Lost: Distraction
Despite Sly's best efforts, he was unable to get any information out of Crazy Hassan about the 'Equestria' he had mentioned. Each time Sly had asked, Crazy Hassan had instead redirected the conversation back to business. Even trying to make the information part of the business deal hadn't worked. Sly sighed as he remembered how that conversation had gone.
"How much would you charge for that information?" Sly asked desperately.
"Crazy Hassan does not deal in information!" Crazy Hassan insisted firmly. "Only camels!"
"You were going to throw a map of the clouds into a deal for Sky Camels," Sly countered hopefully.
"Those were Sky Camels," Crazy Hassan allowed obliquely. "If you were interested in ocean camels, I would throw in a tide map. If you were interested in Diving camels, I would throw in a map of ocean trenches."
"Well-"
"And as I said, I do not deal in Equestrian Camels, so what would our deal have to do with Equestria? So I have no information for you, so sorry-"
"What if I bought some used Dimension Camels that could walk between realities?" Sly asked, grasping at straws. "Would you throw in a map of the void with directions marked down to Coco's home dimension to seal the deal?"
Crazy Hassan tapped his chin thoughtfully. "No, Dimension Camels are for walking in and out of stories, so one can go from two dimensions to three and back again. Sold the last of those to a pair of plumbers in red who wanted to visit each other. Never thought about selling Void Camels, though..." He glanced towards the sky, then nodded to himself. "I shall look into acquiring some, and if I do I shall sell them to you at special price, and even throw in a guidance system to take you to Equestria if that's where you want to go. But for now, you were interested in the dwarf camels? I'll even throw in some hardened containers so the Naqahdah does not explode if you drop it on the way back! No charge!"
Sly had let it go at that point, though determined to return to the conversation later. Instead he'd tried to negotiate to rent the Dwarf Camels as he had no place to keep them and no way to feed them. Crazy Hassan had instead thrown in 'pocket sized Camel Carry Capsules', which he promised contained everything a single camel needed in terms of paddock, grazing, water source, and droppings grounds, completely contained and could fit in the palm of one hand or carried in the pocket, along with some local garb since he'd been buying Anachronist Camels. Sly took out one of those Capsules. ...they looked like nothing so much as a pair of fezes - one red and one white - stuck together at the open ends with a button on it. The design seemed familiar.
As of now, he and Murray were following along behind the Dwarf Camels as they tunneled expertly beneath the sand, propping up the tunnel so that it remained intact despite the almost liquid nature of sand in a desert. Glancing back, he saw a clear path straight to the oasis. Glancing forward, he saw the Dwarf Camels digging away in professional silence. Glancing to either side, he spotted odd runes drawn on the walls of the tunnel, everything from a simple circle with a horizontal line through it to more complex. It felt like they had meaning, but he had no understanding of it.
After a while, there was a light past the Dwarf Camels, and they led the way out into the canyon where the Naqahdah could be mined. Sly and Murray shaded their eyes against the sun as they took the place in. It was wide open, with no place to hide or sneak, and the shape of the walls seemed to echo and rebound every single sound.
Such as the sound of a scorpion sting grinding against the wall of a twisting passage off to one side of the canyon.
Seft! Sly thought intensely, bracing himself. They weren't ready for combat, but Wadjet had made it plain they could not allow Seft to get a hold of any of the Naqahdah. If that meant challenging him when they weren't ready, so be it.
Murray quickly gestured to Sly to get his attention. He pointed to himself, to the camels, and then to where one wall of the canyon glowed with the mineral deposit they were after. He then gestured from Sly to the twisting passage in question.
Sly nodded as he swiftly donned the 'local garb' Crazy Hassan had provided him. It felt a little awkward at first despite fitting him like a glove...at which point he realized this was the first time since - well, since the first clash with Seft - that Sly had used a costume that Coco hadn't made for him. It felt...less personal wearing it. Still, it made him look exactly like his contemporary ancestor - specifically, the one Seft had murdered - so between that and the pair of shorter Canes it came with, he should be able to prove a distraction to Seft without him realizing that the actual Cooper Gang was present. The last thing they needed was him being prepared to fight them.
As Murray went with the Dwarf Camels to start mining, Sly quickly and silently raced down the twisting corridor, taking every opportunity to hide and listen, doing his best to make sure he could catch Seft unawares, rather than Seft catching him unawares. However, just as he felt he was getting close, he heard a voice whispering, the whisper echoing enough that it seemed to beat down on him where he hid.
"While the chaos I've caused blinds my new senses to this area to the point only my physical senses show me the topography, there is one thing those senses will still show me," Seft hissed out, his voice more powerful than it had been before, with harmonics that seemed to shoot straight to the hindbrain in an attempt to force one to go to bended knee. "I am a god now, and I thirst for conflict, one who I can truly test myself against. I have named...a nemesis. And when that nemesis comes close..." Seft chuckled darkly. "Well, I know where you are, Sly Cooper. Your ancestor...I thought he would prove a challenge, but he is gone. Dressing up as him will not fool me. I am sure you are carefully gathering what you think will defeat me, and I am certain someone is guiding you. I am just as certain...that it will all be for naught. But this is not my chosen battleground.
