There's a difference between teleportation and Teleportation. That doesn't have any bearing here, I just think it should be a thing.
"Gsssehhhhh," Dan groaned, waking up to the glare of Celestia's fiery space orb hitting him right in the face. He had slept on bug horse girlfriend and pink fluff daughter... wait, daughter? How did that thought get in there? No, pink fluff thing. And apparently, they had woken up before him and replaced themselves with a sack of onions in Chrys' case and a full-sized Fluffle Puff plushie in Fluffle Puff's case. Or, that could have actually been Fluffle Puff- it was almost impossible to know.
The beautiful greenish-blue waves gently lapped on the beach just a few meters away, the sky was picturesque and cloudless and the sand was soft and cool from the morning breeze. And Dan's friends were about to kill each other over the supplies.
"This is all the fault of you bird-brains!"
"US?! We catered to your every whim since we left Ponyville!"
"And half of us got seasick!"
"You know, we could just leave and let all you horses figure it out for yourselves."
"The mainland's too far to fly to. Where exactly are you all gonna go?"
"Away from you. I think that was pretty clear."
"Oh no, don't leave. What would we ever do without a bunch of thieving pirates?"
"You'd probably have less fried chicken jokes."
"Shut up, Chelsea."
Dan groggily walked through the argument, either not paying attention or just completely apathetic, and approached Tuxley and Reginald who were sitting on a pair of chairs made from driftwood drinking tea. They offered him a cup of tea from the emergency tea thermos and he growl-scowl-hissed at them, then they gave him coffee. Dan usually took his coffee like his heart; icy and black with just a pinch of cinnamon.
Phoenix was also there and raised his cup at Dan. Dan returned the greeting and then jerked with his head for the lawyer to join him. You keep your friends close, your enemies closer and your partner-in-crime/best friend right next to you at almost all times. He took a sip of his coffee and approached the argument.
"Alright, SHUT UP! SHUT UP, SHUT UP ALL OF YOU. It's too early for this crap. Maybe in an hour we descend into violence and mutiny, not at breakfast," Dan declared. "Speaking of breakfast, where is head chicken?"
"Heyo!" Gust, Chrys and Twilight emerged from the jungle. Gust was riding Jungle Exploration Fluffle Puff, who was just regular Fluffle Puff in a pith helmet and khaki jungle clothes.
"Thppp thppp thpp thpp-thppp thppp ham thppp-thpp." Despite hours of searching, we have yet to find a new fresh source of ham on the island. We must conserve our ham rations until we find a new renewable source of ham. Am I... is this actually what she's saying? I feel like I'm not translating this properly.
Richard, we talked about this. It doesn't get us anywhere if you question it.
Oh, right. Thanks, Pat.
"Were you able to find any fresh water?"
"Where are we?"
"Why isn't my cell phone getting reception?"
"Please, one at a time," Twilight urged them. "We still have not found anypony else on this island. For the time being, we are alone. We have located a source of water nearby and some Keel Mango trees."
"And a lovely bunch of coconuts," Chrys announced. "Dan, no throwing them at anyone."
"What? Why would I throw them at anyone?" Dan asked, holding a coconut, arm-cocked backward in mid-chuck.
"Dan, you're getting ready to hurl one now," Twilight said.
"I know, I was really asking why. I was hoping you'd give me a reason," he said, dropping the coconut.
Lightning Claw and Vinyl Scratch approached. All three Mini Gears were attached to the alicorn, wires connected to his once-again repaired horn. "I haven't had any luck fixing Knight, Ace or Vol. It's like I said- the Bass Cannon can completely scramble their electronics. And it has."
Vinyl nodded. "They need some serious audio therapy, dudes." She adjusted filly-sized headsets on their little mechanical ears. They appeared to be sleeping, happily purring in hushed binary and the tune from Close Encounters of the Third Kind.
Twilight examined the metal fillies. "This is bad. Without the Mini Gears, we have no access to the internet."
*GASP!* Both griffon and pony alike reacted in sheer horror to the thought that they would be denied. The only three that didn't were Captain America, Chris Redfield and Khan, all of whom could exist without the internet for more than five minutes.
"There's something else," Chrys said. She trotted up to Dan and knelt her head down to whisper. "We did find signs of civilization. This island was colonized by Equestria at some point but abandoned."
"This is a colony? Like, a lost colony?"
Chrys nodded. "Yeah, but this place wasn't settled as a new territory or anything. I don't want to say it too loud, but... it's kinda creepy." She looked around. "This island hasn't been abandoned for very long. And we don't know why but... it's spooky."
"Great. So the island is basically haunted. And there's no way for us to call Ponyville or get off this island, is there?"
"There's still a lot we haven't seen yet," Chrys said. "We were hoping you and Gust could check it out."
Gust flew up to him and unfurled the map. "Yeah Danno, I got this map from a pirate buddy of mine. This whole island was set up as a resort. They were building all sorts of stuff- hotels, casinos, dining, golf courses, the whole smear."
"So we can move off the beach?" Dan asked.
"Not yet," Twilight said. "It's still too dangerous to just wander into somewhere unexplored. It's safer for now to keep everyone together and on the beach. We can set up camp properly here for now and then, once we know the interior is safe, we can move everypony further into the island."
"If it's safe..." Chrys commented. She shivered, her bug wings shaking as she looked around. "I've got a bad feeling about this."
"Probably just something you ate, awesome girlfriend," Dan said, running his hands through her mane just how she likes it. Chrys enjoyed being touched. Really, really enjoyed it. Really. He turned around. "Okay, Nicky, I'm leaving you in charge of everything here, okay?"
