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Post by Leedzie on Mar 4, 2008 14:30:33 GMT -5
 "Mmn..." The bat sluggishly rubbed her eyes and rolled onto her back -- and winced slightly as she shifted uncomfortably onto her damaged wing. For a moment she seemed confused, but after a brief pause to reflect, Rouge remembered. ...Mostly. Though it was the least recent of the events in her mind, the confrontation with Metal Sonic was still the most crisp in her memory. Rouge's brow furrowed slightly as she reflected on it. It may have gained her the greivous injuries, but at the same time, she was... oddly proud of it. She'd handled it herself, without anyone else's help. There'd been no Rob to lean on, just her wits and her own two hands. Meadowood's location had remained a secret. That alone was worth her wounds. Grunting quietly, the bat pushed herself upright and glanced around. She could remember most of the events leading up to this moment, but... her memory on arriving back at what she recognized as the room she was sharing with Rob at the military base escaped her. In fact, most of her recent memories were fuzzy... Something just seemed really dreamlike about the events following her stop at the hospital. Well, she thought to herself, at least I made it back, however I did... Rouge turned and noticed her sling on the table beside the bed. The affliction to her shoulder was by far the most painful of her injuries, and begged her to return the sling to help take the weight off. Scrunching her mouth, Rouge snatched it back and struggled to replace it without hurting herself. |
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Post by Jamie Lee on Mar 8, 2008 2:31:33 GMT -5
 To her side opposite of the table, Rob sat in a chair. His arms had been folded and his head slumped forward into his chest as he dozed. |
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Post by Leedzie on Mar 8, 2008 2:54:41 GMT -5
Once her arm was moderately secured -- it wasn't exactly right, but it would work for the moment -- Rouge's gaze fell on the hedgehog sitting up with her. Somehow she managed an expression that was both a smile and a frown; it was touching that he'd chosen keep watch over her, but... dozing off in that position was going to bring him great pain when he awoke. Rouge carefully pushed herself to her feet and made her way to Rob's side, giving him a gentle shake at the shoulder. " Rob...? Go lay down, before you get a crick in your neck..." |
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Post by Jamie Lee on Mar 8, 2008 22:54:25 GMT -5
"Mm?" Rob groaned, inhaling deeply and rubbing at his eyes. Barely having caught a yawn, he looked up at the person addressing him and promptly smiled awkwardly. "Oh, you're awake," he said, sitting up a bit straighter. She was right, his neck did feel sore. "How're you feeling?" |
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Post by Leedzie on Mar 8, 2008 23:43:11 GMT -5
"I'm okay," Rouge replied with a slightly forced smile; actually, her shoulder had begun to ache terribly from the ill-aligned sling. "Come on, why don't you lay down? That chair can't be comfortable. I'm sorry for hogging the bed like that." |
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Post by Jamie Lee on Mar 9, 2008 0:07:10 GMT -5
Oh thank Auaora, Rob thought to himself, glad to see Rouge behaving like herself again. He stood and stretched his back. "Nah, it's alright, luv. Besides, your wing needed room more than I did." He paused for a tentative moment, before taking note of the awkward way she had her sling on. "Oh, here, hold on a moment," he said, gently grabbing it to help adjust it for her. Afterward he wrapped an arm around her to hug. "I'm just glad you're at least in one piece... didn't you say you say that super robot we'd heard rumors about did this?"
