Stable Mountain Session 5

<Narrating_Voice> Fine then it's been a while since I countinued the story
<Narrating_Voice> So then where was I?
* Cyberpunked is now known as Composite
* Composite glares at the Narrator. "We were in that crippled zebra's house."
* Summerfree looks up toward the Narrating_Voice. "We'd just had a bit of-- HEY! That's MY bit!"
* Composite looks at Summerfree. "Get rekt mate."
* Summerfree grumbles and crosses her forehooves. "We had a bit of a breakdown and reconciliation. We're deciding what to do next," she finishes. She sticks her tongue out at Composite.
* Composite waves a hoof dismissively. "Yeah, whatever, skip to the part where we get to kill things."
* Narrating_Voice shrugs
<Narrating_Voice> you two need to calm out, wondering how you got here mate but whatever
<Narrating_Voice> So then
* Summerfree sighs. "We had a bit of a fight, we made up. We found the freaky tape and were deciding on whether we wanted to go to the horrorshow party place, or not."
<Narrating_Voice> Ah yeah
<Narrating_Voice> fucking creepy place that is
<Narrating_Voice> Group Mountain - Session 7 - Dum De Dum Dum - Start
<Narrating_Voice> The group starts in the morning from the last night as it naturally would. They just need to make a plan over a delicious meat and veggies breakfest
* Phisa had already gotten up and before anypony knew it did she already finish her breakfest. Wow, fast eater. She simply watched her other fellow group members eat their dinner.
* Ginger_Snap stirred at the smell of food and made her way groggily toward it, adjusting her gear as she sat and ate, waiting for the others so we could decide our plan
* Summerfree rocks back and forth in her chair, eating fairly messily. She seems much better than the previous night, any indication of her anger completely gone. The mare could bounce back like a charm.
* Composite snapped awake with a groan. "Fucking clowns." He grabbed two bowls and ate away from the group, more focused on the food than anything else.
<Phisa> "So, what's the plan? Are we going to go into this Pizziria place or not? I'm thinking it's too risky."
<Narrating_Voice> The zebra looks to them. "I do not mean to fret, but I would like to know what your plan is, and it'd be best not to bet."
* Phisa nods to the zebra. "Trust me, betting without being prepared never goes down right." She said to the rest of the group.
* Summerfree holds up a hoof! She noms the last of her food, muzzle-in-bowl then sits up straight. With a massive lick, she cleans off her snouth and looks at Phisa, then the other zebra. "I say we go to the Pinkie Pizza Pierria!" she announces.
* Composite 's head shot up. "I got a bad feeling about that place."
* Ginger_Snap 's tummy gurgles "Where else might we go? The caravan job is probably a bust now... we could just head straight towards the mountain..."
<Phisa> "... If we're going to go there, we need a plan." She said in a serious tone as she then looked to Ginger_Snap. "Whatever it was that was in that place, you know how those machines can behave from the memory orb no?"
* Composite starts up eating. "Whatever. You can plan, I'm just gonna eat."
<Narrating_Voice> "Well there is also Piltover. You can go there to load up on some tech, something something rhymes with Piltover."
<Ginger_Snap> "I remember yes, I dont understand it but I remember"
* Summerfree chuckles at the fake rhyming. She offers the now empty bowl to the generous zebra. "I still think we should go. It could be fun. Otherwise, yes... Straight to Piltover," she says turning to her PipBuck and looking at the map.
* Narrating_Voice puts more food in her bowl
* Phisa nods to Summerfree. "That's a better idea. I'd like to have the best equipment ready against whatever is there in this Pierria."
* Summerfree looks at it. "But I'm full..." she protests.
* Narrating_Voice smiles. "Give it to your friend, she is quite hungry."
<Phisa> "I can eat it if you don't mind." She says to Summerfree.
* Summerfree gives the bowl to Phisa, then.
* Phisa begins to rather consume what's in the bowl ... every, single thing.
* Summerfree leans back, holding the table with her hooves. "In all honesty," she starts... "We have a goal. Is the Pierria a part of that, or just a fun side trip?" She lets go of the table to place a hoof on her chin, but only falls off the chair onto her back. "Ow..."
* Ginger_Snap looks around the table for agreement "Piltover is probably the better choice"
* Composite finishes his soup and wipes his muzzle. "Yeah, yeah, Piltover, but do y'all remember those raiders those caravaners talked about?"
* Narrating_Voice shrugs lightly "Well you heard from the audio log like I did. There's a Minestry of Morale Hub under that place, and I do not fib."
* Phisa turns to Composite. "You're right, we may have to end up going past them to get to Piltover."
* Summerfree ponders, now on the floor. "Head toward Piltover, deal with raiders. Then once we've gotten some good supplies, go play in the Pierria?" she offers.
<Ginger_Snap> "maybe we might still be able to catch up to the caravan and cash in on the raider job..."
* Summerfree POPS UP! "We can take the leader's head as a bounty!" she practically yells.
* Composite nods his head, giving the zebra those two bowls he ate from. Then he starts checking his gear.
<Narrating_Voice> The zebra takes them and puts them to the side
<Ginger_Snap> "The underground ministry hub does sound like a clue towards the stables, but Piltover and asking around for what the spelunkers know is probably wiser, even if theres that raider issue"
* Summerfree waves a hoof dismissively. "It's just more experience," she says.
* Phisa streches her muscles. "I'd think it'd be best if we found a way to get past the raiders."
* Composite starts putting his gear back in his bags. "That's probably for the best. We don't have support from those traders, and I doubt Xentos here can get out of this building."
* Summerfree raises an eyebrow. "Do you want to come with us?" she asks the zebra.
* Narrating_Voice shakes his head to them. "I'd rather stay here. My hunting is fine enough and I'm afraid I'd only slow you down to be fair."
* Summerfree nods. Summerfree will remember that.
* Ginger_Snap nods and looks about the group "So, are we agreed on that? Piltover, avoiding super death raiders if we can?"
* Phisa nods. "It's for the best."
* Composite nods. "Yeah, what Phisa said."