"Now that I know you are here and now...bring me your best, for you will get no more chances."
Almost immediately, the sense of oppression vanished...and yet it was not until ten minutes later that Sly found his breath.
Stats
Page generated in 0.029 seconds
Total duration
1,025 users online
127,246 hits today, 2,054,621 yesterday
FIMFiction
My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic Fanfiction
Designed and coded by knighty & Xaquseg - © 2011-2024
Follow & Support Us
Support us
SubStar
Chat!
Discord
Follow us
Twitter
MLP: Friendship is Magic® - © 2024 Hasbro Inc.®
Fimfiction is in no way affiliated with or endorsed by Hasbro Inc.®
Compact Camel Carry Capsules! Highly advised to not call them C4! Very very bad idea! Especially around Bo-bombs!
I didn't know Bulma invent a capsule for living beings too.
... Camel capsules? At least he didn't call them Camel Balls...
This is one of those rare puns where I'm not sure whether to be impressed or annoyed.
"But before you ask, i don't have any Numels. Too hazardous."
Hassan is new favorite character
Suddenly, I feel a need for the presence of an adult. In other words,
YES, that's exactly what I would-
And of COURSE it wouldn't be that easy...
8730917
You need an adult.
Surely Hassan has any camel that can fill any need, even the Void of Sly so close yet so far of going to Equestria.
I wonder if Sly can only carry six of those Camel Carry Capsules and the rest are transferred to a PC...
Seft made a damn good intimidation monologue, other villains take note.
8731063 I certainly... HOPE that he doesn't stock Numels.
8731087
Actually, Ulysses from New Vegas Lonesome Road had much better dialogue.
8731235
I pretty much always go passive to Ulysses when I play nv, dude is a badass and really help in the end fight.
At least none of those runes Sly noticed looked like a crossed-out eye.
8731717
Or a floating eyeball with a tail...
8732295
Ah yes, that's the one I meant. I'm a little rusty with my mine sign.
Seft made me think of Azrael from Blazblue
I didn't know Capsule Corp had a dimensional chapter
Whew, another nicely done chapter, nicely done indeed.
Not sure what else to say, but I'm loving how this is going
8732790
What if Tatsurou made a story based around that culture, granted there is little to go off of unless you allow the Tekkit series and their LP turned Roleplay thing they did
8739835
He might; I don’t know. But you have my support.
unicorn0charm.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/d9a2d9a0d9a1d9a3d9a0d9a2d9a1d9a9-d9a1d9a6d9a4d9a8d9a4d9a2.jpg
8731099
From what I've seen, either he would because they're camels, he wouldn't 'cause Camerupt are better, or he wouldn't for the same reason he doesn't carry any Equestrian camels...
Hey Tats! Can we get an answer on this?
8741230
Crazy Hassan does not stock Numels. This is because he only stocks slightly used camels or camel-like creatures, and a Numel who has had a Trainer but no longer has one is most unlikely to want a new one anymore than any other Pokemon is, and a new Master bond could only be formed through friendship, compassion, and understanding...not money.
However, in all likelihood, if Crazy Hassan has passed through the Pokemon world, he probably found all the 'slightly used' Numels and gathered them together to spend time with his other camels as a form of therapy so they might be more pleasantly inclined to good humans who treat their charges well, as opposed to considering all humans as scum to be torched.
Hassan remains awesome, as always. I mean, he's Hassan. How could he not be?
Just so long as there's not a rune that looks like an eyeball with a curly tail.
(Heh. Ninja'd by some others!)
8742447
I mean foals are not exactly that common he could initially snatch up one in a small town like Ponyville and somepony would notice the weird straangers that are totally alien to them, also Pinkie Pie would drag them off to a party or scream, either way too much attention.
8742454
There are foals all over Equestria...and as origin stories for multiple characters (Cheese Sandwich, Tempest, etc) have shown us, they're allowed to wander pretty much wherever they want.
8742457
It's fine, I'm glad you comment.
8742472
I'm saying if he arrived in Ponyville he would be noticed immediatly, also does he have any idea where he would end up he could end up in Griffinstone or the Badlands or heck the Dragonlands for all he knows.
8742477
I have only played the first one and seen my sister play the second one. I don't really rememeber if I have seen the third one and after.
8742479
He can use the portal as a window to see where he's going to end up before he goes through once it's complete with a 'stable power source'. He could also aim it once the connection is made.
8742398
Isnt discord the living embodiement of chaos though? ergo being shot would just make him stronger?
8742503
Also I mean, would even being shot hurt him, also it's likely Celestia and Luna's bodies could probably withstand mutliple gun shots.
8730832
Actually now that I think more on it in the Dragon Ball Z video game Legacy of Goku II one of the earlier things you have to do is prevent someone from stealing a prototype capsule that handles live animals.
It's never actually done in show but if we expand the DBZ universe it certainly has.
8732790
Ha. I've seen that one.
Wow. Discworld AGAIN and Pokemon. Nice.
Dwarven runes on the walls tends to be magical as well as any surface