Fable is a stage hand who nearly set the stage for his own demise...
I discovered your site about a year ago,and immediately thought -- no, KNEW -- the
Doll was real.
I tried the curse, but nothing happened. I was beginning to stop believing. Foolish is
the only way describe my actions. But, nevermind that. My school play was coming
up. I was a stage hand, so in between scenes I did nothing. My friends decided to do
the bathroom curse, and played "Living in the City" backwards. Idiots.
They told me to go look for him, which was a bad move. If I got captured, they would,
well, die. After all, I knew the most about the doll. I looked behind the bed props. Not
there. I looked under the Christmas tree prop. Nope. I looked behind the laundry bin
prop. Nada. I was just about to give up, when I saw a red gem on my teachers desk. I
thought it was my teachers ring, but I was wrong.
DEAD wrong.
The Doll attacked me from behind. I wrestled him to the ground,and pulled back my
fist to punch him, but he grabbed it and made me hit myself. I grabbed him,and threw
him at a wall, then I hit him on the head with a metal tray. I turned around, thinking I
had won -- a deadly mistake. He wrapped his arm around my neck,and tried to choke
me. I was losing hope, when I had a brilliant plan. I picked up the metal tray,and threw
it at...my friends. It got their attention, and they ran to help. One smashed the dolls
head in with a fire extingusher, and the other friend cut off his gem with a pocket knife.
I believe that was a minion,because the real doll would not be that easy to defeat.
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Ultimate_Impact gives us a quick heads up on some strange feelings...
I'll make this story a short one because I haven't actually played Sonic R. Call me by
Ultimate_Impact. One day, I'd been surfing the web and something caught my eye. It
was Weegee vs. Tails Doll. I've heard about the name Tails Doll, but actually didn't
know what it was. But something about that video made me wanna research it. So I
eventually ended up on your website about the Tails Doll. I've read almost every story
and, well it's freaky.
But for some reason I can feel him watching me because, whenever I sleep alone, I
have a feeling that someone or something is watching over me. Also, when I'm alone
and don't wanna think of the Tails Doll, I just starting singing in my head, "Can you
feel the sunshine" then i just stop there.
Does that mean I'm being watched? Hopefully not. I'll try to update you on anymore
feelings of being watched or if I get attacked.
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Masterkanon time, like their story, is short...
Hello I am Masterkanon, and I fear that my time is short, for the Tails Doll is after me,
but I have done something that has scarred him forever. I have cut one of his eyes.
Here is my story...
It all started when I bought Sonic R for the Saturn. I had been warned by my friends
about the Tails Doll curse, but I refused to believe them.
That was Mistake #1.
I had beaten the game and got the Tails Doll -- Mistake #2.
When I played, something was happening. Something was different, so I went on the
internet to find out what was going on. I then decided to never do the curse, EVER!
A few years past since I played Sonic R, and I had forgotten about the curse. I played
Sonic R and played on the level that plays "Can you feel the sunshine?" I was Tails
Doll and I did mistake #3 -- I tagged Super Sonic! The Tails Doll came out of my TV
saying CAN YOU FEEL THE SUNSHINE, DOSE IT BRIGHTEN UP YOUR DAY?
Then he came at me, barring horrible, bloody teeth. I kicked him and he flipped. I had
just remembered that some say he has a weakness was the Sonic theme song. The
Tails Doll shouted I WILL MAKE YOUR DEATH SLOW AND PAINFUL. Then I when
after his jewel, but I got his eye instead. He screamed I WILL RETURN TO GET MY
EYE BACK AND KILL YOU!!!! He disappeared.
I feel he is coming back.
He is here, now. I tell you -- I do not fear him without his other eye. He can not kill me.
OH NO! HIS EYE IS GOING BACK TO HIS FACE. HELP ME!
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!
I WILL KILL ALL OF YOU ALL!!
THE TAILS DOLL
p.s CAN YOU FEEL THE SUNSHINE?
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Ichigo Kizuato brings forth a challenge to the Tails Doll... but will it succeed where
others have failed?...
"Tails Doll, you may scare everyone, but you're actually slowly giving yourself away
and making things more clear to us. Eventually we will know how to stop and be rid of
you for good. There is a small group that is beginning to grow; we are a group of
hunters and we plan to unravel the mysteries and maybe even return the souls of
those you have taken. We are going to find the answers. Try to come after us if you
will, but be warned that we know ways of keeping you away. We have many facts
about you and we will certainly get more as long as people keep telling their tales."
Ok, so my challenge to Tails Doll is complete. I may write back again...I might not, it
depends on what happens but if there is anyone out there who wants to help us to
stop the Tails Doll for good then please join up and share what you know.
Tails Doll Hunters Unite! That is the place to go if you want to help us.
Also, our motto, it is not the final version and may change. Learn it, Know it, Speak it
in his presence:
We are the hunters in the night,
With pure hearts and pure minds,
We will defeat 'HIM',
We can feel the sun shine!
Yes, It brightens up our days!
We are the 'pure' ones!
We can all be the 'pure' ones!
We all ARE the 'pure' ones!
P.S. If I do not write back, hopefully Shadow-chan, ShadowedStranger9, will.
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Young Jessie has been terrorized by a series of eerie visions. I wonder who's behind
this?
One night, when I was six, I heard a noise and saw a flash of orange. My CD player
fell down and when I looked at the cracked disk inside it, I though I saw a face looking
up. It wasn't mine, but it looked like Jigsaw, from the "Saw" movies. I ran to my mom in
the bathroom, but when we came back to my room, Jigsaw was gone.
Then, another night, I was sleeping and heard dripping noises and foot steps coming
up the stairs. I covered myself with the blanket. There was a weird glow in the room,
like it was being lit by a red lamp. Looking out, I saw an evil clown and Jigsaw, but
they didn't attack me. After a while, I must have fallen asleep, because I awoke in the
morning and they were gone.
Yesterday, when I came home, I was playing my DS, but I put it in my room so I could
go watch TV with my parents. I caught a glimpse of orange out of the corner of my
eye. I thought nothing of it at the time, but when I tried playing my DS again, it was
broken! There was orange hair all over it. My parents blamed me, even though I
didn't do it.
I now realize what's been going on. Something has been trying to scare me and get
me in trouble.
It was the Tails Doll!
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Flectcher drew the Tails Doll, only to be drawn by the Doll in return...
Hello. My name is...Fletcher.
My story starts with me drawing the Tails Doll. The moment I drew him, the $#!t hit the
fan. The wierdness started with my copy of Sonic Riders Zero Gravity disappearing.
After that, the battery died on my phone. I then turned it back on and it had -- a full
battery! There was also a new text. It was from number: 824-573-#### It said:
I'll find you.
"Wierd," i said. I brushed off the text and turned on the TV. Nothing happened, so I
reset the TV a couple times. What happened next was odd. The screen went red and
cracked. A warm jet of liquid spread across my living room, splattering across me.
And out of the crimson-stained glass stepped the Tails Doll.
"Hello, slave," he said via telepathy, "come here...live in the city...feel the sunshine...
become one with me...and them..." He showed me a horrific display of all the tortured
souls he's captured over the years. I almost went mad. I stumbled to my kitchen and
grabbed a butcher knife and dashed toward the doll, crying out in rage,and stabbed
him. I blacked out from there.
When I awoke the next morning to the smell of blood. I realized it was from a cut I gave
myself with the knife. I got up and shook my head. I walked to the couch and
collapsed there.
Then I asked one thing:
"Can you feel the sunshine?'"
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"Demon in the Closet" sends us not a tale, but a piece of poignant poetry...
I'm not one for writing stories.
I find it difficult to put sentences together.
Poetry on the other hand...
I call this piece: The Curse
Enough to strike fear into
Any child who hears its tale,
Or anyone for that matter,
No matter the age.
Sonic R,
Complete the game, 100%,
And win the chance to fall
Under the curse!
Its image haunts nightmares.
One or two nights afterwards,
Its red glow, eerie terror
Lights the scene.
The matted, orange, blood stained fur,
Lifeless eyes, they'll watch you
Forever. You're living in his city now.
Will you be one of the very few lucky to survive?
I'd rather die than live unto the chant
"Tails Doll Forever", forever
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Dreadstar has returned, with a urgent message...
Its Dreadstar again.
You know, I haven't seen him yet, but I think he's telling me to back off. I'm not sure,
but strange things have been happening. Like me and my friend Artho (I cant put his
name on here, by his request) have been playing his Brawl copy a lot lately, and
there's really freaky things going on. Like, when anyone wins as playing Sonic, you
can see in little red letters “you may have won this, but I have already won.”
And when we use his final smash, one of the Chaos Emeralds stays on the screen
and turns red in the background. And even sometimes when we attack Sonic, blood
flies out. So I don’t know whats going on, but I know how to defeat him. You
simplyhjy….
HahaHahaHA! Did you think I'd really let him tell you how to defeat me? You will die
the same fate of this fool….
Drowning in his own blood…..
Can you feel the sunshine?
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This is from Blade Suecura, and it is the remains of a "Diary of a Tails Doll Subject."
Let this story be a warning, to all those who strive to beat the blood curdling,
horrifying, catastrophic mound of fail that is Sonic R…
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December 28, 2008:
My name is Blade Suecra. I fear I may be going insane. Before I go off the deep end,
I want all to know the horrors of where playing horrible retro video games can get
you…
December 28, 2003, 3:25 PM:
Christmas was great. I could spend HOURS telling to what I got, but I don’t feel like it.
My friend, Mitchell, got much less. I will tell you what he got. A die-cast Link figurine. A
new water gun (somehow they expect us to use it in winter). A 200-dollar target gift
card. Sonic Gems collection. I joked around with him, saying that he’d better not play
Sonic R, but he responded VERY seriously, “Dude, Sonic Riders was crap, and I want
to see if the original sonic racing game was any better.” We stopped joking around
and went to play Sonic R.
December 28, 2003, 5:30 PM:
I’m going home now, desperate to play Sonic Riders, in ALL its contemporary crap.
Sonic R was BAD with a capital b, a and d. For some reason, when we unlocked the
Tails Doll, Mitchell couldn’t stop playing it. He was acting strange when I left, saying,
“SHUN THE NON-BELIVER!!!” In a creepy voice. Oh well. I guess he was just fooling
around.
January 25, 2004, 4:45 PM:
I’m worried about Mitchell. He hasn’t been coming to school since winter break ended.
I tried calling him today. He picked up the phone. I said, “Hey, Mitchell. Why haven’t
you been coming to school, lately?” He replied, in that same creepy voice as 28 days
ago, “I haven’t? I didn’t notice.” I said, “Heh, come on, Mitchell, stop messing around.”
But he kept on going, in that creepy voice, “Fooling around? Perhaps you are all
fooling around, and I’m the only one in this world being serious.” To that, I said, “Now I
know. You have strep. That’s why your voice sounds so odd.” And guess what he said,
in that same old creepy voice. “Hahaha… Fool. Only mere mortals are hindered by
such ailments as Strep throat.” I said, “Oh, and you’re immortal?” The next thing he
said was extremely odd. “Hahaahahaha… I am more than immortal. I am the Tails
Doll.” And he hung up. I thought nothing of it, and I went back to playing Sonic Riders.
January 26, 2004, 4:30 PM:
Mitchell just called me. He said, in that oh-so-familiar creepy voice, “Hello, Blade.
Would you like to come over and play some Sonic R?” In the background, all I could
hear was “Can you feel the sunshine…?” Now, keep in mind that I HATE Sonic R, but
I was so glad that my friend was actually making human contact, I couldn’t refuse!
“Yeah, sure! Um, no problem!” Is what I said. “I’ll be the Tails doll,” he said.
January 26, 2004, 5:45 PM:
Listen. This is going to sound insane, but my friend is evil! When he beat me, he
opened his mouth, wider than is humanly possible, and a red jewel on the end of
some sort of a stem came out. It couldn’t talk, but somehow, it communicated with me,
telepathically! I win. It said. Now you’re mine. My friend’s Gamecube split right down
the middle, and some wires shot out and tied me up! It pulled me into the Gamecube. I’
m now sitting in a chair, tied up in wires, and I don’t know what will happen now.
January 28, 2004, 5:30 AM:
This is insane! Mitchell just untied me, and took me into a room filled with see-through
people, without legs, playing Sonic R! Among them was one that looked exactly like
Mitchell! I ran up to him, and started shaking him. “Mitchell! Mitchell! Wake up!” “He
can’t hear you.” Said the non-see-through, legged version of Mitchell. “He belongs to
me, just like the rest of the insignificant souls of those who were foolish enough to
beat my game from hell 100%.“ "You," I shouted, "Now I know… You’re that demon
plaything, the Tails Doll!!! THAT GODDAMN PRICK WHO KILLED MILLIONS OF
PEOPLE BECAUSE OF YOUR OWN INSIGNIFICANCE!!!” “No shit, Sherlock,” said the
possessed Mitchell, “and now, you have failed my challenge. You are destined to stay
here, and play Sonic R for all eternity. There is no way out. This is my world. You are
merely another subject of the almighty Tails Doll
MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHA!!!!!”
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Miki has been burned by the Doll, but there is something to be said about fighting fire
with fire....
Hello, my name is Miki, and I am on a mission to destroy tails Doll and get my little
brother back.
Three years ago I got the Gems Collection for my birthday. I played Sonic R nonstop,
wanting to get every character, not believing in the curse. I had went out for a couple
things for my brother Joey and I to eat, unaware that he had taken up my goal of
unlocking all the characters. When I got home, the house was a wreck and I heard
"Can you feel the sunshine? Does it brighten your day."
I ran into my room. The last time I saw of my brother, was his eyes were glazed and
the Tails Doll was reaching out to him. I begged him to take me and spare my brother
but he refused and sucked my brother in.
I left home after parents kept telling me I was, and always had been, an only child. I
vowed to destroy him when we met up again. I will keep in touch on my progress.
Signed,
Super Soldier Miki
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Adam Libonati sends us his first, and seemingly last tale...
I am Adam Libonati and this is the last time any of you will see me.
I is Saturday. Feeling retro, I decided to play Sonic R, not knowing of the "Tails Doll".
Today, I was going to finally beat Super Sonic and end that game. It was begging for
me to beat it, like a voice.
A voice.
Turning on the Gamecube, I went after Super Sonic. A few minutes later, I caught up
with him. I wish i hadn't. The victory screen popped up, but it was different -- very
different. A new character had been revealed: the Tails Doll?
That's all it took. The Gamecube turned off, but one messaged remained: Want to
play, dear child? Come play. Come feel the sunshine with ME!
Officially creeped out, I ran to my computer, hoping this was some sort of glitch.
Wrong. It came out of the bedroom, this horrible yellow, slightly fuzzy, red jeweled
demon of a figure. It came slowly, its malevolent eyes, glowing at me. I had to do
something, so I yelled "Demon from Hell, begone!"
Nothing happened.
It simply stated "I am no demon. No hell can contain me. I am all that is good, all that
is evil. I am immortal..." it paused, only to ask "Does it hurt to bleed, dear child? I do
hope it does..."
It lunges at me, cutting me. Bleeding horribly out my arm, I hit the ground. It
approaches, only to bend down to my face and taunt me. "Your soul will taste divine;
at first, anyway. Now, lets see how I look with the colour of your BLOOD." It dips itself
in my blood.
I have lost too much.
I... am fading...
"AND NEXT, DEAR CHILDREN, YOU WILL ALL FEEL THE SUNSHINE!"
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This comes from a source calling themselves Noveling. A diary, perhaps? One thing
is clear, we should be afraid...
As I write this, he is coming. He is coming faster and faster than ever. In order for me
to ward him off, I have to play "Can You Feel the Sunshine" over and over again. God,
I wish I didn't have to do this. If I even stop, even for one minute, he will kill me. He'll
probably kill me anyway, knowing what a sick **** he is. Oh god, I am so lucky I got out
of that house in time.
My story begins with me and my mate called Jacob all the way back in 1996. We were
at his house playing games and chilling, eating Doritos. Nothing wrong with that, as far
as I see it. Me and my friend were video game fanatics, I loved Mario and my friend
loved sonic, so sometimes we would fall out over which game was best.. After seeing
Sonic 3D blast he said "Why in the holy mother of f*** don't they make a real 3d game,
in stead of this crap?" I agreed with him. They needed a good game, otherwise they
would just drop off the market and shrivel up into a speck so tiny, you couldn't even
see it if the sun was out and you had a 300X microscope!
