Gathering: Take 19
Our choice of Panda King as our demolitions expert was an easy one, as he was a friend - somewhat - and an expert in all things explosive...not to mention a real powerhouse in his own right. I was happy to learn he'd been spotted in the Kunlun Mountains in China, apparently pursuing a spiritual life of deep meditation. We could only hope he wouldn't be too upset about us disturbing his meditation.
When we arrived at his place of meditation, we found he was in deep trance atop a central pillar, with no obvious way to get up to him and wake him. At first, I thought it would be easy to make a way up, but...
The group stared out at the pristine oasis within the mountains. The icy lake, the peaceful pagodas, the soaring bamboo... Coco breathed deep of the tranquility, letting it push the last of the nightmares Negaduck had left her with away. Sly quickly spoke up. "Okay, we need to get up to that central pillar. Coco, Mrs. Ruby, do you think you two can-"
"Don't even think it, ringtail," Mrs. Ruby interrupted. "Can't ya feel the aura the King's givin' off? My magic won't work here while he's in deep trance, and askin' Coco to reshape the land at her level is askin' fer trouble."
"I guess we'll just need another way," Murray grumbled. "But I hope it doesn't involve more walking. I've got blisters on my feet the size of eggplants."
Perhaps you could use your Ball Form to bounce up the pillars to the higher ground? Guru suggested carefully.
"The bamboo would let Sly and Coco get up there," Bentley added, "if there were more jump points...and they weren't so high..."
"I could use my lightweight RC car to split the bamboo without letting it sink into the ice lake!" Penelope offered quickly, pulling out her controller.
"I could carry the rest of ya up the mountain if Coco leads the way," Mrs. Ruby offered. "She leaves a little magic in stone and wood when she walks up it, and I can grip those points."
Once we are there, I can more closely observe his trance state, Guru offered. Perhaps even guide Sly into entering the trance with him to bring him out of it.
"Alright then, let's do it," Sly stated firmly.
The plan worked out perfectly as far as it went. Once we were all up there, Guru led Dad into the trance with Panda King. He was in there for a while, and refused to discuss what he saw when they both came out of the trance. What they had to tell us, however, was of far greater significance than any idle curiosity regarding what happened in his head.
His daughter, Jing, had been kidnapped by General Tsao, a ruthless Rooster who reigned over a good portion of China through force and fear. He intended to solidify his rule over the entire area by forcing Jing to marry him, and had exiled the Panda King to keep him from interfering. Panda King had entered his deep meditation to try and find why he hadn't been able to bring himself to fight back, why he hadn't been able to protect Jing from Tsao's warriors.
We weren't about to let Tsao get away with this, however. We didn't need Mrs. Ruby's urging to decide that saving Jing from this took precedence over everything else. However, it seemed to catch Panda King off guard...
"...but that is enough of my problems," Panda King concluded as he finished his litany of what had happened. "You did not come all this way here just to listen to an old fool. I saw in your mind, Sly Cooper. You wish my assistance in accessing your ancestors vault. A...worthy endeavor-"
"We can get to that later," Sly interrupted. "First, we need to save Jing."
Panda King blinked, but nodded. "And in return, you desire my help-"
"No," Sly countered. "We're going to save Jing. No 'in return', just statement of action." He rested his hand on Coco's head. "I know your pain, Panda King. I'm not going to let anything happen to your daughter...just as your actions in their own way protected mine, time and time again. After Jing is safe, then we'll discuss whether you want to be involved in this job."
Panda King stared at Sly for a time, then bowed deeply. "You have grown much, young Cooper. I am in your debt for this." He smiled softly. "Though I doubt my Jing would allow me to choose a suitor for her once this is all over and done with, if you were not already spoken for..." He smirked as Coco burst into giggles.
"Whoa there, King!" Sly called out worriedly. "I've got my hands full just trying to keep Carmelita happy. Two women's more than any sane man can handle. What kind of crazy fool would even try?"
The entire group shared an amused chuckle at Sly's expense.
"So what can ya tell us about this General, huh?" Mrs. Ruby asked curiously. "Anything we need to watch out for?"
"Something your group seems well equipped for," Panda King observed. "He is skilled with blade and shield, but hand to hand combat is not his preference. He has an entire tribe of warriors at his beck and call, and he prefers to send them into battle while commanding them as their general. When he is forced to fight for himself...he relies heavily on his mastery of dark magic."
"Well that's not going to be pleasant," Coco murmured worriedly.
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That rooster was annoying....
I really can't tell if Coco has the magic touch pun was used yet.
