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Insane Cafe 4: The Insane Frontier

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.if you girls really like each other that way..i dont care if you do, my second wife Elusia had a thing for a dragoness  named Piraa. they were inseparable.didnt stop her from marrying me and being my wife for 3 thousand years. Elusia and Piraa were lovers for 3500 years until Elusias death" Tarrax said. Piraa passed away shortly afterward. Heartbroken I think, from losing her companion. So you will not be my first mate, Sara,  who liked the fairer gender as well ' Tarrax smiled."just be honest and open with me, is all i ask."


 i promise ' Kotrin said offering Tarrax her claw, which was tint compared to Tarrax's. ' the stories about you Lord Tarrax are legion. You and that seer friend of yours..' Well when you've been around like I have, stories- more accurately, lergends- tend to follow' Tarrax chuckled. You're an inventor, correct?' Well a tinjkerer, really. i fiddle with things ' Korin blushed ' Why I've never settled down really for the pastr 250 years.. but when an old friend bumps into you, you gotta say hi. Anyway, could you pass the big bubble bar. " i like the bubbles behind my wings.

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 Young and Old Spyro finally wion enough matches to qualify for the tourbament, and both wre bruised and sore after their match." young Skylands was holding on to his mawashi money, hoping to trade it in for gems.
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 Kopa And Kovu were wrestling in matches in Skunk arena.. and lets just say things were not going well. Back Home. Kopas size usually gave him an advantage in battle. here, he was fighting sumos were heavier and more experienced, which led to some embarrassing defeats. Kovu, wasnt doing much better. while he was more nimble and quicker to his feet than Kopa was, he nonetheless was getting beaten by his opponents experience. Kopa emerged from those series of bouts with 5 wins out of 20, Kovu had 6 out of his 20. Both males were exhausted and tired, and needing a good lunch/ supper to regain energy.
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kiara and vitani were tending to shopping inbetween a series of bouts, vitani had won just 2 matches, Kiara so far had none. Vitani was loooking up attire that was ddeesigned by marita.. and it was several times too big for her.
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"Sounds interesting, Where is it exactly I'll be right there." Spike said.  He had been wading into a lake to get some more easily reached ores when he got the call.  he thought that this should be interesting.

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"And these other two dragonesses", Sara said indicating each in turn, "are Dulcy & Samia.  Dulcy & Samia this is Tarrax, my husband, mate, whichever term you prefer, and this is Korin, an old and rekindled flame, from when we went to a certain magic academy.  I met Dulcy & Samia a short time ago.  i guess I forgot to do that before.  But I think everyone knows everyone now?" She said looking at those present.


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"We REALLY need work," Kiara groaned to Vitani, as she stretched to make the kinks in her back go away.

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"You only got a 4 minute time window to steal the artifact Sly," Bentley informed Sly over the binoccucom, "The guards' shift change goes by quickly."

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"Eat as much as you need," Balto informed Kopa and Kovu, "You two should feel glad you got that many wins in the first place to newcomers of sumo. That's honestly not a bad start by standards."

"Yeah, you lions need to eat some more," a sumo skunk said.

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Other Oliver had wandered into the art class after the ladies. "Hi," the kitten waved.


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Dr. Kerzach had found work as an arena groundskeeper. He was currently repacking the clay and sand floor. Two of his coworkers were raking over the dirt while he tamped it down with a heavy wooden pole.

Luckily, the broken arm he had suffered was very quickly healed thanks to Mawashian herbs and potions.

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Ms. Swimmer had enough won enough matches to qualify for the tournament. Right now, she was getting a rubdown from a specially trained masseuse to ease out the knots and bruises she had suffered in her bouts.

She sipped a pungent herbal tea that was supposed to help in recovery.

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"Fred, I say again. Has the reactor reached optimal magic saturation?" Captain Carson said into the intercom as she watched the last of the ships take off and head into the starting line of the race.

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"Near the dormant volcano." Spike's radio then cut out.

Two hot-rock drillers rolled out from the mining base's garage and trundled over the cooled lava flow.

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"ok, heading there." Spike said, walking towards the dormant volcano.  He walked through some shallow lava since that was faster.  He went at a good pace, but not so fast that he'd tire himself out.  

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"Korin & I met while we were going to the Korrodos Academy of Magic." Sara said.


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engine reactors ready ' fed replied. ' give it a whirl and see how she handles.'
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 agumina took her seat, and tooked around at the comfy seatingf, as thy were encased in a glowing blue orb.' this is a eally nice ride ' she said
 way ahead of you bentley' sly said as she snuck around a corner a large figure of ozai in hand ' this should fetch a lot of gold. Point me to the exit Bentley.' sly said as he made his way around a plant.
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 yeah at this rate neither of us is getting in, the tournament officially starts at sundown, and i only have 2 wins vitani said.
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 kiyo was whipping up a drink and put them out on napkins that had  shoukirchi face on them. ' i little ' love you symbol to my main squeeeze' she smiled.
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Captain Carson nodded and shunted power to the thrusters. The Aestorican Glider shuddered for a moment and then silently lifted into the air.

