Over Time
Time seemed to move both very slowly and quite fast aboard the Great Fox with Falco's absence. He did keep his promise to Sunset to regularly check in with her, and sent her a thoughtful gift - along with a video message - on every birthday and holiday. While Sunset appreciated it and sent messages back talking about everything that happened, she found she didn't like having part of her family missing...at all. Sunlight seemed less bright, grass less soft, flowers less pretty and with a duller scent, and the sparkle of water seemed dimmer.
She wound up spending less time down on Dinosaur Planet and more time on the Great Fox, dedicating herself to her studies. She continued to push further with what she could do with her magic, as well as studying everything she could about the Lylat System, its planets, and the history and cultures thereof. She also threw herself into the maths and sciences, finding peace from her conflicted feelings in her studies.
One thing that surprised everyone was when she asked Fox and Krystal to teach her how to fight. It came completely out of nowhere, and seemed to have no explanation. However, she was adamant.
"Mom, Dad...I want to learn hand to hand combat."
Fox and Krystal exchanged startled glances as Peppy nearly fell over in his chair, Slippy dropped his tool, and Rob dropped his hand. "You what?" Fox managed to get out.
"I want to learn hand to hand combat," Sunset repeated simply. "I've looked over the Academy course work and pre-req's for the various courses, and the only thing I'm missing to get the Advanced Placement and Flight courses I really want is combat training. I don't need training with laser guns as they're little different from shooting a blast of magic from hand or horn, and all other weapon training is derived from the basics of hand-to-hand...so I want to learn hand to hand combat."
Fox couldn't fault her reasoning, though one thing about what she said caught him off guard. "Wait, you've been going over Academy course work? You want Advanced Placement?"
"Well I checked with Brobot about where I stand against others my own age, and apparently in the maths and sciences I'm already at post graduate level for the standard curriculum," Sunset explained simply. "And AP courses can push you through Flight and Command courses before graduation, so I want to give it a go and see just how far I'll get. That way I won't have to spend too much time in the classroom once the ACSU suit Uncle Silly and Shabunga are working on is finished. More I can get under my belt before then..." She turned away. "More time I can do other things when I actually can do more than study or explore a planet I know like the back of my hand..."
"And maybe make more friends?" Krystal suggested gently.
"...maybe..."
Sighing, Krystal stood up. "I can't fault your logic, so I'll start by teaching you Cerinian combat. It's more suited for mixing in magic like you can. Once you've learned it, Fox can teach you what you need to know of Lylat styles."
"Well, what I know," Fox allowed.
Sunset's combat training with Krystal went quite well, and she was able to grasp some of the basics relatively easily. Training with Fox didn't go as well, as he was forced to admit that he had never really specialized in hand to hand combat, since he was more of a pilot.
However, Falco managed to fill in the gaps, flying in to land on Dinosaur Planet to meet up with Sunset to train her without letting the rest of the team know he was there. In addition to the happy time spent with her Uncle who was gone for so long, Sunset especially enjoyed having a secret she could keep. There was a sort of illicit thrill to the training as a result that made it all the more exciting and fun.
Unfortunately for Sunset, things did not remain as happy as she would have liked. One day while the Great Fox was in orbit around Solaar to re-energize its mystic stores - and Sunset was astral projecting down to play with the lava bug she'd named Volca - a distressing message arrived from Dinosaur Planet. The planet itself had...shattered.
"How is that even possible?" Fox demanded as he stared at the image of the chunks of the planet floating some distance away from the core, like some insane jigsaw puzzle.
"Dinosaur Planet's core releases a huge amount of mystic energy," Slippy explained as he read over the details of the report. "More than the planet can ordinarily contain. To keep it in check, there are dark-matter crystals called Spellstones that absorb and disperse enough of the excess to maintain balance, allowing the planet to stay whole."
"That sounds like the whole planet was...constructed," Fox pointed out. "How is that possible?"
"Has something to do with the Krazoa Spirits," Slippy explained. "That's all I know. I'm afraid I can't really explain anymore, or get accurate readings while the planet is like that..."