A few months later he got a Saturn and Sonic R. Me and my friend played it for days,
and we loved every second. We enjoyed racing each other. Then the message came
along. I knew something was wrong because as soon at the screen said 'you have
unlocked the Tails Doll', there was nothing there! Not even any background! Just the
red-tinged words, "Tails Doll." Then we watched a wrestling match on TV. My friends
favourite wrestler was on, The Rock. As soon as he came on stage, however, the
music reversed, so it said 'He's coming' over and over. Then I got creeped out, so I
slowly turned the TV off. No sooner had I turned it off, a levitating Tails Doll came
bursting through the window and asked the dreaded question in an voice dredged
with insanity.
"Can you feel the sunshine?"
It asked this question, before laughing like a maniac. I stared at him with my jaw
dropped. My friend rushed for the air gun on his bed and opened fire. It did not have
and effect. The bullets just seemed to deflect off of him. The bullets ricocheted off the
walls, all over the room and eventually went in him. As he fell to the floor, smeared in
blood, screaming, the Tails Doll entangled in his insides. I jumped out of the window
and ran. I landed in some garbage. Fortunately, it cushioned my fall, considering we
were on the top floor. I decided I had to get out, so I ran. I ran and ran and ran until I
could see him no more; and even then I carried on. I heard distant voice in my head
that said 'Run, rabbit, run'.
I made my way back to my house. As soon as I was inside, I dialled 999, but there was
no answer.
"Please wait while we put you on hold!"
Police shouldn't put you on hold! And the hold music was "Can you Feel the
Sunshine!" At this point I discovered my mum, but she was just a lifeless, sad doll with
eyes that gave off no emotions. My dad was dead too. No life in him, either.
Eleven years have passed since then. I have all of my friends possessions. Recently I
tried to forgot that the Tails Doll existed, and told myself that he is just a lie. Now he is
coming closer and closer, and I cannot stop him if I'm lucky I might
just…OHMYGODOHMYGODOHMYGOD HE'S HERE!!!!!
...................................................
He stood against me. We were practically head-to-head. I looked at him and said
through gritted teeth "You're pathetic."
He suddenly grabbed a knife from out of nowhere and plunged it into me. Hot red
blood gushed from my deep knife wound. I screamed and screamed. I knew I was
going to die. The Tails Doll grabbed my insides and stuffed them into him mouth. My
whole vision was…shaking. I was just…lifeless. My body…felt like wool. I was stuck.
I am still stuck now, in this empty house, waiting for somebody to find the answers.
And if you find this book, run. Just run. He will come for you. He never loses a meal.
And he is never full. Escape from this house if you live in it. Don't stay. By the way, If
you are wondering what I am, well…It's too gruesome. Let's just say, half doll, half
man. My blood has already clotted from the wool, and now, my blood is like paste. I
can't move. I never will be able to again.
Please…help me…My name…John. Jonathan Mazamachumphys. Laugh it up if you
will, but don't laugh at the fact that you're next. He could be behind you right now,
lurking in the shadows, yet you read on, curious to find out what will happen in my
miserable life. It's people like you that make me happy I can't explore the world
anymore. Just…don't feel the sunshine. Stay away from the sun. And if you see the
sun and the moon in the same place…Watch out.
Why have you read this far anyway? You know he's coming for you, so why don't you
get a knife or something? Or call the police. Every second he could be getting closer
and closer. He moves very quick…for a doll. The sad thing about this story is that by
reading this far, you have sealed your doom. There is no way out now. He knows
where you are. He is the devil incarnate. He is the guy that the FBI always missed. He
was the guy who made hell. You will go there, actually. He grabs your soul and takes
it to his fiery lair, and if you fall…Suffer with burns and a broken spine. After all, you
are a spirit. What do you care? If you are reading this early in the morning, that's a
good choice. He doesn't like sunlight much.
How do I know all this? Good question. Well, it's like this. Tails Doll come and kills us.
Or, should I say, Tails Dolls. Anyway, they come and eat you up. Then they steal your
soul and put it into a woollen skin. And you have to drag about your soft woollen body
around peoples houses and just kill them if you don't like them. It's like the Godfather,
except everyone's the Don. Me? No…I was a hybrid. A prototype. An experiment of
flesh and wool. There are a few like me. About fifty, actually. I hate it here, just sitting
here, collecting dust, talking to myself over and over about broken dreams and olden
times. Sometimes the odd spider runs across my nose.
Well, I gotta go. I've got kill someone. Oh no…On my death list, you're next. I might as
well tell you, because you cannot defend yourself. Hide. Kill yourself. Anything! Just
don't go into the light. Become nocturnal. Just…die. Rot in hell. I don't care. Honest!
There are many ways to die. You see that computer or laptop, there? Yeah. Just
whack yourself over the head with that. It'll only hurt the first few times. Then you'll be
dead. Makes it easier to eat out your insides, actually. You're also quite young, by the
looks of my files. All the better! The younger, the tastier! These are all true words,
you know. All real. They all make perfect sense if you... connect the dots.
(Webmasters note: We do not recommend taking your own life. That's exactly what
the Doll wants.)
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It looks like poor Josh may have stumbled onto another victim of the Doll - one of our
previous posters...
I feel I may be a bit responsible for this, but I will tell you all what happened.
I was reading the stories and I came across somebody named "Incognito" and he had
his email posted, so I added him to my MSN messenger. I waited for about a week for
him to get online. Finally, he did. We talked for about an hour or so, then he left. I was
pretty surprised about his knowledge of the Tails Doll.
About a month later, I was in school and he went online (I go to an online school -- too
many problems), so we talked again. He told me that he knew where the Tails Doll
was, and the Tails Doll was behind him. He went offline. I became worried, but then I
calmed down, thinking that it was a prank to try to spook me.
Third conversation:
The day after, I was in school and he went online, so we talked again. He asked me
"Can you feel the sunshine?" I said "LOL" and asked, "why?" He said that it was a
serious question and proceeded to ask me weird stuff. I thought it was a prank when
he changed his name to Tails Doll. Then, I became freaked out when he said that he
was gonna play some "games" with me and signed out.
If any of you can help me with this. Please send me an email at [email protected].
I don't know if that was Him or not.
But as of now, I AND MY FAMILY are still safe.
Josh, Signing out.
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Heidi Robotnik fears that no one will believe her. Well, we do Heidi. We do...
I was trying to sleep.
I was very sleepy indeed. I closed my eyes. I was listening music in my iPod shuffle - I
CANNOT live without my iPod - when suddenly I changed the song and a voice clip of
the Tails Doll came out, saying: "Death from above...death from above!" but this voice
sounded darker.
"Stare deep into my eyes...and let the darkness consume you..."
I was still listening, surprised by his voice. It was still the same but a little more
demonic.
"I will destroy you..."
Still listening with attention, I noticed he was talking but between rough breaths.
"Does it hurt to bleed? I hope so..."
I kept listening. I still heard him there, in the background, remaining silent for at least
5 seconds.
"Hahahahahahaha."
Then, I learned that the curse was real. I tried to open my eyes but I couldn't. I was
frozen on the bed, and I couldn't move! All my body was very heavy. I tried yelling but
my voice was muted. I tried again, as shouting loud as I could: "T-aaails...D-Doooll!"
but it came out in a low tone.
I opened my eyes. It took a while, but I made it. I moved sitting down on the bed,
wondering what to do. He was after me and I needed to act FAST! My iPod was still
on, and guess which song was playing?
"Can you Feel the Sunshine? ACID Remix."
(It was my favorite one as I found the original ridiculous, no offense.) So, I ran off from
the house. I ran to the roads, lost, trying to keep myself surrounded with people. It
was actually my first time running so desperately to nowhere. I had to escape from
the Doll's deadly claws.
Where I could run? To whom, I could run to? Who could protect me from this demon
chasing me?
Nowhere. No one. I was completely ALONE. My family was 1 hour from the house
visiting my aunt with my cousins and I knew they were going to take a long time to
come back. I could be dead by then!
I arrived at a very tiny, abandoned house. Inside and out, it was painted of a very
dark gray. Oddly, only the living room remained intact. Maybe they were destroying it
part by part? Suddenly, I saw two big dogs about to jump onto me -- one was black
with brown and the other one gray with white, and kinda looked like a wolf. The house
had two exits and I quickly closed them both. After a few seconds I heard the dogs
barking painfully, I thought they were hungry enough to eat each other up, but I was
wrong. When I showed my face up in the window to see inside, I saw the two dogs
dead. They had bruises all over. Then, I saw the shadow of the Tails Doll.
I froze in panic. My mind was blank. I couldn't think of anything. The only thing that
crossed my mind was the flashback of last time I did the curse, when I said that: "If
he's real and wants to hurt me, it should be only me. No one else should be hurt. This
is between him and me." I think he heard me.
When his shadow disappeared, I ran off to the roads. I was walking between the cars.
They passed by my sides, but they were far from me so I wasn't in danger. Strangely,
the busy traffic began to disappear. There only were like 3 or 5 cars and then, the
roads were empty, but I wasn't paying too much attention to my surroundings - my
mind was lost in something else.
I walked back home, since I lost all hope. I realized I couldn't escape. I knew I wasn't
going nuts. I knew this was and IS real, though no one would believe me -- especially
my family. They all say I live in my own fantasy world, of Sonic and the gang. This is
how I escape from my problems, so they just ignore me. I just keep silent.
If something unnatural happens to me, I'll just have to keep it as a secret, like this one,
because no one will believe me.
My fantasy world...became a nightmare.
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Tejue received an interesting message from the Tails Doll... but is it true?
I'd just like to say in advance that I have played Sonic R on the Gems Collection and
kinda stink at it. So I have never been able to unlock the Tails Doll or Super Sonic. But
my story is kinda out there and probably one of the more unique experiences with the
Tails Doll you've ever heard.
It all started about a year or two ago when I first heard of the Tails Doll online and
thought, "Huh, I'd better check this out." My websearch lead me to this site, where I
read up on several of the Tails Doll terror tales. The next day, as I was walking home
from high school I suddenly heard a voice echoing in my head, and not the usual
voices in my head either!
It said, "...can you feel the sunshine (sunshine) does it brighten up your day(day?)" I
was confused for awhile and then found a video on YouTube of the song called "Can
You Feel The Sunshine ACID remix" and the singer had the EXACT same voice as the
voice I heard!
This happened on the same day that I got my class ring, one encrusted with a ruby,
the very same gem that's atop the Tails Doll's head. Coincidence? You decide.
Later that night, I read through a bit more of the articles on this site and that's when it
happened.
I heard that same disembodied voice again, only speaking to me in complete
sentences. I don't exactly recall what it said, but it definitely told me to keep the ruby-
encrusted ring in close range. It said that the ring somehow generated a force-field
around me at all times. I had my doubts about that.
It was the next day on my way to school, that I asked who the voice was. To my
surprise, it said that it was the Tails Doll! After I was back home again, the Tails Doll
contacted me again, and told me that all of the stories on this site are true, except for
one small detail.
Tails Doll actually has a twin brother! He is a doll just like the Tails Doll and looks just
like him. Whenever the Tails Doll's brother goes to kill, the good brother always tries
to stop him, but only takes the blame for the misdeeds that have occurred.
Hello, this is the Tails Doll speaking. Tejue has allowed me access to his mind
momentarily. Everything he just told you is completely true! It really is my evil brother
committing this genocide, not me!
I shed a tear every time I fail to stop my brother....
Whoa... that was different!
Sorry...
Alright, but it really is true! The Tails Doll keeps getting blamed because the two of
them look almost exactly alike! The only difference is that TD's brother is a slightly
darker type of orange, right Tails Doll?
That's correct. Aside from being a different hue of orange, we look exactly alike!
Stitches and all.
And just today, me and the Tails Doll agreed to refer to his brother as "Mist" seeing as
neither of us know Mist's real name at all. Not even the Tails Doll.
I believe that as far as keeping the ring nearby, it has to do with the protective field
that the Tails Doll made to keep Mist away. I'll have to look into this a bit more.
Until then, this has been Tejue Omega Daishanto signing off!
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Sal T. Dillo still finds himself trapped in the sunshine...and liking it... [editors note; Sal T. Dillo can is an anagram of Tails Doll]
Apparently, I have pleased the Tails Doll. This is good. He has assigned me a mission,
an honor that is bestowed only on his most obedient and loyal servants. Of course, all
missions are the same: Get people to play Sonic R. Here is an account of the success
of my first mission.
Since the time I became the Tails Doll’s friend, he has returned back on to the
character select screen of my Sonic R game, but I still have the Tails Doll plushie. It
has been a year now since then.
Even before I became a friend of the Tails Doll, I didn’t have very many friends, but
the ones I did have were all good friends. They liked me for who I was. Not my looks.
No, nobody would like me for my looks. They were true friends, not like those cheap
punks people seem to keep digging up.
That is why when my call came, my best friend - one Tim Lascone (I always teased
him about his last name) - came over without hesitation to play Sonic Gems Collection.
I suggested Sonic R, but apparently my friend believed in the curse. He asked me if I
knew what would happen. I asked what he meant. His reply was a lengthy explanation
of the Tails Doll curse. I told him that it was a load of BS, that I had already proved it
bogus, and - we being good friends and all - he believed me. So we played.
Tim still seemed rather tense and I saw my opening. I told him to stop shivering, to
stop worrying. Then I offered to show him that the curse was just a bunch of
superstition. I said that I’d play four people, tag as the Tails Doll and tag Super Sonic.
He hesitantly agreed. Everything was going as planned. As I began the game, I took
out the first three players in a matter of seconds. I then chased Super Sonic around. It
really wasn’t that hard to catch him, having done it before multiple times.
When I finally tagged him, my friend flinched, as if expecting to see the Tails Doll jump
out of the screen and devour his soul at any moment. I laughed. He thought I was
simply laughing at his pathetic fear of the Tails Doll, but the truth was much darker. I
was laughing because of how close he really was to the truth. After a few moments,
however, nothing happened. My friend felt relieved. I felt perplexed.
Why was my master not here yet? What was going on? Would he show up at all? My
questions were answered soon. My Tails Doll stuffed animal began to move, but my
friend’s undivided attention was on the game screen. The sinister doll stealthily moved
into position behind Tim. It gradually floated forward and reached a wickedly clawed
hand into his back. My friend lurched. Then he pitched forward onto the floor. He went
into convulsions, all the while my master’s hand was embedded in his back.
His skin turned pale. Then his hair turned yellow-orange. His eyes grew round and
glassy, then turned black as pitch with piercing, blood-red pupils. Finally, a scarlet
gem budded from his head, attached by a thin wire. The gruesome and horrifying
image was completed by foaming at the mouth. No… not foam… Stuffing…
I walked over to where my master now stood over the fallen body in triumph. My friend
was dead. Apparently, the Tails Doll had not seen him fit to be a servant, which was
fine with me. All that mattered was that I had succeeded in my mission. Did I feel
remorse? No, I cannot say that I did, although I experienced the slightest tinge of
regret. It mattered not. All that mattered was my master’s will.
Woe betide anyone who upsets my master's will.
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Sami returns with a tale of pain and revenge...
It's Sami again and, I wish I didn't have to bear this news but -- I might be one of those
"Pure Souls" or whatever the hell they are. I do have a spot of good news, though. I
fought with TD and managed to prolong what might be an inevitable future -- or lack of
one!
It was the evening before Thanksgiving and I was in my kitchen making the turkey for
the next day, for if I did it the next day, I knew I wasn't gonna have it done on time. I
live about thirty-minutes away from my friends and my mom. Even though it's been
awhile since my first encounter with the cursed doll, I was still looking over my
shoulder almost ever ten seconds. As I put the turkey into the oven, a thought struck
me. Even though I had dated Sai, he had still been my friend before that and it was my
fault he was dead. And as this thought struck me, I realized I wanted revenge.
I'm not sure why... but the night Sai had died, I went behind the apartment complex
and picked up the Sonic Gems Collection disc. I wanted to break it in half and destroy
it but, something stopped me. I put it in my jacket pocket and, after the police were
done with my apartment (about 2 days later) I collected my things and informed my
mom and friends I was headin' back to Texas.
Quickly, I made my way up my stairs (I'm living in an actual house now), grabbed my
Gamecube instead of my Wii (my GC has sentimental value, okay?), and came back
downstairs to the living room and plugged it in to the TV. I started it up after
untangling the wires and slammed the disc into the Gamecube. After I got passed the
title screen, I picked Sonic R. I replayed it and finished it with 100% again, seeing as I
didn't have my memory card in my Wii last time I played. I finished within 2 hours.
