Fallout: Beyond Equestria 125: The Last Free Town (Part 5)

[2015-03-04 13:11:05] <Little_Gloom> 3Previously...
[2015-03-04 13:12:21] <Little_Gloom> 3Bookwright hears a voice hiss softly from above.  "You saw me where I never was and where I could not be. And yet within that very place, my face you often see."
[2015-03-04 13:12:28] <Little_Gloom> 3Bookwright looks up. "Aw, no fair. I stink at riddles. Is the answer 'my reflection'?"
[2015-03-04 13:12:40] <Little_Gloom> 3The baby sphinx smiles down at Bookwright from atop a bookshelf.  "Reflections are not what you see, they are merely pretend.  Much better seen within a mirror than within a friend."  The little spirit turns and disappears over the other side.
[2015-03-04 13:12:47] <Little_Gloom> 3Bookwright frowns upward, mind working. "You know, that's a pretty cryptic way of saying that I should watch out for people who are only pretending to like me."
[2015-03-04 13:12:50] <Little_Gloom> 3...
[2015-03-04 13:13:21] <Little_Gloom> 3The newer books, like the others, are filled with zebra glyphs.  But the book that Bookwright has chosen also has a good many pictures.  And those pictures depict wartime ponies and zebras... and by the impression Bookwright gets, neither are being portrayed in a positive light.
[2015-03-04 13:13:27] <Little_Gloom> 3Bookwright flips open a notebook. "Unbiased... history..."
[2015-03-04 13:13:29] <Little_Gloom> 3...
[2015-03-04 13:13:57] <Little_Gloom> 3Gundi_Kifalme nods to Noble_Heart.  "Very well, then.  You will need to choose company colors and a flag, and mark your ship appropriately."  He points towards the other ships, each of which are painted entirely in two or three colors and bear some sort of pirate flag or symbol.
[2015-03-04 13:14:06] <Little_Gloom> 3Gundi_Kifalme warns, "Make sure your colors and flag are extremely visible.  You would not wish to be shot down or become prey for other pirates because you are mistaken for an Imperial ship."
[2015-03-04 13:14:26] <Little_Gloom> 3Noble_Heart frowns and nods her head. That was a wrinkle she hadn't really specifically planned for. She'd have to talk to the others about that.
[2015-03-04 13:14:36] <Little_Gloom> 3"We shall make the appropriate preparations once Our companions return from their trading trip."
[2015-03-04 13:14:56] <Little_Gloom> 3Gundi_Kifalme nods.  "Fortunately, The Silos do boast many establishments that can sell you what you need.  I would recommend shopping where the Wameli have influence, or at establishments marked with the Council's neutrality... at least until you are established."
[2015-03-04 13:15:03] <Little_Gloom> 3CopyCat mutters to Get_Lost. "We need a lotta colours."
[2015-03-04 13:15:21] <Little_Gloom> 3Gundi_Kifalme recommends, "Spend most of your time here in Tres, or over in Unus.  I would personally recommend Unus, as the Council has direct oversight and can promise full neutrality in business dealings."
[2015-03-04 13:15:33] <Little_Gloom> 3Get_Lost asks, "what about pink, yellow and blue?"
[2015-03-04 13:16:25] <Little_Gloom> 3...
[2015-03-04 13:17:30] <Little_Gloom> 3Noble_Heart nods her head. "It would be in bad manner to hold the sins of the past against those who still live. And truly unfair to those who had no hoof in their own creation." She smiles. "Hopefully the zebras will be understanding as well."
[2015-03-04 13:17:46] <Little_Gloom> 3Gundi_Kifalme nods.  "Oh, that you don't have to worry about.  We don't hold the living responsible for the actions of the long dead.  Line of responsibility and duty flow forward, not backwards.  Even without New Roam demonizing everything associated with the past empire, you wouldn't need to fear that."
[2015-03-04 13:17:51] <Little_Gloom> 3...
[2015-03-04 13:18:33] <Little_Gloom> 3Mwana looks to Golden_Dream, "They're real dangerous when they grow up.  But the one in this shop is just a baby.  She's dangerous, but no more than a pet jaguar."
