Dan chased Writhe into the restricted access area of the Tesco. He dashed through those weird flaps that hang between the doorways, the weird, clear separating flap-thingies. They usually seem completely pointless and right now, Dan didn't even have time to be annoyed by them. They were still flapping when Dan went through them, so that was still a good indication he was hot on Writhe's tail.
The employee's only area was just the same as it was with every other supermarket and every other Tesco. Except this one contained a lot more frozen captive bodies held in slabs of ice. Racks of them were stacked up to the ceiling from wall to wall. Dan spotted Writhe run between one of the rows of stacks, still nearby. The area smelled weird, not exactly unfamiliar- the scent of a loading and storage area but a bit weirder than he expected.
"Make this easy for yourself, Writhe!" Dan yelled. "Surrender now and I'll only pummel you... well, I'm still going to pummel you either way. Make this easier on ME and just come out so I can pummel you."
"Ennngh, eeehhh-"
Dan rolled his eyes. Apparently Writhe was going to be difficult. "You better be picking out a spot for yourself. And your friends."
He walked towards the stacks. The weird smell was getting stronger. They weren't alone- there were employees in this employee section. Uncommon, in Dan's experiences, but none of them tried to stop them. Apart from that, Dan didn't notice much about them, aside from the fact they were members of Team Rocket.
Dan approached one of them. "Hey."
"Hey."
"This place certainly has its own unique scent. You know where I can get a forklift?"
"I don't smell anything. Don't bother me now," the Rocket Grunt said. "I have to get these units loaded before my shift ends."
"Hey- I just asked where a forklift was. Do you have one or not?"
The grunt finally looked at Dan. "Oh, it's you. The supervisor wanted to talk to you."
"Oh?" Dan asked, surprised. "And where might I find him?"
The grunt turned back to his work. "They usually find you. And we don't have forklifts here- we use Magnetons and Magnezones. They're for-"
"Authorized personnel only, I get it. I have a friend with one anyway," Dan said. "So, you're not going to try to stop me?"
"There's no point. I'm busy," the grunt said.
"Ah," Dan said. "Well, how very kind of you. Tell Petrel and Vinny I said hello. And tell them to get some air freshener for this place."
"I'm sure they'll get right on that." The grunt went back to work and Dan left him. Dan actually had worked for Team Rocket back on Earth building part of a Game Corner and an island base. Like his time with the Umbrella Corporation, Dan left before they began most of their criminal activities. He was actually offered a position as a Rocket Grunt, but declined because the uniform was required.
Dan rounded the corner and looked up. For some reason, looking up high made him slightly dizzy. As he expected, Writhe N. Payne was climbing the racks of frozen ponies to the ceiling in an effort to ditch him. Not the worst escape plan Dan had ever seen, but one that was obviously poorly executed.
"PAYNE!"
"Hnnnnmmgg. Hehhhg. You're too late, Dan! You'll never catch me now."
Dan reached up, grabbed Payne's tail and yanked him down to the ground. "Uuglff!"
He kicked the pony onto his side. "Tell me how to unfreeze the ponies and maybe I'll just put you on ice instead of killing you."
"Why not just knock him out and deal with him later?"
Dan turned around. Another pony, a blue pegasus stallion approached from behind them. The strange smell from earlier was almost overpowering now.
"Maybe after I get some information out of him. And you are?" Dan asked.
"Salutations!" the pony said, he leaped to the ear and stretched out his hoof to shake Dan's hand. "My name is Tetran Cowall. You call me Cobalt for short, if you like."
Dan recoiled his hand. "Tedran? As in Ted? Who are you really? Are you with Payne?"
Cobalt shook his head. "No no no no, sir. It's TETran, Tetran Cowall. I'm... friends with a few of your friends from Cloudsdale."
Dan looked over the smiling pony. "Is that right? And why aren't you frozen along with the rest of them?"
"Oh, well," Cobalt leaned closer, "that would be because I made a very lucrative deal. One which you may want to consider."
Dan's quizzical gaze slowly became an intense glare. "You sold us out." He reached out and grabbed the pony around the neck, but the pegasus was just a split-second faster in that instant. He spun and twisted out of Dan's grip. Dan's limbs felt a little sluggish for some reason.
"Ah-ah! Now now, dear boy, we must all look out for our own interests, mustn't we?"
"You're a traitor!"
Hovering just out of Dan's reach, the pegasus gave a humble bow. "I prefer the term opportunist."
"I'll carve it on your tombstone, then. After I take you down. I take requests," Dan retorted.
The pegasus put his hooves on his hips. "And exactly how do you plan on doing that?"
Dan gestured around them. "I have a ready-made army just waiting for me to unleash them. An army that thinks I'm a hero. After I'm done with Payne here, I'll defrost my team and have my friends from Cloudsdale take care of you."
Cobalt smiled. "Ah, well, I wouldn't worry too much about that."
"Why's that?" All of a sudden, Dan's vision became incredibly dizzy. He was having trouble keeping balance. It was too much for him and finally, he tripped over Payne.
"That smell you noticed when you first arrived? It's a special type of gas and anyone without olfactory blockers like mine and the workers here will soon start to feel dizzy when they breathe it in," Cobalt explained. "Soon they'll start to feel sluggish and will finally lose consciousness," he said, just as Dan succumbed to the gas.
