FoE PNP Group 9 Session 30

[18:27] <~SpencerDespenser|GM>  *** PnP Group Number Nine: Session 30***
[18:31] <~SpencerDespenser|GM>  There's a shine in the brilliant yellow eyes of Mr. Fang as he moves his head away from the window, letting the ponies, who are now all just waking up, talk it over amongst themselves. It's rather early in the morning, and not a soul had risen in the griffon town. Will our heroes accept his offer? Let's find out...
[18:31] * Wraith keeps being unconscious in surgery!
[18:32] * Challenger yawns and slowly comes awake. "Restfull night for once... beat the odds."
[18:35] * Cloudy_Breeze mutters quietly, "Hell... what do y'all make of it?"
[18:36] * Challenger scratches his chin. "Do we want a dragon to eat us now or later..."
[18:37] * Strifer groans. "I would prefer... Never, acctaully. So.. We're taking his offer yeah?"
[18:38] <Challenger> "Sounds like a plan to me."
[18:40] * Desert_Eagle nods. "Ah say we take it."
[18:41] * Strifer trotts up to the window. "Aaallright then.. " She calls out to Mr Fang. "Oi! Fangy one! We're taking your offer, where did we have to go again?"
[18:43] <~SpencerDespenser|GM>  The dragon is sharpening his largest claw on a smooth rock outside. He turns his head slightly and grins. "Taking to offer? Excellent... head to Deep Six and seek out Captain Ohjef. He'll tell you everything you need to know. Shall I say it slower, so that you can understand?"
[18:44] * Challenger trots over to the window. "Very funny. Now, can we possibly get some rest? We've been on the road for a while."
[18:44] * Strifer swallows hard as she gazer over teh claw for a second. "Uhh, no. I think we got it." Looking back at the otehrs. "Right gang?"
[18:45] * Desert_Eagle nods. "Ayup. Deep Six, find Ohjeff, got it."
[18:45] <~SpencerDespenser|GM>  The dragon glares at Challenger. "By my count, you ponies have been asleep for almost... seven hours. A pony can function at maximum preformance with six."
[18:46] <Challenger> "Kudos. Now let us get about the business, okay?"
[18:47] * Cloudy_Breeze frowns. "Just one question... Why? Why follow us so far and hunt us down? What do ya gain? Surely y'all have better things to do!"
[18:48] <~SpencerDespenser|GM>  The dragon smiles at the indecisive earth pony, glancing at Breezy. "I couldn't possibly expect you to understand, Captain. How I spend my inordinate amounts of free time is of no concern to you."
[18:49] * Strifer glances at Challenger and Cloudy_Breeze. "Captain?"
[18:50] * Challenger glances back at Strifer. "I'm not gonna ask right now."
[18:50] * Strudel wakes up with a delicate yawn, wiggling a little in her gooey cocoon before taking note of their visitor.
[18:51] * Cloudy_Breeze gives a glare. Now she's even more wary of the dragon. The others weren't exaggurating about him, it seems.
[18:54] <~SpencerDespenser|GM>  Fang seems unphased by the puny feathered pony's glare. With an unnerving smile, he looks between the ponies gathered at the window and unfurls his massive, leathery wings. "If I don't hear from Ohjef, telling me that he contacted you in say... 16 hours, I will assume the worse and kill all of you. Good day, ponies."
[18:54] <Desert_Eagle> "Fuckin' awesome."
[18:54] <Challenger> "Yeah because car trouble is no one's concern..."
[18:55] * Strifer glances from side to side, sitting down. "Alllright.." She blinks a couple of times, feeling suddely very dizzy. She shakes her head. As she hears the dragon she stops shaking her head and stares at a wall. "Well. Fuck."
[18:55] <Strifer> "Can we atleast get time to get some fucking breakfast!"
[18:56] <~SpencerDespenser|GM>  Fang raises a brow at Challenger. "I trust that you will make the deadline. Of course, I have no preference either way. Again, good day." And with a might beat of his dragon wings, he's gone.
[18:56] <Challenger> "I do not like that dragon. He's an ass hole."
[18:56] * Cloudy_Breeze nods in agreement.
[18:57] <Desert_Eagle> "Ayup."
[18:58] <Challenger> "
[18:58] <Challenger> "Let's get some grub."
[18:58] * Strifer gets up, coughing a few times. "So.. Whos the captain?" She asks as she moves to gather her belongings from the foot of the bed. Wiggling into her new armor. The only thing she always kept on her was the Powerhoof, cause.. It didnt come of.
[18:58] * Desert_Eagle pulls up his PipBuck map, nodding. He looks to see how far Deep Six was from them.
[18:59] * Challenger wonders where their host is.
[19:00] <~SpencerDespenser|GM>  Deep Six is allllll the way across Manetana. They'd need to leave soon if they wanted to make that deadline.
[19:00] * Strudel is currently downstairs in the kitchen, setting things up to work on her cake, wiggling with her jumpsuit stretched tight over her rear, and humming to herself.
[19:01] <Desert_Eagle> "...Might wanna skip breakfast... 'er eat on th' way. We've got a long trip ahead o' us."
[19:01] <Challenger> "Fuuuuck..."
[19:01] * Cloudy_Breeze nods. "Let's get on the road."
[19:01] <Challenger> "Well we'd better go get Wraith then."
[19:01] <~SpencerDespenser|GM>  The door bell to the Bakery rings twice as a pair of Griffons step inside. "Strudel, my dear, have you prepared the croissants? It's almost breakfast tiiiiiiime~" A female announces in sing-song.
[19:03] * Challenger gets his gear together.
[19:03] * Strifer bounces down the stairs and makes her way too the door, moving past the griffons, giving them a lookover before passing. "Yeah, sure. Ill go fetch her. Just get me some grubb too aight?"
