FoE PNP Destiny Group Session 16

[17:07] <GM||WavemasterRyx> *** PnP Destiny Group: Session 16 Start ***
[17:07] * Puzzler is now known as Astera
[17:08] <GM||WavemasterRyx> When we last left our heroes, they were staring once more into the great unknown, a dimly lit, mysterious alien ship. We rejoin them now, along with Hopes who, through the magic of friendship, has been there the entire time.
[17:08] <GM||WavemasterRyx> Just beyond the shuttle hatch, the faintly lit green cooridor pulses slowly, almost like it's breathing. It stretches off to the left and right in gentle curves inward.
[17:11] * Swoop steps thru the shuttle hatch. "Huh... not alot to this place, is there?"
[17:11] * High_Hopes looks around at everypony, and then into the maw of the alien craft. "I... really don't like the look of this place..."
[17:12] <Chameleon> "What do you mean by that, Swoop?"
[17:12] <Swoop> "Well they painted it green. Green is boring."
[17:13] <Chameleon> "That looks more like one of those...Whats it...The plants that glow at night back home"
[17:14] <Swoop> "Does not deter my evaluation."
[17:14] <Chameleon> "Still I'm pretty sure they didn't paint it green, it's just green lit."
[17:15] <Swoop> "Regardless! Green is boring."
[17:15] * Swept_Wing leans up against the wall of the shuttle. "It's green, so what? Get a move on."
[17:15] * High_Hopes frowns. "You guys... this is probably a bad idea..." She takes a little offense to that... her eyes are green. "I've s-seen this stuff... in a movie..."
[17:16] * Swoop glances back at Swept. "Keep your tail on, we're going."
[17:16] * Chameleon is moving :I
[17:17] <Swept_Wing> "I'll be here if you need my cannon." He chuckles.
[17:17] * Swoop grins and heads down the hall.
[17:18] * Clara doesn't like the look of this place either. She follows /behind/ somepony who's much better at defending themselves than she is.
[17:18] * High_Hopes looks at Clara or Astera. "I'm not the only one who thinks going in here is a bad idea... right?"
[17:18] * Swoop calls back. "Come on, Hopes. Live a little."
[17:19] * Chameleon 's eyes are green to. and they glow kinda like the walls. just less pulsing
[17:20] * High_Hopes frowns slightly. "That's the idea... I'd probably live longer if... nevermind..." She lowers her head slightly and follows behind Clara.
[17:21] * Astera smiles back at High_Hopes. "The communication we got from this vessle was said to be friendly.. Just be carefull and you'll be fine."
[17:22] * High_Hopes nods slowly, giving Astera an uneasy smile back. She thinks that Astera probably hasn't seen that movie...
[17:23] * Chameleon thinks High_Hopes is paranoid.
[17:23] * Chameleon and watches too many movies.
[17:24] * High_Hopes definitely is paranoid! Where have you been?
[17:25] * Chameleon has only been in about like 6 sessions with Hopes.
[17:25] * High_Hopes wet her pants on the last one!
[17:27] * Clara frowns. "I do not like it either... but we have to try... If they are friendly, then think of what we may be able to accomplish together!"
[17:28] <GM||WavemasterRyx> The hallway continues on, gently curving, like it's going around in a full circle. Swept and Swoop immediately notice small slits at regular intervals in the interior wall, Clara and Astera only noticing after they've passed a few.
[17:28] * High_Hopes thinks that's a pretty big "if."
[17:28] * Swoop glances around as she walks. "Hello?"
[17:29] * Swept_Wing frowns slightly, nudging Swoop. "You seeing these slits?"
[17:29] <Swoop> "Yeah..."
[17:30] * High_Hopes spots the slits that are brought to her attention. It's just like in that movie... that's the last time she watches a movie-holo before bed!
[17:30] * Astera moves up to one of the slits to take a closer look.
[17:31] <GM||WavemasterRyx> A soft clattering noise washes down the hallway, like wooden chimes. It sounds very much like the broadcast you'd heard on the way here, only slightly different rhythm.
[17:32] * Chameleon tilts her head
[17:32] <GM||WavemasterRyx> As Astera approaches the slit, the wall opens up suddenly, revealing a passage heading inward.
[17:32] * High_Hopes jumps a little at the tone.
[17:33] * Astera jumps back, startled. "Ah!"
[17:33] <Chameleon> "Doors!"
[17:33] <Swoop> "Well, now we know what those're for."
[17:33] <Chameleon> "Coooooool."
[17:33] <Chameleon> "Also reminds me of a vagina."
[17:34] * Chameleon makes a :I face
[17:34] * Swept_Wing nods. "Uh h- wat."
[17:34] * Clara blinks and looks toward the new opening. "Okay... this is a little strange!"
[17:34] * High_Hopes looks blankly at the wall-vagina. "We... -really- should leave..."
[17:34] <Swoop> "That's... great, Cammy."
[17:34] * Chameleon giggles
[17:35] * Swept_Wing 's expression is unreadable. "...Yup."
[17:35] * Astera shakes her head. "Dont think Command will be impressed if we left because of a door opening infront of us.." She steps through an ddown this new passage
[17:36] * High_Hopes reaches out to tell Astera that that is a -terrible- idea, but no words come out except "Oh... well... o-okay..."
[17:36] * Chameleon patpat's High_Hopes's back and trots after Astera
[17:37] <Swoop> "So we're supposed to be meeting aliens right?"
[17:38] <Swept_Wing> "Apparently."
[17:38] <Chameleon> "Well it's not like we know where we're going..."
[17:38] * High_Hopes blanches. "A-Aliens... r-right... f-friendly aliens..."
[17:38] <GM||WavemasterRyx> The tunnel is fairly short, leading to an inner cooridor. Now that you know what to look for, you can see other slits a short distance to the left and right.
[17:38] <Swoop> "Where the hell are they? If I was an alien dignitary, I'd meet onies at the door, you know?"
[17:39] * Swept_Wing shrugs. "No idea, but you're right, it seems odd there wasn't a welcoming party."
[17:39] * Swoop fluffs her wings in frustration. "This is stupid. I say we wait at the ship."
[17:40] <Chameleon> "I dunno, that's probably a good idea."
[17:40] <Chameleon> "Probably won't like us wandering around willy-nilly."
[17:40] * High_Hopes nods in agreement. "Y-yes! We sh-should just let them come to us... right?"
[17:40] <GM||WavemasterRyx> The clattering tones wash through the air again, this time markedly different.
[17:40] <Swoop> "If nothing else, this is rude."
[17:41] * Clara frowns. She tries to listen and see if she can discern anything from the sounds.
[17:41] <Chameleon> "...Do we even know what those broadcasts are saying? How are we supposed to talk to them if we can't understand them?"
[17:42] <Chameleon> Command was stupid again weren't they?"
[17:42] <Astera> "Alright, fine.. Lets head back to the ship and wait."
[17:42] <Swoop> "When aren't they. Back to the boat."
