When Ratchet, Clank, and Twilight disembarked from Aphelion on the swampy jungle planet of Sargasso, they almost immediately caught sight of Blue Shift. "Are you following us or something?" Twilight joked.
Blue Shift shrugged. "I pay my debts, little lady," he replied softly. "I also just so happened to have business here. By the way, you'll need this decryptor here to power up these launch pads so ya can get around the planet easier." He held up a curious interface gadget, resembling a tesla coil surrounded by blue glass and strapped to a gun handle with a view screen. "Take it with my compliments." He handed it over to Twilight.
Smiling, Twilight handed over a few Leviathan souls. "Here. The price of those ought to cover your expenses at least."
"Now ya don't need to do that-"
"Being here with what we need when we need it is enough," Ratchet interrupted. "No need to bankrupt yourself in the process."
Blue Shift shook his head back and forth. "And now you know why I was never able ta pay yer father back for everything he did for me. You sound just like him."
Ratchet paused, glancing around. "Can...can you tell me anything about him?" he asked hopefully. "I...I never got a chance to know him."
Blue Shift glanced away, his eye misting as he thought to himself. After a time, he smiled. "Well, I can't really tell ya much about him beyond what ya know so far - we weren't that close - but I think I can give ya something that can give ya the answers someday." He turned to Clank. "X-327p, Y-77252p, Z-minus 37749p, 21274-11-25.13:47.54-321. Remember that. I think it'll come in handy someday...if you're at all your father's son."
"My father?" Clank asked, confused. His confusion was echoed in Ratchet and Twilight's expressions.
Blue Shift chuckled. "His fellows have already been guiding you, little bot," he replied. "Only one race could build that Geo Laser you've got there. But don't press me further. There's a reason that Plumber told me I'd know when to share this and say no more."
"The Plumber?" Twilight gasped out.
"So ya know him, too?" Blue Shift asked. "Met him a couple decades back, not long after..." Blue Shift looked away, his fists clenching. "At any rate, have fun here you three, but be careful."
"AWK! No more spoilers!" Red Shift squawked.
Accepting that directive from the bird, the trio moved on.
The Decryptor proved to be just like any of the other lock picking gadgets they had acquired over the course of their adventures, easy enough to learn to use yet difficult to master. Activating the launch pads for the Wing Pack proved to be less than challenging, though.
Once they were in the air, the Zoni once again appeared before them, guiding them along a path through the air. Since Clank was the only one who could see them clearly, he led the way, carrying Ratchet. Twilight trailed after him, following the glowing rings in the air that were clearer to her vision than the Zoni themselves were.
For some reason, the Zoni chose to guide them in a roundabout path over a good portion of the planet's surface before leading them to the cave path to the facility itself. The facility itself appeared to be another Gelatonium plant, requiring the Gelanator to progress. Once through, the trio continued along a more roundabout path.
The facility proved to just be the first in a long sequence that the trio had to get through. In one, however, Twilight noticed an unusual glow from a high platform. Spreading her wings, she flew up to investigate, only to find a Lombax weapon. Picking it up, she received a transmission from Aphelion.
"I see you've found an Alpha Disruptor," Aphelion explained. "This nano-weapon was one of the first designed by Father and his fellow scientists at the Center for Advanced Lombax Research, where the Dimensionator was made. It utilizes a controlled gravimetric charge to unleash a reality warping beam with intense destructive capacity. It was built for the war against the Cragmites, but was discarded once the Dimensionator was perfected. Not many still remain to this day-"
With a glow of her duplication spell, Twilight crafted three copies of the Alpha Disruptor. "One for me, one for Ratchet, one for Qwark, and one for me to take apart and study," she stated happily.
Aphelion was silent for a time. "It's a good thing you're a pure scientist, uninterested in profit," she stated at last. "The Galactic Economy couldn't handle you, otherwise."
Giggling, Twilight returned to Ratchet, arming him as they continued onward. Coming across a Grummel-net vendor not long after, they immediately fully upgraded the Alpha Disruptors for maximum destructive capacity.
After a long trek, the trio finally reached the actual facility they were heading for. Ratchet rushed ahead. "Come on, it's this way!" he called out.
Rushing up to a sealed portion of the facility, all three were shocked as the doors swung open to reveal The Plumber. "Oh it's you three! Almost didn't recognize you after all these years." Chuckling as he adjusted his glasses - which were new - he gestured to what looked like a giant toilet behind him. "You're all just in time. I'm about to try out my revolutionary, high speed, interplanetary transportation gizmo!" Seeing the trio's expressions, he chuckled. "I take it you were expecting something else? Say...something capable of vaporizing an entire planet of whatchamacallits?"
