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ciaranswritingportfolio · 3 months

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Every Cancelled Crash Bandicoot Game [YT Script]

Crash Bandicoot Worlds

Crash Bandicoot Worlds was the working title for a game that was early in its development in 2009. The only surviving proof-of-concepts we have are sketches of the proposed title-screen. Game designer Mark Cerny also gave us an account of his first hand experience in fleshing out this cancelled title. Mark stated that open-world exploration would have been the main feature that would separate it from the classic linear ‘rails’ type of gameplay in the originals. Although it was set to be developed by Crash creators Naughty Dog, it was eventually halted due to Universal Interactive scrapping their contract with Naughty Dog. Deteriorating relationships between the creative teams were rumoured to be a cause. This cued Universal to ask Travellers Tales to develop the next Crash game, but not without caution. Universal were reportedly cautious about sending the development of Crash to a new studio, scrapping the idea of open world gameplay in order to stay true to the formula. Travellers Tales had only been given 12 months to develop this game to make up for lost time deliberating over contracts. Naughty Dog’s cancelled concept for Crash Bandicoot Worlds ended up releasing by Travellers Tales as the Wrath of Cortex for the PS2.

Crash Evolution

Did you know that Crash Twinsanity, the first dive into open-world gameplay for the Crash series is actually a reimagining of a cancelled game called Crash Evolution? Evolution’s original concepts are so different to what it would become. The cancelled game would have combined the classic platforming in a science-fiction setting, while even incorporating RPG elements. The story for Evolution involved Crash teaming up with Cortex to tackle evil Twins that are taking over an alien world. It’s clear to see that this gameplay concept carried over to Twinsanity. Crash Evolution’s original gameplay and story were scrapped due to the purely coincidental similarities to the story of 2002’s Ratchet & Clank. This meant that they had to change much of the planned setting. Like leaning further into the cartoonish comedic style of classic Crash.

Crash Nitro Kart (Travellers Tales Version)

Travellers Tales kept up momentum on their recent Wrath of Cortex release in 2001, and began working on the first racing game in the Crash series. Eventually, it was handed to Vicarious Visions to complete, but there are numerous changes that happened once this deal went through. For example, the character ‘Nina Cortex’ was originally going to debut in the Travellers Tales version, but TT withheld the character from Vicarious Visions so that they could use debut her in their own game in the future. The concept art for Nina and her Kart displays quite a different art direction than what we actually got with the release.

Cortex Chaos

Also known as ‘The All New Cortex Show’, this game had been pitched a few times by Travellers Tales’ Oxford studio after Twinsanity released. Keith Webb, a concept artist most notably for his work on Twinsanity, told Community fan site, Crash Mania about a few of these proposals that he worked on.

Keith said that one proposal would feature Cortex in a Pikmin style game, where he would control a multitude of small clones to perform small communal tasks. A second concept was a take on the Megaman style of game. In this proposal, Cortex is rejected from his communal group of evil scientists. He then has to fight his way back by through platforming and ‘Run ’N’ Gun’ style gameplay. Keith even mentioned that a third concept wold involve Nina, but couldn’t recall much of that one. Each of these proposals has a piece of concept art by Keith attached to it. He suggested that the final design, if it went ahead, would likely have involved elements from each of the proposals in one way or another! Sounds Chaotic!

Crush Bandicoot

Crash’s evil twin, Crush Bandicoot could have gotten his own game in this 2004 proposal by Magenta Software. The pitch involved war-propaganda related concept art with Cortex recruiting soldiers. He would also have retained his rightful position as the main antagonist. Crush, the player character, was designed to be able to drive vehicles to explore a sci fi themed open-world. One environment was created to test the game before Sony Computer Entertainment would decline their pitch. Crash Mania reports Andy J. Davis as one of the lead artists at the time, and thanks him for revealing this information. Along with this, concept art and screenshots of the prototypes were made publicly available.

Crash Clash Racing

Once more, after the release of Crash Twinsanity, Traveller’s Tales Oxford Studio began working on yet another Crash Racing title. Its concept based itself within Crash Bandicoot’s imagination. Race tracks were bing based on his dreams and thoughts. Paul Gardner was a writer and designer for Twinsanity. He said that despite the racing game concept, the development plan was to actually have the game be a direct continuation from the story of Twinsanity. It featured personalised cars, with a fusion mechanic that would later be utilised in Crash Tag Team Racing by Radical Entertainment. It seems like TT just couldn’t catch their “brake” with a Crash Racing game!

Crash Tag Team Racing (Nintendo DS)

The studio Sensory Sweep Entertainment did a lot of work on Nintendo handhelds like the DS, and Gameboy Advance. In 2005, they were working on a Nintendo DS version of Crash Tag Team Racing. However, unlike the Playstation Portable’s port of Tag Team Racing, the limitations in the DS hardware meant that the game had to be built differently with far fewer polygons and lower resolution textures. Their aim was to keep it as similar as possible to all other versions. Radical Entertainment, the developer behind the original versions of Tag Team Racing, sent Sensory the required character models for the game. But, during the process of reducing the models’ polygons, the team at Sensory decided it would look better if they just made their own from scratch. The game was cancelled just a couple months before its due date, with official announcements saying that the release of Mario Kart DS would affect their sales. This was met with distrust. Stories began to circulate about failing leadership at Sensory. An exposé about the poor management even came to light in a blog post by an ex-Sensory employee. This mis-management led towards the ports cancellation.

Crash Landed and Crash Team Racing (2010)

Also known as ‘I Am Crash Bandicoot’, this game was slated for release in 2010 as a reboot to the entire Crash Bandicoot mainline series. Radical Entertainment worked on it for a while… that is until their parent company, Activision, had begun to layoff much of its staff in its subsidiary studios. Many of the concepts that Radical originally made are available to see. Despite all the concepts, Radical still didn’t have much gameplay to show off, which contributed to its cancellation when they had to show it off to their publisher. The gameplay was going to be linearly focussed in an open-world environment similar to Twinsanity. Crash would be tasked with collecting parts to create wacky gadgets as he progresses. Sort of like the powerups that he wins in the original three games. Crash Landed’s story was going to revolve around the origins of the Bandicoot himself, focussing on his original mutation by Cortex. Dingodile was also going to have a star role too, returning as a major antagonist. The game was going to release simultaneously with yet another cancelled racing game titled Crash Team Racing. This was to be developed by a separate studio, High Impact Games. The racing spinoff was in the same style, and setting as Crash Landed, but it also never came to fruition. Gabriel Mann and Rebecca Kneubuhl were set to be the composers for both of these unreleased games. CTR would have had a huge cast of Crash-related characters with up to 16 racers on one track at a given time. Each character had their own special move, as well as each kart having a customisation mechanic with up to 64 possible combinations. It’s easy to see how large the scope was for the cancelled Crash Team Racing. By the time the development had cut short, the team only worked on one completed track, titled Happy Woods. It had music which reused musical themes from Twinsanity and was later placed on Nitro Kart 2’s Bandicoot Beach track. There is quite a bit of evidence and screenshots regarding this duo of cancellations!

Crash N’ Burn

Bob Rafei was an art director who worked on the original Crash trilogy. Bob founded his own studio in 2007 named Big Red Button Entertainment, who were responsible for Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric. Big Red had a habit of uploading previous projects to their website, including a vault section for old demos and prototypes. One of these uploads is a prototype of a Crash game they had pitched in 2014. A beach themed jungle level, similar to the opening of the original Crash Game is shown in the demo video. Fellow gaming channel DestinationMarc contacted Bob Rafei to get some more information about their pitch. Bob replied that Crash N’ Burn was intended to persuade Activision to give Big Red a contract to develop the 20th anniversary series reboot for the Bandicoots. Activision eventually handed the responsibility to Vicarious Visions who developed the N. Sane Trilogy.

Crash Bandicoot (PS4 Launch Title)

Shuhei Yoshida, who used to be the president for Sony Interactive told Edge in an interview that a Crash Bandicoot game could have been on the roster of launch titles with the PS4. He said that the plan was to demonstrate the PS4 being about diverse ‘experiences’ rather than cutting edge graphics. The idea of doing a Crash game was thrown in by Mark Cerny. The existing ‘crashlike’ game ‘Knack’ was the result of these meetings.

Nothing else is known about this possible direction, but it’s sure that their marketing message was clear!

Unreleased Vicarious Visions Game

In 2012, some concept art of Crash Bandicoot surfaced with a new design. The leaker had taken a photo of a poster inside the Vicarious Visions studio. The cancelled game was confirmed by Activision game designer Mike Stout, who said that: “the art was from a cancelled Crash game from a long time ago”, but no other details have ever emerged!

Twinsanity Sequel

In an interview, Keith Webb mentioned some ideas that they’d had in developer meeting rooms regarding a Twinsanity sequel. He’d said that they’d had an idea for levels to take place across various television programs. Crash would be sucked into each level by a portal disguised as a TV gifted to the Bandicoots by Cortex. Keith said that one of the most fleshed out ideas was the “Medical Drama” level, with enemies chasing Crash with big needles. The sequel to Twinsanity never reached an opportunity for full development!

Toys For Bob Pitch

Hardly anything is known about this pitch. An editor at CrashyNews, another Crash fansite said that Anthony Hon, an artist at Toys for Bob around 2008 which never materialised. All that is known, likely due to NDA’s and legal reasons, is a short sketch of a few Crash characters.

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99katarina99 · 5 months

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It has everything, but it's too short.

I just finished watching a full playthrough of Ratchet and Clank Into the Nexus by Full Playthroughs. I had also played that game back in 2013, just when it came out. I was very happy to be able to play another Ratchet and Clank game, and I really enjoyed playing Into the Nexus. This game has everything, but unfortunately, it's too short. I finished it in 1 day. I feel like the developers didn't try enough to release the new Ratchet & Clank in the same fashion as the previous games, not to mention that this game was released just a month before PlayStation 4 came out.

