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"Junk…" Eggman muttered as he fed Cubot his mail, "Junk...junk...ooh! I might've won 10,000 dollars! ...Junk…junk...evil tool warehouse..."
"Ack...ack…" Cubot coughed as he choked on a pamphlet until Orbot gave him a strong slap to the back, making him cough it up.
"Paperjam," Orbot noted.
"...J-" Eggman before his eyes widened a bit behind his glasses, "Orbot!" Orbot opened up his mouth, "No, you imbecile. I don't want you to shred this! This is the key to our future! Do you know what this is?"
"An audit?" Orbot guessed.
"No. And we are going to talk later about why audits are never a key to the future unless you use them on others," Eggman scolded.
"Robotic women who love us for our minds and not into looks or money?!" Cubot gasped.
"No! Our home, and by which I mean my home, is gonna be featured in Modern Lair Magazine!" Eggman declared before he handed Orbot the paper, "Here. Read the expedition."
"'A photographer's assistant will do an on site inspection tomorrow to consider you for our Island Fortress issue,'" Orbot read.
"Let's give this lair some flair!" Eggman declared as he got up off the couch.
With that, the three….well, mainly Orbot and Cubot, began to clean up the place. The two bots proceeded with vacuuming the floor, sweeping up any leftover parts, and shining Eggman's boots.
"Oh. When you two are finished polishing my boots, make sure my rollercoaster is in tip-top shape," Eggman ordered.
The two looked at one another before nodding towards Eggman. Orbot grabbed a tool box as they went off into another room. Eggman hummed as he walked over to a bunsen burner. Just as he was about to reach out to it, a loud series of crashes mixed with a cat yowling made him look at where Orbot and Cubot went. The two stumbled into the room, dismantled, while Tempo ran past them.
"I knew I should've put a tracking device on you," Eggman frowned at the cat, "Why did I agree to pet sit for her while she's got a fever again?"
"Because you love…" Orbot began before coughing up some smoke, "Cats…?"
"...eh. Fair enough," Eggman shrugged as Tempo purred from being scratched on the back by Eggman, "But it's all coming together! When the Photographer's assistant arrives, he'll take one look at my lair and exclaim…!"
"You call zis a lair?"
"How dare you?!" Eggman snapped as Tempo hissed, "Listen, pompous little pipsqueak, I'll crush you like a bug!"
"Not if you vant your lair in our magazine," the mongoose countered.
"B...but...You can't do this to me!"
"Modern Lair brings our readers a contemporary take on Evil," The mongoose stated,"Your idea of evil is totally retro, und zat's without ze irony. Your lazers are a ridiculous shade of blue…" his eyes narrowed a bit, "Und would you please rotate that Bunsen burner by about 90 degrees before I get sick?" he looked at Tempo, "But ze cat is a nice touch."
"Pet sitting."
"Und just like zat, you're on ze verge of being banned,"
"No, no! Wait! Just give me another chance! I'll spruce up the place!"
"...I'll give you a veek," the mongoose stated as he walked off.
"I'm gonna need help, from someone with a real feel for color... and shape," Eggman noted before seeing Cubot trying and failing to put a toy, black square into an 'X'-shaped slot on a white cube with orange detailing, "...Definitely gonna have to outsource this one…" he looked at Tempo, who was curled up on the couch, "...Nah. She's sick at the moment." he tapped his chin in thought, "Ah! I know!"
"Okay. I have the list," White informed as everyone but Roll were outside Sonic and Roll's hut, the hedgefox on the second floor in her hammock with an apparatus keeping a bag of ice on her head.
"Thank you, White," Amy nodded to her older brother, "Now let's see...My summer-themed seat cushions with floral upholstery that complements each guests' natural coloring are ready."
"Check," White checked it off.
"Miyuki, has the ice sculpture melted just enough to hide the few carving marks you needed to do?" Amy asked.
"Already finished, kyu," Miyuki nodded as she placed said object on the table, shaped like a swan, "I did take ice sculpting back in high school after all, kyu."