* Summerfree wanted to fight the raiders... Less scum out in the Wasteland trying to kill everypony
<Narrating_Voice> I think we're doing a whole lot of talking, let's speed this up ponies and zebra
<Narrating_Voice> more action, kiddies getting bored
<Phisa>  "Alright, I'm ready when you are. Best if we find routes we can sneak easily on to avoid the raiders."
* Summerfree sighs. "Fine," she relents. Though she will be on the lookout for raiders.
<Composite> "Alright. I'm ready if you all are."
* Ginger_Snap gets up, checks her gear, loads her gun "I'm ready, we can sort out the route once we start moving, the pipbuck map will lead the way"
* Phisa turns to Summerfree. "I was wondering if you could do something for me." She shows her caravan shotgun to the mare. "Can you saw the barrel off a bit?"
* Summerfree rolls over toward Phisa. "Mebbe... Lemme check if I've got the right skill," she says, pulling out a sheet of paper and holding out a hoof for the gun.
* Phisa just raises an eyebrow ... but at this point she's just given up trying to figure out Summerfree.
* Summerfree slides the sheet away after a quick look. She holds the gun at length and presses a hoof at the barrel. "About here?" she asks.
* Phisa nods. "I like it short so that I can use my hooves in conjunction with it. Could you cut the stock as well?"
* Summerfree nods. "Sure," she answers. Reaching back into her bag, she slides out a wicked-looking sawblade. "Just a sec." With a flash of hooves, she slices both the barrel and the stock, then slides the sawblade back into her bag. The whole process takes less than a minute.
* Summerfree she gives the gun back to Phisa.
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* Phisa takes it back, feeling far more comfortable with it now was it was easily held in her mouth.
* Phisa hosters her weapon back. "Right, shall we get moving now?"
* Composite nods, shifting and adjusting his armor. "Yep."
* Summerfree looks at their zebra host. "Thank you for the room and food," she says, smiling.
* Narrating_Voice nods and bows lightly. "Thank you ponies, I hope your journey deals you well
* Composite turns and faces Xentos. "Yeah, okay. And, uh... sorry for shooting you."
* Phisa nods to the zebra. "Thank you. I hope we see you again some time."
<Narrating_Voice> "It's fine, I am okay."
<Composite> "No hard feelings?"
<Narrating_Voice> "Now hurry along, you dont have all day."
* Phisa starts to move. "Let's go." She said waiting for everypony.
* Composite waits outside with his grenade launcher.
* Summerfree collects her things, equips them all, and trots out to join the group.
* Phisa then turns to Ginger_Snap. "And you still have that memory orb, just in case we need you to remember anything from it that could be helpful to us?"
* Ginger_Snap stops. Looks around "Actually I dont, I dont remember handling it after i was sucked into it, I dont know where it went"
* Phisa gives a frustrated sigh. "Nevermind then, let's move on. Just try to remember as much as you can."
* Ginger_Snap starts walking slowly, slightly bothered, she halfheartedly asks "Did anypony see where it went?"
* Composite shakes his head. "No. It disappeared right after you started freaking out."
* Summerfree looks at them. "See where what went now?" she asks, having missed the conversation.
<Composite> "Memory orb, the one that made her wake up screaming like a night with a good stallion."
* Ginger_Snap freezes momentarily "UGH"
* Summerfree droops her ears, paling. "That's the worst... Hold on," she closes her eyes and digs through her bags. A massive pile of left socks come out, and land with a heavy thud.
* Composite chuckles lightly. "Nah, I'm just playing with ya."
* Composite covertly snags one of the socks. Might be useful later.
* Phisa just shakes her head. "Let's ... let's just go shall we?"
* Composite drops the sock in his bags and starts walking.
* Summerfree rolls her eyes and collects the socks. As she stuffs them into her bags, a little sphere falls out onto the ground. "That it?" she asks.
* Phisa turns to the sphere. "Let's just take it just in case."
<Narrating_Voice> As the group trots along on their merry way, They come across a completely ordinary road. An ordinary road except for a shape that only Composite can see, falling from the sky. Before he can react, the shape hits the road with a sickening crunch, the asphalt craccking worse
* Composite looks at it. "Shit, did y'all see that?"
* Summerfree cocks her head to the side. "See what?" she asks.
<Phisa> "Hmm?" She said, turning around to where she heard the crack. "I heard something."
* Composite points to the crunchy shape ahead. "That. Shit, did y'all HEAR that?"
<Ginger_Snap> "Hear what? Sorry I was thinking"
* Summerfree prods Composite. "Well, lead us to it!" she demands.
<Wind_Chill> |.... Considering the pained screaming (read: Shrieking!) One would certainly hope they hear tha....
<Composite> "Something just dropped out of the sky and hit the ground. I SWEAR y'all should've heard it."
* Phisa begins to trot over to the shape. "I'lll check it out." She said taking out her shotgun into her muzzle.
* Composite walks behind Phisa, eye on the road for anything strange.
* Ginger_Snap follows, but looks around the surrounds for any signs of a trap or ambush
* Phisa eventually makes it to the shape, examining who it was as she had her weapon ready just in case.
<Wind_Chill> | Those who approach the figure will find a screaming pegasus mare in what appears to be a dress uniform... Her wings are  obviously broken, and she seems to be... Sparkling?
* Summerfree peeks out from behind Composite and looks at the mare. "Oh, that's not good..." she mutters, ears pinned back.
<Phisa> Another pegasus? And sparkling? She hosters her weapon as she trots closer to the mare. "You, you're an pegasus, aren't you? From the Enclave?"
* Composite looks around for a trap, grenade rifle drawn. "Yeah, it ain't."
* Ginger_Snap gets edgy, worried about being the target of another sniper... she tentatively approaches and evaluates the pegasii's injuries
* Wind_Chill 's screams will start to die down ino whimpers but she doesnt seem too keen to respond other than curl up at the sound of the approaching ponies
* Ginger_Snap casts her heal spell to stabilize the fallen pony
<Phisa> ". . ." She just stares at the pegasus for now.
* Composite walks up to the mare. "Shit, I'm not even gonna bother asking you if you're alright." He keeps an eye on the pegasus, mindful of her injuries. "How'd she survive?"