[17:43] * High_Hopes nodnods. "G-Great!" She sprints back to the ship as fast as she can.
[17:43] * Swept_Wing nods, turning around and heading back the way they came.
[17:43] <GM||WavemasterRyx> As Clara strains to listen to the noise, she realizes why it sounded so different, the clattering sounded almost like broken up letters.
[17:44] * Chameleon is just following the group
[17:44] * Swoop follows, keeping an eye out for the unexpected.
[17:51] * Clara hesitates, listening until she's absolutely sure before she follows the group. "I think... I may know what those sounds are."
[17:53] <Chameleon> "Hm?"
[17:54] <Swoop> "What sounds?"
[17:54] <Chameleon> "The clattering stuffs?"
[17:55] * Swept_Wing wiggles is moustache
[17:55] <Chameleon> "Like..." She taps her forelegs together, mimicing the last broadcast
[17:55] <Swept_Wing> his*]
[17:55] * High_Hopes is in the shuttle!
[17:56] <Swoop> "Ok, so we've found a ship of changelings then? Or bugs?"
[17:56] * Swept_Wing didn't leave the keys in the ignition this time, so Hopes can't fly off.
[17:57] * Clara shakes her head. "They sound like... letters. In Equestrian. But not quite... Listen!"
[17:57] <Chameleon> "It'd be more chittering if it was changelings, not clattering."
[17:58] <Chameleon> "Also I'd probably be able to pick out some of the words, maybe."
[17:58] <Swoop> "Sorry, I sucked at Morse Code."
[17:58] <Chameleon> "Dunno~"
[17:58] * Swept_Wing rolls his eyes, trotting into the shuttle. "You slept through the class on it."
[17:59] <Swoop> "Thus why I suck at it."
[18:00] <GM||WavemasterRyx> The clattering sounds again. This time, Clara can definitely pick out the words "I" and "no".
[18:01] * Swept_Wing plops back down in the pilot's seat, picking up the radio. "Shuttle One to Destiny Control. Come in Destiny Control."
[18:01] * Clara frowns. "They're trying to say things... 'I'... 'no'..."
[18:02] <Swoop> "They know? They know what?"
[18:03] <Chameleon> "No I think she said 'I' and 'No'..."
[18:03] <Chameleon> "No as in no siree"
[18:03] * High_Hopes hovers over Swept's shoulder. "Please pick up..."
[18:03] <GM||WavemasterRyx> The soft-spoken stallion answers your call, "We read you, Shuttle One. Do you require something?"
[18:04] * Swoop yells, "Don't tell them we're under attack!"
[18:04] <Swept_Wing> "Negative, but we have failed to make contact with the alien presence aboard the ship. Please advise, over."
[18:07] * Clara is once more listening to the noises, trying to see if she can pick out more words, or letters.
[18:07] <GM||WavemasterRyx> "Please confirm previous transmission. Is your team in danger?"
[18:07] * Swoop giggles hysterically.
[18:07] * High_Hopes is very tempted to say "yes."
[18:07] * Chameleon facehoofs. Her hoof. in Swoop's face
[18:08] * Swoop erfs, but keeps giggling.
[18:08] * Swept_Wing glares at Swoop. "Negative Control, but one of them will be if she doesn't shut up."
[18:08] * Chameleon giggles too
[18:08] * Swoop grins. A full-on ear-to-ear grin.
[18:08] <GM||WavemasterRyx> The clattering is much fainter now that you're back in the shuttle, "...t... ...rm..."
[18:10] <GM||WavemasterRyx> There's a small pause before the stallion replies, "Understood. Please stand by, Shuttle One."
[18:10] <Swept_Wing> "Roger Control, Shuttle One standy by."
[18:10] <Swept_Wing> standing*]
[18:11] <Swoop> "Think they heard me?"
[18:11] * High_Hopes leaps into her seat and buckles in.
[18:11] * Swept_Wing glares. "No shit sherclop."
[18:12] * Swoop just grins again as she steps back to the hatch to stand watch.
[18:13] * Chameleon fidgets with her sword so she can sit in the hatch
[18:16] <GM||WavemasterRyx> After a few moments the radio channel opens again, "Shuttle One, your orders are as follows." The stallion's voice is replaced by that of Captain Ticonderoga, "Considering the lack of life forms, you are to remain on-site and continue the mission as a salvage operation. Secure any technology and materials of interest and return to the ship in 2 hours."
[18:16] <GM||WavemasterRyx> There's a soft chime as the countdown clock links to your PipBucks. The stallion's soft voice returns, "Please confirm orders recieved."
[18:17] * Swoop sighs to herself. "That figures..."
[18:17] * High_Hopes blinks. Her heart sinks into the pit of her stomach. "N-No... we c-can't stay!"
[18:17] <Chameleon> "Hopes, just stay in the shuttle if you're that worried."
[18:18] <Swept_Wing> "That's a clear copy Control."
[18:18] <Chameleon> "Honestly how'd you ever sigh up for stuff like this?"
[18:18] <Chameleon> sign*
[18:18] * High_Hopes nods slowly. "But... what if one of you gets hurt? And... I'd... erm... rather not talk about it..."
[18:18] <Swept_Wing> "We will continue the mission as instructed. Shuttle One out."
[18:18] * Clara frowns. "But... what about the message? It is in Equestrian..."
[18:18] <Chameleon> "If one of us gets hurt you're here to fix us up, right?"
[18:18] <Swoop> "Aren't you our medic, Hopes?"
[18:20] * High_Hopes closes her eyes and curls up. "I am! It doesn't mean I want to be, though!" She shouts, shuddering and whimpering softly.
[18:21] * Chameleon frowns "That's kind of mean..."
[18:21] * Swoop huffs. "Well, I'll be sure to not shoot anything that comes at you then."
[18:21] * Swept_Wing stands, moving to the hatch. "We have our orders. Let's follow them, shall we?"
[18:22] * High_Hopes stays put. "Do I -look- like the kind of pony who should be d-doing this stuff?" She says, choking on her tears. "Just... leave me alone..."
[18:23] * Swoop just goes back to looking into the corridor. "I remember her being braver than this..."
[18:24] <Chameleon> "I don't know her that well, but she seemed more...levelheaded than this I guess. This is just stupid. She shouldn't even be here if this is the way she acts..."
[18:24] * High_Hopes turns away from them and sobs into her seat.
[18:24] <Swoop> "Yet another brilliant decision from command."
[18:25] * Swept_Wing sighs. "I'll stay here with her, you guys can continue on."
[18:25] * Chameleon shrugs "Alright..."
[18:25] <Swoop> "Continue on to where exactly?"
[18:25] <Chameleon> "Wait where are we going?
[18:26] * Swept_Wing shrugs. "Dunno. Control just said to 'salvage tech and materials of interest.' Whatever those are."
[18:27] * Clara looks between Hopes and Cammy, frowning. She does not like fighting with each other...
[18:27] * Swoop sighs again. "Of course they did... Fine. Let's go."