[2015-03-04 13:18:47] <Little_Gloom> 3Golden_Dream gives Mwana a really flat look. "Gee, Mwana. You sure showed me that this here dangerous spirit ain't dangerous." WHO KEEPS A JAGUAR AS A PET!?
[2015-03-04 13:19:05] <Little_Gloom> 3...
[2015-03-04 13:20:04] <Little_Gloom> 3Fallout: Beyond Equestria, Session One Hundred and Twenty-Five: The Last Free Town (Part Five) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BigolJfoANw
[2015-03-04 13:20:11] <Little_Gloom> 3--- Session Begins ---
[2015-03-04 13:22:16] <Little_Gloom> 3Gundi_Kifalme tips his foppish pirate hat and departs the /Rainbow Connection/, flanked by several armed zebra guards, each of whom wears a bandolier sporting the same colors as the Council zebra's ornate vest.
[2015-03-04 13:23:47] <Little_Gloom> 3The Council-sent maintenance drone continues to move around the hull of the airship, doing whatever it is doing.
[2015-03-04 13:25:13] * CopyCat stands beside Captain Noble Heart (who seemed to be doing some quiet thinking) and waves as the council zebra and his company leaves.
[2015-03-04 13:27:14] * Get_Lost "sooooo... what now?"
[2015-03-04 13:32:51] * Golden_Dream is still going shopping! Yay! Specifically, towards whichever is closer, the grocers, the scrap sellers, or the armorers.
[2015-03-04 13:33:58] * CopyCat turns to Get_Lost, pondering. "Hmm... did you ever find out what those robots were doing to the ship?"
[2015-03-04 13:34:42] * Mare-Do-Well 3floats next to Get_Lost.  "Well, if this is going to be the /Rainbow Connection/..."  She pauses to give a flat look.  Then smiles, "...shouldn't the ship be rainbow-colored?"
[2015-03-04 13:34:45] * Get_Lost nodnods "something about maintenance... they had a built-in routine. i didn't check it completely"
[2015-03-04 13:35:06] * Get_Lost "i like rainbow colored ships"
[2015-03-04 13:35:09] * Mare-Do-Well 3says, "Unless you wanted to do a Mare-Do-Well costume colors thing."
[2015-03-04 13:35:33] * CopyCat grins. "That's what I was saying! We need a lotta colours for rainbow."
[2015-03-04 13:35:35] * Get_Lost "violet and blue?"
[2015-03-04 13:36:30] * Bookwright is accompanying Golden_Dream, but what he's really doing is people-watching. Well, zebra-watching.
[2015-03-04 13:37:53] * Noble_Heart tilts her head to one side. "We have no strong opinion on the color. Though it would be best to pick three strong colors, rather than a full rainbow. Easier and more distinctive."
[2015-03-04 13:38:24] * Golden_Dream is silent for a little while, and then speaks up. "Hey, Bookie. Been meaning to ask, how'd you get your cutie mark?"
[2015-03-04 13:38:46] * Get_Lost "then, mare do well costume colors should be okay... good for night missions"
[2015-03-04 13:39:23] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Bookwright's zebra-watching is being returned in increasing amounts.  Word is getting out about the new arrivals, and zebras are peering from many of the open windows, trying to get a look.  More are coming out, clogging the walkways, as the whispering becomes like a soft wind.
[2015-03-04 13:39:58] * Bookwright grimaces. "It's rather boring. I like books. Everything follows from there."
[2015-03-04 13:42:08] * Get_Lost goes back to her table and the blueprints
[2015-03-04 13:42:14] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Above, quite a number of zebras are flooding the airdocks.  Enough that the dock master orders dock guards to hold them back.  Pirates from several airships move onto the docks to protect and clear the area around their own ships.
[2015-03-04 13:43:12] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Several members of the /Cutlass/ crew move onto the docks, one going so far as to begin setting up a turret.  This does /not/ go over well with the dock master, and quite the argument begins.
[2015-03-04 13:44:14] * CopyCat blinks, watching the commotion. "Oh my, what's going on?"
[2015-03-04 13:45:23] * Noble_Heart raises her eyebrows. "Perhaps the local zebras are a touch less understanding than their leaders."
