After a brief run through Sandover Village to collect the 50 scattered Precursor Orbs, free the seven Scout Flies to get the Power Cell they'd located, and talk to everyone in the village, the trio met back up on the village outskirts. "Alright," Jak began as the three pulled out their questing notebooks. "What's the report?"
Shining nodded as he flipped through his. "We currently have 100 Precursor Orbs, and several leads on where to get more. I talked to the Oracle - that Precursor statue at the top of the cliff - and it has two Power Cells that it will let us have...if we make an offering to the Ancients of 120 Orbs each. Also, the farmer gave me a Power Cell for herding his Yakows back into their pen."
"How'd you manage that?" Daxter asked. "Those things can be stubborn."
"Few things resist an electric shock to the rump for long," Shining replied, making the tip of his horn spark.
"Nice," Jak agreed. "Our Uncle will spare a Power Cell if we give him 90 Orbs."
Shining shrugged. Unlike Jak, he didn't feel quite the same kinship with the man Samos had proclaimed their Uncle, as he still remembered arriving in Sandover with Samos, though Jak had apparently chosen to discard those memories.
"Also," Jak continued, "the Mayor has two Power Cells for us. One if we contribute 90 Orbs to his re-election campaign, and one if we can fix the Eco beams in the temple in the Forbidden Jungle to give the village power again."
"And the artist's Muse has run off to Misty Island," Daxter pointed out, "and he'll give us a Power Cell if we bring the critter back. However, the only way there is with the fisherman's boat, and we need his permission to use it...and he's in the Forbidden Jungle somewhere."
"So we can either go to Sentinel Beach to do what Samos asked, or hit the Forbidden Jungle to see about getting more Power Cells," Shining summarized.
"More Power Cells sooner sounds better," Jak decided. "Forbidden Jungle it is."
"I have a question," Daxter pointed out. "Keira said the Lurkers locked the Scout Flies in the boxes, right?"
"Yeah," Shining confirmed.
"How'd they do that in the village without anyone noticing?" Daxter demanded. "I mean, some of the crates were in people's houses!"
"Actually, that was my bad," Keira said from the communications device. "I looked over the coding of my Scout Flies, and where it's supposed to say 'return to your box for retrieval', it instead says 'reconstruct your box for retrieval'. So once one of the Flies in a given area finds a Power Cell, all of them lock themselves in crates, and none of them will give up the Power Cell unless all seven in that area have been retrieved. Sorry about that."
"You're the first to work with tech like this," Jak pointed out. "Mistakes are bound to happen. The fact they work as well as they do is an achievement."
"If you're done flirting," Shining drolled, rolling his eyes as he turned to lead the way towards the jungle.
The Forbidden Jungle was lush and humid, filled with large trees, rivers, strange ground formations, and tons of hostile wildlife, both Lurker and ordinary animal. It also had a great deal of booby traps, including swinging logs covered in spikes hanging from the trees. As the trio progressed through, they eventually found the fisherman...who challenged them to use a tiny net to scoop 200 pounds of fish out of the river. He promised them both a power cell and the use of his speed boat to get to Misty Island if they succeeded. To up the challenge, they weren't allowed to miss 20 pounds of fish, and even one poisonous eel caught would poison the entire catch.
Shining decided to try the challenge, holding the net in his magical aura. He also extended that aura slightly outward into the river, using it to angle good fish into the net and push the eels away. The fisherman didn't notice, but Jak did, and gave his equine brother a thumbs up.
Another power cell and the keys to the speed boat in hand, the trio continued their exploration of the Forbidden Jungle. Along the way, they noticed several spiked vines coming out of the ground that hadn't been there when they'd come on the camping trip with Samos. After a brief detour in the water for another power cell, they found a lurker machine that was redirecting the Eco Beam the mayor had mentioned. Climbing to the top of it, they broke the Lurker mirror, which caused a Precursor mirror to rise out of the ground. Using the controls, they lined it up on the next mirror. Following the Eco Beams, they began climbing a Precursor tower to the next mirror, finding the seventh Scout Fly in the process. Reaching the top of the tower, they collected another Power Cell...as well as opening a pathway into the Forbidden Temple.