Let me tell you briefly about the plot with my own words: The game starts on a spaceship freighter that serves as a prison where Ratchet and Clank, along with their robot friends Cronk and Zephyr, need to escort Vendra Prog, the dangerous and cold criminal, to the prison, but they get attacked by Neftin Prog, Vendra's brother, who hired Thugs 4 Less, the guns-for-hire, to get Vendra out. The freighter explodes, killing Cronk and Zephyr along with it, and Ratchet and Clank are the only survivors. They manage to slip into one of Thugs 4 Less' ships that takes them all the way to Zarkov Sector, the sector that was declared abandoned and haunted. They land on one of the planets out there, Yarik or whatever it's called, and they find out that Vendra and Neftin contacted a monster being, called Mr. Eye, who they want to bring into their world, using a low-budget Dimensinator, the device that opens portals to other worlds. Ratchet and Clank manage to escape, and they need stop Vendra and Neftin from bringing Mr. Eye to their world. They track Vendra and Neftin on Silox (if I remember the name correctly), the abandoned urban planet. But they're late. Vendra manages to summon and bring Mr. Eye into their world. Instead of working with Vendra, Mr. Eye's minions capture and take Vendra into the Nether, their world. Ratchet and Clank team up with Neftin to get the real dimensinator, located in a museum on planet Igliak, so they can banish Mr. Eye and his minions from their world, and free Vendra.

After watching and coming back to this game, I had the idea: I could write a fan fiction of this game. I wouldn't change anything in the original, but rather expand the storyline. Like, how were Vendra and Neftin able to make their own dimensinator? How did Vendra get caught in the first place? How did she get into contact with Mr. Eye? (Well, that part is somehow explained by the number of dictaphones we find in the game). Ratchet & Clank is an adventure game, and adventure games have to be lengthy (10 hours or so). There's got to be more to this story than me, and other gamers like me, didn't get to see. I really want that to happen.

One more thing: at the end of the game, after Ratchet and Clank had a small talk in front of Cronk and Zephyr's statues in the museum, Ratchet leaves alone, and Clank picks up the real (and now broken) dimensinator, and takes it with him. Then the scene ends, and the credits start rolling. That actually makes perfect sense, given that in Rift Apart, Clank builds back the dimensinator by himself as a gift to Ratchet so he can find Lombaxes, his species. If anything, Insominac Games actually continued from Into the Nexus instead of the remake (and the movie).

If Insominac ever plans on remaking this game (it's only available on PS3), I'll send them the script of mine. If anything, I can at least show my writing skills.

#ratchet and clank #ratchet & clank #possible fanfic idea #ps3 #insomniac games

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botmilf · 6 years

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Ratchet & Clank: Back to the Nexus (Chapter 01: p1)

In all her searching, Dr. Sriva Yauvani did a lot of things she wasn’t proud of. This was among such things—but she reasoned that all of it was necessary evil. Springs loosed from the cumbersome, ancient device as she carefully placed it under the safety of blankets and empty nanotech canisters in the back of her shuttle.

She was gone after that. Soon enough the Metropolis police would be notified of the missing Dimensionator. By then, though, she would be off the planet, out of the sector.

Again, necessary evil—she told herself as she piloted deep into the stars. Indeed, the Dimensionator was in shambles…but it was her last hope at finding the Lombaxes, and she’d acquired just the individual to repair it some time ago. It wouldn’t be long now.

The piece of scrap sputtered down onto the rickety landing pad, a metallic rattle shuddering through its confines as Sriva shut off the engines and disengaged from the cockpit. Stepping out onto the nearly overgrown landing pad, she breathed in through her nose; taking in the odors of the swamp that covered this planet for miles. No one would come looking for the Dimensionator here, all the way on this side of the Solana Galaxy. A small moon such as this one wouldn’t be on anyone’s radar, mainly because of the lack of sentient life forms.

Sriva’s hut hunkered above ground, deep in the canopies. Strapping the Dimensionator to her back, Sriva muscled her way up to the front porch on a makeshift ladder that she’d build several cycles ago. It creaked dangerously with her weight, beginning to loosen with wear and age. One foothold snapped off, almost sending Sriva plummeting to the jungle floor had she not latched on with her hands.

“Shit,” she exhaled, eyeing that terribly final drop.

Eventually she reached the porch—after taking her sweet time climbing. That damn-near tumble still clenched in her chest, and, with an uneasy glance over her shoulder, scrambled to her feet and into the hut.

Sriva sets the Dimensionator down onto the work table, among the mess of cobwebbed books and research equipment and recorders, filled long ago with drabble concerning interdimensional travel and rifts. Clicking on the overhead lamp, Sriva at last faces a large preservation tank plugged into a portable power supply in the corner.

Inside, immaculately preserved, one of the last Lombaxes accounted for.

Well, was accounted for. High voltage trauma seemed to be General Alister Azimuth’s cause of death—an immediate death.

Eyes drifting through the bookshelf nearby, Sriva plucked out a sleek, rounded container. Zoni shifted and protested inside—much weaker than before, however. She knew a usage to this magnitude might kill them, but of course…necessary evil. This Lombax was the only one who could fix the Dimensionator, and the Dimensionator was the last chance at ever bringing the Lombaxes back home.

Sriva breathed out. She opened the vessel.

#fan fiction #Ratchet and Clank fan fiction #Ratchet and Clank #Ratchet and Clank: Back to the Nexus by Zombiy #it's finally here lol!#next page is gonna be half drawn #let me know what you think!#constructive criticism is welcomed!#Back to the Nexus

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fourheavenlysins · 3 years

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Kinktober 2021

day 2 - dacryphilia

Category: Ratchet and Clank

Pairing: Emperor Nefarious

Warning: crying, slight verbal abuse

—I got a little carried away and this one is longer than the first one and now I feel bad 😂—

"I-I'm sorry."

You had been thrown to the ground, but you didn't bother getting back to your feet. You messed up big time and you didn't know if you'd make it out of this situation.

"Oh you poor stupid thing." Emperor Nefarious looked down at you disappointed.

"Do you understand how much your failure has cost me." The tyrant catching sight of your tail sprawled out on your side quickly brought his foot down firmly on the tip.

You let out a small scream as tears started blurring your vision. He squatted down infront of you, his foot still firmly on your tail.

"All because you fell in love with the Lombax. I have eyes on you in this city I see the way you gush over her."

He grabbed your face between his metal fingers causing you to sob. You were scared.

"N-no I.." You were struggling to get words out. Between your hiccups and his hand squeezing your cheeks you couldn't properly form words. Hell, you could barely form a thought.

"Don't forget your worthless father sold you to me." Now he was just rubbing it in.

"You belong to me." He emphasize each 'me' by squeezing your face a little more, to remind you of the situation you were in.

You didn't need reminders.

Memories of your father filled your mind, you were happier then. Just like how Rivet made you happy and now you were positive she never wanted to see you again.

You began crying more thinking of how stupid you were for believing you'd be free of him and how stupid you were for crying.

You always were a crybaby.

Emperor Nefarious stood up letting go of your face and removing his foot from your now numb tail. Just as quickly as the pain left you it came back, screaming a second time as his hand had went straight to your hair tugging it and dragging you along with him as he moved to his chair.

He released you and went to sit silently staring at your sobbing form on the floor. When you made no sign of moving from your spot, he raised one hand lifting you in the process with his power and bringing you over to him.

He placed you in his lap straddling him in his chair. He grabbed your chin to force you to look at him, tears still streaming down your face.

"Show your Emperor how much you love him," he mocked slipping his hand down the front of your loose pants.

You gasped feeling his cold metal fingers begin to gently rub against you. His other hands metallic fingers digging into your tear stained cheeks as he made you look at him.

A soft moan left your mouth as his finger slowly began to enter you. Tears began to fall from your eyes ones again, you hated how much you enjoyed what he was doing to you.

You were panting now as his finger picked up its pace. Your hands went to grip at his forearms to try and steady yourself as you began to lightly buck into his hand.

"Look at you, so desperate and crying." He squeezed your face.

"Makes this so much fun."

You never fought him when he got like this, why should you when it was easier to just give him what he wanted.

After all, being a crybaby is what has kept you alive this long.

#Kinktober 2021 #fan fiction #emperor nefarious #emporer nefarious x reader #Reader insert #degeneracy at its finest #i simp for this robot and regular Nefarious too #But like damn #👀#is it just me?#ratchet and clank

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pyroraider · 5 years

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Soooooooooo! At this point I’m just throwing out some ideas to see what people think. And uh... this picture needs a lot of context, so be prepared if you’re interested. (Also click for full resolution, cause this is literally computer background size here.)

This is an image I recently made for an older fan fiction series of mine called, Secrets of the Past. The four main characters are Lombaxes, a race from the Ratchet and Clank games. I'll try to give a quick rundown of how this fan fiction came about. I’ve been a fan of Ratchet and Clank since Tools of Destruction came out on PS3 in 2007. I quickly began craving more lore and story involving Lombaxes (since the games don’t give much information about them). I wanted a story focused around Lombax conflicts and heroes in the dimension/world they fled to. Ideas began flooding my mind and eventually there were simply too many to ignore. In 2011 I started writing this mini-series so I could put to use my own ideas of other Lombax characters.

OKAY! About the actual series…

From left to right, the characters in this picture are Vega Monta, Cadon Arramand, Ken Parson, and Maxwell Sanders. These four characters have an elemental preference that their weapon arsenal reflects. (Vega = Ice, Cadon = Fire, Ken = Electricity, Max = Acid)

Secrets of the Past follows the young Lombax named Cadon Arramand during his quest to find his father (Selden Arramand) who has gone missing. He is challenged to recruit a team of three other Lombaxes, which introduces Ken Parson, Vega Monta, and Maxwell Sanders to the story. The team works together the best they can despite their flaws. On the way, Cadon runs into a complicated destiny and triggers an uncertain future that’s linked to the Lombaxes’ half-remembered past. (It gets crazy deep into original game lore, while adding a strange twist to it all. There's time travel too, because I love time jumping shenanigans, which explains why the Zoni are present as well.)

Anyway, a LOT happens, good and bad. I put in a ton of thought and world building into this series. I brainstormed for new planets, armor, different species (other than Lombaxes and Zoni which are the two in this picture), characters (though a few from the games ARE included), and of course new weapons. I believe Vega’s blade weapon here is called Cryo-strike. Cadon’s weapon is a Magma Gun (pretty much a remake of the original Lava Gun from one of the games). I finished this story after much delay in 2017 and REALLY missed writing it when it was done. Even though it’s an older fan fiction and quite honestly weird in some places, I still love it. It’s another story I’ve thought about posting online. But uh... that depends if there’s illustrations or not and um... if anyone’s interested.