[2015-03-04 13:47:02] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Mwana has to push a way through to the next shop on the tour.  "Nobody here has ever seen a real pony before," he explains with a grunt.
[2015-03-04 13:48:15] <Mare-Do-Well> 3CopyCat picks up on something surprising: more of the flocking locals seem interested in the /Cutlass/ than the /Rainbow Connection/.
[2015-03-04 13:49:49] <Golden_Dream> 
ACTION tenses rather visibly. She never liked crowds. The biggest wave of people she's familiar with being comfortable with was being in town while a movie was going on. And even then, the focus was never on her. The incident out by the Crystal Empire, that was one helluva way to receive exposure therapy, but she still wasn't comfortable. "Well, they ain't gonna start with us." She started to pick up her pace a little, eyes darting a
[2015-03-04 13:50:05] * CopyCat blinks, then turns to Noble_Heart and Shatara. "Hmm... It looks to me like most of the gathering zebras are more interested in the Cutlass than they are us."
[2015-03-04 13:50:24] * Shatara blinks and tilts his head, looking over the gathering crowd.
[2015-03-04 13:50:45] * Noble_Heart tilts her head to one side and frowns. "That's very unusual." she pauses a moment. "Ah. They must be looking for the Griffin's Goblet. If they seek escape it is their greatest hope."
[2015-03-04 13:51:09] * CopyCat averts her eyes bashfully. "N-not that I /wanted/ to be the centre of attention, or anything..."
[2015-03-04 13:53:18] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Mwana pushes the way through to an open-faced food market that looks to be serving bowls of noodles spiced with purple leaves and grilled strips of rat meat.  The zebra cook's eyes widen at the approach.
[2015-03-04 13:59:47] * Golden_Dream parks herself onto the market stall. "Hey. Uh. Don't suppose you got some fresh fish in? Maybe some nuts, some'a that purple stuff and somethin' that looks like squash?" Oh, who is she kidding, this is a noodle stall. "Jus' gimme a bowl'a that stuff without th' red meat. Red ain't good fer' yer' gut."
[2015-03-04 13:59:55] * CopyCat rubs her chin. "Captain Noble_Heart, do you think we should assist?"
[2015-03-04 14:01:12] * Noble_Heart contemplates that. "We would prefer to remain out of the conflict unless it turns violent. The zebras are, thus far, just crowding around. A natural reaction to those who brought back what might be their only hope."
[2015-03-04 14:04:04] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Mwana translates and the zebra cook nods fervently, diving into the work like someone under the clock.  Voices, some upset and some nervous, crowd behind.  The zebra youth whom Mwana had words with earlier shoves up to the boy and says something that Parlay translates as, "Is it true?  You really went and dug up the cup of worlds?"
[2015-03-04 14:05:11] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Parlay helpfully translates the fretful words of one of the kid's companions as, "I wouldn't get so close to those!"
[2015-03-04 14:05:27] * CopyCat nods. "Very true. We might just get in the way." She continues watching the scene unfold but changes the topic of conversation. "If we were to choose just three colours then, which three best invokes a rainbow?"
[2015-03-04 14:08:56] * Noble_Heart contemplates that. "Red, Green and Blue?" She contemplates that and tilts her head to one side. "We are not sure." She moves to the edge of the skyship and watches the Cutlass. "We do not want to make too much trouble if it's avoidable. And it seems that our action would likely only exacerbate whatever tensions exist."
[2015-03-04 14:13:07] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Mwana's response translates to "None of your business" with a side of suggested inbreeding.  The two begin to argue, passionately and threateningly, at a rate faster than Parlay can translate.
[2015-03-04 14:14:03] <Mare-Do-Well> 3The zebra cook speedily shoves a bowl of (actually fairly good-smelling) noodles under Golden_Dream's nose.
[2015-03-04 14:14:55] * Golden_Dream starts to slurp up some of those noodles. Mmmm.
[2015-03-04 14:15:51] * Golden_Dream turns around and wipes her mouth on the back of her hoof. "Can I help y'?"
[2015-03-04 14:23:02] <Mare-Do-Well> 3The zebra's cohorts back up nervously, as if Golden_Dream and Bookwright might be contagious.
