A Cold Alliance (SLWD & RVRBD)

The Setup
Sly Cooper (narrating): After a careful analysis of Dr. M's fortress, Bentley came to the difficult conclusion that his demolition skills just weren't gonna be enough. If we wanted to get inside the Cooper Vault, we'd have to recruit a full-time demolitions specialist. However, Bentley's proposed candidate was a shock: my old enemy, the Panda King. As a member of the original Fiendish Five, he had a part in taking out my dad and stealing pages from the Thievius Raccoonus. Eventually, I caught up with him and I claimed back what he had stolen. There was no way I was gonna let that monster on my team, but Bentley was firm. He discovered the Panda King had left his life of crime and was now a monk living the life of quiet meditation high up in the mountains. I wasn't at all convinced, but there was no denying that he had the skills we needed if we were to succeed. So, the gang packed up, put on our disguises, and headed east to China.
King of Fire
(After exiting a cave, the Cooper Gang arrives at the Panda King's location)
Sly Cooper: Stay sharp, team... for all we know the Panda King is just as dangerous as ever.
Bentley: How can you say that? Just look at him, have you ever seen someone more at peace with the world?
Sly Cooper: I'll admit, he does look kinda "zenned out."
Bentley: Uh... Mr. King? Honorable Panda King, we humbly wish to speak with you.
Sly Cooper: I guess he doesn't want to talk. Sorry, Bentley, let's go.
Bentley: Be realistic, Sly, he's clearly in a deep meditative trance. Hmmm, it'll take some doing, but I think I see a way to get the team up to his shrine.
Murray: Good! The walk up here tired me out. I don't wanna turn around now. Man, I miss the van... we never had to walk anywhere back then.
Sly Cooper: Okay, okay, let's just get this over with.
Bentley: Murray, you're up first. If you can get to the top of that pillar, you should be able to use your ball move to bounce all the way up to the Panda King.
Murray: Okay... bouncing is a lot easier than more walking. Seriously, do you guys wanna see my blisters?
Penelope: No way!... Is he serious?
The Guru: (speaks Aboriginal)
Murray: Yeah, okay, master. Bouncing, pillars, piece of cake!
(Murray leaps off the cliff.)
The Guru: (speaks Aboriginal, then laughs)
Bentley: I hear that, sometimes you've got to be firm.
Penelope: No, seriously, was he for real about the blisters? Cause I, I don't know it's... yeesh!
(Murray reaches the Panda King.)
Murray: Okay, I'm in position!
Bentley: Penelope, you're up next. I'm not sure if you're aware, but Sly can jump onto small points. Those bamboo shoots would be an ideal means of ascent if they weren't spaced so far apart.
Penelope: Hold on, hold on... let me see if I can figure it out for myself.
Bentley: It's, uh... got to do with the ice.
Penelope: Okay, so clearly we need more points in order for Sly to ascend. The problem, where're we going to get 'em? The answer: split each shoot down the middle, thereby doubling the points of ascension. However, the ice down there appears too thin to walk on, so there's no way to do it by hand... So, I'll need to use my lightweight remote control car to split the trees for us.
Bentley: Perfect... that's it exactly!
Penelope: Great! Anything for Sly. I love to see him pull off those athletic moves!
(Penelope brings out her RC car and drives it into the ice)
Penelope (binocucom): Good thing I installed a turret on this little lady. Perfect for splitting logs.
(When the turret overheats.)
Penelope (binocucom): Drat! It overheated! Oh well, it should cool off soon.
(While splitting the fifth tree)
Penelope (binocucom): Just two more to go!
(Splitting the sixth tree)
Penelope (binocucom): One tree left!
(After splitting the last tree)
Penelope (binocucom): Yes!
(Penelope turns her attention to Sly.)
Penelope: There you go, Sly... hope it's everything you could've wished for.
Sly Cooper: Uh, thanks, it looks great.
Penelope: My pleasure... really, anytime.
Bentley: Uhh... Sly, isn't it time you climbed up there and joined Murray?
Sly Cooper: Yeah, sure.
(Sly jumps on the bamboo shoots to meet Murray.)
Bentley: Whack the supports up on those pinwheels.
Sly Cooper: Really?
Bentley: Pinwheel destabilization is the cornerstone of this plan!
Murray: Jump into my hands and I'll throw you up there.
(Sly destroys the supports on the pinwheels.)