[19:04] * Desert_Eagle nods. "Ah'll go with Strife."
[19:04] * Challenger looks at Breezy. "Guess we're on commisary."
[19:05] * Strudel smiles, swishing her mane as she passes by the entrance to the kitchen with a basket of tools on her back, "They should be in the oven, help yourself, Glissa, dear~"
[19:06] * Challenger heads for the stairs, now fully geared. "Miss Strudel, you alive yet?"
[19:07] <~SpencerDespenser|GM>  The male griffon grunts a little as he ties an apron around his torso and slinks off into the kitcen to tend to the ovens. Glissa blinky blinks at Challenger. "Why, Strudel! You have guests! How marvellous!"
[19:07] * Desert_Eagle heads down after Challenger.
[19:08] * Challenger regards the griffon carefully. She doesn't seem dangerous, but... claws. "Morning"
[19:08] * Cloudy_Breeze makes sure she has everything together and heads downstairs as well.
[19:08] * Strudel smiles and wiggles her rear at Challenger as she sets the basket onto the counter, "At the break of dawn, my little pony." She turns back to Glissa, "Yep! They actually finally brought my order in! And they even offered to help me deliver it, isn't that great?"
[19:08] * Strifer starts to make her way towards the doctor and Wraith. Her ears swiveling around on her head. Stumbling slightly as she goes through the snow. Dammit, she felt sick.. Great.
[19:09] * Desert_Eagle follows after Strifer, simply flying above the snow. "Yah need a lift Strife?"
[19:10] * Challenger calls after Deagle and Strifer. "Behave, you two!"
[19:10] <~SpencerDespenser|GM>  Glissa is an older griffon, with a happy smile and wrinkles in the corner of her eyes, no doubt from maintaining that smile for so long. She claps her claws together and grins. "Oh! They're going to help deliver... -it-?" she says with a grin.
[19:10] * Strifer flicks her tail, calling back to Challenger. "I always behave!" Then too Desert_Eagle, raising an eyebrow as she looks up at him. "Uh, yeah, sure why not!"
[19:11] * Challenger raises an eyebrow at the griffon. "'It?' what is 'It?'"
[19:11] <~SpencerDespenser|GM>  Gabriel's shop is open, for once. Candles flicker faintly in the windows.
[19:11] * Strudel nods happily, hopping a little and fluttering her wings, "Yep! I'm so lucky, huh?!"
[19:12] * Desert_Eagle nods, and then picks Strifer up and flies off back towards the van and where Wraith was.
[19:13] * Strifer clings tight to Desert_Eagle, okay, flying was wierd! "I bet Wraith is like fifteen feet tall and shoot lazer out of her eyes now! Oh, oh, or perhaps she's a dragon! That'd be fucking sweet!"
[19:13] <~SpencerDespenser|GM>  Glissa smiles and slips into the kitchen behind the grumpy male. "Well, dear, if you need any help with it, just hollar~"
[19:16] * Desert_Eagle chukles. "Ah don't think she's a dragon, though, that'd be pretty sweet."
[19:16] * Wraith is just Wraith unfortunately
[19:17] * Challenger looks at Strudel. "We're doing what now?"
[19:17] * Strudel nods again, "I certainly will, thank you, but I think I can handle it just fine!" She smiles back to Challenger, "Help yourself to something for you and your friends~" She then starts in on her task at hoof.
[19:17] * Cloudy_Breeze is a little hesitant. "Wait... where was the delivery for? We... have some urgent business."
[19:18] * Strifer knocks on the door as soon as they've landed, see she can learn and be a good filly too.
[19:19] * Desert_Eagle stands next to Strifer and waits.
[19:19] <~SpencerDespenser|GM>  Gabriel mutters from inside, "No solicitors!"
[19:20] <Desert_Eagle> "Hey, we're 'ere fer Miss Wraith!"
[19:20] * Strifer blinks. "Huh." Then she opens the door.
[19:22] <~SpencerDespenser|GM>  It's locked. Silly Strifer. In the kitchen, Strudel gets hard at work baking her cake! Although the frosting job leaves something to be desired, the cake is finished in record time!
[19:23] * Strifer does not open the door, instead struggles with it.
[19:23] * Desert_Eagle knocks again. "We're 'ere fer Miss Wraith, Mister Gabriel!"
[19:23] * Strudel smiles gently as she frosts, with frosting that probably shouldn't be that color, "Ah well it's a long ways away, so I'm sure I can wait if you have business elsewhere, but I need to go to Deep Six."
[19:23] * Challenger collects various food items for the trip. "When did we agree to help deliver something? Did I miss the memo?"
[19:24] <~SpencerDespenser|GM>  Gabriel grumbles something about hearing them the first time, and the sound of several deadbolts unlocking is followed shortly by Gabriel appearing at the door, tired looking and disheveled.
[19:25] <~SpencerDespenser|GM>  "Get in here." He mutters.
[19:25] * Wraith is sitting up and poking at her new legs
[19:25] * Strifer gets in there!
[19:26] * Desert_Eagle chuckles, trotting in after Strifer. "Mornin'."
[19:26] <Wraith> "Hey Deagle, Strifer." Even her voice probably sounds better.
[19:26] * Strudel looks to Challenger, her eyes glinting in the interior light, "Why, you agreed last night, dear. In exchange for the food and lodging."
[19:26] <Desert_Eagle> "How yah feelin' Wraith?"
[19:27] <Wraith> "Alive. And awesome."
[19:27] * Strifer quickly mooves up to Wraith, also inspecting her legs. "Oooohhh, you that's like superultra cool! Its not like, dragon cool or fifteen feet tall with lazer for eyes, but.. Fuck, you're awesome!" She gives the Cybernetics a poke, then another.. And another.
