//------------------------------// // Facing Clockwork Orange // Story: Aye-Aye's Bizarre Adventure: Part 3: Summer Boogaloo // by zackepic22 //------------------------------// "Ah tip mah hat ta ya, govna~" The odd AU version of AJ laughed, grinning as she approached Hoity Toity, her alternate stand, Clockwork Orange, having awakened, right in the middle of Manehattan. She was wearing an odd bowler hat, combined with what someone in england would consider a hoodlum outfit. "It ain't everyone who kin draw me out, but, ya somethin' special alright~" Clockwork Orange floated right near the alternate AJ...it was odd, in that's entire torso, was basically a giant watch, with the legs, neck, and tail attached. It had no mouth, its eyes were blue, with strange horizontal stripes. It was a strange, golden color. Its gender was unidentifiable... "So, Mistah Toity, before I go 'head an' knock ya blocks off, please, tell me...How did this city become so gravitay based?" "..." The stallion sighed. "Stands are so much more complicated than you know...You put willpower in a single source, and, its almost like it has a mind of its own." ClockworkJack snickered. "Yeah, thats what willpowah does, ya bloodeh twat. Hope ya ain' been slackin' off on ya self defence~" "...Miss Applejack, would you please-? !" He yelped a bit, as he felt a pain in one of his back legs...the upperback of his left hind leg to be specific. "Come 'gain? ...Ahhhhhh, Ah git it now." She grinned. "Were ya hopin' ta find tha source o' 'Tha World'? Gotta say, I don' even recall how mah fine 'quaintance, tha dear Pinkay Pie, managed to screw up her job so bad, that Ah o' all people was actually brought here. ...Unless-" She grinned. "The Author gettin' desperate? Or, is he merely stallin' for time~?" "..." Hoity growled a bit, merely standing straight now. "I do enjoy it when people come here, but, thanks to various events, I don't know quite what to do now." "Well-" She chuckles. "I kin definitely do some...Interestin' things wit' time~" Suddenly, Clockwork Orange started...to put pressure on the time in that specific area, in a five meter radius. "DOOOOO YAAAA GIIIIITTTTTTT IIIIITTTTTTTTT NOOOOWWWWWWWWWWW~?" She asked, voice sounding deep, before the effect stopped. "Now...What ta do wit' ya'll? ...AH KNOW~!" She grinned, as a piece of energy started to form around Clockwork Orange's front left hoof, glowing iridescently...Before it tossed the ball right at Hoity's legs. "!" He gasped. "Y-you- How did you-?" "Shove it...jus' summon ya goshdang stand already." "..." He narrowed his eyes. "Very well..." Concentrating his will energies, via his mind, Putting on the Ritz appeared above him, coming out through his back. It was an odd one...For one, it seemed to be mostly made of clothes, supposedly, at least appearance-wise. Top hat, arrow collar, high class pinstripe, odd yellow-rimmed steampunk goggles with orange lenses, and, of course, a cane with a diamond on top...Usually stands didn't have canes. "...Hmmmmmm. Very unusual...A pony stand with that kinda appearance? Why, Mista Toity...Ya really do know how ta be fashionable, even in a situation like this~" He narrowed his eyes a bit. "I know the move you'll try this time...You can't beat me that way this fight..." "HA! We'll see~" She had her stand prepare the same move, and- "...A space stand," She realized, humming a bit. "Or a graviteh one...considerin' how many people git drawn ta ya stand's pressure, ah'm surprised ya'll aren't completely magnetized." He just grinned a bit. "Its mostly toward...other pressure stands~" "...Ah'll be. Course, its more of a time pressure stand...Or somethin'." She grumbled a bit. "Clockwork? Undo the bubble. ...Clockwork, don't ya'll dare play du-" She grunted, as she suddenly got kicked right in one of the legs, then- "Do it," Hoity commanded. PotR pointed the tip of its cane right at Clockwork Orange, and proceeded to fire a gravity ball at one of its arrows. "!" CO started to resist a bit, but, all of a sudden, it went limp. "...My own stand startin' ta turn independant," CW!AJ muttered. "How even...?" "I'd suggest Kaeru type stand magic might be afoot...", Hoity murmured. "That, or something else is going on." "...How's ya AJ doin'?" She asked, actually sounding concerned. He just sighed. "Racist Barn..." "...That bad?" "Maybe...?" "...Hmmmm. Honestly, I'd o' thunk Puttin' on tha Ritz woulda been one o' those shiny ass metallic lookin' stands, but- Huh. Well...Toity. How's 'bout we uncovah tha secrets o' those...well, tin can people? Tha knights, not tha daleks." He just grinned. "Not without Reading Rainbow, I think~" She sighed. "Fine...Ya'll better be able ta stabilize Clockwork Orange, if needed." "Shouldn't be too hard. ...Your stand would probably git bored on its own, you know." "...Ah'm not too sure 'bout that, but- Then 'gain, probably woulda figured a way ta become Tha World wit' this pow- ...Really? Thats the direction we're go-?" "Possibly...Do you even realize its power at times?" "...Ya right. Fine, then. Now...How in Tartarus did ya even git 'ere so fast?" He grinned. "I walked, with a little extra pep in my step~" "...A hop, skip, and a jump?", she asked. "But, only Pinkie kin-" "You'd be surprised..." He snickered a bit. "..Rrrgghh, fine! Lets do it..." "Hmmm...As long as you keep Clockwork Orange out." She grumbled, rolling her eyes. "Fine. ...Shit, now yer makin' me wond-" "Cockn-" "Its Trotneigh, ya bloodeh- Ah mean...fair nuff." She rolled her eyes, using hamon pressure in her hooves to force Clockwork Orange to cease the pressure bubble on Hoity's legs. ...It only took an hour to reach Ponyville, between their two stands.