After thousands of years, a human has been returned to EarthTerra, to meet the new inhabitants. Is he a threat? A friend? A demigod from out of ancient history? He sure as hell doesn't know. Out in the darkness, something ancient, corrupt, and hungry is stirring. This reluctant Creator had better get it together, and soon.
An Advent Rising (video game) Crossover story, continuing the story of Gideon Wyeth after the annoying game ending. No definite update schedule. At all. I am still working on it, though.
I'll warn ahead of time: I'm going to ship Gideon and Trixie. Yup.
Oh and I highly recommend buying the soundtrack (see cover art source link, also available on iTunes). I'm going to be listening to bits of it when I write. So. Epic.
(Joke) Alt. Title: The Twishank Redemption
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Get busy livin', or get busy
dyin'becoming a demi-god.my only complaint is the chapters are to short
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Heh, sorry, but I just felt the first two wanted to stand alone. Next part should be longer, since it'll have a lot of exposition.
Still storyboarding the rest of this, but I know the main plot points.
*gently patting his copy of Advent Rising*
shh, maybe someday they'll make a sequel...
definitely gonna read (and fling some flaming poop in case of Gideon being OOC if only i can remember stuff after all those years.)
post-read edit: well, as far as i can recall, Gideon was a pretty smooth guy, so tolerating friendly aliens was pretty much OK for him. not trusting too much, just tolerating, after all, another alien kind just wiper the whole humanity, leaving only Gideon and his brother, Gideon's girlfriend and some woman-pilot (not too sure here). so, will wait for more.
Some errors with capitalization, also, when a character talks, make sure it isn't in the same paragraph as when another speaks.
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Yeah, I figure he's been around the Aurelians enough to have gotten over some shock of 'others', and he spoke to the Council, giving him some exposure to a whole lot of 'others'. Plus he's too exhausted at the start to even care.
I do need to replay the game for the...fourth? time, but as I recall Gideon's characterization by the end is basically "smash Seekers, protect friends." I'll make certain, but I think I've got a good bit of leeway with him.
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Can you give me some examples? I definitely try to avoid the latter.
She spoke softly, "so... Good morning, then...human."
Should be She spoke softly, "So... Good morning, then...human."
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so, to sum it up, he's paragon Shep, just less epic.
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Hey, now. My ending will be definitive, and will not involve a small, holographic child.
I actually spent a good couple of hours today fleshing out Gideon's internals and future. There will be epic. Three more main characters to go!
this story need more readers. for now it was really entertaining and nostalgic, even though the future development of storyline is not clear.
it lives
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I'll be trying for at least one update a month, but in any case I won't sit on stuff like I have been. That's just counterproductive. I want to finish this story. 
I know, right?
I'm just saying right now, you have to show, don't tell.
Interesting idea to mix Advent Rising universe with ponies, I like it so far, but I have a little to complain about.
First, don't make Alouette and Trixie such a schoolgirls, the amount of the blushing is a bit too high.
Next, I know that Gideon went through all kinds of shit but he's too miserable to my taste. He took part in so many battles that he lost part of his delicacy, killing Seekers did its part too. And for the last thing: I hope to see Gideon lifting few ton rocks again, so keep up the good work. Cheers.
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Er, I mean, uhhh... 
> the amount of the blushing is a bit too high.
> he's too miserable to my taste.
I suppose that's a part of the slow start I'm taking in this fic, but I'm trying to consider what's effectively PTSD he's trying to deal with. Especially after having to kill what was left of his brother; but also, the pace of the game is such that he never really had a chance to 'stop' and process everything until finding himself stranded on Terra. He's also a little messed up by the disruption of his magic...
> I hope to see Gideon lifting few ton rocks again, so keep up the good work.
Don't worry, he'll get back on the horse soon.
Huh. And here I thought I was the only person to remember this game. Or to have played it.
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Ha, no, though it is sadly neglected by many. Still one of my favorites, really. I listen to the soundtrack from time to time, when my life needs an injection of epic.
I know how it feels to have a very non-mainstream game to write about, I still have my half-finished Singularity story. I'll admit though, I've never heard of this game, it's making me very interested to read this story though.
Only game I ever played where shields were the most OP thing ever.
4787363 Go play Ys Seven. It's like Dark Souls except your health regenerates, you don't have a stamina bar, and your guard cannot be broken.
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Fable I. With enough mana regeneration slotted, you're basically immortal and can string attacks* together indefinitely for basically infinite exp.
More attacks = higher attack multiplier to exp. Getting hit reduces the multiplier, unless you have shield on. It also protects you from being knocked down or back.
There's a problem here:
Not that I'm entirely comfortable with that line of thought; but, then, he is a soldihttp://www.fimfiction.net/user/archonixer...
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What in the... Fixed. Thanks~
Very nice chapter. Always a pleasant treat to see this update. Also, loving the explanations on the workings of magic.
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Thanks.
I just hope I'm keeping it from being overly dense or didactic.
4798006 Hardly. I prefer the ones that make you think about how this would be applied realistically not just, "See that rock over there? Think about lifting it. OMG you did it!". There's an actual process to this and I feel you've done a wonderful job at explaining it.
He said it!
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I approve of this story keep it up.
When's the next update?
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Some time before the heat death of the universe. I promise.