Adventure: Thunder
The group found the Queen Cloudrunner waiting for them as they arrived at the landing pad, where the Ar-Wing waited. "Well done, Fox and Sunset-" she began, only to stop as she caught sight of Tink. "What is the meaning of this?" she demanded, shifting to a combat stance.
"A defector," Fox explained simply. "She wants to help us overthrow and destroy General Scales."
"Are you certain you can trust her?" the Queen asked archly, still glaring daggers at Tink.
"...absolutely," Fox confirmed after a time, his eyes still hard from what he'd deduced from what Tink had been unwilling to say in front of Sunset.
The Queen glanced from Fox to Tink to Sunset for a time, then relaxed. "Very well," she allowed. "With the Spellstone recovered, General Scales can no longer hold the Fortress, and the Sharpclaw forces have been repelled. My people can now begin to rebuild their lives. You have our gratitude."
"Thanks," Fox replied, trying to put some warmth into his voice. "Let's go." He climbed into the pilot seat of the Ar-Wing.
Sunset clambered in after him to strap herself into his lap. Tink calmly curled herself up into the under-canopy storage space. With that, Fox set course for the Great Fox. Until things were safer on the surface, the best place for Tink was off-world. Besides that, if she could put a laser weapon, a decontamination system, a fully-functional self-installing cybernetic eye, and an experimental sonic weapon into a paper-thin metal face plate with a tube designed to fit into an empty eye-socket using only planet-based tech and metals...what could she make teamed up with Slippy and his rapidly developing magitek expertise? Maybe she could even figure out a way to get Fox's blaster to work in the crazed magic environment.
While in transit to the Great Fox, Fox briefed Slippy somewhat on the situation with Tink, figuring he'd be the best one to get her settled on board, not to mention the one who'd be working with her the most. While he had to be careful what he said because he didn't want Sunset to put too many details together, it turned out he barely needed to say anything. All it had taken was saying that the Sharpclaws were formerly matriarchal, and Slippy caught on immediately.
Upon arrival, Slippy was already in position to escort Tink around the ship, show her to comfortable guest quarters, and immediately launch into a rather distracting discussion of comparative technologies, magitek, and technomancy. Between that and Tink explaining the blueprints of General Scales' new optic enhancement, Fox knew he could leave them to it.
"Let's get back to Thorntail Hollow," Fox told Sunset firmly. "Tricky's probably wondering what's taking us so long, and the Queen Earthwalker probably knows where we can find the Ocean Force Point Temple for the Spellstone."
"This is just a wild guess," Sunset supplied archly, "but might it be somewhere near the ocean?"
"Scamp," Fox chided playfully, mussing her mane with one hand as they climbed back into the Ar-Wing.
Once they landed, Tricky - as expected - raced up to say hi to Sunset and ask about what happened in the Cloudrunner Fortress. Fox leaned back as Sunset walked off with her friend, telling the - slightly embellished - tale of her adventures in that floating land. He shook his head in amusement at how energetic Sunset was in her telling, gesticulating wildly as she bounced from hoof to hoof in her excitement. Tricky was plainly enthralled.
As he sat back, he noticed his communicator blinking. Curious, he tapped it...and found a text-only message from Slippy.
Fox
Tink wanted me to pass on something to you where Sunset couldn't hear.
General Scales promised two things to the male Sharpclaws that united them entirely under his banner of conquest.
First, that the gender balance of the bipedal races of the rest of Lylat was nearly 1:1.
Second, that the armed forces they would be fighting - and slaughtering - as part of their conquest would be mostly males.
Fox stared at the message for a time before closing it out. It was far too easy to read between the lines there. He felt his hands clenching to fists as something stirred inside him. "Sunset, stay close!" he barked out, getting the children's attention. "We need to get to the Force Point Temple."
"Right Dad!" Sunset called back as they made their way towards Cape Claw.
Everything went as it had before until the group reached a glade along the path, one Sunset knew to be the entrance to the Lightfoot Tribe's secret swamp village. As they reached it, Fox quickly hand-signed Sunset and Tricky into hiding. He'd spotted two Sharpclaws...but they hadn't spotted the group yet. He carefully moved forward, hoping to get close enough to hear what the pair were saying.
"So the priority on snagging that pony girl just went up again," the first one muttered darkly. "Like we'd actually have a chance at that."
"Oh, I don't know," the second one mused idly as he leaned back. "If we got the drop on her - or the fox - we could manage it, I think. Either knock her out quick, or have a hostage long enough to knock her out quick. That'd be worth it, I think."
