I don't own Sonic, Robotnik, or any characher created by SEGA or Archie
When I introduce my own characters, I'll tell you who they are.
Now that this bull's out of the way....
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Explinations
Sally watched Tails fly off to rejoin Sonic and sighed, then headed for the War Room. She was glad the small fox managed to get the injured hedgehog to do something other than sit in bed all day. Sally was sure Sonic was suffering. She was half afraid he'd go mad. But Sonic wouldn't talk about it, or about what he was doing with Nicole. He just evaded the question with 'Just killin' time' or 'Nothin', really'. No one she'd asked had any idea what he was up to either. Then Sally stopped when she realized the only one she hadn't asked was the one who knew exactly what Sonic was doing.
"Nicole, may I ask you something?" Sally asked, opening the computer.
"Of course, Sally." Nicole responded.
"What is Sonic doing?" Sally asked. "Why does he keep asking to borrow you?"
"Sonic has requested that I tudor him." Nicole answered.
"Tudor him?" Sally repeated, shocked. "Why? I mean, I'm glad he isn't wasting his time, but he's never been interested in school before."
"Since he has not explained his plans to me, I can only hypothesize." Nicole said. "Given Sonic's personality, his state of mind, and his inquiries to future courses, I believe he will attempt to build and/or grow himself a new leg."
"But that will take decades!" Sally protested. "He's got to get the learning first, then there's the research!"
"I do not believe so, Sally." Nicole said. "At his current rate, Sonic should achieve his goal within the next few years. He has already absorbed an amazing amount of information since regaining consciousness. He has gone from very a basic education to late high school courses. If I weren't monitoring his vital signs to make sure he doesn't harm himself, I would suspect that he is a machine."
"But how is that possible?"
"Sonic is the fastest thing alive, Sally, and in more that his running speed." Nicole said. Sally looked at the mini-computer blankly. "I will try to explain. The average Mobian has a top speed of 20 to 25 miles an hour. For argument's sake, we'll say 25 mph. Sound travels at approximately 758 miles per hour at sea level. Sonic can easily exceed this speed, creating sonic booms, but since his top speed is unknown, as well as for argument's sake, we'll say he moves at 750 mph. This is 30 times the average Mobian's speed of 25 mph. To do this, he must process information at an equal, or greater, rate of speed."
"I think I understand what you're saying." Sally said slowly. "But still, shouldn't it have taken Sonic months to learn what he has instead of days?"
"Negative." Nicole answered. "Your mentor, Julayla, and Rosie made sure you all had a basic education, such as math and english, so Sonic did not have to start at the very beginning. He also decided to leave his grasp of english where it is for the time being."
"He would." Sally said dryly.
"Sonic is not taking any of the basic electives, such as Reading, PE, and Art, either." Nicole added. "But to continue, the average Mobian goes through school very slowly. In Mobotroplis, the average class lenghts were 45 minutes or 80 minutes, depending on the area and how courses were set up. We'll use the 80 minute class." Nicole paused for a moment.
"Sonic is not taking the breaks average Mobians do." Nicole said, continuing her explination. "Out of 24 hours, Sonic sleeps roughly 8. About another 8 hours are used during medical examinations, eating, short breaks, visits from friends, and misc. stops. This leaves 8 hours for Sonic to study. 8 hours is 480 minutes, times the 30 times rate of speed is 14400 minutes. Dividing this time by the 80 minute class gives us 180 class periods. Since there are usually 4 periods a day when classes are 80 minutes long, this is the same as 45 days of school in 8 hours." Nicole paused for a minute before continuing again.
"The year is 52 weeks long. 8 of those weeks are during the summer season, during which, in most cases, no one goes to school, leaving 44 weeks, or 308 days. Out of that, 88 days are weekends. Also, approximately 25 days are holidays, leaving 195 school days. This means Sonic, at the rate of speed discussed, completes one full year of school every 4.33 days. If he had started with no education at all, he would recieve his High School Diploma in roughly 52 days. However, you must keep in mind that we are not taking every second into account, nor are we discussing Sonic's max speed, so these figures are nowhere near exact."
