As Jak and Shining returned to Geyser Rock with Daxter in tow, another device followed them. It was bright blue, box shaped, floated, and had two antenna sticking out of the top. "What's that?" Daxter asked in confusion.
"It's a communicator I invented!" Keira's voice called out from the grill on the front of the floating device. "With it, my father and I can give you advice at any time during your quest."
"Useful," Jak commented dryly.
As the trio progressed along, gathering Precursor Orbs - egg shaped objects covered in runes - they stumbled across a Power Cell just lying out in the open. It looked like a stone sphere with four segments cut out from it, orbiting it at a distance. Forcing the segments into their slots while hooked to a machine triggered the production of immense amounts of energy from the cell, though no one was certain how it worked. "Lucky one was just lying around," Shining murmured, grabbing it carefully in his magic and stowing it away.
Not far beyond that power cell, they came across a strange box. Breaking it open, they found a device that looked like an oversized fly, except somehow adorable.
"Hey, that's one of my scout flies!" Keira pointed out. "I've sent seven of them to each area to track down Power Cells!"
"How'd they got stuck in boxes like that?" Jak asked in confusion.
"The Lurkers must have captured them," Keira explained. "If you find them all in each area, one of them should have a power cell."
"We'll be sure to keep an eye out for them, then," Shining confirmed.
As six other boxes were close by, Jak broke them open, retrieving the other scout flies and recovering another power cell. As they moved onward, they spotted a glowing blue cloud.
"That's Blue Eco," Samos explained. "Jak, Shining, the two of you are unique in your ability to biologically utilize Eco in your environment. While you do it by funneling the Eco through your magic, Shining... I'm uncertain how Jak is able to do so. However, it's an advantage you both should take advantage of. As you should know from my lessons, Blue Eco contains the energy of motion."
"Like what's in your jump boots!" Keira interrupted.
"Precisely," Samos agreed. "Absorbing it from your environment will allow you both to run fast, break boxes just by approaching them, and activate various Precursor artifacts by funneling the Eco you've absorbed into the device. However, while you're both able to hold Eco within your bodies, it won't stay long, and you can only hold one type of Eco at a time. Collecting an additional cluster of the same type of Eco will extend the time it will remain in your bodies before it dissipates. Make sure to use it carefully, as I don't know if there will be any side effects from overusing Eco."
Remembering a door marked with the symbol of Blue Eco - a blue lightning bolt - the pair gathered the Blue Eco and sought it out, gathering Precursor Orbs as they went. Reaching it, the Eco in their bodies flooded into the door, causing it to open.
"Well, at least one of you has a brain," Samos pointed out. "That was a Precursor Door. As you concluded, channeling Blue Eco into it is the only way to open it. Perhaps there's hope for you two yet."
"What am I, chopped liver?" Daxter demanded.
"Two and a half, then," Samos countered without missing a beat, resulting in Jak, Shining, and Keira snickering.
"Hi-larious," Daxter drolled.
Not far from the door was a vent in the ground from which Blue Eco could be seen pouring out of it. "I don't know the term for that thing," Jak spoke up, "but I know standing on it fills me with Blue Eco. Made use of it back during training to gather supplies quicker."
"It's called a Blue Eco vent," Keira explained.
"How original," Daxter joked, rolling his eyes.
Finishing their explorations, the trio found a total of 50 Precursor Orbs and 4 Power Cells. On their return to Samos' hut, he was waiting for them. "I doubt 50 - or even 100 - Precursor Orbs will be enough to get all the Power Cells the villagers have...or even if the ones they have will be enough to power my daughter's invention. It would probably be a good idea to also visit Sentinel Beach to gather any Orbs and Cells you can find there."
"Not a bad idea," Jak murmured. "We'll do it."
"As long as you're going, you might as well see to my Green Eco Collectors there," Samos added innocuously. "They've been clogged up again."
"We'd be happy to," Shining agreed readily.
