Shopping Spree
The results of the initial excursion to Dinosaur Planet were positive all around. Not only had Sunset made great friends with Prince Tricky, but the magical environment of the planet was enough that she didn't have to worry about magical buildups and surges. As a result, it was decided that she'd spend as much time on the planet as possible, so she could get used to natural gravity and environments with the eventual goal that either her magic would adapt to the point she could function in a non-magical environment or Slippy could use information from planetside to determine a way to make a mobile ACSU system that Sunset could carry around with her.
As such, Slippy took her down planetside for the second excursion, hoping to gather more information. He was unsurprised that Sunset's first destination - with Tricky in tow - was back into the shop, and he followed, both to keep an eye on her and to see if the shop had anything he could use.
Shabunga floated up as they entered. "Oh great," he groaned as he caught sight of Sunset. "It's you. I already owe you more in store credit than my store and all its contents are worth. What more do you want from me?"
"Candy!" Sunset declared eagerly.
"Now now, Sunset," Slippy chided, "you're supposed to eat healthy. Candy now will spoil your dinner."
"CANDY!" Sunset insisted more firmly.
"<Candy!>" Tricky added. Both of them had picked up a few words of the other language from each other, though they could only understand them at this point, not speak them.
"I have candy you won't get in trouble for having," Shabunga offered with a grin. "Ten scarabs, no haggling."
"But-" Sunset began with a pout.
"And don't bother trying to give me sad eyes or sob story to haggle with, I know you can afford it!" Shabunga declared intensely, waggling his finger at her.
Sunset scowled for a time, then sighed. "Fine!"
Smiling, Shabunga marked off the cost from Sunset's slate before delivering to her a large stone square with odd markings and a gem in the center. "Here you go! Rock Candy!"
Sunset smiled eagerly as she took it, and immediately tried to take a bite. She then pulled back. "Ow!" she complained, rubbing her jaw. "Not candy! Money back!"
"And how am I supposed to sell it now it's got your saliva on it?" Shabunga countered in mock distress. "I never told you it was edible! No refund!"
"That wasn't very nice," Slippy observed glumly as Sunset pouted.
"I owe her 655,350 Scarabs more off double or nothing games," Shabunga pointed out dryly. "I'm allowed a certain amount of spite. It's not like it hurts her at all. Now what do you want?"
Slippy turned to his readings and the ACSU panel he had with him. "I'm trying to figure out a way Sunset could carry this with her," he pointed out ruefully. "At the moment, she can only come down here to Dinosaur Planet or stay aboard the Great Fox. We'd like her to have more options than that."
"Hmm..." Shabunga murmured as he lifted the panel, turning it this way and that before nibbling on one corner. "I think I could reproduce this material in cloth," he observed idly. "The right cloth would be easy enough to gather here on planet if you know where to look - which I do - but at best that would give her an outfit that would grant her greater focus for her magic, like that little number her mother wears. If you want something that will let her store her magic like this does at the scale she gives off, that will take at least a decade just to research the proper runes to inscribe. And I don't know what to do with these metal bits."
"The circuitry?" Slippy asked curiously. "I can handle that part. If you could provide the cloth and the magical research, I could apply it to technology and between us we could make an ACSU suit Sunset could wear!"
"50,000 Scarabs for the focus outfit, complete with a 'grow with me' enchantment so I don't have her coming back every month for a new fitting," Shabunga stated firmly. "For the storage suit, 300,000 Scarabs for time and effort of researching runes, 100,000 for materials, and 55,000 scarabs for having to work with someone else with materials I don't have experience with. Hazard pay and all. Can you afford it?"
"Credit!" Sunset called out happily.
Shabunga's eyes went flat. "Of course...with a guarantee on my part to have the finished focus outfit before the year is out, and the finished storage suit within the decade, that brings your Store Credit down to 150,350 Scarabs. At least you no longer have enough to buy the shop out from under me..."
"How do you know how to do it, anyway?" Slippy asked curiously.
"That answer will cost you 1000 Scarabs," Shabunga countered.
"Nah!" Sunset declared as she raced out of the store with the Rock Candy on her head.
"Thought that would get rid of her," Shabunga grumbled. "Now, here's where we'll begin..." He began making sketches in the air, which hovered in light as Slippy immediately began bouncing magi-techno-jargon back and forth with the shopkeeper.
Sunset and Tricky's further exploration of Thorntail Hollow proved to be blocked by a cracked wall. After giving it a thorough consideration, Sunset used her magic to float them both over the wall to the area beyond...where a massive statue could be seen slowly snoring. It was wide at the base with two hanging arms and a rather goofy looking face, and crafted of bright green stone. It sat an a small island of land surrounded by the river, with a ring of land around it. Curiously, Sunset led Tricky around to the front of it.
The statue seemed to come awake as they approached. "Wha?" it demanded curiously in a mildly Scottish accent. "What do you want with the Mighty Warpstone? Ye just think I'll send ye wherever ye want just because that's what I was made for, do ye? Ye danna think about how much magic it takes ta make sure ye go where ye wanna go, and not end up in some mountain or on one o' the suns by mistake! And just like everydino else, ye never think ta say Thanks or even ask How ye doing?" He let out a gusty sigh. "But that's me lot, ain't it? Just a tool ta be used, and not even allowed ta charge a toll. Nobody brings me presents anymore..."
Sunset's ears drooped as she heard the statue's litany of sadness. Her ears then perked up as a thought went through her mind. He was rock...did he eat rock? "Candy?" she offered helpfully, holding up the Rock Candy for him.
The Warpstone gasped in surprise. "Ye brought me a sweetie? Even before ye heard my sadness?" Reaching down, he gently plucked the Rock Candy from her grasp and ate it. "Ah misjudged ye, lass. Tell me, who be ye and what do ye need from the Mighty Warpstone?" As he spoke, the small green circle directly in front of him Sunset and Tricky had been standing on lifted up.
