After a time of staring, Daxter was finally able to find his voice. "Umm, sorry for the pun but...trot that by us again?"
"You know how ever since I was young I've been having dreams, Jak?" Shining began. "Dreams of a world of gray and bright lights? Of the father neither of us can remember? Of frightful enemies of metal flesh?" Jak's eyes widened in realization. "This is that world, Jak. And that's us...living it. Mar and Ar-Mar who Shines...not yet becoming Jak and Shining Armor."
Daxter stared in surprise. "Whoa," he gulped, glancing at Jak. "Dude, if your jaw were any lower, I could dump your meal into your mouth off the plate without lifting it."
Jak managed to get his mouth closed. "But you told Samos all about your dreams. Why didn't he say something when we found the rift gate?"
"He did," Shining replied. "He said that something was going to happen that he wasn't sure we were ready for. And that it was going to be bad, and to get as many good memories as we can before it happened."
"Wouldn't that mean Samos is from this time, too?" Daxter asked. "Isn't that the only way he could know?" He suddenly gasped. "Does that mean there's going to be two of him now, too?"
"Probably," Jak muttered. "So now, in addition to finding Keira and Samos, we need to keep our younger selves - and Samos - safe. That means getting in close with the resistance."
"Then we'll go to that as soon as we're done eating," Shining agreed.
After leaving the apartment, the trio hopped into an unattended parked air bike. Jak wasn't sure how he instinctively knew how to handle the controls, but he wasn't about to question it. It didn't take them long to find the back alley Kor had mentioned, but they were confronted by two people hanging around there. One was a blonde female with blue eyes wearing a form fitting green jacket, blue shorts, an orange scarf, and brown boots. The other was male with brown hair, blue eyes, and wearing what looked like Crimson Guard armor stripped of all insignia and identifying traits. He also had blue lines over a good portion of his face.
"We're looking for a guy named Torn," Jak began. "Kor sent us." As the two approached aggressively, Jak glanced at the man. "You Torn?"
The man stepped up close, plainly trying to intimidate Jak, though it wasn't working. "New faces make me nervous," he grated out, his voice dry and gravelly.
"We'd never have guessed," Shining replied drolly.
The man smirked. "Word is you three are out to join the fight for this city. Ya know, picking the wrong side could be...unhealthy."
"For the other side," Daxter boasted.
"We want to see the Shadow," Jak demanded.
"Not likely," the man laughed. "If you and your pets want to join something-"
His words were cut off as he found two Eco Blades threatening him, one at his throat, one between his legs, both held in a blue magical field. "Call me a pet again," Shining growled out, "and I'll relieve you of your life or your testicles. Your choice."
Torn chuckled. "Heh. Maybe you do have what it takes. But I need to know you aren't all talk."
"You want him to cut off your testicles?" Daxter asked, shocked. The woman giggled in response.
"No. I want you to prove you'll stand up to the Baron," the man explained.
"Alright," Shining agreed, sheathing his blades. "What do you want us to blow up?"
"Nothing that big," the man hastened to assure him. "We aren't ready for that level of confrontation." He looked up. "But if you steal the Baron's banner from off of the ruined tower, and bring it back..."
Jak raised an eyebrow. "...petty vandalism?"
"In one piece, to prove your skill," the man added.
Jak shrugged. "We'll be back." Turning, he leapt back into the 'borrowed' vehicle. Shining and Daxter leapt in with him.
The ruined tower in question was actually outside the city proper, though still within the area protected by the Eco Dome. As a result, they encountered no Metalheads as they made their way there. The area looked like it had once been part of the city until it had been allowed to collapse into ruins. The trio had to avoid some swampy areas, but other than that faced no real obstacles.
"This seems more like a test of courage than of skill," Jak commented as they began climbing the tower itself.
"Probably is," Shining added as he teleported up to his side for each step. "Still, we should be careful. These creatures have been mutated by Dark Eco."
"I've noticed," Jak replied. "I absorb some every time I kill one of them, and I can feel it building up inside me."
"Probably what powers your Dark mode," Daxter commented.