I finished and even did the tag four challenge. After, I went to my closet and picked up
the aluminum bat I had gotten for my birthday two years ago (don't ask). I waited on
my couch and waited for about 30 minutes before the lights flickered. I smirked to
myself and gripped the bat. I heard something in the kitchen and I looked over the
couch. Nothing was there but a regular kitchen. Just then, I got a terrible chill up my
spine. Still gripping the bat, I flung around and as I did so, I hit the Doll. I shot up off
my seat when I saw it slumped against the wall across the room.
Just then, I heard it speak. "Back for more, are you?" It's voice was chilling and it
reminded me of nails on a chalk board.
I glared at it and gritted my teeth. "No, but I'm gonna get revenge for Sai."
"So you really did love him. Hahaha... what a joke love is."
"Sai was my friend! I won't let you kill one of my friends without being punished -- even
if I don't like them very much!" I screamed.
It started to levitate again and it came after me. I swung the bat and it dodged, flying
around me. It started to laugh a terrible laugh.
"Haha, you called me again and now you'll die because of your foolish mistake!" its
laugh was just like its normal voice... Nails on a chalk board.
I sunk to my knees and held my head. Suddenly, I heard a thump and the laughing
came to an abrupt stop. I opened my eyes to see it was lying in front of me.
I scooted away.
The gem on it's string glowed faintly.
"So... you're one of them, are you...?" it said.
I looked at it strangely. "One of what?" I asked.
"Pure Souls, my dear... Haven't you heard? Or should I say, read? Seeing as how you
only tried this 'silly' ritual because of that stupid site."
He found out!? How the hell!? After that I realized I left it up one day for only 30
minutes when I had to run to the store for an emergency.
"Now, you have a choice. Stay here and have your friends and family annihilated? Or
come with me and have no one remember you?"
I gritted my teeth again. "How about... I'm not gonna go down with a fight for an
answer!"
Though it didn't have a mouth, I could realize it was smirking.
Before it could make a move, I ran over to it and beat it with my bat. I stopped on it
and kept my foot on it and ripped the jewel off it's head. I threw it up into the air and
smack it with my bat. As soon as the gem touched the bat, it shattered. Little red gem
shards were all over the ground. I looked down and realized he was no longer there.
I heard it's voice again. "I'll be back for you soon enough..."
I blacked out and woke up when the timer for the turkey went off. I don't remember
how long I was passed out for but it felt like years.
After I took the turkey out I realized there was a post-it note on the oven. I didn't look
at it but simply crumpled it up and threw it in the garbage.
I'm still worn-out after that fight. Not physically, but mentally... Next time... I swear I'll kill
it... Even if it is the last thing I do.
Expect another story from me within the next couple of months.
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Hyoko has discovered that Sonic R not only taints your soul, but your soul mates as
well...
I used to own a copy of Sonic R -- hell, I may have it somewhere still -- and I never
heard of the curse. Recently however, I started hearing things about it and I decided
to look around the net.
Interesting information out there.
Well, I'm not sending this to tell what I found. I'm writing this about my own experience.
I was one of the null people that didn't know about such curse and I even played as
the Doll several times. Nothing bad seemed to happen... at least, so I thought.
There's a spirit who follows me named Sally.
She talks to me and I talk back, though not out loud. But as I look back in my mind...
I'm remembering that "she" showed up about the same time I stopped playing Sonic R.
I can't see what she looks like but I know she's around.
Always there.
I recently watched a flash cartoon that had a goofy tails doll at the end. The way they
did it was creepy enough but it struck a nerve some how, which made me hunt the
curse down. Ever since I "met" Sally, my love life went in the crapper too. When things
get good, suddenly I get word from Sally of my mate doing something wrong. This
usually ends with us splitting up. Thing is, I'm am starting to wonder if it was all lies...
I'm beginning to rethink what this really is...
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ShadowedStranger95 writes us this desperate plea...
Something's wrong.
My cousin is working with me in writing our own book series and web comic. When we
were talking on MSN the other day we got onto the subject of the Tails Doll and
suddenly I had the urge to start singing. Of all the songs in the world. I am such an
idiot. I started singing "Can You Feel The Sunshine?" and in a really creepy
key.
My cousin looked really confused when I eventually managed to stop. He told me he
didn't recognise my voice. But there was something else scaring him. When I asked
him what was wrong, he said something I never expected.
"Your eyes have gone red."
For a moment I thought he was joking. But when I went to the bathroom to look in the
mirror, my eyes weren't brown anymore. Each iris had turned bright red.
My parents haven't actually noticed the difference. Maybe it's because they don't
know about TD. But every time I see a mirror now, I look at my red-eyed reflection and
the song starts playing in my head.
I AM BEGGING PEOPLE NOW TO FIND A WAY FOR ME TO START THE GAME.
AND IF YOU HAVE ANY THEORIES ABOUT STOPPING THE DOLL PLEASE
CONTACT ME VIA: Shinigami-Rem_Death-Note ON GAIAONLINE.COM!
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"Haruhi" and her friends thought they could have brief game of Sonic R, but
discovered that the only thing "brief" was their lives...
Hi. Call me Haruhi. I swear this is true. If you don't believe me, just read on. You'll see.
Me and my friend, Hikaru (we call ourselves names from Ouran Host Club Manga,
btw), we were playing Sonic R at his apartment, and we played the "Tag 4 Characters"
setting. I was Tails Doll and Hikaru was Super Sonic. Hikaru let me have a 10 second
head start (I sucked at Sonic R) and in 8 seconds I had tagged everybody, even
Super Sonic! My hands hadn't even touched the controller! It felt like the Doll did it by
itself! We said it was just a glitch in the game and moved on, but when we got to the
Main Menu, it wouldn't stop playing "Can you feel the sunshine". We said the game
was just flat-out broken. So we turned it off. But that freaking song kept playing!
We unplugged it. It kept on. We went to the power box, and pulled the fuse to see if
that would work. It didn't. That song kept on going over and over and over again!
Eventually it began to scare us a bit. A few minutes later, Hikaru said that we should
go to our rich pal Nekozawa's place and see how he was doing. I agreed. So I
strapped on my roller blades and we left that place, trying to forget that stupid game
and song.
When we got to Nekozawa's mansion (he's friggin' rich!) it was uber-different than the
last time we were there. It wasn't white and clean anymore. It was grey and coated with
spiderwebs. Every few feet, a snake was laying in wait for his next meal, while the path
to the house that was once crystal clear was now coated in what looked like blood. We
thought he was just getting ready for Halloween and had put up some decorations, so
we thought it was no big deal. When we went inside, we found Nekozawa crying next to
his sis, Mei, who was lying down on the floor, covered in blood. He was bawling like
heck. We asked him what happened. He said, "She was killed by the friggin' Tails
Doll!" Hikaru and I laughed. At the time, we didn't think the Tails Doll was real. We
both thought it was a myth.
Hikaru said, "You're crazy, Nekozawa! The Tails Doll don't exist! He's a fake! 'Sides, if
he were real, he'd be all flimsy and weak. A creepy-looking wimp. A limp killer. A---"
SHINK!
A knife had been thrust through Hikaru's back and it was showing out the front. He
turned his head, saw the killer, and called him a name that I can't say on account of
little kids probably being on this site. After that he closed his eyes and fell to the
ground, dead.
When he fell, we could see the killer. Yes, the Tails Doll. Nekozawa and I were too
frightened to do anything. The Tails Doll hovered up to my face. Finally, he said,
"Boo."
I turned around quicker than Sonic the Hedgehog can run. Then I roller-bladed out of
there, and Nekozawa skateboarded out with me. We rocketed out of the mansion, the
Tails Doll following both of us with that awful knife in hand -- the knife that killed Mei
and Hikaru.
He kept calling after us, "You can't run forever, you ******* kids! You will grow too weak
to run anymore! I will get you then!"
We don't doubt we'll grow tired, but we will never stop running. Right now, we're at a
hotel, just to fill up our batteries. We also want our pals online to know how we are
doing. Don't worry about us. We're both OK-- WHAT WAS THAT?!?!!? OMIGAWD IT'S
GOT NEKOZAWA!
GIMME THE COMPUTER!
NO!
SHINK!
Can you feel the sunshine? These two have. So will you -- in time.
MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!
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Massimo has a challenge for you...
Puppets. I had many. Do you like puppets? I'm sure there's one or two that pique
your interest. My puppets were harmless. Comfortable. Lovable. Most importantly
-- They were inanimate.
Have you ever thought what a toy feels like when you direct it towards self-
mutilation? When for example, you drive your favorite toy car towards the end of the
dining table towards an inescapably steep fall towards the cold hard floor? What could
the toy car do to save itself from inevitably smashing against the ground? Nothing.
Not a damn thing. Put yourself inside that toy car's shell and imagine the fall. The lack
of self control. The horrible realization you've come to that no matter how badly you
want to stop it, there's no chance in hell that it will.
Welcome to my painful world.
I'm sure that you like to play video games of many sorts. Many people do. Some
people don't, or so they think. They just don't "know" yet. They have no idea about
the ease that some of these games take in draining every fluid out of their body...
Because it addicts them. Subtly, slowly, inevitably. There's one particular game
that in all of its past years and re-releases has never lost its charm. I don't want to
utter it's name. I'll "hint" you if you're that honestly slow and are about to answer with
"checkers". Have you got Sonic & friends running in mind? The name of this game
gives no clue, no hint whatsoever, of its malicious and satanic nature. Not a glimmer of
its inhabitant and haunter, who much like a ghostly caravan, passing from town to
town after it has reaped enough souls to be happy for a few moons.
No, I kid. This game's "guest" was nowhere near satiable. It's perpetually hungry.
Feeding "it" one meal counts about as much as throwing rocks down the infamous
bottomless pit. There's no filling "it" up. I'm now going to ask you to stop fidgeting with
your mouse or anything else, to turn off any screen saver you might have installed
and to uninterruptedly listen to every little word I'm about to say.
I had this game for quite some time. Six years to be precise. Let's face it. I was no
professional player. Just about all I was able to do was unlock one optional character
and unlock every possible course. I was terrible at trying to do anything else in that
game... until I came back to it last year. Last New Year's Eve, to be precise. It was the
first time in my life I had ever lied to my family just to stay sealed away somewhere and
waste time on a useless video game. I had not played Sonic R in a very long time.
Yes, I said the name.
Are you dingbats happy now?
After five years of playing most of every other game under the sun, and letting my
coming of age mature me and perfect my brain and hand co-ordination somewhat,
Sonic R seemed unusually easy... And it kept getting easier. No, not because I knew
the game inside out. The opposing computer characters seemed like they were almost
giving into losing. It seemed like a very badly acted payoff. This did not seem nearly
as obvious back then as it does now. I was just some naive twenty one year old that
had just finished his studies and had opted to take a year of vacation from everything.
No worry in the world would've crossed my mind back then. My luck was such a bitchm
as this was the only time I should have ever really worried about something...
Have you ever tried playing tag with Super Sonic using a character called the Tails
Doll?
Don't.
Metal Sonic. Egg Robo. Super Sonic. You'd think I would've taken more than one try
to complete that run. I thought I'd be there until seven in the morning, trying to
hopelessly catch up to these so-called speed demons. No matter what turns and
shortcuts the computer characters would take, it always seemed that my Tails Doll was
keeping up with ease... Just floating from left to right as if the wind was swaying it in
the right direction. Almost as if I didn't need to press Left and Right on my joypad.
In fact, much to my surprise, I didn't.
Fatigue occasionally kicks in when I decide to drag a night on to morning. My fingers
took an unauthorised rest from gripping the controller, while the Tails Doll seemed to
take that left turn, jump towards the spring and nudge to the side to tap into the
dashpad and tag Egg Robo. I thanked whatever God I believed in back then for
allowing such a fluke to happen. It didn't creep me out in the least. On the contrary, I
had planned to call my best friend to boast about what had just transcended as soon
as that race was over. It was, however, time to get back to my game. "Concentrate", I
thought to myself. "You know you have this now that you're wide awake!" My ego was
bigger than the room I was occupying. I was so naive, foolish, and blind.
Metal Sonic was mine. Lifeless as a machine should be, Metal seemed particularly
inanimate as I approached it with my Doll. Almost still, to be honest. It was an easy tag.
Way too easy. But this was no time to question why this race seemed like such a joke.
It was time to prove my great gaming skills and finish what I started. Full of myself, I
began my chase towards Super Sonic. Unlike its predecessors, Super Sonic was
incredible. No matter how many times I'd cut the distance between the two of us,
Super Sonic was always, and I mean always, a hair too far away from my Doll. After
ten minutes of intense chasing, my senses began to dull once again. My eyes felt
droopier than ever before during that whole night of never-ending Sonic R marathons.
Forgetting about the so-called "importance" of my task, I let the controller slip and fall
on the floor. What happened next was something that was completely beyond my
control. I quickly jumped on my seat and retrieved my joypad from the floor only to
turn towards my TV screen and find that I had completed the race.
Now, can anyone visually remember what happens every time your character crosses
the finish line? The classical "iris fade" leading to the victory dance to honor the
almighty winner would be the correct answer in every case except this one. The iris
faded to black only to remain there. For a while -- at least a good minute before I lost
my patience. I slammed my console in the hope that it would start working for me
again.
Nothing happened.
The second time I slapped the top quite violently. I heard a glitch in the middle of the
"Living in the City," and then silence again. The iris magically fades back in to reveal
the usual victory dance... with only one character dancing. Was it Robo? Nope. He
was immobile, looking like its usual slow-faced self. Was it Metal? Heck, no. Metal
Sonic must've rusted in that minute or two, because he was completely paralysed.
What about Sonic? Super Sonic had to be a bit more lively, being second best in that
whole race. He would've at least waved his arms around as his usual normal Sonic
self. He was completely still. These 3 characters seemed to have been rendered in
frozen frame animation. Completely lifeless. Wait a second... Is that... my Doll cheering
to itself? What happened to the "ovation" I normally hear in the background along with
the music?
Anyone else thinking the same thing? Is the game with no moving visual or audible
sound for any character except for my Tails Doll implying something? You lot are
getting somewhere on your own, finally. That night I played on and ended up clocking
the game for my last time.
What, you thought I was still around?
What do you think of the picture you see in the ending credits of this game? How do
you like that chilling figure, that sterile plush toy casually sitting on a chair in the
middle of an empty floor? He's nobody's toy. You'll be lucky if you don't end up being
HIS toy. I would've preferred not, to be sincere.
Like I would've preferred not clocking that game completely after that tedious tag race.
Like i would've preferred not staring emptily into the eyes of the rendering of what now
commands me, like I used to command that little toy car I enjoyed driving off my
kitchen table, just to see it fall to the ground. Those eyes only seemed to get wider,
darker and scarier the longer you stare into them. They were slowly sapping my will to
do anything else but to keep staring.
Play. Again. Don't stop, it's far too much fun to ever stop playing. Day in, day out, I
haven't stopped playing Sonic R since New Year's Eve. It's all I do. I've completely
forgotten what it even feels like to eat and drink. Every now and then, I get to switch
off my console and see people. Yes, whenever I hear my favorite Sonic R soundtrack
being played backwards. That infernal racket is the key. I don't even know where I
hear it from. I hear it and I wish I was there to see who taunts me. These kids lack
intelligence, in my opinion. You wouldn't lock yourself in a pitch-black bathroom along
with a murderous doll, now would you?
...would you?
Move your mouse and tell me what you see.
Now try to sincerely answer my question with "yes".
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Andrijana sends us a nugget, imploring us for help!
I swear I am being haunted by him! One night I decided to play Living in the City
backwards, then as soon as the song finished playing, a red glow appeared in my
bathroom. I stared in horror. Five minuets later, it disappeared.
Six days later, I was in my bathroom and a strong wind almost opened my door. My
rug flew off the ground as I fought to keep the door from opening. Suddenly, the wind
died and I heard a car screech.
Two days later, I caught a glimpse of a white glove was waving at me out of the corner
of my eye. My name is Andrijana and I'm being haunted. HEEEEEEEELP ME!
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Remember DarthKain? His saga continues in a most unexpected location...
Hey, it's DarthKain again. You know how I told you I knew how to kill the Tails Doll?
