able is jelly about spiders being better than him

[20:49:38] Able_Tome flicked the front door open with a silver-hued telekinetic burst, just small enough to let the door open the its way into warm hall. A sigh of relief and several shaky steps in later, the hood-concealed horn would light up once again, pulling the door shut and barring ticklish winter away.
[20:50:19] <Booze_Hound_> "hey Able"
[20:51:42] <Booze_Hound_> "what can i get you?"
[20:53:23] <Kaiasha> [Silly booze, the right question is: What kind of vodka do you want.]
[20:53:39] <Booze_Hound_> [he drinks more tea than anything]
[20:54:07] Able_Tome breathes in hall's warmth and pulls the hood off, letting a disheaveled mess of a mane let loose, and revealing half of his burned face in the process, "... m'evenin, Booz-*yaawn*-nnh, Booze...", he starts off on an airy note, but gradually gets on his footing, "... the usual... something to warm those bones up."
[20:54:25] <Kaiasha> [When did able get burns?]
[20:54:30] Redlight comes in with a bad of dead birds. "Time for some fried chicken."
[20:54:54] <Able_Tome> [Since middle of last January? The fireball in library? Perma scarring]
[20:55:14] Booze_Hound_ nods and pulls the tea off the stove servign him some "So what have you been up to?"
[20:55:16] Able_Tome proceeds to trot to the counter, but halts next to the bulletin board... a quick glance through notes, nothing more.
[20:55:22] <Booze_Hound_> [first i heard aobut it]
[20:55:32] <Kaiasha> [Oh huh. Trying to imitate Zuko now?]
[20:55:57] <Able_Tome> [pffft]
[20:55:58] <Booze_Hound_> [able and i are burn brothers now, stick together]
[20:56:32] Redlight shows Booze the bag. "Want some?"
[20:56:35] <Able_Tome> [but it's been pretty much a year of RPing, gosh, I swer]
[20:57:28] <Booze_Hound_> "no thanks red, meat doesn't set well with the herbivore diet"
[20:59:13] Able_Tome shakes his head a bit at the lack of... hm... perhaps he could scribble something up for it, but he wasn't sure if a template was in his saddlebags... probably not, bu-- *blink*... "Hm... backlog, huh...", he sniffled and resumed trotting, slowly, to the spot at the counter.
[20:59:37] <Silversun> "Well then."
[20:59:44] Redlight looks disappointed. "Well, suit yourself. I better start cooking them." *goes to the kitchen*
[21:03:52] <Redlight> The bat dumps the birds on a counter and plucks the feathers, then removing heads and claws…over a sink (oh wait, whatever doesn't leave a mess)
[21:05:53] Able_Tome makes a small stop, coughing into his hoof.. While the armored, dark-green overcloak wearing stallion was limping through the hall, he was letting his brown, tired gaze passively scan between tables and present patrons. Some familiar, some unfamiliar faces, then again, it was always difficult to tell in a village filled with vibrant - and not so vibrant - candy horses. Putting
[21:05:53] Able_Tome a little effort into getting himself seated on the stool, the pony grunted, before slumping down against the counter's desk... just about the time when the tea got served... hmm, "... mainly home and slapping critters away from apple trees *cough*... bloody things love munching on the bark..."
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[21:06:27] <Able_Tome> "Though... some embassy activity and vault stuff creeped into the schedule too, again..."
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[21:07:16] <Booze_Hound_> "you're as busy as always"
[21:10:04] Mary_ONette is snoring on Fox's back
[21:10:51] Redlight guts the bird meat and boils a pot.
[21:14:45] Able_Tome snorts, "Not as it used to, no... lots of jobs overtaken by fellows, though that spider business put things into disarray while others recover.", he says and carefully pulled the cup over the counter, closer to his snout
[21:15:10] <Booze_Hound_> "welp the ice queen is taken care of"
[21:15:44] <Booze_Hound_> "Life queen is on our side, death won't come until Life is dead adn the fire queen is a wild card"
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[21:16:43] Able_Tome hm's quietly... though he couldn't help, but quirk his brow at that remark, "Huh...?..."