"And it shows," Amy smiled.
"I dug a trench around the picnic table and filled it with broken glass," Sticks smiled, motioning to her work.
"...I might've used rose petals, but we'll go with it for now," Amy nodded as White walked off to get some rose petals, "Sonic, how are you doing on those fruit drinks?"
"Hold on, Ames. Bringing soup up to Roll," Sonic replied from inside before they heard a splash and him crying out, "Gah! Hot soup on the legs! Hot soup on the legs!"
"...Tails, where's the soothing music?" Amy asked.
"Right here," Tails replied as he was hooking up a device to the speakers that had been set up, "And this booster I put on the speakers should make it a bit louder for people to hear better."
"...Tails, please unplug those speakers, kyu."
"Aw… But, why? I…" Tails began before one of Miyuki's tails pointed to the upper part of Sonic and Roll's house, "...oh...right."
"...Knuckles, are the grilled pheasants ready?" Amy asked, a small twitch in her eye.
"Not now, Amy. I'm busy," Knuckles waved her off as he...used the pheasants as hand puppets, "Oh, please don't cook me, Knuckles." he spoke in a high-pitch voice before changing to a low pitch one, "Today turned out a lot different than I expected."
"...Knuckles-san…" Miyuki spoke, the area starting to get a bit cold, "Those aren't the pheasants I worked so hard to buy and prepare, are they, kyu?"
"Um…" Knuckles removed them and put them on the grill, "Just tenderizing them a little bit more, ma'am."
"I thought so," Miyuki nodded as it started warming up again.
"Miyuki, you are a lifesaver," Amy sighed, "Honestly, I don't know why you and I go out of our way to make things nice for everyone."
"You do deserve better," everyone turned to see Eggman standing nearby, walking over to them, "I mean, take this decor! A truly uplifting incarnation of spring itself!"
"Euagh!" Sticks yelped as she jumped on the table and hefted the ice sculpture up like a club while the others grouped with her, Sonic wearing a towel around his waist with a tiny limp, "That villain, just give me the signal, Amy, and I'll ice his goose!"
"Don't let the constant fact that I've been trying to destroy you lead you to believe I am trying to destroy you right now. I just want to hire Amy to redo my lair."
"Destroy?" Miyuki repeated.
"Oh! Well, in terms of the game we play, 'destroy' means 'lose,'" Eggman explained quickly.
"Ahh…" Miyuki nodded.
'Phew. Thank goodness they warned me about this the first time I ever met her…' Eggman sighed in relief mentally, "Oh, and is that lovely ice sculpture your doing, ma'am?" Eggman asked, motioning to the swan sculpture Sticks was ready to hit him with.
"Why yes it is, kyu," Miyuki smiled, "Graduated at the top of my art class in high school, kyu. I take very good care of the ice sculptures I make and Sticks won't be getting anymore of my delicious takoyaki if she doesn't put the statue I made down, kyu."
"..." Sticks put it down gently and hopped off the table.
"Might I ask for your assistance as well in a bit of a project I'm doing for my island fortress?" Eggman asked, "I originally came to ask for Amy's expertise, but seeing that you two brought such a wonderful sight of spring together, I just can't help but ask for both of you for aide."
"...Hmm…" Miyuki pondered for a moment, tapping her cheek a bit, "Well...Sure. We'd be more than glad to help, hakase, kyu."
"Wait, what?" Tails's eyes widened as White walked over, carrying a backpack of supplies.
"What did I miss?" White asked.
"Your sis and mine are going to go help Eggman," Tails replied.
"Ah. I see…" White nodded before helping put the backpack on Miyuki's back, "All of your decorating supplies and Amy's decorating supplies are in here. Side pockets hold your ice sculpture tools and a small snack in case you get hungry."
"Thankyu, darling," Miyuki smiled as she gave him a kiss on the cheek.
"You're just going along with this?" Sonic whispered to White.
"I trust that the doctor will not try to capture them," White replied, "He already knows what would happen if he upsets Miyuki."
