Training Days
Jak and Shining stared around at the island of Geyser Rock. When they'd gotten back from their camping trip, Samos had given them each a backpack of supplies, a book of plants, and a water canteen, and then hurled them through the transporter to the small island, stating that he'd open the gate for them again in a month, and he'd consider their training complete if they were still alive.
Jak glanced over at Shining. "So...what are we supposed to do now?"
"He said it's training," Shining pointed out. "I'd guess we're supposed to train."
"Any ideas on how to do that?"
Shining scratched his head. "Well...I suppose we could practice hitting things...or kicking things...and jumping..."
"So basic fitness stuff?" Jak asked, starting to stretch. "I guess. But if we're stuck here for a month, you're doing the cooking."
"Why me?"
"Because my taste buds have gone dead from tasting Keira's cooking," Jak pointed out.
Rolling his eyes, Shining chuckled. "Alright, fine. I'll cook. For now, let's get a camp set up or something."
It took them a few hours to set up camp, and by then the sun was starting to set. As such, Shining got started on cooking dinner from their supplies while Jak gathered some wood for the fire. When Jak got back, Shining had something unpleasant to report. "I've...taken a look at our supplies. Even stretching them as much as possible...we've got a week's worth, maybe."
Jak shrugged. "Then we'll just figure out how to live off the land for the rest of the time," he replied. "Shouldn't be too hard."
"As Daxter isn't here, I'll say it," Shining grunted. "Famous last words."
"Ha, frakkin, ha," Jak sniped back.
The following morning, Jak and Shining made an unpleasant discovery. While they'd both been sleeping, wild creatures had gotten into their packs and stolen all their food.
"Well...here's hoping 'living off the land' works better than I thought," Shining muttered once they'd both run through their surprisingly varied knowledge of curses.
"So...how do we do that?" Jak asked.
The pair stared at each other, neither having actually harvested food before. "Well..." Shining began. "I've...seen some of the people in town picking berries..." he allowed nervously.
"I...watched some of the adults fishing," Jak added.
They continued to stare at each other, swallowing nervously. "Didn't..." Shining began. "Didn't Samos say our training would be complete...if we were still alive at the end of the month?"
The pair had worked hard over the next few days, struggling just to survive and to learn how to gather food that was good to eat. The book of plants that was still intact proved invaluable to Shining, as he was able to find those that were edible amongst those that were hallucinogenic, poisonous, or both. Jak's attempts at fishing were much less stellar as he failed to catch fish with line or spear. Line failed as he lacked the materials needed to make a hook and bait, and spear as he couldn't seem to strike the fish correctly.
Watching him fishing, Shining quickly noticed what was wrong. "Jak!" he called out. "The water's distorting your view!"
"Eh?" Jak called back.
"Hold the tip of the spear under the water!"
Blinking, Jak did as instructed, smiling as he saw his problem. "Thanks!"
Not long after, Shining was struggling to get some fruit down from a tall tree, but he wasn't able to hold a stick long enough to knock it down, and when he'd tried with his magic or double jumping, the fruit squashed and became inedible.
Coming back from the water with a few fish on his spear, Jak watched Shining's attempts for a time, staring at how the fruit in question swayed on the branches. "Try kicking the tree!" he called out.
Confused, Shining turned his back to the tree and kicked the base of the trunk with both hind hooves. The whole tree shook, and the ripest fruit fell from the branches. Shining was able to catch it with his magic before it hit the ground. "Thanks!" he called to Jak, working to gather more. Between the two of them, they carefully gathered what they needed to make a scant if balanced meal, preserving what they could for future days.
That night, they took turns on watch, keeping wild creatures away from their supplies.
The two of them were able to survive well on the island, though it was a struggle. Both were much leaner and fitter as the month came to an end, and had learned to fight by driving creatures away from their supplies each night during their shifts. Each had learned any number of ways to use their bodies as weapons, and Shining had become more adept at throwing his shields about to both protect them and for use as weapons. Surprisingly enough, both had actually come to enjoy the training.
However, the end of the month was heralded by the reopening of the portal, and so they both returned through to Sandover Village.
Samos looked them both over as they returned. "Well, looks like you two handled yourselves," he admitted gruffly.
"I'll say!" Daxter agreed. "You two look real tough now!"
"The training definitely agreed with you," Keira said, stepping up towards Jak. "You look quite...heroic." She fluttered her eyelashes a bit.
Jak swallowed a bit convulsively, stepping back from her. Keira had 'blossomed' a little early, and in the month they'd been gone, her choice of fashion had taken a turn towards the practical...which in the climate of Sandover Village, translated to 'minimalist'. While her white/lavender midriff shirt and pink-and-purple cut off pants were technically decent in terms of modesty, they were also a lot more tight fitting and showed a lot more skin than Jak was used to...and a month with only his equine brother for company had made Jak a lot more aware of his growing interest in the opposite sex. So being confronted by his childhood friend with the obvious crush on him who had suddenly transformed into a hottie the moment he got back was probably the most awkward moment in his life...especially as her father was staring at the both of them.
Shining and Daxter couldn't help but snicker.
Samos rolled his eyes. "Tell you what boys, I think you've both earned a vacation. You two and Daxter can take some time to go anywhere you like...except Misty Island." He shook his finger in their faces. "Remember! Anywhere...but Misty Island."