"We have power!" she announced over the intercom. She then grabbed the wheel and turned the ship towards the starting line.

A referee on a floating platform boarded the ship. "Okay, we need to do a pre-flight inspection to ensure that everything here complies with the rules and regulations.

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The hot rock miners were using electrically powered claws to open a tunnel into the side of the dormant volcano. Several miners loaded the waste rock onto skiffs that would take them out of the tunnel and dump them in a tailings pile.

"Okay, Spike," the supervisor said. "Once the opening is large enough, you'll be helping dig the tunnel further into the volcano."

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"You make that clear every day," Otama smirked to Kiyo, who was looking at the napkins.

"The crowds are starting to come," a doorman called to the cooks and bartenders inside, "Business will be booming very shortly...."

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"We just can't give up," Kiara said, her groans sounding gradually less painful, "If we don't make it in the tournament, we might as well lose trying our hardest."

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":Wow Arlene, you're really going all out with the details," Kitty commented, seeing the level of effort being put into the drawing of the sumo king.


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i like to be exact with my details ' Arlene said.' dont want to sloppy or lazy. i'll draw pictures of your girls after i'm done with this one of Ozai."
 Can you do one of me?' Tigeress asked Arlene." i want something to show Tiger once we leave the planet. Oh, and Flash , too." of course.' Arlene nodded " now Flash, hold that picture still, i need to get the hairs of Ozais beard just right."
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  Chong raised his hand in a 'stop' motion ' Let the Djinn shopw me in his due time. i dont think he likes being cages too terribly. Pick uip that blob of liquid he just spat at me and have it tested ' Chong ordered.
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 a large hare stared down his latest opponent. Tiger. the sheriff had been ' persuaded' by Kitty to try his hand at sumo, in order to better their chances at getting supplies for the ship. Harusa the hare sneered at the chunky cat ' ready to lose.. puddy tat?' he laughed.
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Race Course
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 the glider was clear of anything that might give the racers an unneeded advantage.
we're ready to do " angela said to the inspector.
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 skylands and warfang  took flight after their latest bout. both clasped the gold ribbon that signified qualification into the tournament. both girls were exhaussted and tired after their lengthy sumo sessions. they had decided to meet the boys - who had also qualified- for lunch.
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 Dulcy and samia gout of of the tub and headed off to get some more bars of soaps to get under their wings. tarrax shifted his weight in the tub causing a wave of warn water to splash on Korin and Sara " ah! thats very warm ' Korin said shaking the water off of her wings.
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Spike nodded, "sure, that should be easy enough.  I hope we get enough from here." he said as he eaited till the opening was large enough so he could help dig the tunnel further into the volcano.  While not easy work he was glad it was a warm place like this and not some cold snow covered place.   THat woudl be even less pleasant.

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Sara sighed, "very nice and warm indeed." She said enjoying the warm water.  Then she looked at Tarrax.  "Korin an di met at the Korodos Magic University.  We met and got along.  Then We became room mates and things escalated from there." Sara said.


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"Can I help?" other Oliver offered the ladies and Flash, "Cause if not, Mr. Sneed will need a snack...."

"Well girls?" Kitty asked, painting her picture of the king of Mawashi.

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"Must....keep mind on reward," Tiger reminded himself mentally, puffing out his stomach even further. "I'll take you on!" he declared to Harusa.

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"Yes, your greatness?" the royal barber asked, reaching Ozai.


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(Weyard)

One of the workers, gingerly scooped up the flaming blob into a ceramic crucible and took it to the lab. Yet another worker wheeled away the cage containing

"Your orders, sir?" another worker asked.

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(Mawashi)

One of the miners approached Spike, who had on a backpack filled with ores he had harvested from a lava lake.

"Hey Spike, we're getting ready to open the tunnel. Can you use these?" The miner's voice crackled over Spike's radio. In her armored glove was looked like a smoky blue pyramidal crystal. "Your friend Twilight crafted these from some quartz crystals lying around. She said they're for mining."

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Captain Carson took her place on the starting line. She opened the ship's intercom and heard the fanfare of the race announcers.

The ship's reactor was at full power and the engines were fully primed and ready to go. Her heart beat as she watched the array of lights floating above the race track start to count down.

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Spike accepted the pyramid crystal.  "Yea." Spike said. He took the crystal and went to where the tunnel was going to be opened.  He set 1 of the pyramid crystals down, being sure to set it down so one of the points was pointing towards him and a face was facing fowards.  He then took a few steps back and took a deep breath before exhaling it at the pyramid which took his dragon fire breath and concentrated and amplified the heat outwards in front of it to help clear some of the way in front of the crystal for a certain distance.

"Hope that was enough to help start." Spike said.  "Better wait till that area cools down a bit and before picking up the crystal too." he said.


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organize the information we have, and  find out what city in this place is the closest to th Lens' Chong said. ' i will be at work crafting new spells.' He said.

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 Dixie admired both Arlenes and kittys drawings of Ozai' Great job girls. Looks better than my effort, thats for sure' she turned to Oliver " well.. you can hold up the picture so i can copy it better.' Tigeress and flash were dabbling at their copies, flash kept looking over to try and copy Arlenes work, it was unfair she thought, to be a quadriped with no arms that could write.

