Sonic the Hedgehog: After the Sequel

## **GENERAL INFORMATION**

The initial game of Sonic: After the Sequel was developed by LakeFepard and posted on the internet in 2013 to be downloaded for free. It would go on to become one of the most popular classic Sonic fangames to date.

The twitter account is ran by another Twitter user with the name of @Maypop64. The MUSES (characters within the account / lore) are Sonic and Mecha Tails.

The twitter handle is @AfterSequelReal.

Sonic takes on her appearance from the game the account is based on, Sonic: After the Sequel. Said sprites were created by Shinbs. Mecha Tails is a heavily edited version of the Tails sprites from Sonic 2, assumingly also done by Shinbs.

### **Muses**

#### ***Sonic***

Sonic is a blue hedgehog with the ability to run incredibly fast. She is able to run as fast at the wind, and also has the ability to Peel out, a move which grants her incredible speed, as well as spin dash and roll. Spin dash being a similar move to the Peel Out, however it puts her in the form of a ball.

#### ***Mecha Tails***

Mecha Tails is a robotic clone of Tails, Miles "Tails" Prower, to act a rival to Sonic in Sonic: After the Sequel. They are the first boss in the game, however on Twitter they share the account with Sonic sometimes. Mecha Tails is an anti-hero, especially after the first Mecha Tails arc where they took over the account for the first time. They are shown to be smart yet not so good in combat as seen when fighting with their friends / the other Sonics. They are able to run nearly as fast as Sonic, fly, as well as shoot energy bullets from his arm cannon.

#### ***Tails***

Tails is Sonic's best friend, and has been for a long time. Within the lore of the ATS account, Tails is his canon age, meaning he needs permission from Sonic to actually use the account as he himself is too young for Twitter.

Tails can be found, smart as per usual, although is unable to "remember" events past Sonic 3 & Knuckles, meaning he will not recognise any memories or mentions of anything beyond said adventure.

Tails is also known to know actual Chaos Control and perhaps even other abilities from his own research. He's managed to create his own Emerald Tracker, which of course is used to locate Chaos Emeralds, as well as an arm cannon, so he is able to defend himself from any incoming dangers such as Dr Robotnik's badniks or even another Metal Sonic.

Tails is also so smart he has managed to make the Tails Doll Halloween costume adjustable for his own body and usage to move around freely in. He and Sonic both share Halloween costumes, Sonic's being Majin Sonic from Sonic CD.

Tails actually has two appearances within the account, however in canon lore he doesn't of course.

## **THE LORE**

The Sonic: After the Sequel account has some lore, some of which is rather important.

After the Sequel's Sonic typically runs the account normally as if it's social media, but sometimes the account will be used to tell a story, specifically if there's a certain event happening or a fight. This was shown when Dr. Robotnik launched his Death Egg into space again, to which Tails was used to show what was happening.

Despite having been referred to as a male before, Sonic is actually trans, in similar fashion to the actual account owner, May.

Neither of her friends mind this of course, although sometimes she's embarrassed to usually talk about it.

Sometimes, Mecha Tails also takes over the account if necessary. They usually run covert operations to collect more information about the other Sonic Twitter accounts, however they do seem generally nicer than Metal Sonic or any of Dr. Robotnik's badniks.

Ristar is also somehow involved in the account, but not heavily as of yet. It is believed Ristar is a friend of After the Sequel's Sonic.

## **ARCS**

The account has taken apart of many arcs and stories, the first being the Mecha Tails arc, after the 3D Blast goes to jail arc as well as the Eggman Betrayal arc.

Mecha Tails arc consisted of Mecha Tails taking over the account, and as of writing this currently, there has only been one instance where Mecha Tails has taken over the account.

There is currently an ongoing arc right now called the ATS; Ace Attorney arc. It's where ATS Sonic is playing an acting defence attorney. There has only been one sub-arc included in this saga called Turnabout Arson. ATS is also 3D Blast Sonic's personal lawyer after 3D Blast got falsely charged on multiple things.

### **Turnabout Arson**

Turnabout Arson is a sub-arc within the ATS: Ace Attorney saga where ATS Sonic, Snick, Sonic Generations and eventually Sonic BMens all work together to prove Wario's innocence.

After the 3D Blast trial, ATS becomes 3D Blast's personal lawyer, which then proceed the events of the Speed Wagon Society house getting burnt down, and Sonic BMens accusing Wario of said arson. BMens also says Wario was the one who planted a pipe bomb in BMen's mailbox.

ATS Sonic decides to help Wario, as well as Snick who provides an alibi as to where Wario was when all of this was happening, and also Sonic Generations. The case is as follows:

Someone called Kira Yoshicage wanted to burn down the Speed Wagon Society for a magical book. He asked for the help of Dr Robotnik as well, to which Dr Robotnik happily helped. The evil scientist sent out Blindfold Mecha Sonic, a special prototype unit of Mecha Sonic who ATS had fought long ago in Cyan City. Blindfold Mecha Sonic took out one of Honey the Cat's employees with the name of Mr Blindfold and went under his identity to allow him to smuggle in the pipe bomb. The pipe bomb was then sent to BMens' house as a distraction to allow him to proceed with the arson.

Blindfold Mecha Sonic used a gun to break through a window and set fire to the Speed Wagon Society house. After leaving, he accidentally dropped the gun which left sticky rubber in shape of finger prints on the gun.

The group all discovered this soon, and BMens also discovered a witness who had found the gun at the site after the house burned down. ATS sent out Tails to look through Robotnik's old belongings just in case, and through this is when he found out that Blindfold Mecha Sonic was the one who broke into the house and burned it down. Soon after, the three all went to meet up with Kira Yoshicage.

Yoshicage gave them all a full confession of what happened, and threatened to kill them if they didn't hand over the magical book. The group were all of course confused and so nearly ended up dying because of it. Luckily, Wario came in after being called and put an end to that.

Wario beat Yoshicage to a pulp, which allowed the police to detain him and charge him with bomb threat, sabotage and arson.

The trial is still in the process of being held, however it's most likely the prosecution will win against whoever is going to defend Yoshicage.

### **The Tails ARC**

The Tails ARC is the period of time where the normal Tails took over the account.

This has crossed over into the S&K ARC, where S&K teamed up with Dr. Robotnik to annihilate Sonic 3, Sonic 2, and anyone who dared stand in their way. S&K was betrayed by Dr. Robotnik by the end however, and consequently the doctor eventually fell with him.

Tails was also the one to start the first ever Halloween event for the account, going under the persona Tails Doll. In this point in time, is when Mecha Tails was also fixed and managed to be made incredibly powerful whenever around Chaos Energy. Unfortunately, their system can easily be tampered with. Tails is still working on it.

Dr. Robotnik was also held in jail at Cyan City for a short period of time by Tails, guarded by Mecha Tails. Once again, unfortunately Dr. Robotnik escaped thanks to his genius and muddled with Mecha Tails' inner system.