Catching Up

In this Our World story, Jack and Angela fill in Pipsqueak on the whole IGN incident.

This is a transcript from Discord.

## Story

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The morning after the events of Nightmares… But uh, before the whole sorting through junk thing and Jack’s weird mom. We find Jack eating breakfast. At the Rascal’s Retreat kitchen because it’s the main one Jack has access to currently.

Jack:
*Jack sits at the bar eating a bowl of oatmeal and sipping on some expired earl grey.*
*Then his communicator rings.*
*He sees it’s Pipsqueak.*
“Oh NOW he calls…”

Angela:
*Angela peeks over from beside him.* “Hmm? Oh. You call him?”

Jack:
“Yeah… You were kinda playing damsel in distress at the time.”
*Jack answers it.*
“Hey Squeaks, what’s up?”

Pip:
“Howdy! Uh… So… I got a question.”

Angela:
*Angela waves.*

Pip:
“Oh, hi, Angela!”

Angela:
“What’s your question?”

Pip:
“Right. Do you know anything about a giant crater in the middle of the city?”

Jack:
“Oh. Yeah. THAT… There was a whole thing with a cult trying to revive Infinite…”

Pip:
“Fun?”

Jack:
“Oh yeah we went to Soleanna…”

Angela:
“Jack made Sonic Man bleed…”

Jack:
“We fought a kraken…”

Pip:
“What? You met Sonic Man! Wait, like a real krayken?” [this is Pip mispronouncing it]

Angela:
“No, they were using the Phantom Ruby.”

Pip:
“Oh. …Wait, what?”

Jack:
“Which is sentient and is actually a Willy Wonka-like guy named Blip.”

Pip:
“Huh. Go figure. I always thought the Ruby looked like candy…”

Jack:
“Then we went to Bootstrap Butte, met with Sheriff Taylor, they had some weirdness going on with a guy named Overlord so after we dealt with him and he left us in a death trap we gave her that beacon thingy Flame sent me. Still no idea why he trusted me with it…” [Flame didn’t… that wasn’t his choice :P]

Angela:
“Back on track…”

Pip:
“I got a beacon thingy too. I lost it.”

Jack:
“Oh right. Ange was kidnapped then.”

Pip:
“That stinks.”

Jack:
“Which is why I had called you.”

Angela:
“Worst part is I lost my shotgun.”

Pip:
“Sorry, about not getting back to you. You know I don’t check my phone.”

Jack:
“Meh it’s cool. Jabber helped. Then we met Knuckles and Silver on Angel Island. They were pretty nice for Sonic allies…”

Pip:
“You met the Commander? Wow. I missed a lot.”

Angela:
“I kinda was unconscious during that bit.”

Pip:
“I never met Silver, but he seems nice.”

Jack:
“He was surprisingly similar to you.”

Pip:
“Neat.”

Jack:
“Anyway, then Rouge and Omega showed up. Apparently there’s a bounty on me again. And about that time we met with the Cultists, had a fight with Team Dark and Knuckles and Silver helping out.”

Angela:
“Rouge kept me from becoming a bucket of KFD…”

Jack:
“And then Team Dark and us went back to the ship and told the cultists to bugger off.”

Pip:
“I’ll be honest, I am not entirely following all this.”

Jack:
“Oh. Right. Well I’m getting to the important part. The cultists in fact did NOT bugger off.”

Angela:
“Quite the opposite.”

Jack:
“Basically long story short, Egg Carrier is at the bottom of the sea, I almost died, lost a leg, and Angela and I are engaged now.”

Pip:
“Waitwaitwait, go back a bit.”

Jack:
“Okay? To what?”

Pip:
“Um… What happened to the Egg Carrier?”

Jack:
“...I don’t wanna talk about it… Basically we had the whole cult attacking us. It was grim…”

Pip:
“Is this also when you almost died?”

Angela:
“Captain Edgelord here got suicidal and went down with the ship.”

