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    RATCHET & CLANK: Of MICE and MAYHEM
    Threadmarks: Of MICE and MAYHEM - ch04

    One thing about having as much prep time as I had was that, by the time XJ-0461 finally arrived I knew the internal layout and infrastructure of Plant Z332 from the tip of the lightning rod on top of the tallest comm tower down to where the support pylons connected the factory above to the...
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    RATCHET & CLANK: Of MICE and MAYHEM
    Threadmarks: Of MICE and MAYHEM - ch03

    I had, mostly through Drek's own laziness, accumulated what would be considered an alarming number of personal and corporate access key codes. Which wouldn't ordinarily be an issue for Drek if I had actually been loyal to him, as secure key code storage was just another MOU-53E feature that I...
  3. Tangent

    RATCHET & CLANK: Of MICE and MAYHEM
    Extras: Tales from Gadgetron Quality Control (an Of Mice and Mayhem omake)

    Tales from Gadgetron Quality Control QA Supervisor: "Now remember, every MOU-513 must successfully complete its infiltration, observation, and office utility diagnostics before shipment." "Any questions?" A freshly assembled MOU-513 suddenly charges across the factory floor. MOU-513...
  4. Tangent

    RATCHET & CLANK: Of MICE and MAYHEM
    Threadmarks: Of MICE and MAYHEM - ch02

    There were, apparently, a number of things I could do while I waited for my window of exfiltration. I didn't just want to escape Plant Z332, or even just the Skorg City Industrial Complex, I wanted to escape Quartu. While Drek Industries didn't technically own everything on Quartu, they owned...
  5. Tangent

    RATCHET & CLANK: Of MICE and MAYHEM
    Threadmarks: Of MICE and MAYHEM - ch01

    > Power restored... > Primary systems online. > Optics... OK. > Audio receptors... OK. > Locomotion servos... OK. > Tail-Link interface... Ready. > Observation suite... Online. > Office Utility compatibility package... Loaded. > MOU-513 Mousoid Observation Unit > Boot sequence complete. > > Good...
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    I, FIONA
    Threadmarks: I, FIONA (part 17)

    I, FIONA Yet another Sonic the Hedgehog AU/SI fic by Tangent With prereading, editing assistance, and occasional input by @Brain Power! We were hurt, grieving and angry, which made doing everything by the numbers so much more important than during a regular mission. If we went in hotheaded...
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    I, FIONA
    Threadmarks: I, FIONA (part 16)

    I, FIONA Yet another Sonic the Hedgehog AU/SI fic by Tangent With prereading, editing assistance, and occasional input by Brain Power! After Zippy ran off, I ended up returning to the starter hut that Fio and I shared because I realized that I had forgotten my bedding. Not much point in...
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    I, FIONA
    Threadmarks: I, FIONA (part 15)

    I, FIONA Yet another Sonic the Hedgehog AU/SI fic by Tangent With prereading, editing assistance, and occasional input by Brain Power! I spent the better part of a week basically just… processing my grief over what had happened to my parents. If it had happened days… or maybe even a couple of...
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    I, FIONA
    Threadmarks: I, FIONA (part 14)

    I, FIONA Yet another Sonic the Hedgehog AU/SI fic by Tangent With prereading, editing assistance, and occasional input by Brain Power! Time marches on, of course, regardless of my little quibbles with the general order of local causality and how it seems to have an indifferent relationship with...
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    I, FIONA

    Actually, the more spiritual idea is the correct one, as Nicole could not perceive the information about the comics as comics. She saw bit and pieces of them as live action. For much the same reason that Friendship is Magic got translated into a Tolkeinesque live action high fantasy epic saga...
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    I, FIONA
    Threadmarks: I, FIONA (part 13)

    I, FIONA Yet another Sonic the Hedgehog AU/SI fic by Tangent With prereading, editing assistance, and occasional input by Brain Power! "Where's Fio?" I asked, as Bunnie and Tails sat down with their trays." "Still in the workshop bay," Bunnie replied. "Rotor and Antoine are with her." "Yeah,"...
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    I, FIONA
    Threadmarks: I, FIONA (part 12)

    I, FIONA Yet another Sonic the Hedgehog AU/SI fic by Tangent With prereading, editing assistance, and occasional input by Brain Power! On intuition, I immediately swapped forms to what I suspected would be a new state. Flesh and blood, metal and oil, all of it was stripped away to reveal an...
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    I, FIONA
    Threadmarks: I, FIONA (part 11)

    I, FIONA Yet another Sonic the Hedgehog AU/SI fic by Tangent With prereading, editing assistance, and occasional input by Brain Power! We started out easily enough, with me doing a series of actions and maneuvers as I moved from one location to another and then stopped to watch her attempts to...
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    I, FIONA
    Threadmarks: I, FIONA (part 10)

    I, FIONA Yet another Sonic the Hedgehog AU/SI fic by Tangent With prereading, editing assistance, and occasional input by Brain Power! "You should probably get some sleep, Sally," Bunny said as she took a seat next to where Sally was sitting with her back against a log, staring up towards where...
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    I, FIONA
    Extras: Fiona and Guile - The Legacy of the Coopers

    The Legacy of the Coopers Carmen Fiona Fox & Santiago Guile Cooper The children of Sly Cooper & Carmalita Fox It hasn't happened yet in the story, but before too long Fiona is going to entrust Director Who to pass on her father's cane to her brother, since she made her own version of the...
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