"Splendid!" Eggman beamed, "Right this way, ladies!"
"Of course," Miyuki nodded as she began to walk, "Come along, Amy-chan, kyu."
"You're not seriously buying this, are you?" Sonic quietly asked Amy.
"Is it so hard to believe Eggman might actually respect the talents Miyuki and I have?" Amy questioned.
"Well yeah….wait. That came out wrong."
"Hmph," Amy huffed as she walked off after Miyuki and Eggman.
"..." Knuckles held up one of his hands, revealing the other pheasant was still on it, and made a deep voice, "Don't look at me, I didn't use her lovingly prepared meal as a puppet."
"Knuckles-san…" Miyuki spoke, not once turning to face him.
"..." Knuckles put it on the grill, "Needed just a little more tenderizing."
"Good boy, kyu."
"So where do you want us to start?" Amy asked as the three entered his lair.
"You both have total creative freedom. Make this lair so fantastic that they'll want to put it on the cover for two issues!" Eggman explained before Tempo climbed up onto his shoulder, giving a mewl, "And please don't let any construction work cause undue things to Tempo. I'm getting paid fifty bucks to take care of Roll's cat and I don't want her hurt one bit."
"Of course, kyu," Miyuki nodded as she looked around, "Hmm...Amy-chan, you handle the decor. I'll focus on the walls and pictures, kyu."
"You got it!" Amy agreed.
With that, the two girls went to work. Eggman kept a close eye on the two as they were working, Amy fixing up some of the furniture while Miyuki focused on the walls and paintings Eggman had hanging up. Miyuki called over Orbot and Cubot and handed them some paint rollers on poles and pulled out a few buckets of paint.
"...Hmm...this seems to be going well so far…" Eggman noted to himself as he watched Amy place a soft blue and spotted pillow on the couch before walking off, "..." he walked over to the couch and moved the pillow slightly, "There we go."
"Hakase," Eggman turned to see Miyuki walk up to him, a few color swatches in her hand, "Which color would you prefer, kyu? I need to make sure it'll fit in with the rest of your home, kyu."
"Hmm…" Eggman looked at the swatches, "Ah. How about 'contemporary upbeat take on evil blue?' Seems to be the only color on here with that name, even, so it must be a good sign."
"But of course, hakase- kyu," Miyuki nodded as she walked back over to Orbot and Cubot, "Orbot-san, Kyubot-san, we have our color…" she looked back over at Eggman, "Excuse me, but do you have a place I can go change at? I don't want to get my kimono all dirty, kyu."
"Second door to your right."
"Thankyu," Miyuki nodded as she walked off.
"Hmm…" Amy looked Eggman over, "With your preferred attire, I'm thinking...Plaid."
"Plaid?" Eggman repeated.
"Oh, yes," Amy nodded.
"Why...know what? You're the expert, so I'll just sit back," Eggman stated as Amy walked off. Once she was gone, Eggman noticed the pillow on the couch was moved to where it originally was, "..." he walked over and moved the pillow back to where he put it, "Perfect."
"Okay. I'm ready, kyu," Miyuki spoke as she walked back in, wearing a white tee and white coveralls, "Let us get to work, Orbot-san, Kyubot-san...oh, and Amy? Please take that picture you put up down."
"Okay…" Amy pouted a tiny bit as she put the painting of unicorns and rainbows down, earning a relieved sigh from Eggman under his breath, "But...why though?"
"Could get in trouble for copyright infringement, kyu," Miyuki answered.
"Huh?" Amy raised a brow.
"Ah well. Let's just move on," Eggman informed.
Eggman paced as he looked around, Miyuki and Amy doing some final touches, 'Today's the day that guy comes back to check on the fortress…'
"There," Miyuki smiled as she finished setting up a small ice sculpture, "Perfect, kyu. Are you done on your end, Amy-chan?"
"Yep!" Amy replied as she motioned to the ceiling, where Orbot and Cubot-their red and yellow replaced with plaid and devil wings-were rotating above them, dropping rose petals.