[18:27] * Chameleon isn't fighting! She just thinks this is incredibly stupid! She should have broken down /before/ getting here!
[18:28] * Swoop starts back out of the shuttle. Somepony pick a direction."
[18:29] * High_Hopes thinks that it's stupid too! She's -really- frightened, and nopony here is making it any better!
[18:30] * Chameleon is incredibly distracted by plot.
[18:31] * High_Hopes is too busy hugging the shit out of her chair to notice anything.
[18:32] * Clara goes to sit next to Hopes. She gives her a light nudge. "It is okay... I am also worried..."
[18:32] <GM||WavemasterRyx> As Swoop starts her way back into the ship, she notices that the lighting is dimmer than it had been. The clattering sounds have also stopped.
[18:33] * Swoop looks around slowly. "Now that isn't ominous at all..."
[18:33] * Chameleon looks up from Swoop's plot "Whuzat?"
[18:34] <Swoop> "The lights. They're dimmer."
[18:35] * High_Hopes jumps slightly at the contact. "Yeah... well... You aren't me! I don't even know why I came on this stupid ship!" She cries, her voice muffled by the seat cushion.
[18:40] * Clara smiles slightly. "You wanted to help ponies... did you not?"
[18:41] * High_Hopes shakes her head. "I... I... just... I c-can't..."
[18:41] * Astera has followed Cammy and Swoop into the ship again. "... Lets just get this over with, I doubt the ship is empty. And if we now have order to salavage..."
[18:42] <Chameleon> "They were just talking to us, weren't they?"
[18:42] * Swoop nods. "Keep your ears perked in case they start talking again."
[18:44] * Chameleon nodnods
[18:44] * Clara thinks for a moment. She pulls out two packets of instant coffee. "Would you like to help me find something to boil water? We could have a nice, relaxing drink."
[18:45] * Clara smiles a little. "There has to be something on the ship somewhere, right?"
[18:46] * Swoop heads down the corridor.
[18:46] * Chameleon follows
[18:47] * High_Hopes sniffs and looks up at Clara. "C-Coffee... I... On the ship? I guess... we could..."
[18:47] * Astera glances over Cammys sword, Swoops pistols and her own gatling laser. Well atleast they where armed enough. She follows Swoop and Cameleon. "Have we even seen any tech, other then the doors? It's not like we can pick up a terminal and leave with it... Doubt my tools will work on alien terminals anyway."
[18:47] <GM||WavemasterRyx> The corridors look just as they had before, except dimmer. The hallway between rings still open as you approach them.
[18:48] <Swoop> "Kinda reminds me of that bunker we got Swept out of."
[18:48] <Swoop> "Only more advanced."
[18:48] <Astera> "And.. In space."
[18:48] <Swoop> "That too."
[18:49] * Clara smiles wider. "Good! I always find coffee to be very relaxing." She offers Hopes one of the two packets, and begins looking around for something to boil water with.
[18:49] <Chameleon> "Mmmmm No robots."
[18:49] * High_Hopes takes it with a faint smile. Her cheeks were still soaked in tears, but she nods a little. "Yeah..."
[18:49] <Swoop> "Yet."
[18:51] <Astera> "Or Zebras."
[18:52] <Swoop> "Anypony know how that Zebra is doing? The one we rescued."
[18:52] * Astera shakes her head. "I havn't seen her.. "
[18:53] * Swoop shrugs.
[18:53] <Chameleon> "I haven't either..."
[18:55] * Clara eventually finds a stove and kettle with the supplies. She sets them up and starts to boil some water for their coffee.
[18:58] * Swept_Wing is tinkering with something under one of the consoles. He pokes his head out. "Miss Clara, could you make a cup for me too?"
[18:59] * High_Hopes watches Clara, still blinking the tears out of her eyes. She mutters a quiet "Thank you..."
[19:01] <GM||WavemasterRyx> As the search team heads inward past the second set of tunnels, the lights just marginally become brighter as the floor of the room sinks slightly. Rectangular slits open around the edge of the roof, through which you can see the stars.
[19:01] * Clara nods. "I will gladly make some for you." She sits with Hopes while the water boils. "It is nothing. You needed some help to relax. It is only natural that I help if I can!"
[19:02] * Swept_Wing nods. "Thanks." He goes back to tinkering.
[19:02] <Swoop> "Aliens, why you no have consistency?"
[19:06] * Astera glances up at the stars for a moment. Shaking her head a little. "You know.. Cammy, I've been thinking. If we find an alien, do you think you'll be able to take its form? And.. Would that make you able to talk their language?"
[19:06] <Swoop> "OO, good question."
[19:07] <Chameleon> "Er. No."
[19:07] <Chameleon> "I don't take knowledge or anything..."
[19:08] <Swoop> "Bang goes that idea then..."
[19:08] * Astera wingshrugs. "Oh well."
[19:08] <Chameleon> "Like I could take one of your forms, doesn't mean I'll know anything more about you two."
[19:09] * High_Hopes smiles only a little. "Yeah... I've been kind of on edge recently..."
[19:09] <GM||WavemasterRyx> Part of the floor starts to slowly swell upward into a ball. A quiet clattering coming from it, "... H...arm?..."
[19:10] * Swoop stops dead. "That's new..."
[19:10] <Chameleon> "...Arm?" Cammy wiggles her legs "No arms here."
[19:11] <Swoop> "Harm?"
[19:11] * Astera blinks. "...creepy."
[19:15] <GM||WavemasterRyx> Parts of the ball swell up a little more, forming into approximations of a pony muzzle and ears, "No... harm."
[19:15] * Swoop nods. "No harm. You either."
[19:17] * Chameleon tilts her head "I don't plan on it."
[19:18] * Swept_Wing stubs his fetlock on something sharp, elicting a few choice curses from his muzzle as he rolled out from under the console.
[19:19] <GM||WavemasterRyx> The head shape swivels slowly, almost like it's looking between the three of you.
[19:20] * Astera smiles a little. "We mean no harm. Where you the one sending the message?"
[19:23] * Clara thinks for a moment. "Miss Hopes, is there anything you enjoy? Besides being a doctor? Another passion?"
[19:23] <GM||WavemasterRyx> The mossy head looks to Astera, a crease forming on its muzzle in something of a smile, "Send... I." It pauses, bobbing slightly. The clattering sound resumes, repeating for a few moments before it finally sounds out, "F... fr... iend?"
[19:25] <Chameleon> "Friend~"
[19:26] * High_Hopes nods slowly. "Well... I like... Beethooven... and... Friendship the Gathering... but..."
[19:26] * Swoop nods. "Totally friends." She throws a leg around Cammy. "See?"
[19:27] * Chameleon giggles and nuzzles Swoop "I think he means us and...him? Her?"
[19:27] * Astera smiles wider as she sees the alien copying her smile. She nods taking a gentle step forward. "Yes.. The friendship message, we, the destiny of Equestria, heard it and came to see who was broadcasting it." She glances back at Swoop and Cammy, smirking a little. "Yes, we're all friends here. Ah.. Are you alone?"