[19:27] * Challenger scratches his head. "Somehow I don't remember it. So, where are you having us take it? As my colleague said, we have some business to attend."
[19:28] * Desert_Eagle chukles. "Tha's good... Strifer, stop pokin' 'er legs."
[19:29] <~SpencerDespenser|GM>  Wraith is looking good as new. The complex, magical components are shielded in expertly crafted, brilliant white bulletproof carbon fibers. Soft blue lights pulse through the cracks in the joints. In short, it looks pretty freaking awesome. Wraith's eye is still covered with an eyepatch. Gabriel grumps over.
[19:29] <Wraith> "Eh I can't feel it anyways. Wanna help me to my hooves? I haven't tested anything out. Only woke up a while ago."
[19:30] * Desert_Eagle nods. "Yeah, that dragon came back this mornin' too." He says, moving over to Wraith.
[19:31] <~SpencerDespenser|GM>  "Now, if you value your eyesight at all, you won't take that eyepatch off until you happen across one of these." He says, slipping Wraith a note. "Why don't you try giving the digits on the left hoof a stretch?"
[19:31] * Cloudy_Breeze hmms. "Ah... suppose we could take ya. Might be dangerous though."
[19:32] * Wraith fidgets and looks at her hooves as little digits pop out "Ooooh, cool!"
[19:32] * Wraith piks up the note with her newfound fingers and reads it
[19:32] <Challenger> "More than a little, probably."
[19:32] * Strifer takes a few steps back as the griffon aproaches. Narrowing her eyes at the note. "Uh, yeah. Dragon came and we gotta bail like.. Right fucking now, or he'll eat us.. In-  What the hell is that!" She points her hooves at the digits.
[19:33] * Strudel looks between the two ponies as she slides the cake off onto a push-cart. It wobbles a little more than a cake really should. "Oh, business with your friend that dropped by?"
[19:33] * Wraith waggles her fingers at Strifer
[19:33] * Desert_Eagle chuckles.
[19:34] <~SpencerDespenser|GM>  Only the left leg has digits: five razor sharp griffon talons. The note says "1 Artificial Rod-Cone Capacitor. 600 Caps."
[19:34] <Challenger> "Yeah... you could say that... only minus the friend and add the debtor part."
[19:34] * Strifer blinks. "So. Awesome!"
[19:34] <Desert_Eagle> "But yeah Wraith, we gotta get goin' like now, 'less we wanna be toasted by a dragon."
[19:36] <~SpencerDespenser|GM>  Gabriel shoots Desert_Eagle a glare. "Hold your... you, featherbrain. You gonna pay me first?"
[19:37] * Desert_Eagle raises an eyebrow. "We're flat broke." He deadpans.
[19:37] <Wraith> "Someone get me my bags."
[19:37] <~SpencerDespenser|GM>  Gabriel returns his deadpan. "Are you JOKING????" he roars right in Desert_Eagle's face.
[19:38] <Wraith> "Shut up Luna tittyfucking celestia"
[19:38] * Strifer looks around for Wraiths bag and goes to fetch.
[19:38] <Desert_Eagle> "Nnope." He remains impassive.
[19:38] <Wraith> "Get me my bags, I don't know what y'all did with the-" She looks at strifer "Thanks."
[19:38] * Strudel smiles gently, propping herself up on the cart, "Well I don't mind, it's none of my business, but this cake isn't going to deliver itself, and if you're going back on our deal then I'm afraid I will have to charge you for what you've used."
[19:38] * Wraith starts digging around in them with her fancy new (Right) hoof
[19:39] * Cloudy_Breeze shakes her head. "We're headin' that way. We can take it."
[19:39] * Strifer looks into Wraiths bag, mostly to see the fingers in action.
[19:39] <Challenger> "No, no. Just saying. We'll still do it."
[19:39] <~SpencerDespenser|GM>  Gabriel turns on Wraith. "Look Missy, don't you go telling me off!"
[19:40] * Wraith finds what she was looking for at the bottom of her bags "Will you be quiet I'm still trying to get the hang of these fucking fingers and you yelling isn't helping." She pulls out a shredded labcoat that was wrapped around an orb and starts unwrapping it, revealing a glint of something metallic. And gold.
[19:40] <Strifer> "Ooohhhh..."
[19:41] * Wraith picks up a decently sized golden orb with her fingers and holds it up to Gabriel "Will this suffice?"
[19:41] * Desert_Eagle whistles. "Hot dayum."
[19:41] * Strudel steps down from the cart and trots up to the pair, "And who's gonna make repairs if something happens in transit? Your transport doesn't seem in exactly the best of shape, if that's it out there." She lifts a hoof to point to the van out front.
[19:41] <~SpencerDespenser|GM>  Gabriel raises a claw in protest, but blinks as he sees the ball. "Oh... well... that.. that right there will do... nicely. Where, may I ask, did you get this?"
[19:41] <Wraith> "Found it."
[19:42] <Wraith> "Some big ass mutant thing had it."
[19:42] <~SpencerDespenser|GM>  The griffon rolls his eyes. "And where did you-"
[19:42] <Challenger> "It's been thru the wringer, but hasn't failed us yet duetousererror. It'll be fine."
[19:42] <~SpencerDespenser|GM>  "Seriously?"
[19:42] <Wraith> "Yes."
[19:43] * Strifer snickers. "You took this from that blob.. Uh, thing?"
[19:44] * Wraith nods
[19:44] <~SpencerDespenser|GM>  The griffon pockets the orb and chuckles. "Right, and I'm Princess Luna. Get out of here. Oh, and you two." He says, pointing at Strifer and Desert_Eagle. "If she dies, tear those legs off of her and bring them back."
