Changing the Formula
Vinyl stared down at the plans laid out for this attempt at conquering the world, and sighed sadly. "So...just going to send them out to pre-prepared bases, have them take control of local robots, and wait around for Mega Man to come hunt them down one by one, get their weapon chips, fight Bass, and then come after us in the fortress we've built specifically for this conflict?" she asked Wily.
Wily blinked, staring down at his daughter in surprise. "Well...yeah. That's the formula we've always worked with. Why would we change that?"
"But this is the sixth time Mega Man's done that!" Vinyl complained. "He's got to be getting bored of it by now!"
"Seventh, actually," Wily corrected. "Remember the Wub Masters?"
Vinyl groaned, putting her face in her hooves. "I try not to...geeze, now that I get the jokes, they're just so icky!" Pushing past that, she smiled. "But I changed things up as far as how Mega Man got to them! Mutilus' flying castle, sneaking to get to Dirty Fighter, fighting the insides of Giganto...Mega Man really seemed to enjoy that! I think he really likes it when we change things up."
Wily stared down at Vinyl. "And...we care what he likes about this...why? We are trying to take over the world here..."
"Not really," Vinyl countered. "If we really wanted to take over the world for robot/human equality, I'd tape a video of me playing with Forte and Protoman, calling them 'Big Brother' and 'Uncle' respectively, ending with telling them how much I love them...then grey-scale the image and voiceover with talking about how they aren't really, because in the world at large they have no rights, and despite having a heart and soul of their own they're treated as nothing but tools." She rolled her eyes. "End that with a clip of them cuddling me and a voiceover asking to make it real, vote for robot rights, and post it online. We'd either have robot rights or total anarchy by the end of the month, and either way we win."
"How does...anarchy mean we win?" Wily asked, confused and curious.
"Duh!" Vinyl countered. "If the world below tears itself apart, we move in and take over, restoring balance and peace." She rolled onto her back, pawing at the air with her hooves. "That's why I haven't posted that video yet. I don't want to make that happen until after we're finished with our rivalry with the Lights. Cause once it's posted, it'll prove once and for all which of you was right."
"And...you really think such a video will work?" Wily asked worriedly.
"Once I figure out which subharmonic frequency to play in the background to embed the message in the minds of anyone listening, but still play normally through standard speakers, yeah," Vinyl countered. "And in the meantime, formula is boring!"
Wily carefully decided to shelve the talk of sound-technology based worldwide mind control for a later date. "Well, how would you change up the formula here?"
"I don't know!" Vinyl complained, throwing her hooves in the air as she sat back up at the table. "Just throw something random at me and we'll see what we can do."
Wily rubbed his chin thoughtfully. "Card games on motorcycles!" he threw out.
"Yeah, that show stopped being interesting to me after Pegasus," Vinyl muttered, laying her head on the table. Her horn suddenly illuminated, creating the image of a light bulb over her head. "Actually..."
Wily frowned. "You aren't really going to make Mega Man 'Duel' the Robot Masters, are you?"
"As fun as it would be coming up with deck styles for each of them, Slash Man would probably eat his cards before Mega Man ever got to him," Vinyl countered. "But I have a different idea...one I need to go talk to Uncle Mikey about!" With that, she grabbed Treble's blueprints and dashed towards Cossack Castle.
"...Uncle Mikey?" Wily asked, confused. "Wait...Mikhail? Since when does she think of him as an Uncle?" After giving this some more thought, Wily shrugged, instead deciding to figure out what Vinyl's plan might possibly be so he could assist. "Now...what did Mikhail make that she'd want to talk to him about? He won't share anything about Skull Man...Vinyl usually works with Kalinka on the joint projects..."
He scratched his head in confusion. "I mean, I know he did Mega Man's upgrades for when he came after me when I 'kidnapped' Dr. Light, but what-" He paused, his eyes widening. "That's what she wants to do? But...it's so absurd!" The more he thought about it, the more he started to laugh. "Now where can I find an auto-mechanic up here?" he proclaimed, looking through the Sky Lagoon directory.