"I'll go investigate further," Krystal spoke up insistently, grabbing her staff.
"Krystal?" Fox asked in surprise. She'd been silent from the moment the image had appeared on screen, and looked oddly pale as she spoke.
"The last time I saw a planet look like that..." Krystal started to say before swallowing against the lump in her throat. "I was flying away from Cerinia..." She looked straight at Fox. "I need to investigate this, in case there's a connection. I..." Her voice trailed off.
Fox looked at her for a time, worry and understanding warring in his eyes. "...you've got two days after Sunset comes back to her body to get there, investigate, and report back," he said finally. "After that, Sunset's going to want to come after you, and the only way to stop that will be for me to go myself, after contacting Command to officially take the job. Be careful, okay?"
"Will do," Krystal promised as she leaned in to share a chaste kiss with him before rushing to her fighter.
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And away we go.
Never played Adventures, so this is all new to me. Still, it wouldn't be the first time; I read the entirety of 'Heart of the Dragon General' before watching Avatar. Maybe the biggest mistake I ever made. Still, at least I don't remember enough of it to affect Avatar with spoilers now that I'm actually watching it... in preparation for reading it again.
Falco's a good uncle.
That is all.
This is actually the ONE game I remember any piece of in this franchise, due to in store demos still being a thing... So I know what will happen if Krystal goes down there. Let's just say Sunset is going to be furious...
Let's hope Krystal and Sunset doesn't find this event too earth shattering.
Sunset is gonna be mad...
EMERGENCY ALERT! PRIORITY OMEGA!!
TIME TO RETREAT TO MY BUNKER!!!!
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Boo.
Well, crap. I know these stories sometimes take a bit of a light touch on real-world disaster consequences, but by all rights "the planet broke apart" should also be accompanied with "all the inhabitants died".
The combat training is a good idea though, particularly in Krystal's style. Just got to hope this isn't the beginning of Sunset's descent into her the morals she had at the start of Equestria Girls.
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I agree with you there, that joke is as bad as Boomstick's jokes from "Death Battle", you know what I take that back, at least with Boomstick he is creative in his jokes, this one was just plain wrong.
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No what will be earth shattering will be the inadvertent development where Krystal manages to avoid capture due to her time with the rest of the gang not to mention fox's developing magic powers due to his bond with Krystal and Sunset.
Why?
Because friendship is magic.
And because the author said so...
Deferentially no reason NOT to see just how far she can get, at least as far as I can tell.
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your bunker is invalid when 'bunker-buster sunset' is on the warpath.
I see Sunset is still having issues making friends. I wonder how this will translate over when she goes to the academy? Will her alpha personality be tamed enough that she will be tolerable or will she be needed to be knocked down several pegs at some point?
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Which is why mine is in a pocket dimension that is only accessible via another bunker that has an 'Ignore me I'm not interesting' spell on it.
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but since sunset is still young, that spell is like a beacon that's saying "open me and enter, i am hiding something fun or interesting."
and pocket dimensions are mere child's play for mystic sunset.
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Did I mention that the exterior bunker is located under a store that sells men's business wear off the rack?
8485326
What you said makes me what a pony raised by Nanoha from Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha not necessary PWNY but a pony raised by the queen of befriending through superior firepower would be interesting
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All pocket dimensions have a magic signicture. So sunset would want to know what was causing it. Your argument is invalid.
Meanwhile Sonic the Hedgehog is traveling Dinosaur Planet as a werewolf.
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werehog actually, as i understand that game...
I love how Fox knows Sunset WILL go down to Dinosaur Planet on her own if he can't give her a good reason not to.
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I know it's werehog... but not the people that think Sonic is trash.
EDIT: It has just occurred to me that I might not get my Sonic Unleashed game back. I was still on the desert level...
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Unleashed is like a game with a lot of fishing... mist people agree the Werehog levels sucked.
And now I'm imagining a Star Fox Fighting game Spin-off with Krystal as the protagonist.