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Insane Cafe 4: The Insane Frontier

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Jason look at some of the tonfonese in the room.  "Well, how about a sing along, of some popular songs of the past of your culture?" Jason said.  he took out a tiny bass, that he then had expand to full size.  "Imsk technology, another universe." He said.  He handed a tiny drum set to Guilmon who set it down so it could expand to full size.  

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Sara sighed.  "It is a nice day." She said looking around.


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well i could go for a walk as a cool down ' Dulcy said to her " will allow us to recover from fighting off those asteroids.>
+ Normally i'd suggest a movie, but the place is packed with Tonfon folks ' Korin said " we have its tough in deciding where to spend the night as well.
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Kiara put her paw on Kovu's. "Let explore this cave together so we don't get lost," she purred to her mate, appreciating his company when they were in tense situations like the one they found themselves in at that moment.

The lioness then turned on a light function from her armor to illuminate the way. "Kovu, use your fire power as a light source as well."


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kovus gestured and a white light light up the area around him ' i feel like a mystic' he grinned. he glance around at the carved walls which glowed from the light he and kiara wee casting off." If you are scared, just stick with me ' he said trying to be reasurring ' as mucghh as KoVu could, being stuck in a strange cave on an alein world.
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 Kopa tried to reach Stripetail " Hey, Stripetail, we could use some help here' he said ' Are the Tonfon royal family safe?" came the reply. " yes, we made into the cave safely. how liong must we stay in here?' I will telepot you out in an hour or so. Theres ghood news , and bad news . the good news is, the meteors have stopped falling, and the dam,age is not nearly as bad as it could have been. the bad news.. well its really bad. mertavius is sending an entire planet against us this time. we have 2 weeks, before it collides with this one." Kopa was eerily quiet after hearing this. 'You'tre joking, right?" he finally said " your majesty, i never joke about matters like this. now, we sucessfully evucated Tonfon, which has a population of about 50000. problem is, thats only a small fraction of the number of inhabitantys the planet has, which is 5 million. all of them need to be moved to other worlds before we try to knocjk the incoming planet off course.
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"So where are we going mom?" Oliver asked Arlene as they began to get themselves out of the more crowded areas of the Spire of Winter.

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The cave the lions and the others were in had the occasional small pond, water flowing beneath their feet. The tunnel was not a straight path, but one with a lot of curves. Stalactites and stalagmites were found constantly.

"I feel much better with you, my dear," Kiara purred to Kovu, feeling the warmth of his body. She used her communicator to talk with Stripetail. "Could you send us some camping gear and drinks? It won't be comfortable to rest on these rocky surfaces."


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Canmping?" stripetail's voice sounded a bit puzzled" my dear, I'm going to be teleporting you out of there, in about a half hour, and bringing you to the ship to rejoin the others.So thees no need to send you anything, at the moment. i will try and fuind accommodations fir you, however, in Winterville" stripetail said.
_ Tigeress and the others reached Nick as Kerzach was attempting to hunt down the last saboteur. she left forth a flurry of ice from her horns, freezing an area near the fleeing  intruder. Gabunas let forth her own freeze attack, blue blaster. sptyro used his earth spikes attack to send razor sharp rocks .
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"Thanks, I'll be needing that," Kiara said to the seer, "It's been tough here, as you can plainly see." She snuggled with Kovu some more as his fire powers lit the cavern around them.

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Bentley had done some hacking to gain access to all of the security monitors in the ship. "I'm monitoring where everyone is," he informed Sly and Carmelita.


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A Tonfonese performing troupe had decided to put on a traditional Tonfonese opera. Granted, they didn't have their costumes, props or instruments but true to the inventive spirit of the Tonfonese, they improvised with the native instruments and props of the ship's crews from the other worlds as well as local materials they could scrounge up.

Indeed, they were even setting up a theater in the park. Granted, it was made of prefab shelter pieces instead of bamboo but it looked remarkably faithful to the original.

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Twilight's mane was frazzled as she galloped to and fro handling all sorts of matters. Indeed, she was even becoming a nuisance to the ship's crew. Applejack approached Spike.