[19:44] <~SpencerDespenser|GM>  "Stricly business policy, I assure you."
[19:44] <Wraith> "Course."
[19:44] <Desert_Eagle> "Yeah, sure."
[19:45] <Strifer> "Uh.. Sure!" Then too Wraith. "Don't die, alright?"
[19:45] <Wraith> "That's the plan.
[19:46] * Desert_Eagle nods, moving over to help Wraith up. "Le's go then."
[19:46] * Strudel looks doubtfully at Challenger, "Right, look, the deal was for two pieces of cargo. If you can't accept that, then it'll be 300 caps, and you can be on your way."
[19:46] <~SpencerDespenser|GM>  Gabriel returns to his chair behind his desk. "Oh, and don't get anything in the ball socket gem. Water, sand, oil, what have you. Make sure to clean it daily."
[19:46] <~SpencerDespenser|GM>  "With a cloth and polish."
[19:46] <Challenger> "I said we're good to go. What part of that is not clear?"
[19:47] * Wraith gets to her hooves with Deagles help as her fingers retract and hugs Desert_Eagle "Haha! I can hug again!"
[19:47] * Wraith nods at Gabriel "Gotcha."
[19:48] * Strifer joins in the hug! Then remebers herself and steps away from it. "Uh, yeah. Thats cool."
[19:48] * Desert_Eagle chuckles, and hugs back.
[19:49] * Wraith says "Nope!" And hugs Strifer too
[19:50] * Strifer acks and steps back from the hug. Seconds later she sighs and eyerolls, then hugs. "Alright, fine, but only this once."
[19:50] <~SpencerDespenser|GM>  Gabriel mutters something about hugs. "Now geddout!"
[19:50] * Strudel drops back immediately to her smile, "Good, I'll pack my things."
[19:50] * Challenger nods. "Good."
[19:51] * Wraith salutes Gabriel and grabs her bags, putting them on then hopping off the table
[19:51] * Desert_Eagle trots next to Wraith, making sure she didn't faceplant as they headed out.
[19:52] * Strudel trots off to her room upstairs, packing her saddlebags and sliding them on to return quickly downstairs.
[19:52] * Wraith doesn't. She stumbles a few time as she adjusts to walking again, especially with two alien legs
[19:52] * Cloudy_Breeze gives a little sigh and heads for the van. That mare was pretty crazy.
[19:52] * Challenger turns to the cake. "This is gonna be an interesting trip..."
[19:53] * Strifer gives one of Gabriels wierd machines a final poke before heading outside and goes towards the van.
[19:53] * Desert_Eagle heads back for the van with Wraith and Strifer.
[19:53] * Strudel 's cake moves a little as Challenger looks at it.
[19:54] * Challenger calls over his shoulder, "You do realize that if this thing falls apart of it's own doing, we're not responsible, right?"
[19:55] <~SpencerDespenser|GM>  Soon, the group has all reunited at van. Glissa and her husband stand in the doorway to see them off.
[19:55] * Wraith has pretty new legs!
[19:56] * Strifer points at the legs. "Show them those things you have, Wraith!"
[19:56] * Strudel is smiling wide as she loads the cake into the back of the van, "Bye, Glissa~ Thank you for letting me stay with you! It's been a pleasure working here."
[19:58] <Challenger> "Nice legs, Wraith. Very techno."
[19:58] <Wraith> "Hey, hey, guys!"
[19:58] <Wraith> "Check this out!"
[19:58] * Wraith holds up her forehoof and little clawfingers pop out
[19:59] <~SpencerDespenser|GM>  Both griffins wave, Glissa more enthusiastically than her spouse. "Oh, it was a pleasure having you, deary! Tell Surf and Turf that I said hello, would you? It's been -ages- since we've talked."
[19:59] * Cloudy_Breeze gives Wraith an odd look. "That's creepy..."
[19:59] * Strifer points at the claws. "Its like, the coolest thing, ever! Then rembering herself she trots up to Challenger, leaning close and whispering. "You didnt forget my breakfast, did you?~"
[19:59] <Wraith> "Fuck no, it's /awesome/"
[20:00] * Desert_Eagle chuckles. "Ayup!" He nods in agreement with Wraith.
[20:05] * Strudel smiles even wider to Glissa, waving enthusiastically, "Thank you. I will!" She waves a little more and carefully climbs into one of the seats, wiggling into place.
[20:06] * Wraith points at Strudel with a claw "Who's that?"
[20:08] <Challenger> "Somepony we owe a delivery trip to for room and board."
[20:08] * Strifer gives Challenger a poke in the side. "You, breakfast, where?"
[20:08] <Wraith> "Breakfast?"
[20:09] * Strudel smiles to Wraith, "Name's Strudel, dear, it's a pleasure~"
[20:09] * Challenger produces food. "Tada. for my next trick I'll pull a rabbit out of Strifer's... nevermind."
[20:09] * Strifer glomps down on the food.. Looking up at Challenger. "Oh really..." She snickers.
[20:10] * Desert_Eagle snickers, climbing into the passenger seat.
[20:11] * Wraith smiles back at Strudel and holds out the forehoof she'd been holding up, her claws retracting "Wraith."
[20:11] * Challenger grins and takes a bite of food. "So, what kind of drive we looking at Deagle?"
[20:11] <~SpencerDespenser|GM>  Challenger managed to... pretty much steal a bunch of freshly baked breakfast pasteries.
[20:11] <Wraith> "Where the hell's my breakfast. I didn't even know we were eating."
[20:11] <Desert_Eagle> "At least a good 10-12 hours if we can make it there without stopping.
[20:11] <Desert_Eagle> "*
[20:12] * Wraith grumbles "I don't even know when the hell I ate last."