[19:29] <Swoop> "I'm gonna go with it untill corrected."
[19:30] <GM||WavemasterRyx> The head smiles a little wider, nodding slowly, "Me...ss...age... alone..."
[19:31] * Clara smiles. "Music! A very nice thing to like! But what is the other one?"
[19:33] * High_Hopes frowns slightly. "Friendship the Gathering... is that card game... I think I showed you once..."
[19:33] <Chameleon> "There's no one else here? Where did they go?"
[19:33] * Astera frowns slightly.. "Oh.. I'm sorry, where you always alone or did something happen?" She glances over the alien. To see if there is anything behind it. "Are you perhaps in need of assistannce?"
[19:35] * Swept_Wing comes trotting back into the crew compartment, a screwdriver clamped in his muzzle. He takes it out. "Friendship the Gathering?" He looks a High_Hopes, taking his Aviators off. "You play?"
[19:35] * High_Hopes blinks and looks at Swept_Wing. "Y-yes..."
[19:36] * Clara thinks for a moment. "Oh! Is that what it is called?" She smiles. "You still need to teach me how to play..."
[19:37] * Swept_Wing nods. "I used to play. Hell, I think I even have my old deck back at home."
[19:38] <GM||WavemasterRyx> The lights in the room pulse slowly as the head nods again, "A... All is... I. Others..." The clattering returns for a few more moments, "...Tr... travel..."
[19:39] * High_Hopes looks between the two of them. "Y-You did? R-Really... I thought I was the only one..." She says, fidgeting around in her saddlebags. She produces a worn leather-bound box and opens it, showing the both of them her cards.
[19:41] * Astera ponders for a moment. "They all just.. left?"
[19:41] * Swept_Wing nods, smiling. He looks over her cards.
[19:42] * Clara looks at Hopes's cards. She doesn't really understand anything about them, but they look nice at least. "Do you have a favorite one?"
[19:43] <Swoop> "Travel where?"
[19:43] * High_Hopes nods slowly. "Well... I... do, sort of." She shows them both this one: http://magiccards.info/scans/en/fvl/10.jpg "He's my favorite... for sure..."
[19:43] <~High_Hopes> "Maybe when we get back... I can show you how to play..."
[19:43] <GM||WavemasterRyx> Somewhere around a dozen lumps swell up in the floor, spread around the room. Each of them reaching a certain size and then shrinking irregularly, the surfaces drawing in until eventually they've all taken on a shape you can recognize as the exterior of this vessel.
[19:44] * Clara looks at it, curiously. "Why is this one your favorite?"
[19:45] <Swoop> "That's your ship."
[19:45] * Swept_Wing nods. "That's a good card there." He scratches at the back of his head. "I don't even remember mine, it's been so long since I've played."
[19:46] * Astera blinks. "You all had your own ship?"
[19:49] * High_Hopes thinks for a moment. "The way his ability works... it wants to help others get stronger... not necessarily by fighting along side them, but working with them... It's... well..."
[19:51] <Swept_Wing> "Kinda like you?" Swept offers.
[19:51] * Clara nods. "That sounds like a very nice card! And a very good reason to like it." She gets up to check on the water.
[19:52] * High_Hopes fidgets in place. "Well... he's certainly alot braver that I am... putting himself out on the front lines to help his friends..."
[19:54] * Swept_Wing shrugs. "Being brave has nothing to do with it, it's the fact that you're helping that counts."
[19:57] * High_Hopes blinks at Swept_Wing, but doesn't say a word.
[19:58] <GM||WavemasterRyx> The head bobs slightly, "Sh... ship..." The tones seem uncertain at the word.
[19:59] <Swoop> "Where were you all going?"
[20:00] * Clara brings the kettle over to pour into cups. She also sets aside Swept_Wing's packet of coffee. She offers first one cup to Hopes, then places one to the side for Swept, then takes one for herself before returning the kettle. She sits with Hopes and stirs her packet into the water.
[20:00] * Swept_Wing smiles at Hopes before opening a compartment, pulling out a rag and a wrench.
[20:01] * Swept_Wing picks up his cup, stirring in the coffee. "Thank you kindly Miss Clara."
[20:01] * High_Hopes does the same, mixing her drink thoroughly with telekinesis. "Y-Yeah... thanks again..."
[20:02] <GM||WavemasterRyx> The head swivels between each of you again, "Travel. Look...ing... for friends."
[20:03] * Swoop grins. "Well, search's over, I'd say."
[20:03] * Astera smiles. "We can be friends."
[20:04] * Swept_Wing sips his coffee before ducking back into the cockpit, going back to tinkering.
[20:06] * Clara smiles. "I like to see ponies happy. And coffee always makes ponies happy!"
[20:07] * Clara thinks for a moment. "Or sometimes chocolate."
[20:07] * High_Hopes smiles faintly and brings the cup to her lips. She wonders what flavor it is!
[20:09] <GM||WavemasterRyx> The head smiles back, "Friends!" The clattering returns, and six spots of red light well up in the floor, rising slowly and blossoming into a set of softly glowing red flowers. They're incredibly fragrant.
[20:09] * Clara doesn't really have any special kind of coffee. Just normal coffee.
[20:10] * High_Hopes hopes that there's some creamer lying around...
[20:10] * Chameleon blinks "Oh cool."
[20:11] * Astera wonders if this this creature is part of the ship in someway. Smiling gently she watches the alien and the flowers.
[20:12] * Swoop ([email protected]) Quit ( Ping timeout: 121 seconds )
[20:14] * Clara is sure there's some. She goes to find it in the supplies, before using some and offering it to Hopes.
[20:16] * High_Hopes smiles and pours a decent amount in her cup. "Thank you..."
[20:16] <GM||WavemasterRyx> The moss indicates towards the flowers with its nose, "Friends... d... dr..." there's another spot of clattering, it's hesitant though, uncertain.
[20:17] <Chameleon> "Didn't catch that last bit."
[20:18] * Astera reaches forward towards one of the flowers with her own muzzle. Glancing at the alien.. "You.. Are giving these to us?"
[20:25] * Clara smiles and takes a drink. "Are you feeling better, Miss Hopes?"
[20:25] <GM||WavemasterRyx> As Astera leans closer to the flower, she notices a liquid pooled inside the petals. The clattering pauses and the head nods, "To... yes..." The alien pauses again, the head bobbing, "Dr... drink."
[20:26] * High_Hopes nods slightly. "Yeah... but... I've been thinking about what Swoop and Cammy said... about why I'm on Destiny..."
[20:26] <Chameleon> "Ohhhh, drink." she moves over to a flower to sniff it
[20:27] * Astera blinks. "Oh.." Glancing back at the others she sniffs it before taking it in her magic. Smiling gently at the alien. "Thank you."