* Wind_Chill mutters something but remains in ponyball mode. That bit of healing didnt help much to ease the pain
* Composite draws his whiskey from his bag, giving it to Ginger_Snap. "Give her some of this. It'll ease the pain."
* Phisa didn't dare speak, given that she wasn't good at comforting ponies, usually making it worse.
* Summerfree looks up at the clouds, keeping her thoughts to herself. New friend though!
* Ginger_Snap hovers the neck of the bottle about the mares lips, inviting a drink "I dont think im going to be able to mend all this out in the open"
* Composite then looks at Ginger_Snap. "Okay, fine then. You want me to carry her?"
<Ginger_Snap> "Yes please, we need to get her inside"
* Composite nods, though he's unsure of how to pick up the mare.
* Summerfree looks around. "Inside where? We've been walking quite a while," she says quietly.
<Phisa> "We've passed the gas station by an hour." She says to Ginger_Snap.
* Wind_Chill looks at the whiskey and the pony holding it for a few seconds but reluctantly accepts it "Thanks..." she mutters taking a swig, and wincing as it went down
* Ginger_Snap levitates the body up onto Composite's back "I know, we need to find somewhere though, this is messy"
* Composite is careful to keep the body on his back. "Yeah, yeah, shit. Can y'all look around for cover?"
* Wind_Chill winces in pain. Not from how she was carried but just from the pain and her body parts move... She hurt all over
* Phisa didn't plan for this to happen. Normally, she'd have wanted to leave a pony in the pegasus' condition ... but this was a different scenario for her.
* Summerfree looks about, but finds nothing. "Nada, we've just gotta push forward," she says, rearing up onto her hind legs and kicking at the air. When she lands, she starts to walk forward.
* Composite looks around. "I don't see anything, but... shit, it's better than leaving her on this concrete. Ginger_Snap, can you use that spell on her while she's on my back?"
<Phisa> "... Right, let's move foward, perhaps there's a place in Piltover that could help." She said as she follows Summerfree.
* Ginger_Snap "I can.." she turns to the carried mare and lifts up a healing potion from her bags, she administers it to try and heal what she can
* Composite nods, careful to avoid jostling the mare on his back. "Yeah, but we also got to get around those raiders."
* Summerfree 's PipBuck lets out a loud obnoxious BEEP! She stops.
<Narrating_Voice> SUMMERFREE GOT NEW MAPS
* Summerfree waves a hoof at the Narrating_Voice! SHHHHH!
* Phisa has her gun out just in case, high on alert for anything that can assault them.
<Composite> "What's with your doohickey, Summerfree?"
<Wind_Chill> "Thanks...." Wind mutters, giving a sigh of relief as some of the pain is lessened
* Summerfree shrugs. "It just beeps sometimes, probably nothing," she says. She wants to fight the raiders...
* Composite shakes his head. "Look, I don't want to go through those raiders."
* Summerfree siiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiigggggggggggggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhs. "Fine," she says. She looks at the PipBuck. "There's a Shrine to Celestia nearby."
* Phisa hosters her weapon to speak. "Of course. They have better armor and a minigun on their side. It'd be suicide to go down there and try to gun them down. Plus, we have her now." She points to the pegasus.
<Narrating_Voice> And let me tell you kids, that Sigh was the longest equestria had seen since Twilight Sparkle had sighed her entire lungs out from Pinkie Pie's randomness
<Narrating_Voice> I'm talking like, exhale from the gut sigh
<Ginger_Snap> "How far?"
* Summerfree looks back down at the PipBuck. "It's not far," she answers. "Follow me." With a hmph, she starts off toward the Shrine.
<Phisa> "I don't really see why they made a shrine for Celestia." She said, wanting something to discuss while they walk forward.
* Composite looks at Phisa, careful to keep the mare on his back- well, on his back! "Makes no sense to me either."
<Narrating_Voice> They trot, they trot for abotu an hour, having their conversations in that time, and they reach what at best could be called a cobbled together statue of the alicon, with a painted symbol on her flanks of a sun.
<Narrating_Voice> "HAIL TRAVELERS!" They hear a spotty voice
* Wind_Chill will remain silent.... MOstly thinking. Although she does eventually sleep as well
* Phisa tenses up upon hearing the spotty voice. "Careful."
* Summerfree flicks an ear at the voice. She trots forward, waving a hoof excitedly. "Hello!" she yells.
* Composite keeps an eye out for the voice, more focus on the mare on his back than anything else.
<Narrating_Voice> All of them see a Large pony wearing Power Armor. He has a tattered looking cloth over him and visiable on the chest of the power armor is the same image as the cutiemark on the statue, a sun. "Well met! I see you all have an injured, taking too hard to these lands, no?"
* Summerfree stops short, seeing the armor. "Rank?" she asks.
* Phisa looked weary at the power armored pony, then turns to Summerfree questionably. "Rank? Are you familiar with his armor?"
* Composite looks at the power-armored pony and takes a step back.
<Narrating_Voice> "Haha! What is rank when under the glorious although diminished sun of our fair goddess?" He asks.
* Ginger_Snap finds the armored stallions mode of speech a little hard to digest, causing her to lag behind
* Wind_Chill cranes her neck and tenses at the sight of the pony, "Ranger..." she mutters,
<Narrating_Voice> "I am a Knight of Celestia. Solar Reverence!"
* Summerfree clears her throat, looking at Phisa. "I umm, I know some Steel Rangers..." she answers. "But sure, whatever. Rank is nothing." Chuckling, she takes a step back.
* Composite nods. "Uhuh, and I'm Lord Esquire of Britannia the Third."
<Composite> "Look, I'm not sure who you are, or why you're here, but if you ain't shooting at us, that's good."
* Summerfree glares at Composite. "Oh come on, you're mixing universes now," she exclaims.
* Wind_Chill frowns.... These ground ponies are certainly an odd bunch...
* Composite looks at Summerfree. "What? No I made all that shit up."
<Summerfree> "Oh."
* Composite then looks back at the power-armored pony.
<Phisa> "Right ..." She then turns to the Knight. "We were heading to our way to Piltover. We happened to find this pony injured along our way."