[2015-03-04 14:23:37] * Bookwright whispers, "I suspect not. Also, I think maybe we're about to become massively unpopular. Perhaps we should meander back to the airship while our head bones are are still connected to our neck bones?"
[2015-03-04 14:26:15] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Above, the guards on the dock seem to be keeping the zebra townsfolk back, but the argument with the dockmaster has merely resulted in the pirates setting up their turret on the gangplank to the /Cutlass/ rather than on the docks.  Higher up, the yellow-and-green airship's crew is apparently readying the ship's lower guns.
[2015-03-04 14:30:56] * Golden_Dream grits her teeth. "Feel free, Bookie. I don't go back on a promise, though. Wouldn't be right fer' Shatara." She looks back. "Now, if yer' gonna start makin' moves on Mwana here, at least wait until I ain't around. 'Cause I ain't really in th' mood right now t' take shit. The Quetzlcoatl Empress took a lot outta me t' banish. Took a lot outta all us ponies. So you can either sit down and eat you some noodles, or get lost."
[2015-03-04 14:34:46] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Mwana pushes coins towards the cook, getting bowls for himself and Bookwright while exchanging more words with the other zebra youth.  He turns to Golden_Dream.  "I think we should take our meals back to the ship.  Wait for things to simmer before continuing your tour of lovely Tres."
[2015-03-04 14:36:40] * Bookwright whispers again, "It would really, really suck to get mobbed by a bunch of angry zebras. Can you keep the antagonizing down please? Mwana is right. I'll take the food for us so you're free to use your weapon if you have to. Let's go."
[2015-03-04 14:43:55] * Golden_Dream sighs. "Fine." She looks back at the chef. "Gimme some of that rat meat, some of that purple stuff, and some of those noodles, uncooked. I'll whip somethin' fancy up fer Shatara and whoever with 'em." She moves a couple of coins to the merchant. More than enough for two people to eat with.
[2015-03-04 14:46:47] * CopyCat ear twitches, sensing her friend's anxiety. "Golden_Dream and Bookwright seem worried. I think they're attracting a crowd, too. But I don't feel like they're in danger yet."
[2015-03-04 14:50:26] * Get_Lost is drawing. this helps a lot her to relax.
[2015-03-04 14:50:57] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Fortunately, the push back to the /Rainbow Connection/ doesn't require the usage of weapons (although a little brandishing does prove helpful)>
[2015-03-04 14:53:24] * Golden_Dream grumbles on her way back to the ship. What's she going to cook now? Ugh, well, if she can whip up a source of fire, maybe she can pull off some pan-fry noodles. She still needs a vegetable to round out the flavor, though. She wished she had a pepper or two.
[2015-03-04 14:56:55] * Bookwright slurps some noodles. "Mmm, street food. Always worth trying."
[2015-03-04 14:57:01] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Mwana consoles her.  "Don't worry.  We'll sneak out later and hit up a veg-shack."
[2015-03-04 14:59:41] * Get_Lost trots to kid "hey kid, did you find some interesting scrap out there? we averted a sabotage"
[2015-03-04 15:00:52] * Golden_Dream gives a cocky grin to Bookwright. "You ain't ever had something of mine that weren't based on real bad scarcity. I swear, I can cook a storm if I feel like it." She eventually gets to Get_Lost. "Nah. Crowd started getting real bad before I could do tons'a shopping. Although, I did wind up sellin' off a bunch of junk." She seemed alarmed. "Wait, who's tryin' t' sabotage us?"
[2015-03-04 15:02:42] * Get_Lost "i dont' know... probably some idiot... they sent a rigged spritebot, i think i blocked it. you can never say with those things, but i think we're fine... so... the locals were just curious or they wanted to lynch you?"
[2015-03-04 15:03:55] * Noble_Heart shakes her head. "Some of the local pirates came by to tell us that we would be better off in their care. But We were not intimidated. And thus far the locals seem more concerned with the goblet than with us."
[2015-03-04 15:04:05] * CopyCat smiles at Get_Lost and Bookwright. "I'm glad you're okay. The zebra seem to be very interested in the Cutlass right now. Noble thinks it's to do with the Griffin's Goblet, and I think she's right."
