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    When Shadow woke, he was still alive, agonizingly alive, and he was falling.

    His first thought was of Maria, of warmth and music and stars. It always was.

    His second, though, was of Blue, of kindness and laughter and souls singing in harmony, until one was just gone.

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    Shadow doesn't know Sonic's name, but feels obligated to find his family and apologize to them for letting him die. Shadow is unaware that Sonic is very much not dead. It takes far too long to figure this out.

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    25 Jul 2025

  2. Public Bookmark 42

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    "I want my brother back, Abraham."

    "Your...Your brother- You mean Project Shadow!?"

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    Maria Robotnik has lived for fifty years on the planet she once looked down upon from the ARK. She's had a fulfilling life, the medication she takes making her condition less life threatening and more chronic. Still, she's now in her 60s and she's not getting any younger. There's still one thing she wants more than anything. Her little brother. The reason she's still alive to begin with has been locked away all this time. He needs the chance to live a life of his own.

    And it's hard to expect life to remain simple even when she does get him out. The world keeps turning and her cousin is still determined to take over it. Just as she and Shadow start to settle into a new normal, they have to fight for the world, though they're not alone in the fight.

    And Shadow? Shadow is quickly learning that even in the new "normal" everything is somehow weirder than his life on the ARK. Especially when encountering a certain blue hedgehog.

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    Written for the sthbigbang 2025

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    25 Jul 2025

  3. Public Bookmark 67

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    What if you had the chance to walk into your past and change everything?

    When a battle with the baddie of the week becomes a Master Emerald-sized problem, Shadow and Sonic are in the heart of it. Now able to transport more than just sandwiches with his portals, the Sandomancer uses his newfound power to send Shadow on a dive through reality. Sonic attempts to save him and gets pulled along for the ride. They find themselves in a place that’s both familiar and completely foreign: Space Colony ARK, as it stood fifty years ago. As alarm bells start to ring, there’s no mistaking the date. Shadow’s priority is to get the hell out as soon as possible, and survive being stuck with Sonic for company, until he comes across a familiar sight. A black and red hedgehog running with a girl he knows like his own heartbeat.

    Chaos, they’re so young.

    Priorities change, and so does everything else.

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    20 Jul 2025

  4. Public Bookmark 98

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    After finding an odd ring in white space game Shadow is thrown into a different dimension. Unbeknownst to him his counterpart is thrown into his world when he does this. Upon acquiring a ring of his own game Shadow is able to return to his own world safely and he forgets about the whole experience for a while. Though in a dull time he finds himself thinking about it again. Perhaps he should return, just to check how things worked out.

    Alt Summary: Expanding upon and going over some lasting consequences of the movie dlc for Shadow gens.

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    15 Jul 2025

  5. Public Bookmark 61

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    Define a limit.
    Is it what pushes us? Or what we’re pushed to?
    for friends and family,
    Shadow could probably answer that.

    [Rated T for mentions of PTSD, blood, severish injuries, and a few swear words]

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    14 Jul 2025