Chameleon means "earth lion" in Greek

mirror test

Jackson chameleons cannot pass the mirror test (which is used to judge whether an animal has self-awareness).

rouge had to give it to herself,

not to brag but she had to be one of the best hosts ever

after everything they had been dealing with after these random Eggman attacks

she decided that she'd go through the liberty of ensuring her friends had a chance to have an elegant night away from the usual nitty and gritty of hard labour

a refined event was to dress up nice and such

with the millions that she had saved (excluding her most prized jewels, of course, their hers!) she had booked a big ballroom and hired caterers and all sorts

the girls were immediately excited, but most of the boys needed convincing

but by the end of it

by some miracle

she had got all of them to join in and wear smart classy wear

she had even got sonic to wear pants!

everything was a success and everyone looked amazing

especially her who wore an elegant diamond incrested mermaid dress, along with a pattern of amythest on the chest

but one mobian, in particular, caught her eye

Espio pov:

what was this?

another chameleon?

one of rouges friends that she had not introduced him to?

the ninja, along with the others had arrived to take part in Rouges cultivated and distinguished party were enjoying the chance to dress up

charmy was almost sent home due to his annoying behaviour, as he was forced into the suite he had complained non-stop about how stiff and uncomfortable it was

luckily sonic stepped in to take the child away to the buffet, coming as no surprise as sonic was a close second to the bee, hating formal affairs, but also seemed to be trying to avoid a particular pink hedgehog who was trying desperately to get him to dance

Espio was surprised vector wasn't joining them, but one look of Vanilla in her dress was enough to make the crocs brains go to mush

he honestly couldn't believe his team sometimes, to act so childishly, although he guessed that gave charmy a good excuse

that's when he noticed a -mysterious new figure

a purple chameleon with a yellow horn

going closer he decided to investigate, going against his antisocial behaviour

"Greetings, my name is Espio, yours?" Espio asked, deciding the best way to examine the new mobian was to simply try to make somewhat of an acquaintanceship

only the new figure simply stared at him

Espio waited a few minutes for a response

but when he folded his arms in impatience the other chameleon did the same

was he mocking him?

"Excuse me, but I asked you a question, the least you could do-" Espio continued but as he tried to talk the other chameleon opened his mouth the same time as him

but only his voice was heard

was he mute?

no, because then he would try to do sign language or something