[20:27] * Chameleon pokes the liquid with her tongue, tasting it
[20:30] <GM||WavemasterRyx> The alien head smiles again, "Th... thank... you." The liquid is incredibly fragrant and floral, like some kind of high-end Canterlot perfume, except sweeter. When you touch it with your tongue, the sweetness is even more pronounced.
[20:34] * Clara frowns a little. "What are you thinking?"
[20:34] * High_Hopes fidgets again. "They don't think I belong here... and... well... frankly, neither do I..."
[20:35] * Clara gives a questioning look. "Why do you think that?"
[20:36] * Astera takes a sip of the liquid.. "Mmm..." She humms and drinks the rest.
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[20:36] * Chameleon wiggles happily and drinks the liquid
[20:36] * High_Hopes looks at the cup of coffee in her magical grip. "I don't know if you've noticed... but... I frighten... easily..."
[20:37] * High_Hopes ([email protected]) Quit ( Quit: See you ! )
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[20:41] <GM||WavemasterRyx> As Astera and Chameleon drink down the flower liquid, it hits them hard and fast. It's like they're suddenly standing on a summer beach, wrapped in the softest, fuzziest robes they'd ever felt.
[20:41] * Swoop looks at the flowers warily. "I really hope it doesn't offend you if I don't drink. Had some bad experiences..."
[20:42] <Chameleon> "Bwuh?" Cammy wiggles
[20:42] * Clara gives Hopes a reassuring nudge. "Being afraid is nothing to be ashamed of. Things can be very dangerous, sometimes. Even I am afraid of what may happen, sometimes..."
[20:43] * Chameleon giggles and falls back on her plot "Whoops~"
[20:44] * SpencerDespenser|GM frowns. "Well... they seem to think it is... and I -am- ashamed of it..."
[20:44] * Astera blinks and sits down groggily, swaying lightly. "Heeeey.. Lets have another one." She smiles brightly at the alien. Hovering another flower over. "Thanks!"
[20:44] * Swept_Wing keyes Swoop on the radio. <Hey sis, what's the status on your salvage operation? Over.>
[20:44] <GM||WavemasterRyx> The head looks between Astera and Chameleon, the smile wide across its muzzle, the clattering repeating "Friends" slowly.
[20:44] * Swoop looks at her two companions. "Oh great..."
[20:45] * Chameleon giggles at Astera "Share?"
[20:45] * Swoop hits her own radio. <You want the good or bad news first?>
[20:45] * SpencerDespenser|GM is now known as High_Hopes
[20:45] * Astera floats one of the flowers over to Cammy. "Hey, there are six of them. Two each?" She scoots over to sit next to Chameleon.
[20:45] <Swept_Wing> <Both.>
[20:46] * Chameleon giggles and nodnods taking the flower in her forehooves and sipping at the liquid
[20:46] <Swoop> <Good news, we found the alien and he's friendly. Bad news, he's getting Cammy and Astera drunk.>
[20:46] * Chameleon is totally not getting drunk!
[20:46] * Chameleon is already /smashed/
[20:47] * Astera drinks from her second flower, dropping it with a gigglesnort. Promptly flopping down on the floor. "Teehee!"
[20:47] <Swept_Wing> <Well, that's lovely.>
[20:47] <Swoop> <Isn't it tho. Things still cool on your end?>
[20:47] * Chameleon giggle and pokes Astera's muzzle with her own "You dropped your flower silly!"
[20:49] * Astera snickers and boops back against Chameleon. "Nuu, it was empty~ " She sits up and hugs Cammy with a forehoof and wing. "Hey.. Hey. Hey!" She looks at nothing for a moment." One more!?"
[20:49] <Swept_Wing> <Yeah, just tinkering with some stuff on the shuttle. Miss Hopes seems to have calmed down too. You gonna need help getting those two back here?>
[20:49] * Chameleon giggles "Yay!"
[20:49] * Swoop glares at the girls. "You've both had enough." To the radio. <I'll let you know.>
[20:49] * Clara gives Hopes a warm smile. "Fear only means that you have reason to be cautious. We are not ponies that supposed to be fighting, so dangerous things frighten us." She pauses a moment. "Would you like to hear a secret, Miss Hopes?"
[20:50] <Swept_Wing> <Roger that.>
[20:50] * High_Hopes nods slowly. "I... think so... yes."
[20:50] * Astera floats the final two flowers down to Cammy and herself. Nudging with it against Cammys muzzle.
[20:50] * Chameleon pouts at Swoop "Nu uuuuuh!" She takes a flower to the muzzle and giggles taking it
[20:51] * Swoop looks at the alien. "Excuse me, do you think you could stop getting my friends drunk for a bit? We're kind of on duty right now."
[20:52] * Astera floats the final flower up to Swoop. "Here! You should have some too! You.. you're such a cute pegasus and deserve some~"
[20:52] * Chameleon giggles and nodnods "Yea!"
[20:52] * Swoop pushes it away. "How did I become the sensible one... No, I'm good."
[20:53] * Chameleon offers the flower to Swoop with her forehooves and has puppy dog eyes...adora-changling eyes? "Driiiiiiiiink?"
[20:53] <Chameleon> "Ish goooood!"
[20:54] * Astera eyeflutters at Swoop. "Puhleaseee."
[20:54] <GM||WavemasterRyx> The head looks to Swoop, still smiling, though it's gotten smaller, "Sh... share." It repeats the word five more times, each time pointing its nose to where one of the flowers had been.
[20:54] * Clara nods. "When I was picked to be on this ship, I was very excited. I was going to go to space! I could barely sleep through the night. But when the day had finally come that we were to leave, I had suddenly become very afraid. It was like nothing I had ever known before." She pauses for a moment before continuing. "I... almost did not go. I only barely managed to work up the courage with help."
[20:55] * Swoop facehoofs. "I really don't need any. I'm flying later. Can't drink and fly."
[20:55] <Chameleon> "Make Swept fly!"
[20:55] * Swept_Wing was already planning on flying.
[20:56] * High_Hopes fidgets a little more. "I... I felt the same way... and... I still do... but I don't think I ever worked up the courage... I was too worried about what... about wh-what my father would say if I didn't..."
[20:56] * Swoop is trying to make excuses for not getting drunk because, ya know, nopony drinks something they don't know what's in it right?
[20:57] * Astera nuzzles Cammy a little. "It's really good.. Tastes sweet~"
[20:57] <GM||WavemasterRyx> "Dr... drink?"
[20:57] * Chameleon nuzzles Astera and looks over at the alien thing "What is this stuff anyways? s'good!"
[20:58] * Swoop puts on her most polite smile. "No, thank you. I'm sure it's great. But we are on the clock here."
[20:59] <Chameleon> "Maybe I can give mine to Hopesch. Peasch offering~"
[20:59] * Astera nods. "Yush!"
[21:00] * Clara takes another drink of her coffee. "I am sure your father only wants the best for you. You are a very skilled pony, and to me, there is no doubt to why you are the one most deserving to be where you are."
