(With the Helix King gone, what is there left to do? And what of Lucus Darkoak's last words? Was he bluffing, or was he trying to caution them of an as-yet-unseen evil?
We'll find out soon.)
拝啓ソニック様
Dear Sonic
8:7:3236
Dear Sonic,
Are you doing well?
(Well, I suppose that is an odd question to ask you...)
I have decided to start this journal, because...
Well, I suppose it should be obvious.
Tails has done it, Mister Sonic! He has overthrown my father and made Möbius a safe place for me and the Möbians to live in.
Although, I wonder...
Why did Father do what he did?
Why was he so sure that he was doing the right thing?
Oh! I just looked back at what I have just written above, and I realized that I failed to introduce myself.
Good day to you, Mister Sonic!
My name is Cosmo Darkoak. I was the First Princess of Greengate, and daughter of Helix King Lucus Darkoak.
Don't get angry at me, if you please. I have renounced my father, after he renounced me. You see, I once asked my father, when I was still a resident of the Capital with Father, and he indulged my every wish. Then, one day, I asked Father, "Why was I born?" When I next awoke, I was inside a box, down on the surface, and Tails rescued me!
I suppose this was a week after you died.
The Great Freedom Fighters are very kind people, and Knuckles in particular has told me a great deal of what was going on on the surface. Upon this realization on my part, the remaining Helix Generals - Undenine Redpine, Salasine Blacknarcissus, and Gnonine Pale-Bayleaf - old friends of my father - attacked the Great Freedom.
But Tails, who was so struck by your death that he wished to cast aside his own personhood and become like you, came to my rescue when Blacknarcissus had me in his grasp! I believe in Tails as wholeheartedly as he believed in you, because he always is there to save me. He is always there to lend me a hand.
This diamond he gave me... he says that he found it while he was trapped in a cave-in with you once. It really is quite lovely, and I am very thankful for it and his companionship!
It has been a month since then, and it is now the seventh day of the Battle for Greengate. Although Father had concealed a Gizoid far larger than any other inside the Capital, Tails still proved greater than my father.
Although, my father's last words trouble me:
"When you primitive animals pierce the heavens and make for outer space, the Moon shall become Hell's messenger, and destroy the world of the Spiral."
Was Father bluffing, in an attempt to defuse any thoughts of Möbian expansion across the surface? Or was it a genuine warning?
What of when the population grows too great for even the surface to bear? We cannot expand downwards. I know that you would not desire that, Mister Sonic.
I do not want to believe that Father did this without reason, but he seemed so sure that he was doing right by us...
But Father had been indulging in a horrific pastime during his two millenniums on this planet. He would collect the most beautiful women from across the planet in a single village, bring them to his Capital, and indulge them in the finest of everything he could offer. He even... reproduced with them, raising the resultant children as living dolls.
And when they showed self-awareness - as I did - they were cast out, left to die in boxes.
The valley of discarded princesses...
But I am not a doll! Whatever my father says, I and the Möbians have every right to exist in this world!
Perhaps Father really was attempting to dissuade us from allowing our new world to reach its full potential...
I will think about it some other time...
I'm so tired. I was up almost 24 hours straight.
A little sleep makes it all better.
12:9:3236
Dear Sonic,
The Great MetaRex - the tremendous Gizoid inside the Capital - has been re-erected. Tails did it in his Great Freedom Emerl. He combined Freedom Emerl with Great Freedom and hoisted the broken heads and necks back up onto the Gizoid's shoulders.
The arm, though, seems too difficult even for Tails to lift up, so we propped it up as a building next to it.
Silver says that the Great MetaRex will become our new city's Parliament Complex.
Oh! Mister Sonic, I just remembered. We congregated today to vote on a title for the New Capital, and the decision was unanimous, based off of Tails's suggestion:
Sonic City.
I think it is a wonderful name for a city, although most everyone is bored to tears by Silver's plotting out of the city's layout, the infrastructure, the construction materials - using the fallen skyscrapers of Greengate - and other such subjects.
I greatly look forward to this city's completion!
PS: Groups of people from other villages are beginning to arrive, to aid with the efforts. Two of particular interest to me were a young mongoose boy and a blonde human girl. The mongoose boy - named Ash - is eager to help, although I cannot suppress the feeling that he is a little too blunt about the faults of others. Helen - the human girl - is also quick to rise to someone's aid, but her legs were paralyzed in a Gizoid attack, and so she cannot move from her wheelchair. I feel most aggrieved for her condition.
27:11:3236
Dear Sonic,
Sonic City's Parliament Complex has been entirely converted from Father's original application of it! The skyscrapers which fell from the Capital that day are being slowly worked on, so that they are habitable again.
If only you could see what a world you have created down here on the surface, Mister Sonic.
1:1:3237
Dear Sonic,
Happy New Year!
It seems that Silver has figured out the secret of that holy book his father had left him when he left Galahad Village.
Apparently, it cannot be read.