[21:17:04] Redlight puts the meat in the pot.
[21:17:33] <Booze_Hound_> "there are 4 spider queens"
[21:17:53] <Booze_Hound_> "Life, death, ice and fire"
[21:21:53] <Able_Tome> The Russian-accented grey horse was sirring the cup with the brew, slowly, while watching Booze like a hawk that was preparing to tear a white, fluffy bunny into shreds... hopefully starting with eyes, "... 4 spider queens... really..."
[21:22:55] <Booze_Hound_> "that's what curious told me. A friendly spider visited her when she was at the clinic"
[21:23:42] Redlight adds veggies and seasoning. "This will take a bit longer."
[21:24:33] <Able_Tome> "... so a friendly spider bypassed town's defenses, decided to take a stroll across town, swing by a 'clinic' out of all places, bypassing clinic's personnel, even with security measures due to recent events soaring through the roof..."
[21:24:43] <Booze_Hound_> "tiny spider"
[21:25:04] <Curious> [make sure to tell them it stood on the end of muh nose]
[21:25:16] <Able_Tome> "How tiny are talking about...?"
[21:25:32] <Booze_Hound_> "like normal earth house spiders"
[21:26:06] <Booze_Hound_> "And the huge spiders didn't have a problem getting past our defences"
[21:26:19] Redlight serves herself a plate of avian stew. "Mmm, medium rare." *digs in*
[21:27:59] <Able_Tome> "They sure didn't, because most of them were exterminated even before getting close to walls. For two months."
[21:28:29] Able_Tome finishes stirring the cup and takes a sip
[21:28:48] <Able_Tome> "Almost three months, even."
[21:30:00] FoxTrot bounces Mary
[21:30:00] <Booze_Hound_> "man, do any of these bad guys know how to attack a fortified position?"
[21:30:52] <Able_Tome> "Ok, lets revise it, a 'tiny' house spider goes around town, gets into the clinic which, I still hope, is kept sterile from all alien flora and fauna, and... says something...? Communicates?"
[21:31:06] <Booze_Hound_> "yep"
[21:31:20] <Booze_Hound_> "you'll have to talk to curious for the details"
[21:31:52] Mary_ONette is bounced and snores as she hangs onto Fox
[21:32:15] <Able_Tome> "How. Spiders don't have 'lung' lungs... or vocal cords... 'normally'. A tiny thing like that wouldn't be able to elicit anything loud enough for our ears to catch on to..."
[21:32:30] <Redlight> "These spiders have psychic powers!"
[21:32:43] Redlight butts in while eating.
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[21:33:46] <Booze_Hound_> "able suuuush"
[21:33:52] <Booze_Hound_> "magic pony world"
[21:34:01] <Booze_Hound_> "plants can talk if need be"
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[21:34:15] <Kaiasha> [Fire queen? I don't mean to criticize again, but this all sounds like Adventure Time]
[21:35:51] <Booze_Hound_> [i aint the gm]
[21:36:49] <Able_Tome> "It doesn't negates laws of physics. If I'll crush your throat, you won't be able to talk or even peep a word.... 'magic pony world'. Please.", he huffs, looking displeased... though... that 'psychic powers' remark did caught up his attention, making the unicorn looks away at the bat with the corner of his eye, for several seconds... before he groaned and collapsed back on the desk again,
[21:36:49] <Able_Tome> "... don't tell me that a small crap like that can into telepathy. Please don't."
[21:38:20] <Booze_Hound_> "Don't let it bug you"
[21:38:58] <Curious> [bug. get it!?]
[21:39:00] <Redlight> "I heard it's voice in my head. It sounded like a regal siren. I thought all spider creatures were dumb and unable to talk to ponies."
