Sunday, June 20 2:00pm

Arella walked into the cafe, reaching into her trench coat for her wallet and scanning the room.

Objective?Her earring asked.

Attain a beverage.

Set route?

Use of currency towards such payment.

Would you like to see the details of said currency?

I'm all ears. But, please keep it to a minimal amount of backstories. Just the general overview.

As you command.

So the chip in her ear, disguised as an ear piercing, droned on about the civilization's method of currency. She walked up to the counter, a blank stare and looked at the cashier.

He turned around. "May I help you?"

"One French vanilla lattè please."

"We're out."

"Oh, great. Well, how about some black coffee?"

"Fresh outta the pot."

"I'll take it."

"Small, Medium or Large?" He readied his hands at the register.

"Medium please."

"$2.15." He pressed a multitude of buttons on the register and called in the back for a black coffee. "It'll be about a five minute wait."

She nodded and sat down in a bar stool facing the window. The seats were unusually high, but she settled in it and took out a laptop, starting to type on it. Her ears twitched, and she looked out the window, watching a pink hedgehog walk by with armloads of shopping bags and a happy smile on her face. The earring buzzed, blinking once and letting out a sharply high sound.

Notification: Pink hedgehog, known as 'Amy Rose'. Proceed as normal. Threat: None.

She turned around, and the cashier was holding her cup, and a napkin. He gave it to her and she took out a $5 dollar bill. "You can keep the change." She tilted her head, her earring continuing on with giving her information about the city.

"Really? Wow, thanks." He smiled, and walked away. He was also a hedgehog, strange. He looked a little familiar to her, but she dismissed it. Asking her earring to take a picture of him and keep it as a mental note. The earring did so and she turned back, putting in 10 packs of sweetener or sugar, (She really couldn't tell the difference) and then the creamer. She took a small sip, almost forgetting and taking a small test tube with blue powder in it. She ripped off the cork with her teeth and poured it in, the coffee gained a bluish colour. She jumped off, taking the laptop and holding it in her other hand, nodding to the cashier and walking out.

She continued walking down the sidewalk, seeing a small pink person down the road, hurrying while putting her laptop in her trench coat. She was nearing the girl when she spotted a blue hedgehog talking to her, her earring scanned the couple.

Information: Blue hedgehog. Name: Sonic. Threat: Minimal, has speed capabilities nearing the speed of sound. Proceed as normal.

Understood. Proceed to scan area with in parameters of 100 feet. Also, keep a detailed log of encounters.

I shall start right away.

The earring buzzed, vibrating slightly in her ear. It was starting the scan, so she sipped her coffee again, walking past the couple. She turned around suddenly, her earring beeping only so she could hear it.

WARNING: Hostiles in area. Shoot to kill, non-organic species. Robotic clone of 'Sonic'.

A robotic clone…of a hedgehog?

WARNING! HOSTILE IS ARMED. Other hostiles are surrounding area.

Distance?

250 km.

Approximate arrival time?

Imminent. Approximately 10 seconds.

Amy ran over to her suddenly, a curious glint in her eyes. "Hey, are you new around here?"

Arella looked at her, blinking and trying to multi-task. "What? Oh, yeah."

"I wonder…Did you happen to have seen a red echidna earlier this week?"

"Yes, why?"

"He's my friend, Knuckles. Who are you?"

She was a little hesitant. "I'm Arella."

Disclosure of name is acceptable. Do not reveal further.

"Nice to meet you I'm-"

"Amy Rose, right?" She took another swig of her coffee.

"You know my name? Wow, hey I know this is sudden, but can we be like…friends or acquaintences? I'd just like another gal pal, since it gets lonely."

"Oh, sure. It's always nice to have more friends." Arella finished her coffee and tossed the cup in a trash bin, it plopped in with a quirky half-tongue sticking out of her mouth. "Two points."

Amy clapped happily, "Nice shot! So, wanna go do something?"

"I'd love to, but-"

Miscalculation, software update is needed. Proceed to a G.U.N base when possible. Hostiles are en route to island off coast, remain alert.

Understood, traverse immanent.

Receiving update to objective: Other G.U.N agent in area, he will escort you to the rendezvous point. S.O.S. has sent a C.O.S to escort you into the base. You have approximately 20 minutes until then. The escort himself will meet you at White Acropolis.

Understood. Proceed with system update as soon as we enter the premises.

I will do so. Switching into Power Saver mode.

I'll see you then.

"I guess I have about 10 minutes."

"Then I'll show you my house!" Amy tugged on Arella's sleeve, dragging her away.