After some carefully timed jumps across pits, the trio activated the Blue Eco controller in the depths of the temple, activating numerous Blue Eco vents scattered across the continent and gaining another Power Cell. Using the Blue Eco opened several new paths...leading them to a large plant with eyes on its flower and spiked vines waving about. Dark Eco could just barely be seen veining its body.
Shining and Jak evaded the plant's movements, quickly realizing that the plant's bud was its vulnerable point. "How can we hit it to knock it out?" Daxter demanded.
Shining looked up at Jak and winked. Grinning, Jak held Daxter up by his hands, while Shining pulled back on his tail with his magic.
"What are you do-IIIIIINNNNGGGG!?" Daxter's question turned into a scream as he was propelled into the plant like he was launched from a slingshot.
After three such hits, the plant died, dropping a Power Cell. After grabbing one other last Power Cell, the trio finished aligning the mirrors, restoring power to Sandover Village. They then turned to return to plot their next move.
and I believe thats out of 1000 orbs and 100 cells if I remember right
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2000 orbs and 101 cells.
6507170 funny that my user name is 2000wires
6507170 I had a feeling I was off on the orbs
in the game I found 100 power cells couldn't find the last one, in the explore the caves, couldn't find it :(
6507299 its an evil one involving yellow eco and that peculiar steel box in the wall by the volcano
How the hell are you so capable of making fanfics out of my favorite games?
Another enjoyable chapter. Good job.
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That last one is a pain in the ass. You have to activate the yellow eco vent in the caves, then run to the entrance to shoot a box just outside the entrance to the spider caves. Evil placement for a Power Cell.
Could you please elaborate a bit more on the action
But otherwise so far so good
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Not entirely sure how to. Until you get different types of Eco available, the 'action' is entirely jumping and kicking.
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Yeah Tatsurou is right, I recently played Jak and Daxter again (full OCD run), and while it is fun to play, in writing it would be as dull as ditchwater, unless you livened it up with some banter.
Careful jumps. Or alternatively, carefully timed/placed.
6507798 Don't forget punching ^-^
Huh... Surprised that Daxter wasn't... Jaked up during that plant fight.
Seems that having magic is a net gain.
*summery of first half of the chapter*
*\,gamer's inner monologue*\,
when I played jak and daxter (the first one) so many years ago I was a perfectionist at games. spend almost 100 hours completing the first one 100%. every orb, every cell every last secret and hidden item. and so far ya doing a real good job of making the boring first part of the game rather interesting good work tatsurou
They have quite a ways to go yet. Especially if they want to be efficient. Now to go watch a run through of the rest of the games.
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Wouldn't you think "your first grand adventure" would be considered life changing? He didn't say what magnitude of change, just that it would change their lives forever.
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He didn't know. He was being somewhere between facetious and sarcastic, and just so happened to be right.
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...I thought that it was a given, considering they're teenagers.
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Still learning about that, I guess.
6514511 Yes, I agree, sly Cooper with the other two would add up to my top three favorites for the ps2 era, they were practically my childhood
Poor Daxter
Those three are so coordinated
Some how, the ottsel deserved it.
Pace = Too fast
>One if we contribute 90 Orbs to his re-election campaign, and one if we can fix the Eco beams in the temple in the Forbidden Jungle to give the village power again."
I... am I wrong in thinking that GETTING POWER BACK FOR THE VILLAGE would be in the forefront of EVERYONES minds? Shouldn't all of the villagers be like, 'Oh crap powers out what can we do to fix it?'
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It would be if any other house other than the mayors actually used said power. Considering that there are no lines or anything, it stands to reason that the only one that cares is the mayor; said mayor seems to be about as effective as mayors usually are.
Side quest to continue the normal quest. Sounds fun.
Huh, Daxter slingshot. Now that would have been an interesting idea back then.
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Ah, I was wondering if that was canonical to the games.
What I wonder is how they caught/talked Daxter into the second and third shots...