Group 4 Session 33

<uSeaGM> **Group 4 Session 33**

<uSeaGM> With the slaves safe and Prefect promising to stay behind to keep the megaspell from firing, our party traveled traveled to the Red Cross hospital where they received a heroes welcome. Treatment for Milia's addiction began at once and lasted for two grueling days with another day of rest so she could recover from the ordeal. Her physical addiction is gone but the temptation still itches at the back of her mind.

<uSeaGM> The rest of our party visited their zebra friend frequently but they also took the opportunity to relax. They heard the local gossip, like about how large metal statue-like stallion's have been seen near the Stable-Tec labs and about the plague of small scuttling robots that are painting the town red.

<uSeaGM> While waiting our party was asked to lend a hoof around the hospital. Atom's assistance with the Red Cross' patients was much appreciated since their head doctor, Sweet Heart, was busy tending to Milia. Spectre was sought out to help fix a network issue with several of the turrets protecting the hospital.

<uSeaGM> Artifica's mechanical knowledge was put to the test repairing the plumbing to the second floor. Not a glamorous task but it meant everypony could finally have a hot shower, yay! Meanwhile Cerberus' new cutie mark made her quite popular with the local foals and she proved scarily good at hide and seek.

<uSeaGM> Three days have passed since our group's arrival and they are fresh-faced and ready to continue their journey. Speaking of which, they arrive in the hospital lobby just in time to see a ghoulish pegasus with a golden PipBuck showing a letter to a nearby pony. He looks a little nervous but he reads the front and points the mailmare towards the group. She trots over holds out the letter. You've got mail!

* Cerberus obviously, of all the ponies she decides to read the mail "ah.... i think.... uh... that there is something written in it...." tries licking the envelope to see if it gives some more clue

* Milia whimpers a bit upon stepping out into the lobby. "Never...want to go through that...again...-" she perks up, though, when she sees a certain ghoul in the entryway. "-mail's here!"

* Spectre stifles a yawn. She forgot how...relaxing being here had been.

* Artifica gives the mail mare a big smile and a friendly wave, then peeks at the letter, reading aloud for Cerberus' sake.

<uSeaGM> The letter is from Earl Grey asking you to return to his manor as soon as you are able. You remember talks of being paid for investigating the possibility of slaver activity.

* Milia scrunches her nose at the prospect of having come all the way back here, only to head out again to go right back to the manor. "You'd think he could just...courier our payment or something to us directly. Maybe he got a gyro bowl or something with Sweetie Belle's colors or something and he wants to show us..."

* Cerberus shrugs "i'd rather forfait the pay if i dont' have to go back there...."

* Spectre tilts her head

* Cerberus thinks twice "no wait, there were a lot of fun ponies there... ah.... we should go"

* Milia chuckles at Cerberus. "If nothing else, we need to get sweet, sweet compensation. Creepy filly-room or no."

* Milia shifts her attention over to Ditzy Doo. "Oh! That reminds me! Did you get the stuff?!" she practically bounces up and down, anxious to hear the answer.

* Artifica raises an eyebrow.

* Cerberus decides to poke a bit at the ghoul, to see if they are just squishy or sponge-like squishy

<uSeaGM> The ghoul tilts her head, confused for a moment, then nods and points to the letter again.

* Milia facehooves. "Oh. Crap. You left it with him, didn't you."

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<uSeaGM> Ditzy is indeed squishy and she pats Cerberus on the head. Turning back to Milia, she writes on her blackboard: 'Grey sent the request.'

* Milia taps a hoof to her chin. "Well...at least we probably won't have to pay for it then..."

* Blastwave is now known as No_One

* Spectre smells tea and wonders where it's coming from

<uSeaGM> The ghoul nods again but she seems eager to be going.

* Milia smiles at Ditzy. "Oh well, sorry to keep you. Thanks for the, uh, visit!"

* Spectre smiles and waves

* Milia waves at the mare as well.

* Cerberus sniffs her own hoof and then waves at ditzy "i think she was somehow famous...."

<uSeaGM> She smiles back and trots out the front door, taking the smell of tea leaves with her.

* Artifica calls out after her, "Thank you.  Have a pleasant day."  She waves.

