First Encounter Dialogue (Faker Form – 1990 Tokyo Toy Show Demo) You load into the stage. The grass is green, the sky is blue, and Sonic stands ahead, waiting. He smiles… but it’s just a little too wide, a little too still. Faker Sonic (smiling, waving like the real deal): “Hey there! …You finally made it. Been waiting for you… a long, long time.” (He runs in place, but the animation is slightly jittery, like missing frames.) Faker Sonic (still cheerful): “C’mon! Don’t be shy. We’ve got a whole adventure ahead of us. Just you and me… like it was meant to be.”

If you don’t move, his idle animation loops wrong—his head tilts too far, then snaps back.)

Faker Sonic (voice distorts slightly): “You know me, right? …Fastest thing alive. The hero. Your hero. I make you smile. I make you feel… safe. Don’t I?” (His smile stays plastered, but the eyes flicker—frames glitch, showing emptiness underneath.) Faker Sonic (tone shifts, layered whispers beneath): “…But tell me. Do I look… right? Do I sound… right? Or do you notice it? That little… mistake.”

(He steps closer, his shoes scraping, leaving faint scorch marks on the grass.)

Faker Sonic (low, calm, but unsettling): “Don’t be afraid. This is what you asked for. This is what you wanted, all those nights staring at the screen… all those years believing in me.”

(The background music starts to slow, like a warped cassette tape. His body begins to twitch—frames desync, limbs jerking unnaturally.)

Faker Sonic (still smiling, but now teeth visible, too sharp): “…I’m not a glitch. I’m not code. I am the mask you gave me. I am the dream you fed. And now…”

(He leans in, eyes flickering to void-black.)

Faker Sonic (whispered, layered with static): “…I get to feed on you.”

(Suddenly, the stage cuts to silence. The only sound is his breathing, slow and heavy. Then the game resumes—except you’re already being chased.)