"And why would you think that?" the first Sharpclaw snarled irritably.
The second one grinned, showing all his teeth as his long tongue licked them. "Have you gotten a good look at the vixen the General's got acting as the mana channel just now? Our females sure don't come that soft and curvy..."
Fox felt the tension building in him again, along with a protective rage. He struggled to contain it, to keep listening silently.
The first Sharpclaw rolled his eyes, though he smirked a bit. "Like you've even seen one of our females outside yer mum?" he taunted. "The waiting list for a 'morale boost' is a mile long, and the higher ranks get priority, you know that. And they're all being kept on tighter leashes since the Tinkerer went missing. Though I can't deny what you're saying about the vixen...not like it matters. She's the mana channel, after all-"
"Until someone catches the pony girl," the second pointed out with a wicked cackle. "Then she'll be the mana channel, and as for the vixen..." He rubbed his clawed hands together eagerly.
"True enough," the first allowed thoughtfully as Fox felt something growing inside him, waiting to burst...a feeling like having a Krazoa inside, or being close to Sunset while in Solaar orbit, yet...different, more his own, like white heat leaping across his fur. "But what's that got to do with us?"
"Scuttlebutt says the General'll let whoever brings in the filly get first crack at the vixen," the second explained eagerly. "And rumor is she scents pure."
The first Sharpclaw's eyes lit up. "Now that would be worth the risk," he hissed out eagerly.
The second Sharpclaw tensed. "Does...does it feel like a storm to you? I swear I taste lightning in the air-"
"Ferget that!" the first Sharpclaw insisted. "If we do catch the filly...ya think she's of breedin' age-"
The sudden roar shook the trees and shattered a nearby boulder...and it wasn't until several minutes later that Fox realized it had come from his own throat. Lunging forward, he seized both Sharpclaws by their throats and lightning lashed from his body into theirs. Their screams were agonized and brief, though the lightning went on...until Fox, feeling spent, released two handfuls of charred, black ash into matching piles of the same below.
Some distance away - far enough that they couldn't hear what was said - Sunset and Tricky stared at what had transpired. Tricky then turned to Sunset. "Did you know your Dad could make lightning?" he gasped in awe.
Sunset dumbly shook her head, her lower jaw hanging as she struggled to wrap her mind around what she'd just seen.
Tricky's eyes lit up in excitement. "That is...so...cool!" he squealed eagerly.
A wide grin slowly crossed Sunset's face as she nodded in fervent agreement.
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papa wolf pulls no punches...indeed...
Read between the lines?
Yeah.
Holy Fox, do not mess with fuck. I definitely don’t recall a lightning spell in the game, and lord only knows what Fox would do to General Scales for putting out such information to begin with. Jeezums.
Uh, guys?
I really don't think-
Stop digging your own graves!
I tried to warn you...
I'm sorry. Lightning Fox? Guess being exposed to powerful magic users had a sort of proximity effect on him, causing him to develop magic powers.
Wolf's going to be in shock.
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Walks up to sharpclaws.
Me: Well I heard that her dad is a regular papa bear.
Sharpclaw 1: Where'd you hear that?
Sharpclaw 2: Yeah where?
Me: I just figured from the sound of your screams that it was obvious.
Sharpclaw 2: What screams?
Star Fox: Roar!!!!!
Sharpclaw 1 & 2: (little girly screams)
.........If other male Sharpclaw saw Fox do that, I would NOT doubt that some of them would go "Fuck this, I'm outta here. I think I'm better off living as a monk."
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And the Darwin Award goes to.......THOSE MORONS!
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PapaWolf
So being in a magic-heavy environment gives non-magic users the ability to use magic. Heh, give Fox a lightsaber and some robes and he’s all set. Also, all of his voices make him sound much younger than he’s supposed to be.
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I think you mean papa fox!
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And so we now add two more to the kill count of the highly lethal disease known as idiocy!
The only negative is that Fox didn't ash them where Crystal was being kept! Also for tweedle-dead and tweedle-deader they were struck by the power of love... And rage! Can't forget the rage!
... Right, note to self, if I was in possession of sufficient firepower, the Sharpclaws would pretty quickly suffer from a sudden case of endangered species syndrome.
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He already knows Krystal is in the crystal at the top of Krazoa Palace.
...So. I know everyone comments on the fact that Fox is gone full Papa Bear/Wolf/Fox/[Insert Animal that will MAUL you if threaten its children]...
Myself is more interested in the fact that Fox seems to be developing a Magical Core. No, because, right there ? He did not use Krystal's staff, and i don't think there was something that he did that could just give a one-time spell...