* Spectre sniffs "Oh she had the tea...Now I want tea. I wonder if there is any here..."

* Cerberus tilts her head "i'd like tea tooo, and a muffin.... go figure"

* Artifica trots back.  "Always nice to meet the ones that aren't trying to eat you"

* Spectre chuckles

* Milia laughs. "Tea sounds nice...muffins too, for that matter."

* Terminal is now known as AtomBell

* uSeaGM gives voice to AtomBell

* AtomBell has been updating Sweetheart on the treatments and patient statuses from the last few days as she hands the reigns back over to their proper pony

* Spectre 's tummy growls "Think we could get some food before we head out?"

* Artifica licks her lips.  "Weird.  I'm craving muffins too.  Why is that?  Is somepony cooking them?"

* Spectre shrugs "Dunno. I hope somepony is cooking them."

<uSeaGM> Sweetheart hugs AtomBell and gives her a small bag of potions before she leaves. "Thank you and your friends so much for your help. Please take these as a gift."

* AtomBell smiles and hugs the mare back, "Thank yee, Sweetheart, fo' helpin wor bairn yeut."

* Cerberus taps her chin "i know how to cook radigator on a stick... i don't think it's the same"

* Milia spins and looks her friends in their eyes. She looks SUPER serious. "It's settled, then. We...must get muffins. We must!"

* Spectre throws her forelegs in the air "Muffins!~"

* Artifica grins, taking a dramatic stance.  "MuffinQuest begins!"

* Spectre giggles "Let me go grab Atom and we will be off!"

* AtomBell trots off to rejoin the group after saying her farewells.  Walking up behind Artifica, she can only stare in confusion, "Wut."

* Spectre turns around "I GOTS AN ATOM! LETS GO!"

* Milia nods. "Yes, yes...and like any good quest...there's no way we can possibly complete it in our starting location, for that would be an anticlimax of unforgivable proportions!" she puffs out her chest, orating her next sentence in a dramatic, grandiose voice:

* Cerberus "muffins!" the little filly pauses "wait, whare are we going now?"

* AtomBell gives Spec a kiss on the cheek, turning to see the rest of the group, "Um, alreet then, ah guess everypony's ready tuh gan then?"

<Milia> "Yea! We must travel to yonder township, verily, in order to complete this task!"

* Cerberus nodnods "can i shoot something then? or at least chase duckie?"

<Spectre> "Duckie?"

* Cerberus retrieves her rubber duckie and squeaks it "duckie!"

* No_One is now known as Hatari

* AtomBell playfully hits Milia on the shoulder, "Neeo who's talkin funny?"

* Spectre dies of cuteness overload

* Cerberus i decided to call her duckie because she's a duck, see?

<Spectre> "So what, just toss it and let you run after it?"

* Cerberus nodnods "yes, it's fun!"

* Spectre grins "I can so that!"

* AtomBell can't look directly at the adroable

<Cerberus> perfect, then i will come!

* Spectre claps her forehooves "yay!"

* Milia fwaps Atom playfully with her tail. "Just don't start hitting me shovels or anything, missy."

* Spectre snerks

* RainbowYoshi is now known as STeve

* STeve is now known as Steve

* Milia thrusts a hoof toward the exit, triumphantly. "Now, ONWARD!"

* Milia strides with a completely undeserved air of haughtiness as she exits the building.

* Spectre giggles and looks at Cerberus "Well then lets go!~"

* Cerberus sits down and waits for the group to move, then walks immediately behind the group's vanguard, trying to spot every possible ambush

* Spectre takes duckie and tosses it lightly for Berry

* Cerberus forgets about guarding and starts chasing the toy.... silly filly is silly

<uSeaGM> The group find themselves once again walking through the ghost town. They see flashes of movement in the corners of their eyes but EFS remains blank and nothing seems to threaten. A couple of times they turn fast enough to see small round red robots scurrying through the urban debris. Occasionally they come across a house, seemingly chosen at random, painted entirely in red.

* AtomBell takes up her spot in the middle of the group.

* Spectre giggles. Adorable filly is adorable.

<Spectre> "This place got weirder while we were in the hospital."

* Cerberus do you think that something went wrong at the stable building?

