65th ♫ | by the look of the sky, i wonder if the raindrops will turn into snow

[phaiinein]

WINTER HOLIDAY ❤ 2022 CMO

WOW a whole year has gone by already and it's already time for another WINTER SEASON THEMED CMO!!!! obviously you can use this for other winter holidays from other cultures but i'm doing christmas and fantasy christmas because i morph into an elf on the shelf at exactly midnight on november 1st like a werewolf curse

As well as prompts, this post can also be used for IC gift giving! Feel free to just tap my toplevels for a gift-giving starter if that's what you want.

Feel free to also use this as a meme/mingle/CMO or whatever for your own characters! Include prompts or don't, I ain't the boss of you.

POTENTIALLY HANDY PROMPTS:

RP Scenario Generator | Mistletoe Meme | Seasonal Greetings Meme | Winter Wonderland Meme | Winter Festival Meme | Baby, It's Cold Outside Meme | Happy Holidays Meme | Rain Meme | Body Heat Meme | Family Meme

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Metal Sonic | Sonic the Hedgehog

[mechspeed]

[Always post-heroes pre-rivals canon point so he isn't just "a particularly strong but otherwise normal badnik" like Sega wants him to be. Also have a human AU if that's easier than putting up with a killer robot.]

[divisors]

[Hello, robot buddy. Here comes your favorite criminal mastermind friend, though he is not Eggman, so maybe that description is well enough defunct. He's probably got himself on a nice winter ensemble with long winter coat and snug tartan scarf, looking the other up and down (you can go for either form, I'm down for it).]

...Can robots like you tolerate the snow?

[mechspeed]

I am waterproof.

[The snow, gentle as it is, falls onto his frame and just melts into little dots of water. He seems no worse for wear.]

Sonic cannot swim. That I would be designed to operate uninhibited when submerged in large bodies of water was only logical.

[Literally everything about this guy goes back to his organic template, it seems.]

Compared to that, this is nothing.

[divisors]

....Your creator really wanted bang for his buck when creating you, huh? Even better than the original.

[He could see why, though. He'd make sure to patch up weaknesses where he can. Moriarty watches with interest as the snow melts.]

Still. Waterproof or not. It's cold.

[mechspeed]

Are you concerned?

[HOW HUMAN OF YOU, MORIARTY.

But he also just shrugs.]

While I do not possess a sense of touch, my AI chip is designed to simulate sensations of discomfort and pain in the event I am operating under hazardous conditions.

This cold is tolerable.

[divisors]

Eh? What? No.

[SAID INSTANTLY.]

Ah, so its like a built-in meter for letting you know something is wrong? Though...that kind of smacks of a little unethical. Kind of like making a machine able to scream in pain, really.

[mechspeed]

I believe it is to heighten reaction speed.

[And he sounds so matter of fact about it, too.]

A garden variety badnik will not change its course moments before it is destroyed, as it possesses no sense of self preservation. They are rudimentary AIs, which is acceptable given they are rank and file soldiers.

But I have experienced death several times before. It is an unpleasantness I have learned to avoid at all costs.

[divisors]

You...know the meaning of death?

[That's.......]


[.....]

[He shifts in place, almost a little uncomfortable.]

One would think they'd just delete the memories of those times.

[mechspeed]

Defeats yield data. Data is invaluable when formulating future strategies.

[...he is bothered by this, isn't he? Even Metal can tell.

And Metal fucking sucks at this kind of thing.]

We do not have to discuss this further, if you find it difficult to. I am aware organics share a much more tense relationship with the concept.

[divisors]

Tch. Perhaps.

[He makes a face at that last part.]

Look, I'm hardly "organic" anymore. And I already died. So I'm not unaware of the experience.

[mechspeed]

"Organic" does not simply refer to a difference in flesh versus mineral. It is the fundamental difference between how we experience the world and our relationship with certain concepts, such as life and death.

As a "heroic spirit" [he somehow manages to say that with some disbelief. but it's mostly in moriarty himself, not the concept] you have not ceased to be organic. The way you think. The way you feel.

Even with a human body, I do not "become" human. I remain a machine.

[divisors]

...

[He wants to argue it, but he can't, truly. Even if Heroic Spirits are shades of humanity, that's the key of it. Humanity. Though...]

Hm. Here's a thought for you. Let's say someone installed the ability to feel more emotions in you. Even with your body being metal, your processes being a machine, would that lead you to think like a human?

[mechspeed]

Perhaps. I do not necessarily understand exactly how wide the difference is, given I can only base it on what I have observed.