#ratchet and clank #fan fiction idea #even though its already finished lol #lombax #zoni #science fiction #my art #fan art #pyroraider #i had so much fun writing this one #used this story to test out some interesting concepts #if you want to know more please ask me!

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aliens-and-art-exist-blog · 5 years

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WAMH Redux: Chapter One

Kyzil Plateau, Veldin: 1:30 A.M

Silence... And the faint rustling of covers could be heard. The occupant in the bed couldn't stick with one position, so he miserably moved about, trying to get comfortable and get some sleep. But it seemed impossible this night... "C'mon..." He whispered uncomfortably. "Let me sleep." Everything was fine earlier, he ate, took a shower, and even FELT tired... So why couldn't he sleep? None of his limbs or body ached.... Wait, something did hurt. Really bad... It was... His chest? Gazing at the blonde fur that was hidden under a very light brown tank top, Ratchet put a hand to his chest to feel the drum of his heartbeat. Why did it feel off? Letting his hand fall, the Lombax rested his head on his pillow again and closed his eyes, praying that sleep would overcome him, but it never did....

BEEP BEEP BEEP

Clank's internal alarm clock rang out, causing the little robot to open his eyes tiredly. He yawned loudly and stretched his arms, bringing his hands up to rub his bright green optics. "Good morning, Ratchet." He said to his friend. Clank got a annoyed moan for a reply, rolling his eyes in annoyance, the defect jumped off the nightstand and marched over to his friend's bed. "Really, Ratchet." He said. "Must we do this every morning?" When Ratchet didn't say an annoying comeback or retort, Clank got suspicious. "Ratchet...?" He said unsurely. Going to the side of the bed, he gently lifted the blanket Ratchet was hiding under and peeked at him. "Ratchet?" He peeped. The Lombax shut his eyes tight, "Get the light, would ya?" Clank sighed in relief and annoyance, "No, 'I will not get the light', especially not after you drank an entire jug of coffee at midnight again!" He paused, "Did you not?" Ratchet eyes opened as he decided to buy into that lie, "Yeah..." Clank crossed his arms, "Look at those bags under your eyes, I swear you make reckless decisions sometimes." Ratchet sat up tiredly and stretched, incidentally causing his chest to sting. "...Yeah, yeah." He said, hiding his pain. "You go on down, I'll be with ya in a moment." Clank nodded begrudgingly and hovered down to the first floor from the loft's entrance, Ratchet waited until he was alone to put a hand to his chest. "A-ah..." He moaned. "Why is it still here?" He gazed down at it for a few seconds, before slowly standing, and needing to sit down again thanks to the lightheadedness that overcame him. Taking many deep breaths, he finally said, "No..." He glared at his chest, "I will not let whatever it is you're trying to do beat me." Ratchet stood up again, catching his breath for a second, and got dressed. Before he was about to head down, he paused. "Was I just talking to my heart?" He rolled his eyes and used his swingshot. "One thing at a time, Ratchet."

Phew! Made it!

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ratchet-and-clank-eu-project · 5 years

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Ratchet and Clank - chapter 2: Stranded

Entering atmosphere of planet Novalis

During the descent down to the planet, Clank was able to triangulate the source of the distress beacon to be the Tobruk Crater. Ratchet proved himself to be a natural pilot by riding the jetstreams all the way to the location, which, admiddately wasn’t far. Had it been any further, this plan most certainly gotten the both of them killed. Their luck was running out, however, as they were now once again spiraling out of control. Ratchet hit the eject button just in time to escape a crash that completely pulverized his five long years of work. He fell screaming, and landed with a dull thud on the ground. Luckily, the grass was soft and was able to cushion his landing. He looked around while clearing his dizzy head, and found that his metal companion had gone missing.

“Clank…? Where are you?” He heard a muffled “I’m right here” From below him, and rolled over and pushed himself to his feet to find Clank smushed into the grass below where he landed. “Oh! Sorry about that! Clank got up and joined at Ratchet’s side, and they both looked over the Tobruk Crater. In it’s floor was a grassy valley that was carved in half by a river. The sun shone brightly on the surface of the water. There was a small town at the end of the river where houses were on fire. Blarg ships buzzed overhead, dropping bombs and robotic goons on the helpless village. But the bombardment of the crater village was nothing compared to the assault going on at the city that they could see in the distance. Without a ship, they had no way to get there. “Well, we’re not leaving the way we came in.”

“Perhaps we could procure a ship from one of the inhabitants?” Clank suggested.

“If there are any left” Ratchet said grimly. He looked down at the crater and the town that rested at the head of the river next to a waterfall that dumped into the crater. The buildings were burning and an army of bird bots, and the smaller peck bots were crawling all over them, and the rest of the crater floor.

Clank needed a way to remain at Ratchet’s side. With his stubby stature, there was no way he would be able to keep pace with a Lombax, even one of Ratchet’s height, which was short for his species. So, Clank retracted his arms and legs, compressing himself down to toaster size. He was small enough for Ratchet to latch him to the suspender harnesses on his back. This allowed Clank to be carried like a backpack wherever Ratchet went. It was convenient enough. Ratchet spotted a nearby Gadgetron Vendor. Gadgetron had these weapons kiosks scattered all over the central systems, and all the way out to the further most reaches of the galaxy. Each was remotely operated by a salesman sitting in an office at Gadgetron headquarters on planet Kalebo III via holo link. He walked over to the vendor, a light blue box with the Gadgetron logo floating above it. A big ‘G’ with the company name orbiting it. It had a receiver antenna sticking out of each side, and a blinking blue service button on top. Ratchet pressed it and the box broke itself apart and it’s inner contents unfolded into an interface of four screens displaying “WELCOME TO GADGETRON” at the top, a video link to a sales rep on the side, and icons for weapons on the bottom. The outer shell reassembled itself and projected a hologram of today’s weapon on sale: the Pyrociter. A flamethrower that was designed similarly to a water gun with two handles, with one sticking out the side, a scope attached to the top, and a fuel canister dangling from the bottom. Sparks spit out from the red nozzle at the front of the gun. A mere prelude to the arson that this fearsome flamethrower could create. He wired 2,500 bolts through the vendor, and in return, the weapon was teleported into his hands. Ratchet gripped both handles and grinned, bearing sharp canines in an expression of sinister glee. This is gonna be fun… he thought. He stepped on the lift that descended him down into the crater, Pyrociter in hand, and stepped foot in the lush grass. He was rushed by dozens of peck bots. He pulled the trigger and unleashed a blazing hellfire upon the swarm, stopping them in their tracks and melting them down into molten metal. The bird bots that were bombarding the town up ahead stopped what they were doing and all looked Ratchet’s way. He had certainly caught their attention. A flock of peck bots appeared from over the burning buildings and descended upon the fuzzy Lombax. He charged into the village ahead with his gun literally blazing. Not a single one managed to even get close. They were all liquidated in seconds by dozens at a time. The swarm of buzzing peck bots was reduced to a pile of molten metal puddles. Witnessing this and deeming the Lombax to be a threat, the bird bots up on the houses began lobbing bombs down at Ratchet. They were awful shots, missing their mark and blowing chunks of rock in every direction. Ratchet keyed in a command on his holo watch while bounding around the explosions and the Pyrocitor teleported out of his hands, replaced with his Bomb Glove, which he then chucked a couple of payloads from up to the towers. Shrapnel and roof shingles scattered everywhere. After making scrap metal out of the goons on the towers, Ratchet ascended a few steps up to one and ran through it to the start of a bridge that stretched over the river. The second he stepped foot on it, bombers roared overhead, bombarding the bridge, the explosions creating a thick haze of dust and debris. When it cleared, Ratchet saw that the bridge was now riddled with massive holes and was slowly crumbling away. Reinforcements had dropped in from above and were now setting up a roadblock on the other side. He began crossing, jumping from to side to side as bombs came flinging his way, and returned his own packages back at the bird bots at the other side. It took only a few to clear the road block, as the robots were clustered together. Their parts were scattered all over the place when he got to the other side. He ran down a staircase under an arch and came out on the other side of the river and was met by more robot reinforcements that had been waiting for him. He took shelter behind the archway as a rain of bombs fell on the spot where he was just at. He leaned out and chucked out his own bombs, blowing up the ones that had been waiting for him, but more just dropped in from the ships above to take their place. Peck bots charged towards him in large numbers, so he quickly sent the Bomb Glove away and telequipped the Pyrocitor to light a destructive wall of flame, singeing anything that got too close. The peck bots weren’t too smart so they foolishly walked into their own smelting grave. As the flames subsided, Ratchet walked through the smoke, tossing out bombs as he went, making a mess out of what remained of Drek’s ground troops, he passed through the mess of wires and bolts and arrived at the clearing. A shadow appeared on the ground, and he looked up to see a Blargian hostage ship coming in for a landing, accompanied by several more bird bots. They landed, surrounding the boxy transport vessel and launched bombs out in every direction. Ratchet had a good hunch that they were keeping Novalian prisoners on that ship. He stood and fought, blowing up the robots one at a time without suffering so much as a scratch. The sparks cleared and a ramp dropped down from the back of the ship, and a frail old Novalian man walking with a cane emerged, waving his hands around feverishly. It was minister Buckwash begging for his life.

“Don’t hurt me, don’t hurt me! What are you? Mercenaries? Torturers? Assassins? I- I’ll tell you anything. Here, take my info bot. It’s all I got left.” The info bot floated out from behind the panicking Buckwash and offered itself up to the duo. Clank dropped from Ratchet’s back and deployed his limbs into full body form, plopping to the ground on his feet, he attempted to console the frightened politician.

“Sir, we are not assas-”

“Hold on!” Ratchet interrupted. “Let’s see what he’s got!” The info bot opened it’s mouth revealing the screen inside. On it was a black and white video of a confrontation between Captain Qwark and a massive, monstrous creature called a Blargian Snagglebeast. It was slowly lumbering towards him, the cave they were in rumbling with every foot fall. Qwark was cornered next to a pit of lava, holding a blaster. He gulped, pointed the weapon and pulled the trigger. The plasma emitter fizzled and died, leaving the Captain defenseless. Just as the monstrous beast was about to devour the captain, the video paused and his voice narrated.