[2015-03-04 15:04:49] * Golden_Dream huffs. "Sounds about right. Now if you'll excuse me, I gotta try t' use what we got t' whip up a romantic dinner somehow. There a kitchen around here?"
[2015-03-04 15:05:04] * Bookwright nods. "Parley translated some comments from the crowd. It appears our finding that goblet has caused a stir. Not sure why though. They seemed afraid of us."
[2015-03-04 15:05:45] * CopyCat bats her eyelids. "Afraid? Of little ol' me?"
[2015-03-04 15:08:35] * Noble_Heart shakes her head. "If the zebras here have stories such as the ponies of Equestria have about zebras? It is no wonder they would react with fear and curiosity."
[2015-03-04 15:09:11] * CopyCat rubs her chin. "Perhaps I should get stripes after all. And then run a campaign based around the kissing of babies."
[2015-03-04 15:10:33] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Jugeote frowns at the growing commotion.  She tells Shatara, "I really should run back to my ship and check on things.  I won't be gone long though.  Captain will want at least one of us over here, in case things get exciting."
[2015-03-04 15:11:38] * Shatara looks up at the threatening ship, and back to her before nodding quietly.
[2015-03-04 15:11:50] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Mwana comments to Noble_Heart in passing, "I'd hate to hear the stories ponies have about zebras."
[2015-03-04 15:13:57] * Golden_Dream scratches her head as she puts away the groceries. "Stories about zebras, or zebra legionnaires?"
[2015-03-04 15:16:20] * Golden_Dream looks up. "CopyCat, how 'bout you get up there with Parlay and make sure they ain't killin' each other up there?"
[2015-03-04 15:19:32] * Bookwright "To most ponies, zebras are an old enemy of Equestria. The balefire bombs feature prominently, but to most ponies nowadays the Enclave and Red Eye were bigger threats."
[2015-03-04 15:19:43] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Mwana frowns.  "Old empire's legion is dead.  Unless you have stories about the new Imperial Legion?"
[2015-03-04 15:20:15] * Mare-Do-Well 3looks to Bookwright curiously.  "The who?"
[2015-03-04 15:20:24] <Mare-Do-Well> 3(redact!)
[2015-03-04 15:20:31] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Mwana looks to Bookwright curiously.  "The who?"
[2015-03-04 15:21:07] * Mare-Do-Well 3nods at the mention of the Enclave.  Then echoes, "Who?" in regards to Red Eye.
[2015-03-04 15:22:08] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Mwana jumps again as Mare-Do-Well makes her ghostly presence heard.
[2015-03-04 15:22:44] * Bookwright "Um. Remnants of the Equestrian military. Pegasi, mostly. They... did some very, very bad things around the time the Lightbringer took out the Goddess."
[2015-03-04 15:23:40] * CopyCat shuffles in place, rubbing the back of one of her front legs with her other hoof before answering Golden_Dream. "Umm... yes. Yes I will. In a little bit."
[2015-03-04 15:25:44] * Golden_Dream waves dismissively. "Trust me, 'y get used t' it." She elaborates on top of Bookwright. "Buncha' fools that used t' believe that th' sky belonged t' them and th' earth was jus' somethin' that needed t' be wiped clean, and a slaver what used raiders t' do his dirty work and built an entire fuckin' empire based off th' currency of Equine sufferin'. Also had a huge ego."
[2015-03-04 15:26:33] * Get_Lost frowns "a lot of my fellow crusaders parents were killed during operation cauterize..."
[2015-03-04 15:27:42] * Bookwright "Red Eye... Um. He practiced egalitarian extremism. Uh. He had a vast slave empire that was rebuilding Phillydelphia. He's dead now, fortunately. I think some of his slavers are still out there, not yet run down by the NCR."
[2015-03-04 15:27:59] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Mwana looks sad and a little worried.  "Not the story the Empire has been giving, but doesn't sound any better."
[2015-03-04 15:29:14] * Golden_Dream sighs. "Someone got rid of Red Eye. Jus' about got rid of th' Enclave, too. At least they became awful aware that th' sky ain't theirs no more."