[20:12] <Challenger> "so Fang's timetable is doable then."
[20:12] * Challenger hoofs over some noms to Wraith.
[20:12] <Desert_Eagle> "Yeah, though, I'd count on stopping."
[20:13] * Wraith takes the noms "Thaaaaank you~"
[20:13] * Strifer takes a Strudle in her mouth and climbs into one of the seats across from Strudle, nibbling. "And we're suposed to meet somepony there. Uh.. "She points a hoof to Strudle. "Where are we delivering you, then?"
[20:14] * Challenger finishes his food. "Well, let's get about it then. Whenever you're ready, whoever's driving."
[20:14] * Cloudy_Breeze joins in having breakfast. Food is good! She hops in the Van with the others.
[20:15] * Strudel leans back from having taken Wraith's hoof when she offered it, "Well, I need to go to Deep Six, hopefully it's near where you're headed."
[20:16] * Wraith lets her hoof drop after shaking Strudel's hoof and climbs up into the van "Where the hell is Deep Six?" She gets into her normal seat.
[20:16] <Desert_Eagle> "A pretty good drive from 'ere."
[20:17] <Desert_Eagle> "Back down the 15 and west."
[20:19] <Wraith> "Mmmmk."
[20:19] <Strifer> "Well, what are we waiting for?!"
[20:20] * Cloudy_Breeze gets the van started up. "Y'all ready to hit the road? It's a one way trip, no stops. Not even fer a bathroom break."
[20:20] <Desert_Eagle> "Yah gotta go, piss out th' window."
[20:20] <~SpencerDespenser|GM>  The van roars to life, eager to get on the road.
[20:21] * Challenger climbs aboard and closes the door. "Lets roll."
[20:21] * Strifer glances from side to side.. "Oh.. Ill be right back!" She hops out the van.
[20:21] <Challenger> "... or not."
[20:21] * Cloudy_Breeze rolls her eyes. Better now than 5 minutes from now.
[20:21] * Strifer goes to relieve herself in a suitable location, around the corner of the van seems good enough.
[20:22] <~SpencerDespenser|GM>  A griffin happens to be passing by and mutters a faint, "Well I never!"
[20:22] * Challenger facehoofs.
[20:22] * Strudel giggles softly
[20:23] * Strifer waves a hoof at the griffin as she finishes, then she jumps back into the van with a grin on her face. "Right! Lets go!"
[20:23] * Wraith snerks
[20:23] <Challenger> "Ever tactful Strifer."
[20:23] <Strifer> "If you have to go you have to go."
[20:25] <~SpencerDespenser|GM>  The griffin covers his eyes and flaps away, blushing furiously.
[20:25] <Challenger> "Let's get moving before Strifer gets arrested for indecent exposure."
[20:25] * Cloudy_Breeze smirks and heads on out! Next stop, Deep Six!
[20:26] <Wraith> "Ponies are typically naked. That's normal."
[20:26] * Strifer smirks and leans down into her seat.
[20:26] * Desert_Eagle kicks back, leaning his rifle against the dash and clicking the radio on.
[20:26] <~SpencerDespenser|GM>  The truck purrs as it rolls out of town, through the gate, and down the winding slopes back towards the Long 15.
[20:28] * Challenger relaxes in his seat and watches the cake jiggle.
[20:28] <~SpencerDespenser|GM>  The group pass some familiar land marks across the way; Severed Hoof Hill, Sniper's Squatter, the long, winding gravel road to New Bridle...
[20:30] * Challenger hums to himself an old Sweetie Bell song.
[20:31] * Wraith spreads out in the open seats around her and fiddles with her legs
[20:31] <~SpencerDespenser|GM>  Eventually, they get closer and closer to the Pipbuck marker for Deep Six, rolling hills turn into large mountains, which rise up right through the cloud layer. The Long 15 tapers off for a while, impeding speedy progress as the asphault turns to loose rock and dirt.
[20:32] * Wraith staaaaares at Sniper's squatter as they drive past
[20:32] * Strudel rocks along with the bumps in the road, smiling wide and keeping a careful eye on her cake.
[20:33] * Desert_Eagle has likely fallen asleep at some point. Lazy pegasus is lazy.
[20:33] * Cloudy_Breeze keeps on going. She wants to make sure they make time.
[20:35] <~SpencerDespenser|GM>  With no way of knowing where to stop, and any sort of light hidden by the mountains towering above them, Cloudy_Breeze is in trouble!
[20:36] <Challenger> "...move em on head em up head em up move em on move em on head em up rawhide..."
[20:37] <Strifer> ".... and thats our entire life up untill today... Do you want to hear about today?"
[20:38] * Strudel has been listening attentively, still smiling, especially at the violent parts, "Why it's been an incredible story so far, dear. I'd love to hear about today."
[20:38] <Wraith> "Today! I got legs~"
[20:39] <Strifer> "Uh, well.. We woke up, fetched Wraith and then we drove all the way here. And during then I told you a story about our life! It all started with Deuces, a really old cunt capturing us all..."
[20:40] <Wraith> "Strifer you're starting again."
[20:40] * Strifer blinks. "Oh, yeah.. Shit."
[20:41] * Cloudy_Breeze slows the van a bit, and gives Desert_Eagle a little kick. "Hey! Wake up. What're we lookin' for?"
[20:41] * Strudel giggles softly, "Well, I wouldn't really have minded hearing it again."
[20:42] * Desert_Eagle grunts, sitting up. "Murf, uhh, shit." He looks at his map.
[20:43] * Challenger keeps whistling the song.
[20:44] <~SpencerDespenser|GM>  Looking at his map, Desert_Eagle can see that the Long 15 doesn't lead directly to Deep Six. There's a path to the side of the road that looks just big enough for the van to squeeze through.
