Facsimile

Act 2

Hyōketsu (husband)

Moot (friend)

Facsimile is a character created by the Twitter user https://twitter.com/SoySpance097 on 7/21/22, for a webtoon series called "Sonic.exe: Despondent", that has since been cancelled. Facsimile (or, as dubbed by his creator, 'Fas') is the doppelganger of Sonic the Hedgehog.Once wishing to be a God and rule over a personalized kingdom, he now helps the Chaotix of his universe fight yet another evil version of Sonic.

**Personality Traits:**

In Act 1, Fas appears as nearly identical to Sonic the hedgehog, with his quills being a lighter colour, the middle quill being very short, and maroon-coloured shoes, rather than the bright and pleasent red that Sonic sports. He was quite the bully and very sneaky with his intentions, all to forward his goal of eventually becoming God. Eventually, though, he has a change of heart.

Act 2 Facsimile is essentially the same, now wearing maroon boots, an earring in one ear, and a green scarf, but his personality has had a major overhaul. He is now kind and shy, and after the horrors he put his past victims through, he hopes to save everyone he can from suffering.

**Biography:**

**ACT 1**

Facsimile started out as a piece of code implanted into a copy of Sonic Origins by a corrupt coder at Sega. This was an attempt by Playstation to sabbotage Sega's reputation and cause people to think that Origins was rushed and poorly done (regardless of whether Fas did that or not, the majority of Sonic fans seem to say that anyway). He was given one task by said coder: ruin the game.

That being laid out, Facsimile set off on a trail of destruction. His coding caused glitches in the game, making colours and character sprites slightly varried from their originals, as well as changing certain story events. Facsimile wastes no time in taking Sonic's place, as the very first episode of Sonic.exe: Despondent shows Fas strangling Sonic and taking his place, fooling Tails.

After Fascimile and Tails destroy one of Eggman's robots, setting the Mushroom Hill Zone ablaze, Fas intentionally runs too fast for Tails to keep up, leaving him behind. Tails get lost in the roaring fire, and passes out due to smoke inhalation. A mushroom falls over onto the Fox, finishing him off.

Facsimile then goes to take on Knuckles. The Echidna is scaling a rocky cliff to try and escape the forest fire, but Facsimile dashes ahead of him with a Spin-dash, shearing off the side of the rock wall, causing Knuckles to be crushed by the rubble. Even though Knuckles seemed dead, this wasn't the last we'd see of the warrior.

With one soul left to go, Facsimile went to fight Dr. Eggman. Using the spike balls against the human, Facsimile threw one into his head, ultimately killing him.

With all his souls collected, Facsimile looked down from a ledge upon the burning hill and assembled his Souls (called "Subjects" in his universe). However, only Tails and Eggman reappeared, meaning that Knuckles was missing. Facsimile proceeded to search for Knuckles, only to be caught in a fight with the undead warrior.

It turns out that Knuckles had one last ring with him, which became lodged in his head upon falling, restoring Knux to life. He takes on Facsimile, quickly realizing he's no match for a God. However, just as Facsimile is about to land the finishing blow, Knuckles, now named "Ring", asks him a simple question:

"Why?"

Facsimile thinks this to be funny, explaining how their entire world is simply a game and how he can do whatever he wants, because his code is above everything else in the game. Ring, despite being shocked, then asks Fas another question.

"Perhaps... even if I were to believe you... you only exist because of these 'Sega' people, correct?"

This causes Facsimile to have an exetential crisis, realizing that his entire purpose is only destroying himself. He sees the destruction and terror he's caused, and Facsimile knows what he must do. Giving Ring a hug, Facsimile restors the game to it's original state, casting himself out of it and into the internet so that he might never touch another Sonic game again.

**ACT 2**

Act 2 takes place in a game of Knuckles' Chaotix that was heavily changed due to Facsimile's presence. This dystopian version of the classic side game is ruled over by Dr. Eggman and Petrichor, a Sonic that was overtaken by the power of the Chaos Rings. This story was set to take place in an epilogue comic called "Despondent Chaotix," but it seems that is only a pipe dream.

The Knuckles of this universe was in the middle of an intense battle with Petrichor, and eventually lost and was injured nearly to the point of death. However, much to his luck, Facsimile fell to the planet as Knux was dying, and was able to save his life by altering his code to fix his wounds. Even though he did not understand what had just occured, Knuckles was quite grateful to Fas for saving him, and agreed to take him back to the Chaotix HQ so that they could sort things out.

The members of the Chaotix were quite skeptical of Facsimile at first, due to his close appearance to Petrichor. Even though they began to warm up to him, Epsio and Jams (Despondent Vector the Crocodile) were much more wary of the doppelganger.

Facsimile began to fit in with the Chaotix, learning about the history of the world, getting his own, personal Ring, and dawning his own, green neckwear as an official part of the Chaotix. Meanwhile, though, Beacon, an Intergalactic bounty hunter was in hot pursuit of an Exe that they had detected nearest to their location.

They made their way into the video game where Facsimile was situated and attacked Petrichor, thinking he was the Exe. Petrichor managed to manipulate Beacon into joining him and defeating Facsimile, although Petrichor's secret agenda was really just to wipe out the Chaotix.

Facsimile traverses the unique, modified Attractions (Zones) with the Chaotix, learning more skills and having some close calls with Badniks and Beacon.