"...I-" Eggman began before the doorbell rang, "It's him!"
"Him?" Miyuki blinked before the doors opened up, revealing the Photographer's assistant, "...Oh….it's you."
"You know him?" Eggman asked.
"More like I know who's butt he kisses," Miyuki stated before muttering, "Little over critical toady…"
"Hmph. I see zat you still are upset with her decision," the assistant adjusted his glasses.
"More like she didn't want to admit mine was better…" Miyuki snorted as she crossed her arms under her bust.
"Vell, let's just see vat you have done for ze man," the assistant rolled his eyes as he began to look around, "Hmm…"
"...He hates it," Eggman whispered to Amy, "You didn't put that picture of those unicorns back up, did you?"
"What? No," Amy shook her head.
"Then it has to be the way you placed that pillow."
"I set it just fine."
"Shh," Miyuki hushed the two as the assistant looked the lair over, "So, Gunther?"
"Gunther?" Eggman and Amy repeated before one of Miyuki's tails pointed at the assistant, "Oh."
"Mmm...As much as I dislike zis coming from mein lips, I love it," the assistant admitted, "Ze use of 'contemporary look on evil blue' for ze walls complimented by ze plaid fabrics und ze devil machines sending the rose petals you obviously used to act as them spreading ze fires of hell…" he motioned to the ice sculpture of Eggman standing atop a pile of defeated enemies, "...und ze ice sculpture zat catches the villain within...Zis is easily worth two covers."
"Why thankyu. It.." Miyuki began.
"It was my idea!" Eggman shouted, "Yes, I really outdid myself, didn't I?"
"Indeed. Hiring her vas a good vun," Gunther nodded as he walked out, "She vill be here tomorrow first zing in ze morning."
"Give her my warmest regards," Miyuki waved, '...you little suck-up.'
"Two covers! Ah! Did you hear him? This is worth easily two covers!" Eggman cheered.
"He's really named Gunther?" Cubot called down from the ceiling.
"Quiet you," Eggman ordered, "Now, ladies, I…"
"What was that about all of this was your idea?" Amy frowned.
"Well, none of this would've been possible if I did not hire you both," Eggman explained.
"Yeah, but you took credit for all the hard work me and Miyuki did," Amy countered.
"I believe it's pronounced 'Miyuki and I,'" Orbot corrected.
"Quiet, you," Amy and Eggman ordered.
"May I call my husband please?" Miyuki asked.
"Of course. Phone's down the hallway and to the right," Eggman replied.
"Thankyu," Miyuki nodded as she walked off.
Once she was gone, Eggman turned back to Amy, "Well what did you expect? This is the cover of a supervillain magazine! Taking credit for other's hard work added some bonus points to getting on it."
"...Not if I undo said hard work," Amy frowned as she brought her hammer out.
"Whoa now! We don't want to make Miyuki upset, do we?" Eggman questioned, "It seems she has a vendetta with the lady in charge. We ruin all this and what do you think is gonna happen between you and her, huh?"
"..." Amy frowned as she put her hammer away, "You win this round, Eggman…"
"Yes!" Eggman pumped a fist before pressing a button, causing confetti to rain with a banner reading 'EGGMAN WINS' to pop out, "You have no idea how long I've been waiting for one of you to say that."
"...I suppose you have a cake for that too then…"
"But of course! Cubot, Orbot, get the cake out of the fridge! And hide the banner away for the next time!" Eggman ordered.
Over with the others, the table was finished set up as they sat down...only problem was...the pheasant was burnt.
"...Sis is gonna kill you, Knux," Tails deadpanned.
"Burnt food doesn't taste the same without Amy," Knuckles sighed.
"That's because you're eating a napkin," Sonic pointed out.
"...Uh, yeah. I knew that," Knuckles responded before taking another bite of his napkin.
"You think we should go check on Eggman, see what he's done to them?" Sticks asked before White pulled out his cellphone, "Huh? Why are you…"
A ringtone went off from the phone and White opened it, "Hello, honey."