[20:45] <Desert_Eagle> "Yer lookin' fer a narrow side road jus' up ahead."
[20:47] * Strifer scratches her hoofclaw against the floor, one of her ears flop down and limply stays there. Moving the scratching claw up to her foreleg. "So.. You.. Bake things?" She looks up, blinking at Strudle.
[20:48] * Cloudy_Breeze nods and starts lookin'.
[20:49] * Strudel smiles and nods happily, "That's right, dear~ I'm an officially licensed member of the Sisters of the Swarm! They taught me how to bake all kinds of wonderful things, like this cake!"
[20:50] <~SpencerDespenser|GM>  A little further up the road, just barely visible in the light of only one, barely functional headlight, Cloudy_Breeze spots her target: the small dirt path winding into the thick woods.
[20:50] <Challenger>  "Sisters of the Swarm?"
[20:51] <Wraith> "Makes me think of changelings."
[20:52] <Wraith> "Isn't that what a group of them is called?"
[20:52] * Cloudy_Breeze turns the van down the sideroad. Not long now.
[20:52] <Challenger> "Think so..."
[20:53] * Strudel nods a little more, lifting a hoof to tap at the emblem at the center of her chest on the jumpsuit, "Yep, that's them."
[20:53] <Challenger> "
[20:54] <~SpencerDespenser|GM>  With a slight bump, Strudel's large cake sways a little. What Cloudy_Breeze couldn't see, however, was a carefully concealed spike trap! As the van cruises over the trap, small spikes stick up, ripping holes in the tires and making the van screech to a halt.
[20:54] <Challenger> "So that would make you.."
[20:55] <Challenger> "GAH! What the hell, Breezy!"
[20:55] * Wraith isn't thrown out of her seat! She had a seatbelt on!
[20:56] * Cloudy_Breeze mutters something not very nice. "What the hell was that!?" Once the van is stopped, she hops out to see.
[20:56] * Strudel smiles wide, "A chef~" As the cake sways she squeaks a little and gets ready to dive and catch it, but it fortunately doesn't fall.
[20:57] * Strifer didnt use a seatbelt, she is thrown out of her seat! Stumbling and crashing right int othe front end of the van. "... fuck.." She grumbles, rubbing her forehead.
[20:57] * Challenger grumbles as he gets out of the van. "What did we hit?"
[20:58] * Desert_Eagle groans. "Damnit." He hops out as well.
[20:58] * Strifer waves a hoof in the air as she lays there. "Ill.. Ill just stay here."
[20:58] <~SpencerDespenser|GM>  The cake sways dangerously, threatening to topple! As Breezy steps out of the van, she can clearly see that the tires were shredded. She and Challenger both hear the all too familiar sound of safeties releasing. A mare's voice shouts, "Light 'em up!"
[20:59] <Desert_Eagle> "Oh FUCK!"
[20:59] * Challenger whips out his rifle. "COVER!!"
[20:59] <Wraith> "GODDESS FUCKING DAMN IT"
[21:00] * Strudel hurriedly hops down from the seat and pulls out her frying pan, using it to push the cake back into a more stable position.
[21:00] * Wraith tries to scramble out of her seat
[21:01] * Strifer 's both ears perk up. "What the fuck!" She stumbles to her hooves and jumps out the car!
[21:03] <~SpencerDespenser|GM>  A flurry of gunfire errupts from the bushes along the path's side. Strifer, Challenger, and Cloudy_Breeze are riddled with bullets.
[21:06] * Challenger grunts under the impact. Thank Luna for the new armor.
[21:08] <~SpencerDespenser|GM>  Desert_Eagle suddenly finds himself inches from the barrel of a mean-looking shotgun. "Hey there, Pegasus. You're gonna look goooood on mah mantle." He pulls the trigger once.
[21:08] <Desert_Eagle> "SHI-!"
[21:10] <~SpencerDespenser|GM>  The slaver blinks as his weapon refuses to fire. "Ahh... sheeet..."
[21:10] <Desert_Eagle> "Hah, weapon maintinence's a key thing, motherfucker."
[21:12] * Cloudy_Breeze is in some serious pain.
[21:14] * Wraith scrambles to the back of the van, pulling her grenade launcher out and looks for a target
[21:16] * Wraith whistles at the slaver she sees "Oi, bitch. Hiiii~" She levels her grenade launcher and fires off two grenades
[21:19] <~SpencerDespenser|GM>  The slaver blanches, but holds his ground, yelping as the grenades detonate so close to him.
[21:20] <~SpencerDespenser|GM>  Shaking himself off, he raises his submachine gun and fires off a pair of bursts at Wraith. "Who's the bitch now?"
[21:21] <Wraith> "You."
[21:27] <~SpencerDespenser|GM>  Wraith is rightly lit up in retaliation. "Suck on that, robo-cunt!" He says, smirking and dashing to cover.
[21:29] <~SpencerDespenser|GM>  Another slaver, a mare this time, pops up next to the shotgun-toting one and smirks at Desert_Eagle. "Hey there, fresh meat!"
[21:29] * Wraith growls and stumbles back
[21:29] <Desert_Eagle> "Well fuck yah too~"
[21:29] <Wraith> "Janus isn't going to like thiiiis~"
[21:29] <Desert_Eagle> !*]
[21:29] <~SpencerDespenser|GM>  She lets loose a flurry of bullets at Desert_Eagle. "Diiiiiiiiie!"
[21:31] * Desert_Eagle grunts and stumbles back a few steps. "Gonna have t' trie harder 'n that bitch!"
[21:33] <~SpencerDespenser|GM>  Challenger leaps into action, shaking off his wounds and rounding the van. He fires twice at the Shotgun-Toting pony, and once at the mare. "Hey, over here!" He shouts around the mouthgrip.