Eventually, Facsimile gains access to the Temporal Obelisk, where he could obtain the 2 Chaos Rings that Petrichor did not have. However, it was all a trap, and using the oppurtunity to bypass the Obelisk's sacred seal, Petrichor stole the Chaos Rings and gave them to Beacon, which overwhemled the surrounding world with pure Chaos Energy.

Fas, Petrichor, and Beacon were all transported to the final Attraction where the main final boss fight of the game usually takes place, the Newtrogic High Zone. Despite having the same name, this Newtrogic High Zone was heavily distorted, with time and space being completely out of whack. Beacon was overtaken by the Rings' power, turning them into Mecha-Beacon, a Beacon version of Metal Sonic Kai (the usual Knuckles' Chaotix final boss).

After a crazy fight, Facsimile manages to use his code-glitching abilities to alter his properties, allowing him to phase through Mecha-Beacon and grab the 2 Chaos Rings that were inside them. However, despite his best efforts, Petrichor made off with the 3rd ring, and went Supersonic. This overwhemling power made him go crazy, much like Fleetway Supersonic, and he began destroying the game.

Facsimile could sense that the amount of power being exerted by Petrichor was causing the game cartridge to have a meltdown, so he teamed up with Beacon (who now understood the gravity of the situation they were in) and formed a plan along with the rest of the Chaotix to stop Petrichor's evil reign.

The Chaotix distracted Petrichor, mocking him to draw his attention away from the destruction, while Beacon flew Fas into Petrichor from behind. Facsimile, having the 2 other Chaos Rings, used their power to preform a Spin-Blast, crashing into Petrichor, and knocking the 3rd Chaos Ring out of him. However, due to the sheer power of the blast, Facsimile and Petrichor were transported to a place beyond time and space, called the Void.

Petrichor still attempted to fight, while Fas concluded that since he could no longer sense any code around him, either the game cartridge had a complete meltdown, or he had used too much Chaos Energy and they had blasted into another dimension. With no point left in fighting, Petrichor seemed to slow down for the first time in ages, as he and Facsimile let themselves float through the Void.

Facsimile and Petrichor dissappeared for an entire in-game year, and the Chaotix and Beacon pressumed him dead. Beacon stayed on-world to help clean up the wreckage left behind from the final fight, whilst Knuckles did everything he could to try and find Facsimile. Fas became a hero and a legend amongst the survivors, and Knux attempted to bring Facsimile back using the Chaos Rings.

Finally, after one year and six months of in-game time had gone by, Fas and Petrichor were still trapped in the Void. But then, Majin of the Void presented himself to them and promised that he would grant them one wish if it meant they would have fun. Petrichor, being greedy, wished for ultimate power; hilariously, Majin turned him into a Mazin, one of his little clones, so that he could have ultimate power and fun in the Void.

Facsimile, simply worried about the world he'd left behind, wished to go back and help his friends. Majin couldn't just pop him out of the Void, though; it simply did not work that way. Majin promised to do it on one condition: Fas must also go to the Hallway (a corridor connecting the interwebs) every day to check and see if there were any wanders there that were lost and in need of help.

Facsimile agreed, and with that, his story came to a close and he was whisked back to his planet. Today, Facsimile now lives with the Chaotix and uses the Hallway to travel the interwebs, helping any lost Exes or scrapped characters that he comes across.

**Trivia:**

* Facsimile loves Pokemon Mystery Dungeon, as stated by the creator. His favorite song is Heartwarming (from PMD Rescue Team).
* Facsimile was given this name by Chaotix Knuckles (not to be confused with Ring), during Act 2 while in the Knuckles' Chaotix video game.
* Facsimile was inspired by Stranger Sonic.
* Fas cries every time he sees a Knuckles variant because of his memories of Ring.
* Facsimile can glitch all the code around him due to his programming, causing characters to have varried appearances, personalities, backstories, and such. He can also change story elements and even entire zones (his powers affect all of Knuckles' Chaotix in Act 2). He can sense characters approaching him using his control over code, as well.
* He's best friends with Miske (of course). They're as close as brothers, and Facsimile sometimes bakes cinnamon muffins for Miske.
* Facsimile has major trust issues due his past, but he is a very giving and kind character.
* Facsimile is bisexual. He is currently dating a character called Hyoketsu, created by https://twitter.com/qwartzzi .
* Related to Burned, an Exe by https://twitter.com/theunknownbendy . That was confirmed by the creator in this tweet https://twitter.com/i/timeline .
* Facsimile is afraid to tell Hyoketsu about his atrocities in Act 1, for fear that Hyo will leave him even though Fas has changed and truly loves the armadillo with all his heart.

**Abilities:**

* Can manipulate code to change things about his surroundings.
* He can travel through technology (though he prefers not to, so as not to mess up others' games).
* His ring (weapon in Act 2) can blast him through it whilst he's in spin-dash form, creating what he calls a Spin-Blast.
* Natural empath (code-related ability), which is an ability he shares with Miske.

**Weaknesses:**

* Hurting any versions of Tails, Eggman, or Knuckles. Knuckles, specifically. This will cause Facsimile to sacrifice anything it takes to ensure their safety.
* Hurting Miske or a member of the Chaotix is also somewhat of a "weakness", but this will only infuriate Fas.
* Striking Facsimile with a magnetic object will cause him to blackout (due to the fact he is made of code).