Well, he erased that part of my memory, so now I haven't got the faintest idea of how
to kill him anymore. Therefore, I went back to constantly thinking about it, trying to
discern his weakness again, although this time he seems to have blocked out parts of
my mind so that I can't think freely.
As I was thinking one day, the Tails Doll came into my cell and slammed me against
the wall. He said, "I know you're the one who tried to free my slaves last night, for only
you have the nerve to." I looked into his eyes, those cold, endless eyes, and stared
into them. "I didn't do it," I finally said. He must have been satisfied by my stare, for he
released me and began to leave. As soon as he turned around I tackled him, and
before he knew what was going on, I was on my feet and about to crush his gem with
my foot. I would have been able to do so had Zeph not entered the room right then.
He knocked me onto the ground and we began to fight. I knocked him into the cage
bars and pinned him there. I then began to shout, "WHY DO YOU HELP HIM?! Why,
Zeph? I know you hate doing what he tells you to do, so why don't you fight him?" He
replied with, "Because I have no choice," and faded through the bars.
The next day, the Doll came in and decided to cut to the chase by saying, "Since I
have six of the purest souls now, and you are my most rebellious one, I will have to put
you into," he paused, looking for the right word, I presume, "storage." I gave him a
skeptical look, but he ignored it. "I'll have to put you in the future, where my power is
ultimate. That way you will have no fight left in you when I come to reap your soul." All
of a sudden, I saw his gem glow and I was sucked into the vortex that it created.
I passed out on the journey, but when I woke up, I was in an industrial wasteland, and
through every building and street, all I could hear was: "Can you feel the sunshine?
Does it brighten up your day?" I searched for any survivors of the Tails Doll's
onslaught, but found none. Eventually, I found that really big Times Square TV
screen, so apparently I was in New York, and on that screen was a large orange
kitsune, with nine tails, staring at me in an attempt to hypnotize me to do his bidding. I
looked away and ran for my life, because I could tell that the actual doll saw me there
as well.
Somewhere along the line, I found a building that was actually in close to decent
shape. When I got in, I found a computer labelled as something called a "Time
Computer Prototype," that is obviously able to send things through time. I guess it was
a kind of thing created so that people could send e-mails back in time to tell
themselves about the future. "How far ahead did the Tails Doll send me?" I thought
and began to type this chapter of my evil little adventure and send it back to you guys.
I'll send back an update as soon as I can.
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Sal T. Dillo returns with a different kind of tale -- someone else's...
I have only recently stumbled upon this journal, written by a fellow friend of the Tails
Doll. I only saw it appropriate that this account was added to the list of my master’s
glorious conquests.
*
Monday, October 9th, 2008:
I finally got it! After all this time, I’ve finally acquired a copy of Sonic R for the Saturn! I
can’t wait to play it, but my parents have prohibited me from doing so until tomorrow.
Maybe that’s not all bad, though. The longer I am made to wait, the more satisfying
the playing experience will be, so I’m not too upset.
Tuesday, October 10th, 2008:
This game is AWESOME!!! It is every bit as enjoyable as I thought it would be, and
more. I haven’t gotten far, though. My parents are all paranoid about ruining my
eyesight. Or something. They have a habit of limiting my daily playing time. At any
rate, I have only unlocked Robotnik so far, but I guess that relishing this game is
much better than rushing through the entire experience in just a few hours.
Wednesday, October 11th, 2008:
I’m rather tired. I was so consumed by my new game that I stayed up three hours last
night playing. Most of it was just fooling around and not doing anything significant, but
I did manage to unlock another character. Metal Sonic. Only three characters left.
Alright! I have just successfully unlocked the next character, a weird little guy called
“Tails Doll”. I think he’s my favorite, due to his ability to glide over water and, thus,
cheat through levels. Heck, I bet I could even beat Super Sonic with him!
Thursday, October 12th, 2008:
I stayed up late playing again. The game is just so… addicting. Oh, and, by the way,
I’ve heard of the so called “Tails Doll curse”. Take my word for it, it’s a load of hooey.
I’ve tagged Super Sonic with Tails Doll already, and nothing happened. I have
completed the game with every character, save the Tails Doll. I haven’t finished his
game yet because of a barely perceptible instinct, urging me not to complete it. It’s
just an inkling of a feeling, and I’ve chosen to ignore it. Today, I finish Sonic R, once
and for all!
Friday, October 13th, 2008:
TAILS DOLL TAILS DOLL TAILS DOLL TAILS DOLL TAILS DOLL TAILS DOLL
TAILS DOLL TAILS DOLL TAILS DOLL TAILS DOLL TAILS DOLL TAILS DOLL
TAILS DOLL TAILS DOLL TAILS DOLL TAILS DOLL TAILS DOLL TAILS DOLL
TAILS DOLL TAILS DOLL TAILS DOLL TAILS DOLL TAILS DOLL TAILS DOLL
TAILS DOLL TAILS DOLL TAILS DOLL TAILS DOLL TAILS DOLL TAILS DOLL
*
Heh. As you can see, my master can manifest himself in a variety of ways. For me, he
appeared as soon as I tagged Super Sonic. With this guy- I don’t know his name- he
wasn’t taken until he completed the entire game, 100%. Heed this, those of you
doubters who denounce the name of Tails Doll… there is no escape.
Tails Doll.
Forever.
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Shadow Android of Youtube, the Game Maker Forum, and the Sega Forum has a
Gothic vignette for us...
It was 8:15pm. A girl - who I knew personally and whose name shall not be revealed -
lay in her hospital bed, knowing she had not long to live. She didn't see the car that hit
her, but she felt it. She could also hear her own scream. Nowadays she found herself
being able to do less and less, as a result of the brain damage from the accident.
It just so happened that currently, the Doll was hungry for souls - even more hungry
than usual -- ravenous in fact, and always on the lookout for easy pickings. Now, it
also just so happened that it had been pondering over the soul of a certain small girl
for a long time now - years of youthful life energy that would simply go to waste in its
current, dying body, and to hell with the fact that she hadn't actually ever played Sonic
R.
The Doll then made its decision.
That very night, the girl had a vision of a yellow, furry object floating in front of her,
with a red glowing crystal shimmering above it. She had been told that people who
had been deprived of reality for such long periods of time often experienced
hallucinations, so she leaned forward and stroked it's soft, bloodstained, hand-
stitched head. The doll reacted violently, and 15 minutes later, a young nurse,
carrying the girl's supper in, found her lying back on the pillow, all life energy drained
from her tiny body.
It was no surprise at all - no investigation was made, it was obvious what had
happened - or so they thought.
Another soul snatched, no suspicions aroused whatsoever. Schlumpy, indeed...
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Metalsonic found himself in the wrong game, at the wrong time...
'Twas the weekend and I was following my normal routine, which was playing Dead
Space. I was playing my 5th or so round in chapter 2 and everything was normal.
You see, it's been a year since I had done the Tails Doll curse and I was starting to
disbelieve. I had done everything to summon him, even the lesser known ways. I just
gave up after a while.
So in Dead Space I had come to a part where you see a scientist get killed by a lurker
while he is pleading for you to let him out. However, this did not happen. In fact, the
layout of the area had completely changed! None the less, I was creeped out by this
sudden change. Unfortunately, I was curious of what I could find.
Let me tell you, I FOUND something all right!!! I was in a room FILLED with monitors
and on every one of them was a picture of the Tails Doll's blank, soulless stare. THIS
is where I shat myself! I turned to run in the game, but the door was locked! I was
attacked by 50 or so Tails Doll's.
Naturally, I died in the game, so in real life I ran, only to confront him! I felt terrible and
blacked out. I awoke in a cold metallic hallway and I immediately knew where I was. IN
THE ISHIMURA!!! I heard snarls and smacking sounds, so I ran in here, typing to you
now. Please, if anyone can, HELP ME!!!!
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Sal T. Dillo discovered not only the truth about the doll, but also the truth about
himself ...
I have no idea what all this ruckus is about. An evil doll that comes out of video games
and kills you? Bah! I will relate to you my encounter with the much dreaded Tails Doll,
and then you will know how it truly is.
I have always really been a devoted Sonic fan. Sure, I liked the format of the more
recent games, but I have been collecting them since I was five when I got my first one
as a gift. I devoted myself to collecting every last Sonic game.
I loved Sonic so much that I didn’t just stop with games. I bought comics, toys, and
even movies, if only a few. My favorite Sonic possession must have been my Super
Sonic stuffed animal. I was always comforted by its proximity. It made me feel safe. I
always had it by my side. I brought it to school in my book bag. I slept with it in bed.
Rather childish, I agree, but I don’t regret it.
One fateful day, I got my hands on Sonic Gems Collection. As I browsed through the
selection of various Sonic games, Sonic R stood out. It seemed more… significant
than the rest, as if there was something eerie and ethereal about it. The game play in
of itself was simple: just like any other racing game, minus vehicles. It wasn’t that
enjoyable. However, something about it just kept me coming back for more.
I played it little by little for two reasons: The first was that I wanted to savor the
experience this game had to offer. The second was fear. The game seemed to have
some sort of otherworldly hold over me, so I prolonged the inevitable for as long as
possible.
By now, my curiosity was piqued. I went online to search for any information to help
me solve the mystery to this game. What I found made me laugh out loud. There was
apparently some curse over the game, rotating around a character named Tails Doll.
There were multiple theories as to how to cause the Tails Doll to manifest, and being
a down-to-earth kind of guy, I just had to disprove them.
I went through the routine. I completed the game 100%. No dice. I played “Can You
Feel the Sunshine?” Zip. I played “Living in the City” backwards. Nada. I won the
Resort Island race with Tails Doll. Nothing happened whatsoever. By now, I was
extremely confident in the fact that this myth was just that… a myth, and nothing more.
I tried the final ritual, tagging Super Sonic as Tails Doll in Tag mode.
Instantly, the power went out. I was scared. I tried to console myself. Maybe this was
just a freak coincidence or some cruel joke, but neither of these seemed very likely.
Involuntarily, I let out a shrill whine. I reached for my Super Sonic plushie and held it
close. My fear evaporated somewhat and I boldly stood up from my seat. That was
when the power came back on.
To my surprise, the Sonic R game was still on, though it was now on the Character
Selection screen.
And Tails Doll was missing from his spot.
My eyes went wide with terror and I clutched the plushie in my arms as I had never
held onto anything before… or since. This was my lifeline. Then I saw it.
So faint that I might have imagined it, I saw a meager red glow in my TV screen, no
larger than a dot. Then, there came a hazy yellow-orange silhouette. The image
developed no further than this, so I thought for a moment that I was safe.
That was when I realized that this… apparition was not in the screen… It was a
reflection!
I wheeled around quickly to face… HIM… this horrid figure that I had dismissed so
casually as fantasy. How could I have been so wrong?
I tried to scream, but my voice betrayed me and not a sound escaped my lips. I tried to
close my eyes, but they were frozen open from sheer terror.
That is why I saw what happened next. The ghostly figure approached slowly, as if
intentionally trying to build suspense. When he was so close that I could feel his
breath on my face. - But how could a doll have breath? - he reached out with his paw.
Slowly, with a motion almost imperceptible, he extended his paw and touched the
Super Sonic plushie. And then… he was gone.
Perhaps this was how the curse was supposed to work. The Tails Doll tagged Super
Sonic, just like in the game, then left. Maybe my Super Sonic stuffed animal somehow
warded him off. Neither of these proved to be true. I was left in my room, plushie still in
hand. Everything was as it was before the dreaded encounter. Everything, that is, but
one…
On the Character Selection screen of Sonic R, Tails Doll had been replaced by
another copy of Super Sonic. In this moment, I swear my face must have turned stark
white. I slowly turned my gaze downward. In my arms, I cradled a Tails Doll instead of
my Super Sonic, a jewel adorning its head, emanating a meager red glow…
I screamed.
However, this scream was unnecessary. As soon as it subsided, I felt a comforting
warmth fall over me. I had the same feeling that the Super Sonic doll had caused in
me, only ten-fold. That was when I realized the truth. The Tails Doll was not the evil,
soul stealing specter everyone thought him to be. All he wanted was to protect me. To
comfort me. To be close to me. So I kept it.
This Tails Doll has caused me to do many things that I otherwise would not have
done. Things that made my life better. All my enemies mysteriously died. I found
money in my room that I never remembered getting. I wake up in the afternoon with no
memory of going to work, yet when I call to ask, they say I was present.
I still have this doll even today. No one will take it away from me. No one can take it
away from me. It has become precious to me. It is a part of me. It is inseparable from
me.
…
It is me.
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Unfortunately for Pedro, not all birthday surprises are pleasant ...
I've been reading some of the stories on this site and thought they were just made up.
Boy, what was I thinking?
17th September, 21:25.
It was the night of my birthday. I was checking my e-mail before dinner and came
across one message, titled "&n)e8nda(D8D(8a8d8jcjaMC8a89c7c69acmC$$%
vcv$c4...". The symbols never ended. The content of the message was:
'Living in the City
You know you have to survive
Can you feel the sunshine
Like a diamond in the sky
There's no time to look around
So take me back in time'
I recognized these lyrics, as I had recently downloaded the Sonic R Official
Soundtrack. Thinking this was a chain letter of sorts, I tried to send it to some more
people. But, whatever I did, the 'Send' button just wouldn't do anything.
I checked the sender's address. Maybe it was a virus. However, the address bar read
this: @@@@@@@@@.
My mom called me for dinner then. I was confused, but forgot about it for a while. After
dinner, it was finally time to open the presents. And, to my big surprise, one of them
was none other than a copy of Sonic R! I was so happy. Another Sonic game for my
collection. Once the party was over I rushed to my PC and played the game. The day
after, I had unlocked everything. Well.. everything except for one character...
Tails Doll.
Later that afternoon, I found all the tokens on Resort Island, and took first place. Then
the countdown for the race between me and Tails Doll began. I played Super Sonic.
Ready, Set, Go! Off I went. But... Tails Doll just stood there... And the camera was
fixed on him, not Super Sonic.
Soon, the screen started flickering. When it stopped, the camera was fixed on Super
Sonic. He had reverted back to Sonic. He was lying on the floor, dead and bloody.
Then Tails Doll's winning screen popped up, with a slower, lower pitched version of
the congratulations music.
I was shocked by what I had seen. The character selection screen appeared; all
spaces had a red ball on them. Some seconds after, a lot of popups started
appearing. I tried to click on them, but they just appeared too fast, and I couldn't even
read what they said.
I got off my chair and ran as fast as I could to the living room where the rest of my
family was. What I saw was so terrifying, I couldn't help but cry and scream.
My father had become a pair of fluffy, white and red shoes. My mom had become a
fluffy red ball. My baby brother had become a pair of fluffy arms and legs. And my
older brother was only a head. He had tears in his eyes and was slowly becoming
fluffy, white and yellow, with a black nose. He stared at me with his desperate eyes;
then he became the head of the Tails Doll.
All of them came together and formed the Tails Doll. He stared at me with his lifeless
eyes. I counted from three; Three. Two. One. Then I ran upstairs as fast as I could
and tried to hide in a room. All rooms had a red ball painted on them, which blocked
their access... all except for one. My room. I hid in there and locked the room. Then I
noticed those pop-ups were still appearing on my computer screen. I sat back on my
chair, crossed my fingers, and pressed Enter. What happened?
'Checking e-mail...'
Then it took me to that message. Was the computer, in a way, trying to tell me
something? Suddenly, the Tails Doll opened my room's door and floated silently
towards me. I fell on the ground, scared as hell, and came across my Super Sonic
plushie. Seeing it, the beast was pushed backwards powerfully, falling on the floor. Its
jewel was still glowing. He wasn't dead yet. I rushed out of my room and towards
another door without a red ball. The front door.
I was now outside. I was living in the city and I knew I had to survive. I felt the
sunshine, it looked like a diamond in the sky, but there was no time to look around. So
it took me back in time...
And then I woke up. In front of the PC, with the following e-mail on screen:
'Happy Birthday, Nast!
I was gonna send you this song I found, but I can't find it anymore online. I'm sorry,
sweety. I'm gonna come over tomorrow, and I'll try to bring that chocolate cake that
you love. Have a nice day!
Grandma Louise, 17th September, sent at 21:17.'
Confused, I went downstairs. Everyone was there. Alive. Celebrating my birthday.
I noticed then that I no longer had my Super Sonic plushie. Mom said that I never had
such thing.
I re-got Sonic R as a gift, and to my surprise, Super Sonic was already unlocked. It
stared at me with a different pose than usual. Then he got locked again.
