Once Twilight got over her issues with being called 'old', the group followed Susie back to the native village using a Swing-hele-carrier, like what they'd ridden back on Igliak. Thankfully, this one didn't take anywhere near as long as the one back then, due to the altered gravity of the area. Once there, Glob Lobbers allowed them to pull down a bridge to a new area, in front of a wide, dark cave. As they approached, the entire area began to shake.
"Get down!" Susie hissed warily, grabbing Qwark's hand and tugging him into the brush, as everyone else present had dived for the nearest cover the moment everything began shaking, Nefarious following Twilight and Alister's lead.
Just as everyone was concealed, a glance up revealed a large circular space craft flying overhead resembling UFOs from Old Earth science fiction from below, large enough that the wake of its passage was causing the shaking. As it flew further, Twilight was able to recognize it as the ship that grabbed the four of them back on Igliak. Nearby, Qwark pulled Alister into a hug to try and suppress his own fear, much to Alister's irritation.
Inside the cave, the Elder of Susie's village explained things to them around a campfire. "We call it...Ephemerus, the Creature Collector." His deep, sonorous voice echoed through the cavern. "It's been around for over 100 years, snatching the universe's most dangerous beasts and bringing them here...to our planet."
"Who's in control of it?" Alister demanded, immediately seeking the necessary answers.
"No one knows," the Elder replied. "But that tyrant you saw in our village was its emissary, Commander Spog. He has been protecting Ephemerus for years." He looked up hopefully. "But, now that you're here..."
Twilight thought about that for a time. "Well, I do want a better look at that ship's tech...and maybe figure out what's going on with the planet's gravity fields while I'm at it..."
"Hey! I thought I had first dibs on the ship!" Nefarious complained.
"Nope, I'm the one who originally suggested stealing it back on Igliak, so I've got first dibs!" Twilight countered.
"Good old fashioned hero work, saving an entire planet?" Qwark asked eagerly. "Count me in!"
"I suppose I might as well see what it is about 'hero work' you lot find so appealing," Alister grumbled. "Besides, someone has to keep you two out of trouble." He sighed in resignation. "So...where do we find this Commander Spog?"
"The path to Commander Spog leads through the Dead Grove beyond this cave," the Elder explained.
Qwark looked a little nervous as he stared into the dark, overcast forest, filled with all sorts of creepy crawlies and other dangers. The flora alternated between dark and dreary and deadly bright colors, and some of each had teeth. The fauna looked even less inviting, as glowing eyes peered out from amongst the plants and shadows, hoots and howls echoing amongst the branches. "Doesn't seem...too bad," Qwark murmured. "Why do you call it the Dead Grove, anyway?"
"Because legend has it that the spirits of fallen warriors walk the hallowed paths amongst the trees," the Elder intoned, "seeking those who wander in, hoping to claim their lives for their own so they can complete the tasks they failed at in life. None who enter have ever returned..."
Qwark swallowed convulsively, slowly backing away from the barely visible trees. "Yeah...I'm not so big on the whole 'haunted forest' idea," he whimpered, twisting his hands together and glancing back and forth worriedly. "It's...kinda hard to punch ghosts..."
Twilight rolled her eyes in mild frustration, silently asking for patience. "That's why we have guns, BBBFF," she pointed out dryly. "All FTF weapons are equipped with the Theta Disruptor modifications that let them damage ethereal beings. We have nothing to worry about."
"Really?" Qwark asked, stunned.
"Yup!" Twilight replied, perhaps just a tad too quickly. "It's part of the FTF charged discharge system. If two or more weapons of the same type are locked onto an ethereal being, it'll be frozen in place, and the explosive discharge of a fully charged focal point will tear them apart."
Qwark's fearful expression slowly changed as he listened to Twilight's words, gradually becoming a wide grin. "You put the best tech in these things, LSBFF!" Qwark proclaimed happily, charging into the forest with his weapon out, Alister matching pace.
Nefarious watched Qwark until he was out of hearing range, thenleaned down to Twilight's side. "How much of that was total BS to make him feel better?" he whispered conspiratorially.
Twilight chuckled softly before responding out of the corner of her mouth without moving her lips. "As long as he believes it, none."
Nefarious grinned widely, suppressing his own desire to cackle madly. "Sneaky, using his abilities to our benefit like that. I like it!"
"Does that mean you're coming along?" Twilight asked teasingly, glancing sidelong at him from under her eyelashes. "I didn't think you wanted to be a hero?"
"And leave your safety in the hands of those two?" Nefarious countered derisively. "I haven't looked forward to anything as much as Friday in a long time. I'm not letting some upstart villain get in the way of that!"
Chuckling, Twilight set off after Qwark and Alister, not wanting to let them get too far ahead. Priming his own weapons, Nefarious quickly followed, grinning from ear to ear. "So...out of curiosity...how large is the area of effect of Qwark's 'I think, therefor it is' abilities?"