<Narrating_Voice> He nods lightly. "I have some potions in my home, I will retrive them to help this young maiden who has certainly been blessed by the goddess for her luminosity."
* Narrating_Voice starts to move towards a small shack near the shrine.
<Ginger_Snap> "I... think its safe?"
* Composite cocks an eyebrow. "Weird guy..." he mutters.
* Phisa turns to Composite. "Come on. I say we take advantage of his offer if he'll do it for free."
* Composite glances at Phisa. "That's what I was thinking. He isn't shooting at us, which is... pretty good."
<Phisa> "But let's keep our guard, for now at least."
* Summerfree blinks and shakes her head at Phisa. "Are you always so eager to steal from one another?" she asks cautiously.
<Narrating_Voice> He moves inside the shack and returns with one Potion bottle, it is filled, but the glass has an odd golden tint.
* Phisa gave a confused look at Summerfree. "What? I said we should take advantage of his offer, simply that."
* Phisa stares a bit at the golden tint. "Most healing potions I've seen don't have that golden tint."
<Summerfree> "Maybe it's the sun's radiance?"
<Narrating_Voice> "Haha true true, but this flask has a rare enchantment about it. It will forever provide you with vitality provided you rest it near you when you share good stories around the bonfire." He chuckles at Summerfree's comment. "Indeed!"
* Ginger_Snap levitates the mare down off of Composite's back, it would take a lot of work to repair the damage and crippled limbs, and she didnt have the tools of the surgery she'd escaped from back home
<Narrating_Voice> "Take it, let this be a bit of jolly Cooperation between friends."
<Wind_Chill> "...." flying without her wings... So very strange
* Ginger_Snap takes the potion and examines it before she tries to administer it
* Composite nods. "Hey, shit, if it's anything to ask, do you know a way around those raiders nearby?"
<Narrating_Voice> He nods. "Indeed, follow the path towards the town of enlightenment!" He points towards a road
* Ginger_Snap administers the potion to the nameless mangled mare
* Composite looks down the road. "Uhuh. You sure that road doesn't have raiders on it?"
<Narrating_Voice> "Why yes, I cleared them out with my Blade of sunlight!" He takes a sword of his back and wield it, it has a faint shining quality
* Summerfree looks the sword up and down, then at the armored pony. "You killed all the raiders already?" she asks, sounding forlorn.
* Composite cocks an eyebrow at the dude's sword. "Did they have metal armor and a minigun?"
* Phisa seems a bit more relaxed. While she wasn't exactly the one who actually believed in religious nonsense, she didn't exactly find anything wrong with them helping others.
<Narrating_Voice> "No? I simply cleared any around my path."
<Phisa> "Well, that makes our job easy. Thank you." She said to the Knight.
<Composite> "Damn. Well, there's a group of raiders near here, they got metal armor and a minigun."
<Composite> "So, I'm not implying anything, but if you kill them, that'd be pretty damn nice of you."
<Narrating_Voice> "I see no reason to currently. They are not impeeding on my domain and they are children of the sun like you or I."
* Wind_Chill will continue to float there but... OTher than her wings, and somewhat sore legs she feels quite a bit better. "I think i can stand..." she tells the unicorn floating her
* Composite rubs his temples. "Well, if you do it, we can maybe start telling people about you. And you got a shrine here right, you want people to worship Celestia or whatever, right?"
* Ginger_Snap lowers the mare to the ground carefully
<Composite> "We get ponies to come here, they'll listen to you and all your great deeds, and they'll think 'hey, this guy is pretty damn good'. So they'll stick around with you."
<Composite> "And you can have more ponies to praise the sun or whatever it is you do here."
<Narrating_Voice> "All worship Celestia when they marvel in Her glorious, albit diminished sun."
* Composite sighs.
<Composite> "Yeah, but here, with you, they can do it together. Do you get me?"
<Composite> "And we can get the ponies to come here, because they'll think you're a pretty big badass when they hear you killed those raiders."
<Narrating_Voice> "They already do it together, much like your group. You all are in her glory right now, are you not?"
<Phisa> "... I think." She replied to the Knight.
* Wind_Chill will take a couple tentative steps, wincing at the pain "Just bear through it..." she muters to herself, glancing at Ginger "Thanks..." she the pauses "THanks, all of you..." she says a bit louder for the others to hear
<Composite> "...Uh, sure." He says to the knight.
* Composite turns to the pegasus. "And you're welcome."
* Summerfree just salutes!
<Composite> "But really, I don't think those raiders are into worshipping Celestia."
<Narrating_Voice> He gives a perfect Salute back
<Composite> "They're more into... uh, Demonism. Yeah, they like to worship demons."
<Composite> "And you're not into demons, are you?"
<Narrating_Voice> "Demons? Haha! No pony, no matter how evil would dare worship a demon."
<Composite> "Okay, yeah, you got me there."
<Composite> "But I do know they're cannibals."
* Phisa begins to move forward. "Come on, let's go. I'd like to get to Piltover as fast as we can." She said with a bit of impatience in her tone.
* Summerfree sits back and watches the exchange between the Knight and Composite. She eats some popcorn.
<Narrating_Voice> "Cannibals are not in this area." He says sounding stern. "If any were I'd know about the and dispose the glory of the sun from them."
* Ginger_Snap turns to Wind_Chill "You wont be able to fly until I can fix your wings... What is that you are wearing?"
<Composite> "Okay, not cannibals you know about."
<Composite> "But... Uh, they really, REALLy like to steal things."
<Composite> "And I don't think anypony here, especially you, likes to steal things. Am I right?"
<Narrating_Voice> "Stealing is discouraging but it does not require me removing them from the world."
<Composite> "Stealing as in... shooting everything."
* Phisa narrows her eyes at Composite. "Give it up Composite. We don't have all time."
<Composite> "And by that I mean shooting mares, and fillies, and colts, and stealing their stuff."
<Composite> "You ain't into that, right?"