Silver suspects that it was printed as a practical joke.
Also, Knuckles stubbed his toe today when he dropped a pane of glass on it. I have never heard so much colorful language.
24:3:3237
Dear Sonic,
Tails has found a block of stone as large as Freedom Emerl itself, and has moved it into the fledgling City Square in front of the Parliament Complex.
He is already hard at work on it with his hand drill.
I suspect what he might be crafting.
But I will not tell you yet. It's a surprise~!
8:7:3237
Dear Sonic,
It is now the first anniversary of the Möbian victory in the War for the Surface.
Sally has left, though she did not say where she was going.
She explained to me that, if you were still alive, she would have gladly taken a governmental job, but without you there to balance her out with your - these are her exact words - "brainless recklessness", she decided that government was not for her. Silver pleaded that she not leave, that she would be a fine fit in for the government, but she departed anyway, in her Acorn Cannon.
I know that she loved you. I think she still loves you, even though you are in the immortal hall of heroes and she is still in the world of the living.
I wish her the best, wherever she roams.
PS: I will give you a hint about Tails's statue: it is pointing to the heavens...
25:12:3237
Dear Sonic,
Tails's statue is completed! He carved it himself with his hand drill, with no one to assist him. He is truly a wonderful person!
The statue...
It's of you, Mister Sonic! Pointing to the heavens, and at your feet are inscribed the words:
Believe in yourself.
Not in you who believes in me.
Not in me who believes in you.
Believe in you who believes in you!
Tails truly does love you still, Mister Sonic. Only he could have given your monument such spirit and life.
1:1:3238
Dear Sonic,
Happy New Year!
The New Capital of Sonic City is now four times the size it was when it was under the control of my father. We are hard at work constructing the new buildings around the City.
Even so, a peculiar thing is unfolding. Any Gizoids which are unfit for carrying construction materials are being collected at Silver's behest. I do not know what is to become of them.
3:1:3238
Dear Sonic,
As it turns out, Silver is having these Gizoids reconstructed as transport vehicles. I suppose it makes sense; with the rate of Sonic City's expansion, it could be difficult to walk from one end to another.
Gizoid attacks are slowing down on the New Capital; the shock of Father's defeat must be wearing off, I suppose. The hedgehog-shaped Black Arms known as Shadow is persistent, though; his ARK-Cerberus is engaging in guerilla warfare on the outskirts of Sonic City. He refuses to relent.
Because of the cooling sentiments, Silver is willing to allow certain Black Arms to dwell amongst the populace of Sonic City. They are kindly Black Arms, ones who were trepidatious about Father's orders to slay Möbians. I bear them no ill will.
7:4:3238
Dear Sonic,
It is now my thirteenth birthday, and I was delighted as soon as I woke up:
The flower buds on either side of my head had bloomed! They are a lovely pair of roses, the most delicate shade of pink, and Tails could not speak for five minutes when he first saw them!
Although, I was quite horrified when I bled in the bathroom. Miss Lupe said that that was my "period", whatever that means.
I will ask Knuckles what a "period" is. He told me so much of what is on the surface - such as, an "enemy" being a bad person whom you "beat the crap out of" with your "fist" when you are "pissed off" - perhaps he will know what a "period" is.
PS: I will make a note of never asking Knuckles about female hygiene again. Unless I feel like another good laugh at his expense, which does not strike me as a decent thing to do. I do not like to mock other people.
8:7:3238
Dear Sonic,
Whenever I see you in Sonic City Square, pointing to the heavens, I cannot resist the urge to talk to you here.
The Gizoids of the Great Freedom Fighters have disappeared. This is not a great concern - the Black Arms rebellions have largely stopped, and Shadow has fled with his ARK-Cerberus to the wastelands - but I am curious about where they went. Only Freedom Emerl is still active, and that is less and less often.
PS: I just received a letter from Sally.
It seems she is a school teacher now!
Apparently, that means that she teaches children about hope for the future. Isn't that wonderful?
10:11:3238
Dear Sonic,
Mister Lobo and Miss Lupe have just gotten married! And I was their bridesmaid.
Guess who caught the bouquet?
Miss Meg!
And then Mister Elias announced his engagement to her, and she showed off her engagement ring!
They are a most lucky pair.
1:1:3239
Dear Sonic,
A Happy New Year to you!
Tails has been elected Supreme Commander of the New Government. The election was nearly unanimous; some had voted for Silver. I have never seen Tails in uniform before, and I must say, he looks quite...
Anyway, his inauguration date has been set as nineteen days from today. Tails is very nervous. Silver is to be Tails's right-hand man in the New Government.
This is great news, is it not? Your surrogate little brother is now the leader of free life on Möbius.
PS: Knuckles has been elected Legal Affairs Chief, and Big and Bark are in charge of the census. Apparently, they are to take a yearly count of the people who live on Möbius. Rotor is the Director of the New Government's Science Department.