[21:01] * High_Hopes has finished hers already. It was very tasty! "I don't think he knew what kind of dangerous things were out here either..."
[21:02] * Swoop sighs, and hits her radio again. "Hey bro, I'm getting nowhere here. Could use a hoof or two."
[21:02] <Swoop> <>
[21:02] <Swept_Wing> <Roger, I'll be there in a minute.>
[21:03] * Swoop gives directions, then sits down. "This is so not my area of expertise."
[21:04] * Swept_Wing trots out of the cockpit, nodding to Clara and High_Hopes. "I've gotta go help Swoop. I'll be back shotly." He trots out of the shuttle, heading in the direction Swoop had instructed.
[21:04] <GM||WavemasterRyx> The alien head has stopped bobbing and just looks at Swoop.
[21:04] * Clara gives Hopes a questioning look. "Do you doubt that you can help ponies in need?"
[21:05] * Swoop looks back. "I really don't want a drink, thanks."
[21:05] * High_Hopes looks back at Clara, and then to Swept. "I don't doubt... I know I can't... or else... I would be out there right now..." She says, pointing to where Swept was headed.
[21:06] <Chameleon> "I'mma go back to the ship and give dis ta Hopesch!"
[21:07] <Swoop> "Yeah you do that..."
[21:07] * Swept_Wing hums a little tune as he trots.
[21:07] <GM||WavemasterRyx> Swept is able to make it to the central room easily enough, coming upon the scene. The alien looks down at the flower stands, "Sh... share..."
[21:07] <Swoop> "After Swept shows up."
[21:07] * Chameleon holds the flower in her mouth carefully and starts trotting back to the shuttle
[21:07] * Swoop looks at Swept and points at the girls. "The results of sharing."
[21:07] * Swept_Wing arrives, frowning. "Well, this is... odd."
[21:07] * Clara gives a comforting nuzzle. "I know that you can. You already have! When Swept was injured, you did not even hesitate to help, at all!"
[21:08] * Astera nods. Waves a hoof to the alien. "Thanksh for the drink~" She follows Cammy. Keeping her gaze on her swishing tail."
[21:08] * Chameleon 's tail is extra swishy!
[21:09] * Swept_Wing holds a hoof out to stop Chameleon and Astera. "Whoa there, you two aren't going anywhere without help."
[21:09] * Swoop sighs. "Swept, the alien. Alien, Swept. Also friends."
[21:09] * Swept_Wing tips his cap to the alien.
[21:09] * Chameleon trots back and leans against Astera "Kaaaay! We're helping each other!"
[21:09] * High_Hopes nods. "Right... but... I guess that didn't matter to them..." She says, frowning slightly.
[21:10] * Astera nods and leans back against Cammy. "We're very, very! Good at helping."
[21:10] <Swoop> "So how do we handle this, bro? I'm lost."
[21:10] <GM||WavemasterRyx> The alien looks to Astera and Cammy, smiling. "Friends" echoes down the halls after you both.
[21:10] * Swept_Wing shakes his head. "Carry them, I suppose."
[21:11] <Swoop> "No, I mean about..." Indicates the alien.
[21:11] * Chameleon and Astera help each other back to the shuttle? :3
[21:11] <GM||WavemasterRyx> Swiveling back to look at Swept, the alien's smile shrinks a little again, "Friend?"
[21:11] * Astera does just that. Unless they're stopped again.
[21:12] * Swept_Wing frowns. "I... dunno. I'm not a diplomat, just a pilot." He looks to the alien. "Friend? Yeah, I suppose so."
[21:12] <GM||WavemasterRyx> Another two spots of red flicker to life under the floor, sprouting up into two more of the softly glowing red flowers, "Share?"
[21:13] * Swoop puts her hoof to her face... "I really don't want a drink..."
[21:13] * Clara counters that frown with a smile. "I am sure it mattered very much to them. They are only worried that they may need your help again."
[21:14] <Swept_Wing> "Yeah... Thanks, but no thanks. I have to fly the shuttle you see. I can't be drunk to do that."
[21:14] * Astera stumbles into the shuttle together with Chameleon. She sits down on her plot in the doorway. "Hai girls~"
[21:14] * High_Hopes fidgets. "They... have a very weird way of being worried..."
[21:15] * Chameleon wobbles over to High_Hopes and Clara and sits down, taking the flower out of her mouth with her forehooves and holds it out to High_Hopes with her adora-changeling eyes "Peasch offering?"
[21:16] <GM||WavemasterRyx> The mossy pony head bobs slowly, nodding for a few moments before sinking back into the floor along with the flowers. You hear one last, "...Friends..." and then the ship goes quiet again.
[21:16] * Clara smiles and nudges Hopes. "See? It is alright."
[21:17] * Swoop sighs, relieved this time. "Oh thank Celestia that's over."
[21:17] * Astera leans against the doorframe. "You shouldsh trie it. Itsh awesome!"
[21:17] <Chameleon> "Yush!"
[21:17] * High_Hopes looks curiously at the flower. "Umm... okay..." She says, reaching out with her magic and taking the flower. "It's... erm... nice... Cammy. Thank you..."
[21:17] * Swept_Wing nods. "That was... interesting."
[21:18] <Chameleon> "Noooooo! Drink! In da flower! S'good!"
[21:18] * Swoop nods, then gets up and heads back toward the shuttle. "Everything was fine until it decided to share those flowers."
[21:18] * Swept_Wing looks to Swoop. "You think we should still grab some tech?"
[21:19] * High_Hopes tips her head slightly. "D-Drink? I guess... I could drink it." She reaches out at the flower with her muzzle and takes a pensive sip.
[21:19] <Swoop> "I honestly don't care. Really, I think the guy wouldn't be offended, but I really don't feel like salvage duty."
[21:20] * Astera flops down into her forehooves.
[21:21] * Swoop continues back to the shuttle. "I hate being 'that pony'."
[21:21] <GM||WavemasterRyx> The drink is incredibly sweet as Hopes sips it still.
[21:21] * Clara gives a confused look. "Where did you get it from?"
[21:21] * Chameleon giggles "Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay~"
[21:22] * Astera rolls over onto her back. "From the alien!"
[21:22] <Chameleon> "He'sch nische!"
[21:22] <Swept_Wing> "Hmmmmm. Tell you what. You get all of..." He gestured to the collection of drunk mares and Clara. "settled, and I'll go take a quick look for any interesting tech."
[21:23] * High_Hopes recoils from the flower a little. "Wh-whoa... it's sw-sweeeeet..."
[21:23] <Chameleon> "Uh huh! S'good!"
[21:23] * Swoop nods and sets herself for guard-the-wino duty.
[21:24] <Swept_Wing> "I'll be back in 20 minutes tops."
[21:24] * Swept_Wing turns, and trots back into the ship.
[21:25] * Clara 's eyes widen. "There was an alien?" She stands up abruptly. "And you did not tell me?" She heads straight after Swept_Wing. There was no way she was going to leave without at least trying to talk to it!