Jack:
“Well, I think that got knocked out of me after that…”

Pip:
“Well, that’s good. Wait…”

Jack:
“Or when Starline was messin’ in my noggin with the wiring of the leg… Hmm?”

Pip:
“Okay, so you got a new leg. Good, ‘cause I was just imagining you rolling around in an office chair.”

Jack:
“Yeah, nah. Unc and Starline hooked me up with it. Really deluxe model.”

Pip:
“Very cool.”

Jack:
“Oh, I dunno if you actually met him. Mad scientist, crazy scheme to take over the world and show off to Unc. He was a bit of an annoying fanboy honestly.”

Pip:
“Sounds like you, a bit.”

Jack:
“Basically the guy behind the Polybius thing…”

Pip:
“Oh. Maybe keep an eye on him.”

Jack:
“Oh trust me. We are keeping him on a short lead. Anyways, the hole.”

Angela:
“Ahem.”

Jack:
“What?”

Angela:
“You said lead. No one says that.”
*Angela points to a jar on the counter labelled “Minecraft Reference Jar”.*

Jack:
*Jack sighs.*
*He tosses a few rings in.*
“Right. The hole. That’s where the cultist base was.”

Pip:
“What’d you do? Blow it up?!”

Jack:
“Blip and the leader had a wizard duel and the leader rocketed it up into the sky and then Blip warped it into another dimension and we basically genocided the whole cult.”

Pip:
“You did what now?”

Angela:
“Except that Charlotte girl.”

Jack:
“Well to be fair. They were EVIL. Like, Infinite was almost back! So. Yeah. That’s the hole story. Your folks are good right?”

Pip:
“Uh… They’re fine. ‘Cause they don’t live here…”

Jack:
“...I meant Pigtails, Leaper…”

Angela:
“And your girlfriend. What was her name again?”

Jack:
“They aren’t dating Ange.”

Angela:
“Really? Huh.”

Pip:
*Awkward face.*
“Her name’s Moz.”

Angela:
“Right! She’s related to that guy Jack owes money to…”

Jack:
“ANGE!”

Angela:
“Sorry.”

Pip:
“The three of us were at Nezumi’s which was pretty far away. The Rat-Trap hideout is pretty far, too, so they should be alright.”

Jack:
“Well. That’s good. If infrastructure goes to Hades you’re welcome to come ‘round here. Even Grumpy Cat.”

Pip:
“Nah, I gotta stick around and help clean up.”

Jack:
“Yeah, I’d send some bots but uh, I doubt Unc would let me. And all mine are sitting at the bottom of the ocean.”

Pip:
“That, and I doubt anyone here wants to see a bunch of robots after the whole Gundroid thing.”

Jack:
“Yeah, that’s fair.”

Angela:
*Angela sips her tea.* “And the last time you sent Eggman robots somewhere…” [the battle of Central City]

Jack:
“Yeah… That didn’t go so well… Lotta damage… emotional and otherwise…”

Pip:
“Well, I oughta get going. You get some rest!”

Jack:
*Jack nods.*
“We plan on it. Ange and I are gonna go through some stuff. Then get to planning the wedding.”

Pip:
“Oh yeah. You need anything from me for that?”

Jack:
“Well, yeah. To show up? Kinda the best man and all…”

Pip:
“Really?” *Pip makes a cheesy smile.*

Angela:
“And the DJ at the reception please. I refuse to listen to Jack’s shanties all night.”

Pip:
“I’m your mouse!” *Pip salutes.*

Jack:
“Fine. But we’re keeping the pipe organ as you walk down the aisle.”

Angela:
“Does it have to be Toccata and Fugue?”

Jack:
“Yes.”

Angela:
“What about Little Fugue in G minor?”

Pip:
(It’s worse than I thought.)

Jack:
“That one works…”

Well, we should probably end this here.

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## Characters

*In order of appearance:*

* Jack Beakton
* Angela Evazorn
* Pipsqueak Cheddarosier

## Participants

* GasglowJones
* Pip9766