Least the Panda King wasn't glowing white when he entered Trance.
Shoulda figured the General was too Chicken to face his own battles.
Tsao: "FOOLS, PREPARE TO TASTE THE MIGHT OF M-Is that the Mask of Dark Earth?"
Coco: "Um, yeah, it bonded with me. Same with the Staff of Mo-"
Tsao: "I'm out, I'm done, fuck ya'll, I want to live."
8200866 now that would be a good chapter bit and adding panda kings daugter kicks him were it hurts for the hassle
8200866 I would chicken out too at this point.
8200957 Was that pun intentional?
8200861 And yet, this was by far one of my favorite levels.
8200962 Very likely, Thnkfully not everyone is Sans.
I got the Bar-B-Que Sauce
Ooooo this was good, hehe. Sly really has grown, mmm... I'm proud of him.
Good show.
8200861 ... or sounds delicious
8200972 well. He wasn't particularly hard, though he was annoying.
Let's just say that what he did/tried to do, (kidnapping and trying to forcefully marry Jing) pushed some of my anger buttons
8201065 wut?
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Maybe we should introduce General Tsao to Colonel Sanders.
8200861 not a annoying as that Murray escort mission.
Looking at you, Ratchet.
8200995 Sorry, it was too good to pass up, I did write things for a bit on this site, sans an editor.
Meanwhile, in another timeline, Ratchet suddenly felt a distinct urge to shoot a raccoon in the face.
8201276 And in a third, Fire Lord Zuko is feeling something similar.
8201125 gah..... that mission was complete murder
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Mr. Tatsurou, if you read the previous comment, for the love of all sense put this scene in during the inevitable confrontation!!!!!
8201085 General Tsao. General Tsao's chicken? It's, I believe, a Chinese dish.
And very delicious.
Don't you mean "women are?"
It was a little short, this chapter. But I can't wait for the next job.
I just have one thing to say: For the love of Celestia, DON'T reform General Tso! He maybe the one villain I love to beat in the Sly games out of anger for his anti-feminist statement:
Please, please! Let this chicken FRY! (pun intended.)
8201403 never heard of it
8201400 Well the last time someone asked for one of my comments to be canon he ignored it and we got the Memezord out of it so I won't be too remissed if our dear author has something better planned instead.
8201443 You can usually find it in those chinese places dotted all over. I usually go to the food court in the mall when I want some,
Is it wrong that I want to make soup of that rooster?
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8201591 remember... i live in finland. Don't got everything here that you got in the US
8202037 Ah... that's one of those details I don't tend to remember when it comes to online socializing. You type in English and, for the most part, that's all I need to happily interact with you. Everything else just kinda slip[s away after a while.
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8201858 Not that one.
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Sorry.
Please update soon.
8204286
...it literally just updated yesterday.
And the last update was only three days prior.
I update two stories every day, six days a week.
How exactly could I possibly update any sooner?
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Sorry. Force of habit. Seen too many good fanfic writers not update for months so many times it practically became a habit.
And here comes the arrogant cockerel.
(Take what you want from that)
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If mankind could ever in vent time travel, then i'd suggest time travel.
If cloning passed on memories and experience then I'd suggest cloning.
so I dunno? Wizards?
Can Coco and Mrs. Ruby make a defeathering potion so General Tsao is to embarrassed to come out of his room until his feathers grow back in???? Or something that makes him yellow????? Maybe lemon chicken sauce???? This boss is the one I don't want to see redeemed for this game, he's scum and needs to get his beat down from Panda King ASAP, followed by Jiang kicking him between the legs.
So, General Tsao IS a chicken; probably about to get fried in some way.
With the description of The Panda King's place of meditation, my first thought was Jusenkyo. Imagine the chaos that could be caused if Coco or Sly fell into one of THOSE pools...
I'm guessing the dream sequence with sly and panda king played similarly to how it did in sly 3 right? or will this be revealed later on?
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Coco did not see it, so I didn't cover it.
But it was definitely different.
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roster but their basically male chickens so pretty much some having fried chicken for dinner
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Forget the kick between the legs we need a full on asswhoopin' here son!
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somewhere in the multiverse, a certain Lombax sneezed.
I read that as General Tao for a second and thought "Oh shit, the Red Ribbon Army too?!? Where's Goku when you need him!?"
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Nah, just get his kid to do it. He'll be knocking down a tree and flying away on it before you can say Kamehameha!
truer words have never been spoken
Meanwhile in Cadences story
Zuko: huh, I feel like I’m being insulted.