...he saved me from Tails Doll.
I discovered your site about a year ago,and immediately thought -- no, KNEW -- the
Doll was real.
I tried the curse, but nothing happened. I was beginning to stop believing. Foolish is
the only way describe my actions. But, nevermind that. My school play was coming
up. I was a stage hand, so in between scenes I did nothing. My friends decided to do
the bathroom curse, and played "Living in the City" backwards. Idiots.
They told me to go look for him, which was a bad move. If I got captured, they would,
well, die. After all, I knew the most about the doll. I looked behind the bed props. Not
there. I looked under the Christmas tree prop. Nope. I looked behind the laundry bin
prop. Nada. I was just about to give up, when I saw a red gem on my teachers desk. I
thought it was my teachers ring, but I was wrong.
DEAD wrong.
The Doll attacked me from behind. I wrestled him to the ground,and pulled back my
fist to punch him, but he grabbed it and made me hit myself. I grabbed him,and threw
him at a wall, then I hit him on the head with a metal tray. I turned around, thinking I
had won -- a deadly mistake. He wrapped his arm around my neck,and tried to choke
me. I was losing hope, when I had a brilliant plan. I picked up the metal tray,and threw
it at...my friends. It got their attention, and they ran to help. One smashed the dolls
head in with a fire extingusher, and the other friend cut off his gem with a pocket knife.
I believe that was a minion,because the real doll would not be that easy to defeat.
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Ultimate_Impact gives us a quick heads up on some strange feelings...
I'll make this story a short one because I haven't actually played Sonic R. Call me by
Ultimate_Impact. One day, I'd been surfing the web and something caught my eye. It
was Weegee vs. Tails Doll. I've heard about the name Tails Doll, but actually didn't
know what it was. But something about that video made me wanna research it. So I
eventually ended up on your website about the Tails Doll. I've read almost every story
and, well it's freaky.
But for some reason I can feel him watching me because, whenever I sleep alone, I
have a feeling that someone or something is watching over me. Also, when I'm alone
and don't wanna think of the Tails Doll, I just starting singing in my head, "Can you
feel the sunshine" then i just stop there.
Does that mean I'm being watched? Hopefully not. I'll try to update you on anymore
feelings of being watched or if I get attacked.
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Masterkanon time, like their story, is short...
Hello I am Masterkanon, and I fear that my time is short, for the Tails Doll is after me,
but I have done something that has scarred him forever. I have cut one of his eyes.
Here is my story...
It all started when I bought Sonic R for the Saturn. I had been warned by my friends
about the Tails Doll curse, but I refused to believe them.
That was Mistake #1.
I had beaten the game and got the Tails Doll -- Mistake #2.
When I played, something was happening. Something was different, so I went on the
internet to find out what was going on. I then decided to never do the curse, EVER!
A few years past since I played Sonic R, and I had forgotten about the curse. I played
Sonic R and played on the level that plays "Can you feel the sunshine?" I was Tails
Doll and I did mistake #3 -- I tagged Super Sonic! The Tails Doll came out of my TV
saying CAN YOU FEEL THE SUNSHINE, DOSE IT BRIGHTEN UP YOUR DAY?
Then he came at me, barring horrible, bloody teeth. I kicked him and he flipped. I had
just remembered that some say he has a weakness was the Sonic theme song. The
Tails Doll shouted I WILL MAKE YOUR DEATH SLOW AND PAINFUL. Then I when
after his jewel, but I got his eye instead. He screamed I WILL RETURN TO GET MY
EYE BACK AND KILL YOU!!!! He disappeared.
I feel he is coming back.
He is here, now. I tell you -- I do not fear him without his other eye. He can not kill me.
OH NO! HIS EYE IS GOING BACK TO HIS FACE. HELP ME!
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!
I WILL KILL ALL OF YOU ALL!!
THE TAILS DOLL
p.s CAN YOU FEEL THE SUNSHINE?
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Ichigo Kizuato brings forth a challenge to the Tails Doll... but will it succeed where
others have failed?...
"Tails Doll, you may scare everyone, but you're actually slowly giving yourself away
and making things more clear to us. Eventually we will know how to stop and be rid of
you for good. There is a small group that is beginning to grow; we are a group of
hunters and we plan to unravel the mysteries and maybe even return the souls of
those you have taken. We are going to find the answers. Try to come after us if you
will, but be warned that we know ways of keeping you away. We have many facts
about you and we will certainly get more as long as people keep telling their tales."
Ok, so my challenge to Tails Doll is complete. I may write back again...I might not, it
depends on what happens but if there is anyone out there who wants to help us to
stop the Tails Doll for good then please join up and share what you know.
Tails Doll Hunters Unite! That is the place to go if you want to help us.
Also, our motto, it is not the final version and may change. Learn it, Know it, Speak it
in his presence:
We are the hunters in the night,
With pure hearts and pure minds,
We will defeat 'HIM',
We can feel the sun shine!
Yes, It brightens up our days!
We are the 'pure' ones!
We can all be the 'pure' ones!
We all ARE the 'pure' ones!
P.S. If I do not write back, hopefully Shadow-chan, ShadowedStranger9, will.
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Young Jessie has been terrorized by a series of eerie visions. I wonder who's behind
this?
One night, when I was six, I heard a noise and saw a flash of orange. My CD player
fell down and when I looked at the cracked disk inside it, I though I saw a face looking
up. It wasn't mine, but it looked like Jigsaw, from the "Saw" movies. I ran to my mom in
the bathroom, but when we came back to my room, Jigsaw was gone.
Then, another night, I was sleeping and heard dripping noises and foot steps coming
up the stairs. I covered myself with the blanket. There was a weird glow in the room,
like it was being lit by a red lamp. Looking out, I saw an evil clown and Jigsaw, but
they didn't attack me. After a while, I must have fallen asleep, because I awoke in the
morning and they were gone.
Yesterday, when I came home, I was playing my DS, but I put it in my room so I could
go watch TV with my parents. I caught a glimpse of orange out of the corner of my
eye. I thought nothing of it at the time, but when I tried playing my DS again, it was
broken! There was orange hair all over it. My parents blamed me, even though I
didn't do it.
I now realize what's been going on. Something has been trying to scare me and get
me in trouble.
It was the Tails Doll!
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Flectcher drew the Tails Doll, only to be drawn by the Doll in return...
Hello. My name is...Fletcher.
My story starts with me drawing the Tails Doll. The moment I drew him, the $#!t hit the
fan. The wierdness started with my copy of Sonic Riders Zero Gravity disappearing.
After that, the battery died on my phone. I then turned it back on and it had -- a full
battery! There was also a new text. It was from number: 824-573-#### It said:
I'll find you.
"Wierd," i said. I brushed off the text and turned on the TV. Nothing happened, so I
reset the TV a couple times. What happened next was odd. The screen went red and
cracked. A warm jet of liquid spread across my living room, splattering across me.
And out of the crimson-stained glass stepped the Tails Doll.
"Hello, slave," he said via telepathy, "come here...live in the city...feel the sunshine...
become one with me...and them..." He showed me a horrific display of all the tortured
souls he's captured over the years. I almost went mad. I stumbled to my kitchen and
grabbed a butcher knife and dashed toward the doll, crying out in rage,and stabbed
him. I blacked out from there.
When I awoke the next morning to the smell of blood. I realized it was from a cut I gave
myself with the knife. I got up and shook my head. I walked to the couch and
collapsed there.
Then I asked one thing:
"Can you feel the sunshine?'"
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"Demon in the Closet" sends us not a tale, but a piece of poignant poetry...
I'm not one for writing stories.
I find it difficult to put sentences together.
Poetry on the other hand...
I call this piece: The Curse
Enough to strike fear into
Any child who hears its tale,
Or anyone for that matter,
No matter the age.
Sonic R,
Complete the game, 100%,
And win the chance to fall
Under the curse!
Its image haunts nightmares.
One or two nights afterwards,
Its red glow, eerie terror
Lights the scene.
The matted, orange, blood stained fur,
Lifeless eyes, they'll watch you
Forever. You're living in his city now.
Will you be one of the very few lucky to survive?
I'd rather die than live unto the chant
"Tails Doll Forever", forever
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Dreadstar has returned, with a urgent message...
Its Dreadstar again.
You know, I haven't seen him yet, but I think he's telling me to back off. I'm not sure,
but strange things have been happening. Like me and my friend Artho (I cant put his
name on here, by his request) have been playing his Brawl copy a lot lately, and
there's really freaky things going on. Like, when anyone wins as playing Sonic, you
can see in little red letters “you may have won this, but I have already won.”
And when we use his final smash, one of the Chaos Emeralds stays on the screen
and turns red in the background. And even sometimes when we attack Sonic, blood
flies out. So I don’t know whats going on, but I know how to defeat him. You
simplyhjy….
HahaHahaHA! Did you think I'd really let him tell you how to defeat me? You will die
the same fate of this fool….
Drowning in his own blood…..
Can you feel the sunshine?
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This is from Blade Suecura, and it is the remains of a "Diary of a Tails Doll Subject."
Let this story be a warning, to all those who strive to beat the blood curdling,
horrifying, catastrophic mound of fail that is Sonic R…
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December 28, 2008:
My name is Blade Suecra. I fear I may be going insane. Before I go off the deep end,
I want all to know the horrors of where playing horrible retro video games can get
you…
December 28, 2003, 3:25 PM:
Christmas was great. I could spend HOURS telling to what I got, but I don’t feel like it.
My friend, Mitchell, got much less. I will tell you what he got. A die-cast Link figurine. A
new water gun (somehow they expect us to use it in winter). A 200-dollar target gift
card. Sonic Gems collection. I joked around with him, saying that he’d better not play
Sonic R, but he responded VERY seriously, “Dude, Sonic Riders was crap, and I want
to see if the original sonic racing game was any better.” We stopped joking around
and went to play Sonic R.
December 28, 2003, 5:30 PM:
I’m going home now, desperate to play Sonic Riders, in ALL its contemporary crap.
Sonic R was BAD with a capital b, a and d. For some reason, when we unlocked the
Tails Doll, Mitchell couldn’t stop playing it. He was acting strange when I left, saying,
“SHUN THE NON-BELIVER!!!” In a creepy voice. Oh well. I guess he was just fooling
around.
January 25, 2004, 4:45 PM:
I’m worried about Mitchell. He hasn’t been coming to school since winter break ended.
I tried calling him today. He picked up the phone. I said, “Hey, Mitchell. Why haven’t
you been coming to school, lately?” He replied, in that same creepy voice as 28 days
ago, “I haven’t? I didn’t notice.” I said, “Heh, come on, Mitchell, stop messing around.”
But he kept on going, in that creepy voice, “Fooling around? Perhaps you are all
fooling around, and I’m the only one in this world being serious.” To that, I said, “Now I
know. You have strep. That’s why your voice sounds so odd.” And guess what he said,
in that same old creepy voice. “Hahaha… Fool. Only mere mortals are hindered by
such ailments as Strep throat.” I said, “Oh, and you’re immortal?” The next thing he
said was extremely odd. “Hahaahahaha… I am more than immortal. I am the Tails
Doll.” And he hung up. I thought nothing of it, and I went back to playing Sonic Riders.
January 26, 2004, 4:30 PM:
Mitchell just called me. He said, in that oh-so-familiar creepy voice, “Hello, Blade.
Would you like to come over and play some Sonic R?” In the background, all I could
hear was “Can you feel the sunshine…?” Now, keep in mind that I HATE Sonic R, but
I was so glad that my friend was actually making human contact, I couldn’t refuse!
“Yeah, sure! Um, no problem!” Is what I said. “I’ll be the Tails doll,” he said.
January 26, 2004, 5:45 PM:
Listen. This is going to sound insane, but my friend is evil! When he beat me, he
opened his mouth, wider than is humanly possible, and a red jewel on the end of
some sort of a stem came out. It couldn’t talk, but somehow, it communicated with me,
telepathically! I win. It said. Now you’re mine. My friend’s Gamecube split right down
the middle, and some wires shot out and tied me up! It pulled me into the Gamecube. I’
m now sitting in a chair, tied up in wires, and I don’t know what will happen now.
January 28, 2004, 5:30 AM:
This is insane! Mitchell just untied me, and took me into a room filled with see-through
people, without legs, playing Sonic R! Among them was one that looked exactly like
Mitchell! I ran up to him, and started shaking him. “Mitchell! Mitchell! Wake up!” “He
can’t hear you.” Said the non-see-through, legged version of Mitchell. “He belongs to
me, just like the rest of the insignificant souls of those who were foolish enough to
beat my game from hell 100%.“ "You," I shouted, "Now I know… You’re that demon
plaything, the Tails Doll!!! THAT GODDAMN PRICK WHO KILLED MILLIONS OF
PEOPLE BECAUSE OF YOUR OWN INSIGNIFICANCE!!!” “No shit, Sherlock,” said the
possessed Mitchell, “and now, you have failed my challenge. You are destined to stay
here, and play Sonic R for all eternity. There is no way out. This is my world. You are
merely another subject of the almighty Tails Doll
MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHA!!!!!”
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Miki has been burned by the Doll, but there is something to be said about fighting fire
with fire....
Hello, my name is Miki, and I am on a mission to destroy tails Doll and get my little
brother back.
Three years ago I got the Gems Collection for my birthday. I played Sonic R nonstop,
wanting to get every character, not believing in the curse. I had went out for a couple
things for my brother Joey and I to eat, unaware that he had taken up my goal of
unlocking all the characters. When I got home, the house was a wreck and I heard
"Can you feel the sunshine? Does it brighten your day."
I ran into my room. The last time I saw of my brother, was his eyes were glazed and
the Tails Doll was reaching out to him. I begged him to take me and spare my brother
but he refused and sucked my brother in.
I left home after parents kept telling me I was, and always had been, an only child. I
vowed to destroy him when we met up again. I will keep in touch on my progress.
Signed,
Super Soldier Miki
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Adam Libonati sends us his first, and seemingly last tale...
I am Adam Libonati and this is the last time any of you will see me.
I is Saturday. Feeling retro, I decided to play Sonic R, not knowing of the "Tails Doll".
Today, I was going to finally beat Super Sonic and end that game. It was begging for
me to beat it, like a voice.
A voice.
Turning on the Gamecube, I went after Super Sonic. A few minutes later, I caught up
with him. I wish i hadn't. The victory screen popped up, but it was different -- very
different. A new character had been revealed: the Tails Doll?
That's all it took. The Gamecube turned off, but one messaged remained: Want to
play, dear child? Come play. Come feel the sunshine with ME!
Officially creeped out, I ran to my computer, hoping this was some sort of glitch.
Wrong. It came out of the bedroom, this horrible yellow, slightly fuzzy, red jeweled
demon of a figure. It came slowly, its malevolent eyes, glowing at me. I had to do
something, so I yelled "Demon from Hell, begone!"
Nothing happened.
It simply stated "I am no demon. No hell can contain me. I am all that is good, all that
is evil. I am immortal..." it paused, only to ask "Does it hurt to bleed, dear child? I do
hope it does..."
It lunges at me, cutting me. Bleeding horribly out my arm, I hit the ground. It
approaches, only to bend down to my face and taunt me. "Your soul will taste divine;
at first, anyway. Now, lets see how I look with the colour of your BLOOD." It dips itself
in my blood.
I have lost too much.
I... am fading...
"AND NEXT, DEAR CHILDREN, YOU WILL ALL FEEL THE SUNSHINE!"
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This comes from a source calling themselves Noveling. A diary, perhaps? One thing
is clear, we should be afraid...
As I write this, he is coming. He is coming faster and faster than ever. In order for me
to ward him off, I have to play "Can You Feel the Sunshine" over and over again. God,
I wish I didn't have to do this. If I even stop, even for one minute, he will kill me. He'll
probably kill me anyway, knowing what a sick **** he is. Oh god, I am so lucky I got out
of that house in time.
My story begins with me and my mate called Jacob all the way back in 1996. We were
at his house playing games and chilling, eating Doritos. Nothing wrong with that, as far
as I see it. Me and my friend were video game fanatics, I loved Mario and my friend
loved sonic, so sometimes we would fall out over which game was best.. After seeing
Sonic 3D blast he said "Why in the holy mother of f*** don't they make a real 3d game,
in stead of this crap?" I agreed with him. They needed a good game, otherwise they
would just drop off the market and shrivel up into a speck so tiny, you couldn't even
see it if the sun was out and you had a 300X microscope!
