Krystal stared in awe at the massive mural the Queen Earthwalker took her to see underground, telling of a sequence of events that was terrifying to conceive of even without understanding. It began with a sun in a lake exploding, with a figure leaving the lake on foot without righting itself. It then showed hosts of demons consuming the stars, a planet broken into pieces, a swarm of locusts doing battle with the light of stars, the figure returning to the lake...and a demon and angel doing battle as the sky burned, and a sleeping demon sealed within the conflict. There were symbols around and between the pictures that she recognized as the Saurian Runic Language, though she did not know how to read it.
"<This is the prophecy I mentioned,>" the Queen explained as Krystal took it all in. "<It speaks of events none thought would occur, because the first part was thought impossible. However, you speak of ways one can perceive oneself beside a still lake?>"
Krystal nodded. "<It is called a> mirror," Krystal explained. "<It is made of fired sand laid over silver at its most basic.>"
The Queen grunted ruefully. "<And your daughter...she came from such a> mirror?"
"<At high velocity, I understand,>" Krystal allowed. "<Hit her father right in the head.>"
The Queen managed a chuckle, but it was plain her heart wasn't in it. She turned her eyes to the mural. "<The prophecy begins...'The Last Light of a Dying Sun will step forth from the world's reflection, and this shall herald the coming of the war. Thrice around the suns, and peace will shatter. The Demons will rise upon the Stars to consume all life to multiply, and this will be the first of many wars. The World will shatter, and only the Krozoa know the way to repair it...but beware the voice that guides, as the Demon waits to return stronger than before with the Secret he sought. He will hold the heart hostage to trick the knight, and his power will be unleashed. The swarm shall come to Lylat, to wipe out that which it is not and consume what is left, bringing corruption in its wake. And Fire will give rise to the Demon's final face, and only the Angel of Flames can drive him back...but beware the power that will bring the Angel, for misused it will bring a worse Demon to rise.'>" The Queen turned to Krystal. "<It is a prophecy of death...and I fear it speaks of your daughter.>"
"<'Thrice around the sun, and peace will shatter,'>" Krystal quoted from the prophecy. "<It was exactly three years after> Sunset <arrived that> Andross <brought war to Lylat.>"
The Queen nodded gravely. "<Then it surely speaks of your daughter,>" she confirmed. "<That is grave indeed.>"
"<But...what am I to do with this?>" Krystal demanded worriedly. "<It doesn't speak of anything I can do, or how these events can be handled or avoided. Just...that they'll happen.>"
"<Focus on the figures,>" the Queen offered, gesturing first from the figure that represented 'The Last Light', and then to the figures of 'The Demon's final face' and then to 'the Angel of Flames'.
"<They're the same,>" Krystal deduced. "<And? All the figures representing people->"
The Queen pointed to the figure of the sleeping 'worse Demon', which showed distinct differences.
"<Then...the Demon's final face, the Angel of Flames, and Sunset are all connected somehow?>"
The Queen nodded. "<That is what the prophecy indicates. This is not known for sure, as it is an ancient prophecy...but I believe part of it is meant specifically as a warning for your daughter. That something is going to happen in the future, and it will be up to her to save us all in the end. The rest of this->" She gestured to everything between 'The Arrival' and 'the Demon's Final Face'. "<Are events that will happen with or without interference, and are warnings that the final event is approaching.>"
"<Then I need to show her this->"
"<NO!>" the Queen snapped out firmly, stomping the earth beneath her and releasing some of her magical energy, creating a small shockwave that knocked Krystal from her feet. "<Tell a child that young of such a great destiny? You would doom us all! She would either become terrified of her fate and flee, or besotted with the idea of power and greatness and actively seek it out!>"
Krystal tensed up as she suddenly remembered Sunset constantly badgering the whole family when she wanted 'wings'. Looking at the image of 'the Angel of Flames', that desire suddenly took on a different meaning. "<Then...what?>"
"<Do what you would have anyway,>" the Queen explained. "<Raise her well. Train her to master her power. Teach her good values. Help her to care about others. And when you think she is ready and can understand the scale without being overwhelmed by it...only then are you to bring her here, and show her this prophecy.>"
Krystal nodded slowly. "<I...I understand...>" She looked around nervously, suddenly wanting to find her little girl and pull her into a tight embrace.
"<Let's go find our children, shall we?>" the Queen suggested. "<I feel the need to hold my son close, and I am certain you are of a similar mind.>"
Krystal smiled softly. "<You are right on that...>"
Krystal found the dread the prophecy had filled her with fading as she reached Thorntail Hollow alongside the Queen. The peacefully burbling river, the swaying plants, the trees so similar to palm trees as to be easily mistaken, the warm sun shining down on her fur, the magical energy in the air...it felt almost like she was back on Cerinia.
