As the trio arrived on Planet Hoven, Twilight shivered slightly from the cold. "You okay, Twi?" Ratchet asked in concern.
"I'm alright," she said. "Just wasn't expecting it to be so cold."
"...on an ice planet," Ratchet drolled.
"Shut up!" Twilight whined.
"Look!" Clank interrupted, pointing. "That must be the ship that will transport the bomb."
"Then we'll just have to take it down before it launches," Ratchet explained.
"How?" Twilight asked. "The RYNO's the only weapon we've got that could do enough damage, including my magic, and it doesn't have the range!"
"We should ascend to the dock and attempt to prevent the launch," Clank suggested.
"Alright, that's a plan," Ratchet agreed.
As they continued down the path, several small, yeti-like creatures leapt out of the snow to attack them, though they were dealt with easily. Clank, however, paused at each corpse that was slain with blunt force instead of weapons fire, stripping off the undamaged sections of thick fur and storing it in his chest compartment via miniaturization.
"What are you doing?" Ratchet asked.
"This fur appears to protect these creatures from the intense cold," Clank pointed out. "While you do not suffer from it, Ratchet, it was my thought to use this fur to make Twilight a thick coat to keep her warm."
As Twilight beamed happily, Ratchet nodded. "A good thought, but I don't think we'll be here long enough for you to make the coat."
"Still, this may not be the only time we visit an especially cold environment," Clank pointed out. "I shall continue to collect the fur."
"Thank you, Clank," Twilight said happily, giving him a kiss on the cheek.
His eyes promptly shot open as his antenna sparked. "I appear to be suffering a higher brain malfunction," Clank pointed out.
Ratchet laughed. "Nice one, Twilight. You got him blushing!"
Twilight blushed at that. "Let's...let's just keep going, okay?"
Chuckling, Ratchet nodded, leading the way.
Other than some Blarg armed with blasters that had been modified to have stronger shots in exchange for a slower firing rate and less ammo, the small yeti-like creatures were the only enemy obstacle the trio encountered for quite some time as they explored the planet, trying to reach where the bomb ship was docked. The environmental hazards proved a bit more difficult. Super chilled rivers could freeze them at a single touch, as Twilight discovered when she threw a Blarg into it. Ice on the ground also proved problematic for Twilight, as her hooves got no friction, sending her careening about on the ice and hoping flaring her wings could steer her. Eventually, she settled that issue by pulling her hover board out for the ice segments.
Most other obstacles - like wall jump segments - were dealt with in much the same way as they had been previously. The large propensity of Swingshot targets helped Twilight maneuver, especially when she realized she could curve her swingshot mid flight with her magic, and use it to rappel up walls once it latched onto a Swingshot target.
Part way along the path, the group encountered a split in the path. "I think we should go up the lift platform," Ratchet pointed out. "We need to get up to the dock, after all."
"This other pathway seems more heavily guarded, though," Twilight pointed out.
"As we are on a time crunch," Clank offered, "perhaps we should take both paths, each of us taking the path we think will lead to the goal."
"Sound idea," Ratchet admitted reluctantly.
"Don't worry, Daddy," Twilight reassured him. "I'll be fine. Between my hover board and my RYNO, I'm pretty sure there's nothing here I can't handle."
Ratchet sighed in defeat. "Just be careful, okay?" he relented.
"I will, Daddy!" Twilight promised, kissing him on the cheek.
Smiling, Ratchet ruffled her mane, then turned to hop onto the hover lift, Clank onto his back.
As Twilight first started leaping over platforms, the first new enemy obstacle she encountered was smaller, faster versions of the spiked, explosive mines from Planet Umbris. These proved even easier for Twilight to grab in her magic, and she soon had a full swarm spinning in a protective sphere around her as she progressed. After all, she promised Ratchet she'd be careful.
A few launched at high speeds proved especially effective against attack copters and other enemies that attempted to hinder her progress. When she reached another jump slot, she paused. "Hmm...without someone to pull me up at the top, changing my gravimetric alignment could be dangerous. If only I had an elevator...oh!" Smiling, she conjured a magic step braced within the jump slot. Hopping on, she triggered the step to slide up the slot to the top, using the bracing of the step to the slot for movement - letting the magic roll its way up like a conveyor belt - instead of using levitation. "Why didn't I think of this before?" Twilight squealed happily at how effective it was.
Before long, Twilight's ascent brought her to where the ship was getting ready for takeoff. "Guess I was right about which way to go," she mumbled under her breath, rushing forward to ascend. Unfortunately, by the time she got to the ship, it had already initiated takeoff procedure and was out of her range to board.
Muttering curses she'd learned from other Gadgetron techs, she glanced around for some way of assaulting the ship. Spying an old defense turret, she rushed to it. Hopping on, she began shooting at the ship's vulnerable points, seeking to make it either crash or drop the bomb before it was armed. Attack copters attempted to stop her from reaching it and from shooting the ship down, but she set her RYNO to auto target them while she focused on the main ship. Before long, the ship was down, crashing into the icy waters below.
"Nice shooting, Twilight!" Ratchet called as he and Clank finally caught up to her.
Twilight smiled as she hopped off the turret. "Thanks, Daddy!" she said happily.
At that point, an infobot stepped out of hiding from behind the turret, playing its message regarding the Blarg assault force being massed on their moon base.
"Hope you got that coat ready, Clank," Twilight muttered. "I'll probably need it if I'm going to be space walking."