"Spike," Applejack said. "I know we're all mighty busy but I think you need to get Twi to calm down. She's gotten a lot of the crew madder than a bull with a bee sting."


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The saboteur was entombed in a solid block of ice. That left the ones who had fled and the one who Kerzach was dealing with.

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The saboteur had shed his bulky spacesuit seeing as Dr. Kerzach had managed to sever its power cables through a softer part of the spacesuit, making it little more that a statue.

It was then that Dr. Kerzach leapt from behind a citrus tree and furiously stabbed his opponent. Panting with exertion, he used a nearby hose to clean the blood off himself.

He radioed Nick. "Nick, I got my guy. Now we got to find the two who fled."

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i think they went down this way, nick said through the radio,  putting his gun away, as Tigeress and gabuna looked  around to make sure that they had gotten thier target. ' we got two of them, but theres still two more to go' He said to spyro. 'Thanks for the help. ' no problem pal ' Spyro smirked ' we've been through a lot together ." Yeah most of it saving my hide' Nick said.' hey, don;t complain too much ' tigeress smirked ' you get to see a lot of cool stuff, and you've got lots of friends who have your back. Which reminds me. you need to to see the House Tiger and i now have with Flash. always have room for guests." the purple wolfess grinned. ' thanks. we get the phoenix back, and you guys get free appetizers and drinks for life. Cant do free meals through. would put me out of business, knowing how Scooby eats" Nick said. "Sparx can have the free stuff' Spyro said.' we can afford to pay. thanks for the generosity, though Nick." i could definitely enjoy getting free cheese sticks ' Tigress licked her lips."  all the soda i can drink? sounds like fun?' Gabuna grinned " i'm gabuna, by the way.' she offered Nick her claw, and Nick shook it.' nice to meet you Gabuna. you're a new member of the team right?' Yep, brand new. this is my first job with the team. real excited to be working with a pair of digi-legends in Lord Agumon and Lord Gabumon. Agumina's nice too" Gabuna said. anyway, lets go after those intruders ' she said with a smirk.' job first, food later' spyro said, and the 4 of them began running down the hallway after the surviving sabtuers.
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"We're going to need more people to search this whole ship," Dr. Kerzach said. He radioed some Spirarian janitors to clean up the mess that the battle had left. If the saboteurs were still alive, they'd be interrogated.

He headed out of the orchard and back to the seaweed tank where Nick was meeting up with Spyro and Gabuna.

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"Have the artifacts been evacuated?" Lady Hineshou asked.

"We have the Regalia of Tonfon in an underground vault. It should hopefully survive the bombardment thanks to the psyenergy and its robust construction," Emperor Unan said.

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The regalia are safe, in my hotel room, looked in a magical box, that only i have the key for. it will be returnee to you once the crisis as passed. i managed to magick them to safety, and i will do the same to the other royal treasures, in belinsk, and elsewhere' stripetail said.' i will be teleporting all of you to safety, milady.Teleportius' stripetail commanded, and in a twinkling, all 8 of the party, appeared in the conference room. kopa took off his helmet and breathed a deep sigh of relief ' thanks.' no problem.' stripetail nodded, as he turned to emperor Unan. ' greetings, Your Majesty. i am Lord stripetail. pleasure tio make your acquintance.Lady Hineshou, pleasure to meet you, milady" stripetail said formally, but there was warmth on his voice and a smile on his face.
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Spike  nodded.  "I'll see what I can do.  Thanks for telling me.  I heard some vague things but no details." He said, glad that Applejack had told him.  "I do hope things are going well for you, all things considered." He said to Applejack, thinking it polite to indulge in a bit of talk before he went off to Twilight.


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"It is an honor to meet such a powerful Adept such as yourself," Emperor Unan replied. He wasn't sure what title to use for what was clearly offworld royalty.

"I am pleased to meet you. Might you be the Seer that that the group who accompanied us was referring to?" Lady Hineshou added.

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"No no no!" Twilight exclaimed as she watched one of the crew fueling the Arkeyan Show Cruiser. "You can't fuel a magic vehicle in such a manner!" She snatched the fueling line from the crewman and and began a magic ritual.

"Twilight! Would you please f--- off and let us do our jobs!?"A mechanic shouted from underneath the sleek vessel.