* Wind_Chill gives a hiss as she examines her wings, trying in vain to move them "Its my dress uniform..." she says quietly "What is trying to get that ranger to do?" the mare then asks, glancing over at Composite
<Narrating_Voice> "Of course I am not." He says to Composite. "I will speak to them to try and relent their ways."
<Composite> "Okay, well, thank you." He says. Then he turns and walks back towards the group. "There, raiders dealt with."
* Phisa rolls her eyes. "Lets. Go." She said sternly.
* Composite chuckles. "Hey, be glad I tried."
<Ginger_Snap> "I... lets just go"
<Narrating_Voice> SO THEY COUNTINUE ON THE PATH
* Summerfree holds up a hoof!
<Narrating_Voice> Yes?
* Summerfree proffers her PipBuck. "You all go ahead, I'd like to talk to this Knight. The path is pretty straight," she explains. "I can follow it and meet you in town."
* Wind_Chill frowns "Ok..." she shoots the Ranger another nervous glance but will follow the others... Not like she has any other options.
* Summerfree smiles wide. "I won't be long, I just... Need some time," she promises.
* Phisa nods to Summerfree. "Right, we'll catch you later." As she trots on she also takes a few glances at Wind_Chill ... but doesn't say anything.
<Narrating_Voice> Eventually the part countinues towards the city, which in the distance they can see. It looks like many of the buildings are... new. Built from steel and stone, either refurbished old world buildings, or new ones built. They can see ponies outside of it, traders, merchants, a few doctors tents.
<Phisa> "... So why did you fall down?" She asked Wind_Chill. "I take it that with that fancy dress, you're with the Enclave, no?"
* Composite takes a look at Wind_Chill. "I got the same questions she has, and you certainly don't look like a soldier."
<Ginger_Snap> "Wow, it looks just like the city in the orb, all new and not ruined..."
* Wind_Chill frowns "... Second Leftenant Wind Chill" she replies "And yes, I'm with the Enclave if that means anything." she explains, waiting for some sort of reaction if i happens
* Summerfree smiles wide. "I won't be long, I just... Need some time," she promises.
* Phisa nods to Summerfree. "Right, we'll catch you later." As she trots on she also takes a few glances at Wind_Chill ... but doesn't say anything.
<Narrating_Voice> Eventually the part countinues towards the city, which in the distance they can see. It looks like many of the buildings are... new. Built from steel and stone, either refurbished old world buildings, or new ones built. They can see ponies outside of it, traders, merchants, a few doctors tents.
<Phisa> "... So why did you fall down?" She asked Wind_Chill. "I take it that with that fancy dress, you're with the Enclave, no?"
* Composite takes a look at Wind_Chill. "I got the same questions she has, and you certainly don't look like a soldier."
<Ginger_Snap> "Wow, it looks just like the city in the orb, all new and not ruined..."
* Wind_Chill frowns "... Second Leftenant Wind Chill" she replies "And yes, I'm with the Enclave if that means anything." she explains, waiting for some sort of reaction if i happens
<Phisa> "So why are you down here and not in your paradise?" She said with a frown, something which she always does.
* Composite cocks an eyebrow. "Enclave? I think I heard of them."
* Wind_Chill looks away "For reasons..." she mutters looking up at the sky
* Phisa turns to Composite. "They're the ones who have that cloud cover up there." She says pointing her tail to the clouds. "As far as I know from another pegasus I knew growing up, they like to think of the ground as 'contaminated' and leave most of us here on the ground to rot."
<Wind_Chill> "Im not down here on my own accord though"
<Composite> "Okay..." He looks at Wind_Chill. "Did you piss someone off?"
<Wind_Chill> "I like to think I was too popular for my own good" she grumbles
<Wind_Chill> "Am..."
<Wind_Chill> "Not was... But knowing the media, they'll use my absence to spin all sorts of stories"
<Phisa> "Media?" She asked, completly unfamiliar with the term.
<Wind_Chill> "Yes... " she frowns trying to figure out the words to describe it "You dont have televisions right? RAdio?"
<Composite> "We got radio, but the hell is a television?"
<Wind_Chill> "Its a box with a screen, like a computer but serves to only give entertainment to anypony watching. Media is... Its songs, shows, videos, radio broadcasts. Its a term used to describe many things created by others for the enjoyment of many"
* Ginger_Snap "Maybe one of the doctors tents here will be able to fix your wings" she interrupts as the group continue toward the city
* Composite nods his head and goes 'ah' in understanding. "So... apart from that, you are?"
<Phisa> "And I take it they like to spread how much we zebras are utter demons?" She asks Wind_Chill.
<Narrating_Voice> As they countinue, they notice a mare outside a medical tent, smoking a cigarette and looking very very bored
* Wind_Chill blinks, as if noticing what Phisa is for the first time "Uh... No... Well. Yes. According to the state its your fault Equestria is the way it is... Although they say the same about unicorns and earth ponies. Anything that isnt a pegasus is beneath us both figuratively and litteraly"
* Composite shrugs. "Well, unless they decide to invade, it's not my problem."
<Phisa> "Sounds like everything Ravage told me about them. I already don't like them." She said as she trots toward the medical tent.
* Ginger_Snap waves over the smoking medical pony
* Wraith is sitting down, leaning against the frame of the tent, smoking with her eyes closed. She's wearing a nurses uniform with a Ministry of Peace Doctor's coat over it, and white and pink striped socks on her hindlegs. Her right foreleg seems to be...well may of metal; It's cybernetic.
* Wind_Chill sighs "To be fair.... I think its utter manure..." she says quietly
* Phisa trots over to Wraith, a bit surprised seeing her cybernetics. "... I take it you're in charge of this place?"
<Composite> "Good for you." He says. "And... y'know, I don't think we ever actually introduced ourselves."
* Wraith blinks and opens her eyes, jerking a little, the ash of her cigarette falling off. Her right eye is blue and her left is grey "Huh? Wha?"
<Wraith> "Oh. Uh, yea." she blinks and stands up
<Phisa> "We happen to have a pony who's injured her wings. And yes, it's a pegasus, we just found her."
* Wraith looks Phisa then over at the pegasus and scratches her mane and takes the last drag of her cigarette and spitting it out, smooshing it into the ground with her hoof "I can take a look at her and see what I can do, sure."