[21:39:18] <Booze_Hound_> [spiders aren't bugs but for this joke they are]
[21:39:47] <Booze_Hound_> "man, when is curi getting back from hoof's place"
[21:42:11] <Able_Tome> "Something *tiny* like that with a telepathic potential... no, that breaks laws... unless it's supercharged or they are under effect of a more powerful vis matrix... Ugh. We cannot control something small like this... it makes our perimenter irrepairably patchy."
[21:43:49] <Kaiasha> [Somewhere outside of fourcannon, a draconequees is watching the scene and laughing his ass off]
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[21:44:28] <Booze_Hound_> "well"
[21:44:35] <Booze_Hound_> "she did say it was glowing"
[21:46:13] <Booze_Hound_> "not only that but our perimenter has always been patchy"
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[21:47:27] <Redlight> "I'll say." *gulps water*
[21:48:28] <Booze_Hound_> "hell i've been going and coming every day with no one knowing about my secret entrance"
[21:49:38] <Able_Tome> "Ugh, because town doesn't invests into defenses and fortificatio-", he dead the fuck pans at Booze, "Central town is *surrounded* by palisade from all sides. You can't simply *enter* the town without passing through a gatehouse checkpoint."
[21:50:13] <Booze_Hound_> "hey, i got some diamond dog friends"
[21:50:28] <Booze_Hound_> "diggy diggy hole isn't hard"
[21:50:51] <Able_Tome> "... so, in other words, compromising perimeter even more?"
[21:51:04] <Booze_Hound_> "it's...a joke?"
[21:51:07] <Lemon_Drop> [TL;DR one does not simply walk into 4C]
[21:52:55] <Booze_Hound_> "but seriously I don't have one. We should look into an emergency exit in case of a well well coordinated attack"
[21:55:20] <Able_Tome> "If I would've been a guard captain, I'd verify on that 'joke'. I know that some mutts were digging holes around a bit too 'enthusiastically' without following general town's plan. Besides, lately shit haven't been that calm, at least for those who don't live in a 'dreamland' of 'everything's fine'. Ugh,--", he blehs and takes a sip, "-- ponies."
[21:58:45] <Booze_Hound_> [brb]
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[22:04:13] Able_Tome takes several idling sips out of the cup and reclines his head against the hoof's pad, watching down at the counter, "... with resources we possess, some defense bolstering should've been done a while back... hm... if only Alerderna's suggestion would've came through..."
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[22:08:39] <Redlight> "I don't know what the council's up to lately. Oh wait, you're council. I didn't say anything."
[22:09:04] <@Booze_Hound> [back]
[22:09:11] Redlight is done eating and stretches.
[22:09:53] <@Booze_Hound> "well to prevent digging we could put a layer of stone under the walls but i doubt we can hit bedrock"
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[22:15:14] Curious skips to her loo, my darling, inside, Ember giggling from his perch beneath the saddlebags "hoof's on board for rootbeer. just need to get the ingredients and everything."
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[22:16:31] <@Booze_Hound> "woot woot"
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[22:20:18] <Curious> "yep. though i'd prefer home grown so we didnt have to keep shelling out bits for it. maybe put some in the greenhouse and garden. At least we could start charging for a few things. maybe make some sort of miniature economy based on rootbeer floats"
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[22:22:21] <@Booze_Hound> "hey curi, can you tell able what you saw with the spider?"
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[22:24:04] <Curious> "The giant nest? Cocoons everywhere...all covered in ice...oh we need to get that armor repaired too. Talk with strong tomorrow..."
[22:24:05] Able_Tome had his thoughts drifting away while he was sipping on the tea... though the mention made him snap back "H-Huh? Oh...", and look at the zebra, "... evening... heard something about four queens and a clinic's visitor?"
[22:24:21] <@Booze_Hound> "Already dropped the armor off"
[22:24:26] <@Booze_Hound> "but the tiny one"
[22:24:30] <@Booze_Hound> "at the clinic"
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[22:26:18] <Curious> "Oh 'noname'. Little guy was about the size of a firefly, if that. Told me about the four sisters of spider...well three now. Offered me an audience with his mother. Haven't decided if it would be uncouth or rewarding to bring her sisters head as a gift. Was told the ice queen nearly wiped out mother life though"
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[22:27:59] <Able_Tome> "Mmhm... heard about the ice one... How small was it and how exactly did it 'communicated'?"