Dr. Light stared down at the report he'd just gotten regarding unusual Robot Master activity. There was no question that this was another 'world takeover' attempt by Wily and Vinyl...but it was just so absurd. He couldn't begin to imagine how - or why - they came up with such a thing.
Finally, knowing he had to, he went to find his robot son. "Mega Man," he spoke up when he found him. "Wily and Vinyl are at it again."
"Next bonfire," Mega Man countered, focused on his game.
"Alright," Dr. Light replied, deciding that this particular event wasn't that time sensitive.
"...seriously?" Mega Man countered even as he played. "No guilt trip insistence that's almost but not quite an order to do it now, still giving me the choice in my personality core instead of triggering my programming core - which you've gotten really good at, by the way - so you don't infringe on the freedom you gave me? Just what are they up to, anyway?"
Dr. Light cleared his throat. "A...motorcycle gang of Robot Masters is racing around the country, vandalizing various landmarks, blowing up pursuing unmanned cop cars, and blasting music too loud. Their leader - a purple armored robot on a wolf shaped motorcycle - has issued a challenge to you, personally."
Mega Man promptly made his character jump off a cliff. "Saving now," he replied as he reappeared at a bonfire. Once it was saved, he turned it off. "I need the scarf Protoman left behind when he kidnapped you, and the shades I used to fight Centaur Man."
Dr. Light shook his head ruefully. "Will do..."
Mega Man grinned widely, shades over his eyes and scarf wrapped around his neck blowing behind him, his hands gripping the Rush Bike's handlebars tightly. Revving the engine, he reared up into a wheelie as he sped off to save the world...in an absurdly awesome manner.
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Is he actually playing Dark Souls?
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Yes. Yes he is.
It's nothing compared to fighting Vinyl at this point. Somehow.
Kamen rider Masters. Brought to you by Wildly entertaining enterprises!
Maybe lead with that first next time. Its a lot more interesting and sounds way more awesome!
And a Yu-gi-oh reference, if I'm not mistaken. I like. If it is Kamen riders, no one kill me, I never watched it.
Why can't I upvote this story more than once?
... and now I wat to see a darksouls themed chapter of some sort... tats did you by darksouls 3 befre you wrote this?
Another enjoyable chapter. Great job.
7166195 I always just thought that reference was a joke until I saw the time-travel movie. I never facepalmed so hard before.
7166195 Yeah, it's Yu-Gi-Oh. Specifically the Abridged Series:
How old is vinal at this point?
7166144 He's done the same thing in real life for a while now. He mst be bored as hell and wants to feel frustrated again.
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Bruv, what? Why Dark Souls? I mean, Bloodborne!
2 things, first, listening to this song provides the the completely wrong atmosphere for this story.
Secondly, when Vinyl was talking about how card duels and motorbikes gave her an idea, I was hoping you would ditch the motorbike part and have a 'Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories' battle style.
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Oh shut up, 5Ds was awesome.
7166289 YHUSS
7166327 NOOH
7166289 If he wanted to feel frustrated again, he should pay a game with really bad game design. Like Sonic '06. It was unplayable
, there was more loading scenes than actual game
, and the plot was just a really bad fanfic
.
Edit: Oh yeah, and the controls were absolute garbage.
7166332 YEASS
Well to be fair...The rider part of this mega-parody has a much heavier emphasis on the actual ride compared to the concept it's parodying.
7166340 While Sonic '06 was broken, to be honest it was entertainingly broken. There was just something amazing about watching the game fall apart around you. If you really want him to suffer, get Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric. No entertainment or worth to be found in that game whatsoever.
7166340 And yet, somehow, despite ALL THAT... Sonic Boom managed to be worse. At least Sonic 06's glitches gave it a funny "so bad, it's good" sort of charm, not to mention the AMAZING soundtrack. Sonic Boom doesn't even have that much...
*Reads Title*... *sigh* Insert obvious joke here.