"Sunset Shimmer!" Sunset offered happily, holding out her hand to shake.
"Tricky!" Prince Tricky introduced himself.
The Warpstone extended one finger to accept the greetings, though the tip of the finger was bigger than Sunset's entire body, forcing her to shake with both hands. "Now, where be ye wanting to go, my little friend? I can send ye both to the ancient Krazoa Palace, center of magic in this world. Or perhaps ye'd like to explore the ancient labyrinth? Or maybe one o' the distant lands of the planet be to yer liking? Just tell me what ye'd like ta see, and I'll take ye there...and leave a little warp spot where ye arrive so ye can come back whene'er ye like."
Sunset and Tricky looked at each other and grinned widely.
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Oh god... This will end badly.
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Took the words right out of my mouth. I can just imagine the panic attack that both sets of parents are going to have.
Absolutely nothing will go wrong.
A sudden splurge on her credit but at least plot convenience, amirite?
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Indeed, nothing *Casually looks off into the distance*
8441798
Nah, it's a perfectly safe adventure for kids their age...
Remembers fondly when my older sister and I got trapped by an eagle back on my mom's dad owned ranch...
I must be watching too much Hellsing abridged, cuz I keep hearing Alexander Anderson with the Warpstone guy
Unsupervised magical shenanigans on an unfamiliar planet by a highly overpowered unicorn and a dinosaur prince...what's the worst that could happen?
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Dangit man, now you got me doing it.
... Good choice by the way.
So you DIDN'T stop before landing in the red... I retract my earlier defense of your intellect.
Then again, that mystic know-how IS enough to bump it back to "in massive debt" instead of "totally broke"...
8441868
Did you seriously just summon Murphy to go and poke them?
Definitely a rocky start with ol' Warpstone there but at least he sweetened up to the kids.
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nope, nothing at all.
Sunseeeet... You'd better tell your uncle where you're going first.
8441901 i think they'll get along pretty well, as long as their friendship isn't taken for granite.
Considering all of the social media jokes, i wonder if Warpstone plays Candy Crush?
8441868Aaaand ya jinxed it.
8441798
You got that right.
i imagine this wont end well for any one involved
Oh no... I hope they don't go to Krozoa Palace!
Magical gear for Sunset, nice.
That Krozoa Palace sounds like a pretty good resource for Sunset, in due time at least.
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Floating Monkey head isn't on the planet at the moment… or at least he shouldn't be.
Oh no.
Uh oh
Well, it's not a PWNY-verse story if the pony doesn't get into trouble the second her parent takes their eyes off her for a second.
Oh dear. That won't backfire in any way. Nope. Not at all.
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Maniacal giggling all the way through the reading of this chapter, SO MUCH YES!
I guess Fox won't be getting free gear from the trader for much longer if this keeps up
Mario attempted to jump onto the blocks, but a unicorn and a dinosaur appeared and caused him to stumble off into a pit.
Sunset: Whut wuz dat?
Slippy just broke Rule #1: Don't take your eyes off the kids. Twilight can claim ignorance when she was with Flurry, Slippy's been Uncle Silly for years now, he has no excuse.
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The kids will be in trouble *sin song voice*
8441871
I thought of grounds keeper Willy from The Simpsons. Basically the same thing.
I always felt bad for the Warp Stone.
This can only end well
Is Sunset going to befriend all the bosses from Star Fox Adventures??? I can just see her bringing all the dinosaur tribes together in a unified planet government. Regardless, Slippy is not allowed to be the only baby sitter from now on.
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Slippy slipped up. It happens.
Hoo boy, Slippy will have to deal with two pissed off mothers.
One's a magical carnivore
The other's a queen so she could easily just send some soldiers on him...if her let's just say generous weight doesn't make the poor bloke flatter than Maude's tone.
The Warpstone was always one of my favorite characters in the game, but even before he showed up this chapter (much
, by the way) I got to thinking... Tricky was kidnapped by the Sharpclaw Tribe at some point before the game's official start. With Sunset with her, I gotta wonder how that's gonna change. Does she prevent it from happening, or does Shimmy get stolen alongside her new playmate? If it's the latter, how would the Sharpclaws handle her extremely magical nature? Would they be forced to bring her to General Scales, or would they have a magical dampener of some kind that could prevent her from using her magic via plot-armor? Or worse... would the tyrannical tyrannosaurus simply scare her into obedience?
But still, it was a good chapter, and I loved seeing that stony awesomeness that is the Warpstone.
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To be fair, during those years Sunset was limited to exploring the Great Fox, and letting her wander unattended once she was old enough to accept "No, that's dangerous" was perfectly acceptable.
The word is "Krazoa."
Thorntail
Welp... What planet do we have to remove from the map?
8443088
Don't you mean planets, as in Plural?
Not to discourage at all, please disregard me if you already went through with it, but there is a thing with the warpstone that he cant warp dinosaurs to krazoa palace. This is the soundclip from the first time you go there with fox and the first of the spirits (https://sf.krystalarchive.com/AdventuresVA/foxown.mp3)
Sunset returns to Equestria with Tricky, human Sunset finds a local portal and replaces our Sunset, and the prophecy plays out.
That's a wrap!
(Kidding! Kidding! Even I want to see the story play out.)
Funny and cute chapter. Getting a Lion King vibe at the end
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Hopefully it won't end with subset parents being killed.
Uh,oh.
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We’ll be lucky if we still have half the galaxy left after they get through with it.
What have video games taught me? Scotsmen are crazy. (Not really but between the warp stone, O’chunks, and Sheogorath it was the stereotype I kept coming across for quite a few years, even came across an obscure webcomic that first made the point)