* Milia takes a bewildered look at the red buildings. "...and weren't they programmed for a different color?"

* Cerberus "we should drop in and check if everything is fine...."

<Milia> "And...didn't we have a house around here?  Think they got that too?"

* AtomBell watches the ruins, uncomfortable.

<Spectre> "You mean the town hall or did you all take over someplace else. and what the hell did y'all do?"

* Milia nods at Spectre. "Yup, that's the one. Also we met some robots. They were /adorable/!"

* AtomBell keeps her head down.

<Milia> "They had paint wars.  Red vs. Blue!  Hundreds of tiny little combatants, all vying for chromatic supremacy!"

* Spectre blinks "The ones currently make the city look like it's on it's period?"

* Milia takes another look around. "I guess...red won."

* Spectre giggles "You think?"

<AtomBell> "That's wot wes in the lab?"

* Milia blows a raspberry at Spectre. "Hush, you! What I'm just a bit...perplexed by, is how they got out."

<Spectre> "Did you leave the door open?"

<Milia> "Last we saw they were content just to stick to their little one room showcase area!"

<AtomBell> "Wait, yee aaal divvint let them yeut?" Atom asks, finally looking up

* Milia balks. "Oh puh-lease! What do you take us for!-" she leans over to Artifica. "...did we leave the door open?..."

* Cerberus thinks for a moment "we shouldn't have left it open.... but i'm not sure we didn't it..."

* AtomBell sighs, and bows her head again.

* Spectre blinks

* Artifica tries to remember.

* Artifica offers, 'Well, either way, they're cute.  And red is a nice color."

* AtomBell nods to something.

<uSeaGM> It doesn't take them long before they find the high walls of New Hope, surrounded as it is by a barren no-mare's land. It's a little less barren now, streaked by lines of red that would look kind of gruesome if they weren't perfectly straight. Ponies run around the battlements with big nets to try and catch the few little robots scuttling up the walls.

* Milia blinks a few time. "...agreed."

<Spectre> "Still looks like these buildings need a tampon. River of fucking blood."

* Milia bites her lip, seeing the occasional kerfuffle between the painterbots and the townsponies. "They look...annoyed."

* Cerberus "well, at least they're not ghouls, i guess? we should go there and ask if they need help"

* Spectre bursts out laughing "Okay at least watching this is amusing as Tartarus."

* Milia blows a lock of her mane out of her eyes. "I guess we should...we DID kinda cause it, after all. Probably."

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<Spectre> "There a way to remotely program them from that lab?"

* Milia looks deep into her repository of memories. "You can...make them paint a different color. That's about it."

<Milia> "So, if we wanted, say, a green town, or a blue town, or a purple town, we could totally swing that!"

<Milia> "But why would you?  Red is so much prettier."

* Milia flutters her eyes playfully at Spectre.

* AtomBell plods along, "Red's an alreet color."

<Spectre> "If you can remotely command them to change colour there's probably a fallback to shut them off for repairs somewhere

<Spectre> "And I didn't say I would change the colour!" she points at her black and red mane "I gots red! I like red!"

* Milia pokes Spectre in the side. "You're free to try! Just make sure Raritron and Sweetie-Bot are okay with it. No need to piss off the robo sisters, especially after what we did to reunite them."

* Spectre blinks "What-what and what-what

<Spectre> *?"

* Milia facehooves. "Oh, right! I forgot to mention! There's other robots living down there; Rarity and Sweetie Belle robots."

* AtomBell blinks in synch with Spec

* Cerberus tries to give her two cents "they are nice robots, and wanted just to be happy alone.... maybe this robot madness doesn't depend from them...."

* Cerberus "i think we should go there and check, really... i'm a bit worried"

* Milia nods at Cerberus. "Yeah...and if nothing else...Raribot makes a good cup of tea."

* Cerberus "and they could have muffins"

* Milia grumbles. "That blind, ass-clown of a securitron better not show up though...where does he get off, calling me a striped hipster pony..."

* AtomBell blinks, "Tea?"

* AtomBell shakes her head.  Robots were confusings.

* Spectre giggles "You're not a hipster! You don't have the glasses for it!"

