncle's family after his wife passed away. My father had passed as well…heart problems. At least, he left us behind a nice place to stay, and it was all quiet until…my cousin got a call from SEGA wanting her in a game." Sara said growing all the more bitter.

I didn't get a reason why the bitterness, but only a year. 2006. Wait…

"Elise is your cousin?!" I said surprised.

Actually, now that I think about it…it makes a lot of sense.

"That long dress covers up her tail, don't it?" Sara asked.

"Man, of all the rotten luck. A canceled show and a crappy game…I..ACK!" Dawn said ducking as another glass was thrown at her.

I caught this one and Sara could only glare at my assistant.

"That crappy game cost me everything! Especially my stock in SEGA!" Sara roared.

She explained how she lost the home she fought to help and how she was reduced to living in a crappy apartment in Station Square. I asked about Elise, and I got a scoff.

"She and that Seederian became a Sonic fan artist, a real deviant that one. People pay to do the stuff you'd see regularly on Inkbunny." Sara said sourly. "Somehow pays more than my crappy night job."

She wouldn't say what her night job is, and she pays before giving. May, who was sitting nearby, watching all this rolls her eyes.

She turns to me and saying, "If you're wondering what's she is doing for a living, she's a product tester."

"And what's the problem with that?" Dawn said innocently.

"She's testing vibe scepters." May said feigning innocence for Dawn's sake.

Oh…I have to compose myself, so I don't break down laughing. A big shot reduced to testing those kinds of aids, what a fall. At least she's still got her family, and she isn't dead like Topaz.

You see a lot of strange things as a bartender, see a lot strange things at the Tori Dragon. So, I see a lot of strange things as a bartender at the Tori Dragon, and that isn't no lie. Swear to it!

(A/N: I don't even most Sonic fans to remember the OVA. Honestly, I would have loved to see when it could have gone had it became a series. A better idea then the crap that was Sonic X. I doubt the OVA will see the light of day, but I recommend it for any diehard Sonic fan. The uncut 1999 dub however would be best for English speakers.)