Eggman was hard at work when the alarms went off. A huff escaped, head turning as a screen lowered into his field of vision. “Father.” The familiar voice of Sage spoke out over the speakers. “Several intruders have been located breaching the entrance. No sign of Sonic however. What would you like me to do?”
Placing the final emerald into its slot before returning to his computer to upload the code, he made a slightly dismissive gesture. “Eliminate them. Or stall them at least. Once this F series is online, it can handle the rest I’m sure.”
“Understood.” While Sage wasn’t certain that F1337 would work as her father intended, she had been told not to run the scenarios this time. To focus on defense instead. So she would do just that, turning her digital gaze to the entryway and the enemies that had found their way into the base. A tug of the code, and a fleet of Egg Pawns dropped into the hallway before them. Hopefully that would be a suitable deterant. None of them looked familiar to her, so not those they saw on the Starfall Islands. That was good, they wouldn’t know her voice. She tapped into the speakers, keeping her voice monotone. “Intruder alert. This is your only warning. Leave or be eliminated.”
shoutout to slow growers, late bloomers, people whose plans got derailed by circumstances beyond their control or their own choices, people who never had a plan to begin with, people who have had to start over when theyre too old to feel like theyre supposed to be where they are, people who cant pretend theyre built for the environment theyre in, and everyone who's not living the life they thought they would. im proud of you for making it this far and i hope you keep going until youre happy ♡
The joke is that alhaitham will do the stupid grand sage job even if he hates it only because nahida asked him to stay by her side. He is a walking mystery but you can also read him like a book.