ForgetmeNots
Chapter 4: Nerd Compound
.03.9.2011 Deathy: I hope you guys are liking this. I just made an amv out of shear boredom. Don't ask. I think it sucks. I need to work on them more. Though it was fun to make. Thank you zebsolo for reviewing! And thank you CharmyXcream14 for adding this to your fav story list!
Disclaimer: Can you point out all of my original charas?
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The group stood outside of a building titled 'Nerd Compound'.
"I thought you said we were going to an arcade?" Sonic questioned. "This is the RPGing place for the D&D people."
Tails sighed. "It's also an arcade." He told him as he walked up to the door. Manic opened the door for them.
"Dudettes first." He said as Amy giggled.
"Thank you Manic." Amy did the surfer hand gesture to him as she walked in. Sonic gritted his teeth as he noted Amy's very happy attitude towards his twin brother.
"Why thank you brother." Sonia bowed as she walked in. When Amy was out of ear shot, the hot pink hedgehog looked at her twin green furred brother with a knowing smile. "Someone's being very well behaved. Does a certain pink hedgehog girl have anything to do with that?" She teased.
Manic smiled back. "What? Moi? You've got to be kidding. As if you could whip me into shape." He laughed as Sonic and Tails walked in.
Rows of shelves face them. The front was split into 3 sections. The left was full of comics. The right was full of manga and anime. And the center, where the cash registers stood tall and proud, was full of trading cards and board games.
"Awww." Tails breathed in the smell. "The sweet smell of fun."
"Tails. Why am I staring at every teenager's favorite pass time obsession?" Sonic asked marveling the store.
"Because it's awesome, and you have a lot of teenage obsession to catch up with." Tails gave a childish smirk. Though it seemed more grown then it should've.
"Cool!" Sonic looked around. "Where are the Batman comics?"
"Not just cool, Sonic." Manic corrected. "It's not even rad. Oh, what's the correct phrase for it? It's on the tip of my tongue."
"Way past cool!" The three teenage boys said in unison. Sonia giggled as she said it under her breath and walked up to Amy, who had found herself the wonderful Sonic the Comic issue 60 on the shelf and was reading it.
"What you got there?" Sonia asked.
"What those in Europe draw of Sonic's adventures." Amy giggled. "I really like how they make Super Sonic a separate person all to himself. It can bring a lot to the story, but it needs some more… Um…. What's the word for it?"
"Bite to it?" Sonia suggested.
"Yep that's it!" Amy agreed. "Sometimes the plots just aren't that good to me."
"I wouldn't know." Sonia laughed. "I would touch it to save me life."
"Aw. That's a shame." Amy placed the book back on the shelf. "Where'd the boys go?"
"Boy bonding over comic books." Sonia giggled.
"Nice. I hear that SuperMan's new plot arc is killer." Amy stated.
"You know too much about these things Amy." Sonia stated.
"Sorry. My friend Lewis is real big into them. I read a bunch of his comics."
"Really?" Sonia asked. "Which comic do you like right now?"
"I would have to say Batman, there's a lot of cool stuff in it. The characterization is amazing too! Though if you read the Archie's Sonic comic books, you'll see that a lot of characterization is going on in there too. Though that one book where I invited Sonic to dinner. That scene was must up."
"Really? I thought you would be happy that Sonic agreed and even bought it." Sonia giggled.
"Yeah, but let's be real here. Sonic would never say that. Even if Sally was falling for Khan. It's just not the Sonic that I know. Though I do think it makes good characterization. However, I'm worried about Geoffrey in them now. I mean, he turned traitor." Amy went on a rant spill.
"Cool down, Amy." Sonia cooed. "You've got to remember that those comic books are just a bunch of people getting together and drawing out what they think Sonic's old adventures have been like."
"I know." Amy sighed. "I do love they give everyone their own space too."
"Me too." Sonia agreed. "Are then any mangas that you like?" Sonia asked walking her over to the manga section.
"Of course!" Amy squealed. "Which do you like?"
"Oh, I love Hollow Fields." Sonia stated. "It's such cute plot line."
"I liked that one too. Stitch was my favorite character. He was so funny!"
"What did you think of Claude?" Sonia asked.
"He had some major girl issues." Amy stated as she bumped into another girl. "Oh, I'm sorry!"
"It's okay Amy." The rabbit said. "I forgot I shouldn't read while standing in the aisles. "Hello Sonia."
"Oh, hey Cream!" The two greeted the rabbit. "Hey Cheese!" The greeted the chao sitting against the shelf beside her.
"Chao!" she waved. Cardcaptors Sakura volume 1 was in her grasp.
"Cheese loves that manga." Cream laughed. "What brings you guys here?"
"We came with Sonic, Tails, and Manic to play in the arcade but apparently we're enjoying the comics first." Sonia answered. "What are you reading?" She asked curiously.
"Pokemon." Cream said with a slight smile.