[21:35] <~SpencerDespenser|GM>  Both ponies yelp at the shots, and looks confused, unsure who to shoot next.
[21:39] * Cloudy_Breeze turns on the pony who shot at her, firing a carefully aimed shot from her hunting rifle right to the head. Not waiting around, she ducks right back into the van for cover.
[21:41] <~SpencerDespenser|GM>  Cloudy_Breeze's shot flies clean over the Slaver's head. He whispers a quiet prayer and ducks down.
[21:43] * Desert_Eagle grins, dropping into SATS and quening a pair of shots into each of the slavers' heads that were in front of him. "This's how yah do it!"
[21:51] <~SpencerDespenser|GM>  Despite the large chunks of their jaws strewn about the scene, both ponies remain standing. And they are -pissed-. Howling in pain and clutching their wounds, they stagger, but keep a hold of their weapons.
[21:54] <Desert_Eagle> "Well, that wasn't as 'ffective as ah thought it would be."
[21:54] * Strudel drops the frying pan, satisfied at having stabilized the cake, and draws her gun as she gallops to the back of the truck. Taking to wing, she springs from the back and vaults herself up to land on the roof, her eyes glistening red as she surveys the sceen to pick out a target.
[21:56] * Strudel grins as she picks out one of the more injured attackers and lets out a burst from her laser RCW.
[21:59] <~SpencerDespenser|GM>  All of Strudel's shots go wide, schorching the ground around the shotgun-weilder.
[22:02] * Strifer who had staggered of to the side as she was shot by the inital burst has found her a new target, she gallops towards the one Wraith had shot at, spinning at the last second she atempts to buck the pony with her hindhooves.
[22:09] <~SpencerDespenser|GM>  Strifer bucks the slaver right in the teeth, sending him flying back and crumpling in a heap. He twitches a little, but as he looses blood, the twitching stops.
[22:09] * Strifer cackles and gallops onwards towards another foe.
[22:11] <~SpencerDespenser|GM>  Two more slaver pop out of the bushes and fire off volleys of hot lead at Strifer.
[22:11] <~SpencerDespenser|GM>  slavers*
[22:16] <~SpencerDespenser|GM>  Their bullets catch Strifer in all the right places, forcing the cackling mare to her knees, skidding to a halt and slamming into the side of the van. Ouch...
[22:17] <Desert_Eagle> "Shit! STRIFER!"
[22:17] <Wraith> "Fuck!"
[22:17] * Strifer dosnt even howl in pain. Her unmoving body just lays there, bloodied, filled with holes.
[22:20] <~SpencerDespenser|GM>  The shotgun-toting leader teeters on his hooves and falls over succumbing to their wounds, followed quickly by his accomplice.
[22:22] * Strudel looks down from atop the truck at the fallen Strifer, she blinks hard, turning her attention back to the attacking ponies.
[22:23] * Cloudy_Breeze can't see what's going on at the moment, since she's taking cover. "The hell is goin' on out there!?"
[22:23] <Desert_Eagle> "Strifer's down Breezy!"
[22:24] * Wraith scrambles out of the van and over to Strifer
[22:25] * Wraith roars and lets off a grenade at each of the ponies who'd shot Strifer
[22:26] <~SpencerDespenser|GM>  One of Wraith's grenades goes wide left and fells a tree, while the other strikes Strifer's murderer square in the chest, sending him back flying back into the woods.
[22:28] * Cloudy_Breeze mutters something even less nice under her breath. This is not good...
[22:29] <~SpencerDespenser|GM>  Challenger charges headlong at the remaining pony, letting off as many shots as he can.
[22:31] <~SpencerDespenser|GM>  And, this proves enough to down the buck, catching him square in the eye. "Strifer!" He shouts, galloping over, a concerned look on his face.
[22:32] * Wraith drops her grenade launcher the second the last pony goes down and whirls around, checking on Strifer
[22:32] <~SpencerDespenser|GM>  Strifer is losing a lot of blood, and fast. She's riddled with holes in the neck and torso, and doesn't appear to be breathing.
[22:33] <Wraith> "Fuck fuck fuck."
[22:33] <Desert_Eagle> "Shit shit shit shit shit!"
[22:35] <~SpencerDespenser|GM>  In a flurry of swearwords, in the middle of the woods at the foot of Mt. Hoofclop, Strifer dies. There's nothing Wraith, even Celestia herself could do about it.
[22:36] * Strudel sighs softly, sliding her gun back into the holster between her side and the saddle bag. She hops down from the back of the truck, just barely gliding to the ground and trotting up to the group gathered around the body.
[22:36] * Wraith does everything she can, Nearly pushing herself to magical burn out just from the sheer amount of spells she casts on Strifer's lifeless body
[22:37] * Wraith eventually collapses on top of Strifer, panting heavily and sobbing a little
[22:38] <~SpencerDespenser|GM>  Challenger, unsure of how he feels about this, stands till.
[22:38] * Desert_Eagle pulls Wraith gently away.
[22:38] * Wraith doesnt' struggle, just grabs her rifle limply in here telekinesis and puts it away
[22:39] * Cloudy_Breeze keeps an eye out for anything moving nearby. It wouldn't do to be taken unaware by a straggler. She climbs her way toward the back of the van to exit instead of through her door.
[22:40] <~SpencerDespenser|GM>  Challenger says quietly, "We bury her too."
[22:40] * Desert_Eagle hugs Wraith, nodding in agreement with Chal.
[22:40] * Wraith buries her face in Desert_Eagle's chest
[22:40] * Strudel shakes her head slowly, "I'm sorry for your loss. She seemed like a nice pony."