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An explosion was heard in Winterville as one of the saboteur's bombs detonated, destroying the electrical coupling for the ship's industrial area. Luckily, since it was powered down, the machinery wasn't damaged. Although the refugees present were plunged into darkness.

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Amiti and Karis were apparently meditating in their cells. Little did the guards know that their psyenergy was being focused into an astral projection, reaching out to Sveta and Tyrell.

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Yes Milady, "seer' is one of the titles given to me, because I can foretell the future' tricky business that.' stripetail said.Your world, I might add, is one of the strongest magical worlds i have ever visited. which is saying something, as i have visited many over my travels. unfortunately, the bombardment we have just endured is only the beginning. my enemy has sent an entire world at us, one much larger than weynard. and we must evacuate all of weynard before it arrives. i've sent word to other  worlds to lend insistence. as the population of tonfon alone has pushed this ship to its carrying capacity. and there are still millions of others on Weynard that need to find safe haven we will help you, and the other royal families of weynard, as much as we can. " stripetail said. " we have less than 2 weeks to do so. tonight, we recover from  fighting off the meteors. tomorrow, we start evucuating and relocating everyone in weynard.
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master eons image appeared in the room ' Wizard " I have heard of your dilemma, and wish to offer Skylands assistance. Send as many of the people of Weynard as you feel comfortable and we will make them feel at home.' We do not want to abuse your hospitality Eon>" Stripetail Said.
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 let them work' Eris said as she flew around carrying gems to help power the  Cruiser. ' the quicker we finish this job, the better.  we'll have cramped sleeping conditions for the next few days, what with all the refugees."
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"Phew," Kiara sighed in relief once she and the others were back on the ship, "Glad we don't have to be down on the surface anymore."

Her stomach started to rumble. "I need some wildebeest," she proclaimed, "Anyone in the mood to share some with me? I'd pay our way."

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"So where are we going?" Oliver asked Arlene.


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"Twilight, don't you think that those trained here know how to do what they are trained to do here?  It would be like you telling Pinkie how to plan a party." Spike said.  "Maybe you can learn from them how to do what they are doing, if you want to help here." He said politely.


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Twilight grumbled as she stopped the magic ritual. "Thank you, spike." The interrupted crewman grabbed the fueling line and connected it back to the Arkeyan Show Cruiser.

"You're right," Twilight said. She exited the vehicle bay and headed back to Winterville. "Come on, Spike!"

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Emperor Unan nodded. "I see. Might there be a way to deflect such a world? I do not believe we can evacuate all of Weyard in such a manner."

It was then Tyrell entered the room. "Lord Stripetail! Karis and Amiti have called out to us with their Psyenergy! It looks like they're inside another craft like this one and that their captor is someone named Chong! We must rescue them!"

Sveta then spoke up. "Tomorrow, I shall assist in evacuating Belinsk."

At the same time, Stripetail's radio buzzed and Mr. Bigmouth's voice came through. "Stripetail, Nick, Kerzach and Spyro have reported that two saboteurs have been apprehended but two are still at large. I'm currently repairing a power coupling in the industrial area that was bombed. Kerzach has requested Shaggy and Nani to give him a hand in searching for the saboteurs."