"That's... amazing!" Sally finally said.
"Affirmative, Sally." Nicole agreed.
That's incredible! Sally thought. Sonic's never used his speed for anything other than running. I never would have guessed that he could do something like that. He always complains that thinking makes his head hurt. Sally rubbed her left temple, then smiled. Now I think I know what he means. But I wonder... is Sonic just impatient, or does he have trouble going at the same speed as the rest of us? Sally was nearly to the War Room before Nicole interupted her train of thought.
"Once we have completed the mission, I would like to speak to Sir Charles before returning to Knothole." Nicole said. "He should be informed that Sonic has recovered, and I would like to speak to him."
"I hadn't even thought about Sir Charles." Sally said, feeling a little guilty about it. "We'll stop by."
"That is the one way I'd never expect my nephew to react to his situation." Uncle Chuck said, several hours, and one succesful mission, later. The robotic hedgehog smiled. "I'm proud of him. Not only is he refusing to let this get him down, he's determined to overcome it. And knowing Sonny-boy, he won't stop until he's destroying the sound barrier again. Now then, what did you want to talk to me about, Nicole?"
"You were the one who designed and built me." Nicole said. "Is it possible for you to build another unit?"
"Of course." Uncle Chuck replied. "I'd need some time to get the parts, but I could create another in a couple of months. Sooner if I can find where Robotnik threw the things from my lab. Why?" Uncle Chuck blinked when he realized what Nicole was planning. "I see."
"Sonic should have a unit of his own." Nicole said, confirming Uncle Chuck's guess. "I belong to Sally, and should be on hand whenever she needs me. Besides, Sonic requires a unit with a personality, which I do not have. Though I can mimic Sonic's personality for self-defense, any unit Sonic has should be able to interact with him."
"That's a good point." Uncle Chuck said. "Hmmm... most of the spying I do can be done by remote, for a little while at least. I'll start as soon as I set things up. That's a good idea, Nicole."
"Thank you." the mini-computer said. Just then, Sally walked out of the bathroom. "I have finished speaking to Sir Charles, Sally."
"What did you need?" Sally asked, taking the computer back.
"I will explain on the way home."
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Okay, I lied about being done in a couple of days, sue me. At least I made up for it by posting two chapters.
Hopefully I'll take less time with chapter 4.
So what do you think? I started wondering how fast Sonic could learn if he put his mind to it, and this is the result. Actually, it was that question that started this fic. I hope it wasn't too boring, but if it was, TOO BAD!!!
Okay, so what do you think should happen? Except for a little here and a little there, I'm writing this off the top of my head. Who knows, if you give a suggestion, I may just use it.
I fixed the settings(I think) so you shouldn't have to be a fanfiction.net author to review my story. I'm not sure how that happened, but now that it's fixed(hopefully) I'd apprecate it if readers would review.
Now here's where I take some of the reviews and answer questions and reply to comments. Since I actually got a few, I'll start with it now.
I call this little section:
Reviewing the Reviews
From: Vincent Valentine
Needs to be formatted a bit better.rnYou should also work a bit on the dialouge.rnrnrnI liked this story, it's pretty original.
Glad you liked it, Vincent. Hopefully both the formatting and the dialouge have improved, and will continue to do so.
(I just reread chapter 1. The dialouge is kind of jerky and pathetic all around isn't it? Still, I'm too lazy to rewrite it right now. Maybe later.)