A few months later he got a Saturn and Sonic R. Me and my friend played it for days,
and we loved every second. We enjoyed racing each other. Then the message came
along. I knew something was wrong because as soon at the screen said 'you have
unlocked the Tails Doll', there was nothing there! Not even any background! Just the
red-tinged words, "Tails Doll." Then we watched a wrestling match on TV. My friends
favourite wrestler was on, The Rock. As soon as he came on stage, however, the
music reversed, so it said 'He's coming' over and over. Then I got creeped out, so I
slowly turned the TV off. No sooner had I turned it off, a levitating Tails Doll came
bursting through the window and asked the dreaded question in an voice dredged
with insanity.
"Can you feel the sunshine?"
It asked this question, before laughing like a maniac. I stared at him with my jaw
dropped. My friend rushed for the air gun on his bed and opened fire. It did not have
and effect. The bullets just seemed to deflect off of him. The bullets ricocheted off the
walls, all over the room and eventually went in him. As he fell to the floor, smeared in
blood, screaming, the Tails Doll entangled in his insides. I jumped out of the window
and ran. I landed in some garbage. Fortunately, it cushioned my fall, considering we
were on the top floor. I decided I had to get out, so I ran. I ran and ran and ran until I
could see him no more; and even then I carried on. I heard distant voice in my head
that said 'Run, rabbit, run'.
I made my way back to my house. As soon as I was inside, I dialled 999, but there was
no answer.
"Please wait while we put you on hold!"
Police shouldn't put you on hold! And the hold music was "Can you Feel the
Sunshine!" At this point I discovered my mum, but she was just a lifeless, sad doll with
eyes that gave off no emotions. My dad was dead too. No life in him, either.
Eleven years have passed since then. I have all of my friends possessions. Recently I
tried to forgot that the Tails Doll existed, and told myself that he is just a lie. Now he is
coming closer and closer, and I cannot stop him if I'm lucky I might
just…OHMYGODOHMYGODOHMYGOD HE'S HERE!!!!!
...................................................
He stood against me. We were practically head-to-head. I looked at him and said
through gritted teeth "You're pathetic."
He suddenly grabbed a knife from out of nowhere and plunged it into me. Hot red
blood gushed from my deep knife wound. I screamed and screamed. I knew I was
going to die. The Tails Doll grabbed my insides and stuffed them into him mouth. My
whole vision was…shaking. I was just…lifeless. My body…felt like wool. I was stuck.
I am still stuck now, in this empty house, waiting for somebody to find the answers.
And if you find this book, run. Just run. He will come for you. He never loses a meal.
And he is never full. Escape from this house if you live in it. Don't stay. By the way, If
you are wondering what I am, well…It's too gruesome. Let's just say, half doll, half
man. My blood has already clotted from the wool, and now, my blood is like paste. I
can't move. I never will be able to again.
Please…help me…My name…John. Jonathan Mazamachumphys. Laugh it up if you
will, but don't laugh at the fact that you're next. He could be behind you right now,
lurking in the shadows, yet you read on, curious to find out what will happen in my
miserable life. It's people like you that make me happy I can't explore the world
anymore. Just…don't feel the sunshine. Stay away from the sun. And if you see the
sun and the moon in the same place…Watch out.
Why have you read this far anyway? You know he's coming for you, so why don't you
get a knife or something? Or call the police. Every second he could be getting closer
and closer. He moves very quick…for a doll. The sad thing about this story is that by
reading this far, you have sealed your doom. There is no way out now. He knows
where you are. He is the devil incarnate. He is the guy that the FBI always missed. He
was the guy who made hell. You will go there, actually. He grabs your soul and takes
it to his fiery lair, and if you fall…Suffer with burns and a broken spine. After all, you
are a spirit. What do you care? If you are reading this early in the morning, that's a
good choice. He doesn't like sunlight much.
How do I know all this? Good question. Well, it's like this. Tails Doll come and kills us.
Or, should I say, Tails Dolls. Anyway, they come and eat you up. Then they steal your
soul and put it into a woollen skin. And you have to drag about your soft woollen body
around peoples houses and just kill them if you don't like them. It's like the Godfather,
except everyone's the Don. Me? No…I was a hybrid. A prototype. An experiment of
flesh and wool. There are a few like me. About fifty, actually. I hate it here, just sitting
here, collecting dust, talking to myself over and over about broken dreams and olden
times. Sometimes the odd spider runs across my nose.
Well, I gotta go. I've got kill someone. Oh no…On my death list, you're next. I might as
well tell you, because you cannot defend yourself. Hide. Kill yourself. Anything! Just
don't go into the light. Become nocturnal. Just…die. Rot in hell. I don't care. Honest!
There are many ways to die. You see that computer or laptop, there? Yeah. Just
whack yourself over the head with that. It'll only hurt the first few times. Then you'll be
dead. Makes it easier to eat out your insides, actually. You're also quite young, by the
looks of my files. All the better! The younger, the tastier! These are all true words,
you know. All real. They all make perfect sense if you... connect the dots.
(Webmasters note: We do not recommend taking your own life. That's exactly what
the Doll wants.)
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It looks like poor Josh may have stumbled onto another victim of the Doll - one of our
previous posters...
I feel I may be a bit responsible for this, but I will tell you all what happened.
I was reading the stories and I came across somebody named "Incognito" and he had
his email posted, so I added him to my MSN messenger. I waited for about a week for
him to get online. Finally, he did. We talked for about an hour or so, then he left. I was
pretty surprised about his knowledge of the Tails Doll.
About a month later, I was in school and he went online (I go to an online school -- too
many problems), so we talked again. He told me that he knew where the Tails Doll
was, and the Tails Doll was behind him. He went offline. I became worried, but then I
calmed down, thinking that it was a prank to try to spook me.
Third conversation:
The day after, I was in school and he went online, so we talked again. He asked me
"Can you feel the sunshine?" I said "LOL" and asked, "why?" He said that it was a
serious question and proceeded to ask me weird stuff. I thought it was a prank when
he changed his name to Tails Doll. Then, I became freaked out when he said that he
was gonna play some "games" with me and signed out.
If any of you can help me with this. Please send me an email at [email protected].
I don't know if that was Him or not.
But as of now, I AND MY FAMILY are still safe.
Josh, Signing out.
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Heidi Robotnik fears that no one will believe her. Well, we do Heidi. We do...
I was trying to sleep.
I was very sleepy indeed. I closed my eyes. I was listening music in my iPod shuffle - I
CANNOT live without my iPod - when suddenly I changed the song and a voice clip of
the Tails Doll came out, saying: "Death from above...death from above!" but this voice
sounded darker.
"Stare deep into my eyes...and let the darkness consume you..."
I was still listening, surprised by his voice. It was still the same but a little more
demonic.
"I will destroy you..."
Still listening with attention, I noticed he was talking but between rough breaths.
"Does it hurt to bleed? I hope so..."
I kept listening. I still heard him there, in the background, remaining silent for at least
5 seconds.
"Hahahahahahaha."
Then, I learned that the curse was real. I tried to open my eyes but I couldn't. I was
frozen on the bed, and I couldn't move! All my body was very heavy. I tried yelling but
my voice was muted. I tried again, as shouting loud as I could: "T-aaails...D-Doooll!"
but it came out in a low tone.
I opened my eyes. It took a while, but I made it. I moved sitting down on the bed,
wondering what to do. He was after me and I needed to act FAST! My iPod was still
on, and guess which song was playing?
"Can you Feel the Sunshine? ACID Remix."
(It was my favorite one as I found the original ridiculous, no offense.) So, I ran off from
the house. I ran to the roads, lost, trying to keep myself surrounded with people. It
was actually my first time running so desperately to nowhere. I had to escape from
the Doll's deadly claws.
Where I could run? To whom, I could run to? Who could protect me from this demon
chasing me?
Nowhere. No one. I was completely ALONE. My family was 1 hour from the house
visiting my aunt with my cousins and I knew they were going to take a long time to
come back. I could be dead by then!
I arrived at a very tiny, abandoned house. Inside and out, it was painted of a very
dark gray. Oddly, only the living room remained intact. Maybe they were destroying it
part by part? Suddenly, I saw two big dogs about to jump onto me -- one was black
with brown and the other one gray with white, and kinda looked like a wolf. The house
had two exits and I quickly closed them both. After a few seconds I heard the dogs
barking painfully, I thought they were hungry enough to eat each other up, but I was
wrong. When I showed my face up in the window to see inside, I saw the two dogs
dead. They had bruises all over. Then, I saw the shadow of the Tails Doll.
I froze in panic. My mind was blank. I couldn't think of anything. The only thing that
crossed my mind was the flashback of last time I did the curse, when I said that: "If
he's real and wants to hurt me, it should be only me. No one else should be hurt. This
is between him and me." I think he heard me.
When his shadow disappeared, I ran off to the roads. I was walking between the cars.
They passed by my sides, but they were far from me so I wasn't in danger. Strangely,
the busy traffic began to disappear. There only were like 3 or 5 cars and then, the
roads were empty, but I wasn't paying too much attention to my surroundings - my
mind was lost in something else.
I walked back home, since I lost all hope. I realized I couldn't escape. I knew I wasn't
going nuts. I knew this was and IS real, though no one would believe me -- especially
my family. They all say I live in my own fantasy world, of Sonic and the gang. This is
how I escape from my problems, so they just ignore me. I just keep silent.
If something unnatural happens to me, I'll just have to keep it as a secret, like this one,
because no one will believe me.
My fantasy world...became a nightmare.
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Tejue received an interesting message from the Tails Doll... but is it true?
I'd just like to say in advance that I have played Sonic R on the Gems Collection and
kinda stink at it. So I have never been able to unlock the Tails Doll or Super Sonic. But
my story is kinda out there and probably one of the more unique experiences with the
Tails Doll you've ever heard.
It all started about a year or two ago when I first heard of the Tails Doll online and
thought, "Huh, I'd better check this out." My websearch lead me to this site, where I
read up on several of the Tails Doll terror tales. The next day, as I was walking home
from high school I suddenly heard a voice echoing in my head, and not the usual
voices in my head either!
It said, "...can you feel the sunshine (sunshine) does it brighten up your day(day?)" I
was confused for awhile and then found a video on YouTube of the song called "Can
You Feel The Sunshine ACID remix" and the singer had the EXACT same voice as the
voice I heard!
This happened on the same day that I got my class ring, one encrusted with a ruby,
the very same gem that's atop the Tails Doll's head. Coincidence? You decide.
Later that night, I read through a bit more of the articles on this site and that's when it
happened.
I heard that same disembodied voice again, only speaking to me in complete
sentences. I don't exactly recall what it said, but it definitely told me to keep the ruby-
encrusted ring in close range. It said that the ring somehow generated a force-field
around me at all times. I had my doubts about that.
It was the next day on my way to school, that I asked who the voice was. To my
surprise, it said that it was the Tails Doll! After I was back home again, the Tails Doll
contacted me again, and told me that all of the stories on this site are true, except for
one small detail.
Tails Doll actually has a twin brother! He is a doll just like the Tails Doll and looks just
like him. Whenever the Tails Doll's brother goes to kill, the good brother always tries
to stop him, but only takes the blame for the misdeeds that have occurred.
Hello, this is the Tails Doll speaking. Tejue has allowed me access to his mind
momentarily. Everything he just told you is completely true! It really is my evil brother
committing this genocide, not me!
I shed a tear every time I fail to stop my brother....
Whoa... that was different!
Sorry...
Alright, but it really is true! The Tails Doll keeps getting blamed because the two of
them look almost exactly alike! The only difference is that TD's brother is a slightly
darker type of orange, right Tails Doll?
That's correct. Aside from being a different hue of orange, we look exactly alike!
Stitches and all.
And just today, me and the Tails Doll agreed to refer to his brother as "Mist" seeing as
neither of us know Mist's real name at all. Not even the Tails Doll.
I believe that as far as keeping the ring nearby, it has to do with the protective field
that the Tails Doll made to keep Mist away. I'll have to look into this a bit more.
Until then, this has been Tejue Omega Daishanto signing off!
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Sal T. Dillo still finds himself trapped in the sunshine...and liking it... [editors note; Sal T. Dillo can is an anagram of Tails Doll]
Apparently, I have pleased the Tails Doll. This is good. He has assigned me a mission,
an honor that is bestowed only on his most obedient and loyal servants. Of course, all
missions are the same: Get people to play Sonic R. Here is an account of the success
of my first mission.
Since the time I became the Tails Doll’s friend, he has returned back on to the
character select screen of my Sonic R game, but I still have the Tails Doll plushie. It
has been a year now since then.
Even before I became a friend of the Tails Doll, I didn’t have very many friends, but
the ones I did have were all good friends. They liked me for who I was. Not my looks.
No, nobody would like me for my looks. They were true friends, not like those cheap
punks people seem to keep digging up.
That is why when my call came, my best friend - one Tim Lascone (I always teased
him about his last name) - came over without hesitation to play Sonic Gems Collection.
I suggested Sonic R, but apparently my friend believed in the curse. He asked me if I
knew what would happen. I asked what he meant. His reply was a lengthy explanation
of the Tails Doll curse. I told him that it was a load of BS, that I had already proved it
bogus, and - we being good friends and all - he believed me. So we played.
Tim still seemed rather tense and I saw my opening. I told him to stop shivering, to
stop worrying. Then I offered to show him that the curse was just a bunch of
superstition. I said that I’d play four people, tag as the Tails Doll and tag Super Sonic.
He hesitantly agreed. Everything was going as planned. As I began the game, I took
out the first three players in a matter of seconds. I then chased Super Sonic around. It
really wasn’t that hard to catch him, having done it before multiple times.
When I finally tagged him, my friend flinched, as if expecting to see the Tails Doll jump
out of the screen and devour his soul at any moment. I laughed. He thought I was
simply laughing at his pathetic fear of the Tails Doll, but the truth was much darker. I
was laughing because of how close he really was to the truth. After a few moments,
however, nothing happened. My friend felt relieved. I felt perplexed.
Why was my master not here yet? What was going on? Would he show up at all? My
questions were answered soon. My Tails Doll stuffed animal began to move, but my
friend’s undivided attention was on the game screen. The sinister doll stealthily moved
into position behind Tim. It gradually floated forward and reached a wickedly clawed
hand into his back. My friend lurched. Then he pitched forward onto the floor. He went
into convulsions, all the while my master’s hand was embedded in his back.
His skin turned pale. Then his hair turned yellow-orange. His eyes grew round and
glassy, then turned black as pitch with piercing, blood-red pupils. Finally, a scarlet
gem budded from his head, attached by a thin wire. The gruesome and horrifying
image was completed by foaming at the mouth. No… not foam… Stuffing…
I walked over to where my master now stood over the fallen body in triumph. My friend
was dead. Apparently, the Tails Doll had not seen him fit to be a servant, which was
fine with me. All that mattered was that I had succeeded in my mission. Did I feel
remorse? No, I cannot say that I did, although I experienced the slightest tinge of
regret. It mattered not. All that mattered was my master’s will.
Woe betide anyone who upsets my master's will.
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Sami returns with a tale of pain and revenge...
It's Sami again and, I wish I didn't have to bear this news but -- I might be one of those
"Pure Souls" or whatever the hell they are. I do have a spot of good news, though. I
fought with TD and managed to prolong what might be an inevitable future -- or lack of
one!
It was the evening before Thanksgiving and I was in my kitchen making the turkey for
the next day, for if I did it the next day, I knew I wasn't gonna have it done on time. I
live about thirty-minutes away from my friends and my mom. Even though it's been
awhile since my first encounter with the cursed doll, I was still looking over my
shoulder almost ever ten seconds. As I put the turkey into the oven, a thought struck
me. Even though I had dated Sai, he had still been my friend before that and it was my
fault he was dead. And as this thought struck me, I realized I wanted revenge.
I'm not sure why... but the night Sai had died, I went behind the apartment complex
and picked up the Sonic Gems Collection disc. I wanted to break it in half and destroy
it but, something stopped me. I put it in my jacket pocket and, after the police were
done with my apartment (about 2 days later) I collected my things and informed my
mom and friends I was headin' back to Texas.
Quickly, I made my way up my stairs (I'm living in an actual house now), grabbed my
Gamecube instead of my Wii (my GC has sentimental value, okay?), and came back
downstairs to the living room and plugged it in to the TV. I started it up after
untangling the wires and slammed the disc into the Gamecube. After I got passed the
title screen, I picked Sonic R. I replayed it and finished it with 100% again, seeing as I
didn't have my memory card in my Wii last time I played. I finished within 2 hours.