[2015-03-04 15:29:18] * Bookwright harrumphs. "All these factions all wanted to 'save' Equestria, to restore it, or to remake it. So did the Lightbringer, even though she didn't participate in the activation of Gardens of Equestria herself. She's the only one who succeeded."
[2015-03-04 15:32:02] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Mwana thinks a moment, then says, "After we're gone, watch out for yourselves.  You need to be really careful... especially if you head towards the core.  Here in the free city, zebras aren't likely to be inclined to believe the official stories about Equestria.  But head inwards, and you'll find those who only know what Roam tells them."
[2015-03-04 15:32:56] * Bookwright "What are the official stories about Equestria? I mean besides the obvious ones related to Luna and Equestria shooting first?"
[2015-03-04 15:33:20] * CopyCat ear-flicks. "Perhaps we may need to learn what Roam is telling them."
[2015-03-04 15:33:26] * Golden_Dream gives a grim chuckle. "T' hear Dad say it, though, he honestly believed that he was doin' good by folks. Called th' day when th' cloud layer cleared up 'th' day the sky fell'. Momma had t' beat some sense int' him. Fer' th' most part, she succeeded. Still dressed up every Decoration Day, though."
[2015-03-04 15:34:07] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Mwana sighs.  "Poisoned land.  Hordes of undead.  Wandering bands of nearly mindless, lunatic pony barbarians.  Savage and cannibalistic.
[2015-03-04 15:35:10] * Mare-Do-Well 3continues, "Except for the ponies still living in underground pony vaults.  Where their food comes from zebra farms."
[2015-03-04 15:35:19] <Mare-Do-Well> 3(ack redact)
[2015-03-04 15:35:25] * Mwana 3continues, "Except for the ponies still living in underground pony vaults.  Where their food comes from zebra farms."
[2015-03-04 15:36:22] * Golden_Dream chuckles. "Hey, I'll have y' know one a' m' best friends used t' be undead." She... Seemed really surprised at that. "Seriously? No. Not unless there were one /really/ fucked up one that I ain't acquainted with."
[2015-03-04 15:37:07] <Mwana> 3Mare-Do-Well pokes a transparent hoof through Golden_Dream with a look of "used to be?"
[2015-03-04 15:37:29] * Mwana 3looks to Bookwright and CopyCat.  "The worst story is that ponies in the vaults particularly like eating zebra foals.  According to Roam, you call it 'veal' and consider it a delicacy."
[2015-03-04 15:37:58] * Bookwright "All those except the last one are correct... about twenty, uh, thirty years ago? Gardens of Equestria cleaned up the poisoned land, and the NCR is quickly cleaning up the barbarians, for good or ill. The Stables are all empty too, at least, the ones we found. Sad, awful stories."
[2015-03-04 15:38:17] * Golden_Dream gives Mare-Do-Well. "Hey, I was still talkin' about ol' Crackpot. Yer' one a' my besties."
[2015-03-04 15:38:36] <Golden_Dream> (gives Mare-Do-Well a smarmy look.
[2015-03-04 15:38:46] <Golden_Dream> (CLOSE PARENTHESIS. ARG.)
[2015-03-04 15:39:05] * CopyCat blinks at looks at Mwana sincerely. "Are zebra foals especially tastey?"
[2015-03-04 15:39:19] * CopyCat blinks and*
[2015-03-04 15:39:37] * Bookwright "There have /been/ some cannibal tribes, but those are gone too. As far as we know, none of the pony Stables practiced. At least, not while they were still operating to the benefits of their inhabitants. Shatara would have to speak for his own Stable."
[2015-03-04 15:40:17] * Bookwright "We don't eat meat if we can avoid it, it's not easy to digest. Gives me gas like you wouldn't believe."
[2015-03-04 15:40:19] * Mwana 3gives CopyCat and incredulous and appalled look.
[2015-03-04 15:41:22] * Bookwright "And we /certainly/ don't eat zebras. Even if we did, there very nearly aren't any zebras in equestria... Most ponies have never seen a zebra. Like most of your folks have never seen a pony."
[2015-03-04 15:44:15] <Mwana> 3Jugeote returns, panting a little.  She brushes back strands of her mane from her eyes.