Sly Cooper: I'm all done up here!
Bentley: Excellent, now that the pinwheels are unstable, I just need to light them up with my darts. One shot per rocket should do the trick.
(Bentley lights the rockets on the pinwheels.)
Bentley: Those pinwheels are about to go. Guru, feel up for a challenge?
The Guru: (speaks Aboriginal)
Bentley: That's right, you should be able to "persuade" the guards to help you get up to those rockets.
The Guru: (speaks Aboriginal)
(Guru fires two rockets, one for each pinwheel. One of the pinwheels knocks down a sign, creating a bridge to the Panda King from the cliff. The other falls right in front of the cliff.)
Bentley: Strong work, that fallen pinwheel should serve as an excellent makeshift elevator.
The Guru: (speaks Aboriginal)
(Guru reaches Murray and Sly. Guru and Sly then head up to the Panda King, with Bentley right behind them.)
The Guru: (speaks Aboriginal)
Bentley: I agree, he's in a super-meditative state.
Sly Cooper: So let's just shout in his ear.
Bentley: No, to break him out of this trance, we'll need to delve into his mind.
Sly Cooper: A hacksaw, then?
Bentley: No, it'll require channeling.
The Guru: (speaks Aboriginal)
Bentley: Sly, sit beside the Panda King, the Guru will bridge your minds.
(Sly sits next to the Panda King in a meditative stance, while the Guru bridges their minds. Sly winds up in a flashback to his fight with the Panda King.)
Panda King (repeating dialogue from Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus): I see you carry the cane of the notorious Cooper thief clan. Have you come here for revenge? To steal back the Thievius Raccoonus?
Sly Cooper: Whoa, this is just like the time I beat the stuffing out of you.
Panda King: Why should you care if I bury a few worthless villages in the snow? You are a thief, just like me.
Sly Cooper: Uh... yeah, are you even listening to what I'm saying?
Panda King: Insolent child! You shall pay dearly for your disrespect! Still, to honor your Cooper ancestry, I will send you to your doom with the beauty of my new firework technique... Flame-Fu!
Sly Cooper: Uh-oh.
(Sly and Panda King fight)
(During the fight, Panda King will call his attacks)
Panda King:
Booming Chop!
Fiery Wheel!
Palms of Thunder!
(After Sly depletes one-fifth of his health, the Panda King pushes Sly away with his belly.)
Sly Cooper: Snap out of it! This is all in your head!
Panda King: My mind is clear, focused on your destruction!
Sly Cooper (text): I've got to break him out of this memory loop.
(A list of optional dialogue will be presented to the player.)
Sly Cooper (text): Maybe I should...
(Option 1: Threaten him)
Sly Cooper: You know how this'll end. I've already beat you once, I can do it again.
Panda King: I have NEVER known defeat, I am unbeatable!
(Option 2: Play nice)
Sly Cooper: Look, I'm here to help you, to get your mind out of this rut.
Panda King: If you truly wish to aid me, stand still and let my fireballs cook your flesh!
(Option 3: Say something from the past)
Sly Cooper: You're just a frustrated firework artist turned homicidal pyromaniac.
Panda King: Am I, am I?! Let us find out!
(Correct Answer: Make him sad)
Sly Cooper: We both know why you're here. You're fixated on the moment of your greatest defeat. I beat you, and forever after you've wondered how it all fell apart.
Panda King: I hate you, Sly Cooper, you've ruined me... ruined the Panda King.
Sly Cooper: And I've hated you, but that doesn't make any of this real. Years have passed a-and we've both changed... Come out of this trance. Let's meet each other as we are today, a-and let go of who we were when this fight occurred.
Panda King: YOU ARE... correct. Forgive me, my mind is not always my own.
(The Panda King bows and the meditative trance ends.)
The Deal
Sly Cooper (narrating): The Panda King wasn't any more excited about the notion of him joining the gang than I was. If it weren't for the Guru who, for some reason, really hit it off with the old guy, the whole deal would've been a bust. We could see the anger in the Panda King's eyes as he recounted how he lost a member of his own family. A daughter who was abducted by a powerful general from the northern mountains. She was to be the bride in a forced marriage to this unscrupulous ruler, and Panda King was exiled. We agreed to help him recover his lost daughter in exchange for his skills in the Cooper Vault job. I still wasn't convinced this was a good idea, but a deal's a deal.