<Spectre> "Atom's totally a hipster. LOOK AT THOSE GLASSES!"

* Cerberus "what is an hipster?"

* Artifica agrees, "We really should check on them.  I'd love to see them again."

<AtomBell> "Ahm a wot neeo?"

* Milia squints as she looks over Atom. "...yeah, now that you mention it..."

* Spectre grins "Read a history book for once~"

* Milia smiles at Artifica. "Me too, let's head on in!"

<Spectre> "I'd like to meet them too!"

<AtomBell> "I'd leek tuh meet them."

* AtomBell agrees with Spec once again.  She boops her marefriend's nose.

* Milia chuckles to herself. "You guys are like an old married couple..."

* Spectre giggles and gives Atom a kiss

<Spectre> "Well we are old but we're not quite married."

<Milia> "Wait...married is the part you correct me on?  Not old?  Does that mean I can start calling you grandma and you'd be down with it?"

* Milia beams a shit-eating grin at the unicorn.

* AtomBell giggles, "Not quite~"

<Spectre> "Grandma can still choke a zebra!"

* Spectre glomps Milia

* Milia clears her throat. "A-alright the-AH!"

* Milia crumbles before she can finish her thought.

* AtomBell doesn't even have to draw her scalpel!

<AtomBell> "And that's what having a marefriend is for~"

* Spectre giggles

* Cerberus makes a bleh face at all the smoochies, but doesn't comment

* Milia wriggles about on the ground underneath Spectre. "Help...zebras...need air...to breathe...air good...maybe...grandma...should skip the muffins and just...have tea..."

* Spectre bites Milia's ear and stands up offering a hoof

* Milia yelps in surprise. She stares up at Spectre for a few seconds before reaching out her own hoof.

* Milia laughs as she dusts herself off.

* Spectre giggles

<AtomBell> "Anypony need a band-aid?"

* AtomBell winks at Berry

<Spectre> "I'm fine~"

<AtomBell> "Oh my brave Spectre~" Atom purrs, going in for a hug.

* Spectre giggles and hug Atom. Today is a good day!

* Cerberus frowns "i think we need to move! bleh, you ponies are so saccarines, sometimes!"

* Spectre crouches down and starts stalking over to Cerberus

* AtomBell let's go and trots over to Berry with a smile.

* Milia leans down and nuzzles Berry. "Only sometimes?"

* Cerberus "well, sometimes you look almost cool and i'll admit that some ponies can fight for their lives... but as soon as you get some rest you become so girly!"

* Spectre attacks Cerberus. WITH HUGS!

* AtomBell boops Berry's head, "Yep, that's ponies~"

* AtomBell steps back to avoid Spec's hug attack.

* Artifica watches this all with barely contained mirth.

* Milia laughs as she sees Berry surrounded by hugs. "Being girly can be fun! You just gotta know when to do it. Like, for example, when getting hugged by a mare! There's no way to look cool getting hugged by a mare, so you might as well roll with it."

* Milia nods sagely. She turns to enter the town, calling out to her friends behind her. "Gonna head in and trade all this crap for caps, come find me when you're done!"

* Artifica finally cannot help it.  She joins in on the Berry-hugging.

* Spectre giggles and calls back "I'll be in in a second!

* Cerberus is easily captured "no, let me go! i don't want to be a pretty girly pony! i'm a badass!"

* Cerberus "i don't want to like being hugged! stop making me like being hugged!"

<uSeaGM> Inside New Hope things are a little more peaceful. Only two of the buildings have been pianted in red and those are quite splotchy. Milia and the others enter the merchant hall and soon find Capsworth, the pony in charge of buying. He has a red stripe of paint running over his back that looks a bit like a tire mark. "Oh it's you lot again. Wonderful."

* Milia glowers at Capsworth. "'You lot again?' What's that supposed to mean!"

* Milia leans to the side, getting a good look at the paint streak. "...dig the racing stripe, though. Does it make you go faster?"

<Spectre> "Hey hey hey! Girly ponies can be badass!"

<Spectre> "Like Milia said, you just gotta know when to get all the girly out so you can be badass when you need to be!

<uSeaGM> He scowls. "It was those little robot things. They're a Celestia-damned menace!"