“Has this ever happened to you?” Cut to a storefront with a statue of a robot holding a giant wrench in the middle of a bustling city. “Hi, I’m Captain Qwark! And, believe me, there’s nothing worse than staring down a blargian snagglebeast, from the inside, and knowing your equipment isn’t functioning properly!” Cut again to the inside. Qwark is standing in front of the main counter. Behind it are shelves of various robot parts, and the shop owner: a slightly overweight Kerwanite, a bipedal monkey like species local to planet Kerwan. He was wearing a lab coat over a tee with the shop’s logo on it, and a pair of thick, round glasses. “That’s why I come to Al’s Roboshack for all my robotic repairs! Al has been the exclusive repair shop for my super electro gadgets since I was knee high to a sand mouse! And if Al can’t fix it, it’s not broke. Right Al?” Al opened his mouth to speak was immediately cut off by Qwark. “You said it, pal! So if you’re fighting crime, or just fighting grime…” He laughed nervously as if he related a little too much to the latter. “Come to Al’s robo shack for all your robotic repairs. Al’s roboshack! It’s Qwaaaarktastic!”

Clank shrunk the info bot and stored it with the other inside his chest compartment, and began downloading the coordinates it stored. They led to the great city of Metropolis on planet Kerwan.

“Ratchet, do you know what this means?”

“Yeah, Captain Qwark has really sold out!”

“No, it means Captain Qwark is in Metropolis. We could tell him about this invasion.”

“If we had a ship.” Minister Buckwash, who had been zoned out suddenly tuned in again.

“Wha? A, a ship? Y- You’re not going to torture me? Well, as planetary chairman, I could arrange for you to borrow out Cuirrier Ship!” A boxy green cargo freighter landed on the pad atop the cliff where the wreckage of Ratchet and Clank’s old ship sat.

“Cool!” Said Ratchet.

“You can count on us, sir.” Said Clank.

“Riiiiiight. Thank you your Chairman Shippliness!” An auto bridge built itself over the river, and Ratchet used it to return to the lift the brought him down into the crater. On his way up, he noticed a structure built into the mountain side. Back at the top of the cliff he found a cave entrance. Water flowed down an incline out of the cave and stalactites jutted up from the ground. Fighting against the current of the water, Ratchet climbed up top and jumped from one to the other. The cave rumbled and stalagmites dislodged from the roof and plunged down into the water with a splash and a boom, creating a path to two pumps with platform atop. When one pump would fall, the other would rise. He looked up to see a door up above. If he could get on the second pump, he’d be able to use it to reach that door. So he jumped on the first, waited, jumped on the second, and let himself get launched upwards and through the door. The room behind it was full of peck bots and chirped loudly at his sight and began piling on him. He severed the flock in half in several slices of the sharp end of his wrench. He ascended a staircase that led up into the next room which was circular and divided in half by a drain. A bird bot guarded the door, but had not yet noticed that it had opened. Ratchet stealthily latched his wrench onto the bot’s neck and yanked it back through the door, which closed in the same movement, severing the robot in half. Sparks flew from the bottom of it’s torso and the lights in its eyes dimmed. The door opened again but Ratchet was just greeted by explosions. There was a second bird bot in there. You must have saw me kill your friend, didn’t you? Ratchet thought. He equipped the Bomb Glove and cautiously re opened the door, side stepping a bomb and throwing his own back and watching the goon get pulverized by the pyrocidic payload. He jumped over the drain and onto a pump in the corner of the room and let him raise him up to the next door. He walked through a hallway that opened into a giant water processing facility. Channels of crystal blue flowed between sections of flooring. On the other side were two more pumps, and at the top of the room hung a shifty looking catwalk. Peck bots perched up on it, waiting for him to make it up there, which he did, jumping over the water channels, and climbing up onto the pumps that raised him to the ledge. He grabbed on and pulled himself up where the pests met him, chirping, and coming at him in rows. He ran across the catwalk, Pyrociter blazing, downing the robotic birds that were all aligned in a row, one after another as he went. The catwalk ended at another door, behind which was another hallway and another door at the end of it that Ratchet walked through. He was in a room with a large window overlooking the Tobruk Crater which was still getting bombarded by Drek’s ariel forces. Even more unpleasently, he was greeted by the butcrack of a plumber waving in his face. The plummer appeared to be working on a pressurizing unit that had broken down. Clank dropped from Ratchet’s back and stood at his side.

“Dag blast it!” the plumber exclaimed.

“Hey, look,” Ratchet laughed, “Plumber’s crack” The plummer immediately whipped around and gave Ratchet a stern look.

“What did you just say?”

“I said look, the plumber’s back.”

“Alright, wise guy. Shouldn’t you be on one of those escape transports?”

“Escape transports?”

“News flash: giant robots attacking! The escape transports are taking all the rich folks off the god darn planet”

“So why aren’t you on one?”

“Socioeconomic disparity”

“What?” Ratchet asked, confused at a term he had never heard before.

“He has not got enough bolts” Clank clarified.

“Working people have to wait for Captain Qwark to save us” the plumber explained.

“Well, got anything worth a lot of bolts?”

“I got this thing” The plumber pulled an infobot straight out from his crack. “Shows two weirdos ditching their ship. It’s got coordinates to a desert planet, too!”

“An infobot! Ratchet, we could use that.” Ratchet paid 500 bolts for the infobot which smelled like sweat and something else, and the plumber proceeded to dive down the drain.

“Dironimooooooo!” *SPLASH!*

“Did he just slide down a sewer pipe?!”

The infobot opened it’s mouth and presented a distress call. Ratchet immediately recognized Rilgarian hoverboarding celebrity Skid McMarx and his agent in the cockpit of their ship. There were missiles and explosions everywhere outside their ship.

“Mayday! Mayday!” Skid cried, “This is the solar ship radical! We seem to be under attack from the planet surface!”

“Relax, kid, it looks like some sort of fireworks display. Probably in your honor!” A missile flew by, barely missing them.

“That was close!” Skid gasped. A missle slammed into the ship, knocking it into the gravitational pull of a brown muddy planet below them. Planet Aridia. They started approaching at an accelerating speed as missiles continued to fly up from the planet surface, and Skid screamed in terror.

“Pipe down, I can’t concentrate!” his agent snapped while frantically sending out texts from his cell phone.

“But we’ve been hit!” The agent fumbled for an excuse to calm Skid down.

“Uh, and unexpected detour. When we land, I’ll see if I can scare up an exhibition for you.”

“We’re not gonna live that long!” A missle locked onto their position and began making a beeline straight for them.

“Kid… let’s amscray!”

“EJECT! EJECT!” The signal went to static the second the missile made contact.

Clank put the infobot away with the others.

“Did you see that guy on the left? That was Skid McMarx!” Ratchet exclaimed excitedly.

“Does he know Captain Qwark?”

“I doubt it. He’s a pro hoverboarder! Always going off about how ‘cool’ he is”

“Looks like he is in trouble”

“I’ll say! I’ve never seen him look so freaked out!”

Ratchet took a moment to stop and look out the large window that sunlight was filtering through. It overlooked the entirety of the Tobruk Crater, and he could take in all of the destruction that the Blarg had caused. And their ships were still buzzing about the place. From here he could make out the city in the distance, tall skyscrapers just peeking over the grassy green cliffsides. Blarg bombers pummeled the towers relentlessly. Shifting his vision higher he could see Drek’s mothership looming above the buildings. He watched on as presumably dozens of innocent Novalians lost their lives. And then a loud snap rung out, and with a flash a second mothership appeared out of hyperspace. A sleek, silver capital ship resembling a phoenix in shape. A smaller carrier ship deployed from the back of the cruiser and hovered above the city. Tiny figures were jumping out of it’s back, down to the city streets below, accompanied by dozens of smaller ships also streaming out of the cruiser’s backside and engaging the Blarg fighters. Any resident of the Solana Galaxy would recognize this famous vessel. It was the Starship Phoenix: the pride of the galactic fleet. Captained by the daughter of the president himself, the Phoenix was the capital ship of the Galactic Rangers, the Solana Galaxy’s valiant military force. Looks like the Galactic Rangers have got things covered… Ratchet thought as he watched the battle unfold. We should probably get out of here. Ratchet remembered the pipe that the Plumber slid down and approached it wearily. Well, it is the fastest way down… Not knowing if Clank was waterproof, he turned to the little robot who nodded in approval, then jumped back up onto his back. Without another fault, he jumped in with a splash, and the current immediately grabbed hold and dragged him down, faster and faster, the water roaring around him. “WOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOO!!!” He zipped down the pipe, all the way down to the cave enterance where it spit him out onto the grass outside. He was soaked, fur matted down, and cargo jeans feeling heavy with the water that had absorbed into them. His whole body, ears especially were dripping profusely. Above him, Drek’s ships appeared to be abandoning the village in Tobruk Crater and flocking over to the intense battle that was taking place over in the city. The crater village was left in a smoldering wreck. An eerie hush fell over it, penetrated only by the occasional sound of a bird chirping or a bug buzzing, as well as the flow of the river below. There was the crackling of the fire below, but it was barely noticable. Ratchet figured this peaceful silence is what the norm was when the planet wasn’t being invaded. Sounds of explosions and gunfire echoed over the hills. It was peaceful again here, but the city was another story. Ratchet checked his watch and called upon Gadgetron’s map service to assess if there was anything left to do. According to the map, there was another cave system hidden in a small alcove behind the landing pad. He followed the map and came to a lake, on the other end was a locked door connected to a bolt crank built into the ground. Ratchet shrugged, he was already wet so more swimming wouldn’t be a big deal. So he jumped into the lake and propelled himself to the other side, then jumped out and latched his Omniwrench onto the Versa Bolt and began to crank it, doing so slowly pulled open the door, creating access to the reservoir caves.