"<Bookface!>" the Queen called out as they caught sight of the guard. "<Where are the children?>"
Bookface grinned eagerly back. "<They went shopping!>" he declared happily, pointing to the large temple-like structure nearby.
"<But Tricky doesn't have his own Scarab Pouch yet...>" the Queen pointed out wonderingly.
"OUT!" Shabunga roared out as Sunset and Tricky raced out of the structure, Shabunga right behind them as he waved his hands at them in an angry shooing motion. "No more games! No more Double or Nothing! Out of my store, you little cheat!"
"Didn't cheat!" Sunset insisted angrily. "Played gooder!"
"There were 700 purple scarabs to ten gold ones that last round, and the arena could barely hold them all!" Shabunga snapped angrily.
"Didn'a say couldn't float!" Sunset called back.
"<Cloudrunners hover!>" Tricky added, having seen what had pissed Shabunga off so much even if he hadn't understood the words being shouted.
Shabunga clenched his fists and muttered angrily under his breath. "Fine! You didn't cheat! But no more games for you!"
"Store credit?" Sunset demanded petulantly.
"Yes, yes, I'll honor your store credit of..." Shabunga pulled his Scarab Slate open to see how much 'Credit' he now owed Sunset. His eyes widened and his jaw fell. "...655,360 Scarabs...sun and moon, I'll never break even..."
Krystal shook her head ruefully as she walked up to the giggling filly and scooped her into her arms. "Played gooder, huh?" she asked playfully.
Sunset squealed happily as she threw her arms around her mother's neck. "Played bestest!"
*Stares for a seconds before slowly clapping* Well done Sunset! That's all I can say.
Sharp mind using ANY loophole she could find. Trader should've had a bloody LAWYER with him on that. Just to make sure that there were NO loopholes for Sunset to exploit.
That final prophecy confuses me, as the "Demon" in question wasn't involved. That roll was filled by the Angeler Empire. In fact, with three games removed from this fic's timeline, he only shows up twice! I must be remembering something wrong, which, given the temporal quagmire that is Star Fox's Choose Your Own Adventure final entry, only makes sense.
Heavy chapter start, then light hearted goodness to follow! Nicely done, I like the prophecy and can't wait to see events play out.
Should've made it 524,287. Or 65,535. Or 1,048,575. Not sure what'd be appropriate for the game it's from...
EDIT: Perhaps I should clarify... There are 10 types of people: those who understand binary and those who don't.
Fox will never need to pay for anything, the shop became a true resupply station
Though
It was never said that Fox couldn't start his own account
Might as well hand over the business by then
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she would have had the lawyer crying in the corner within 15 minutes.
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Except 'Double or Nothing' doesn't go up by binary. It goes up by powers of 2. And the initial value was 10.
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.........................Okay yeah. I can see that. Maybe in LESS than FIVE instead of fifteen.
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HA only if Fox is as "lucky" as Sunset was.
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Right. I was more referring to it should've hit the game's Max Value and stopped- like in an 8-bit game you'd have to stop at 255/11111111/FF for most values without finangling. I'm not sure what era the referred to game is in though, so. 65535 is 16 bit. 524,287 is 19 bits, while 1,048,575 is an even 20. The game was probably either 16 or 32 bit at a guess, but 32 bit would be 4,294,967,295 and that's super ridiculous. If it was 64 or more, well.
The joke I was thinking was that she had hit the game's max value for the storage of that particular variable, whatever it is.
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The game was on Gamecube.
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The third could be either the recently released Starfox 2 or a completely original story by Tatsurou.
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Ah. Had to have had an artificial limit then (probably.) Never mind, just saw the opportunity for a potential joke. What I thought was an opportunity. Pay me no mind.
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Well he still owes Sunset a vast fortune in theoretical dollars, even if he dupes Fox into playing a a game, the "money" promised to use to entice, is technically Sunset's, so he'll be borrowing money that he owes that does not exist but eventually will to then use as collateral to potentially lose and owe more for to Sunset as well as the potential winner.
Fox or anyone else who plays, would have to be a massive idiot/masochist to somehow lose enough times and money to somehow have the shopkeep break free of his debt.
Never break even you say? Just be thankful you quit while you were behind rather than losing everything!
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Starting with a base of 10, going double or nothing every game, it would have taken SIXTEEN games to have reached that number. Clearly he doesn't need a lawyer, he needs a therapist for his gambling addiction.
Six hundred and... bloody hell, Sunset! With that much in winnings, she could buy out the entire stock of in-game loot from Shabunga's store... and have scarabs left over. Maybe this is the reason Shabunga's always muttering about moving when you play the game.