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From: Cirrus Verant
Hmmm.rnrnNot bad, not bad at all.rnrnThere are a few problems. For one thing, my esteemed colleagues and I agree that someone like Sonic would take the loss of a leg a bit... uh, infuriating. Remember, this is an opinion straight from the office (or, at least the Graphics department). You might want to think about changing Sonic's opinion.rnrnNow, another thing is medical inaccuracy. A doctor is not supposed to amputate without the patient's prior consent, at least in Canada and Japan. That is, if the patient is in any condition to permit the amputation.rnrnDon't get me wrong, though, all in all, I'll be interested to see how this turns out.rnrnrn~~Cirrusrn
I hope chapter 2 cleared things up a bit, Cirrus. It's my belief that Sonic would be in too much of a hurry to get back on his feet to waste any time sulking/being gloomy/suicidal/etc.. Also, as i hope you can now see, he is NOT dealing with this perfectly. As for the medical junk, idunno. I'm no med student. I would have figured that if a doctor couldn't reveve her/his patient to ask permission, and the situation was life threatening, he/she could go ahead and lop the thing off, but I'd be the first to admit I'm probably wrong. But can't relatives give permission in that situation? Any way, I screwed up, and, truth be told, I won't be doing too much more medical stuff, so id doesn't matter too much. I'll probably screw that up too. Thanks for writing and tell me what you think about these two chapters!
Quick question though. What office? Do you work for Sega or Archie or something?
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From: Latifah27
cool! please continue this!!! i love stories like that! i'm guessing that sally's gonna comfort sonic, and he's gonna have to learn to adapt... kinda like the fics i write! and yes, i love torturing my favorite characters. i'm bad.
Glad you like, Latifah27. ? As for Sally comforting Sonic, maybe. Of course she could get sick and die, or get pulled into the Void, or become a nun, or join the circus, or get kidnapped by aliens, or.... ahem. Just about anything could happen. Like I said above, beyond a few things that WILL occur, just about anything could happen. Tell me what you think about about what happened this time.
(No, nothing like that's gonna happen, I was just goofing around. Sally's safe and sound and dating...somebody. I'm not gonna tell you who! ^_^)
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From: Chaolin Chako (http://www.fanfiction.net/profile.php?userid=322733)
It even had That Dr. Quack.... I wonder... is he just some psyco Physician? ***Spoiler alert*rnI plan to make a fic that he turns on Sonic and friends...
.....why didn't I think of that? Thanks, Chaolin, you've got some of my creative juices flowing. I probably won't use it here, but Doc Quack would do good in a Jeykll/Hyde scenario. Did I spell either of those names right?
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Well that's it for this time. Caio.
When I introduce my own characters, I'll tell you who they are.
Now that this bull's out of the way....
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Explinations
Sally watched Tails fly off to rejoin Sonic and sighed, then headed for the War Room. She was glad the small fox managed to get the injured hedgehog to do something other than sit in bed all day. Sally was sure Sonic was suffering. She was half afraid he'd go mad. But Sonic wouldn't talk about it, or about what he was doing with Nicole. He just evaded the question with 'Just killin' time' or 'Nothin', really'. No one she'd asked had any idea what he was up to either. Then Sally stopped when she realized the only one she hadn't asked was the one who knew exactly what Sonic was doing.
"Nicole, may I ask you something?" Sally asked, opening the computer.
"Of course, Sally." Nicole responded.
"What is Sonic doing?" Sally asked. "Why does he keep asking to borrow you?"
"Sonic has requested that I tudor him." Nicole answered.
"Tudor him?" Sally repeated, shocked. "Why? I mean, I'm glad he isn't wasting his time, but he's never been interested in school before."
"Since he has not explained his plans to me, I can only hypothesize." Nicole said. "Given Sonic's personality, his state of mind, and his inquiries to future courses, I believe he will attempt to build and/or grow himself a new leg."
"But that will take decades!" Sally protested. "He's got to get the learning first, then there's the research!"
"I do not believe so, Sally." Nicole said. "At his current rate, Sonic should achieve his goal within the next few years. He has already absorbed an amazing amount of information since regaining consciousness. He has gone from very a basic education to late high school courses. If I weren't monitoring his vital signs to make sure he doesn't harm himself, I would suspect that he is a machine."
"But how is that possible?"
"Sonic is the fastest thing alive, Sally, and in more that his running speed." Nicole said. Sally looked at the mini-computer blankly. "I will try to explain. The average Mobian has a top speed of 20 to 25 miles an hour. For argument's sake, we'll say 25 mph. Sound travels at approximately 758 miles per hour at sea level. Sonic can easily exceed this speed, creating sonic booms, but since his top speed is unknown, as well as for argument's sake, we'll say he moves at 750 mph. This is 30 times the average Mobian's speed of 25 mph. To do this, he must process information at an equal, or greater, rate of speed."