I finished and even did the tag four challenge. After, I went to my closet and picked up
the aluminum bat I had gotten for my birthday two years ago (don't ask). I waited on
my couch and waited for about 30 minutes before the lights flickered. I smirked to
myself and gripped the bat. I heard something in the kitchen and I looked over the
couch. Nothing was there but a regular kitchen. Just then, I got a terrible chill up my
spine. Still gripping the bat, I flung around and as I did so, I hit the Doll. I shot up off
my seat when I saw it slumped against the wall across the room.
Just then, I heard it speak. "Back for more, are you?" It's voice was chilling and it
reminded me of nails on a chalk board.
I glared at it and gritted my teeth. "No, but I'm gonna get revenge for Sai."
"So you really did love him. Hahaha... what a joke love is."
"Sai was my friend! I won't let you kill one of my friends without being punished -- even
if I don't like them very much!" I screamed.
It started to levitate again and it came after me. I swung the bat and it dodged, flying
around me. It started to laugh a terrible laugh.
"Haha, you called me again and now you'll die because of your foolish mistake!" its
laugh was just like its normal voice... Nails on a chalk board.
I sunk to my knees and held my head. Suddenly, I heard a thump and the laughing
came to an abrupt stop. I opened my eyes to see it was lying in front of me.
I scooted away.
The gem on it's string glowed faintly.
"So... you're one of them, are you...?" it said.
I looked at it strangely. "One of what?" I asked.
"Pure Souls, my dear... Haven't you heard? Or should I say, read? Seeing as how you
only tried this 'silly' ritual because of that stupid site."
He found out!? How the hell!? After that I realized I left it up one day for only 30
minutes when I had to run to the store for an emergency.
"Now, you have a choice. Stay here and have your friends and family annihilated? Or
come with me and have no one remember you?"
I gritted my teeth again. "How about... I'm not gonna go down with a fight for an
answer!"
Though it didn't have a mouth, I could realize it was smirking.
Before it could make a move, I ran over to it and beat it with my bat. I stopped on it
and kept my foot on it and ripped the jewel off it's head. I threw it up into the air and
smack it with my bat. As soon as the gem touched the bat, it shattered. Little red gem
shards were all over the ground. I looked down and realized he was no longer there.
I heard it's voice again. "I'll be back for you soon enough..."
I blacked out and woke up when the timer for the turkey went off. I don't remember
how long I was passed out for but it felt like years.
After I took the turkey out I realized there was a post-it note on the oven. I didn't look
at it but simply crumpled it up and threw it in the garbage.
I'm still worn-out after that fight. Not physically, but mentally... Next time... I swear I'll kill
it... Even if it is the last thing I do.
Expect another story from me within the next couple of months.
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Hyoko has discovered that Sonic R not only taints your soul, but your soul mates as
well...
I used to own a copy of Sonic R -- hell, I may have it somewhere still -- and I never
heard of the curse. Recently however, I started hearing things about it and I decided
to look around the net.
Interesting information out there.
Well, I'm not sending this to tell what I found. I'm writing this about my own experience.
I was one of the null people that didn't know about such curse and I even played as
the Doll several times. Nothing bad seemed to happen... at least, so I thought.
There's a spirit who follows me named Sally.
She talks to me and I talk back, though not out loud. But as I look back in my mind...
I'm remembering that "she" showed up about the same time I stopped playing Sonic R.
I can't see what she looks like but I know she's around.
Always there.
I recently watched a flash cartoon that had a goofy tails doll at the end. The way they
did it was creepy enough but it struck a nerve some how, which made me hunt the
curse down. Ever since I "met" Sally, my love life went in the crapper too. When things
get good, suddenly I get word from Sally of my mate doing something wrong. This
usually ends with us splitting up. Thing is, I'm am starting to wonder if it was all lies...
I'm beginning to rethink what this really is...
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ShadowedStranger95 writes us this desperate plea...
Something's wrong.
My cousin is working with me in writing our own book series and web comic. When we
were talking on MSN the other day we got onto the subject of the Tails Doll and
suddenly I had the urge to start singing. Of all the songs in the world. I am such an
idiot. I started singing "Can You Feel The Sunshine?" and in a really creepy
key.
My cousin looked really confused when I eventually managed to stop. He told me he
didn't recognise my voice. But there was something else scaring him. When I asked
him what was wrong, he said something I never expected.
"Your eyes have gone red."
For a moment I thought he was joking. But when I went to the bathroom to look in the
mirror, my eyes weren't brown anymore. Each iris had turned bright red.
My parents haven't actually noticed the difference. Maybe it's because they don't
know about TD. But every time I see a mirror now, I look at my red-eyed reflection and
the song starts playing in my head.
I AM BEGGING PEOPLE NOW TO FIND A WAY FOR ME TO START THE GAME.
AND IF YOU HAVE ANY THEORIES ABOUT STOPPING THE DOLL PLEASE
CONTACT ME VIA: Shinigami-Rem_Death-Note ON GAIAONLINE.COM!
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"Haruhi" and her friends thought they could have brief game of Sonic R, but
discovered that the only thing "brief" was their lives...
Hi. Call me Haruhi. I swear this is true. If you don't believe me, just read on. You'll see.
Me and my friend, Hikaru (we call ourselves names from Ouran Host Club Manga,
btw), we were playing Sonic R at his apartment, and we played the "Tag 4 Characters"
setting. I was Tails Doll and Hikaru was Super Sonic. Hikaru let me have a 10 second
head start (I sucked at Sonic R) and in 8 seconds I had tagged everybody, even
Super Sonic! My hands hadn't even touched the controller! It felt like the Doll did it by
itself! We said it was just a glitch in the game and moved on, but when we got to the
Main Menu, it wouldn't stop playing "Can you feel the sunshine". We said the game
was just flat-out broken. So we turned it off. But that freaking song kept playing!
We unplugged it. It kept on. We went to the power box, and pulled the fuse to see if
that would work. It didn't. That song kept on going over and over and over again!
Eventually it began to scare us a bit. A few minutes later, Hikaru said that we should
go to our rich pal Nekozawa's place and see how he was doing. I agreed. So I
strapped on my roller blades and we left that place, trying to forget that stupid game
and song.
When we got to Nekozawa's mansion (he's friggin' rich!) it was uber-different than the
last time we were there. It wasn't white and clean anymore. It was grey and coated with
spiderwebs. Every few feet, a snake was laying in wait for his next meal, while the path
to the house that was once crystal clear was now coated in what looked like blood. We
thought he was just getting ready for Halloween and had put up some decorations, so
we thought it was no big deal. When we went inside, we found Nekozawa crying next to
his sis, Mei, who was lying down on the floor, covered in blood. He was bawling like
heck. We asked him what happened. He said, "She was killed by the friggin' Tails
Doll!" Hikaru and I laughed. At the time, we didn't think the Tails Doll was real. We
both thought it was a myth.
Hikaru said, "You're crazy, Nekozawa! The Tails Doll don't exist! He's a fake! 'Sides, if
he were real, he'd be all flimsy and weak. A creepy-looking wimp. A limp killer. A---"
SHINK!
A knife had been thrust through Hikaru's back and it was showing out the front. He
turned his head, saw the killer, and called him a name that I can't say on account of
little kids probably being on this site. After that he closed his eyes and fell to the
ground, dead.
When he fell, we could see the killer. Yes, the Tails Doll. Nekozawa and I were too
frightened to do anything. The Tails Doll hovered up to my face. Finally, he said,
"Boo."
I turned around quicker than Sonic the Hedgehog can run. Then I roller-bladed out of
there, and Nekozawa skateboarded out with me. We rocketed out of the mansion, the
Tails Doll following both of us with that awful knife in hand -- the knife that killed Mei
and Hikaru.
He kept calling after us, "You can't run forever, you ******* kids! You will grow too weak
to run anymore! I will get you then!"
We don't doubt we'll grow tired, but we will never stop running. Right now, we're at a
hotel, just to fill up our batteries. We also want our pals online to know how we are
doing. Don't worry about us. We're both OK-- WHAT WAS THAT?!?!!? OMIGAWD IT'S
GOT NEKOZAWA!
GIMME THE COMPUTER!
NO!
SHINK!
Can you feel the sunshine? These two have. So will you -- in time.
MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!
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Massimo has a challenge for you...
Puppets. I had many. Do you like puppets? I'm sure there's one or two that pique
your interest. My puppets were harmless. Comfortable. Lovable. Most importantly
-- They were inanimate.
Have you ever thought what a toy feels like when you direct it towards self-
mutilation? When for example, you drive your favorite toy car towards the end of the
dining table towards an inescapably steep fall towards the cold hard floor? What could
the toy car do to save itself from inevitably smashing against the ground? Nothing.
Not a damn thing. Put yourself inside that toy car's shell and imagine the fall. The lack
of self control. The horrible realization you've come to that no matter how badly you
want to stop it, there's no chance in hell that it will.
Welcome to my painful world.
I'm sure that you like to play video games of many sorts. Many people do. Some
people don't, or so they think. They just don't "know" yet. They have no idea about
the ease that some of these games take in draining every fluid out of their body...
Because it addicts them. Subtly, slowly, inevitably. There's one particular game
that in all of its past years and re-releases has never lost its charm. I don't want to
utter it's name. I'll "hint" you if you're that honestly slow and are about to answer with
"checkers". Have you got Sonic & friends running in mind? The name of this game
gives no clue, no hint whatsoever, of its malicious and satanic nature. Not a glimmer of
its inhabitant and haunter, who much like a ghostly caravan, passing from town to
town after it has reaped enough souls to be happy for a few moons.
No, I kid. This game's "guest" was nowhere near satiable. It's perpetually hungry.
Feeding "it" one meal counts about as much as throwing rocks down the infamous
bottomless pit. There's no filling "it" up. I'm now going to ask you to stop fidgeting with
your mouse or anything else, to turn off any screen saver you might have installed
and to uninterruptedly listen to every little word I'm about to say.
I had this game for quite some time. Six years to be precise. Let's face it. I was no
professional player. Just about all I was able to do was unlock one optional character
and unlock every possible course. I was terrible at trying to do anything else in that
game... until I came back to it last year. Last New Year's Eve, to be precise. It was the
first time in my life I had ever lied to my family just to stay sealed away somewhere and
waste time on a useless video game. I had not played Sonic R in a very long time.
Yes, I said the name.
Are you dingbats happy now?
After five years of playing most of every other game under the sun, and letting my
coming of age mature me and perfect my brain and hand co-ordination somewhat,
Sonic R seemed unusually easy... And it kept getting easier. No, not because I knew
the game inside out. The opposing computer characters seemed like they were almost
giving into losing. It seemed like a very badly acted payoff. This did not seem nearly
as obvious back then as it does now. I was just some naive twenty one year old that
had just finished his studies and had opted to take a year of vacation from everything.
No worry in the world would've crossed my mind back then. My luck was such a bitchm
as this was the only time I should have ever really worried about something...
Have you ever tried playing tag with Super Sonic using a character called the Tails
Doll?
Don't.
Metal Sonic. Egg Robo. Super Sonic. You'd think I would've taken more than one try
to complete that run. I thought I'd be there until seven in the morning, trying to
hopelessly catch up to these so-called speed demons. No matter what turns and
shortcuts the computer characters would take, it always seemed that my Tails Doll was
keeping up with ease... Just floating from left to right as if the wind was swaying it in
the right direction. Almost as if I didn't need to press Left and Right on my joypad.
In fact, much to my surprise, I didn't.
Fatigue occasionally kicks in when I decide to drag a night on to morning. My fingers
took an unauthorised rest from gripping the controller, while the Tails Doll seemed to
take that left turn, jump towards the spring and nudge to the side to tap into the
dashpad and tag Egg Robo. I thanked whatever God I believed in back then for
allowing such a fluke to happen. It didn't creep me out in the least. On the contrary, I
had planned to call my best friend to boast about what had just transcended as soon
as that race was over. It was, however, time to get back to my game. "Concentrate", I
thought to myself. "You know you have this now that you're wide awake!" My ego was
bigger than the room I was occupying. I was so naive, foolish, and blind.
Metal Sonic was mine. Lifeless as a machine should be, Metal seemed particularly
inanimate as I approached it with my Doll. Almost still, to be honest. It was an easy tag.
Way too easy. But this was no time to question why this race seemed like such a joke.
It was time to prove my great gaming skills and finish what I started. Full of myself, I
began my chase towards Super Sonic. Unlike its predecessors, Super Sonic was
incredible. No matter how many times I'd cut the distance between the two of us,
Super Sonic was always, and I mean always, a hair too far away from my Doll. After
ten minutes of intense chasing, my senses began to dull once again. My eyes felt
droopier than ever before during that whole night of never-ending Sonic R marathons.
Forgetting about the so-called "importance" of my task, I let the controller slip and fall
on the floor. What happened next was something that was completely beyond my
control. I quickly jumped on my seat and retrieved my joypad from the floor only to
turn towards my TV screen and find that I had completed the race.
Now, can anyone visually remember what happens every time your character crosses
the finish line? The classical "iris fade" leading to the victory dance to honor the
almighty winner would be the correct answer in every case except this one. The iris
faded to black only to remain there. For a while -- at least a good minute before I lost
my patience. I slammed my console in the hope that it would start working for me
again.
Nothing happened.
The second time I slapped the top quite violently. I heard a glitch in the middle of the
"Living in the City," and then silence again. The iris magically fades back in to reveal
the usual victory dance... with only one character dancing. Was it Robo? Nope. He
was immobile, looking like its usual slow-faced self. Was it Metal? Heck, no. Metal
Sonic must've rusted in that minute or two, because he was completely paralysed.
What about Sonic? Super Sonic had to be a bit more lively, being second best in that
whole race. He would've at least waved his arms around as his usual normal Sonic
self. He was completely still. These 3 characters seemed to have been rendered in
frozen frame animation. Completely lifeless. Wait a second... Is that... my Doll cheering
to itself? What happened to the "ovation" I normally hear in the background along with
the music?
Anyone else thinking the same thing? Is the game with no moving visual or audible
sound for any character except for my Tails Doll implying something? You lot are
getting somewhere on your own, finally. That night I played on and ended up clocking
the game for my last time.
What, you thought I was still around?
What do you think of the picture you see in the ending credits of this game? How do
you like that chilling figure, that sterile plush toy casually sitting on a chair in the
middle of an empty floor? He's nobody's toy. You'll be lucky if you don't end up being
HIS toy. I would've preferred not, to be sincere.
Like I would've preferred not clocking that game completely after that tedious tag race.
Like i would've preferred not staring emptily into the eyes of the rendering of what now
commands me, like I used to command that little toy car I enjoyed driving off my
kitchen table, just to see it fall to the ground. Those eyes only seemed to get wider,
darker and scarier the longer you stare into them. They were slowly sapping my will to
do anything else but to keep staring.
Play. Again. Don't stop, it's far too much fun to ever stop playing. Day in, day out, I
haven't stopped playing Sonic R since New Year's Eve. It's all I do. I've completely
forgotten what it even feels like to eat and drink. Every now and then, I get to switch
off my console and see people. Yes, whenever I hear my favorite Sonic R soundtrack
being played backwards. That infernal racket is the key. I don't even know where I
hear it from. I hear it and I wish I was there to see who taunts me. These kids lack
intelligence, in my opinion. You wouldn't lock yourself in a pitch-black bathroom along
with a murderous doll, now would you?
...would you?
Move your mouse and tell me what you see.
Now try to sincerely answer my question with "yes".
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Andrijana sends us a nugget, imploring us for help!
I swear I am being haunted by him! One night I decided to play Living in the City
backwards, then as soon as the song finished playing, a red glow appeared in my
bathroom. I stared in horror. Five minuets later, it disappeared.
Six days later, I was in my bathroom and a strong wind almost opened my door. My
rug flew off the ground as I fought to keep the door from opening. Suddenly, the wind
died and I heard a car screech.
Two days later, I caught a glimpse of a white glove was waving at me out of the corner
of my eye. My name is Andrijana and I'm being haunted. HEEEEEEEELP ME!
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Remember DarthKain? His saga continues in a most unexpected location...
Hey, it's DarthKain again. You know how I told you I knew how to kill the Tails Doll?
Well, he erased that part of my memory, so now I haven't got the faintest idea of how
to kill him anymore. Therefore, I went back to constantly thinking about it, trying to
discern his weakness again, although this time he seems to have blocked out parts of
my mind so that I can't think freely.