The caves were illuminated by a type of exotic, glowing mushrooms… and had also been invaded by some of Drek’s robots. Three bird bots were hanging out in the first chamber that Ratchet entered. They spotted him immediately and started lobbing bombs. Ratchet took cover behind a mushroom, threw a bomb of his own out, dispatching one of the bots. An explosion nearby vaporized his cover and he was forced to keep moving, tossing out a second bomb, destroying another robot and leaving only one. He didn’t give it a chance to react and threw one more out, sending the robot’s pieces flying. The map on his holo watch indicated that there was a pipe under the nearby body of water. Ratchet jumped in, took a breath, held it, and dove down. The water stung his unprotected eyes, and he could barely see to find the gap in the rocks he was looking for, but he was able to push his way through the water towards it. His fur, ears, tail, and jeans all billowed out, pulled and dragged in every which way by the water, this extra drag making it a little more difficult to cut through the water. He squeezed through the pipe and came out at the bottom of an iron tank. Looking above, he saw the surface. His lungs were beginning to sting from lack of air, so he quickly made for the top and broke the surface, gasping in air and pulling himself out of the water. Standing on the edge of the tank, he looked down to see two more smaller ones below him, and the cave floor. A few peck bots were running around down there. They chirped when they saw him. He jumped and flipped, landing below, then truck both with two quick swiped, knocking them both back. The bird bots shattered in a mess of nuts and springs on the cave walls. Another iron door blocked Ratchet’s path, connected to a second bolt crank. He attached his wrench and turned the versa bolt, churning the mechanism that opened the door. Before he left this chamber, he noticed a wall to the side looked hollow. Thinking this to be odd, he chucked a bomb at it, and the wall crumbled, behind it, a large bolt forged from gold and stacks of boxes. He picked it up and transferred it to his bank account. Gold bolts were a rare form of currency used to purchase powerful weapons upgrades. Knowing this, Ratchet wasn’t just gonna let it sit there for anybody to find. He smashed the boxes with his wrench, collected a couple hundred regular bolts, then left through the iron door. Another underwater swim through a flooded cavern and he was at the cave exit. A door opened in front of him and sunlight flooded in. Exiting the cave, Ratchet rushed to the ledge of the cliff to check on the battle. Things had died down considerably. The worst of Drek’s forces appeared to be eliminated, and galactic ranger ships were mopping up the last of the Blarg fighters. In a flash and with a boom, Drek’s flagship vanished from sight, fleeing into hyperspace. Looks like the show’s over, Ratchet thought. He walked over to he and Clank’s new ship. It was a bulky, boxy green cargo ship with two triple booster primary engines at the lower back, and two single booster auxiliary engines at the upper. Such propulsion was needed to push a clunker like this through space. The canopy opened and he hopped in, unstrapping Clank from his back and placing him in the seat beside him. The cabin was actually quite comfortable. The interior was entirely cushioned by squishy green foam. Not bad… He brought up the nav computer and Clank plugged in, uploading all the coordinates he had. Their current location, Novalis was first to appear on the galactic map, at the inner sector of the galaxy, west of the galactic center. Next to appear was the city planet Kerwan, above Novalis, and then the desert planet Aridia, below Novalis. “Let’s go meet Skidd McMarxs!” Ratchet shouted excitedly.

“Not so fast” Clank said, plotting the course. “I have a directive that I intend to follow” He locked in coordinates to Kerwan and initiated the launch sequence. The ship shook and rumbled as the rear thrusters began to fire up. “Captain Qwark is in Metropolis, and it is our responsibility to recruit him to our cause.” He turned to Ratchet. “We meet this Skidd McMarx after.”

“Tch. Whatever you say, pal.” Ratchet conceded. He throttled the ship in the air while Clank threw a lever to retract the landing gear. Grinning, Ratchet hit the gas and opened up the engines, speeding towards the city, between the buildings, and up out of the atmosphere. They blasted right past the Phoenix, breaking out of the planet’s gravitational pull, just outside of the roche limit. A whirring sound rose from the back of the ship as the warp drive came online. It was loud and rattled, hinting at the ship’s age. The stars outside began to turn into streaks as the ship accelerated, before blasting them with all the light of the universe as they launched into warp space.

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Xenoforce III Chapter 12

Chapter 12: Xenoblade’s Finest Hour (Disclaimer! I own nothing of Xenoblade Chronicles!) I was taking a shower. Later I laid on my bed after having a long day. There was a knock on the door. “Michael, its me, Vivian,” said Vivian, “Please open up.” I opened the door. She embraced me with a hug. “Are you ok?” Asked Vivian. “I am now,” I said. I saw Lin and Russell with her. “I think I owe you an apology for earlier,” he said. “For what?” I asked, “You didn’t do anything.” “No actually I did,” he said, “I tried to keep you and Vivian apart, and I was too blind to see the compassion that you had within you.” “What?” I asked. “You saved my life,” said Russell. “Oh yeah, that was nothing,” I said, “But honestly I’m really sorry you had to see that side of me.” “Its ok Mike,” said Vivian, “You didn’t do anything, but I forgive you anyway.” “I don’t think I really deserve your forgiveness V,” I said. “Well you have her forgiveness, whether you think you deserve it or not,” said Russell, “And you have my gratitude for saving my bacon, whether I think you deserve it or not, which you do.” He looked down. “I think its time I told you why I’ve hated black people for all these years,” said Russell. “Vivian already told me about it,” I said, “And I’m so sorry about…” “That’s the story I told Vivian, but its time you both knew the truth,” said Russell. “What?” asked Vivian and I in unison. “Jinx,” I said. “The truth is… my first love was never killed by a black woman,” said Russell, “My first love left me for a black man.” Both of us were surprised. “I dated her for all those years and was about to propose to her, but she was seeing this new guy and he swept her off her feet,” said Russell, “I’ve been stingy about black people ever since.” “Oh man,” I said, “I’m so sorry to hear that.” “I also owe you an apology Vivian,” said Russell. “What do you mean?” asked Vivian. “The reason I tried to keep you from doing music is because…… I feel like I made a mistake,” said Russell, “With Zachary, and I didn’t want to be reminded of it.” “What are you talking about?” asked Vivian. “I didn’t lose Zachary to the band…. I lost him at home,” said Russell, “I let him think that the family business meant more to me than supporting him, and unknowingly pushed him away.” He looked out to the city. “I hurt him and I didn’t even realize it,” he said, “I don’t know what to do.” I put my arm on him. “You start by doing the hardest thing,” I said, “You forgive yourself.” “If I could see Zachary one last time, I would tell him that I love him no matter what,” said Russell, “And that….. I’m sorry.” “Apology accepted,” said a voice. We all turned around to see my friends, Vivian’s parents, and her older brother, Zachary. “ZACH!” said Vivian. She ran up to him and gave him a hug. He got a look at me. “And this must be Michael,” he said. Russell turned to Hank. “Listen I….” said Russell. “No its ok,” said Hank, “We both kinda acted like idiots and I’m sorry.” “Its ok son,” said Russell, “You were right though. I was wrong to assign us labels.” “Well, its about time you realized that its impossible to describe someone with a simple label.” “So how was the performance?” asked Zachary. “I didn’t really get to perform,” said Vivian, “Thanks to Edmund.” “Actually…… I kinda figured that Edmund would figure out that it was you who helped me expose him,” I said, “So Lin and I decided to get one step ahead of him.” “I took a copy of the CD you gave me and made more copies, then made the CD jacket look a tad bit like your diary, and swapped the copies of your Diary with the CD,” said Lin. “You what?” asked Vivian. “I told you I was gonna help you become amazing,” I said, “Edmund doesn’t know that he just helped you get one step closer to your dream, and now the pub wants you back.” “I gotta hand it to you V, this boys a genius,” said Talia. “I mean think about it; You got Edmund, Edmund thinks he got his revenge, and that’s it,” said Denise, “Bada-Bing. You’ve even.” “He may have gotten off easy, but at least he won’t win any popularity contests soon,” I said.