Well, you could always try working out compromises. After all, if you believe yourself to be in a position of upholding the precepts of a year-old country, would it not be in your best interests to focus further in building a positive reputation with the rest of the world, rather than deciding to take it over on a whim? Just my thoughts.
A question for a question; why is it necessary to take over the world at this point in time?
Firstly, that's not taking over the world. That's framing an issue as a problem to be solved, which is a tactic used by mass media. Secondly, even if it was, what about the isolationist nations that couldn't care less, or the underdeveloped nations that don't even have Internet?
Oh, alright then. So there would be no one questioning the fact that an old man and a tiny equine are attempting to establish control over 196.9 million mi²? The anarchy angle alone goes by the assumption that at least a quarter of the planet is a social justice warrior, and that patience does not exist among the entitlements of sapience.
Eh, I stopped after Limit Over Accel Synchro Summoning, or whatever that was. My dad said he liked the few episodes he saw of Zexal, at least.
First "them?" Second, what's that a reference to? Well, whatever the case may be... well... I hope this is at least interesting. Not "OMG so uniquesies!" but more along the lines of character development, you know? After all, this is Mega Man 7 you're tackling. Mega Man 7 without character development is like Avatar without Katara dealing with the death of her mother... waaiit... Oh well, see you later.
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My brother genuinely liked Sonic '06, but even he can't support Sonic Boom.
And as Mega Man rides off into the sunset, we hear The Night Begins to Shine playing.
"Born to be wiiiiild~!"
Not gonna lie, I thought Mega Man was playing Shovel Knight. Dark Souls makes more sense.
Also, I love how Vinyl can easily take over the world if she actually felt like it. Sure, she's got some minor details to cover, but now it's more obvious that both the Wilys and the Lights are just messing around at this point
7166144 or Demon Souls
This chapter has me asking one question now. WHAT THE HELL DO YOU CALL A 1% ROBOT MASTER BIKER GANG?
7166422 The next bonfire comment is referencing the Dark Souls series as in at least the first to you used bonfires as your checkpoints I'm not sure about the third game.
7166571 Ah, thank you.
7166236 except Ryuki has been accepted as the very worst series in the entire Heisei era of the shows...more or less universally hated by all Toku fans of Japan...
7166354 NOH
7166340 Sonic Boom was just as bad.
7166471 YouTube doesn't like The Song...
Have a cookie...
At least Megaman knows how to have fun with them now. I am beginning to think Vinyls plan fails and that is why the future was still wasteland like Octavia's story.
Well. At least it's fun.
7166688 yes and her backup plan just happened to be Octavia
........oooooook............
At some point Vinyl should make Robot Ponies either that or a Robot Chicken.
...Did I see a Pinkie and the Brain reference in there?
7166611 So was Sonic colours.
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As far as bad games go, Sonic '06 was like watching "The Room": Enjoyably bad for some, unbearably painful for others. But as awful as Boom was (how do you make the music in a SONIC GAME boring?!), I've honestly played worse.
For something completely random: on long stretches of highway, have a Road Runner and Coyote blast past Bass and Mega Man while they're going full speed and they keep finding remains of failed traps and Coyote shaped holes lying around as well as crates from ACME and try to figure out what was going on before they got there. I'm sure Vinyl would be amused.
Very nice chapter, though I'm a bit worried the biker gang will ruin Arches National Park while trying to do Sonic style loops on the rock formations.
I can see Mega Man and Bass racing through the Grand Canyon easily and maybe making Star Wars references since they're in a giant trench.
Hmm. I think I'm going to enjoy this setup. Looking forward to more.
Keep up the good work. Deus tecum.
At this rate Mega Man is going to fight like in Yu-Gi-Oh 5D... "Card games in motorcyles" really?
We for one welcome our new pony Overlord
I could not stop thinking about that....
Who is the purple armored robot on Treble in his bike mode?
nice darksouls refrence and the ending of the chapter was just priceless
7167743 Do you really need an answer to that, or is it rhetorical?
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I really don't know who it is. Is it Bass?