[21:25] <Swoop> "Ey, where you going?"
[21:25] * High_Hopes flops backwards on to the floor of the shuttle. "Whoa... That's... gooood..."
[21:26] * Chameleon giggles and nuzzles High_Hopes "Yup~"
[21:26] * Chameleon staggers over to Astera and flops over the alicorn "Hi!"
[21:27] * Swept_Wing turns back to Clara, frowning. "Yes, but it's gone now, at least, it seems like it is."
[21:27] * High_Hopes nuzzles back. She shakily tries to stand, but ends up crashing into Astera's flank. "Hi... *hiccup*... Astera..."
[21:28] * Swoop sighs. "I'm gonna call command and give them the news..." She trots over to the radio and turns it on. "Destiny control, this is Shuttle one, over?"
[21:28] * Astera nuzzles Chameleon lightly, using her telekinesis to hover her up properly and putting her down on her belly. "Hai~"
[21:29] * Clara doesn't care! She wants to talk to the alien!
[21:29] * Chameleon wiggles on Astera's tummy "You're comfy!"
[21:30] * Astera pokes Chameleon with a hoof. "You're.. Buggy."
[21:30] * High_Hopes nuzles the flank in front of her. "This is... niiiiiice..."
[21:31] * Swoop looks at her companions. "Come on, command. Answer."
[21:31] * Chameleon nodnods "I is buggy!" she wiggles around to give Hopes nuzzles!
[21:32] <GM||WavemasterRyx> As Swept looks through the ship, he doesn't come across anything other than more dimly lit tunnels. There's absolutely no signs of anything technological, nor of the alien.
[21:32] * Astera wiggles her flank a little. "Oh.. Hai Hopes!" She snickers.
[21:33] <GM||WavemasterRyx> The stallion's soft voice comes over the radio, "Apollogies, Shuttle One. We read you, do you have something to report?"
[21:33] * Swept_Wing frowns. "Hmmmmm." He looks down at his PipBuck. "Still have 15 minutes..." He heads deeper into the ship.
[21:33] * High_Hopes waves a hoof and nuzzles Cammy back. "Hiiiiiiii Ashtra- Astera *Hiccup* I always... though you shwere... pretty..."
[21:34] <Swoop> "Yeah control. We've made contact with an alien entity, and it is.. very friendly. No word on tech salvage yet. Awaiting aditional orders."
[21:34] <Chameleon> "Ponies are pretty!" she nods sagely
[21:35] * Astera blinks and nuzzles muzzleboops the plot infront of her. "Hey~ You're blocking my view.." She floats Chameleon up and puts her ontop of High Hopes instead. "I think you're supercute too!"
[21:36] * Chameleon is suddenly on top of Hopes who is on top of Astera.
[21:36] * High_Hopes flops under the weight of Cammy. Hopes is a tiny pony! She kisses Astera on the chest and crawls slowly towards her muzzle. Her cheeks are bright red, and she's hiccuping a lot.
[21:36] * Swept_Wing is heading vaugely towards where he suspected the engines might be.
[21:37] * Chameleon is tiny changeling!
[21:37] * Astera is pretty big alicorny.
[21:38] * Clara is calling out along the way. "Hello! I would like to talk to you, if you can hear me!"
[21:38] * Astera leans her head up and gives High_Hopes a reasuring smile. "You're really.. Really cute~"
[21:38] <GM||WavemasterRyx> "Please hold, Shuttle One." A few moments pass before the voice returns, "No additional orders, Shuttle One. You're free to continue the mission or return at your discretion."
[21:39] * Chameleon rolls off High_Hopes and Astera and wiggle crawls over to a seat
[21:39] <Swoop> "Roger, control. Shuttle one out."
[21:39] * High_Hopes crawls closer, muzzle to muzzle with Astera. "Thanks~ Y-You're cute... too... "
[21:39] * Swoop looks back at the pile of pony. "Yep..."
[21:40] * Chameleon hiccups and crawls up into her seat and curls up
[21:42] <GM||WavemasterRyx> There is a soft clattering behind Clara.
[21:44] * Astera boops her muzzle against High Hopes'
[21:44] * High_Hopes giggles happily and plants another kiss... somewhere else... "Hiiiiiii~"
[21:45] * Clara blinks and turns around. "Hello?"
[21:46] <GM||WavemasterRyx> A small section of the wall bulges out into the pony-head shape again, "H...ell...o..."
[21:47] * Swept_Wing doesn't seem to notice, assuming this is happening behind him, and heads deeper into the ship still.
[21:48] * Astera kisses High Hopes on the cheek and hugs her like a plushie.
[21:49] * High_Hopes kisses Astera -forcefully-. She squeaks a little as she's hugged.
[21:49] * Clara smiles a bit. "Hello! I heard that you were here. So I had to come and see!"
[21:50] <Swoop> ?me grumbles n looks out the hatchway. "Get a room..."
[21:51] <GM||WavemasterRyx> The tunnels just continue around in circles through the ship, all looking the same, except for a pair that lead down to a lower layer, but looking around down there you can't seem to find anything that even resembles an engine.
[21:51] * Astera blinks a little surprised, returning the kiss after a moment.
[21:52] * High_Hopes blushes, from embarrassment and from her drunkeness, recoiling a little. She bursts into a fit of uncontrollable giggling.
[21:52] * Swept_Wing frowns hard. He keys up Swoop on his com. "Hey sis, there doesn't seem to be any tec on this ship at all. Hell, I can't even find an engine room."
[21:53] <Swoop> <Skip it then. Command says we can come home if we want. I say we go home.>
[21:53] <GM||WavemasterRyx> The mossy pony head bobs slowly, "Here... I... Friend?"
[21:56] <Swept_Wing> <Roger. I'll find Clara and come on back.>
[21:57] * Clara smiles and nods. "We are all here to be friends! We heard you ask for friends, so we came to meet you!"
[21:57] <Swoop> <We'll be here, tho I expect an orgy about to begin.>
[21:58] <Swept_Wing> <Oh, great. Make sure to clean up after them.>
[21:58] <Swoop> <I didn't sign on for this..>
[21:59] * Swept_Wing chuckles, turning around and heading back the way he had come.
[21:59] <GM||WavemasterRyx> A wide smile creases the pony head's muzzle, "Y...es... travel... looking... for friends."
[22:01] * Clara keeps smiling. "I would like to know all about you! Everything!"
[22:03] * Swept_Wing comes trotting back down the hallway, spotting Clara talking with the pony-head-alien-thing. "Hey Clara, we gotta go."
[22:04] * Astera giggles too. Still hugging Hopes.
[22:04] * Clara frowns. "But I only just started to talk!"
[22:05] <GM||WavemasterRyx> The mossy head bobs slightly, "All... like I. Travel... alone... looking for friends."
[22:05] * High_Hopes puts a hoof on Astera's chest. "I dunno what it is... but I feel lishe I should tell you..."