[2015-03-04 15:44:53] * Golden_Dream relaxes a little, offering Jugeote her canteen. "What's th' news?"
[2015-03-04 15:46:10] <Mwana> 3Jugeote smiles to Shatara.  "Looks like Council has word of the Goblet... as does everyone else."  As if on cue, a teeth-hurting grinding sound echoes through Tres as the silo doors swing shut.
[2015-03-04 15:46:57] * Shatara is about to ask her what is going on, when the overpowering screech of metal drowns out everything.
[2015-03-04 15:48:09] * CopyCat giggles at Mwana. "I was just curious." Then she continues a little more quietly. "Like you may be interested in how Goldie taste~" Her words are cut short by the screech of metal from above.
[2015-03-04 15:48:34] <Mwana> 3Jugeote rolls her eyes.  "I was waiting for that."  To Shatara, "We're sealed in now.  I'm sure they're closing the others up too, just to make sure.  Some families don't trust the Wameli not to run off with the Griffin's Goblet and leave without them."
[2015-03-04 15:50:28] * Golden_Dream looks between Jugeote and Mwana, seeming a tad lost. "Okay, seriously, is there a reputation in th' Wameli family that I ain't aware of? 'Cause this seems a bit overkill."
[2015-03-04 15:54:54] * Bookwright "How long do you think it will take to resolve this?"
[2015-03-04 15:55:45] * Mwana 3shrugs.  "Probably a few days.  Depends on how much bluster the other families need to vent.  But they can't seal us for too long.  Bad for business."
[2015-03-04 15:57:05] <Mwana> 3Jugeote admits to Shatara, "To be fair, we absolutely plan to."
[2015-03-04 15:58:49] * Golden_Dream looks between Jugeote and Shatara. "Why?"
[2015-03-04 16:01:15] <Mwana> 3((Jugeote is speaking Griffin.))
[2015-03-04 16:02:31] * Shatara is doing his best to keep the others up on the conversation, though is clearly looking exhausted by it, especially after the dealings with the council.
[2015-03-04 16:03:03] * Noble_Heart looks upwards towards the grinding and screeching and frowns. "Well, it seems that our new airship is not leaving very soon." She sighs quietly. "The only zebras most equestrians have met are the Angels. And they are not terribly prone to leaving their homes."
[2015-03-04 16:03:50] <Golden_Dream> ((Redact then!)
[2015-03-04 16:08:56] * CopyCat nods. "At least we'll have time to pick out colours for the ship."
[2015-03-04 16:12:47] * Bookwright "I think we should use vermillion, at least."
[2015-03-04 16:14:38] * Noble_Heart points out, "We still need to design a flag as well." She contemplates something curiously. "We wonder if the goblet could force open those doors above. Or if it merely opens portals to other realms."
[2015-03-04 16:16:03] * Bookwright "I don't think opening those doors would be a good use for the goblet, unless the sacrifice was something really tiny. And even then, we shouldn't. Because that would surely make us personas non grata in The Silos."
[2015-03-04 16:16:32] <Shatara> "Or if mere steel would stop a portal at all..."
[2015-03-04 16:18:14] * Golden_Dream helpfully adds, "Persona non-whata?"
[2015-03-04 16:21:15] * Bookwright "Oh, sorry. It means they would kick us out permanently at best."
[2015-03-04 16:24:46] * Golden_Dream looks up at the silo doors. "... Somehow, between th' whole drama with th' Goblet and th' weird feelin' that we're about t' get into a whole heap of trouble, I'm guessin' that's a given."
[2015-03-04 16:26:47] * Noble_Heart frowns. "We suspect that there is a war coming. Depending on what conditions there are on the use of that goblet. There are a great many zebras here seeking a place to flee to. If the goblet is like the amulet and requires a sacrifice to power it based on how powerful what it is trying to do is..." Her frown deepens. "To move an entire city would doubtless be costly indeed."
[2015-03-04 16:28:34] * CopyCat nods. "I think you may be right, Golden_Dream. Still," she says, with a flick of her mane. "We can look fabulous no matter what."
[2015-03-04 16:31:25] <Mwana> 3--- End of Session ---