"I think I understand what you're saying." Sally said slowly. "But still, shouldn't it have taken Sonic months to learn what he has instead of days?"
"Negative." Nicole answered. "Your mentor, Julayla, and Rosie made sure you all had a basic education, such as math and english, so Sonic did not have to start at the very beginning. He also decided to leave his grasp of english where it is for the time being."
"He would." Sally said dryly.
"Sonic is not taking any of the basic electives, such as Reading, PE, and Art, either." Nicole added. "But to continue, the average Mobian goes through school very slowly. In Mobotroplis, the average class lenghts were 45 minutes or 80 minutes, depending on the area and how courses were set up. We'll use the 80 minute class." Nicole paused for a moment.
"Sonic is not taking the breaks average Mobians do." Nicole said, continuing her explination. "Out of 24 hours, Sonic sleeps roughly 8. About another 8 hours are used during medical examinations, eating, short breaks, visits from friends, and misc. stops. This leaves 8 hours for Sonic to study. 8 hours is 480 minutes, times the 30 times rate of speed is 14400 minutes. Dividing this time by the 80 minute class gives us 180 class periods. Since there are usually 4 periods a day when classes are 80 minutes long, this is the same as 45 days of school in 8 hours." Nicole paused for a minute before continuing again.
"The year is 52 weeks long. 8 of those weeks are during the summer season, during which, in most cases, no one goes to school, leaving 44 weeks, or 308 days. Out of that, 88 days are weekends. Also, approximately 25 days are holidays, leaving 195 school days. This means Sonic, at the rate of speed discussed, completes one full year of school every 4.33 days. If he had started with no education at all, he would recieve his High School Diploma in roughly 52 days. However, you must keep in mind that we are not taking every second into account, nor are we discussing Sonic's max speed, so these figures are nowhere near exact."
"That's... amazing!" Sally finally said.
"Affirmative, Sally." Nicole agreed.
That's incredible! Sally thought. Sonic's never used his speed for anything other than running. I never would have guessed that he could do something like that. He always complains that thinking makes his head hurt. Sally rubbed her left temple, then smiled. Now I think I know what he means. But I wonder... is Sonic just impatient, or does he have trouble going at the same speed as the rest of us? Sally was nearly to the War Room before Nicole interupted her train of thought.
"Once we have completed the mission, I would like to speak to Sir Charles before returning to Knothole." Nicole said. "He should be informed that Sonic has recovered, and I would like to speak to him."
"I hadn't even thought about Sir Charles." Sally said, feeling a little guilty about it. "We'll stop by."
"That is the one way I'd never expect my nephew to react to his situation." Uncle Chuck said, several hours, and one succesful mission, later. The robotic hedgehog smiled. "I'm proud of him. Not only is he refusing to let this get him down, he's determined to overcome it. And knowing Sonny-boy, he won't stop until he's destroying the sound barrier again. Now then, what did you want to talk to me about, Nicole?"
"You were the one who designed and built me." Nicole said. "Is it possible for you to build another unit?"
"Of course." Uncle Chuck replied. "I'd need some time to get the parts, but I could create another in a couple of months. Sooner if I can find where Robotnik threw the things from my lab. Why?" Uncle Chuck blinked when he realized what Nicole was planning. "I see."
"Sonic should have a unit of his own." Nicole said, confirming Uncle Chuck's guess. "I belong to Sally, and should be on hand whenever she needs me. Besides, Sonic requires a unit with a personality, which I do not have. Though I can mimic Sonic's personality for self-defense, any unit Sonic has should be able to interact with him."
"That's a good point." Uncle Chuck said. "Hmmm... most of the spying I do can be done by remote, for a little while at least. I'll start as soon as I set things up. That's a good idea, Nicole."
"Thank you." the mini-computer said. Just then, Sally walked out of the bathroom. "I have finished speaking to Sir Charles, Sally."
