SKW World Ring Anthro

The Starship Phonix docks in Paris, and Sly immediately makes a call. "Give me a minute, I'm going to see if I can get Dad on the line." The image of Connor Cooper comes up on Sly's Binocucom. "It's going to be a while before I'm used to that. We're headed for the safehouse to follow up on a request from the Panda King, but in the meantime, have I missed anything important?" "Wait. The Panda King is an ally?" "We needed a demolition expert to get past Dr. M's security around the Cooper Vault. Why do you ask?" "It's just that… I didn't expect to hear you were dealing with the Panda King, especially after he had a part in my original death…" "Yeah, I was surprised too. I told Bentley, "There's no way I'm letting that monster on my team!" But he was firm… anyway, we've arrived at the safehouse. See you in a minute."

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The Soul Princes enter the Cooper Gang's Paris safehouse to find that a heist is in the middle of being planned. Connor states to Sly, "I realized that since I look like you, I could take your place while you were gone… it's worked out surprisingly well." "Fill me in on the details later, Bentley is expecting to hear from the Panda King in a matter of minutes. I'm impressed though."

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The Panda King appears on the communicator Bentley used to communicate with the present during the Le Paradox incident (see Thieves in Time). "Ah, Cooper. It has been a while." "It has. I don't think I've seen you since 2005 or so." "And I assume much has changed since we last met?"You have no idea." "Are those friends of yours in the back?" "Me and these 6 people have become the protectors of the Universe of Life." He gestures towards the Soul Princes. Sora comments, "Mr. Panda King, we are searching for the 7 "World Rings", trying to get them before an alliance of our enemies. You wouldn't happen to know where the one for this Galaxy, the Anthro Galaxy, is?" "A few days ago, I noticed..something while I was searching for a good venue to hold my daughter Jing King's wedding. I assume it is what you are looking for. If you can help me make sure we don't have another General Tsao, I would be happy to share it with you."

"…Deal. Send the location and we'll be there."

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"Soul Princes, we're going to China. It's going to be a long journey, so I guess it's time for another story. Anyone thinking of any fun things they could talk about?"

Sora responds as the plane takes off, "This actually isn't going to be my first time in China. Or as I knew it, the Land of Dragons…"

Sora gameplay as he talks about an early world in Kingdom Hearts 2.

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As Sora is finishing his story with him locking the world's Keyhole, Luigi pipes up. "Did you know that Mario went to a place in the Mushroom Galaxy near Rogueport called Twilight Town to look for a Crystal Star?" Sora responds with, "You're joking. The Mushroom Galaxy has a place called Twilight Town?! OK, this I have to hear."

Mario gameplay segment recreating Chapter 4: For Pigs The Bell Tolls from Paper Mario The Thousand Year Door. After Mario collects the Crystal Star, he is interrupted by the flight crew.

"We are beginning our final descent into China. The local time in Beijing is 2:36 AM."

Cheers as the plane touches down. Rayman comments

"We know why we're here. I hope things go according to plan…" "I wouldn't count on it, Ray. The last time I was here, the Cooper Gang had to make a deviation from the plan, something Bentley wasn't happy with…"

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The Soul Princes immediately begin hiking into the mountains towards the wedding venue. Gameplay of climbing the mountain. "Sora, how are you the fastest of us at climbing this thing?" "Who said that this is my first time climbing a mountain? I gotta be honest, this one is so much easier than the last climb." "How so?" "I was climbing a Frozen mountain." "Point taken."

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"If anyone wants a rest now that we've reached the top, I packed some of Scrooge McDuck's galaxy-famous sea salt ice cream in the cooler." Sly says, "I'm absolutely going to take you up on that offer. I think I see our seats already set up for us." Sora comments, "Such a nice person. Are you sure we're working with the same person who killed your dad, Sly?" "When my thieving career began, I was such a different person. So was the Panda King." "Fair enough."

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One of the Panda King's former guards, a monkey, comes out and begins speaking. "We are all gathered here today…" Rayman comments, "So bored. How are we doing on guard duty, Ratchet, Clank?" "We're safe so far. I'm just not convinced that will be the case for much longer…"

Jing King comes up to the altar. "Do you take this man to be your lovely wedded husband?" She opens her mouth to say "I do", but it comes out in an almost robotic tone and her eyes turn yellow and summons some plating. "The Villain Alliance has a Hate Chip?! Bentley, find out what the best thing to do to take this thing down is. And hopefully fast…" "Hate Chip?" "Long story short, it was the power source for a killer robot owl that had been stalking Coopers for centuries before I was born. I finished said owl a couple years back. I'll give the details later."

"Clockwerk… Hate… Cooper…"

piece.

"You may not be the Clockwerk my ancestors fought, but let's make sure you don't become another one!"

Boss fight with Clockwerk Possessed Jing King where the Soul Princes have to fight him like Sora fought the Guard Armor boss back in Kingdom Hearts 1: take it's armor down piece by piece.

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The Soul Princes get a chance to catch their breath and the Panda King comes up to talk. "Excellent work, Cooper and friends! Associates?" "Call us the Soul Princes, Mr. Panda King. Most people do now…" "Soul Princes, I never forget a deal. The "World Ring" is being kept in the wedding venue storage room. We were planning on using it for the wedding, but I realized it was no ordinary ring, and so I quickly went to buy something similar. I had a suspicion someone would ask about the ring currently in the storage room sooner or later…"

"Thanks to your quick thinking, the World Ring will end up in the place where it has always been meant to be." "And for that, I am grateful." "One more thing. We have been telling all our allies across the Universe of Life to prepare for a big battle. Whatever power is waiting at Soul Kingdom, defeating the biggest threat any of us have ever faced is going to take everyone. I guess what I'm trying to say is that you should probably get ready." "I will stand ready on your signal." "Great, because no matter how, we will make things right in the Universe. It's… what we were chosen for."

The Soul Princes immediately start on the long road down the mountain, and by the time the load screen is over, we're back at the Phonix. If you have all 7 World Rings, you can travel to Soul Kingdom. A point of no return message pops up after you inspect Sly's music box. Upon completing the story you can time travel back to the Phonix just like the message that pops up at the end of Ratchet and Clank games to pick up remaining collectibles.

I feel like this is a good place to end things for now. Next chapter is going to be big. I'm just a little bit sorry it took so long to get here… I've been working on this since 2016! I may go back and fill in some gaps in the past story eventually.

For the second to last time in the Color Series we,

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