4-gotten: Family Drama
Twilight glanced around at the cloudy blue sky around them...all around them. "Floating stone islands?" she gasped out. "...how?"
"Localized gravitational anomalies, most likely," Nefarious concluded. "Likely caused by experimentation with dimensional rifts. Not at the same level as the Dimensionator or the Great Clock, so more likely to be linked to a sub-dimension of some sort. Anything more extreme - like a mirror or alternate dimension - and the side effects would be far more noticeable. The atmosphere would probably be corrupted, and possibly damage to the planet's core."
"Wait, back up!" Twilight insisted. "There's a difference between mirror and alternate dimensions as far as impact on the multiversal fabric when it comes to experimentation?"
"Of course!" Nefarious confirmed. "With mirror dimensions, anything that happens in one influences the other, like two sides of the same coin. Difficult to breach through safely, and no knowing what the consequences could be." He waved his hands at the floating stone islands, and the cables stringing them together. "But this is far too controlled to be something like that. Everything is contained. Whoever started the experiments that did this knew exactly what would happen-"
"We have incoming!" Alister called out, pointing upwards.
From out of the sky, what looked like a satellite came crashing down in a roaring blaze. It landed on the same stone island they were presently on, not too far away from them. As soon as the fire went out, it rose up, unfolding into an FtF Weapons Dispensary, much like those they'd seen on Lumos. As soon as it finished unfolding, a hologram projected of three familiar robots and an even more familiar figure. "Twilight?" Ratchet gasped out worriedly. "You okay?"
"Daddy! Mommy!" Twilight called out happily, smiling and waving at both of them. "I'm so happy to see you, but gimme a quick sec, okay?" Turning back to Nefarious, she continued, "So, you were saying someone knew what was going to happen?"
"Look at how the islands are tethered," Nefarious pointed out, popping off his own left optic - the one undamaged by the scar from prior temporal shenanigans - and stretching it out for Twilight to use it as a far viewer. "That was done before the gravitational anomaly kicked in, but there's no strain on the cables..."
As the pair continued to discuss the technical details, Clank spoke up from the hologram. "I...see they are getting along well?" he asked delicately.
"A little too well if you ask me," Qwark replied. "I'm pretty sure I caught them F-L-U-4-T-G!"
Twilight and Nefarious both paused to turn to face Qwark. "...I'd make a comment about knowing how to spell, but apparently you don't," the robotic doctor commented dryly. "I have no idea what you were just trying to say."
"Oh, that reminds me!" Twilight continued. "Daddy, once you get us off world, we need to get me a fancy dress. Nothing I have is good enough for Château de délices surnaturelles, and I'm not going under dressed on Friday once Nefarious has the reservations made."
"What?" Ratchet demanded, stunned. "You...you're going on a...a date with...with him?"
Twilight rolled her eyes. "Daddy, be honest. The pool of sophonts in the universe who I'd be able to have enjoyable dinner conversation with at my intellectual level can be narrowed down to three groups: my relatives, Terachnoids, and Nefarious. I'm not going to date a family member, and 99.8% of Terachnoids only have their online game profile to brag about, and of the remaining .2%, half is going to be worshiping the ground I walk on or fly over as the case may be-"
"Self-memo," Nefarious spoke up, flicking a switch on his dome to record the statement. "No worshiping on the first date."
"-and the other half is going to be trying to kidnap me to fulfill some sort of twisted mind warping sex fantasy because their only experience with the opposite sex is through erotic date sims," Twilight concluded. "At least Nefarious already stated that he's going to be trying to romance me properly, and we can actually talk about things without having to slow down for each other. Seriously, even the average Terachnoid needs me to run over things a second time every so often."
Ratchet paused, rubbing his chin as he thought over what she'd said. "So...this isn't some misguided attempt on your part to reform him into a good guy?"
"If anyone's going to do that, it's BBBFF," Twilight replied. "Nefarious is his nemesis, not mine."
"Dr. Nefarious," Clank spoke up, "do I have your word that this is not an attempt on your part to turn Twilight evil?"
"You have more confidence in my charisma and abilities of persuasion than I do if you think I could actually pull that off without her knowing," Nefarious replied. "Besides, I prefer to keep personal and professional separate. That's not to say I'm above seeking romance amongst coworkers, or coworkers amongst romantic partners - not that I've had many of either - but it's never a good idea to put the two together."
"Courtney Gears," Ratchet reminded him.
"I'd like to make it a point of record that I never actually encouraged or even sought out her infatuation with me," Nefarious insisted. "My interactions with her were all business from my end, even if her processor was too slow to get the hint I wasn't interested. Seriously, she was not my type at all."
"Then what is your type?" Cronk demanded from the holographic communicator. "I've seen splash pages of her and a few of her videos. Oh, that fembot can lube my sprockets any day!"
"You said it, Cronk!" Zephyr agreed.
"Someone who can properly use four and five syllable words without overheating their cerebral cortexes, positronic or otherwise," Nefarious spoke up, answering the original query and ignoring the latter dialogue that was apparently freaking out the other listeners.
