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- > Armor.
- > Each set is the same.
- > It's a uniform.
- > Signifies some form of guard, military, or militia.
- > Trained fighters regardless.
- > A great deal of information is processing now.
- > Exits, cover, formation, possible angles of attack, vulnerabilities, current position...
- > Everything you would need to use to level the playing field in a six to one fight.
- > You don't even need to use any of this information however, as an attack never comes.
- > Instead the guardsman simply looks down at Spike and smiles before speaking.
- > "Good morning Spike. Is Twilight Sparkle in?
- > Wat?
- > Your mind doesn't even process the H.
- > Why would six guardsmen come looking for a librarian, at what can't amount to later then 7:00 AM.
- > Spike shakes his head and gestures to the stairs.
- > "Yeah she's here, but she's still sleeping. Need me too wake her up?"
- > The guardsman shakes his head.
- > "No need, we're just going around investigating reports of a strange creature in P0nyville, it was last seen in this area and we were hoping Miss Sparkle could shed some light on what it is exactly."
- > Wait a minute they couldn't possibly be...
- > "Oh yeah? Any idea what it looks like, I'll write it down and see if Twilight knows what it is when she gets up.
- > The guardsman smiles and pulls out a rolled parchment, while spike readies his quill and paper.
- > You don't even bother to question how he's holding it.
- > The guardsman mumbles to himself for a moment before reading from the parchment.
- > "Uhh... Lets see here... hmm... Ah here we go."
- > He clears his throat and begins to speak.
- > "Creature is described as being more than twice the height of a p0ny, walking on two legs with strange extra appendages, has eerie red eyes, and a strange mark on it's forehead."
- > Oh by the Gods they can't be that oblivious.
- > "There's more, apparently the creature was seen attacking a citizen not far from town square, nop0ny was injured but we are considering the creature hostile until...
- > This frustrates you to the point that you don't bother to stop and think before blurting out.
- "I attacked no one"
- > ...
- > Silence and stares.
- > Okay, yeah that was stupid.
- > They missed you completely while you where standing in the open, you both get to do one stupid thing.
- > You're in luck however, they don't outright attack you.
- > Instead they rush through the library door and form a semi-circle in front of you, each dropping into a defensive stance.
- > Honestly if they had been human guards wearing plate mail, and wielding bastard swords, you MIGHT be worried.
- > Instead they are all wearing what you wouldn't even consider quarter plate, less then an eight of an inch thick, and unarmed.
- > They don't even have a Unicorn amongst them, so you couldn't foresee this going badly.
- > If the armor is made of anything less than adamantine you would have no problem punching a hole clean through it, the guard, and the other side of the armor.
- > This would be stupid for two reasons however, first and foremost because you don't actually want to fight them.
- > Second, because exerting that much force is slow, and dodging such an attack would be easy.
- > Come to think of it, it would also take you hours to clean up the blood.
- > "Creature, you have heard the..."
- > Nope none of this.
- "I have a name, and I refuse to allow myself the indignity of being called 'creature'. Anonymous, or even Warforged will suffice."
- > The guard scowls at you.
- > "Regardless, you stand accused of assault and battery, now come quietly or we will use force to detain you."
- > You laugh at the guard.
- > Your laugh seems to un-nerve him.
- "Accused by whom?
- > The guards scowl deepens and his voice lowers like he's attempting to sound threatening.
- > How cute.
- > "Multiple witnesses claim to have seen you assault one Rainbow Dash in broad daylight"
- > Oh yay this again.
- "That was in self-defense. Did you ask her what happened or merely come to the conclusion that red-eyes and big means evil?"
- > One of the guards coughs, and none of them speak.
- > Yeah, thought so.
- > Guards. Always with the guards.
- > He's a Warforged, at a bar, alone in a corner!
- > Musta done something, lets haul his ass off to jail!
- > Not so easy when you don't have any proof of wrong doing.
- > Or when the one you're trying to arrest can snap you in half.
- > You really need to get your head checked for damage, cause you just keep losing track of what you were doing!
- > Right, the guards.
- "I trust this can be worked out without any... unpleasantness?"
- > The guards scowl leaves his face.
- > "Alright, but if you are telling the truth we still need to have a statement from both of you."
- "I won't lay charges, have her give you the details of the incident and don't bother me unless you have actual evidence that I've done something wrong."
- > You stop for a moment and think
- "Also I would ask that you do me a small favor and tell any of the p0nies who report seeing me that you are aware of my presence and have already taken actions to ensure their safety"
- > The guards looks at you confused for a moment before he realizes your plan.
- > "Very well, we shall do so.
- > As for Rainbow Dash, if you waive your statement we will have to go solely on her word, if she accuses you we will return and you will be detained."
- > This statement doesn't worry you in the slightest.
- "Thank you. Now if you would be so kind Spike and I have some business to attend to."
- > Apparently they had all forgotten that Spike was in the room, because all six guards drop their stances and look at him.
- > He looks back at them, offers a sheepish smile and scoots off into the kitchen.
- > You just point at the door.
- > The guards, no longer having any reason to stick around quickly make their way out the door.
- > You close it behind them.
- > When you turn your back to the door again, your eyes catch sight of something.
- > A better noun would have been 'someone'
- > Twilight is standing at the top of the stairs looking down, her face almost as passive as yours.
- "How long?"
- > She sounds tired.
- > "Since they knocked"
- > You just nod.
- > "How often has that kind of thing happened?"
- > She sounded concerned, tired but concerned, and her eyes show it.
- > You try to remember how many times you'd nearly been arrested for being in the wrong place at the right time.
- > The amount of times the guilty had pointed the finger at you and been believed without question.
- > You can't.
- > There are too many.
- "More than I care to remember..."
- "Good morning, by the way."
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