=Hello, darling, kyu=
"...How did he know?" Knuckles whispered, exchanging looks with Sticks and Sonic.
"Is everything going okay?" White asked.
=Hai. The assistant thought it was so good, it values two covers for their magazine, kyu=
"That's grand," White nodded before putting his hand over the speaker and looked at the others, "They might be getting to be on two covers of a magazine."
=Only problem is…she's coming
"Hoo boy…" White sighed, "Her of all people? Small world."
=I remember my breathing exercises, so you won't have to worry about a sudden Winter for a whole month, kyu=
"Okay. When is she expecting to arrive?"
=First thing in the morning=
"Right," White frowned, "You'll be staying the night there then?"
=Hai. I need to make sure both Amy-chan and Eggman hakase don't end up tearing eachother apart, kyu= Miyuki replied before sniffing a bit =Oh? I smell cake=
"Must be to celebrate the good news," White replied, "Third pocket of the pack has your overnight clothes along with Amy's and a fresh pair for you both for the next day. Front most pocket has your travel case for the bathroom."
=Thankyu, darling. Love you=
"Love you, too," White chuckled before hanging up once she did, "Well, good news and bad news. The good news is...Knuckles, you won't be killed by her tonight so long as we eat what's edible on it and destroy the rest. Bad news? They have to spend the night to make final preparations for the photographer arrives in the morning."
"...Should we save th-" Sticks began.
"Hoo boy…" Tails sighed a bit, "Out of all the people, it had to be her…"
"...Explanation, Tails?" Sonic asked.
"My sis and the photographer White is talking about have a rather...nasty rivalry dating back to high school," Tails explained.
"...How bad we talkin'?"
"An entire month of Winter bad."
"Does not help that she tried to 'steal' me from Miyuki," White frowned.
"Yeah...let's just hope they don't end up fighting…" Tails added.
"..."
"..."
"..."
"...White, mind taking my place in going?" Sonic offered, "I'd go myself, but…"
Everyone heard a loud sneeze from the second floor.
"Of course," White nodded before handing Sonic a box of tissues and some cold medicine.
"Thanks," Sonic nodded as he ran inside.
"Well now…" White stretched as he walked over the burnt pheasant, "Let's see what we can salvage first."
"We're not heading there right away?"
"She said the woman comes first thing in the morning. We just have to be there an hour before then," White replied,
"...Fair enough."
"Exactly," White nodded, "And...Knuckles, there's a fork stuck in this bird."
"...Grilled Pheasant on a stick?"
"...Miyuki, why're you squeezing a stress ball?" Amy asked, wearing a pink nightgown with white flower designs.
"Oh, no reason, Amelia…" Miyuki assured, wearing a ice-blue nightgown with snowflake designs as she had her hair down, "No reason at all...kyu."
"Hot cocoa for your nerves?" Eggman offered, wearing his evil pajamas.
"Why thankyu, haakse," Miyuki smiled as she took the mug, "Oh? Marshmallows with a slight drizzle of caramel?"
"Your husband called and told me it was your favorite."
"Ahh…" Miyuki nodded as she took a sip of her drink, "Ahh...umai, kyu."
"Good," Eggman nodded as he offered a mug to Amy.
"..."
"Don't worry. I didn't add anything funny to it," Eggman assured the female hedgehog.
Amy said nothing as she took the mug, keeping an eye on the mad doctor as he sat down.
"...Seriously, though, Miyuki? Heart-to-heart? His name is really Gunther?" Eggman asked, "He looked more like a...a...Gustav to me with the accent and all."
"Sounded more like a Pietrov to me," Amy admitted.
"That's what I thought at first too, kyu…" Miyuki nodded, "...Considering he's always walking behind that boyfriend stealing witch…" Eggman and Amy backed away a little as the stress ball popped, "But no need to worry about that right now, kyu. Let's just see what's on TV…"
"The TV schedule says that there's a Comedy Chimp movie marathon on tonight," Amy noted, "Including his brand new buddy cop movie."
"...Hakase?"