* Milia scoffs. "Pfffft. They're painting your town for you. For free!"

* Cerberus frowns at the conversation she overhears "well, at least they're not eating your face.... but we will fix this thing, i hope"

* Milia points a hoof at the pony. "Maybe YOU just need a different way of looking at things!"

<uSeaGM> "I was trying to sleep!"

* Milia rolls her eyes. "Oh, come on, do you really NEED to sleep? Maybe this is a sign. That you waste too much time. Sleeping."

<Milia> "Think of all the things you could get done if you didn't spend all that time in bed!"

* Spectre releases Berry and kisses her mane "Come on bad ass. Lets get a move on."

<uSeaGM> "What, are you some kind of Dash-fiend? I'm not looking for fashion advice. What did you want?"

* Milia deflates at that particular jeer. "Oh, right, yeah, sorry...got some stuff to unload."

<Spectre> "Either be nice or I'll sell you my bullets one at a time."

* Spectre trots up behind Milia

* Milia proceeds to dump all her spare guns and pairs of barding onto the floor. She looks down at the mass of unwanted equipment with a slight sense of awe. "...I have no idea how I carried all that..."

* Milia waves at Spectre with a smile.

* Spectre chuckles "Very carefully."

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<uSeaGM> The merchant is similarly taken aback. "Where in Equestria were you keeping that stuff..."

* Cerberus sighs "why...." then pokes at spectre's plot and whispers to her "don't argue with a pony that is supposed to give us caps, okay?"

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* ChanServ gives channel operator status to Artifica

* Spectre leans down and whispers "If he's going to be a dick so am I."

* AtomBell smirks, her good mood restored but for the sake of the foals she doesn't make a crack about Spec being a dick.

* Spectre adds that melted rifle and another suit of security armor to the pile

* Cerberus whispers back "yeah but... i mean... aw, do as you please" then sighs "ponies, go figure"

* Cerberus remembers something and adds "oh, and i need ammo, like, a lot"

* AtomBell is suprised herselfby just how much stuff everypony else seems to have concealed on their person.

* Spectre put her old suit of combat armor down. silly mare.

* Artifica seconds Cerberus.  "Ammo is always good."

<AtomBell> "Aw, sellin the aad armor?" she mumbles to Spec, half-serious.

* Spectre nods "Ammo is indeed good" she looks at Atom "I could keep it if you want. Don't have to sell it."

* AtomBell shakes her head, "I'd fair yee be safe, sweetie."

* AtomBell perks her ears up, "Does anypony nee't batteries fo' their lasor things?"

* Spectre nuzzles "I gots a suit of security armor that'll give about the same amount of protection and is lighter."

* AtomBell nuzzle-nuzzles, "Then gan wi' that."

* Spectre smiles and nods

<AtomBell> "Ah cud sell a few iv me pistols.... nah."

* Artifica frowns.  "I really have nothing to sell.  Or, for that matter, to buy anything with.  Food and a few spending caps would be much appreciated."

<AtomBell> "Ah divvint nee't any medical supplies urgently, but ah cud use a bottle iv whiskey."

<Spectre> "I've got some whiskey. It's for drinkin' though."

* AtomBell nods, "Ah knar Spec, ah nee't it fo' sterilizin things."

* Cerberus frowns "never sell ammo, atom... it's rule number one"

* AtomBell looks down at Cerberus, "Hm?"

<uSeaGM> At the request for Canterlot Guard Armour he shakes his head. "Do I look like one of those Junkyard ponies to you? We don't have that kind of kit for sale."

* Milia sighs. "Well, what about the cloak? Can you do THAT?"

<uSeaGM> "We can fix something together for the cloak. It won't look good but it'll get the job done. I can give it a racing stripe if you'd like."

* Milia narrows her eyes. "...no, no, that'll be fine. I know somepony who can make it look good. Trust me."

* Spectre tilts her head "I need a new cloak too..." She wiggles, looking at her torn and shot up ragged ass cloak

* AtomBell fondly admires that cloak.... and nods.

* AtomBell has quit (Quit: Leaving.)

<uSeaGM> *Much trading occurs*

<uSeaGM> **End of Session for Group 4**