[22:42] * Cloudy_Breeze makes her way over to Strifer. She gives a ragged sigh. "It all comes crashing down..."
[22:42] * Desert_Eagle pets Wraith's mane gently, letting her cry all she needed.
[23:00] * Challenger turns away and stomps a hoof in frustration
[23:01] * Wraith does just that. This is quickly going the route of when she got suicidal before and tried to off herself by slaver.
[23:02] * Challenger walks over to the slaver ponies and starts going thru their belongings, muttering to himself.
[23:04] <~SpencerDespenser|GM>  The slaver head a collection of mint-condition 12.7mm Submachine guns, while their leader had a Double Barrel shotgun. There'a about 600 caps between them, two bottles of water, a healing potion, and 29 12.7mm rounds.
[23:05] * Challenger takes it all.
[23:05] * Desert_Eagle attempts to soothe Wraith. "Tha's it, jus' let it all out." He says.
[23:10] * Strudel sighs softly, looking over the damage to the van, "Well... I'd like to help in any way I can."
[23:10] <~SpencerDespenser|GM>  Crickets churp in a sad melancholy, like a funeral dirge. Slowly, sadly.
[23:10] * Challenger turns away from the dead ponies in disgust. "Do we have shovels?
[23:10] <Challenger> "
[23:10] * Wraith sniffs and kisses Deagle's cheek softly once she's stopped "Thanks."
[23:13] * Desert_Eagle smiles at Wraith. "Yer welcome Wraith." He helps her up.
[23:13] <~SpencerDespenser|GM>  Challenger spots a small entrenching tool hung over the  backdoor on the inside of the truck. It looks like Feldspar left it there.
[23:13] * Challenger grabs it and walks a short distance off the road to start digging.
[23:15] * Wraith smiffs again and gives a wry smile back "I'm definitely gonna need that bucking after this. First Lolly, now Strifer. Definitely need to think of other things, Or I'm gonna go find another jackass with big guns and piss him off again."
[23:16] <~SpencerDespenser|GM>  Challenger is a pony. He's a pony and he's digging a hole.
[23:17] <Wraith> sniffs*
[23:17] * Challenger is totally a pony who's digging a hole.
[23:18] * Strudel trots over after Challenger, pulling a large metal spoon from her bags and helping as much as she can. It's clearly not a sanitary use for a spoon.
[23:18] * Desert_Eagle hugs Wraith. "Whatever yah need. An' don't you go get yerself killed again. Once was bad 'nough."
[23:18] * Wraith nods
[23:18] <~SpencerDespenser|GM>  Challenger and Strudel's combined efforts dig a sizeable grave in no time.
[23:19] * Challenger mutters something to himself under his breath before stepping out of the hole they;ve dug.
[23:20] * Cloudy_Breeze needs to go for a fly. Really, really bad. She's... more than a little disillusioned. Everything's coming undone. She eyes Strifer's body... and the hole Challenger dug.
[23:21] * Desert_Eagle gives Wraith a comforting nuzzle before trotting over to where Challenger had gone to dig the hole.
[23:21] * Wraith follows Desert_Eagle
[23:22] <Desert_Eagle> "Hey Chal... yah doin' alright man?"
[23:22] * Strudel shakes some of the dirt from her jumpsuit as she trots to a respectable distance.
[23:23] * Challenger doesn;t answer. He sets aside the shovel, then goes to get the body.
[23:24] * Desert_Eagle takes that silence as answer enough, and stands quietly while Challenger retrieves the body.
[23:25] <~SpencerDespenser|GM>  A small wooden toy slips out of Strifer's saddlebags as Challenger lifts her.
[23:26] * Challenger makes a note to come back for it in a minute, then carries her to the grave and sets her gently into it.
[23:26] <~SpencerDespenser|GM>  Opal slips off of Strifer's hoof, sensing that its owner could no longer care for it.
[23:28] * Cloudy_Breeze trots slowly over to the dropped objects, inspecting them closely.
[23:30] <~SpencerDespenser|GM>  The small toy Cloudy_Breeze collects is a very small figurine of a lavendar unicorn, smiling brightly. Though faded, the text at the base reads "Be Smart!". Opal is a powerhoof of Fang's design, covered with brass tubes and guages. On the punching surface is a plate that, when struck, releases a firing mechanism for a built in shotgun blast.
[23:32] * Cloudy_Breeze frowns a little as she reads the figurine's base. "This... didn't she go crazy over this, before?"
[23:33] <Challenger> "Yeah... back after we met those foals..."
[23:35] * Challenger holds a hoof out for the figurine "Mind if I keep it?"
[23:36] * Cloudy_Breeze shakes her head and offers it to him.
[23:36] * Challenger takes it and looks it over more closely.
[23:38] * Strudel carefully wipes the dirt from her spoon with a hoof before placing it back in her saddlebags. While she has them open she pauses a little, pulling out a bumpy purple fruit and taking a few steps back towards the group with it.
[23:39] <~SpencerDespenser|GM>  The statuette has no other markings on it, other than a little bit of Strifer's blood and "Be Smart!"
[23:39] * Cloudy_Breeze looks a bit more closely at the powerhoof. Strifer would want it put to good use... who knows, maybe she could make it a bit more devastating...
[23:39] * Challenger gently puts it away, then turns back to cover her body.
[23:43] * Strudel drops the fruit delicately into Strifer's hooves as Challenger starts to bury her, "Here you go, dear..."
[23:44] <~SpencerDespenser|GM>  As the day comes to a close, our heroes make camp in the bullet ridden husk of the van. With Strifer dead... it wasn't entirely clear what would happen next. What was certain, though, was that nopony would forget Strifer.
[23:44] <~SpencerDespenser|GM>  *** Session 30 Ends ***