Twilight paused, scratching her chin thoughtfully. "You know, I'm not sure. I never bothered to test it, because I didn't want him to get the impression there were limits to it..."
"Well...it's not like there really are such things as ghosts...right?" Nefarious offered nervously.
"I'm the Captain of a bloodthirsty crew of space pirates," Twilight replied. "Half of them are undead ghosts bound to technological forms through an ancient curse vulnerable to magical discharge, such as the Theta Disruptor I mentioned."
"The...one you don't have with you?" Nefarious asked worriedly, his eyes darting about.
"Umm...no," Twilight admitted.
They glanced at each other for a time, then quickly took off, running at top speed to catch up with Qwark.
LoL Where did Twi learn to troll so well
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I think that "" is the answer. No major memory bleed over yet, but then again we still have one more game to go. Also, the Plumber's Daughter still needs to show up.
...I just remembered the opening to Nexus. Assuming that it sill goes down like canon, will Twilight's access to Techno-Voodoo Necromancy come into play?
At first it seemed strange that Twilight did not say something like "don't exist something like ghosts" until you remember us about the space pirate ghosts
Twilight - alicorn, immortal in terms of aging, element of magic, the supreme technologist, magician, technomagician, necrotechnician, champion of any sports involving the word board, arguably the most intelligent being with the IQ over 9000 (9001 or is it more now?) on terachnoid scale, casual builder of handheld weapons of mass destruction, vice-president of two (or was that three?) galaxies, leader of a notorious and strong pirate fleet composed of half of physical crew of robots and flesh and half of robot ghosts, hight ranking military officer with a special trained squad that's arguably above elite, co executive of gadgetron, made time itself her bich on one occasion, daughter to Ratchet who's a equivalent of a prince in a society where your position is ranked by your abilities, also daughter to a harem composed of three very unique and influencing people as well as a most likely super zoni with time powers whose father keeps time itself in check, has an uncle who ranks as 4-bolt general in the same society as Ratchet, an aunty who is an artificial soul and intelligence prototype ship with space and time warping as well as transformers capabilities, has a friendly relationship with a legendary hero, sister to a reality warping superhero whose abilities she knows how to use, sister to a equestrian prince (Shining Armor), siste-in-law with the alicorn of love, on a first name basis with the alicorns of sun and moon, in a relationship with a super villain of high IQ, has an ally in the form of THE plumber who's pretty much the equivalent of THE doctor with a few things different (in example- no TARDIS, still everywhere) and the confirmed(?) father to this universes Pinkie Pie, arguably the most powerful of tatsurous creations (even including Kratos Pinkie and Deadpool Chrysalis).
The term Scary does no justice to her anymore.
Why is Twilight and Nefarious giving off an intelligent version of the Flufflepuff and Chrysalis vibe?
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*face splitting grin* I like that thought.
My god. The whole time it hasn't been Twilight that's the trump card, it's Quark!
wouldn't that be heli-carrier?
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She's the T to the W-I
L-I-G-H-T,
And ain't no other pony troll it down like she.
She's Twilight-licious.
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Well... It will be impressive compared to Vanila!Shining no matter what, since the measure stick seems to be to easily curb stomp (or whatever undertale Woona is going to do (befriend? Send in Sans, Chara, Asriel/Flowey, Gaster, etc.?) to) Tirek (or whoever else if Wreck It Moon is anything to go by). Besides, it's Tatsurou we're talking about, he'll make it epic.
Also, death battle :D [youtube=https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jKoeSRhF1nc]
So unless some other pony pulls off something truly amazing we have our team leader in My Litte PWNY. Now I am getting scared as to what that threat is.
I ship TwiFarious SO HARD
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Woah, mate! I didn't mean to insinuate anything with it, just add something silly. Sorry if it offended you. They did try to make it as inpartial and correct as possible for those that weren't invested into both series and only just looked up on them so they might've overlooked something . Also bios aren't necessarily the go to thing for info. Though I'd like the PM, I'm curious.
I STILL wanna know where Ace Hardlight went off to, we know he isn't dead, just Twilight's age now. He was like another brother to Twilight. I do hope he comes back soon.
i honestly cannot wait to see what type of monster your gunna have to require all the power and firepower your pwnyverse is gunna bring. i dont even think the supernatural villain in my stories would stand up to all of what you have made so far
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...I am so tempted to have Twilight blow a raspberry at Nefarious at some point now.
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A hele-carrier that relies on the Swingshot to work. Thus, Swing-hele-carrier.
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Umm...it was stated plainly at the start of the Time arc that he was left in charge of the Space Pirates as Twilight's First Mate.
That moment where you thought you had things planned, only to realize that you've missed a minor detail...
7254237 That'd make for one hell of a resume.
Another enjoyable chapter. Good job.
