Hey everyone,
I got to say, reading through this old stuff is actually kind of fun. Sure it shows that I needed a lot of work in writing out certain acts, how characters feel and details like that, but it's still enjoyable. Like they always say, from the old, you can learn new things - or something like that. Anyway, this plan has a little something that inspired a bit of the Cooper Clan.
Can you spot it,
Venquine1990
Plan 02
Cooper Instinct
Sly's POV
I've just defeated Mss. Decibel by letting her run into Radar Engines, but this seems to have been the wrong thing to do as her boss, Cyrille Le Paradox, is now disconnecting the ties and other platforms keeping his blimp to the ground, including the platform I landed on during the final part of my fight against Mss. Decibel.
Jumping off, I want to pull the string of my Paraglider, but my Cooper Pack Instinct – gained by meeting Cooper Ancestors – tells me to reach for the blimp instead. Making several loops in the air to stay airborne for as long as possible, I am able to grab onto one of the poles of the structure surrounding the bridge of the blimp.
I wrap my legs around the pole and by the sudden shaking of the vehicle can I only assume that Mss. Decibel has also tried to get on board. I hear her voice and she says: "Cyrille! Open the hatch! Let me in!" And the filthy skunk answers: "I … don't think so. You see, we have already reached maximum weight capacity.
Perhaps due to my beautiful new guest!" This already makes me fear the worst as I use the structure to climb down to the hatch in the floor off the bridge and just when I reach it do I indeed hear the angry, yet beautiful Spanish voice of my lovely Carmelita Montoya Fox say: "Get your paws off me, you noxious windbag!"
This makes the patience I have been trying to regain since we left the Old West snaps again and instantly I jump and break through the hatch door just as Mss. Decibel says: "But we had a deal!" She, Le Paradox and Carmelita shout, but I ignore this almost instinctively as my mind starts to focus on only one single thing:
"Protect my Lady In Attendance! Make her MINE!" And with that I let go of my rational thinking – the one thing that has been keeping me back from making Carmelita my Cooper Lady for all these years – and give into my primal instincts – the instinct to protect Carmelita (my Carmelita) against enemies and have her as my own.
Salim's POV
Seeing Carmelita in the hands of Paradox, I can already guess what will happen and indeed do I see Sly breaking into the strange flying contraption and do I see the fur all over his body getting thicker and standing on ends wildly. The color of his irises starts to fill both his eyes and the growth of his fur causes his fat to fall off and for his clothes to tear.
"Oh no! Sly's gone mad again! He's given in to his Inner Raccoon!" Bentley shouts and I look at him and ask: "Can you blame him? After all the dangers he saw Carmelita get herself into, fighting his enemies, can either of you really say you blame him for giving in when the need to protect her is at its highest stake?"
The Turtle and Hippo look from me to each other and then both shake their heads. I nod at them and then a scream is heard and looking at the flying contraption, I see the skunk named Le Paradox fall through the open hatch. Looking through the large windows of the machine, I see Sly sending an angry look at Mss. Decibel.
The Elephant Lady gulps, sends him a fake smile and then let's go off the rope she had grabbed onto when she had jumped off the platform after Sly. I quickly run over to where she will fall and when she lands on her back, do I pull a cork out of my back pocket and do I push it into the end of her trunk, silencing her for good.
I then look up and see Sly jumping out of the same hatch, Carmelita – still tied up – hanging over his shoulder and the Raccoon roars at me, but thanks to our earlier private conversation am I now able to understand the roars of my fellow Clan member and I run after him as he starts running for the outdoors and our hideout.
Get going, Sly,
So remember what I said about old stuff and how it needs work? Well, this plan had one good thing about it. Reading that first little paragraph actually reminded me of the scene in game in question. I really didn't think I could do that all those years ago, as I said these plans are from years and years back, but it still makes me proud.
Onto the next one,
Venquine1990