* Phisa nods. "Right."
<Ginger_Snap> "Looks like you're in good hooves" she says to Wind_Chill
* Wind_Chill looks over "You're all certainly nicer than i expected... Helping a total stranger like me"
* Composite shrugs and smiles. "It's no problem."
<Phisa> "I mostly wouldn't really care much, but you're a different case."
<Ginger_Snap> "The last stranger I helped, also an enclave, nearly got me shot...."
* Wraith taps her hoof a little, heading into the tent "Come on in when you're ready."
<Wind_Chill> ".... Another claver? Thought it was just dashites down here" she mutters and gives a small bow "Either way, Im in your debt" she says loud enough for everyone before heading into the tent
* Composite shrugs. "Alrighty then."
* Wraith is standing by a bed, digging around in a bag
<Phisa> "So, I take it we're going to take her with us?" She asked the rest of the group outside the tent?
<Phisa> tent.
<Composite> "She ain't got anyplace else to go, far as I know."
* Wind_Chill will sit down and look around quietly
* Ginger_Snap "I dont know, but I need to stock up on medical supplies at least" she heads into the tent
<Composite> "And it might be a bit of a good idea to have somepony who can fly, seeing as that griffon disappeared somewhere."
<Narrating_Voice> The medical tent on the inside is a bit of a mess. Cigarette butts are on the inside, potions are aligning some sort of old table, and there is a bit of trash around
* Wind_Chill finds this all rather jarring to the clean medica buildings above the clouds, but she knows better than to complain. This is someones workplace after all
<Phisa> "A bit sad she left, I thought we might of gotten along."
* Wraith looks over at Wind_Chill while she's pulling things out of her bag "How'd you hurt your wings?"
<Composite> "Yeah, that's a shame."
<Phisa> "..." She seemed to stare at Composite for awhile.
* Composite sat down outside the tent. "You got something you wanna talk about?"
<Phisa> "... I've never shared anypony about the gang that raised me. You're the first."
<Wind_Chill> "I dont quite know... Lets just say i made some enemies and they decided to get me out of the picture"
<Composite> "Yeah. I... sorta guessed that."
<Wind_Chill> "I should be dead..."
<Wraith> "Y'know what, not even going to question that." she moves over and runs her hooves lightly over Wind_Chill's wings, looking them over
* Wind_Chill winces but remains as still as she can to let the doctor work
<Phisa> "... If you dare take advantage of me ..." Phisa looked like she was going to make a threat, but instead gives an exhausted sigh.
<Composite> "Do I look like I'm gonna take advantage of you? Cause I'm not."
<Phisa> "... How would I know? I didn't expect Dice Roll to betray me, how can I trust anypony that's gotten that close to me? It's why I often enough leave gangs."
* Ginger_Snap has quit (Quit: )
* Wind_Chill is now known as Lyra_Heartstrings
* Summerfree has quit (Quit: )
* Wraith grumbles "Fucking hell, I'd have to take some time to actually work on you, sweetie. I've not worked on pegasi very much, so I'm coming in a little blind. I'd have to figure out the skeletal structure of your wings and see how they fit together."
<Composite> "Eh, you and I, we come from the same background."
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* Lyra_Heartstrings ([email protected]) has left #StableMountain ("")
<Phisa> "... At least you weren't a race that most ponies dispised."
<Composite> "Whoever said I went through my life without someone hating me?"
<Composite> "Hell, the griffons in my old town... they fucking hated me."
<Phisa> "Have you been shot at by almost any town without even doing anything to them, even when you had interest in buying something from them?"
<Composite> "That..." Composite pauses. "I really can't say anything to that."
<Composite> "Hey, shit... can we just start over at square one?"
<Phisa> "... No, it's fine." She says turning her head away. "I'm just ... I'm not used to this."
<Composite> "Okay, okay. That's alright."
<Composite> "Just... hell, let's talk."
<Phisa> "About what?"
<Composite> "Anything, really. You got anything on your mind?"
<Phisa> "... I've been seeing a lot of pegasi lately. And here I thought Ravage would be the only one I would see."
* Wraith wanders out of the tent, patting her pockets and frowning, then checking one of her socks of all places and pulling out a pack of cigarettes, lighting it and pacing a little, mumbling to herself
<Composite> "Is that a bad thing?"
<Phisa> "... Let's just say I shared a desire with Ravage to burn down everypony in the Enclave, and not giving a damn." She also takes notice of Wraith coming out, going back to her more meaner bandit persona.
<Composite> "Hey, I ain't got a thing against the Enclave. They're up there, I'm down here."
<Phisa> "Yes, up there, when they could possibly make the world a better place. But no, they stay down there, sneering at everyone below them, and relax and most of us fight for our lives." She said in a rather hateful tone.
<Composite> "...I'm guessing you ain't got a high opinion of them."
* Wraith stops and looks at Phisa "It's physically impossible for them to live both up and down at the same time."
* Composite notices the doctor. "Hey, shit, you're the one treating that pegasus, right? Nice to meet you."
<Phisa> "Something Ravage passed down to me." She said as she then narrowed her eyes at Wraith. "I was speaking about them actually sending down ponies that could perhaps make this land a safer place. But they don't want to, because they don't give a damn about us."
<Wraith> "Mm? Yea. She's sleeping. I don't fucking know wings at all, but I can take my time unless she's got to go somewhere soon. And they do send ponies down. Occasionally. Usually just to act like dicks though."
<Phisa> "Only giving me more motivation for me to not like them."
* Composite sighs and mutters under his breath. "And I kinda like mares with wings..."
<Phisa> "So, what's with the leg?" She asked Wraith.
<Wraith> "What? What leg?"
<Phisa> "The cybernetic one. Not a common sight."
<Wraith> "Oh. Er, They were...really common where I'm from. I'm from a stable."
* Phisa nods. "I see."
<Composite> "Really? Y'all all just had cyber...thingies on you?"