"Yes?"
"Do you have wifi?"
"It's titled 'EggmanRulz123' and the password is '1HT3THTH3DG3H0G' with all captial letters."
"Thankyu," Miyuki nodded as she pulled out a laptop, a small snowflake and snow fox sticker on the sides as she opened it up.
"...Why if I may ask?"
"I have a Net-twigs account so we can watch whatever movie or series they have, kyu," Miyuki replied, "Including Net-twigs original series."
"..." Eggman said nothing as he pressed a button, causing a wide-screen TV to pop out, "What're we waiting for then?! Orbot, Cubot, make some popcorn! No better yet! Make a huge bucket full with three kinds in it! Kettle, butter, and white cheddar!"
"Why not caramel instead of kettle, kyu?" Miyuki suggested as she signed in into her account.
"...Make it an even bigger bucket with four kinds r you'll be the kernels that will be popped!" Eggman ordered.
White knocked on the entrance to Eggman's fortress. For a few moments, nothing happened. He reached up once more when it opened up revealing Eggman dressed.
"WELC-oh, it's you three and Miyuki's husband," Eggman frowned before nodding to White, "What do you want?"
"Emotional defense to prevent your lair from being turned into a block of ice," White replied.
"...Fair enough. Come in," Eggman nodded as he moved to the side, "Just be careful of the mess. Had a bit of a marathon last night on Net-twigs, so Orbot and Cubot are cleaning it up right now."
"...You have Net-twigs?" Tails raised a brow at that as the four walked in.
"No, but your sister does," Eggman responded, "Which reminds me, I need to get myself an account. I like Comedy Chimp and all, but I need a bit of variety."
"Indeed," White nodded, "Between you and I, he needs to change his style up."
"White-kyun!" Miyuki waved, dressed up for the day, "Morning!"
"Morning, honey," White waved back.
"Why are all of you here?" Amy asked as she walked in.
"Well, we were a bit worried since you were here for so long," Knuckles replied.
"Really?"
"Yeah...also to give Sis emotional and defensive support," Tails added.
"Wh…" Amy began before blinking a bit, "...Nevermind. I can probably guess why after seeing her pop her stress ball last night."
White tossed Miyuki another stress ball.
"Hoo boy...Well then, final touches, everyone!" Eggman called, "We don't have much time until Diane Aardvark arrives for the cover shoot!"
"Joy...I can't wait…" Miyuki smiled as she squeezed her stress ball before it popped as well ,"...darling?" she soon caught one tossed at her, "Thankyu."
"...Seriously, how does he do that?" Knuckles whispered.
"He must be psychic," Sticks guessed quietly.
"Those exist?" Knuckles blinked before the doors opened.
"Ahh! She's here!" Eggman beamed a bit as he turned around, "Welcome!"
Gunther walked in before moving to the side, letting the camerawoman enter. Diane was an anthropomorphic aardvark of average height with grey fur and a thin tail. She had a pair of sharp ears and tuffs on the back of her head, a raised white grey muzzle with a black snout and a tuff of smooth grey hair on her head. She also had noticeable wrinkles on her forehead and very dark purple irises. Her attire consisted of a purple shirt and skirt, a white coat, black high-heeled boots with grey soles, and a golden bracelet on her wrist. She also appears to wear pink lipstick.
"...Hmm…" the camerawoman hummed a bit as she looked around before setting her gaze on Miyuki, "...Miyuki."
"Diane…" Miyuki greeted, an even tone in her voice.
Tempo hissed at Diane before running up Eggman's shoulder.
Diane ignored the cat as she looked around, "Hmm….the paint seems to go fine with the plaid….the devil bots seem a nice touch...everything seems to be in order."
"Oh thank god…" White and the others sighed in relief.
"However...I do see one fault…" Diane spoke, causing almost everyone in the room to tense, "The ice sculpture."
"...Excuse you?" Miyuki asked, trying to stay calm as she squeezed her stress ball rapidly.
"Dear," White whispered, putting a supportive hand on her shoulder and giving a reassuring squeeze.