As I was thinking one day, the Tails Doll came into my cell and slammed me against
the wall. He said, "I know you're the one who tried to free my slaves last night, for only
you have the nerve to." I looked into his eyes, those cold, endless eyes, and stared
into them. "I didn't do it," I finally said. He must have been satisfied by my stare, for he
released me and began to leave. As soon as he turned around I tackled him, and
before he knew what was going on, I was on my feet and about to crush his gem with
my foot. I would have been able to do so had Zeph not entered the room right then.
He knocked me onto the ground and we began to fight. I knocked him into the cage
bars and pinned him there. I then began to shout, "WHY DO YOU HELP HIM?! Why,
Zeph? I know you hate doing what he tells you to do, so why don't you fight him?" He
replied with, "Because I have no choice," and faded through the bars.
The next day, the Doll came in and decided to cut to the chase by saying, "Since I
have six of the purest souls now, and you are my most rebellious one, I will have to put
you into," he paused, looking for the right word, I presume, "storage." I gave him a
skeptical look, but he ignored it. "I'll have to put you in the future, where my power is
ultimate. That way you will have no fight left in you when I come to reap your soul." All
of a sudden, I saw his gem glow and I was sucked into the vortex that it created.
I passed out on the journey, but when I woke up, I was in an industrial wasteland, and
through every building and street, all I could hear was: "Can you feel the sunshine?
Does it brighten up your day?" I searched for any survivors of the Tails Doll's
onslaught, but found none. Eventually, I found that really big Times Square TV
screen, so apparently I was in New York, and on that screen was a large orange
kitsune, with nine tails, staring at me in an attempt to hypnotize me to do his bidding. I
looked away and ran for my life, because I could tell that the actual doll saw me there
as well.
Somewhere along the line, I found a building that was actually in close to decent
shape. When I got in, I found a computer labelled as something called a "Time
Computer Prototype," that is obviously able to send things through time. I guess it was
a kind of thing created so that people could send e-mails back in time to tell
themselves about the future. "How far ahead did the Tails Doll send me?" I thought
and began to type this chapter of my evil little adventure and send it back to you guys.
I'll send back an update as soon as I can.
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Sal T. Dillo returns with a different kind of tale -- someone else's...
I have only recently stumbled upon this journal, written by a fellow friend of the Tails
Doll. I only saw it appropriate that this account was added to the list of my master’s
glorious conquests.
*
Monday, October 9th, 2008:
I finally got it! After all this time, I’ve finally acquired a copy of Sonic R for the Saturn! I
can’t wait to play it, but my parents have prohibited me from doing so until tomorrow.
Maybe that’s not all bad, though. The longer I am made to wait, the more satisfying
the playing experience will be, so I’m not too upset.
Tuesday, October 10th, 2008:
This game is AWESOME!!! It is every bit as enjoyable as I thought it would be, and
more. I haven’t gotten far, though. My parents are all paranoid about ruining my
eyesight. Or something. They have a habit of limiting my daily playing time. At any
rate, I have only unlocked Robotnik so far, but I guess that relishing this game is
much better than rushing through the entire experience in just a few hours.
Wednesday, October 11th, 2008:
I’m rather tired. I was so consumed by my new game that I stayed up three hours last
night playing. Most of it was just fooling around and not doing anything significant, but
I did manage to unlock another character. Metal Sonic. Only three characters left.
Alright! I have just successfully unlocked the next character, a weird little guy called
“Tails Doll”. I think he’s my favorite, due to his ability to glide over water and, thus,
cheat through levels. Heck, I bet I could even beat Super Sonic with him!
Thursday, October 12th, 2008:
I stayed up late playing again. The game is just so… addicting. Oh, and, by the way,
I’ve heard of the so called “Tails Doll curse”. Take my word for it, it’s a load of hooey.
I’ve tagged Super Sonic with Tails Doll already, and nothing happened. I have
completed the game with every character, save the Tails Doll. I haven’t finished his
game yet because of a barely perceptible instinct, urging me not to complete it. It’s
just an inkling of a feeling, and I’ve chosen to ignore it. Today, I finish Sonic R, once
and for all!
Friday, October 13th, 2008:
TAILS DOLL TAILS DOLL TAILS DOLL TAILS DOLL TAILS DOLL TAILS DOLL
TAILS DOLL TAILS DOLL TAILS DOLL TAILS DOLL TAILS DOLL TAILS DOLL
TAILS DOLL TAILS DOLL TAILS DOLL TAILS DOLL TAILS DOLL TAILS DOLL
TAILS DOLL TAILS DOLL TAILS DOLL TAILS DOLL TAILS DOLL TAILS DOLL
TAILS DOLL TAILS DOLL TAILS DOLL TAILS DOLL TAILS DOLL TAILS DOLL
*
Heh. As you can see, my master can manifest himself in a variety of ways. For me, he
appeared as soon as I tagged Super Sonic. With this guy- I don’t know his name- he
wasn’t taken until he completed the entire game, 100%. Heed this, those of you
doubters who denounce the name of Tails Doll… there is no escape.
Tails Doll.
Forever.
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Shadow Android of Youtube, the Game Maker Forum, and the Sega Forum has a
Gothic vignette for us...
It was 8:15pm. A girl - who I knew personally and whose name shall not be revealed -
lay in her hospital bed, knowing she had not long to live. She didn't see the car that hit
her, but she felt it. She could also hear her own scream. Nowadays she found herself
being able to do less and less, as a result of the brain damage from the accident.
It just so happened that currently, the Doll was hungry for souls - even more hungry
than usual -- ravenous in fact, and always on the lookout for easy pickings. Now, it
also just so happened that it had been pondering over the soul of a certain small girl
for a long time now - years of youthful life energy that would simply go to waste in its
current, dying body, and to hell with the fact that she hadn't actually ever played Sonic
R.
The Doll then made its decision.
That very night, the girl had a vision of a yellow, furry object floating in front of her,
with a red glowing crystal shimmering above it. She had been told that people who
had been deprived of reality for such long periods of time often experienced
hallucinations, so she leaned forward and stroked it's soft, bloodstained, hand-
stitched head. The doll reacted violently, and 15 minutes later, a young nurse,
carrying the girl's supper in, found her lying back on the pillow, all life energy drained
from her tiny body.
It was no surprise at all - no investigation was made, it was obvious what had
happened - or so they thought.
Another soul snatched, no suspicions aroused whatsoever. Schlumpy, indeed...
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Metalsonic found himself in the wrong game, at the wrong time...
'Twas the weekend and I was following my normal routine, which was playing Dead
Space. I was playing my 5th or so round in chapter 2 and everything was normal.
You see, it's been a year since I had done the Tails Doll curse and I was starting to
disbelieve. I had done everything to summon him, even the lesser known ways. I just
gave up after a while.
So in Dead Space I had come to a part where you see a scientist get killed by a lurker
while he is pleading for you to let him out. However, this did not happen. In fact, the
layout of the area had completely changed! None the less, I was creeped out by this
sudden change. Unfortunately, I was curious of what I could find.
Let me tell you, I FOUND something all right!!! I was in a room FILLED with monitors
and on every one of them was a picture of the Tails Doll's blank, soulless stare. THIS
is where I shat myself! I turned to run in the game, but the door was locked! I was
attacked by 50 or so Tails Doll's.
Naturally, I died in the game, so in real life I ran, only to confront him! I felt terrible and
blacked out. I awoke in a cold metallic hallway and I immediately knew where I was. IN
THE ISHIMURA!!! I heard snarls and smacking sounds, so I ran in here, typing to you
now. Please, if anyone can, HELP ME!!!!
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Sal T. Dillo discovered not only the truth about the doll, but also the truth about
himself ...
I have no idea what all this ruckus is about. An evil doll that comes out of video games
and kills you? Bah! I will relate to you my encounter with the much dreaded Tails Doll,
and then you will know how it truly is.
I have always really been a devoted Sonic fan. Sure, I liked the format of the more
recent games, but I have been collecting them since I was five when I got my first one
as a gift. I devoted myself to collecting every last Sonic game.
I loved Sonic so much that I didn’t just stop with games. I bought comics, toys, and
even movies, if only a few. My favorite Sonic possession must have been my Super
Sonic stuffed animal. I was always comforted by its proximity. It made me feel safe. I
always had it by my side. I brought it to school in my book bag. I slept with it in bed.
Rather childish, I agree, but I don’t regret it.
One fateful day, I got my hands on Sonic Gems Collection. As I browsed through the
selection of various Sonic games, Sonic R stood out. It seemed more… significant
than the rest, as if there was something eerie and ethereal about it. The game play in
of itself was simple: just like any other racing game, minus vehicles. It wasn’t that
enjoyable. However, something about it just kept me coming back for more.
I played it little by little for two reasons: The first was that I wanted to savor the
experience this game had to offer. The second was fear. The game seemed to have
some sort of otherworldly hold over me, so I prolonged the inevitable for as long as
possible.
By now, my curiosity was piqued. I went online to search for any information to help
me solve the mystery to this game. What I found made me laugh out loud. There was
apparently some curse over the game, rotating around a character named Tails Doll.
There were multiple theories as to how to cause the Tails Doll to manifest, and being
a down-to-earth kind of guy, I just had to disprove them.
I went through the routine. I completed the game 100%. No dice. I played “Can You
Feel the Sunshine?” Zip. I played “Living in the City” backwards. Nada. I won the
Resort Island race with Tails Doll. Nothing happened whatsoever. By now, I was
extremely confident in the fact that this myth was just that… a myth, and nothing more.
I tried the final ritual, tagging Super Sonic as Tails Doll in Tag mode.
Instantly, the power went out. I was scared. I tried to console myself. Maybe this was
just a freak coincidence or some cruel joke, but neither of these seemed very likely.
Involuntarily, I let out a shrill whine. I reached for my Super Sonic plushie and held it
close. My fear evaporated somewhat and I boldly stood up from my seat. That was
when the power came back on.
To my surprise, the Sonic R game was still on, though it was now on the Character
Selection screen.
And Tails Doll was missing from his spot.
My eyes went wide with terror and I clutched the plushie in my arms as I had never
held onto anything before… or since. This was my lifeline. Then I saw it.
So faint that I might have imagined it, I saw a meager red glow in my TV screen, no
larger than a dot. Then, there came a hazy yellow-orange silhouette. The image
developed no further than this, so I thought for a moment that I was safe.
That was when I realized that this… apparition was not in the screen… It was a
reflection!
I wheeled around quickly to face… HIM… this horrid figure that I had dismissed so
casually as fantasy. How could I have been so wrong?
I tried to scream, but my voice betrayed me and not a sound escaped my lips. I tried to
close my eyes, but they were frozen open from sheer terror.
That is why I saw what happened next. The ghostly figure approached slowly, as if
intentionally trying to build suspense. When he was so close that I could feel his
breath on my face. - But how could a doll have breath? - he reached out with his paw.
Slowly, with a motion almost imperceptible, he extended his paw and touched the
Super Sonic plushie. And then… he was gone.
Perhaps this was how the curse was supposed to work. The Tails Doll tagged Super
Sonic, just like in the game, then left. Maybe my Super Sonic stuffed animal somehow
warded him off. Neither of these proved to be true. I was left in my room, plushie still in
hand. Everything was as it was before the dreaded encounter. Everything, that is, but
one…
On the Character Selection screen of Sonic R, Tails Doll had been replaced by
another copy of Super Sonic. In this moment, I swear my face must have turned stark
white. I slowly turned my gaze downward. In my arms, I cradled a Tails Doll instead of
my Super Sonic, a jewel adorning its head, emanating a meager red glow…
I screamed.
However, this scream was unnecessary. As soon as it subsided, I felt a comforting
warmth fall over me. I had the same feeling that the Super Sonic doll had caused in
me, only ten-fold. That was when I realized the truth. The Tails Doll was not the evil,
soul stealing specter everyone thought him to be. All he wanted was to protect me. To
comfort me. To be close to me. So I kept it.
This Tails Doll has caused me to do many things that I otherwise would not have
done. Things that made my life better. All my enemies mysteriously died. I found
money in my room that I never remembered getting. I wake up in the afternoon with no
memory of going to work, yet when I call to ask, they say I was present.
I still have this doll even today. No one will take it away from me. No one can take it
away from me. It has become precious to me. It is a part of me. It is inseparable from
me.
…
It is me.
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Unfortunately for Pedro, not all birthday surprises are pleasant ...
I've been reading some of the stories on this site and thought they were just made up.
Boy, what was I thinking?
17th September, 21:25.
It was the night of my birthday. I was checking my e-mail before dinner and came
across one message, titled "&n)e8nda(D8D(8a8d8jcjaMC8a89c7c69acmC$$%
vcv$c4...". The symbols never ended. The content of the message was:
'Living in the City
You know you have to survive
Can you feel the sunshine
Like a diamond in the sky
There's no time to look around
So take me back in time'
I recognized these lyrics, as I had recently downloaded the Sonic R Official
Soundtrack. Thinking this was a chain letter of sorts, I tried to send it to some more
people. But, whatever I did, the 'Send' button just wouldn't do anything.
I checked the sender's address. Maybe it was a virus. However, the address bar read
this: @@@@@@@@@.
My mom called me for dinner then. I was confused, but forgot about it for a while. After
dinner, it was finally time to open the presents. And, to my big surprise, one of them
was none other than a copy of Sonic R! I was so happy. Another Sonic game for my
collection. Once the party was over I rushed to my PC and played the game. The day
after, I had unlocked everything. Well.. everything except for one character...
Tails Doll.
Later that afternoon, I found all the tokens on Resort Island, and took first place. Then
the countdown for the race between me and Tails Doll began. I played Super Sonic.
Ready, Set, Go! Off I went. But... Tails Doll just stood there... And the camera was
fixed on him, not Super Sonic.
Soon, the screen started flickering. When it stopped, the camera was fixed on Super
Sonic. He had reverted back to Sonic. He was lying on the floor, dead and bloody.
Then Tails Doll's winning screen popped up, with a slower, lower pitched version of
the congratulations music.
I was shocked by what I had seen. The character selection screen appeared; all
spaces had a red ball on them. Some seconds after, a lot of popups started
appearing. I tried to click on them, but they just appeared too fast, and I couldn't even
read what they said.
I got off my chair and ran as fast as I could to the living room where the rest of my
family was. What I saw was so terrifying, I couldn't help but cry and scream.
My father had become a pair of fluffy, white and red shoes. My mom had become a
fluffy red ball. My baby brother had become a pair of fluffy arms and legs. And my
older brother was only a head. He had tears in his eyes and was slowly becoming
fluffy, white and yellow, with a black nose. He stared at me with his desperate eyes;
then he became the head of the Tails Doll.
All of them came together and formed the Tails Doll. He stared at me with his lifeless
eyes. I counted from three; Three. Two. One. Then I ran upstairs as fast as I could
and tried to hide in a room. All rooms had a red ball painted on them, which blocked
their access... all except for one. My room. I hid in there and locked the room. Then I
noticed those pop-ups were still appearing on my computer screen. I sat back on my
chair, crossed my fingers, and pressed Enter. What happened?
'Checking e-mail...'
Then it took me to that message. Was the computer, in a way, trying to tell me
something? Suddenly, the Tails Doll opened my room's door and floated silently
towards me. I fell on the ground, scared as hell, and came across my Super Sonic
plushie. Seeing it, the beast was pushed backwards powerfully, falling on the floor. Its
jewel was still glowing. He wasn't dead yet. I rushed out of my room and towards
another door without a red ball. The front door.
I was now outside. I was living in the city and I knew I had to survive. I felt the
sunshine, it looked like a diamond in the sky, but there was no time to look around. So
it took me back in time...
And then I woke up. In front of the PC, with the following e-mail on screen:
'Happy Birthday, Nast!
I was gonna send you this song I found, but I can't find it anymore online. I'm sorry,
sweety. I'm gonna come over tomorrow, and I'll try to bring that chocolate cake that
you love. Have a nice day!
Grandma Louise, 17th September, sent at 21:17.'
Confused, I went downstairs. Everyone was there. Alive. Celebrating my birthday.
I noticed then that I no longer had my Super Sonic plushie. Mom said that I never had
such thing.
I re-got Sonic R as a gift, and to my surprise, Super Sonic was already unlocked. It
stared at me with a different pose than usual. Then he got locked again.
...he saved me from Tails Doll.