<Wraith> "Apparently, from what I've learned of other stables, when a filly gets their cutie marks in other stables, they'd get a pipbuck, a pat on the plot, and sent on their way. MY stable...well cut off a leg of your choosing, popped out an /eye/ of your choosing, and gave you a pip/LEG/ and an eye linked to it. Apparently a little fucked up, but hey it was a stable full of scientists and
<Wraith> doctors what do you expect I guess."
<Composite> "..."
<Composite> "Okay! That's... very good to know!"
<Phisa> "... What's the point?"
<Wraith> "I don't know, they could?"
* Phisa makes a shrug with her shoulders. "I didn't get your name."
<Wraith> "But hey, this thing is pretty bad ass." she wiggles her leg around "So I'm not gonna complain. Oh, Wraith."
<Composite> "Alright. Nice to meet you, Wraith." He holds out a hoof. "My name is Composite, and this is my good... uh, /acquaintance/ Phisa."
<Phisa> "Ally." She corrects Composite.
<Composite> "Acquaintance."
<Wraith> "Allyquaintance."
<Phisa> "Whatever. So I take it something made you leave your Stable?"
<Wraith> "Yea, Rangers."
<Phisa> "That explains it."
<Composite> "Ah. That's a shame."
<Wraith> "Happy to say, pulse grenades fuck with their armor like crazy, and we applied them liberally.
<Phisa> "Something we could use. Happen to be planning to head to a place with what I presume are killer robots."
* Composite turns to Phisa. "If that place has killer robots, I'm burning it down the first chance I get."
<Phisa> "Doesn't sound extreme to me so long as it gets the job done and we get what we need."
<Wraith> "Pulse. Grenades."
<Wraith> "It knocks out their arcanes matrices."
<Phisa> "I know. I knew a pony who was skilled with stuff like that. Dead though now."
<Composite> "Yeah, I was just gonna burn the building down."
<Composite> "I... don't do good around robots."
<Wraith> "What building are you talking about, anyways?"
<Composite> "The... Pinkie Pie Pizzaria or something
<Wraith> "Why would it be filled with killer robots?
<Composite> "We don't know, really."
* Composite looks to Phisa.
<Composite> 'Didn't Ginger Snap say there were killer robots?"
<Phisa> "Ginger_Snap is the one who was in the memory orb. I'm not sure what she saw, but it definitly frightened her."
<Composite> "It was probably killed robots."
<Wraith> "Memory orb?"
<Phisa> "We found a memory orb that Ginger_Snap went into, acted like she just saw the most terrfying thing ever."
<Wraith> "...Still have it?"
<Phisa> "Maybe. I think Summerfree might have it though." She said shaking her head.
<Wraith> "Huh. I'd like to maybe take a look at it if you didn't mind. Consider my curiousity piqued."
<Phisa> "Sure, if you want to that is. Not my fault if you end up becoming emotionally scarred.
<Wraith> "Sweetie I watched my friends get torn apart by miniguns. I'm way past emotionalliy scarred." she smiles wryly
* Composite chuckles.
<Composite> "Welcome to the club."
<Phisa> "..." She didn't respond to that.
* Wraith takes a drag of her cigarette, flicking the ash off with telekinesis
<Composite> "Hey, you willing to share some of those smokes?"
* Phisa waved her tail like a hand. "I'll pass, I don't smoke."
* Wraith digs her cigarettes and lighter out with her tail holding them out to Composite with it. It's like another little limb!
* Composite takes the cigarettes and lighter, starts smoking.
<Composite> "Hey, how do y'all do that thing?"
<Phisa> "What thing?"
<Wraith> "Hm?"
<Composite> "Y'know, that thing. The thing you do with your tail."
<Composite> "Like, Wraith did it just now, with the smokes."
<Phisa> "Like this?" She said moving her tail like a limb.
<Composite> "How do you do that?"
<Composite> "Yeah, that."
<Wraith> "Like this." she pokes him in the ear with her tail
* Composite swats at the tail.
<Composite> "Okay, you might be a fairly attractive doctor, but we ain't that close."
* Wraith grins
<Phisa> "Well ... it's rather complicated. Something Ravage taught me."
* Composite points to Wraith. "At least take me out to dinner, first."
* Wraith just sits down. It's better than pacing "Sorry, I'm broke. I've got some ramen if you want it though."
<Composite> "The hell is ramen?"
<Wraith> "Noodles."
<Composite> "Okay, the hell are noodles?"
<Composite> "I don't know shit about noodles!"
<Phisa> "I do."
<Composite> "Okay, well, shit, what are noodles? Please explain it to me like that thing you do with your tail."
<Wraith> "..." she just facehoofs and stands up, disappearing into the tent for a moment and returning with a little bowl wrapped in plastic "Just add hot water, let it sit for a couple minutes, stir, and you've got a meal. All you need to know."
<Composite> "...Alrighty then."
* Composite takes the little bowl and sets it down near him.
<Wraith> "It's pretty useless without the water though."
<Composite> "I'll keep that in mind."
* Composite scratches his head.
<Composite> "So... tail thing."
<Wraith> "Oh, wait." she looks at the label "This stuff is spicy as hell. I got some milder stuff in the tent if you prefer."
<Composite> "No, I'm good with spicy."
<Composite> "Really, I'm more interested in that tail thing."
* Wraith shrugs "I don't know, I've never really thought about it. I just grabbed something with my tail without thinking one day, started practicing and now I can do this!" she wiggles her tail like a snake slithering around
* Composite looks at Wraith's tail.
<Composite> "Okay, that's... pretty freaky."
<Composite> "All I can do is make things that explode."
<Phisa> "It was a bit different for me." She says to Composite. "It's sort of like ... willing it to move, I guess you can say."
<Composite> "One of y'all needs to teach me how to do that. That just... that just looks pretty damn cool."
[03:21:20] <Wraith> "I dunno just...try and get your tail to move how you want it."
[03:21:57] Composite tried flicking his tail. It was stubborn, and refused to move.
[03:22:38] Composite glared at said tail, and tried doing it again. Unfortunately, it still didn't move.
[03:22:43] <Composite> "I think I saw it twitch."
[03:23:26] <Composite> "Did it twitch to you? Cause it looked like it twitched to you."
