Thatguy62

I have ideas. Here they are.

I have yet to actually explain what Koryu/Super Koryu/Chaos Theory is at this time, so I'll try to be a whee bit general about this.

First: Series Represented in this talk:

• Evolution/Evolutia
• Mega Man Legends/Rockman Dash
• Skies of Arcadia*
• Power Stone**
• Sonic The Hedgehog
• The Legend of Zelda (in a minor sense)

* I still have not played Skies of Arcadia. I shall correct that at some point, though for now, physically is a challenge (with these prices)
** Power wasn't originally part of this AU, but I made the mistake of binging Power Stone 2 and am now heavily considering it (even though, if I do, I can kiss any chance of this project not being a oneshot/vignette collection goodbye with the amount of series I have or am considering).

So, the world of Chaos Theory is held up with ducktape, superglue and dreams. Here's the cliffhanger notes about it:

• The world tends to have "Cycles", according to the legends of Dark Gaia and Light Gaia: Inevitably, the world will be destroyed and inevitably it (and, seemingly, those on it) shall be reborn.
• The world in the earlier cycles was far less stable, so it was a crapshoot how long it would survive, this lasted until the Flood of Darkness happened, which ended in the Dark Clan being sealed away in the "Reverse Side" of the world (which is now known as the Dark Realm). This, in-turn, led to the longest longevity of the cycles until relatively recently when the cycles started getting cut short.
• The Chaos Emeralds also exist and have been used and abused plenty of times by people seeking their power. Entire civilizations have made their fortunes overnight and promptly collapsed in a similar time frame. One particular "Oopsy-Whoopsy" seems to have split the Light Realm even further, into a Land of the Earth and a Land of the Sky. Over time, knowledge of this faded and only the Adventuring community seems to have knowledge of both realms: To the people of the Earth, the Sky Lands are merely the occasional floating continent while the People of the Sky treat the surface as a Land of Darkness.
• Chaos Theory itself primarily takes place in the "Fantasy World" inspired by Super Mario Bros 2: The Lost Levels' World 9. It's a weird place and one of few places to exist both in the Land of the Sky and the Land of the Earth.

Ok, now that we've got the wacky AU worldbuilding out of the way, let's talk about the elements and ideas of the series in question:

• One of the big ones, due to the Sonic series' presence in the crossover, is the question: Are the Power Stones related to the Chaos Emeralds? Both are magic jewels with sets of seven, as well as a bigger stronger stone, that have the power to grant anyone's wish. The easiest explanation would be that the people of the Earth Lands call them Power Stones while the people of the Sky Lands call them Chaos Emeralds... Though the usual method of how I'm going about the Sonic canon (more on that later) makes that complicated. There's also the possibility that one is a man-made creation based on the other (just murder the mysticism why don't cha) or that they are purely coincidentally similar but overall unrelated objects...
• Moon. The Moon has some degree of significance in both Skies of Arcadia (Moonstones, maybe more stuff) and Mega Man Legends (Elysium). The latter is particularly tricky because I'm debating whether to have some connection between the Master and FF3's Noah (not the same guy, but they jointly ended up beyond humanity or whatever? I'm just spitballin')
• I do want Yurka and Sera to be major antagonists. The general antagonists would be a mix of the Eighth, Valuan and Eggman Empires. The Bonne Family and the Red Wolves would be the Rival/Frenemy groups. Valgus should probably be in there, probably as a follower of either Ganondorf (who is otherwise involved in a different plotline) or Galcian.
• I have two starts in mind: The general start where Mag, Linear and Chain are investigating a ruin that Megaman Volnutt is somehow also investigating and they all end up falling into the Minus World. A prologue that I decided on for Power Stone involves Falcon stopping in Pannam Town and exchanging stories with Mag and Linear, telling them of the Power Stones.
• Dare I include a plotline where Eugene tries to sow paranoia into Mag regarding his fellow adventurers' possible reactions to Linear's true nature?
• Sonic Chronicles is "loose canon" in this AU: Some variation of the events of the game happened in that the Nocturnus Clan were exiled via freak distortion rift, and they sought to return to the world. However, Ix and a portion of the clan wanted to conquer the world rather than just reintegrate into it. Cue a civil war between Shade and Ix's chapters that Knuckles, Sonic, Tails and Amy get involved with. In the end, Ix's chapter has been banished and Shade and Knuckles decide to jointly lead the rest of the echidnas: Shade being the leader of the clan while Knuckles, as Angel Island's guardian and having lived in the world, is their guide and overall overseer. Even with this, Knuckles has feelings he can't understand about no longer being the last of his kind for so long while Shade is left to wonder how and why her clan was exiled. When a dimensional rift opens near the two, Shade and Knuckles decide that a good ol' fashioned treasure hunt is in order (Shade is a Procurator, after all).
• Even if the audience knows that they aren't bad guys, initially playing the Blue Rogues as ambiguous from Rock, Mag & Linear's perspectives is an idea that amuses me. After all, they're already rivals with two gangs of pirates (friendly rivals, and ex-pirates in at least one case, but still)
• Power Stone would probably be the hardest to integrate, if only for who to add to Falcon's party. Skies of Arcadia has the main three (Vyse, Aika and Fina) and Evolution I could get away with Mag + Linear + Whoever. Guess I should hit up the Power Stone anime and see if that gives me any ideas.

Enjoy this stream of consciousness. I didn't intend to speak about the Knuckles stuff in this post, but hey