"The ice is a bit chipped around the nose, the mustache is a bit melted, the lower part is too round, and you missed a button on his outfit…"
"Dear…"
"Oh! I asked for it!" Eggman quickly explained, causing everyone to look at him.
"Excuse me?" Diane raised a brow.
"Well, who wants to root for a villain who comes out in one piece in a fight?" Eggman questioned, motioning to the pile of defeated enemies, "Sure, it would be ideal, but where's the realism in it? I asked her to make it look like a tough battle was had." he glanced over his shoulder at Miyuki, "Isn't that right, Miyuki?"
"...Why yes. I followed his exact instruction, kyu," Miyuki nodded while whispering to Eggman, "Thankyu."
"No pr-"
"True...but she did a rather poor job on it. Should've been bigger," Diane stated.
"...Deep breaths, honey….deep breaths, "White advised Miyuki, her eye was twitching violently as the stress ball was on the verge of popping.
"Despite the ice sculpture, the place is good...not two covers good, but good…"
"...Well...at least sh-" Tails began.
"By the way, White? How have you been? Miss that one time we shared?"
'And just like that, a bitch is gonna die!' Miyuki mentally snapped.
"Uh oh," Sticks looked around before looking at her satchel and pulled out a box, "'In case 'sharing' is mentioned.'" she opened it and pulled out a small packet, "Huh?"
"Throw it at Miyuki," White said quickly, yet completely casual.
"What?" Stick blinked before Knuckles grabbed the bag and threw it at Miyuki's face.
*poof*
Miyuki partially collapsed against White, purring as all nine of her tails swayed.
"...Uh….what was that?" Amy asked.
"Catnip," White and Tails responded under their breath.
"Ms. Aardvark, I do believe we should take the photos before it wears off," Amy gulped, looking at Miyuki in worry, 'And she plunges the entire place into a year-long Winter.'
"Of course...but first…" Diane paused before looking at Gunther, "You're fired."
"Huh?!"
"If I had known she'd be here, I wouldn't have come at all," Diane frowned.
Gunther gawked while Orbot handed him a ticket.
"For the roller coaster as a way to make you feel better. That always cheers me up," Orbot explained.
"Yes! The cover is mine for an issue!" Eggman cheered with a mad laugh.
"So how'd it go over there?" Sonic asked as he saw the others walk by his hut, Roll sitting beside him on the outdoor chairs and dressed in a pink and black sleeping gown with a dark-pink house robe on her shoulders with a cup of hot cocoa in her hands.
"Eggman got the front cover," Tals replied, "...Good thing, too. Miyuki was about to pull her into a catfight."
"...She mentioned White?"
"Eeyup."
"I should've stayed away," White shook his head, "Me being there only gave her additional fuel to hit her with."
"White-kyun~" Miyuki mewled as she snuggled into the back of his head, being carried on his back by him, "Fwuffy…"
"Had to use catnip on her," Sticks explained.
"Be thankful, too. From the way she looked, we were gonna face a year-long Winter instead of a month-long," Knuckles added.
"Ouch," Sonic cringed as Roll took a sip of her drink.
"White-kyun, let's go home…" Miyuki pouted cutely as she leaned on White's shoulder, "Imma tired, and need you to warm me up~"
"Huh?" Tails blinked twice.
"Nothing," White replied quickly as he ran off, carrying Miyuki, "Have a good day, everyone!"
"Heh. Guess you and Miyuki did a great job there," Sonic noted, looking at Amy.
"We did," Amy nodded while muttering, "Even though Eggman tried to take credit for our hard work…"
"Ah, well," Sonic shrugged before Roll leaned and whispered something to him, "Huh? Really?" he looked at Amy, "Well, Roll was wondering if, when she's feeling better, if you could help her make a nice garden area in the backyard for her strawberry patch."
"Ahh...I'd be more than happy to help, Roll," Amy smiled, "After all, what are best friends for?"
Roll smiled before covering her mouth with a sleeve and gave a sneeze.
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