[And trust me, the narrator, that he fucking sucks at it.]

I would wonder whether or not a simulacrum of an organic life form would maintain the same thought processes when it knows it is made of wires and metal, not flesh.

[The hypothetical person may be less cautious given machines are more easily repaired, typically.]

[divisors]

Hm. An interesting question in turn. I knew of a Servant who was indeed what you'd call a "mecha". A powerful figure that could shoot down whatever he pleased. Whether he was human before...that's questionable. There is likely Servants that fit that role, though whether they retained their ways of thinking in a new form would be...hm.

[Hmmm.]

Do you think metal lifeforms are superior over organic ones?

[mechspeed]

I believe I am superior to organic life forms.

[At least it isn't some weird...machine master race shit going on here, he's just got an ego. He doesn't inherently respect other machines or AIs over humans by default.]

However, I will admit...there are...certain aspects to an organic's power that I have yet to ascertain. But once I have figured it out, I will make it my own.

[It's lame shounen shit like friendship and heart or whatever, he's doomed narratively speaking.]

[divisors]

Sure, sure.

["ITS A NICE THOUGHT, DEAR" vibes on that reply, though Moriarty would be the first to admit a robot's advantages over a human first thing.]

[A little tilt of the head.]

Oh? What exactly escapes your understanding? What aspects?

[mechspeed]

I just told you I do not know what it is.

[REALLY JAMES.]

But whatever it is that allows Sonic to overcome me. It is not his speed or his strength. It is something I have not been able to analyze.

[divisors]

Look, you can still have a hint of what it might be. Come on.

[binch!]

Hm. Perhaps his attitude?

[mechspeed]

What would his attitude have to do with it?

[That isn't something he can measure in power levels!!]

[chasinafteryoou]

[ BEEP BEEP.

There's a cute little pink car riding down the streets of Central City, its backseats overrun with packages wrapped up in all sorts of bright and merry colors.

(Pink. It's mostly pink.)

It makes its way to one of the city exists at a totally safe and legal speed. She is an excellent rider. Truly. She has won prizes and everything. Those cars are just going too slow. Waay to slow.

...

BEEP. ]

[mechspeed]

[What is it with Hedgehogs and speed anyway..............

For the most part, everyone in the city has been giving Metal Sonic a wide berth; not because they want to give him the space, but moreso everyone is whispering amongst themselves isn't that Dr.Eggman's evil sonic robot what is it doing. Especially given he isn't flying around trying to capture animals or beat up cops, he's walking carrying a gift box of all things.

It's probably kind of comical watching him stand at the streetlights awaiting the pedestrian signal to turn green, while the group of humans around him stand about 7 feet away either side of him, nervously glancing at the badnik as if expecting him to start blasting at any moment.

He doesn't pay them any mind though. The signal has turned green, so he walks out onto the street anIS THAT A CAR APPROACHING

Metal's so short on time he doesn't even clock who it is, he abandons the gift in his hands and suddenly flies straight up to avoid being crashed into. He's hovering overhead as the box is probably run over.

amy you fiend......................]

[chasinafteryoou]

I'M SORRYYYYYYYYY

[ THIS IS WHY THEY'RE SO HIGH ON SPEED, THIS WOULDN'T HAVE HAPPENED IF SHE WERE FASTER!!!

As it is, little miss award-winning pilot hits the breaks hard, swirling a little on the road as she turns to face the scene of the crWAS THAT A GIFT. DID HE ACTUALLY BOUGHT A GIFT FOR SOMEONE???

...

Did she kill his christmas spirit???? ]

I'LL FIX IT! WE CAN STILL FIX IT, METAL!

[ ALSO, HEY! IT'S METAL CELEBRATING CHRIMdid she also ran over his christmas drive........?? ]

[mechspeed]

[He descends and his attention is immediately on the package, not her. On closer inspection - which she'll get now that he's picking up the largest, broken piece that lay on the ground - it looks like it's a figma of the protagonist's mecha from chao in space.

But now that it's broken he starts gathering the pieces.]

I will return to the store. They will exchange it.

[This sounds like a threat somehow.]

[chasinafteryoou]

They won't!?

[ DON'T THREATEN PEOPLE ON CHRISTMAS YOU MEAN HEDGIE!! ]

A-Anyway, since I broke it... Just let me buy you a new one, alright?

[mechspeed]

If you insist.

[He really doesn't sound all that bothered about it, so how big a deal could it really be?

Still, now that there's no point in holding onto them, he drops the remains of the gift onto the ground and approaches her instead.]