Separate Paths, Same Hue AU Q&A

(author and ran by: @shatter-song) An ask blog for the characters that appear in Separate Paths, Same Hue AU! Read the pinned post for extra details.

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Here is the cast of characters that will be available for questions (as more appear, the list will be edited):

Tangle the Lemur

Jewel the Beetle

Relic the Pika

Lanolin the Sheep

Gemerl

Vanilla the Rabbit

Cream the Rabbit

Whisper the Wolf

Gadget the Wolf

Barry the Quokka

Surge the Tenrec

Kit the Fennec

Jian the Tiger

Cassia the Pronghorn

Clove the Pronghorn

Spike the Porcupine

Trevor Burrow

Sonar the Fennec

Nephthys the Vulture

Dr. Eggman

Metal Sonic

Orbot & Cubot

Clutch the Opossum

Rough & Tumble

You are allowed to ask them questions as long as it isn't NSFW though some light suggestiveness is fine I suppose. But keep in mind, if I do not want to answer a question then I will not.

You can ask multiple people at once but not the whole cast at once. To keep the theme of the AU, if you do ask questions for multiple people at once, they won't be strictly in the same room per se. They'll answer the question without interacting with the other.

Hope y'all have fun with this!

If you're unfamiliar with the plot, you can read this au here:

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

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Lanolin,

Here are some brass knuckles for you to have and use. It never hurts to have a backup plan.

Lanolin examines the gift in awe. "Wow. Is this actual gold?"

"Scans indicate that they are. Quite impressive." Gemerl said.

"That explains the weight to them for being such small things."

"You will have to keep them in your pocket. While I doubt she would take them away, Vanilla would not want Cream to find them."

"Fair enough. Thanks, stranger."

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Cassia, what do you do in the empire? Propaganda?

"Pfft. Could you imagine people falling for that?" Cassia snickers. "Nah, I'm a soldier. Clove didn't want me to be involved in all that but one: that sounds boring. Two: Eggman definitely doesn't like anyone in his army not pulling their weight."

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to the Desert Raiders

do you have any named techniques?

"Well, I got the tornado technique but it doesn't have a name..." Spike.

"I burrow in the ground and do an uppercut straight out of it. No name either." Trevor.

"Nah." Sonar.

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to Vanilla

Rumor has it that you went head to toe with Clutch in your youth. Care to share with the class?

"Ah ha, I'm sorry to say that is completely false. I was never quite as adventurous as Cream is nowadays. To be honest, I do wish to perhaps attend some kind of self-defense class to at least be in shape should the occasion arise."

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to Rough and Tumble

Beware because the guardian Angel is coming to your house as we speak.

"Huh? The Guardian Angel? Who the heck is that?" Rough asked.

"Sounds like a shoe brand." Tumble said.

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to Clutch

Who were the heavy hitters of your criminal empire before you retired? You were a mob boss, so you have to have had some notable members you remember.

"Good question." Clutch said. He then refused to elaborate or give an actual answer.

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Metal Sonic,

If you could eat food what would be the first thing you would try?

Metal Sonic puts a claw to his chin (or something) in thought. He then tried miming out a large circle with one in the middle. Ah, he means donuts. Wonder why that food specifically.

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Vanilla,

Any baking experiments that went awry?

"Oh, haha! You should've seen Cream when she was younger. Just a little bit after Gemerl had joined our family, she really wanted to help with making a cake one time. Young lady didn't know her own strength and sent eggs flying everywhere in the kitchen. Multiple times!"

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Tangle and Whisper,

Did none of you ever really help Lanolin with all the organization, paperwork, and all the other not so exciting but necessary work at the restoration? Couldn't you have spent time with her then and and gotten to know her better during that time?

Tangle and Whisper glance at each other, guilty, before the lemur speaks up. "We didn't know. I know that sounds awful even for an excuse but it's true."

"Before I left the first time, after Mimic broke out of prison," Whisper started, "I did stay at the Restoration like anyone else needing a home did. But that's all I did. I wasn't involved or volunteered for anything. Then I joined the team and fell into that same pattern."

"As for me, I just didn't think it was that bad." Tangle winced. "But that was stupid on my part. I dragged Jewel away from work pretty often and I should've guessed it was the same for Lano. We just... didn't know it was that bad at all."

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Main Character Syndrome

When action calls for its heroes, who are they to resist it? Teams are formed, goals are made. For better or worse.

it's my next au part, GO READ IT PRETTY PLEASE

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to Vanilla

If you were in Blaze’s world, why didn’t she come to help fight during the war and not after when Eggman was overthrown?

"Oh, believe me dear, she really wanted to. But on top of her own duties, Amy and the others vehemently denied the help, saying it was their own world's troubles, not her own. Given the seriousness of it, after all Mr. Sonic was thought to be dead, it was quite dangerous for even Blaze of all people to help.

"And... I feared Cream would be eager to join her too. I know I couldn't stop her if she really put her mind to it but I didn't want to lose my child to the destruction of the world she once knew."

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To Trevor

How did you become blind?

"Oh, I was just born with it. Nothing special. It gives me the excuse to wear my sunglasses everywhere which is nice." Trevor said.

"His Gurren Laggan ass glasses..." Sonar muttered.

"DON'T SPEAK ILL OF MY GOAT!"

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to Tangle

Did you really think reusing the Diamond Cutters name wouldn’t attract Mimic? Pardon me for saying so, but it seems like it wouldn’t have happened if you has considered the consequences, none of this would have happened.

"Literally how in the heck am I supposed to gauge how that man thinks?? He killed off his teammates for himself, anything could've happened at that point!"

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Vanilla

Don’t take humanbroom’s words to heart. Lanolin’s teammates never intended to hurt her. So please, if you ever meet them, don’t give them the cold shoulder.

"Relax hun, I wasn't about to start judging a book by its cover. I'd rather hear about it from Ms. Lanolin herself anyhow. But it is good to hear that at least it wasn't exactly intended."

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to Relic

Why have we not heard of you before from Knuckles? Were you trying to keep a low profile or is that echidna just that dumb? : 3

"The former. I was not aware there was anyone from Angel Island during the Chaos crisis, and I knew I needed to make the trip quick lest the island rise back into the air with me on it! I think if I got caught up there, it would not have boded well for me..."

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Tangle,

Second and third favorite foods.

"Chicken scarpariello and I can't deny a good buttery homemade grilled cheese!" Tangle enthusiastically said. "Jewel makes the meanest sandwiches too, I swear!"

"Creativity really sparks when you get a little hasty on your budget." Jewel sheepishly chuckled.