"What did you need?" Sally asked, taking the computer back.
"I will explain on the way home."
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Okay, I lied about being done in a couple of days, sue me. At least I made up for it by posting two chapters.
Hopefully I'll take less time with chapter 4.
So what do you think? I started wondering how fast Sonic could learn if he put his mind to it, and this is the result. Actually, it was that question that started this fic. I hope it wasn't too boring, but if it was, TOO BAD!!!
Okay, so what do you think should happen? Except for a little here and a little there, I'm writing this off the top of my head. Who knows, if you give a suggestion, I may just use it.
I fixed the settings(I think) so you shouldn't have to be a fanfiction.net author to review my story. I'm not sure how that happened, but now that it's fixed(hopefully) I'd apprecate it if readers would review.
Now here's where I take some of the reviews and answer questions and reply to comments. Since I actually got a few, I'll start with it now.
I call this little section:
Reviewing the Reviews
From: Vincent Valentine
Needs to be formatted a bit better.rnYou should also work a bit on the dialouge.rnrnrnI liked this story, it's pretty original.
Glad you liked it, Vincent. Hopefully both the formatting and the dialouge have improved, and will continue to do so.
(I just reread chapter 1. The dialouge is kind of jerky and pathetic all around isn't it? Still, I'm too lazy to rewrite it right now. Maybe later.)
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From: Cirrus Verant
Hmmm.rnrnNot bad, not bad at all.rnrnThere are a few problems. For one thing, my esteemed colleagues and I agree that someone like Sonic would take the loss of a leg a bit... uh, infuriating. Remember, this is an opinion straight from the office (or, at least the Graphics department). You might want to think about changing Sonic's opinion.rnrnNow, another thing is medical inaccuracy. A doctor is not supposed to amputate without the patient's prior consent, at least in Canada and Japan. That is, if the patient is in any condition to permit the amputation.rnrnDon't get me wrong, though, all in all, I'll be interested to see how this turns out.rnrnrn~~Cirrusrn
I hope chapter 2 cleared things up a bit, Cirrus. It's my belief that Sonic would be in too much of a hurry to get back on his feet to waste any time sulking/being gloomy/suicidal/etc.. Also, as i hope you can now see, he is NOT dealing with this perfectly. As for the medical junk, idunno. I'm no med student. I would have figured that if a doctor couldn't reveve her/his patient to ask permission, and the situation was life threatening, he/she could go ahead and lop the thing off, but I'd be the first to admit I'm probably wrong. But can't relatives give permission in that situation? Any way, I screwed up, and, truth be told, I won't be doing too much more medical stuff, so id doesn't matter too much. I'll probably screw that up too. Thanks for writing and tell me what you think about these two chapters!
Quick question though. What office? Do you work for Sega or Archie or something?
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From: Latifah27
cool! please continue this!!! i love stories like that! i'm guessing that sally's gonna comfort sonic, and he's gonna have to learn to adapt... kinda like the fics i write! and yes, i love torturing my favorite characters. i'm bad.
Glad you like, Latifah27. ? As for Sally comforting Sonic, maybe. Of course she could get sick and die, or get pulled into the Void, or become a nun, or join the circus, or get kidnapped by aliens, or.... ahem. Just about anything could happen. Like I said above, beyond a few things that WILL occur, just about anything could happen. Tell me what you think about about what happened this time.
(No, nothing like that's gonna happen, I was just goofing around. Sally's safe and sound and dating...somebody. I'm not gonna tell you who! ^_^)
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From: Chaolin Chako (http://www.fanfiction.net/profile.php?userid=322733)
It even had That Dr. Quack.... I wonder... is he just some psyco Physician? ***Spoiler alert*rnI plan to make a fic that he turns on Sonic and friends...
.....why didn't I think of that? Thanks, Chaolin, you've got some of my creative juices flowing. I probably won't use it here, but Doc Quack would do good in a Jeykll/Hyde scenario. Did I spell either of those names right?
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Well that's it for this time. Caio.