7255067 You know the thing that's really scary is that if Twilight decides she wants something fleshy to snuggle into, Nefarious CAN manage it. Proof of concept? The Biobilterator. It WOULD be possible for him to take human form again as Twilight has already managed to reverse engineer it's tech to an extent. With Nefarious himself helping her, it would be child's play. Things get downright terrifying when you realize that even if Twilight decides she wants a fellow pony, that would STILL be doable for the genius duo. Create a pony body and simply download Nefarious into it. And neither option really prevents Nefarious from being 'a superior metal being', as they could use the Terminator route. Flesh & fur covering over metallic endoskeleton frame. In other news, I am now picturing the Nefarious 'Terminator Alicorn'. The guy is a living nightmare at times when he's just a glitch prone robot with homicidal tendencies. Imagining him as a killer cyborg that may very well have reality warping magic...
7255209 this needs to happen, I don't care how it happens it just should.
7255067 musta missed that part or forgot lol. ty
That, all of it, that was fun. May I have another? Looking forward to more.
Keep up the great work. Deus tecum.
Don't worry Twi, if your guns don't work you can just sing the Ghost Busters theme while punching ghosts. I works for Dr. McNinja.
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Don't forget, NMM/Luna is able to rewrite the code to reality itself. I'd say she is definitely in the running for the most powerful in the PWNY-verse.
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I did say arguably. Besides, Under!Woona has the time and shortcuts abilities, we're yet to see her use the code alteration ability (all the code-alteration-only places were reached without Woona doing anything to the code), therefore it's possible she does not have that ability. Only Tatsurou knows if she has them. Oh! And that's on top of Woona's dislike of violence due to conditioning early in the story, preferring to befriend above else. So even if she is the most powerful it's doubtful she'll ever use it.
7257013 Woona isn't part of PWNY though. Where Moony as I recall IS a part of it.
7255067 I mean, Nefarious still feels pain. What else (besides emotions) does he feel? I just imagine him making the lightbulb from Gravity Falls that makes skin softer, but the side (or not intended) effects are smoother metal and fluffy fur.
7257013 Woona isn't PWNY. Moony (Nightmare Moon & Luna fusion much like Fluttershy and Fortress Shy.) is PWNY.
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If I had to guess:
1.) GoW Pinkie Pie and Chrysalis Wilson are tied. They have healing factors and bottomless stamina if things become hoof to hoof combat.
2.) ^ same, but the result. The loser of hoof-fight.
3.) Twilight doesn't have a healing factor. Insane gadgets, intelligence, and an alicorn.
4.) Moony has her powers, friends, family, and allies. As well as an army of Cybugs led by a mind-controlled King Candy, royal guard, and an army of changelings led by her Queen Chrysalis.
5.) Spike. (Have not read his story, but it sounds possible. THAT or Cadence Avatar: The Last Love Bender.)
HM:
> I forgot about Dante's Apple Jack. She would easily take 4th or 5th place, but I'm lazy.
> Fluttershy. Just... if she was an alicorn, her luck and skill would make her Twilight's rival. I think giving her old memories back might hold her back some, but I have no doubts. She can hold her own quite well. I mean, how many times in how many ways did she kill Rainbow Dash?!
> Rainbow Dash and Rarity are basically tied. Iron Mare and Bat Mare. You take away the suits and what are they? Genius billianare ponies. We have no idea how resiliant they are COMPLETELY.
> Octavia and Varia. Varia is Tavi's sui- I mean armor. Honestly, Octavia maybe smart, dramatic, and awesome... but she needs Varia. Varia has her weapons, allow her to survive under water and in dangerous environments, and is just as useless away from Octavia.
> Vinyl Scratch Wily can has not been in an actual fight so far. She is far from useless, but take away her tech and what is she? A pony that can fly through the legal system and has a flying country in the sky somewhere.
> The CMC. Magical talismans and know martial arts. It's too soon to say if they will be as great Chi Wizards as Uncle Chan.
> Shining Armor, does Equestria have ECO?
> I have no ideas on Trixie. I bet her story is good.
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I never said Woona was PWNY related, I said I included EVERY of Tatsurous creations not just the PWNY-verse. Also I never specified who's the strongest and only said 'arguably'. Besides there's too much details to account in order to find out who's the best, but in my opinion it's everyone via friendship
7258194 In that case, that leaves Chrysalis as the weak one.
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Unless Chrysalis sues them for racial indiscrimination!
7260104 With the DeadPool Game remake, she can do that!
We still have yet to know if she has Celestia's throne! And we will never know! We can only hope everybody drowned in the changas.
...then healed from it.
EDIT: Or Rainbow, Rarity, and Twilight can counter sue.
You know I only recently took a look at what Doctor Nefarious looked like. All this time I've been picturing him as a more cybork Doctor Viper.
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As a side note I knida want to see Sonata Dusk in Invader Zom... Her and Gir going on about tacos.
7262647 I'm surprised nobody has made an art piece of that yet.
So, where are the space pirates now? Hopefully, they're not still waiting for Twilight distress call from when she, Ratchet, and Qwark went to look for Clank.