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Post by Leedzie on Mar 9, 2008 0:31:24 GMT -5
SIGH OF RELIEF. Go figure having a piece of medical equipment on correctly helped ease pain. "Thank you," Rouge said gratefully. As Rob embraced her, the bat rested her head against his shoulder and frowned in thought. "It couldn't have been anything else. It looked just like Sonic, that hedgehog from the Knothole group, and it knew all about me..." Her ears drooped as she continued, " It most likely could've killed me with a single attack, or, just taken me straight to the roboticizer. But it was toying with me, and trying to force me to give up where Meadowood is." Rouge turned to look up into Rob's eyes, her expression pensive, but with a layer of determination folded in. "...I didn't tell, Rob. Not a word. I know everyone thinks I'm helpless without you around... But there's no way I would surrender that!" |
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Post by Jamie Lee on Mar 9, 2008 14:16:58 GMT -5
Rob frowned a bit. The idea of a robot toying with someone was... well, it was unsettling to say the least. For it to have done this to her... A feeling of anger rose up inside him, both at it and at himself for not having been able to help. He KNEW something had been wrong! His Rouge senses instincts told him! At least she was okay now. Worse for wear, but better off than she could have been. He couldn't help but feel proud for how it seems she'd held herself up. Though it was no excuse for his absence... "Aye, I know you wouldn't," he said, looking downcast then, " I should have been there with you though." |
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Post by Leedzie on Mar 9, 2008 22:19:53 GMT -5
"Please don't blame yourself," Rouge quickly replied with a frown. "It's not your fault; it was just really bad luck. It could've happened to anyone. There's nothing you could've done." Following that point, the bat's ears perked back up again, and she clasped her non-slinged hand to Rob's cheek. "Besides... you were with me. There's a part of you that's always with me." Rouge boosted herself onto the balls of her feet to plant a kiss onto the hedgehog's lips. "Please don't beat yourself up. I'm sure I have enough bruises for the both of us. I'm fine, and that's the important thing." Suddenly her expression turned... sheepish. " At least this means I can somewhat take care of myself, right?" |
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Post by Jamie Lee on Mar 14, 2008 2:31:42 GMT -5
Rob exhaled and chuckled sheepishly. "Darling," he said, brushing a few strands of her hair aside, "You don't give yourself near enough credit. But I suppose you're right about the one thing." He repressed the urge to frown. There was nothing he could have, this was true. But it certainly didn't stop the feeling that he could have done more... should have done more. After all, he was supposed to be a protector, and he had failed to do just that! "Well," he said, forcing a sheepish smile, "Those men at least said we needn't worry about anyone popping in or out while in this building anymore. So at least we have that comfort?" |
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Post by Leedzie on Mar 24, 2008 23:05:08 GMT -5
All of a sudden Rouge's face filled with so much joy that even Rob might've never seen it before. Some of her features remained apprehensive, as though she were reluctant to believe what she was hearing, but in her eyes there was a sort of... release. "Is... Is that really true, Rob? Are we really... safe here??" |
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Post by Jamie Lee on Mar 24, 2008 23:16:07 GMT -5
"Well, if what they said's right we'd have to be stuck in here awhile, but yeah." |
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Post by Leedzie on Mar 24, 2008 23:26:38 GMT -5
A part of her couldn't really believe it. But every inch of her being wanted to, desperately. They would actually be safe, even if just temporarily. So what if it was in some foreign realm in a building that had a sterilized lifeless feeling. It may not have been under the most desirable circumstances, but it was still something she'd been achingly lacking for a decade. They were safe. They were safe. With absolutely no word or cue to warn him, Rouge abruptly jumped into Rob's arms, wrapping her own uninjured one around his shoulders. They were safe, even if just for a little while. They could relax. They could just be happy. ...Or that's what she'd had in mind, anyway. From the other side of the door, the echo of a sharp argument could be heard bounding along the corridor walls, and rapidly growing louder. The escalation of noise was abruptly peaked by the door itself suddenly swinging open.  "...and if you'd just given them EXACT instructions instead of being so vague we wouldn't even by LOOKING--" Just then the Rouge of the Chaos dimension realized that this latest room she'd quickly looked into in search of the two wandering echidna girls had a very different set of occupants. Her grumpy expression quickly slithered into one of dark amusement. "Oh. It's you." Then, apparently recognizing the hedgehog her Mobian self was hugging, Rouge added, "And the gentleman as well! My my, what a pleasant surprise!!" "..." Rouge seemed conflicted between running with her glee or allowing her anxiety over her doppleganger choke it. In the end she kept ahold of Rob, but uttered a less than confident, " Hello." |
