Usually people would expect to see the Fastest Thing Alive running around the island, and usually people did, but everyone has to stop and smell the roses sometime. In Sonic’s case at that moment? It was two pipin’ hot chili dogs, ready to eat. Can’t run with that!
-- Make that one chili dog, actually. He just took care of the other.
As he was enjoying his walk (at least it was faster than most people’s) and his lunch, taking a bite out of the second chili dog, his green eyes locked onto something... new. Curiosity rose within him at the sight of a person he had never seen around here before...! A support guy, maybe? A light hope of who it could be made him wanna run up and say hi right away, but. He wasn’t sure just yet.
He quickened his walk speed, just a bit. Approaching whoever it was and calling out with a sorta full mouth...
“Hey! You lookin’ for someone?”
He finished up his bite to eat and wiped any sauce away from his mouth onto his glove cuff as he grew closer to the newcomer, talking away.
“If you are, no worries! Support people usually get a lil’ lost when it comes to finding who they’re here for,” and once he was in front of the swordsman, he still wasn’t done yet; waving his hand in the air as if to show with body language that it was nothing to worry about, and also as a part of the fact that he could never really sit still.
“If you tell me who you’re here to cheer for, I’ll point ya in the--... right...”
Emerald eyes darted upwards, looking at the... really spiky hairdo the guy was sporting. His speech was halted in it’s tracks as he went over the gossip he had heard about the new smasher that had recently joined the tournaments. Real spiky hair, swordsman, might not talk much...
And it clicked. His entire face lit up as excitement pumped adrenaline into his veins. The hope from before about being able to meet someone who’s caused such a fuss around the island from him just possibly showing up came back, because here he was! The blue hedgehog let out a tiny gasp as he breathed in before smiling bright.
“Oh!! You’re the new guy!!”
He pointed at said new guy enthusiastically, smile unfading.
“Aw, man! I’ve heard about you! You’ve kinda caused a fuss around here! Though, bein’ a competitor and all, the offer to help you still stands!” His smile turned more into a smirk as he pointed to himself and stood as tall as he could proudly. “I’m a veteran around here, so. If you haven’t been shown the ropes yet, I’m just the guy for the job!”
“I’m Sonic! Sonic the Hedgehog!”
He decided to leave out the questions about whether or not this guy’s heard of him in return in favor of... well.
“What’s your name, Spikes?” He asked, offering a gloved hand out for a handshake. “Heh, yeah. I’ve heard of ya, but I didn’t really catch your name. Sorry!”