Johnny was as happy as could be. He finally paid off the money needed for the surgery. He was deciding what to do with the rest of the money. Edmund approached him. “Hold on a sec buddy,” said Johnny, “I’m thinking about something.” “I can guess what’s on your mind; what are you gonna do about that damn Xenoblade,” said Edmund. “Actually I’m thinking about what I should do with the rest of this money,” said Johnny. “Well I think I have something that’ll get your head out of that thought for a while,” said Edmund, “You’re…. gonna help me kill Xenoblade.” “Kill?” asked Johnny, “I never said anything about killing, and he already helped me with my situation, so count me out.” “I wasn’t offering you a choice pal,” said Edmund, “Allow me to introduce you to ‘our’ other half. We call ourselves…..” The black suit formed his new costume. “Leech!” he said. Johnny was prepared to fight him. “Let’s try to watch our temper here,” he said, “There’s girls present!” He knocked a tree down revealing Lola tied up in a web. He somehow leeched off of her abilities. “Lola!” said Johnny. “Johnny just do what he says,” said Lola, “He said he’d let us both go if you did.” “Aww true love,” said Leech, “Just like in the movies.” “What do you want from me freak?” Asked Johnny. “Its not what we want,” said Edmund, “Its what Xord wants. And he wants your help in building a stronger mech.” Knowing that he had no choice, Johnny subsumed. “Now, let’s talk about how we’re going to destroy… Xenoblade,” said Leech. Anela was on her way back to the lab to work on a project. She just got back from doing a play, The Library. “Now to do some finishing touches to my invention,” said Anela, “The early bird gets the worm.” She went into a taxi cab and saw Edmund. “So where to?” he asked. “What do you want Edmund?” asked Anela. “You see, I have this rodent problem, and I think you’re the only one who can help with it,” said Edmund, “I was trying to find out….. how to get rid of Xenoblade, and it just hit me; What better way to lure him than with his best friend.” He tied Anela to the back seat and covered her mouth. I was watching TV and then Micah came running in. “Michael you gotta see this!” she said. She turned it to the news. “Los Angeles is holding its breath as the hostage crisis continued to unfold,” said the announcer. We were looking at a giant black web in the middle of two giant buildings. “A young woman was held hostage suspended 30 stories above ground in a web,” said someone at the site. “Every attempt by the police to rescue th hostage has been thwarted by Xord,” said the announcer. Xord escaped and had a new powerful mech suit. “Joining him is a strange black suited figure earlier believed to be the black suited Xenoblade, but was now identified as something entirely different.” Leech was attacking officers. I saw that the hostage was Anela. I went back to get my suit. “You’re not going out there by yourself are you?” asked Denise. “I have to,” I said, “I created this, now I gotta stop it.” “Well then what are we waiting for?” asked Ratchet. “Guys I can’t let you get hurt for my sake,” I said. “I don’t believe you have a choice,” said Micah, “If you think we’re letting you take on that guy by yourself, you’re wrong.” “I’m going with you too,” said Vivian. “V….” I said. “You can count me in too,” said Samus in her new Varia suit. “Samus….” I said. I realized they were right. We suited up and headed to the twin building location. Dozens of people saw us and clapped their hands. “The Xenoforce has returned and answered the prayers of Los Angeles!” said the news lady. I looked for the car Anela was in and jumped on it. “Anela, I’m here to save you,” I said. She saw me. “Michael,” said Anela, “They’re gonna kill us both.” “Not if I can help it,” I said, “I’m gonna get you outta here.” Anela saw Leech heading towards me. “Watch out!” said Anela. He tried to attack me and I dodged. Part of the car was damaged. He revealed his true face. “Hey Xenoblade,” said Edmund. “Edmund… you bonded with the suit?” I asked. “Oooh we’ve got a vision coming up,” said Edmund as he snatched up Anela, “If you know what we’re talking about.” I jumped at him and he punched me. I fell on the web and balanced myself. He jumped down to where I was. “You knew this was coming buddy,” said Edmund. He tried attacking me and I dodged him. Aside from having Arachind Girl’s moves, he had some of my abilities as well. “We can settle this like men,” I said. “You have a point,” said Edmund, “We’re thinking about….. humiliation…. Kinda like how Michael humiliated us.” “What?” I asked. “You mean he never told you what he did to us, what you did to us?” he asked. Johnny was watching everything unfold. “I gotta help them,” he said. He rushed and got his suit out. “You made a mess of our life, now we’re gonna make a mess of yours,” Edmund menacingly said, “How does that sound?” Anela got a brick and threw it at him. I knocked him down and we were fighting each other. He managed to get free and I flew up and followed him. Johnny was heading up to find me while putting on his costume but someone knocked him out. It was Xord. “He gave you a choice boy, but you chose wrong,” he said. “Look I’m in a rush so I’m gonna make this quick,” said Johnny. He punched Xord but hurt his hand. He dropped his gauntlets. “I’ll be taking those,” said Xord as he put one of them on. Johnny saw another one and tried to grab it. “No you don’t!” said Xord. He pushed a car near him and he fell down. “I wasn’t so sure about this idea, but… damn!” he said. He kept beating up Johnny. Meanwhile I was still dealing with Leech. “Look Edmund its me you want,” I said, “Just let me get Anela to safety and we’ll deal with this afterwards!” “And what, let you walk away, after what you put us through?” asked Edmund as he was breaking through walls, “We don’t think so!” I got out my monado and Edmund got out some kind of strange red blade. “Look Edmund, you’ve gotta…” I said before being interrupted by almost being cut to pieces. “Stop calling us that!” said Edmund, “We’re Leech now!” Johnny tried to stand up but was to weak. “Why are you working with him?” asked Johnny. “I guess you’ll never find out,” said Xord. He was about to finish him but a web caught the gauntlet. It was Lola in her Arachnid Girl suit. She grabbed the gauntlets and gave them back to Johnny, then she webbed Xord to the truck. “You ok?” asked Lola. “Yeah,” said Johnny. “Then let’s go help our friend,” she said. She swung up to the building. “Johnny?” asked someone. It was his mom. “You need to get somewhere safe,” said Johnny, “I’m sure Johnny is fine ma’am.” “I’m not going anywhere without my son,” said Johnny’s mom. “I’m sure he’s safe,” he said. “Don’t patronize me, I lost my father, I won’t lose my son!” she said. “You knew?” he asked. “We have to leave,” said Johnny’s mom, “Someone else can risk their life on this, but not you. Not this time.” “I know somebody else can, but no one else will,” said Johnny, “If you know who I am, you know that I have to do this.” He went off to help us. I was still dealing with Leech. I was able to hold my own, but anything I could do he could do better. “I can do this all day Edmund,” I said. “We’re sure you could,” said Edmund as he pulled out his blade again, “But unfortunately we’re on a tight schedule and must bid you adieu.” He was about to attack but then a grenade was launched. It exploded releasing web. Leech broke free but then Denise sped in and attacked him. Vivian and Lin and the rest of the gang joined in. “Looks like you’re outmatched,” said Denise. “That may be true,” said Edmund, “But how will you fair when the stakes are raised?” The ground started to rumble. Xord was now in a giant mech the size of a building. Samus called her battleship and jumped in. “Now I will crush you all like roaches!” said Xord. He started fighting us and we all evaded. Xord started firing at us. Bryan caught a missile and crushed it. He didn’t get a scratch on him thanks to the armor. While they were busy I went up to save Anela. Leech was about to stop me. “OH no you don’t!” said Maddi. She shot a paintball made of ice. Lin then used her diffusion gloves to freeze him in place. I broke the car door open and got Anela down safely. “You ok?” I asked. “Yeah,” she said. “Good to know,” I said. “Hey Michael!” said EJ, “Am I interrupting?!” EJ carried Lola on one of her webs as she swung around fighting Xord. I jumped on the back of Xord and tried to find a weakness. “The guy’s strong but he ain’t so bright,” I said, “Now if I could just find a weakspot….” Edmund saw me. “Xord!” he said, “Xenoblade’s trying to stop you!” “God you are so annoying!” I said. He knocked me down. “This thing got anymore?” Lola asked. “Hang on!” said EJ. “To what?!” asked Lola. He swung her around and she landed on the back. “Every mech has a weakness,” said Lola. She used her eyes to scan for one. “Found it!” she said. She punched it hard and found a bunch of wires. The weapon defenses were shut down. “Samus now!” said Lola. Samus started firing at the mech. After a few blows it was shut down and started to crumble. EJ was looking for Leech. Behind him 2 eyes were glaring. We all met at the top of the building. “EJ, where are you?” I asked, “We still got one more to fight.” We heard laughing. Denise saw somebody with wings. “Ej if this is a joke, then its not funny,” said Ratchet. We saw EJ drop to the floor. Leech copied his flight abilities. “EJ!” I said as I ran to him. “You actually know this comic book geek?” asked Edmund. He looked at him then back at me. Then he looked at Anela and back at me. He realized something. “Michael…..” he said, “When I saw Xenoblade destroy my last resort….. I saw YOU destroy my last resort.” “Edmund…. Why did you do it?” I asked. “You left me no choice,” said Edmund. “Edmund, that suits trying to destroy your mind,” I said, “Its trying to take you as its own.” “Look at me, I’m a new man,” said Edmund, “As for you…. You don’t give this city hope, you take it away.” “No,” I said. “Now I’m gonna take away yours,” said Edmund. He flew at Anela and grabbed her. “Edmund!” I said, “Edmund put her down!” I chased him to the top and tried to stop him, but he was too quick. “Edmund stop this right now!” I said, “This isn’t you, put her down!” “Edmund….” Said Anela. “EDMUND’S DEAD!” he snarled. “Edmund this is between you and me!” I said, “Just drop her and we’ll talk! You wanna fight? Fight me!!” “Poor choice of words,” said Edmund. He literally dropped her. Denise jumped up and caught her. Edmund then flew at me and pinned me. Using the wings he managed to cut my mask and wound me. Everyone watched in horror as Edmund continued to pummel me. “Look at everyone’s favorite hero now!” said Edmund, “You stupid pathetic waste!” He gave me a scar on my face. “You’ve been #1 for too long Morrison, now your time is up!” he said, “And don’t worry, I’ll take good care of your friends!” Samus shot him in the back and came flying at him with a jet pack. She then used her Noise Beam on him and it made him weak. I remembered the black suit’s weakness. “I got it!” I said, “Johnny, you still got those gauntlets?” “Yeah,” said Johnny. “We’re gonna need them,” I said, “V, give me some cover!” “Got it,” said Vivian. She threw a smoke ball and made everything dark. The others moved in and started to pin him down. Lola webbed his hands to the floor. “NOW!” I said. Johnny used the stun mode and made Edmund weaker. He kept doing it and the suit slowly started to come off of him. Lola pulled him out using the webs. Micah made an ice slide for everyone to get down. I stayed to face the black suit that has now taken a physical form. “Get outta here Michael,” said Johnny, “I’ll handle this.” “No way,” I said, “We fight together.” “We don’t have time for this,” said Johnny, “Now go!” The black suit was about to lunge. “I’m not gonna leave you!” I said. “I said GO!” said Johnny. He pushed me on the slide and I slid down. He then faced the substance. “Eat this motherfucker,” he said. He slammed his staff on the ground causing the entire building to collapse. “NO!!” said Lola. The building fell down, and Johnny was running to the top and made it. The substance was destroyed in the debris. When the dust settled we spread out searching for him. “Johnny!” I said, “Where are you?!” We saw his staff, but we couldn’t find him. “No….” I said. “Johnny, you JERK!” said Lola with tears in her eyes, “You can’t leave me like this.” He was right behind us. “I’m not going anywhere,” he said. Lola ran up to him and hugged him. Edmund was lying on the floor. “Just finish me off,” said Edmund, “I don’t wanna live the rest of my life like this.” “That’s not the answer Edmund, that’s just the easy way out!” I said, “You think you’re the only one dealing with hard times?” “What?” asked Edmund. “There’s people all over the world dealing with similar problems, but the only difference is thye don’t have your money or anything else that you have!” I said, “Even if you can’t help yourself, you can still use what you have as a benefit for others.” Edmund was listening. “You have amazing talents, and now you have a responsibility to use them as a benefit to humanity,” I said, “The greatest man I ever knew taught me that.” “Michael….” Said Edmund before he laid down. Johnny’s parents showed up. “Son, I have one thing to say to you,” he said. “Oh boy,” said Johnny. “I have never been more proud of you,” he said. “We both are,” said his mom, “You said you were gonna make up for what you did and boy did you make up.” “I guess you don’t want me doing this stuff anymore?” asked Johnny. “That’s for you to decide,” said his dad, “For us to try and stop you just wouldn’t be right.” Johnny smiled and hugged them both. Vivian and Lin’s parents arrived. “Lin are you alright?” Talia asked, “We saw everything.” “I’m fine,” said Lin, “Thanks to Xenoblade.” “Well actually it was Lin who saved my life,” I said, “Guess that’s two I owe her.” I pulled out a little badge. “In fact, I think you’ve earned a spot as a junior member of the Xenoforce,” I said. She took it and placed it on her costume. “Lin I’m just so proud of you,” said Talia. “We both are,” said Hank. “Well Dad… I mean Hank,” said Lin, “If it wasn’t for you two believing in me, this wouldn’t have happened so thank you both.” Somebody was watching us. “Should I approach Captain?” he asked. “No, leave him be,” said his boss. Later at school, Vivian was cutting the ribbon for the new and improved Light Music Club. Everyone cheered. I scooped Vivian down and kissed her. “Thank you so much for this Michael,” said Vivian. “Who would’ve thought that Vivian and Michael would do this for us?” asked a club member. “Michael might actually make a good principal someday,” said Principal Gibson. “Y’know, you’ve always been like a father figure to Michael,” said Anela, “I’m sure he appreciates your support.” It was the night of the dance. Each of us were rocking it out in tuxedos. Vivian had a pink and purple dress that I bought her with some money. Ratchet came in the door with Denise holding hands. “It actually happened…. He’s dating that loser,” said a student, “Ratchet Lombax and Denise Richardson are dating?!” Everybody cheered. Everybody was having a good time. Denise and Ratchet were dancing with each other. Denise was no doubt impressed with the hard work Ratchet put in to the dancing. “Wow, you really are good at dancing,” said Denise. “Thanks,” said Ratchet, “Cara Lynn helped me a bit.” Denise chuckled. “You know, I forgot to give you something when you asked me to the dance,” she said. “What’s that?” asked Ratchet as he was blushing. “This,” said Denise as she smiled. She kissed him on the lips. I was outside looking up at the sky. “Thanks again for your help dad,” I said, “It really helped me.” (To the 4th wall) I became a famous hero, experienced the dangers of an alien substance, and did a lot of terrible things, but in the end, I’m still the man Dad wanted me to be. Vivian came out. “The party’s inside buddy,” said Vivian, “What’s up?” “Just thinking about what Dad would think of me if he saw me,” I said. “Well, he’d probably be proud of the man you are,” said Vivian, “I know I am.” I smiled. “Thanks V,” I said. She took my hand and we went back inside. Another happy ending. Well, till next time, this is your friendly neighborhood Xenoblade with this message; If you get lost in the shadows, there’s a fire inside you, and you know that I’ll find you. Torches by X Ambassadors Bring on your forces of nature Bring on the storm that's raging And if you get lost in the shadows There's a fire inside you Be the light that guides you Come on, carry your flame Carry it higher Leave it in the darkness Carry your torches Come on, carry your flame Set the night on fire Leave it in the darkness Carry your torches Bring on your bows and arrows Bring on your plagues and pharaohs Cause if you get lost in the shadows There's a fire inside you And you know that I'll find you Come on, carry your flame Carry it higher Leave it in the darkness Carry your torches Come on, carry your flame Set the night on fire Leave it in the darkness Carry your torches Torches Torches Torches Torches Ooh Come on, carry your flame Carry it higher Leave it in the darkness Carry your torches Come on, carry your flame (torches) Set the night on fire (torches) Leave it in the darkness (torches) Carry your torches (torches) Carry your torches (torches) (Torches) Carry your torches (torches) Torches, ooh Torches Torches Torches, torches, ooh Edmund was in jail walking to his cell. An olf friend saw him. It was Dargan. “Edmund pierce?” he asked, “I can’t believe my eyes.” “How are you?” asked Edmund. He noticed he had some mechanics on his left arm. “Now before you say anything, I want you to know, this is not on you,” said Dargan, “Its on our friend…. Xenoblade.” “Good to know,” said Edmund. “Listen, I got a couple of friends who’d really like to meet the little bastard, take his picture, get his autograph, and cut him to pieces,” said Dargan, “I also heard this interesting rumour that…… you know who he is.” Edmund was about to tell, but remembered what I said to him and that I saved his life. “If I knew he was, he’d already be dead,” said Edmund. “Just play it cool for now,” said Dargan as he walked away. “Edmund, your butler’s here,” said a security guard. As he walked over, a little bit of the black suit slithered down his back. Yesterday by Imagine Dragons Here's to my future Here's to my yesterday Here's to change Oh, here's to my yesterday No tomorrow without a yesterday Here's to my future Goodbye to yesterday All these years I've been searching For who I'm supposed to be All this time I've been wasting 'Cause I was right in front of me Oh, it's a crooked old tradition By a masterful magician But in all this trouble I've met I haven't got one single regret, no Here's to my future Here's to my yesterday Here's to change Oh, here's to my yesterday No tomorrow without a yesterday Here's to my future Goodbye to yesterday Yesterday Oh, I'm a hopeless crash collision 'Cause I'm a hostage to my pride And by my own volition I've been a saint, I've been the truth, I've been the lie Oh, it's a crooked old tradition By a masterful magician But in all this trouble I've met I haven't got one single regret, no Here's to my future Here's to my yesterday Here's to change Oh, here's to my yesterday No tomorrow without a yesterday Here's to my future Goodbye to yesterday Yesterday A new day you can go, you can do Anything you wanna It's your play, swing low, go high Anywhere you wanna You can reach for the moon Anywhere your dreams could take you Go astray, fade away Just leave it to yesterday Here's to my future Here's to my yesterday Here's to change Oh, here's to my yesterday No tomorrow without a yesterday Here's to my future Goodbye to yesterday Yesterday ‘Hi, I’m Nicholas Shay. I’m filling in for Captain Falcon since she’s on a mission, but I’m here to talk to you about the most important trait a soldier or student could have; Patience. Sometimes patience is the key to victory, sometimes it leads to very little and it seems like its not worth it. And you wonder….. why you waited so long for something so disappointing. ……..How many more of these?’ (In case you're wondering, yes this is a troll of a post ending scene) XENOBLADE WILL RETURN…….