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[22:32:51] <Curious> "Like i said. Firefly. No bigger than a few grains of oats. Communicate? Beats me. Telepathy probably. No way something that tiny could produce any sound at a discernible frequency....well...for humans anyway" she waggles her oversized horse ears
[22:37:09] <Able_Tome> "... you could easily test that out my moving ears around or the head.", he sighs at the 'beats me' part and rubs his face, ".... and this 'noname' is of a 'life queen'?"
[22:40:57] Curious raises an eyebrow, she forgot about rather lackadaisical answers being the non-standard form of communication for most ungulates "so it said. Penache for fruit and not as hostile as her kin. Fire. Ice, life, and death. The four sisters..."
[22:42:47] <Curious> "Hell we even found some cocoons full of fruit at the ice queens...nest" she nods over to Booze "so glad i remembered the molotovs...."
[22:43:34] <@Booze_Hound> "you and me both"
[22:43:47] <@Booze_Hound> "oh able, are you free friday and saturday?"
[22:43:57] <Curious> "And is it just me, Booze, or would about a week without spiders seem like a nice vacation. Im arachnided out?"
[22:44:09] <@Booze_Hound> "same here"
[22:45:28] <Curious> "In fact bugs in general. Its winter, no bugs allowed"
[22:46:08] <Able_Tome> "Don't know yet... things might change by the sound of all this. I still remember huge spiders from Eastern forest..."
[22:46:40] <Able_Tome> "The black one that attacked McCoal, Boris, Aler... hm."
[22:46:58] <@Booze_Hound> "well if you want to help me there are some iron plates in it for you"
[22:47:28] <Curious> "I should make a tinfoil hat and see if that blocks the signal..."
[22:48:10] Able_Tome frowns at Curious "Funny... but it was tested already."
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[22:48:42] Able_Tome hm'd and looked at Booze, "Metal plates?"
[22:48:56] <@Booze_Hound> "yeah we fought a huge iron golem"
[22:49:04] <@Booze_Hound> "i know where the plates are"
[22:49:07] <Curious> "Not on spiders, if this is first you're hearing "
[22:49:11] <@Booze_Hound> "there's about 56 left"
[22:51:27] <Able_Tome> "Ah... the metal golem... those were already recovered by collectors, before that explosion happened.", he said and looked at Curious, "It's same principle. Negating flow of magical field around objects. 'Tinfoil' doesn't works... hm... did you had any white-noise-like interferences while it was communicating...?"
[22:51:58] <@Booze_Hound> "whoa whoa whoa someone took that loot already?"
[22:52:03] <@Booze_Hound> "the fuck?"
[22:57:09] <Curious> "Same principal Need not apply. New cat, new skinning perhaps..." she rubs her chin in thought "aluminum might work better...or a hybrid? Maybe its actually just emitting an all encompassing whine..."
[22:57:57] <Curious> "Vacation may need to wait, i have to find noname again. "
[22:58:01] Able_Tome shrugged at Booze, "All I know is that Vanguards secured the town and tech collectors were dispatched the moment first injured left... though they had hours to prepare, then a day long journey. Town's been scavenged, corpses retrieves and the town hall burned.... at least the 'lieutenant' was pushing for it."
[22:58:36] <@Booze_Hound> "well i still got the head of the golem"
[23:00:47] <Curious> "'Collectors'. So...townsponies. Where did it all go off to then?"
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[23:05:19] Able_Tome raised his brow, "A 'head' of the golem? You lot always loot the most important parts that might have data, you know that?"
[23:06:05] <@Booze_Hound> "i will /loan/ it to the vault for study. But i still haven't gotten my crystal back form them"
[23:08:11] Able_Tome waves his hoof, "No need to with a golem though... they got the idea of how the ice queen brought those up, so metal plates are nothing more than magicless debris.... the crystals?"