"Cragmites," Ratchet corrected.
"Well I hate to burst your bubble, but it doesn't exist," the Plumber replied with a shrug.
"That's because the Dimensionator doesn't vaporize things," Ratchet replied, causing Clank and Twilight to spin and face him in shock. "It's an interdimensional transportation device. The Lombaxes...my father didn't use it to vaporize the Cragmites. He used it to take the Cragmites, their armada, and their planet...and push it into another dimension that had no other forms of life."
The Plumber burst into a true belly laugh. "Well now, my boy...you're a lot smarter than I gave ya credit for. Yer right, that's exactly what the Dimensionator is, and what it's for. Scientist Lombaxes like yer old man abhorred the very idea of killing anything. So they built a weapon that won the battle without killing."
"And that's why the Lombaxes are all gone now!" Twilight gasped. "Tachyon didn't exterminate them! They used the Dimensionator to take themselves beyond his reach!"
The Plumber chuckled to himself. "You three are something else." Reaching into his device, he pulled out a golden three and three quarters cubit hexagonal washer. "This might come in handy for you someday soon." He tossed it to Clank.
"Does the Dimensionator work based on thought commands?" Ratchet asked.
"Nope!" the Plumber replied. "Voice. That's what makes it so dangerous. With enough power, it can find anything you tell it to." Shrugging his shoulders, he leapt into his transportation device, flushing himself away.
At that point, Clank's communicator buzzed. "Dad, Mom, Sis, is everything I just heard true?" Qwark demanded. "Can the Dimensionator really find anything you tell it to?"
"That's what it sounds like," Twilight replied. "But from the sound of it, even using it could threaten the very fabric of the universe...and overusing it could destroy the universe."
"Punch too many holes in a blanket and it can't keep you warm," Qwark replied. "But for now, I need you three at the arena. I think I've found another C-L-E-U-W..." He began counting on his fingers. "Four?"
"C-L-U-E," Twilight corrected absently as she and Clank turned to head back to the ship.
Ratchet, however, found himself lost in thought, staring at Twilight. "...anything I tell it to find..." he murmured thoughtfully, remembering an old promise.
A little foreshadowing for what ratchet is going to do.
otherwise great chapter.
He's going to use it to find Equestria... A good father always keeps his promises.
Loved the update!
Hello, Dues Ex Machina 2.0.
Well, now we have Twilight's way back. Nobody else is certain yet. And how did Spike get back? Was it established that he and SPOILERS made their way across the universe, or what?
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The spirit thingies that where his mothers people gave him the coordinates of where to find his home. It was early in the first chapter.
6622622 *snaps fingers*
Right. The Chozo Ghosts. So, it was established that Spike was in the same universe... What about the space travelers? I mean, the GCF or whatever has mapped just about every corner of space, right? So, how could the other characters be in that universe?
Hmm...
6622528 they arrived in the Gunship.
6622633 Equestria is in an uncharted sector of space. It was stated in the same chapter that mentioned the Chozo Spirits giving the Coordinates to the two.
6622636 *stares blankly*
Yeah. Thanks. Like that wasn't the most obvious thing.
I was asking if they were in the same universe. If not, how did they traverse The Void?
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Hot fuck on a stick you're dense.
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With the exception of "Melody of the Future" and "Wily's Wittle Wub" - which share a universe - every single one of these stories is a separate universe. This Twilight is not the same Twilight that welcomed Spike and Samus into the Crystal Castle, or the same Twilight that accidentally sent Fluttershy to Fort Bumfuk.
6622672 Ah... Well, is there an original universe, or is the threat they face so evil it's interdimensional?
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Stop asking questions about "My Little PWNY". I'm not giving out spoilers for that one.
6622681 ...What the hell is that? Some kind of awful meme?
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The eventual planned 'crossover of crossovers' that will bring all these AD stories together. That's what it will be titled.
6622633 The other characters AREN'T in that universe. Tatsurou has said that, unless otherwise stated, every pony is from a different Equestria. The Twilight here isn't the one in Spike's story. Thus far, I believe only Vinyl and Octavia are from the same Equestria as each other, and they ended up in the same world as well, just at different times.
6622706 Oh! Okay. Sorry.
6622715 Yeah, well.
Not everybody reads blog posts (or whatever the hell he posted it in) religiously.