#xenoblade chronicles #lin lee koo #vivian van dinzel #smash bros #FFEU Phase 2 #fan fiction extended universe #xenoforce #xenoblade chronicles x #samus aran #metroid #phazon #xenoblade #ratchet and clank #ratchet lombax #clank ratchet and clank #Lola Montez #Arachnid Girl #Nicholas Shay #monado

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whats your favorite obscure hc about each of the losers?

Fucking perfect thank you

1- Mike he reads books or articles like “how to understand woman”, “why women like jerks”, not because he wants to woo woman or is a nice guy or anything but just because he thinks it’s interesting

I don’t think he’d date anyone

Gives great dating advice tho

Reads manga Likes Junji Ito

“The manga/book was better” kind of guy

I don’t know why but I feel like he’d be this ENTP-ish dude who likes to gather information about a lot of useless things and likes to debate He likes film and game theories Watches MatPat for sure

Also he likes The Walking Dead and… zombies in general

Also I’m sorry but he likes Quentin Tarantino and Wes Anderson

He likes grindhouse movies and appreciates the gory details but is chill about it Likes cinematography in general

Watches video essays about movies

2- Richie

Unlike Mike, Richie isn’t chill about gory details and whenever someone gags while watching a movie he goes “You think that’s disgusting??? Lmaoooo that’s nothing.”

He’d be the type of guy who brags about being immune to disturbing shit

Google searches include “top ten disturbing movies of all time” “scariest movies ever” “movies worse than a serbian film”

Still likes pink guy and thinks Joji is a genius

Unironically loves the song “I Love Sex” by Pink Guy and listens to it at least once everyday

Uses Discord a lot

Always starts studying on the last day

I think he’d like history

Not like Mike tho, he just likes textbook history and world wars etc

Plays Hearts of Iron and League of Legends

Also :) he likes to code

he is a Linux >>>>>>>>>> Windows kinda guy

Likes breaking bad

And Rick and Morty

Understands politics really well

His music taste is… anime opening songs

Evangelion especially

Likes science fiction books

Pretends to be a flat-earther/conservative/anti-vax for the meme

3- Ben

LIKES BACKSTREET BOYS

and boy bands in general

he is old school and still carries an mp3 around

Doesn’t use spotify, he illegally downloads songs like a champ :D

Likes story rich games

Especially RPG’s. He really likes Planescape Torment and Baldur’s Gate

Kinda lame about women, like he hears Jordan Peterson say something like “the eternal image of the divine feminine” or some shit like that and he goes “wow poetic. agreed”

Doesn’t read “How to woo women” books like Mike but thinks about it a lot that’s for sure

Likes Audrey Hepburn

And Steinbeck

Saves different versions of the same song to his mp3. “The Less I Know The Better but you’re crying in a bathroom” “The Less I Know The Better Slowed & Reverb Listen With Headphones” “The Less I Know The Better Nightcore”

Shares playlists with Eddie

ALWAYS. ALWAYS waits for the person who’s tying their shoes

He notices if someone is walking behind the group alone and walks back to accompany them

If no one laughs at your joke, he does

Bleached his hair once and regretted it immediately Writes poetry in his free time and makes Stan proofread it

Into psychology

Hands always in pockets

Probably owned lots of lego sets as a kid

People go to him for dating advice because he is seen as this “romantic guy”, I mean he is but he gives terrible dating advice

4-Stan

He likes geography

Literally knows all the flags in the world and all the capitals

Blindfold him and give him a country name, he can show you exactly where it is on the map

Also he plays those google earth games where you get a random location and try to find out which country you’re in/ or try to find the nearest airport

Also I feel like he’d like planes a lot

Idk he just likes things that fly lol. Birds, planes etc.

Likes to read classics

LOVES H. P. Lovecraft

carries little poetry books with him everywhere and reads them he’s so cute

Dark academia is his aesthetic

Can play the piano

Likes to read Ben’s poetry :D

Dark humor

His ringtone is Le Festin :)

Has an instagram account but never posts, just watches people’s stories

Very photogenic tho.