Eventually, the trio reached the top of the crumbling tower, and Jak seized the banner off its flagpole. As he did, the platform collapsed under them. Shining grabbed hold of Jak alongside Daxter as they fell, only to bounce off a fabric awning, grind down a rope, and land right in front of where the man was waiting for them.
Behind them, the tower collapsed.
"I said not to blow anything up," the man scolded.
"Consider it a bonus," Jak replied, bracing himself on the banner.
The man shrugged. "Guess you guys are in, then. Name's Torn."
Is princess cadence going to show up? Love how armor threatened to tear of torn testicles lol
6685672 I doubt that, since she already has her own adventure or something.
6685710 I agree. I also have a feeling that somehow, all this guys stories are gonna culminate to some super major final boss battle, on the level of the terra bosses from Borderlands
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Umm... forgive my ignorance, but how strong is a 'terra boss?'
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Probably not.
First, as another post already stated, Cadance has her own story.
Another thing that Tatsurou has repeatedly mentioned is that each Displaced Adoption fic is its own continuity. Outside of Wily's Widdle Wub and Melody of the Future that is; those are the only two that actually have ponies from the same Equestria.
Yes, it's all muddled with multiverse crap; I get a headache every time I try to figure it all out.
6685753 I believe they are referring to Crawmerax from Borderlands 1 and Terramorphous from Borderlands 2, both of them considered the hardest bosses of their respective games.
Another enjoyable chapter. Good job.
6685753 in Borderlands 2 Terra (rest of the name I cant spell) is by far the hardest boss. If u do it a normal, noncheesing or cheating way, it takes a group of 4 highest level players, and one long and epic battle, to kill the damn thing.
The cutscene after obtaining the banner was so funny in the game
6685933 INCORRECT! I beat Terramorphous on my own by using a grog nozzle and interfacer. I was simply using the highest DPS weapon in the game, and If you say that using a strong weapon is cheesing, then you're not ready for OP8. Using anything less than the best against a Raid boss WILL get you killed, END OF STORY.
Honestly though? Terramorphous is by far one of the WEAKEST raid bosses in the game. Only guy easier to kill is pyro pete the invincible. Now if you want to kill VERMIVOROUS , that's a different story. She has an absurdly low spawn chance, is a random spawn, and cannot spawn in normal vault hunter mode. Add to that these two things: there is NO LIMIT to the amount of them that can spawn in an area, and she has over 10 times the health that terramorphous does, and you've got a recipe for a boss that's either not going to spawn when you're alone, or is nigh impossible to kill if she does.
Hahahahaha I love Daxter!
I'd imagine the controls are quite similar to Keira's Zoomer from the first game. Heck, the vehicles are probably even based off her design.
Aw dang. I would've loved to see Shining and Jak try to pry Daxter out of that plumbing.
6686095 Any Terra=level boss is a bitch to fight without best-tier weaponry and gear to fight. I still haven't beaten Crawmerax, though that might be because I haven't played the game in a long while.
Shining already knows how to shut up idiots who are insulting him. I am so proud of him! Then again, sack less Torn kind of already is a thing.
6686869 I've killed Craw ONCE and that was ONLY after finding both a Bessie AND an Undertaker.
WHICH MODEL? THIS IS AN IMPORTANT QUESTION!
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6688079 Well, he said bike so I'd assume one of the one seaters, but since shining can't sit on jaks shoulders, I would say one of the two seaters...
Lets split the difference:
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This is one of the best ones anyway, colour not withstanding.
Considering where the banners placed, I'd always assumed the underground put it there for the purpose of the test.
Am I the only one that thought two Sage Samos's fighting side by side might have been badass?
Could have sworn Shining couldn't use the blades yet due to the dark eco... I can't really blame him though, I'd hate to be reffered to as a less than sapient individual.
7101296 Nope! That would be awesome! It would be like... I dunno? Two ninjutsu masters but the older one doesn't need to do much because of his skill?
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The last (if I remember correctly) of the Jak and Daxter "Item Got" dance. It will be missed.
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No, he spent a great deal of time training to get past that handicap. He's only limited in numbers and distance. Two blades isn't all that much, and the group- going by game canon -were less than two feet apart total.