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Post by Lans on Mar 25, 2008 0:49:26 GMT -5
 "Well maybe if they'd stop throwing themselves at me every five seconds I wouldn't have told them to go away! I mean, normally that would be a good thing but they were doing it LITTERALLY!" Came Knuckles' retort from behind her. He frowned when she stopped and peeked in the room from behind her. "What did you find-" he cut off abruptly and blushed. "...Uh hello again..." he said to the other Rouge, "...Didn't I give you a cloak?" |
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Post by Jamie Lee on Mar 25, 2008 14:39:19 GMT -5
Rob had been a bit surprised by his love's sudden - and strong - reaction. It wasn't really like her, but really, he also couldn't blame her. He had started to give her a tight (as he felt without agitating the injuries on her back) hug in return before the two of them were interrupted... He looked up at the sudden disturbance and frowned a bit (as well as doing a small double-take) when he saw the other white bat standing in the doorway. Frowning slightly, he pulled away from his Rouge and, subconsciously, stepped himself slightly in front of her. "Can we help you?" he asked flatly. |
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Post by Leedzie on Mar 25, 2008 15:04:09 GMT -5
Rouge's attention had been uncomfortably fixated on her other self until Knuckles distracted her train of thought. The bat blinked; ah yes, she recognized him as the man that had taken care of her after her fight with Metal Sonic. Momentarily ignoring the other intruder for a moment, Rouge smiled faintly and replied, "Oh, yes, thank you. I'm sure it's around here.... ..." She paused then, and realized more important words were in order. Bowing her head gratefully, Rouge added, "Thank you for your help before." At that, the other bat quirked an eyebrow. Glancing quickly between the two she asked, "Wait, you two know each other?" Rouge's smile became more devious as she leered at her snowy counterpart. "Apparently Knux attracts bats in general, hmm? And after you made such a scene when you found Rob in the breakroom earlier!" The other Rouge's face filled with horror at the insinuation. Her ears quickly drooping backward against her head, she awkwardly sputtered, "N-No, wait, I didn't..! It was nothing like that! He helped me because I'd just escaped a battle... and..." Rouge seemed to wilt beneath the evil grin of her Chaos self, and with a defeated sigh, weakly reiterated, " It wasn't like that." |
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Post by Jamie Lee on Mar 25, 2008 17:02:40 GMT -5
Rob frowned even deeper, his quills bristling slightly as he stepped further in front of the snowy bat. "I asked if you needed us?" |
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Post by Lans on Mar 25, 2008 19:47:13 GMT -5
Knux, still blushing, made a sound like he was clearing his throat. "Um...well...you haven't seen...two echidna girls, have you?" |
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Post by Jamie Lee on Mar 25, 2008 23:04:13 GMT -5
"I'm afraid we haven't," he said, glancing over at Knuckles. "Ah, but you say you helped Rouge after her fight with that robot though?" his expression softened a bit and he nodded. "I thank you for that." |
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Post by Leedzie on Mar 26, 2008 23:20:01 GMT -5
With Rob shielding her from her Chaos self, Rouge took a moment to calm her already building anxiety, and wrapped a slender hand around the hedgehog's elbow. " He found me when I was lost, and took care of my shoulder," she gently informed. Meanwhile, the other Rouge watched her mirror with the utmost scrutiny. If she was honest with herself about it, this variant of herself was just... fascinating. This girl was almost her total opposite. In a way Rouge found herself with a feeling of disbelief... when she wasn't overcome with amusement. It wasn't nice to pick on her, but then, the Rouge of the Chaos realm wasn't always known TO be nice. "...." The other bat was still staring at her. The Mobian Rouge's ears wilted again, and she seemed to hide slightly behind Rob to escape her counterpart's gaze. Aaaaand cue further amusement. Rouge couldn't help snerking. Loudly. "Awww, poor thing can't even handle being looked at!" No wonder she got her ass kicked. She snickered and held her chin in one hand. "She's so cute." |
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Post by Lans on Mar 27, 2008 1:39:11 GMT -5
Knuckes gave a little cough. He couldn't really disagree with Rouge's last statement since she was...technically...talking about herself. "So...no sign of the ba-echidna girls then?" he repeated. |
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Post by Jamie Lee on Mar 27, 2008 2:43:41 GMT -5
Frowning again at the more forward of the two bats, and noticing just how uncomfortable it was making his beloved, Rob reached an arm back and wrapped it around the Rouge of his world in a protective gesture. As he did this, he shot an annoyed look at the other bat, his message to back off rather clear. Then, focusing back on Knuckles, "I'm afraid the only echidna I've seen about is you," he considered what else to say for a moment, before adding, "Would you like for me to help you find them?" He wasn't particularly interested in having to deal with that other worldly Rouge more than he had to, but, offering was the gentlemanly thing to do. And it would help in backing her away from his beloved and give her more time to rest. |