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Thats The Phoenix! Stripetail replied " so Chong has them prisoner? this is bad news, for obvious reasons. Chong has shown that he will not hesistate to torture or kill his prisoners.' He said to TRyrell " He is not known for showing mercy, at all. What Else have they told you? He asked. the radio report came next and stripetail Listened to it. 'Shaggy and Nani will be there as soon as possible, I'll contact them and send them your way>"
 Excuse me, stripetail ' kovu chimed in ' could i be excused? I um.. have reservations at  the winterville Grill and If This meeting continues for much longer, i'll miss it " Is the reservation as a couple? Stripetail said " No, its actually an eating contest.. i'm competing against a guy named laval' kovu replied. Its steak night"  stripoetail  ran his claws through his whiskers, and looked at the royal lion. ' alright. Go stuff yourself. just remember to be ready to head out tomorrow. we'll be drawing lots to see which city you are being sent two. Theres 5 major cities, in case you are wondering."
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 Cynder was trying to take a nap on the sofa and was only half listening to the meeting. This was, the seer found, true for nearly all of them, although only Kovu had put forth a excuse to leave early."So, Tomorrow we rescue the other cities and also try and find Chong? is that the gist of it? Tiger said. "Indeed Tiger. time is of the essence>' With all due respect, Wizard,  dont think any of us here is in much condition to do much more tonight. Just about all of us here are asleep, or working their way towards it>' Stripetail looked over at Scooby, Agumon, Gabumon and stitch all of whom looked like they were struggling to not fall asleep in their chairs. " alright. We'll resume once everyone has had a short nap to recuperate>Kovu, you are excused to  have that eating contest of yours."
 Bring us back some to go orders."Kopa said As Kovu got up to head out." if I dont eat all the steak they have" Kovu shot him a smirk. " I'll see if they have willdebeest. No guarantee though." He added as he headed out of the room. a few minutes later Vuashu and Sima entered , both carrying steaming trays of food. " Hey guys ' sima said with a smile " Just thought  some food would cheer you all up" Vushi said as she set down a huge tray of meat' its from the Mawashii Lean To that they set up in the park. and before you ask, this is " to go" portions " the pantherss grinned. The delicious- smelling meat and rice wafted around the table, and Scooby and many of the other guys jolted to thier feet." thanks Vushu" Vitani said helping herself to some of the steak.
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 Kovu, walked downtown, and m,ade his way towards the Grill. A number of tonfonese were miling around the bar, well a bip[edal lion approached him " Are you Prince  Kovu, by any chance? said the redmaned Lion " Thats me " kovu noded " prince Laval" laval grinned. ' You're just in time, actually they are just finishing bringing out the steal now. I Must warm you. I can really pack the food away" Hes not joking  Li'ella said with a smile"I'm Li'ella. " she waved at Kovu. ' I'm Lavals cheering section."
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 Nani picked up her walkie talkie as it buzzed ' Nani, I need you to find Shaggy and head over to  help look for a pair of intruders " nick and Kerxzach had a shootout with them and have dealt with 2 of them, but two are still at large"Stripetail said. " Understood, Was just getting Lillo situated, we had to share our hotel room with some refugees. This worlds has a lot of magic. I'll gran shaggy and we'll headed over there Nani out.
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 Stripetail guestured and an poair of magical images appeared in front ogf him. They were images of two adepts sitting in cells, both of them appeared to have their eyes closed . " Mistres Karis and master amiti, I presume?' stripetail spoke to them " Lord stripetail at your service." He said.
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Karis and Amiti were shocked out of their trance by Stripetail's voice. It was then they noticed the astral projection of Stripetail.

"A Beastman?" Karis asked. "How...did you get here?"

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(Spire of Winter)

Dr. Kerzach returned to where Nick, Spyro and Gabuna were conversing. He had already harvested the seaweed and hauled it to the kitchen.

The Cassowary cleared his throat. "Nick, I've got Nani and Shaggy to help us in searching the ship."

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Tyrell scowled. "Chong will regret this! I say we make him pay now!"

Sveta placed a hand on Tyrell's shoulder. "Tyrell, we currently have more pressing matters. We'll evacuate Weyard while the Seer and his allies rescue Amiti and Karis.

The Mars Adept clenched his fists but calmed down a bit. "Well, they did report that Chong has stolen all their equipment and Djinn.  

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Mr. Bigmouth silenced his radio and fell asleep on a repulsiorsled inside the motor pool. Out of respect for the refugees, work had been stopped at these hours as not to wake them.

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"Thank you," Kiara said to Vushu and Sima, "I needed this after being stuck down on the planet for a while. I'm gonna save some for Kovu, too." Having spent several meal times with her mate back down on earth in the Pride Lands, Kiara had picked up some of Kovu's eating habits. She was stuffing her mouth like crazy.

"Say Sima," she commented to the Mawashiin lioness, "After Kovu's contest is over, what say you and I give him a nice reward?"

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"The movies!" Oliver pointed to the others as they made their way down the halls, "We've made it!"

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"Perhaps we should get involved?" Sly suggested to Carmelita, "We are officers of the law, after all."