Nico the Hedgehog vs Dia Robotnik!

Nico

Three hours of rehearsal and you STILL can't remember your entrance cue?

Dia

A true villain arrives precisely when the script demands chaos, not when some hedgehog dictates timing.

Rimuru

Take five, everyone. If we can't get through Scene 3 without improvising the Chaos Emerald sequence...

Kusuri

(These pyrotechnics are way too advanced for a school play. One wrong move and the whole stage explodes...)

Nico

Watch and learn! This is how Sonic really moves!

Dia

(Perfect. The fake Emerald is in place. Let's see our "hero" handle THIS plot twist.)

Rimuru

WAIT! The prop Emerald isn't supposed to glow like that... that's REAL chaos energy!

Dia

(My body... it's being pulled toward the Emerald like it's alive!)

Nico

Dia! Grab my hand—don't let it take you!

Rimuru

Everyone evacuate the theater NOW! This isn't part of the script!

Kusuri

(The Emerald's drawing power from the stage lights... if I can cut the main circuit...)

Nico

I won't let anyone else disappear like my sister did!

Dia

(If this is how my story ends... at least I was the best villain anyone could ask for...)

Rimuru

The portal... it's not taking her to another world... it's bringing something HERE.

Kusuri

(That's not Dia anymore... something else is wearing her body like a costume.)

Nico

These aren't props anymore!

Dia

Your performance ends here, hedgehog.

Nico

(The exit's blocked... need to reach the control booth!)

Rimuru

Nico! The lighting rig - use it as a weapon!

Kusuri

(If I overload the circuit, the electromagnetic pulse might disrupt the Emerald's control...)

Dia

N-Nico... I... I can't stop it... the real villain... never wanted this role...

Nico

Then let's rewrite the ending together!

Rimuru

(They both vanished into the light... but the Chaos Emerald's still here. And it's cracked.)

Kusuri

(The crack... it's shaped like a heart. This wasn't chaos magic. This was someone's broken heart crystallized into power.)

Nico

My shoe... it's moving by itself?

Kusuri

(The tear spark... it's resonating with Nico's residual energy...)

Rimuru

Those aren't normal shoelaces anymore - look at how they're moving!

Nico

Nico's face... she's trying to tell us something!

Dia

(The Emerald... it's using my regret as fuel. This is my punishment for wanting to be the "real" villain...)

Kusuri

The sneaker's pointing toward the prop room... but that's where we keep the Chaos Emeralds replicas!

Rimuru

(The real Chaos Emeralds were never props... we've been rehearsing above the actual artifacts this whole time.)

Nico

The play's not over yet... and this time, the audience won't be clapping.