Now, Canon!Fox got a very limited exposure to magic. He got only the Adventure game, with Krystal following him afterward into more "mundane" Ar-wing action.
PWNY!Fox, though ? Got Early Contact with Krystal, Got a ship SATURATED with magical energies, has raised an almost literal SUN of magical forces, slippy is using the oversaturation of magic in all his techs now, and Fox got exposed for years also to Dinosaur Planet's Field. Let's add the current shenanigans, and the Krazoa Spirit he had to travel with it inside of him... Yeah, i'd not be surprised that Fox is really developing his own magical core from all the magical influences he got. (and he seems attuned to electricity ? I feel for the poor Slippy needing to insulate EVERYTHING to avoid Fox destroying any critical systems the time he trains to master his newfound power. XD )
Now, if he's really having his own magic, i don't think that his growth will be enough to make him non eligible for Krazoa transportation, because if that happens it will becomes quite the pickle.
Well, that was a very SHOCKING twist!
Something seems wrong here.
.......daaaaaammmmmmnnnnnn. Kinda want Lightning Fox as a custom move in Smash. Hopefully using this new magic won't drain Fox too much. Lightning's classically a dangerous element
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Yeah well my memories been on a static fritz lately!
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but it has sooooo many fun uses
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Pun intended?
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Very.
...I think the Sharpclaw need a bit of a culling.
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yep,
how about stupid and not so stupid
Cool indeed
As far as final words go these were some of the most idiotic. Bastards deserved to fry.
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Oh absolutely. But in stories, it's usually pretty dangerous for the wield.
A chapter or two ago, someone suggested Sunset was building her own team. I didn't read all the comments, so pardon me if I'm repeating, but I think I know what such a team should be named.
Space Unicorn is even in the same format as Star Fox.
And they should blast the song to the enemy radio during combat.
"Sunset, did you just fill that guy's cockpit with marshmallows?"
"Huh. I did not know I could do that."
"Do it again."
"Why?"
"Because."
~Next Mission~
"Tink, why are all of our blasers filling enemy cockpits with marshmallows and making the drones into giant ones?"
"Because. I call dibs on the first one successfully roasted on re-entry!"
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Without a doubt. But sometimes the risks are so more than worth it, like now for instance.
Well it looks like those sharpclaw were....THUNDERSTRUCK!!!!
Soooo.....Anyone want to bet that fox becomes some sort of Raiju as a result?
Krystal is going to be shocked I can assure you that.
... Nope, nothing for me to say here.
Well... It seems like those bastards were...
THUNDERSTRUCK.
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https://youtu.be/v2AC41dglnM
You just been thunderstruck!
I'm seeing something of a pattern.
It seems that everyone has a bit of a dark side, hmm?
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Oh come on sans... Not even a lightning round punfest...?
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Chances are that as The Great Fox is a military/mercenary vessel everything is already hardened against EM shock, the magic absorption tech laid throughout would add another buffer, and failing all of that there are redundant systems for the redundancy systems. They'll be fine.
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More like "disgusting, irredeemable pigs" and "disgusting pigs that have some slight chance of seeing sense"....
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As shocking as it may seem, I'd rather not for this one.
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Well its too bad you got grounded by the puns.... I thought you could take more PUNishment.
Anyone else get an inFamous Vibe when Fox used Lightning Powers?
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huh, and yet always before u positively brim with terrible puns while accepting no negative reactions. although, i suppose the current chapter dosnt cuduct itself very well to most puns but...eh, resistors tend to become enablers and close the circit...
This cannot be a coincidence, but I was listening to this while reading. And it fits too well.
Everyone's probably better off with those two out of the gene pool anyway.
Fox with Electrokinesis? Sold!
Granted, he doesn't seem to have a very large "battery" at the moment, but damn was that an introduction to the ability.
If Fox ain't careful with keeping that power from going to his head...
We got Fox's Papa Wolf moment, now to wait for what Krystal's Mama Bear moment will look like (probably even more fierce due to having more experience and knowledge of magic).
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Susnet is rubbing on him.
.....Damn.
Too scared to think what Krystal would do if she heard that.
Well, lightning has been said to be the wrath of gods.... way to go Fox!
I wonder if Fox is going to grow a second tail soon...
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...that reminds me of another story of mine over on fanfiction.
"I Want To Fly High". A Sonic the Hedgehog/Star Fox crossover where Tails discovers that he's Fox and Krystal's long lost son. I should really get back to that one at some point.