Ratchet awkwardly cleared his throat. "Well...I suppose I don't really have anything else to say beyond the usual cliche overprotective father threats which are probably things I normally try to do to you anyway, Nefarious..."
"I believe I can cover that by reminding Nefarious of the threat my duplicate gave him under my control back when we were in Solana," Clank spoke up. "I'm certain he remembers it."
"Still gives me nightmares," Nefarious replied with a shudder.
"Consider it back in play for if you break her heart," Clank continued. "Oh, and that's after she's done whatever she's chosen to do with you to vent her own despair, and utilizing my own time powers and the Great Clock to maximize the amount of time I'm able to make you suffer before your very essence degrades from excessive quantum strain."
"Clank!" Ratchet complained as Nefarious actually whimpered in terror. "The Father's supposed to be the super threatening parent-"
"You have three wives in all but legality," Clank countered, "and the entire universe knows that the four of you are 'energetic' behind closed doors. You of all sophonts are the last to need to be worried about appearing less than masculine."
"It's Tuesday," Alister pointed out. "If you want to go on that date on Friday, we should probably get off this planet before Wednesday, don't you think Twilight?"
"Good point," Twilight agreed. "So when are you going to pick us up, Daddy?"
Ratchet hesitated a bit. "...minor problem with that...see, Aphelion tried to come in for a landing, but..."
"The planet's gravitational field is in too great a disarray for safe landing," Aphelion spoke up. "If I attempted to land, the energy reactions of the planet would interact with my own energy reactions, and could tear the entire planet apart in a trans-dimensional rift. However, we've sent a signal to our friends and allies, and more conventional craft are on their way. In the meantime, we've scattered communications rigs like the one before you all to allow us to communicate with you and send you supplies. Unfortunately, only the FtF weaponry can transmit through the planet's energy fields, since they're what these devices were designed to work with...so we can't send along your usual arsenal, Twilight."
"Aww!" Twilight complained. "But having overwhelming firepower at the start is half the fun of these new world missions! I get to pay more attention to the scenery since any hostiles we come across are mowed down like chaff!"
"Are you certain your alignment is good?" Nefarious asked, his voice somewhere between teasing and amazed.
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Ah, friendly (and some not so friendly) banter and hints of romance. Looking forward to more.
Keep up the good work. Deus tecum.
So how long will Twilight allow Celestia to remain on her throne when she returns? I say about two weeks.
how close is this to completion?
Another enjoyable chapter. Great job.
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We've still got another game arc after this one.
Then there's the actual Equestria arc (similar to how Fortresshy had Fortresshy 1.5).
7185418 What's with the incompetent Celestia view?
You don't rule a nation for many millenias and especially that 1000 years alone and still keep it an economy Boss. Boss, not just Powerhouse.
For anyone who wants to refresh their memory of clank's threat to Nefarious... It's in the chapter: "Arsenal: Gemini, Blackwater, Draco"
7185476 On the flipside, Twilight literally owns the known universe, or may as well considering her intelligence, cuteness, and position. Say what you will about Celestia, unless she pulls planet traveler out of her backstory in this one, she doesn't stand a chance against Twilight.
Not to mention that sun control is moot against the tech Twi has. Between the arsenal of all the games and her gadget wizardry, she could probably make a device to move the sun and moon without the aid of magic. She could easily pull off a hostile takeover, install herself as leader, and get away with it. Not that she would without good cause, but it's more then possible.
It's not so much a Celestia is incompetent view, it's a 'Now that Twilight is back and has experience ruling over a UNIVERSE I can easily get away with an extended vacation if not retirement' view. Plus, Equestria is overdue for a technological revolution anyways- which would probably make Twilight the leader of the planet by ACCIDENT since she'll bring back all these things, and/or make new things when she's back.
My favorite line of the chapter.
Oh, the back and forth here is the best.
7185550 She doesn't really have any reason for a hostile take over.
Well, I'd classify Twilight as Pure Semi-evil... to use the Fable alignment system, specifically Fable II, which has six points across two levels, and I'll be ignoring the Temples of Light and Darkness:
Pure - Neutral - Corrupt
This alignment is applied less to direct actions and more on indirect.
For instance, with your shops and houses, you gain purity by under-charging on rent and prices, but gain corruption by over-charging, the rate of purification/corruption depends on how much you over-/under-charge.
Then there's the direct action alignment.:
Good - Neutral - Evil
If you kill innocents and Guards, steal or extort from shops or use intimidation on non-combatants, you become evil.
If you kill bandits and monsters, carry out rescue missions for the guard and chase down thieves and murderers, you become more Good.
You also become more Good if you let those that beg for their lives run away.
This is why I say Twilight would make Pure Semi-evil, because she'd never let them run and hide.
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From the sound of it, she'd be more Pure Neutral. She'd never hurt an innocent, she's more than happy to work with law enforcement, and the only time she's really "They will not escape" is when those she's after hurt someone she cares deeply about, or hurt her deeply...and even then, if she sees evidence to show that the situation has changed by the time she gets to them, she'll reconsider.
