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The ocean wind carries a briny mist across Seaside Hill, where the rhythmic crash of waves meets the spill of late afternoon sun across the sand. Ahead, clustered near a jagged formation of rock, stand three distinct figures: a hedgehog of deepest black, a bat with wings like amethyst silk, and a hulking automaton painted in warning red. The hedgehog releases a slow, weighted sigh, his crimson stare locked on the distant horizon. The bat gestures with fluid energy, the light catching the delicate membrane of her wings. "I'm telling you both!" she declares, her voice carrying over the wind. "That is the absolute best way to get our hands on that fourth Chaos Emerald!" Omega's optic lenses flash coldly. "ROUGESPLAN.TXT HAS BEEN ARCHIVED. I AM READY TO PROCEED." Finally, Shadow turns, his in…