"I can always count on you to be helpful and dutiful," Samos commented dryly, giving Jak and Daxter - who were both rolling their eyes - the fish eye. "Now you three have fun with your 'adventuring'...and get out of my house!"
Laughing, the trio raced out of Samos' hut, heading into the city to begin their explorations. It would probably take a while to gather everything they needed, but they were determined to have fun doing it. After all, as Samos had pointed out...this was going to be a grand adventure, and the three of them were certainly of an age to enjoy that.
"As long as I get pants at some point," Daxter grunted.
"Ahem," Shining complained, more than a little miffed.
"Hey, fine for you to run around naked," Daxter sniped back. "You're used to it. You've been doing it all your life."
"You'll get used to it," Shining countered.
Jak rolled his eyes, wondering if he was the only one who was taking this whole thing seriously.
Wait, what?! First view AND comment? Cool.
Looks like shiny's gonna be jealous once the end of the 3rd game comes around.
I have a question, and since I don't want to spoil things too much, I'm going to post it in a spoiler tag.
Are you going to interject a joke or have Jak, Shining, and Daxter do a goofy dance whenever they get a power cell at all, or is that something you're going to leave out?
Just curious is all. The above was funny the first few times, but it got old real fast.
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Leaving it out.
6496731 What do you mean by that?
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Yeah, figured you would. As I said, it got really corny after the first few times.
Though the self-deprecating vignette they did with the flag at the beginning of Jak 2 is funny; mostly because it pokes at the old precursor orb get routine.
6496746 Dax gets a nice pair of cutoff shorts at the end of Jak 3.
6496777 Oh. Will Lost Frontier be canon?
This is great. At some point you should do a story with big macintosh in the banjo-kazooie world and maybe Derpy in the Sly Cooper world.
Just a question, are you going to do the jax x combat racing storyline later, or not? just asking. Cause truthfully, i loved that game and i think it would be cool if shining was in it.
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Honestly, no idea. Once I finish Precursor Legacy, I'm gonna look up an official timeline, and figure it out from there.
6496888 Eh, I was just wondering. The reason I asked was because of the fact that I was imagining Shining in Jak X... Great, now you made me want to mod it to add Shining into it, Thanks... Oh well, it will be worth it.
6496821 All of my yes with Derpy with Sly and the gang.
Wait... if Rarity can make suits for ponies, why can't someone make some pants for Shining????? I look forward to future antics and item gathering!
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1.) Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy.
2.) Daxter.
3.) Jak 2.
4.) Jak 3.
5.) Jak X: Combat Racing.
6.) Jak and Daxter: The Lost Frontier.
6496789 I sincerely hope not.
So, how long until hit a hundred power cells? Because you know they are going to get them by accident as they go along.
6496917 i agree!!!! Though i see Luna as the white glove thieve more than Derpy... Butttt if this comes out i wont mind one over the other in the gang of Sly.....I'm anxious for the movie!!
6496481 Well that settles it.I'M GOING TRAVELLING!
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It is an amazing, and amusing, coincidence.
very good your keeping to jak and daxters early personalities quite qwell. look forward to more of this if its comming
MY....RIBS....OH GOD!!!!
Every time I read about someone mentioning ponies being naked, I can't help but envision pony junk, or someone walking behind a pony, their eyes glued to said junk.
I hope I'm not alone in this XD
I'm weird.
>"Lucky one was just lying around," Shining murmured, grabbing it carefully in his magic and stowing it away.
More likely Samos has been repositioning items over the years, with the intent for them to find them eventually. He does have eco vents and stuff way out in what the other villagers would probably consider to be 'wilderness', so theres no reason he wouldn't have already collected all the precursor orbs... laziness, I guess.
6981857 If I never heard of cloppers... I would not bat an eye. But no, misfortunes on Tumblr can scar a Brony.
*Subconsciously hums to the two-and-a-half-men theme song*
Should really binge watch that show some day...
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... Kay then.
Yes