[03:23:49] Wraith pokes his tail "Uhhh. I...don't know." she blinks
[03:24:28] <Composite> "Damn."
[03:25:00] <Composite> "All I can do is make explosives."
[03:25:37] <Wraith> "I don't know," she bats at it and shrugs leaning back over "Just swish it back and forth? You should be able to to that. It's a start I guess."
[03:25:52] <Composite> "Yeah, I'll try later."
[03:26:27] <Composite> "So... uh, you wanna talk about anything?"
[03:27:56] <Composite> "Cause really I'm up for talking about anything."
[03:29:28] Wraith blinks and shrugs "I dunno. what brought you to Piltover I guess?"
[03:29:57] <Composite> "Caps. Mares. A rumor, and... honestly I have no idea."
[03:30:32] Composite looks around and -conveniently!- doesn't find Phisa.
[03:31:06] <Composite> "It might have been the mares, though."
[03:31:26] Wraith cocks an eyebrow "First one I can understand, I'm assuming the mares you mean are the ones you're travelling with, and what's the rumor?
[03:31:50] <Composite> "Stable Mountain."
[03:32:04] <Wraith> "Stable mountain?"
[03:32:10] <Composite> "I know as much as you do."
[03:32:22] <Composite> "It's like... a Stable, undera mountain."
[03:32:32] <Composite> "And it's got a shitton of shit in it."
[03:37:49] <Composite> "Anyway."
[03:38:07] <Composite> "You're a doctor, right?"
[03:38:11] <Wraith> "Yea."
[03:38:48] <Composite> "Okay."
[03:39:16] <Composite> "You... uh, just get here or something?"
[03:40:56] Wraith shrugs "I've been here for a while. Why?"
[03:41:13] <Composite> "Just wondering. Cause you got the tent set up."
[03:42:06] <Wraith> "It's easier. It's not nearly as comfortable, but the medical tents are the first stop for a lot of travellers, and we're out here in front of the town."
[03:43:42] <Composite> "That makes sense." He runs a hoof through his shaggy white mane. "Hey, do you sell cybernetics here?"
[03:44:00] <Wraith> "You can get them in town, yea."
[03:44:22] <Wraith> "I've been learning how to build and customize and attach them actually."
[03:44:29] <Composite> "Really?"
[03:45:05] <Wraith> "Yep."
[03:45:09] <Composite> "I'm just asking cause... well, I always thought cybernetics were kinda cool."
[03:45:35] Wraith smiles "They totally are."
[03:46:01] <Composite> "Gosh, you know what I think be pretty damn nice?"
[03:46:30] <Composite> "Swords. Swords in your hooves."
[03:47:26] Composite indicated very vaguely with his hooves."Like, fuck, swoosh and all that shit, stabbing some dumb fuckers who get in your way."
[03:47:37] <Wraith> "Sword are alright, but if you get cybernetics, do /not/ get the ones with guns inside, especially build into legs."
[03:47:45] <Wraith> built*
[03:48:11] <Composite> "Hey, why not guns inside legs? Those seem pretty useful. Cause you got a gun in your leg."
[03:49:38] <Wraith> "Yes and they're an absolute nightmare to reload, every time you fire it you run the chance of breaking it because the models they were designing in pre-war times weren't entirely finished, so maintenance is hell," she shakes her head "It's just not worth it."
[03:50:45] <Composite> "...Well, I-" he holds up a hoof to make a rebuttal, but can't think of anything. "-I still think they're pretty cool."
[03:53:01] Wraith hops up and pokes her head back into the tent, floating out a rapier "Personally, I prefer to stick with the tried and true methods. Sure it's not as fancy as swordlegs, but it gets the job, and if you know what you're doing, you can look /damn/ good doing that job~"
[03:55:36] Composite draws his grenade launcher and shows it to the mare. "Me? I'm big on making things just go up in smoke. Sure, it's absolutely hideous for close-quarters, but you gotta admit explosions are pretty damn nice to look at, right?"
[03:56:37] <Wraith> "Sure they're pretty cool."
[03:56:55] <Wraith> "Messy and not fun to clean up after, though. Especially for us doctors."
[03:56:59] <Composite> "And you know what they say: Cool guys don't look at explosions."
[03:57:25] <Composite> "And- c'mon, they're not exactly designed to be non-lethal!"
[04:01:18] <Wraith> "Yes but at least with this," she unsheathes it and twirls the rapier around in her telekinesis "I can choose if I want the attack to be fatal or just painful but not exactly dangerous."
[04:02:28] <Composite> "Yeah, yeah, swords. With a grenade launcher, or a molotov, or a firebomb, you aren't making those reservations- you want something dead. And that's okay with me."
[04:03:19] <Wraith> "And if you need to take someone alive and relatively unhurt?"
[04:04:11] <Composite> "...Uh... don't aim right at them. Or kill all their friends."
[04:05:50] Wraith rolls and taps his nose with the flat of her blade carefully "Still not a guarantee he isn't going to take a throatful of shrapnel or something."
[04:06:36] <Composite> "Aim for his /distant/ friends. Then work your way up from there."
[04:07:31] <Composite> "Or, y'know, get a friend with a rifle and a lot of luck."
[04:07:40] Wraith sheaths her rapier "And if you miss?"
[04:08:11] <Wraith> "Explosions are great for groups of legitimately hostile creatures, but..." she shrugs
[04:08:22] <Composite> "...Well you can't really miss with a grenade rifle unless you're blind or just that bad."
[04:08:33] <Composite> "Because explosions, y'know? They're the great equalizer."
[04:10:17] <Wraith> "Well I meant more miss that distant friend and blow up the one you're avoiding."
[04:10:30] <Wraith> "In the hypothetical capture scenario."
[04:11:17] <Composite> "Well, whatever. It's all improv when you bring out explosives."
[04:11:23] Composite looks around.
[04:12:18] <Composite> "Anyway, I'm just gonna find me a place to sit down and rest. That alright with you?"
[04:12:38] Wraith shrugs "Use the medical tent if you want."
[04:13:17] <Composite> "Thanks. Was nice talking to you." He says, getting up, stretching, and walking into the tent.