(For example, last arc she was ready to hunt down Nefarious for his part in kidnapping Clank, but by now she's reconsidered and is going to date him.)
...in point of fact, its more she creates the "They will not escape" mindset in everyone around her when she gets hurt.
Oh, her alignment is Good alright. Now Law, that is a different story.
7185418 I say it would take Twilight LESS then 3 days to see how corrupt the nobles are minus a few good ones. and then her having the corrupt nobles removed forcibly. This in turn leaves Celestia facehoofing, and Luna laughing her flank off.
I wonder how season 5 and it's conclusion will be worked into the ending...
Meh, I ship it
7185779 Qwark is Loyalty. Ratchet is Generosity. Clank is Kindness. Alister probably isn't Honesty... so I don't know. Nefarious is Laughter especially when angry at Qwark.
I bet Twilight would have a rainbow-powered RYNO V to compensate for the lack of the alicorn magic boost.
7186003 Head cannon accepted!
7185690 AGREED!
6043083 What about Trixie with Sam and Max?
You forgot to mention Avatar Princess Cadence and her powerful fire nation general father or Shining Armor with his brothers Jak and Daxter (who have some powerful guns and abilities.)
Add that to Vinyl Scratch and her robot army led by Proto Man and Bass or Octavia and her Maverick Hunter and Reploid Force family with more armor upgrades than Samus Aran could shake a stick at!
Add the Luna-Nightmare Moon fusion with her cybug armada led by the controlled Turbo Candy Cybug, video game family, and past villain allies or Queen Chrysalis and DeadPool's immortal family and crazy weapons?
How screwed is Tirek?
Edit: I forgot about the CMC with magical Talismans and fighting/magic experts at their sides.
I'm pretty certain that Twilight in this fic is Chaotic Good, as opposed to her normal Lawful Good self in the canon universe. Sure, she's good, but she loves making things go boom WAY too much to be LG, or even NG
7186193 Very.
I'm thinking it's more along the lines of Chaotic Good.
Honestly she is true neutral at best
7186193 The Great and Powerfull Goddess only went back to kidneyap Big Mac...
7185550 She's practically a better version of Doctor Doom in pony form
7185654 key word is hostile she is perfectly fine with a non hostile take over
7185654 Of course she won't she's the Princess of Friendship.
She isn't gonna take over the universe, she's gonna befriend it.
Between Papa Wolf Ratchet and Mama Bear Clank... which one is Nefarious more scared of????
I'm glad we got to hear from Ratchet and Clank on the developing romance, can't wait to see if Ratchet is polishing a sci fi shotgun when Nefarious arrives to pick up Twilight for their date.
7187214 Heck yeah!
7187751 The moment you said Befriend it I thought of Nanoha's version of befriending
7189538 ...you can burn water irl?!
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I think her alignement is around Chaotic Neutral or Lawful Neutral
7190616 Yes, she does. The memories are just suppressed. They will become unsuppressed as it comes time for her to return to Equestria. That's been the theme of all of the Adopted Displaced stories.
dimensional?
Good chapter, by the way. Can't wait to see more Twifarious!
7187844 Don't be silly, Ratchet wouldn't do that!
...He doesn't have a shotgun; he'd probably be polishing one of the RYNOs instead.
YES! The ship has docked, I repeat, the S.S. Twifarious has docked!
7186193 indeed good sir!, It shall be fun to watch.. hmm, I wonder, what all of them, would be like in a boss rush scenario, the Nightmare, Jackass Discord, Sombra.. etc you get the idea.
Edit: Centaur be Boned... boned beyond boned, so boned the act itself would retroactivly echo back through time and create the very concept of Boned
7194034 Of all the possible ships Tatsurou has shown us, this is one I do NOT want to see any fanart of.
7246641 I do
7246641 I do
7246641 Eh, I dunno; I have to admit, I'm curious about what it would look like.
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Question is... Which type of befriending? The Normal type or the "Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha" type?
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I expect Twilight will have no problem leaving Celestia on the throne. She'll just set things up so the Head of State (Celestia) and the Head of Government (Twilight) are completely separate positions... assuming of course she instead doesn't just leave Celestia with the paperwork and do as she wishes behind the scenes to make Equestria the sort of place she wants to live in.
Nope! Nopenopenope! Torpedoes away! I want this ship sunk! It was fine as a joke but NOPE!
If Nefarious screws this up, he'll learn that there are thousands of fates worse than death. (And I wouldn't put pass the Sparkle, Gyro, and Zoni clan to put him through every single one of them)
7975165 that is true and the saying "hell hath no fury like a woman scorned" comes to mind but hell would be a picnic compared to what twilight would do along with the others
Good Nefarious you somewhat smart.
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The ironic thing is that she's an element of harmony and has a chaotic alignment
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Harmony isn't the opposite of chaos, it's a balance between order and chaos, both extremes are terrible.