27:1:3239
Dear Sonic,
Tails flew Freedom Emerl about Sonic City today, and Silver yelled at him for it. I did not appreciate Silver telling off Tails for doing what only he could do, and Silver did not appreciate me telling Tails that, as Supreme Commander, has responsibilities he must not shirk.
This New Government, for all of its faults, is better by far than Father's.
お約束と言う事で、ひとつ
5:9:3239
Dear Sonic,
Missus Lupe has just given birth to two cubs! A boy and a girl! Her and Mister Lobo have named them Marcos and Maria. Miss Lupe is still as strong as ever, and I think that she will still be the one in charge of their repair shop once she and her cubs are discharged.
This is a wonderful occasion. And they are not the first children to be born on the surface.
And it's all thanks to you and Tails, Mister Sonic!
10:11:3239
Dear Sonic,
Mister Elias and Miss Meg got married today!
And...
I managed to catch the bouquet!
This must mean that I am the next who will get married.
And...
Mister Sonic...
I think Tails tried to catch my eye then.
Does he love me as I...?
Here he comes I gotta go Mister Sonic!
1:6:3240
Dear Sonic,
Silver yelled at the Great Freedom Fighters who were in the New Government today. Apparently, he does not believe that they are giving their all in running their agencies. Tails is immensely bored by his governmental responsibilities, so Silver was given most of the responsibilities Tails had had. This must be why Silver is close to anger with the other Great Freedom Fighters. He is very serious so much of the time, so he can be somewhat grating to deal with.
But I know he means well, however misguided his anger can be.
熱砂の荒野を抜けて大グレン団が行くのだ
15:10:3241
Dear Sonic,
Me and Tails...
We...
I'm blushing so much right now...
We... did it...
You know... it?
I feel awkward speaking about it to you...
But... It felt so wonderful... and Tails inside me...
He was so good at it, even though it was his first time... and mine...
We are so happy together...
Is this world of yours anything like you imagined, Mister Sonic?
Is our new world what you thought it would be...?
30:7:3242
Dear Sonic,
Research on Freedom Emerl by the Science Department has finished production on the mass production models of Freedom Emerl. Silver has dubbed them the Fremeralds. They are emerald-green duplicates of Freedom Emerl, with guns and swords as weapons.
Charmy and Cream were amongst the first volunteers for pilots. Already, they are modifying theirs to be distinct. Charmy's is a vibrant orange, and Cream's is painted in the color of her fur: a pale, cream color.
Silver would frown on this, but they are Fremerald pilot prodigies, so he gives them license to decorate them as they see fit.
I am sure their mothers and fathers are smiling on them with pride.
13:10:3242
Dear Sonic,
Mister Elias and Missus Meg are pregnant! They're going to have a baby! Knuckles was nervous about letting Elias near her, since she was practically his sister after their villages were destroyed by Shadow, but he seems happy enough now... He is practically going to be an uncle.
I wonder what mine and Tails's children will look like...
...But I'm not pregnant, Mister Sonic! Don't get the wrong idea! I was just wondering! Me and Tails aren't even engaged, even if we're... you know...
Best wishes to you!
25:5:3243
Dear Sonic,
Mister Elias and Missus Meg have had their baby. It's a little girl! They named her Alexis. Apparently, Elias had been thinking about it for a while now.
The seventh anniversary of freedom on the surface is approaching up quickly.
8:7:3243
Dear Sonic,
It is the seventh anniversary of the fall of Greengate and the Helix King.
The most peculiar thing happened, though.
Tails asked if he could have back the diamond he gave me just over seven years ago.
I loved it, but I love him more, so I did not refuse.
What does he want with it?
15:7:3243
Dear Sonic,
Tails returned the diamond to me... but a chunk was missing from it. When I asked him where the rest of it was, he told me - with a smile - that he would show me in a few days.
Tails is being very mysterious lately.
I wonder if he is ill...
19:7:3243
Dear Sonic,
Tomorrow, the Gizoid probe rocket will depart for the Moon.
As it turns out, the Moon is a satellite which orbits Möbius. We are sending out a rocket Gizoid to probe it and find out what it's like.
We haven't forgotten Father's last words, but Tails said that if we find nothing on the Moon, no harm will befall us.
I personally believe that Father was trying to scare us with his last words. I do not fear what will happen if the rocket Gizoid makes moonfall.
Tails wants to see me tomorrow night, just after the Moon probe Gizoid takes off. We are to meet at the Great Freedom Memorial Site.
He seemed giddy as he asked it of me.
I wonder if he will...
The Moon will be full tomorrow. It will be a lovely night.
He will...!
He has to!
I have never looked forward more to the future!
つづく
To be continued...
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The creatures of this planet are contented in these times of peace, gorging themselves on the spoils of ruin.
Their time is short now, with my awakening. Even the most beautiful of flowers can bear deadly barbs.
Next time on Tengen Toppa Freedom Emerl: "Hear Me, Möbius".