Scorpio

Consciously or unconsciously, you may have left someone with misinformation - which could be as distressing to you as it is to them. A third person may need to intervene to iron out misunderstandings. You could also fall foul of incomplete information: a travel schedule could be changed or extra charges put in place. You could though find previously elusive vocabulary and make it clear to someone just how much you care for them.

"What do you mean, you gave Amy a love ray?"

"Chill out, Sonic. It doesn't work. There's no way it could. I just had to do something to stop her wrecking my TV."

"Look, that's still no-"

"I'm sorry, Sonic, but do you know how long I've had this TV? All of three days. LCD screen with HD, too. I was gonna watch documentaries on it. I think after all I've done for the world, I deserve to watch a few documentaries."

"Well, yeah, but-"

"All you have to do is pretend that it does work. Just for a day. Then, I'll take it back in for testing, and it'll 'mysteriously' break. I get to keep my TV, Amy gets a date- everyone's happy!"

"Sorry, Tails, but since when did I stop being a part of 'everyone'?"

"Well, if you do it, you get dibs on the remote every time you come round. I know how funny you find the Olympics these days."

"...Dang it! Fine, deal. But you owe me snacks too!"

Sonic dropped the connection, and Tails breathed a sigh of relief. He'd paid a lot for that TV. But something was niggling in the back of his mind. Some hidden dange-

"Sonic! Sonic, are you there? Pick up the phone!"

"Geez, Tails, I only just put it down. I'm waiting for Amy in Central Plaza."

"Sonic, do not get hit by the love ray! Repeat, do not get hit by the love ray!"

"What? Why? I thought it didn't work?"

"I just remembered. I put a Chaos Emerald in there, because who'd think to look for a Chaos Emerald in a love ray, and then I fiddled around a little bit and managed to get the ray reading on the positive energy in the Chaos Emera-"

"Tails, just the essentials, please."

"There's a small chance the Love Ray might actually work, so you might wanna-"

There was a loud "A-Ha!" from the other end of the phone, and a strange, undulating sound. The line went dead. Panicking, he called Knuckles.

"Hello, Tails?"

"Knuckles, I need a shard from the Master Emerald. Really badly."

"What? Why?"

"Well, I kinda gave Amy a functioning love ray and she may have used it on Sonic. I need the Master Emerald to make an antidote laser."

"Well, let me th- NO."

"Come on, Knuckles!"

"Are you kidding me? This is going to be hilarious. Wait until the media find out! He'll never live it down!"

"That's why I need to make an antidote!"

"No way. I think I'd prefer to sit back and laugh."

"...Okay. Fine. I understand."

"Sure you do. It'll be great."

"Which is why when Rouge inevitably asks to borrow it, I'm going to let her. And then I'll sit back and laugh when you mount the Master Emerald in a ring and ask her to marry you."

"...You'd better be joking."

"I hear one of the side effects is that it makes you whipped. Wanna risk it?"

"Grrraah! Fine. Be over in a bit. You'd better be working on that ray by the time I get over there."

Tails put the phone down and sighed. Even more work. He was going to watch Transformers and laugh at how ridiculously implausible their designs were.

He just hoped he managed to get the love ray back before Sonic did something really stupid. Because if it ever got on the news, he got the feeling he might need a new TV.