Phoenix nodded. "Alright. I'll try to help everyone get along, set up camp and whatnot."
"Good," Dan said, hands on his hips. "Since it might be dangerous out there, I'm going to take Stevie, Redfield, Reginald and Tuxley."
"Ummm, may ask exactly why you feel we'd be of service if it involves... ermm, danger?" Tuxley asked, clutching his briefcase tightly.
Dan grinned. "Stevie and Redfield are for the danger, Tuxxy. You and Reggie will help out discovering this lost colony. You guys are archaeologists, right?
"Well, by profession we are, but don't you feel Miss Daring would be more proficient at this task?" Tux asked. Reginald nodded in excited agreement.
"Great idea. Daring!" The pegasus appeared as Dan called her name. "Daring, need ya to take Rainbow and scout the island from the air. Don't get too close, just use the binoculars and try to warn us if there's any trouble. Relay everything back to Twilight, okay?"
The pegasi looked at each other. "We can do that."
"Excellent. The rest of you, try to set up camp by the time we get back. Gust, lead the way."
"Righto." The group marched off towards the jungle, intent on finding something.
Before they left, Captain America stopped by Twilight. "Twilight, uh, I think you should hold onto this."
"What is it- oh, the communicator." Twilight accepted it in her magical grasp. "Thanks."
Cap nodded. "Just in case you run into any sea ponies." He then drew his shield and went to follow Dan and the others into the jungle.
Twilicorn flies over the cargo cult pygmies?
The Brain, The Brain.
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Smiles, smiles everyone!
Hehehehe, that was funny, and being denied internet? truly a horrible experience! How will they go onto Fimfiction to
read my storiesread all of the shipfics!Good show!
No Internet? Simply barbaric.
Poor Gears.
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Note: Add Dollars riding a Steelix and possibly polar bears at some point.
The fact that Steelix was a trade evolution was such bullshit. I understand the trade mechanic is cool, but all it really means is that it's a pain in the ass to get a Alakazam. And Teleport doesn't even do anything outside of battle any more, so I'm stuck with a Kadabra in Ultra Moon that's going to be all of useless to me. I love Game Freak and the PokeDevs but seriously, they need to think. Not everyone wants to bother with trades and for some people, Teleport and Dig were fun before getting Fly. I mean, the new system beats having to have TWO HM SLAVES but they could have kept Teleport in there. That would have been cool.
Haven't even bothered to see if Softboiled or the other HP splitting moves got the same treatment, probably did. I had a Blissey in Platnuim that made such a nice field medic and tank.
Please forgive my tardiness Great Author, and The One True Dan! I have had quite possibly one of the worst weekends I've had in a long time. Long story short: an escaped kitten + helluva lot of stress worrying about her - waiting up until 5am trying to get her home x interfering neighbour cats = ... Oh buck the math I'm just so relieved she's home ahem, now back to business:
A new chapter means it's ~Sunday~ now lemme see here (dons reading glasses)
Ahh they had to practically ditch the ship, I remember now ... The One True Dan has every right to be annoyed with this outcome! Hehe I would recommend Dan leave the Griffins to their squabbles, it could mean some KFG (Kentucky Fried Griffin) for lunch!
Wow... you know what? I almost forgot Daring was there! But I suppose it would be most uncouth to expect Mr Tuxley and Mr Reginald to resort to fisticuffs in such a manner (mostly because Mr Tuxley is a T-Rex and would be rather disadvantaged) ... if needs must then Redfield would make a good shield! Still not sure about that Khan guy but I suggest Redfield, his awful voice acting will inflict confusion too oh wait, that was Barry from the first RE ... well Redfield was super sucky in his last game so I stand by my statement (also, even though I am an English pedigree proud and true I feel the need to say 'You rule Cap!')!
... Wait a sec, lemme get this straight (holds up claws as points are made) they're
1) ship-wrecked on a failed/abandoned island colony
2) the ship's trashed and many supplies have been lost
3) the place was inhabited by Ponies at one point but now isn't (ominous)
4) Knighty, Ace and and Vol (is that Volcanus?) are offline for the foreseeable
5) there's a distinct chance the island is haunted
6) if not haunted by spooks then I'm betting on actual zombie ponies this time!
Perhaps the worst of all:
7) NO WIFI OR CELL SERVICE?!
Sure it encourages communication (well cellphones do too but anyway) but what about ordering pizza, Chinese or reading the latest chapter of your fav fan fics?! I freely admit I would be lost without my Wifi and phones are just super convenient especially in an emergency! But irregardless I know it will be okay because they have p;
~Safari~Fluffle-puff~
I'd take her over Indiana Jones any day of the week! Hey can I borrow her when the Campaign is done? Pretty please?
Now for my favourite quotes:
(I am just super weary after this weekend so regrettably I leave this empty for now but stay tuned!)
Like always thank you for making my weekend better, I really needed my weekly dose of Dan-sanity more than ever this time! Now I shall eagerly look forward to the next installment!
Until then I shall dream of whatever awesome adventures my Pokémon and I could have while saving Engalos and besting Team Sunder along the way! I think I shall start by seeking the mythical Zeraora next, banzai!
Awesome as always and I'll see you ~next time~
Your Eternal Fan =^_^=
P.S I read your comment and completely agree that Trade Evolutions are a BIG pain in the sit-upon! I'm certain in one of the Mystery Dungeon games there's actually an item called Link Cable that make Pokemon like Kadabra and Steelix evolve, why not have that in every game instead? I know Wifi makes it easier these days but back in the days of actual Link Canle it was one hella annoying time trying to get these mons. Just saying!
But of course. Teleportation refers to the power or technique, while teleportation refers to the action. A common misconception, but easy to correct.