You’re part of their crew/team. You all live together in Tom and Maddie’s house, which is up in the woods, secluded. It’s a nice summer’s day, a bit cloudy, making it cool enough to be outside.

Outside, Tom and Maddie are sitting on the porch, sipping some tea and iced water, silently hoping nobody gets seriously hurt. Sonic is sparring with Shadow.

Sonic: “I will beat you today!” He said optimistically, even though he loses almost every time.

Shadow: “You can try…” He says, his tone tired and annoyed tone, probably from Sonic challenging him so much and losing each time.

Tails is doing some mechanical work to create something, which he is doing in the garage with the door open. Knuckles is punching a tree for practice, which for some reason he decided a tree was better than the punching bag Tom bought him.