Spargus: Through the Woods
As Jak carefully positioned Daxter on his shoulder so he wouldn't fall, the comm box sparked to life again. "Jak, Samos here! It looks like you're near the entrance to South Haven Forest right now. While you're there, would you please go check out reports of a Dark Eco infestation there? It seems someone's still experimenting with Dark Eco."
"Let me guess," Jak replied. "If we find infected plants, destroy them before the infection spreads?"
"Exactly," Samos confirmed.
"I'm not sure we should with Daxter in this condition," Shining murmured worriedly.
"There are some ancient Precursor Pillars in the forest," Samos offered. "Not only might they be connected to the Catacombs, but you'll likely be able to find sources of Light Eco for Daxter to replenish."
"Best idea we've got," Jak murmured, turning to head towards the forest.
After making their way around the Metalhead Hive and to the forest entrance, Jak carefully led the way in. In the distance, the first of the Dark Eco infected plants was visible, small glowing purple nodules with their roots splayed out around them. As Jak and Shining examined the plant to see what could be done, Keira's voice came through the comms. "Jak, the energy reaction of the Jetboard's flight when energized by Green Eco should disrupt the plants Eco flow, destroying them."
"Thanks, Keira," Jak replied readily, hopping on his Jetboard as Shining transferred Daxter to his back for safety.
As luck had it, there were a few open Green Eco vents scattered around the forest, which Jak was able to use to energize the Jetboard while Shining took pot shots at the various hostile critters that tried to go after Jak on his Jetboard. With the two of them working together, it wasn't long before all the infected plants were destroyed, and by then Daxter had recovered on his own.
"I'm okay!" Daxter called out as the sound of pillars erupting out of the lake echoed through the forest. "What'd I miss?"
"Killed some plants, raised some pillars," Jak replied easily, grinning widely now that Daxter was up and about. "Wanna check 'em out?"
"Like I have a choice?" Daxter teased as the trio made their way to the center pillar, which extended just above the surface of the water.
As they approached, Samos contacted them. "Well done! Those are some of the oldest Precursor Relics in the area. Some of Mar's writings indicated ruins to the west, activated by five artifacts."
"Well, there's five smaller pillars around the central one," Jak pointed out, picking up a piece of shoulder armor that matched the armor he'd found so far that had lifted with the central pillar.
"I'll see what else I can find," Samos replied. "For now, you should get back to the city."
As the group stepped off the central pillar, it rose much higher, far too high for them to reach the top on their own. With nothing more to do there and no way to investigate, they made their way back to Haven.
On the way back to the city, the group received a communication from Torn regarding four charge points that had been located that, when bombed, would drop the KG shields. However, the only one who could properly set the charges was their demolition expert, Jinx...and only if Jak, Shining, and Daxter could protect him on the way to the bomb points and while he set the charges.
The mission proved incredibly easy, as Shining stuck close to Jinx and surrounded them both with his shield spell, while Jak focused on blasting Metalheads and KG robots that got too close. Daxter stayed on Shining's back, using his Light Eco to strengthen and replenish Shining's shield.
With the charge points destroyed, the KG's shield walls exploded, allowing much deeper access into KG territory. As Jinx went off to scrounge, he left Jak and Shining with Needle Lazer upgrades for the Blue Eco side of the Morph Gun.
As the trio were deciding what to do next, Ashelin contacted them. "There's a report of an Eco delivery somewhere in KG territory," she began. "Up for stealing it?"
"Sounds fun," Jak replied eagerly.
"I thought you'd say that," Ashelin groaned. "Just bring it back to the Naughty Ottsel in one piece-"
"Shield spell," Shining reminded her.
After a time, Ashelin chuckled. "Have fun."
Shining's shield spell proved more than up to the task, as the rockets the KG Robots sent after them could not penetrate the shield even with explosive force, though each one did deplete his energy a good bit. Thankfully, the path was long and winding, and Jak was an excellent pilot, allowing them to easily return intact to the Naughty Ottsel.
Once the Eco was loaded, however, a massed assault on the port from KG Robots and Metalheads moved inbound, focused on the Naughty Ottsel. Seeing the approach, Jak grinned. "So who have we got?" he asked Torn.
"Just you three, I'm afraid," Torn replied. "The new exo-suit Keira designed the Baron had some unexpected side effects, and he's still recuperating."
"We can handle this!" Shining proclaimed confidently. "I bet I get more kills than you, Jak."
Jak grinned widely. "You're on!"
"Loser buys the drinks!" Shining announced.
"I'll keep score!" Daxter proclaimed as the trio moved out.
Torn shook his head as he watched them go. "How do they do it?" he murmured wondrously. "They face all this...and they still can joke like that?" He chuckled softly. "It almost makes me believe we can win this..."
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too much capitalization
technically that should be was, but that's just a nitpick
that should be laser, although the game itself misspelled it.
the phrasing is really awkward here
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wait a minute, haven't they encountered these plants before? then again, it's been years since the first game, so they could have easily forgotten about them by now.
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Really? i thought Lazer was right.....
One is a magical talking pony, who's full powers have recently been restored. One is the Prince, who can channel all six elements. And one is a ****ing midget Precursor, who shoots Light Eco out his paws! They can joke right now because, to them, the force they are currently up against is a joke!
7211799 far too many make that mistake. language is an absurd thing
7211842 well, considering how may languages there are it is an easy to make mistakes and not notice until someone who knows said language better, tells you about it.
But lazer sounds cooler and also considering that the ammunition is made out of eco, lazer might actually be the correct one to use since, a "real" laser doesn't have this eco component to it, atleast to our knowledge.
or i might be overthinking this and i honestly do overthink a lot of thing sometimes.
7211799 The word laser is actually an acronym. It stands for "Light Amplified by Stimulated Emission of Radiation".
7211911 that is totally new info for me.....
but.... where exactly does radiation count in on it? does it mean the harmful kind or just the type of energy transference?
7211922 Light is a very narrow area of the E-M spectrum, or "electro-magnetic" spectrum. This spectrum also includes infrared and ultraviolet light (note how the rainbow starts with red and ends with violet), microwaves, a bunch of different things. Everything on the spectrum is technically electro-magnetic radiation, at least if I'm remembering high school physics correctly.
now why does that sound familiar?
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just wait. it'll come to me....
7211948 ah, thanks for clearing that for me.
That was fun, may I have another? Looking forward to more.
Keep up the great work. Deus tecum.
7211970 Ermagersh, yus! That's the kind of head fanon I can appreciate!
Is this actually in the game or is this a nod to League of Legends Jinx?
7212340 I thought the latter at first, but it has been a while since I played this game.
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Actually in the game. And a dude.
Another enjoyable chapter. Good job.
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Soooooo...
No this?
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Electromagnetic radiation. Specifically visible light, infared and UV.
Is a bond of brothers and friends who went to hell and back together.
I am seeing parallels between shining and twilight. Specifically in the sparkle in his eye
7527921 That's exactly why I think a canon/non-canon "Playstation Move Heroes" would be a good idea. Thinking about it, though, while Coco Pommel is the odd one out of the three: I imagine her and Twilight being the ones to see through the aliens that brought them there.
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Dang that sounds so cool and it can even make fun of the game or make it even better