TallTail

**“Aurrggghhhhh…”** TallTail grunting.

TallTail was a character created by SoySpance, on 3-4-23. He stems from an AU (also created by Soy) in which Sonic never existed, instead hosting Knuckles as the main protagonist. Tails, who is still a sidekick (but now to Knuckles), becomes the canon Sonic.exe of this universe, and is known as TallTail as most refute the claim that he even exists.

## **Biography:**

TallTail was essentially in the same position as Canon Tails is, being a sidekick. Except, Tails was now a sidekick to Knuckles the Echidna. Knuckles was always a very quiet, yet observant soul, with Tails being quite the opposite. Tails was vivacious, outgoing, and tended to see a bigger picture, rather than notcing many small details.

Knuckles and Tails went on many adventures together, until the course of the game "Sonic & Knuckles" began. However, since Sonic didn't exist in this universe, the game was known as "Tails & Knuckles" where you could instead adventure as Tails in Sonic's place. Tails had never been on his own adventure before without Knuckles, so he struggled to make his way through even the very first Zones.

Finally, Tails reaches the Lava Reef Zone. He gets lost and meets a demon, who appears to be some creature that died in the lava. It offers him a deal- So long as Tails lets the demon use his body as a vessel, it will reunite Tails and Knuckles. Tails agrees, feeling scared and unsure of what to do.

The Demon took over, and did, in fact, catch up with Knuckles; however, it killed Knuckles and took his soul, as this Demon needed a "Pure" soul in order to permanently contain its form in Tails' body.

However, after this, the Demon simply disappeared, perhaps looking for more pure souls to consume. Due to the fact that he caused little carnage and barely affected the world, the EXE was named "TallTail" as its existence is debated.

## **Trivia:**

* The name TallTail is actually spelled incorrectly. Tall-Tale is the true spelling of the word. However, this incorrect spelling is used as a reference to Tails' original form.
* TallTail's pronouns are it/its.
* TallTail's green, glowing eyes aren't actually real, and cannot be used to see. They're purely for shock factor. Tails' true eye in inside its gaping mouth.
* TallTail keeps the deceased body of Knuckles inside its vessel, and slowly digests it for energy.
* TallTail is Aromantic/Demisexual.
* TallTail keeps to itself and mostly does not interact with the wider EXEverse, outside of victims that it hopes to consume.
* TallTail is the canon Sonic.exe of Soy's AU, seeing as Sonic no longer exists.
* TallTail uses Knuckles' corpse as a puppet sometimes, to try and lure in prey. However, since the body is now partially digested, the trick doesn't hold up very well from the front, so you'll only see the puppet from the backside.

## Abilities/Weaknesses

#### **Abilites:**

* Looking into its eyes will traumatize whoever stares at TallTail for too long.
* Impecible sense of smell and hearing.
* Can take the souls from Mobians, Humans, Animals, and even other EXEs.
* Can puppet the dead and half-digested corpse of Knuckles to try and trick its prey.
* Very fast.
* Can still fly using its two tails.

#### **Weaknesses:**

* Poor eyesight.
* Poor impulse control.
* Can really only trick prey by having them view the Knuckles puppet from the back.
* Clumsy.
* Hits its head on doorways (because of its height).
* Very socially inept.
* Stands out like a sore thumb, so after Knuckles' puppet has been exposed as fake, TallTail can't hide anymore and has no choice but to reveal itself.