"Or you could modify some of your equipment into an armor unit that maintains body temperature in any environment," Ratchet suggested.
Twilight's eyes widened. "Actually, I think I can make something like that from this old turret!" Turning, she channeled her magic through her pilot's helmet, tearing the turret apart. Before long, a dark purple peytral and shoes adorned her form. "There!" she said happily. "These generate an energy field between them and my pilot's helm when the O2 mask is active. It will protect me completely from environmental effects!"
Ratchet grinned. "Nice, Twilight! And you're looking rather awesome, too!"
As Twilight smiled with pleasure, Clank couldn't help but be concerned. Something about the design of Twilight's armor filled him with inexplicable fear.
DUN! DUN DUN!
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....So Dead Space?
But why would it—
—Oh. That's some seriously foreboding potential foreshadowing...
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No.
Nightmare Armor.
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So is this a rachet and clank cross oever?
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Yup.
5745557 Ah. Okay.
's' should be 'd' in 'explores'.
Is this foreshadowing Grelbin in the next game?
5745546 Nightmare Moon, probably. Which will be badass and adorable.
5745719 It probably would.
5745557 And now the image of filly Twilight wearing that is clear in my head. And it is adorable
FINALLY!!! A Ratchet and Clank Crossover, WITH RATCHET ACTUALLY IN IT!!! ALL OF MY YIS!!!!!!!!!!!
(Going from CoverArt, and Clank chapters. Haven't actually read a word, so correct me if I'm wrong.)
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You are not wrong.
5746395 Yes, I see that. Also, I sense Dead Dusk in the not-too-distant future...
STRIP THE FLESH!!! SALT THE WOUNDS!!! AH HAH, AH HA HA HA HAH!!!!!!!!!!!
Well Twilight Sparkle already went dark in this fic, if she went darker...
5746552 Arg....WHY THAT PSYCHO?!
5746922 Dude, I have this Maliwan Explosive Shotgun. One hit blows off their torso around the word 'Flesh'. They can never finish their sentences. Plus, Psycho's fucking ROCK.
5746958 True....
5747249 YA RLY.
Oh my.
I was thinking Darth Vader like armor.
But this in itself is even more scary.
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Nah, Twilight Sparkle trained by Samus Aran and having her as her "Mommy", that would be scary as hell.
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Ah, yes that would be very scary. As well as cool.
Just, imagine her fighting Ripley. Just wow.
stripping off the undamaged seconds of thick fur
1. Sections.
I'm surprised. Surprised that Twilight didn't get slightly stuck to Clank's face when she gave him a kiss. I know it's more for tongues but hey, would be funny.
Foreshadowing, I sense.
Of future Nightmare Sparkle, I assume.
If the case, it proves to be...
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God damn auto correct!
You know, it occurs to me that now that little miss child engineering prodigy has access to articles of both Blargh-tech footwear designs, Twilight could now easily examine them both, reverse engineer them, and design an improved two-in-one Magnegrindboot set for her own use. Oh, and to give Gadgetron a marketing advantage.
In fact, I did a little fanart depicting Twilight wearing a set of Magnegrindboots that can be found here:
http://reiko-foxx.deviantart.com/art/Twilight-Sparkle-Magnegrind-Boots-520743414?ga_submit_new=10%253A1426580765
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I'm also planning on doing various "Armored Twilight" looks eventually. May take a while though...
Oddly, for all the use Ratchet gets out of both sets of boots, I'm surprised we don't see more of his allies and adversaries using them as well. Maybe the Blargh Technical Institute went out of business when Chairman Drek's plan fell through?
I am feeling im missing a reference here or am i imagining things?
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Will be including that in the story at some point soon.
And will love any more artwork you make!
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The armor is the design of Nightmare Twilight armor.
5748896 ahhh ok. Now i see. Thank you
OH NO.
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That's why I said the new seasons ruined everything O_-
5748279 one of the ratchet and clank games was made in a death match arena were Ratchet wore a type of armor so forshadoing?
Why am I getting a foreboding "Nightmare Twilight" feeling?
uh.. Is propensity the proper word to use here?
That would be be "rappel". Not repel
5748896 out of curiosity are you going up through frontal assault or are we getting epilogues soon?
When Twilight kissed Clank, I thought her lips would get stuck. Like the pole scene from "A Christmas Story."
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I don't know if you got the answer you wanted yet or not, but Tatsurou has plans to do all of the R&C games before returning to Equestria. Because of that, this is the single largest of his Displaced Adoption fics; the only one that I know of that might end up being longer is Three More Things!
Ratchet she is 6 give her a break.
This reminds me of Sombra's armour.
Twiank.... I'd ship it.
8644148 it's more likely based on Nightmare Moon's armor after all she already made the helm
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Got it in one.
The helmet, peytral and hoofshoes she's made so far are highly reminiscent in design of Nightmare Moon's armor. Ratchet and Clank don't realize this, and neither does Twi, since they've never seen or heard of her or remember her anymore, but the connection is there. But if you want to know why reading that part–where the subtles references to the armor resembling Nightmare Moon's come up–actually makes me feel bad for this Twilight...
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Look at your avatar image. Behold there the Darkness of a true Nightmare, and pray that a Sparkle remains within.
Considering you've probably finished the second part of the story by now, this may be pointless to post, but I couldn't bring myself to not type it anyway. It deserved to be posted.
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Or it's like Darth Vader's costume.
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Or perhaps it would bring to mind a 40k Space Marine