He’s a man of culture. He likes visiting aquariums and museums

Hates zoos tho, thinks it’s evil to cage animals

Also I don’t know how to explain it but… He just likes to decorate his place? Like to the clubhouse he’ll bring stuff he likes and just quietly claims a corner as his own and make it as comfortable as he can

Has...beautiful hands

you know how some people cut the cothing labels because it irritates the back of their neck? Stan does that with everything he buys

5- Eddie

Likes Backstreet Boys because of Ben

Replies to texts immediately. Communication and social interaction gives him serotonin

I have no idea why but I feel like he’d have an obsession with Tekken and his favourite character is Ling Xiayou

Big fan of classic playstation games. Loves Spyro, Crash Bandicoot and Ratchet and Clank

He likes wearing long sleeves under t shirts

Listens to emo music, stares out the window and imagines scenarios matching the song he’s listening to

He considers MCR to be emo btw. Loves G note memes

Likes astrology

Can’t watch horror movies, and gets teased by Richie about it

However he likes media that is presented as funky/funny/happy but is actually depressing/disturbing

He likes courtroom dramas

Wears sunglasses indoors for no reason

Probably likes fallout and metro games

Has a collection of finger skateboards

#weirdcore #oddcore #nostalgia #grunge

buys and wears random college sweatshirts

Hates and loves study groups, hates it in the sense that he can’t focus on anything and just wants to hang out and talk, loves it in the sense that he CAN hang out with his friends and talk

Romanticizes everything

6- Bill

Has lots of taurus energy and is sleepy all the time

Has major Leonardo DiCaprio in The Basketball Diaries vibes

Dresses effortlessly

And likes basketball lol.

He just has… boy energy. If that makes sense. Boy next door

Likes to draw his friends

posts his drawings on Instagram

Has lots of OC’s but doesn’t know they’re called OC’s, just refers to them as “this character I created”

He likes being praised a lot ngl

His taste in memes is very similar to Richie’s

You know how they put a random word on top of a random image and it doesn’t make sense at all. He laughs at things like that. Like Richie sends him something like this:

ME WHEN I WHEN

[image of monkey]

BOTTOM TEXT

and he thinks it’s funny and loses his shit im sorry

Like someone sends a picture of Keanu Reeves to the groupchat and texts “g” and he thinks it’s funny???? He sees a picture of a cow in the backrooms and starts choking

He memorized every line in Boneless Pizza and can quote it wihtout stuttering. Like he would be sitting alone talking to himself saying shit like “ya pizza. Watchu want. 2 liter machine broke we got one liter tho. fuck you mean B.”

Never answers calls? Doesn’t like talking on the phone. He just has “Don’t fucking call me when you can text!!” energy

phone is always on silent mode

doesn’t do anything but attracts people anyway

7- Bev

Likes musicals

Theatre kid

Chews gum a lot

And swallows them :(

Likes cottagecore

Buys notebooks with cute covers but can never fill them so she just gives them to bill who turns them into sketchbooks

I think she’d give advice or reaussure people in a way that sounds kinda rude but isn’t really? Like she tells it like it is. Blunt

Likes Avatar The Last Airbender

Sense of humor is:

[Picutre of the fox from Zootopia]

why is he hot help 😭😭😭

wears baggy clothing + long skirts

#headcanon #richie tozier #eddie kaspbrak #mike hanlon #beverly marsh #bill denbrough #ben hanscom #stan uris #stanley uris #hcs #ask

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stories-me · 3 years

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KT-7461, alias “Kit”, Reformed Warbot:

What she’s from: Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart.

What she might be in: Heroes vs. Villains 2.

Background:

Originally a warbot created for Emperor Nefarious’s army, KT-7461 was not a defect (unlike her counterpart in the prime universe, Clank). She took pride in her work. One day, while on a patrol, she saw a rebel trying to break into Nefarious’s tower, and attacked, blasting one of the rebel’s arms off. Upon realizing what she did, she exiled herself to Savali to avoid hurting anyone else. At some point, she became the apprentice of Cosmic Prophet Gary and the overseer of the Interdimensional Archives.

Ultimately, Ratchet arrived on Savali to investigate the archives for help against certain villains that were threatening the Republic and its allies. She was hesitant to help, but eventually agreed.

Eventually, Kit (Ratchet gave her that nickname) encountered Rivet, the rebel she had attacked all those years ago. Eventually, the two made up, and are now working with others against villains like Emperor Nefarious and the Sith Empire…

How she is like me:

When I am angry and frustrated and not thinking straight (usually during a five), I am more or less convinced that what I am doing is right. However, when I inevitably calm down, I feel EXTREMELY guilty and embarassed. And when I calm down, I try to move on, and seem to do so quicker than others. She can sometimes be self-deprecating, and she and I sometimes worry that I won’t do a good job on stuff (in particular, for me, talking to others about not fan fiction subjects).

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creamycelestial · 5 years

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Sometimes Goodbyes Are New Beginnings (Part 1)

Summary: Set after the defeat of the Decepticons on Earth in Transformers Prime. Optimus Prime and the Autobots are saying their final goodbyes before their return to Cybertron. After months of holding back your growing feelings and affection from Optimus, you can't seem to let him go without letting him know somehow so you both share a tender moment together.

Pairing: TFP Optimus Prime x human reader

Rating: PG

Words: 1228

A/N: This is my first time actually writing fan fiction, so bare with me! I couldn’t help but think of these scenes in my head after watching TF Prime for the second time lately. While it is a bit sad, I will be writing more parts to this in the near future!

Standing there alone, on the raised platform in the Autobots’ base, your heart began to sink as you watched the Autobots say goodbye to their dear friends. Looking around at this motley crew of a family that has formed over the past months has made you more than a little sentimental.

Bumblebee, Bulkhead, and Arcee each say their individual goodbyes to Raf, Miko, and Jack. You could see so clearly how their closeness to each other only made the mere mentions of their departure weigh heavily on them. Words like, “We’re just a space bridge away” and “Keep in contact” are solely bandages on the wounds from the implied forever parting.

You couldn’t help but shed a few tears as well from the melancholy atmosphere in the room filled with sorrowful smiles upon everyone’s faces. Even Ultra Magnus, WheelJack, and Smokescreen’s salute to Agent Fowler and June was enough to choke you up even more.

Though, through your sadness, your mind couldn’t stop thinking about him and what the withdrawal of the Autobots would mean for the two of you. Your eyes search past the other bots for him and there he is. Optimus Prime.

“Until we meet again, old friend”, you hear as your gaze turns to him.

You watch Optimus give a smile towards Ratchet, who has decided to remain on Earth, before sharing a firm metal clanking handshake. Its the same smile that sets you at ease every time you get the chance to catch sight of it.

Letting go of Ratchet’s hand, his optics begin to survey around the room briefly before locking looks with yours. Your heart, though still low in your chest, begins to pound for a moment. Suddenly your hands are clenched into fists at your sides and a lump starts to form in your throat. You’ve already let go of a few tears, but for some reason you try to hold back the waterfalls that have started to flood behind your eyes. Seeing him look at you like that, with such feeling, was what you yearned for all this time - though you never wished for it to be during a farewell.

“O-Optimus…”, your voice leaks from your mouth in a hushed weep.

The towering Autobot leader walks towards the platform you stand upon. His footsteps, in sync with your heart beat, come down with a heavy thud and seemingly shake you to the core.

“[Y/N]...”, his voice is strong, but gentle - and hearing him say your name sends a flush of red to your cheeks.

“I… Optimus, I don’t want to see you go… I can’t-”, your words get choked up in your sobbing. You feel heat begin to streak down your cheeks as the flood-gate of tears has finally broken and rivers of them now flow from your eyes.

Optimus stops his stride, now standing in front of you on the platform with a softened expression - browplates coming down in a furrow as you look into his gaze.

“[Y/N]... You are aware that you have been a vital part of this family we have formed here on Earth since you first stepped foot into our base. We all found each other, in one way or another… and I can assure you that even though we might be light-years away… We will all still remain united as one… That will never change…”

You sniffle a bit and wipe a fresh stream of tears from your cheek before moving towards the edge of the railing - finding a parting between the bars and stepping through. His gaze follows your movement and as you approach him, he takes your cue of looking down at his servos to raise you closer. Stepping onto his large frame of a hand, he lifts you closer to him and you can’t help but stare into his charming bright cerulean optics. You’ve always admired them the most about Optimus, but you’ve never been this up close to them. Your face flushes with red once more as you compare them to blue zircon gems in your mind. Optimus continues, “And as the others have grown attached to their guardians… I am also known to the fact that you have gravitated towards me… You have not gone unnoticed…” Your heart stops in your chest as your expression changes from despondent to shocked. With wide-eyes your mind becomes a rush, debating your thoughts on whether Optimus is truly saying what you think he is.

‘Has he really been aware this whole time about my feelings towards him? Have I been that obvious? Could I be so hopeful for him to bring light to it first?’ You open your mouth to speak but you only manage a small, “Optimus… I…”

His other servo comes up to you and with his index digit, he strokes your cheek - wiping away the rest of your tears as gentle as he can.

“You are… special to me as well, [Y/N]...”, those intimate words spoken from him send butterflies fluttering all around in your stomach. ‘He does know.’

“You are… one of my most dearest friends”, he continues.

‘He… doesn’t know.’

And with that your heart drops once again - dejection returning to your face. This time you’re able to hold your tears back, in fear of revealing your deeper emotions. Instead, with an arm you reach out towards Optimus’ faceplate. His hand moves you closer to his helm and your hand slowly strokes his cheekplate. He gives an embracive smile, leaning into your caress as one would with a hug. “Oh… Optimus… That means a lot, hearing that from you…”, your voice is warm, yet distant almost - comparative to a sunset.

On a crestfallen impulse, you lean in, giving this massive metal giant a very soft kiss on the corner of his mouth. You notice that the outer layer of his metal is cold like you expected, but there is an unexpected underlying source of heat radiating within.

“...”

Your lips linger there for a second longer, closing your eyes and perhaps savoring the hope of what could have been. As you back away from him, you see his solemn expression shift to slightly bewildered. His optics still follow you as he returns you to the platform you stood on before, being careful that you find your footing on the ledge, but there’s a look to him that you’ve yet to see before.

“Optimus… Are we ready?”, Ultra Magnus calls out, standing next to the space bridge. Optimus then blinks a few times still glancing down at you, before answering, “Yes, Ultra Magnus…” Its not long before his expression fades back into his neutral yet kind face. “Well then…”, he begins. “... Look to the stars, [Y/N]”, he ends with the same saying he usually leaves you with when he knows he’ll be gone for an undetermined amount of time or if he isn’t sure if he’ll return at all.

To you, usually this was somewhat comforting to hear… It gave you a reassurance that he’d still always be with you no matter what… But this time, it only pulled at your heartstrings even more - still yearning for him as his figure vanishes through the chartreuse glowing light of the space bridge followed by the rest of the Autobot team.

With a whisper to yourself, clutching your hand to your chest, “... I will, Optimus… I will.”

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