#robotnik.

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❝ are you two ... ❞ Ren glances between Stone and Robotnik. cause like ... ❝ nevermind, i don't wanna know. ❞

"Are we what?" Robotnik asks impatiently. For all of his intelligence, implications tied more to social trends have a tendency to fly over his head. He assumes her question has something to do with his work.

Stone clears his throat, decidedly more aware of what Ren is asking than his boss. After moments of uncomfortable silence: "I'm his assistant..."

Robotnik squints, eyes flitting between his servant and Ren before he huffs, rolling back his shoulders with a businesslike toss of his chin. "What a foolish question. Obviously he is my lesser. Stone! Come."

He whisks by, Agent Stone in hurried flustered pursuit. That helped literally nothing.

@chaos--mode

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"Isn't there someone else you can ask?" Robotnik mutters pointedly, tinkering with the wiring of a Badnik that he's repairing. He doesn't appreciate Shadow's interruption right now. "You know... someone whose name begins with Agent and ends with Stone?"

@allcfme / starter call.

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❛  you're an idiot most of the time, but you're my idiot.  ❜ - Robotnik for Stone

While most would likely become annoyed by the thinly veiled insult, Agent Stone takes to his superior's words like a flower does the sun; warmth blossoming across his features before he can think to mask the emotion from view.

"Thank you, sir."

All he's ever wanted to do since he came into this business is please Robotnik. While the people the Doctor has been partnered up with prior to him didn't survive his harsh, meticulous nature, Stone feels he's done nothing but flourish within it. As far as he's concerned, it isn't too much to expect competence from government-level personnel.

"Are you surprised, though? You said it yourself: everyone else is stupid."

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❛ no matter where you hide, i'll always find you. so you better give up now. ❜ - Robotnik for Sonic

Sonic bares his teeth in the form of a confident grin.

"Aw, Egghead! I'm not hiding, I've just got other joints to blow! Jealous?"

With his super speed, he narrowly vaults over one of the Doctor's launched missiles. Robotnik's wares really are quite frightening, but hell if Sonic is going to let on to the fact. He's much more content to treat him with his typical levity, affecting aloofness as opposed to acting with appropriate fear.

As if Robotnik's ego isn't already big enough.

A well-timed spin-dash sees him bashing into the man's front window, the high speed making the vehicles lights inside flicker.

Along the windshield he lounges, head propped up on his palm. One gloved finger drags down the glass mockingly, drawing a comically angry face where excess dust has formed. "I really think we should see other people, Doc. You've gotta work on your obsessive streak."

@wisteriagrcve

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@pomniegranate ;; "Do you guys ever think about dying?" / Whoever you're feeling ❤️💙

Robotnik scoffs, gaze remaining focused on his monitor.

"Of course," he replies brazenly, assessing variables for his latest Badnik. "What evil genius doesn't? It's an important part of the transferring-one's-consciousness-into-a-superior-machine-after-the-natural-body-decays conversation." Eyes flit judgementally to the jester. "What do you think I am, an amateur?"

Organic bodies are inept in the grand scheme of things. The entire reason Robotnik is so enamoured with machinery— with robots— is because of their inherrent superiority. They aren't frail; they can be upgraded; they don't feel unnecessary emotions; they follow commands; they don't experience the need for food or sleep and so can work continuously; every job they complete, they complete to one hundred percent of their capabilities. What isn't to love?

"It would be a disservice to the scientific field to allow myself to die. Intelligence like mine should be permanently preserved!" He offers her something between a smirk and a sneer. "What're you thinking about death for? I can't imagine IQ is your prompt, mon petit clown spécial."