 Young and Old spyro were at a table ordering from the menus as the girls arrived." Good You made it" Spyro-W smiled to Skylands and Warfang as they took their seats ' i see you managed to qualify too' Young spyro said, grinning as he waved his gold ribbon." well it took several matches. being a quad here is definitely a disadvantage' Warfang sighed, stretching her back.' i could go for a nice steak dinner What about you, Skylands?' Eh, i'm still looking. oh and i qualified before Warfang here. so i get to pick which rooms we stay in on the next planet.' Cynder-S smirked.
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 tiger gripped on the seat he was sitting in, as the skylanders vehicle pulled up next to them. Gill grunt was in the front alongside Hex. Prepare to eat skylander dust!' Hex whooped.
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 Start with the sideburns please " Ozai said resting comfortably in his royal barbers chair.' then the beard. get it down to a 3 if you can.
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Harusa laughed as he smashed into tiger gut first. the hare was quite a bit bigger than Tiger.
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 Kopa and Kovu sat on a bunch outside the wrestling ring, the pair of lions had both qualified, although Kovu had a black eye and Kopa was pretty sure one of his claws was broken.' we made it at least Kovu said as he applied an ice pack to his eye. " w need to get a lot better though if we dont want to be a quick out ' Kopa said waving his left claw, trying to get it to stop hurting. ' better go to the clinic in South Steele then- and get something to eat too. call the girls at some point as well.
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 vitani and kiara had started getting better results in their matches- vitani was 1 win from making it, kiara was two. the girls had found the lightest weighing girls in their region and were wrestling them.
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Captain Carson opened the throttle on the Aestorican Glider to maximum as soon as the light turned green. The acceleration briefly pushed her back into the seat. She banked around a ship that looked like flying Sumo arena. Suddenly, a glass vial broke across the ship's windshield and it began to slow down dramatically.

She grabbed the intercom. "Stitch! We've been hit by some kind of slowing liquid! See if you can counteract those effects! Everyone! Get ready to use the weapons!" She banked the ship and headed for two glowing boxes suspended beneath a statue of Ozai.

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The softened rock was easily scooped away by the armored miners. Soon, they reached a large cave. Strangely enough, the cave was clearly artificial as evidenced by the smoothly polished rocks and the remnants of some old mining equipment.

"Well, this is uh, strange," one of the miners said.

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"Certainly, your greatness," the royal barber told Ozai, "It is an honor to serve you." He made the trimmings to Ozai that the sumo king suggested. He trimmed very close.

"You summoned me, great Ozai?" Shifu asked, going over towards the barber's chair.

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"Thank goodness we found some ladies who aren't that huge to wrestle," Kiara groaned, enjoying having finally been able to win a sumo bout. She gave her gut a few pats.

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"Ringtail, you should know that just cause we're off Planet Clockwerk doesn't mean you can just keep stealing to your heart's content," Carmelita growled to Sly when the master thief returned to his prize, "Officially, you're still my partner in Interpol!"


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"Hmm, I wonder who was here before and how long ago." Spike said as he  walked into cave after helping to scoop away some of the stuff to make sure the floor was smooth.  While he could not reach very high, he could make sure the floor was as even as possible.  

"Hmm." Spike said starting to walk over towards the old looking mining equipment.


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hex and the skylanders were out in front followed by team ozai..' Stutch was heading through the book of weapons until he came to the slowing pial " hmm " it saysa here slowing pial is one of rarest weapons on track. will only appear i in every 100 spins. it will last for 1 minutes and has no counters. Sorry Madam boss " all we can do is wait until it wears off in a minute.
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 so we're stuck in third place for awhile great' Tiger said as the offense position " Well it could b worse " we could be shrunk in size' agumina said. " I'd ready to fire defensive measure " angela said.
_ yes go attend the races and report back to me on how we are doing.." Ozai said as he looked at her newly shorn face in a huge mirror ' good worl barbner ' he said handing him a big stack of Mawashi dollars.
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 a lioness named Li'ella was chatting with a eagle named Eris  in the first row of stands 'lots of newcomers this year Eris ' Li'ella said " Nothing like this in Chima' which is why we attend this sumo contest every year' Eris smirmked.
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Meanwhile, on Mawashi a cargo ship was landing. The pilot, a middle-aged man whose name tag read ERIC, approached Eris and Liella holding a clipboard.

"Could one of you sign here please?" he asked. "We've got a shipment of royal mawahis for Ozai the King, one box."


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"Thank you, my king," the barber nodded to Ozai, going back to his servants' quarters.

"Yes, your majesty," Shifu nodded, "Early transmissions I've been getting though have some of our team already in the lead...."

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"I know you're gonna get reallly busy here soon, with the tournament starting," Shoukichi told Kiyo over the phone, "IS there anything I can do to help you, my love?" the male sumo tanuki asked his wife. "I could have some stuff sent there."

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"We.....made it," Kiara gasped to Vitani, after the girls claimed their last required victories.