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I'm not sure if his fans started it, or if Tatsurou gave it that name, but My Little PWNY, or the PWNY-verse, is basically what we all call these stories Tatsurou makes involving displaced and de-aged ponies.Nevermind, I was a little late on the reply.
This sounds like a fun toy!!!!
DAAAAWWWW, what a nice dad. Even though he'd hate to lose her, he'd still take Twilight to Equestria. But I can see them going there, Twilight spending a month learning all the magic she can, then going out for the next game. it would be amusing to see Twilight grabbing examples of fashion, baking, and plants from around the galaxy to bring back to her friends on Equestria, not to mention gems for Spike, records of weather phenomena for Rainbow, and maybe some cute harmless critters for Fluttershy.
Heavens help the galaxy when Lombax tech Twilight, Rainbow Dash Stark, Team Fortress Fluttershy's Daddy Engie, Spike Aran, Vinyl Wily, and Octavia Light start sharing tech.
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Correction the PWNY-verse is the combined universes/dimensions of all of the de-aged ponies sent to game universes, simply put the PWNY-verse does not including the incidents with Rarity, Rainbow Dash, and Cadence.
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Not just game universes.
6622517 Single use Deus ex Machina. There's one piece that always breaks at the most inopportune time. That damned washer is the reason for at least 25% of the padding in the coming games plot wise.
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My apologies, I assumed the non-game crossovers were a separated set as none of them so far mention the "My Little PWNY" keys found by some of the other characters.
I got one question for ya. Will ratchet use the dimensionator to help twilight get back to Equestria?
he lead the way
1. Led.
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And the fact that it was described as 'interdimensional'. Talwyn was already putting it together. It's why she said, "There's more to this than we think".
What? The story is ending already?
You haven't even gotten to the four player co op game!
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No, story's not ending.
6623152 Whew...
6623152 Well that's good.
6622890 To be fair, the name on its own is the equivalent of a slap in the face in regards to what the thing does. Anyone who first played Tools of Destruction probably had a damned good guess at its function once they saw that video.
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Canonically, he hadn't been a Father to a supergenius tech wizard and constantly bombarded with high tech terms for nearly a decade and a half. He's smarter than canon here.
Another enjoyable chapter. Good job.
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He's been raising Twilight, and as such has had to step his game up.
And I'm finally caught up!
Though I am admittedly a wee bit uncomfortable about it since I was never able to play the Future games myself (never even got a PS3 to play them on).
Awesome update! I should have guessed by the name for what the Dimensionator is for. A super-displacement device not a weapon of destruction, quite similar to the lost of Gallifrey.
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At least the version where they didn't use the Moment.
6623543 Yeah the Moment was a super advanced superweapon that is gained its own sentience and personality. Which the Moment itself used its powers to stop from being used, and the Final Sanction.
...finding twillights home...am i right?
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Sorry but in the doctor who univers in the day of the doctor. The moment used the doctors to find a more peaceful solution, add in the fact that the moment could see time like a tardis (or the tardis iether way you look at it) and riped a hole in space and time to creat and maintain a paradox that otherwise would never have happend. Doesn't time travel seam fun. Maybe you might make one of your verry good story's I might add have time Turner and ditzy doo with your favorite doctor.
And thus, Ratchet has found a way to get Twilight home. Looking forward to more.
Keep up the good work. Deus tecum.
Awesome update dude! Quick question, do all of the misplaced stories take place in alternate equestrias? say the twilight from technological technicolor technomare isn't the same twilight from this story? Is that why they all kill terek when they get home?
We would like more chapters to read ravenously
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I do believe that Tatsurou mentioned that each Displaced Adoption is an alternate universe, both for Equestria and the universe that the pony is sent to.
The only exceptions- so far, that is -to this rule are Octavia and Vinyl Scratch, as they are from the same Equestria. Just displaced to different times.
If Tatsurou ever does one for Lyra Heartstrings and Bon Bon, I give it 3:1 odds that Tatsurou will do the same thing.
I would anyway, as those are as much of a matched pair as Octavia and Vinyl.
Oh Tat, just a little off topic, but are you going to use either Tak or Rayman at all?
Even though those are heavily magic-influenced worlds, I still think they'd be cool to work with.
*no other forms of life*
Won't that end killing them due to lack of sustenance?
Let us proceed to Puzzle 9001.
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That's what I was referring to.
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Unless they can eat rocks. Pretty sure they can.
What I have to wonder is if Qwark himself had something he wanted to search for.