Cobalt landed next to Dan, grinning over him. "Nighty night, Dan." Members of Team Rocket slowly appeared around the two unconscious forms to drag them out of the warehouse.
Getting a little busy with other things, short update this week. Cobalt is back, the pony from the Enclave that was a rival to Edge and the others.
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Variant of the ammnia, hydrogen sulphide there , hopefully with less of the corrodes and dissolves you, but at least assists with the hibernation refrigeration treatment to prevent or at least reduce damage.
No, trying to train with the laundry hamper is not acceptable. Well, dragons shouldnt be affected anyway given what they snort normally? Igor, put sleep gas for dragons on the list.
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Cobalt already knows Dan isn't a dragon, though. So no repeat of last time.
Merciful Luna I can't even say how much I needed this week's dose of Dan-sanity ... seriously I feel like I got run over by Tanky (Dan's, not my neurotic kitty who bears the same nickname) in the emotional sense just thank you for letting me chill with this! Now back to business:
A new chapter means it's ~Sunday~ now lemme see n'ere *dons reading glasses*
He went in there Dan!!! Kill! Kill!! Kill!!! Uh wut? Team Rocket is in this chapter, because their latest Team Rocket hideout is hidden in the stockroom of the damned Tesco? ... If Vice/Rice can erase Chapter 18 (I can't believe I missed that until it was pointed out!) then I'll believe Team Rocket is up to their latest evil scheme behind the facade of an inno-oh wait it's a Tesco ... So evil hiding behind an equally evil facade, basically hiding in plain sight! Smart. I applaud Giovanni's evil genius (unless it was one of the secondary Rocket Executives' idea in which case still evil genius)!
Who is that? Pegasus from ... Ohhh I remember this fool-annnd now Dan's unconscious and probably about to be locked up within arm's reach of a convenient key! (If my Baby Mew were there he'd help Dan out in an adorably sneaky way!)
At least the Mustard Bustard got gassed as well (I'm ashamed to admit I was waiting for a fart joke) so at least Dan will have a punching-bag/stress ball to punch/strangle when they wake up!
Now to wait until the Dan-tastic escape! Number of words doesn't matter, it's the quality of Dan-sanity in every serving that counts
Now for my favourite quotes:
He's not that smart Dan, never has been never will be!
Again I'm ashamed to admit I was waiting for a fart joke moving on: can we just take a moment to appreciate Team Rocket: the original bad guys who got their start in Kanto 20+ years ago, is hiding in the back room of the (arguably) most evil chain store in England?
You know I just realised: you're applying video game rules in this chapter! In-game if you beat a Rocket Grunt they just gripe a bit but stay out of your way afterwards until the boss is beaten then they all clear out without a fuss! Nice to know these Grunts know to stay outta Dan's way until he's unconscious (safer that way) unless it's because as an almost Team Rocket-recruit they didn't interfere out of respect for Dan's past work them? ... I can dream can't I? (though honestly Dan wouldn't be the same without his trademark JERK tee!) now I'm hoping we get to meet Petrel and Vinny so we can see Dan's former (sorta) work pals!
I had honestly forgotten who this fool was
Dan's justifiably-angry dialogue says it all, I cannot wait for Dan to unleash his patented Bad Guy Beatdown on this chump!
If Team Rocket had managed to employ Dan ... I'm actually scared to imagine it!
And that's everything I loved (most) about this week's chapter! Again thanks for helping me chill after a crap-tacular Saturday evening, I dunno what I'd do without my Weekly Reset!
Thanks again for my latest dose of Dan-sanity Mr Author and I'll be eagerly awaiting the next.
Awesome as always and I'll see you ~next time~
Your Eternal Fan ^_^
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Im not talking about the sort in the show. Im talking aboutcif they did something like let Tirek just walk off after defeating him so he can just try to kill everyone again later and thinking nothing of it. Or of Pinkie Pie letting someone whom everybody knows loves to fatally poison people run the bakery.
Everybody knows they're bad, but they let them run off and do bad things and act surprised when things turn out bad. It completely ruins the conflict and interaction. Plus seeing as hiw the story continues on for quite some time past this, it wouldn't really be feasible to rewrite that since it would alter pretty much the entire story. That's why I'm stopping. Its not just Stupid, its Advanced Stupid.
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Thanks for giving it a try
Ooof, Dan has been bamboozled
Good show!
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Yes and you were on a podcast! Congrats man! You're moving up!
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Hahaha, that I was, which I hope was enjoyable
Cobalt who?
It’s so hard to remember characters because there’s simply far too many that have been introduced. This includes the ones used for the “intro”. I’m bad with names already, with so many names to remember... I don’t know who Cobalt is.
Hell, at times I don’t know who characters that are in the “main cast” are. Like who is Edge?
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Episode 8, Edge Antares, pegasus border patrol agent. Elite flyer but secretly struggles with his identity because he has the memories of the character he references, Wedge Antilles.
Imagine if the Big Lebowski ponies or Link as a pony not only had his memories of being a pony but all the other memories of being Link as well. Or if Rainbow Dash remembered being both Generation 3 Rainbow Dash and Generation 4 Rainbow Dash. Some characters do have those memories for some reason because this Equestria exists in an unfinished state. So some of them have to reconcile this and others don't.