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Post by Lans on Mar 27, 2008 23:03:19 GMT -5
"That would be...apreciated," he told Rob. "Um, that is, if you two aren't...busy?" |
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Post by Leedzie on Mar 28, 2008 15:23:18 GMT -5
"Oh, don't worry, Red," Rouge abruptly interjected, barely staving off her riotous laughter, "I don't think these two are ever 'busy'." The white bat tensed at that moment, and her mouth scrunched up into a quivery line. Under other circumstances she probably wouldn't have said anything, but for some reason, the fact that this continually rude behavior was coming from her dimensional counterpart made it all the more offensive. It made it so much more... personal. Rouge naturally was not responsible for how her other self acted, but at the same time, it was beginning to make her feel slandered. "Hey..." she suddenly spoke up, stepping slightly aside from Rob's cover, "Why do you need to be so disrespectful? We never did anything to you." Rouge smiled blithely, and reached out to poke her doppleganger in the nose. "Because you just make it waaaay too easy, my dear. I can't help it if you're the very personification of the word 'virginal'." The bat's eyes drifted over to Rob for a moment, and she reflected briefly on his behavior back at her home. "Not that he's much better, but still." |
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Post by Jamie Lee on Mar 29, 2008 23:33:47 GMT -5
Once again the hedgehog's quills bristled, deftly placing himself between the two bats and glaring angrily at Chaos world's Rouge. "You, madame, should learn manners! I would gladly appreciate you not touch my wife fiancé lady again! |
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Post by Lans on Mar 29, 2008 23:42:36 GMT -5
As much as he was inwardly groaning at Rouge's barely veiled insults, Knux bristled himself at Rob's threatening manner towards her. He stepped up beside his world's bat, cracking his knuckles in a threatening manner. "Hey, I'd calm down and back up a bit if I were you, pal!" |
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Post by Leedzie on Mar 29, 2008 23:54:37 GMT -5
"Relax, Knux," Rouge stated calmly, neither recoiling from nor breaking eye contact with Rob. "I think I can take care of myself right now. If I could handle Eggman's robots, artificial Chaos, Metal freaking the hell out, and I don't even remember what else, I think I can handle a misplaced nobleman and his trophy wife." |
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Post by Jamie Lee on Mar 30, 2008 0:41:49 GMT -5
Rob's eyes widened considerably with disbelief. He opened his mouth, voice cracking several times in the back of his throat before he finally managed to sputter out a "Tr- trophy wife?!" his hands closed into fists at his sides in an effort to contain himself. "Listen you, this lady has been through enough already, and whether or not she looks it to you she is MORE than capable of handling herself! I don't care what sort of," he looked her up and down, most notably at her chest, "Rough times you've had, I HARDLY see that as any excuse to take them out on her and behave like some--some--ill-mannered HARLOT!" |
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Post by Lans on Mar 30, 2008 0:50:34 GMT -5
Knuckles' eyes narrowed dangerously. He suddenly grabbed the front of Rob's cowl and yanked the hedgehog towards him. "You'd better take that back...NOW!" |
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Post by Leedzie on Mar 30, 2008 13:36:43 GMT -5
" STOP!!!" Undoubtedly surprising everyone in the room, Rouge clamped her comparitively small hand over Knuckles' massive fist as though to stay the conflict, glancing between the two men with awkwardly assertive eyes. Even she couldn't explain her sudden outspokenness, and furthermore couldn't seem to contain it. "B-Both of you, just, stop it!! You're both good men, and, you shouldn't be resorting to this! Neither of you are a threat, you're just... emotional." The other bat smirked. "Wow, she really DOES have a voice!! I'm impressed, dear; I was beginning to think Rob did all your talking for you!" Rouge's eyes flickered to her doppleganger, and the mobian felt yet another streak of anger surge through her body -- something that, it seemed, only her other self brought out. Rouge's voice trembled as she spoke again, both from her tension and her outright inexperience with being so vocal about her feelings. "Don't... Don't you just... stand there and grin! This isn't funny!! Y-You're making two honorable people turn on each other! Where d-do you find entertainment in that?!" The bat's breath caught for a moment, and her eyes had become extra glossy as tears threatened to well, but Rouge could not suppress the next wave anymore than the first. Her naked breast seemed to swell with bottled emotion until she finally said, "You're just.... Y-You're... You must be very ugly inside, i-if this is how you present yourself to others!! It makes me embarrassed to... t-to admit that I'm your c-counterpart!!" Releasing a short huff, Rouge's eyes fell to the floor, looking deeply disgruntled as she shifted her weight. Then, after a breif pause, she lowly added, " And I'm not a virgin." |
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THE ONLY ROUGE COSPLAYER WITH A MATCHING BALLOON.