"Nope... I'm movin' to Cape Claw..."
'Played bestest', indeed. Better keep Shimmy away from any and all gambling establishments. She'd clean house just like she did to poor Shabunga.
Universe building! Lore! I like it. That nets you a bnus point!
Sunset is best gambler
Couldn't find a pic of her playing poker or any other gambling game so have this pic instead
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Well, he asked for it.
Guess Sunset earned all of her 'float' money quite well.
I always liked that people always forget that repeatedly doubling something adds up very fast 10-20-40-80-160-320-640-1280-2560-5120-10240-20480 and so on it quickly goes from a child's pocket change to more money that you make in a year.
That is a very useful prophecy to learn the details of. I hope Krystal took notes to discuss with the rest of the crew.
damn just damn this chapter was heavy and light at the same time
Imagine if Shebunga increased the prices to insane levels for Fox when he comes through.
Why do I think that the Prophecy could also cover the plot of My Little PWNY? Big things like either of these two events could have some similarities.
Sunset is back!
"Am I still banned from games?"
No. No! I added a new S. Shimmer Setting!
*Spikes and saw blades litter the field and lasers are set to stun.*
Don't let your Scarabs die on you~!
*cough* Celestia *cough*
Called it sunset broke the bank lol
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The third one was Star Fox Assault, the one with the techno-organic Borg Bugs. I made no reference to it in my post, so why bring it up?
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That would be hilarious.
Fox: "How much for this item?"
Shabunga: "5 scarabs."
Fox: "I heard from Sunset that these would be your currency-"
Shabunga: "Sunset? Do you talk about Sunset Shimmer? An unique looking young woman with amber coat?"
Fox: "Yes? How do you know my daughter?"
Shabunga: "500 scarabs for you."
Fox: "What?! But that's daylight robbery!"
Shabunga: "1000 scarabs..."
This prophecy bothers me. From what I have read, the ponies (and gryphon) in these rather enjoyable stories are so powerful in their adoptive universes because they come from Outside. The exception being Spike of course. And, unless you are a nigh omniscient being, like Q or Discord, the host universe should have no reason to have reference to ponies. Since Sunset came through a intra-dimensional mirror, I assume Equestria isn't floating around like in the Metroid 'verse. Therefore there being a prophecy about something that shouldn't be just confused me. And yes, I am trying to apply logical reasoning to a crossover Fanfic about candy colored ponies and anthro space fighter pilots.
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That was one of your better ones.
You are quite the punny guy.
Yay for lore! Prophecies are always fun, though personally I prefer to think of the universe in "s*** just happens" terms; destiny is a cool word we like to use to describe things that happened or may happen.
Also, new Tatsufic request: Spike gets adopted by Spyro the Dragon.
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Spike was already raised by Samus Aran.
8436589 Ah, okay. Gotcha. I'll have to read that one sometime, then. Jeez, there's so much here I gotta read; only just now getting started on your Sly Cooper/Coco Pommel story!
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Make sure you have lots of free time. You can find all the stories here: https://www.fimfiction.net/group/207466/tatsurous-pwny-verse
And based on total word counts on the story pages added together, there's a total of 2,171,153 PWNYverse words and counting...
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...how the f*ck did there get to be so much?
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Sorry, then I wasn't clear enough. I meant the third appearence of the "demon" could be meant to be Starfox 2 or an original story.
........................ 10 to 1 says fox will use that in the future.
Hey, could you write an Ori and the Blind Forest PWNY fic? I'm waiting one for that game, but I can't remember a good character for it. Starlight? Flurry? Sunburst? ... Thorax?
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One, new story suggestions/requests go on my user page, not an unrelated story.
Two, no.
8436744 *facefaults* Right, sorry, forgot about that. Oh well, it was nice to dream about it.
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I remember that from an episode of Cyberchase. The deal was either bet $10 or take a chessboard and put one penny on the first tile, two on the second, 4 on the third, and so on and so on. They then told the root of the story, where a peasant made a similar deal with an Emperor over grains of rice. The ruler thought a few grains of rice didn't mean much to him, so he accepted. In the end, the peasant got enough to feed his family many times over, while the monarch was left with nothing.
That cheeky brat
Excellent Straight and Narrow reference
Jack: "Jump good."
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Specifically, it'd end up being several times the annual rice production of the entire planet.
if your gunna hurt little sunset in the future and i know andross is gunna...i beg you please be gentle with her....
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And then make Andross suffer for it...
I actually couldn't decide on a comment for this chapter. I'm torn between "Kid Sunset is scary" and "I feel pity for the next major villain".
Oh dear
Yeah this is what Celestia did to Sunset in the canon timeline.