[23:08:33] <@Booze_Hound> "the one that was in my hoof"
[23:14:04] <Able_Tome> "Oh, that calcium absorbing crystalline structure? I'm not sure why someone would want something like that, unless they wanted to kill something in a painful way... There are more crystals out there, so 'supply' for tests is not a problem... You sample's probably been lying in a box or something as others came in."
[23:14:54] <Curious> "Oh cool, so plates are useless. I know sling probably could use some large batches of iron."
[23:15:06] <@Booze_Hound> "give a trophy away and that's what they do with it"
[23:15:41] <Curious> "Well...magically useless anyway..so perfect for taking home and making a stove"
[23:20:36] <Able_Tome> "It's... not a 'trophy', but a crystalline sample. Though it did had reaction to that blood, so, other clean samples were taken from the cavern and the 'trophy', I swear-", he rolls his eyes hard at that word, "-, 'trophy' was put away. It's a liquifiable crystal. The more you work and perform tests on it, the more it looses its mass."
[23:21:16] <Able_Tome> "As for metal, gee, entire *town* is filled with stocks of metal. I wonder if ponies ever thought about placing orders, but what do I know..."
[23:21:58] <Able_Tome> "You're saying like metal plates is something out of the ordinary for town's industry.", he snorts and sits down on the floor, next to the stool
[23:22:34] <@Booze_Hound> "no but adding 50 something to the supply helps"
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[23:24:06] <Able_Tome> "All about quality though... plates will probably be tested for hardiness, thermal conductivity, oxides and how uniform the alloy is... just to see if there's anything special chemically about it."
[23:24:48] Booze_Hound is a little offended at that eye roll "and yes able it's a trophy, a memento of an event. My memory is shit so if i need some object to remember my past i'm going to keep it alright."
[23:32:51] Able_Tome would roll his eyes again, "There's a thing called a journal... but I suppose it takes more time and effort to have it going?", he shrugs, "Don't get me wrong, but 'trophy' stuff in my mind associates with those little corny badges little boy and girl scouts squirm all over about... Pass the message to them and they'll return it back, there's abudance of test material as it is."
[23:39:02] Able_Tome shrugs again, "Personal preferences, I suppose... on the trophy matter. Journal offers work with memories and analysis... a 'memento... only an anchor and some sort of sense of 'accomplishment'? Eh, too materialistic, not my cup of tea."
[23:42:10] <@Booze_Hound> "gave my journal away and i still don't like the idea that someone can be reading them"
[23:43:06] Able_Tome blinks, "Why'd'ya give your personal journal away?"
[23:43:33] <Redlight> [booze, can u upgrade mah crossbow? i can't snipe properly]
[23:43:42] <@Booze_Hound> [no idea how]
[23:43:49] <@Booze_Hound> "no idea"
[23:45:17] Able_Tome raises his brow at... "... no idea why gave away you... journal? Who even has it?"... the stallion asked, somewhat expecting that the barpony... forgot? Wut?
[23:45:33] <@Booze_Hound> "i forgot who i gave it to"
[23:45:48] Able_Tome facehoofs
[23:46:12] <Able_Tome> "... an anecdote..."
[23:46:37] <Redlight> "Booze, u can go sell the stew i cooked up. Goodnight." *sleeps in inn*
[23:47:00] <@Booze_Hound> "alright"
[23:52:28] <Able_Tome> "Speaking of which... journal time...", he yawned and trotted to the couch by the fire. Now after some time with his hooves all dried out the stallion could sit down properly into a more or less meditative pose as his aura slowly opened his saddlebag... and carefully pulled out what looked like a marble covered tome...
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[23:54:56] <@Booze_Hound> "I'm going to call it a night, later able"
[23:55:20] <Able_Tome> "Night night... have a good one...", the stallion brought the thick book with golden writing on it, carefully brushing the sapphire carved shape of a horn emblem on the top and gently positions the thing right in front of him
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