"Nice." Sonia nodded.
"Any other books that you would recommend?" Amy asked.
"Well, The Dreaming is a good manga. It's a horror one, full of suspense. I had trouble going to sleep after I read it."
"Did you just read it again?" Amy asked. Cream shuffled her feet.
"Maybe."
"Someone's going to sleep late tonight. Try not to call Tails this time." She told her.
"Who said that I would call Tails if I couldn't go to sleep?" Cream asked.
"Because, that's what you always do. I stayed at Tails's workshop once and slept on his couch. Then at 11 o'clock, you called because you couldn't sleep. Tails is scary when he's woken up. He yelled at me when I tried to wake him up. Yet you call at 11 and he gets up without a problem? You're lucky."
"Oh, I just bring him cakes and pies the next day." Cream laughed. "Besides he usually tells me a bunch of stuff that I don't know in a monotone voice that puts me to sleep."
"I'm amazed." Sonia stated. "I tried to wake Tails up once and he told me that if I ever woke him up again that I would find myself tied to rocket that was heading to a far away planet."
"I guess I'm lucky." Cream laughed.
"Yeah, very lucky. Tails has a crush on you." Amy teased.
"He does not!" Cream denied. "Which mangas do you like?" She asked changing the subject.
"Aw. She has changed the subject on you two." A female voice said as she walked up to them. Her green blue eyes sparkled with joy. A manga with the title of Ranma ½ was nestled in her hands.
"Hey Rouge!" Amy greeted. "What brings you here?"
"Shadow needed something to do." Rouge said pointing to the black hedgehog with red stripes who was sitting in a chair with his nose in FullMetal Alchemist. "I figured that reading some comics would be something fun and new for him. However, he found FullMetal Alchemist and hasn't move except to get the next volume." She laughed as she looked at him. "He looks like a kid. I hope Sonic doesn't run into him. It was bad enough when Knuckles ran into him."
"Knuckles is here?" Sonia raised an eyebrow.
"Yeah, he's helping the Chaotix. They're supposedly working a case here. Knuckles is the one who gave him FullMetal Alchemist and a one page list of other books he could look at."
Sonia laughed. "I'm not surprised."
The girls sat down and spoke of mangas and comics of their liking until the other boys showed up.
Sonic looked up from the Batman comic that he was engrossed in. His jaw dropped as he saw a black hedgehog with red stripes reading FullMetal Alchemist. He called the two tailed fox and green hedgehog over.
"Yep. That's defiantly him." The orange fox nodded.
"Are you sure?" the green hedgehog questioned. "Why would that dude be here?"
"Either way, I just have to know now." The blue hedgehog placed the comic back on the shelf and walked over to the chair. "Hi." He greeted. "What brings you here?" He asked as the black hedgehog looked up.
"Sonic?" Shadow questioned. "What are you doing here?"
"Having dude time with my bros." Sonic said gesturing to the other guys. "You?"
"I had nothing to do, so I called Rouge. She brought me here." Shadow replied sitting up straighter. "This one is very good."
"I'm glad to hear it." Sonic smiled. "You're becoming more normal in this society's terms."
"Nice to know." Shadow said as he put the book down.
"Are there any other books that you like?" Tails asked coming over.
"Well, Batman was a good one, but I couldn't find them in the correct order. Knuckles gave me a list of books that I might like so I began reading them." The hedgehog held up the list.
"Yeah, Knuckles does have some good tastes when it comes to comics with a ton of violence."
"And apparently big breasted women." Shadow stated.
"Yeah, most mangas have that one girl like that." Manic laughed.
"That explains it." Shadow stated.
"Have you seen the arcade section of this store yet?" Tails asked. "There's a fun shooting game in there."
"No. Plus I'm not that in to shooting games. Do they have fuzzball?" Shadow asked. "Or at least Pacman?"
"They have both of those!" Tails stated. "Let's find the girls and tell them were heading there."
"They're over there gabbing about Ranma ½." Shadow pointed over to the other corner. "I have good hearing." He answered their confused looks.
"Sweet." Tails said walking over. "Hey guys." He greeted the girls.
"Hi Tails!" They greeted back.
"Hey, we're going to head to the arcade section. Wanna come with us? Or do ya'll wanna met up later?" The fox asked.
"We'll come with you now." Amy hopped up from her seat. "I've been dying to play a round of rock band with Manic any way."
"Oh, this'll been fun." Rouge stood up.
Sonia stood up. "Of course, Manic will be on drums and Sonic will be jealous of Amy's wonderful guitar playing skills."
"Come on Cream. They'll need some good vocals." Rouge urged the rabbit on. The bunny got up with her chao and followed them.
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03.9.2011: Deathy: I had to have a nerdy chapter. Sue me. I just had too! The 5th one will be fun. Games galore! Anyone want to inform me of some cool arcade games? I've never actually been to an arcade before, so I don't have a clue. Please READ & REVIEW!