Nodding, the trio of friends stepped out of the hut. "So...where should we go?" Shining asked.
Daxter chuckled. "You have to ask?"
Jak grinned widely. "Misty Island, here we come."
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This is going to sound real stupid considering that I've been a fan of these games since they first came out, but I just realized something.
Samos used reverse psychology on Jak and Daxter. He knew they had to go to Misty Island to begin their journey, so he told them not to go. Fastest way to get a teenager to do something they shouldn't is to forbid it. In this case, Samos used that to get them to go where they needed to go. Clever.
But in this, shouldn't Shining be the voice of reason?
Only took me thirteen years to figure that out. I'm getting old. Course, I have a tendency to miss the obvious. I just recently got the fact that Aladdin called that pompous Prince Achmed a horses' ass. And that's supposedly my favorite Disney film.
It has been to long but is Misty Island where the plot of the first game began?
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Yes.
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Don't worry. I'll take care of that.
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Who says it was a misstep?
And so it begins
I can't read this immediately, but a Jak and Daxter story is something I definitely want to read. It is one of my video game favorite series.
"Did you know you have vacation days?"
Either he's setting them up or he's so out of it he doesn't realize that forbidding them going to a place means they'll want to go there. Not having played the games, I'm unsure which it is... though I'm leaning towards them being set up.
Hey, it could have been worse, Samos could have put a guy on the island to make their lives hell in addition to all the natural dangers ala Izumi Curtis from Full Metal Alchemist.
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Or the 'wild' animals on the island could be trained to go after ration packs and supply stockpiles. Imagine that.
6473405 Or he put something in there the animals love so they'd go after the food the first night. I've been on enough wilderness camping trips as a Boy Scout to know animals home in on food like crazy.
PFFT HAHAHAHAHA
That was perfect.
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second question, was Shining Armor deaged or transported young to this place?
(im thinking he was deaged but don't know yet. will keep a look out)
(to answer your question if he was deaged they were flower fillys at his wedding. if not than know clue)
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Deaged. That's the case with all the characters.
...I'm taking the police girl and the frenchman!
Finally, we are going straight into the first game.
Let the dick jokes commence.
6474254 What does that word even MEAN?
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Do you mean deaged? (or age regression, returned to a previous age, turned in to a kid)
That seemed kinda Fullmetal Alchemist-y
Y'know, minus the supplies
6475538 yeah but it never showed them actually meeting Shining Armor so I'm a little hesitant using that example
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6475696 Yes.
Please tell me your going to explain away the whole mute character thing for the first game? Because it bugged me quite a bit. Mainly because J&D2 rolls around and suddenly it's not an issue at all.
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I've already established it's not the case here, and the comments already contain a possible canon explanation.
6473225 "I HAVE VACATION DAYS?! You mean I can leave whenever I want and not get yelled at over the phone? Because seriously, it's always over the phone. Mostly because I don't like arguing with her in person. I get a boner. It's super awkward."
Had to, sorry.WHO AM I KIDDING, I'M NOT SORRY!
6493815 Quite
Was... Was Keira dressed in Twilight's color scheme on purpose? Or was that just how she dressed in game? It's been so long since I played...
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That's how she's dressed in the games.
But it is an amazing coincidence, isn't it?
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I, however, do not. I get that it is in reference to Hellsing, but I fail to see how he connected that to the portion of the chapter he was quoting.
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It's a reference to Team Four Star's "Hellsing Ultimate Abridged".
That's the segment.
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...I think that clip broke me... 
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6493815 Nice
>Samos rolled his eyes. "Tell you what boys, I think you've both earned a vacation. You two and Daxter can take some time to go anywhere you like...except Misty Island." He shook his finger in their faces. "Remember! Anywhere...but Misty Island."
No wonder Samos didn't bother putting Daxter through the same survival or fighting training as Shining and Jak. He already KNEW he was going to transform into a precursor, so training designed for a human form would be practically useless.
...
The island survival training still could have been beneficial, though...
I would play the shipping game with Kiera as the bachelorette and the three guys as contestants... but I believe after their trip Daxter will be a constant winner.
So probably hallucinating, but that training sounded remarkably like the training that Edward and Alphonse (fullmetal alchemist) went through to learn alchemy.
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Responding to an old post of my own, but I've come to the conclusion that that form of rebellion isn't limited to just teens; more like it starts in adolescence, and continues for some throughout the rest of their life. It helps to explain why people break laws; society and the government tells them not to, but they do so anyway.
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That explains SOME lawbreaking. Hardly all. People sometimes speed because they are late for an appointment. Some people join gangs because it is the culture they grew up around (I think?). Sometimes simple ignorance (which could be argued to be a reason for simpler laws). And that isn't even getting into "civil disobedience".
There are MANY motivations for breaking laws. Probably enough that just knowing how to sort them into useful catagories would be an entire class that a Criminal Psychology major could take, let alone actually having a real understanding of them.
You know, looking back at the events of the first game with forewarned knowledge. Samos was a manipulative son-of-a-bitch wasn't he?
Also, how much younger than Jak is Keira? I always thought they were about the same age.
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Technically they're supposed to be the same age...but Keira was born in Sandover, and is Samos' daughter.
These two facts do not match.
Thus a plot hole I worked to fill in this story.
Why do I get the feeling that Samos had similar training, except he survived in the Snowy Mountain in the middle of winter?