[22:06] * Astera looks groggilycuriously at Hopes. "Tellsh me what?"
[22:07] <Swept_Wing> "You can talk with, uhh, it? Later, but we need to get back to Destiny."
[22:08] * High_Hopes blushes a little. "I always likesh you~"
[22:09] * Clara looks at the alien. "You are all alone?"
[22:10] <GM||WavemasterRyx> The head nods gently, "All alone." There's a soft red light, and another glowing red flower rises gently from the floor, "Friends... share. Friend?"
[22:11] * Swept_Wing groans quietly. "Oh jeeze." He mutters.
[22:14] * Clara smiles again. She thinks for a moment, then takes a bottle of wine out of her bag, offering it to the alien in exchange. "Friends share!"
[22:15] * Astera nuzzles a little. "Oh.. I.. I like you too.."
[22:16] * High_Hopes giggles and rolls off of Astera's tummy. "Naw... like... like like..."
[22:18] * GM||WavemasterRyx head smiles a little more and nods, "Share drink!" Another small sphere of moss wells up, the center sinking to present a cradle for the wine bottle.
[22:18] <GM||WavemasterRyx> The head does that*
[22:19] * Clara smiles and drinks from the flower.
[22:20] * Astera flops onto her side. Head spinning a little. "Mmmnghne."
[22:21] <GM||WavemasterRyx> The liquid in the flower is absolutely delicious, and Clara very quickly finds herself overwhelmed by the fuzzy warm feeling.
[22:21] * High_Hopes pokes Astera's belly with a wobbly hoof. "Wha... silly..."
[22:22] * Clara feels very warm, and fuzzy. She keeps smiling at the alien. "Now... you drink!"
[22:25] <GM||WavemasterRyx> The alien lifts the bottle up to where the approximation of its mouth is. The bottle sinks into the mossy surface and you see the wine inside start to drain slowly, "Friends!"
[22:25] * Astera groans and nuzzles High_Hopes again.
[22:25] * Swept_Wing trots forward, frowning slightly. <Swoop, now Clara's drunk too.>
[22:25] <Swoop> <*sigh*She found the alien didn't she?>
[22:26] <Swept_Wing> <Ayep>
[22:26] <Swoop> <Haul her back. We're pulling out. There's such a thing as too friendly.>
[22:26] <Swept_Wing> <Yep, be there in 5.>
[22:27] <Swoop> "Ok, ladies, belt in. Time to go home."
[22:27] * High_Hopes murrs as she looks up at Swept. "But... I... just wanna lie here..."
[22:27] * Swept_Wing trots up to Clara. "Come on Clara, we need to go."
[22:28] * Chameleon pounces on Swoop "Loosen uuuuuuuup!"
[22:28] * Clara smiles and nodnodnods. "Friends! You... you should come meet everyone! Lots of friends!" She turns to Swept_Wing. "Don't... don't you like friends? You should be friends!"
[22:28] * Swoop shrugs Cammy off. "Stop it! We're going home."
[22:28] <Chameleon> "Kay. Loosen up at home?"
[22:29] <Swoop> "...maybe..."
[22:29] * Chameleon gets puppy dog eyes "Puhleeeeeeeaaaaaase?"
[22:29] * High_Hopes flops over next to Chameleon. "Pleeeeeeeeeaaaase?" She asks with adora-filly eyes.
[22:30] <Swoop> "Sorry, drunken bug. Rather have somepony who isn't under the influence."
[22:30] <GM||WavemasterRyx> The head bobs slightly, the clattering sound returning for a few moments, "T... too... fast..."
[22:30] * Chameleon puts a leg around High_Hopes and pulls their faces together to double the efect
[22:30] * Chameleon pokes out her lower lip and quivers it a little
[22:30] * Swept_Wing nudges Clara towards the shuttle.
[22:31] * Swoop points at the passenger seats.
[22:32] * Clara looks back to the alien. "Wait. Waaaait. Too... fast?"
[22:33] <GM||WavemasterRyx> The alien nods a little, "Ship... too fast... for I."
[22:34] * High_Hopes thinks for a second. She starts... whistling: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yv-Fk1PwVeU
[22:34] * Swept_Wing picks Clara up, placing the drunk changeling on his back. "Come on, we need to leave." He heads for the shuttle.
[22:34] * Chameleon giggles and tries to join in with Hopes
[22:35] * Clara flops around. "Nooo. Waaait." She gives the alien a sad look. "Byyyyye. Goodbyyyyye! Friend!"
[22:36] * High_Hopes sways back and forth, smiling at Swoop as she whistles.
[22:36] <GM||WavemasterRyx> Clara can clearly hear the alien, it sounds very happy, "Friend!"
[22:36] * Swept_Wing shakes his head, eventually getting back to the shuttle.
[22:36] * Swoop sighs and closes the hatch after Swept's aboard. "Sometimes, I really hate this job."
[22:37] * Swept_Wing picks Clara off his back, placing her in a seat. "Yeah... let's get out of here."
[22:37] * High_Hopes giggles. "Don't worry... be happy~"
[22:37] * Chameleon falls over giggling
[22:38] * Clara frowns. "But... what about my friiiiend? Now... he'll be all aloooone agaaain! How could you be so cruuuuel?"
[22:38] * Swoop belts into the radio seat.
[22:38] * High_Hopes points at Swoop and Swept. "Stop... bringing everybody down like dis~"
[22:39] * Swept_Wing trots into the cockpit, strapping into the pilot's seat. "Strap in back there!" He calls back, flicking switches, the shuttle powering up.
[22:39] * Clara leans against Hopes. "He was a nice alien..."
[22:39] * High_Hopes blinks and nuzzles Clara. "Be... happy~ I bet he was~"
[22:40] <Swoop> "Too bad we couldn't bring it with us. It'd be a hit in the mess."
[22:40] <Chameleon> "Friends are niiiiiiiice!" Cammy hugs Hopes
[22:40] * Swept_Wing chuckles. "I bet." He releases the docking clamps. "Tell Command we're on our way back."
[22:41] <Swoop> "Control, this is Shuttle One, RTB."
[22:43] <GM||WavemasterRyx> The soft-spoken stallion replies, "Acknowledged, Shuttle One. The landing zone is clear."
[22:44] * High_Hopes flails and hugs Chameleon back. "Niiice~"
[22:44] <Swoop> "Clear in, Swept."
[22:44] <GM||WavemasterRyx> The hallway of the other ship dims beyond the rear hatch as it closes. The shuttle pulls away easily with no problems.
[22:45] * Clara frowns. "He said... He said it was too fast. The ship."
[22:45] * Swept_Wing settles in. "Throw on some tunes Swoop."
[22:46] * High_Hopes was already singing. "Don't worry, Swoop~ Be happy~"
[22:46] * Swoop plugs in, and hits the random button, filling the cabin with http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozWYjLRI2P4
[22:46] <Chameleon> "Maybe..." She hiccups "Maybes we could talk to command about getting him aboard somehow?"
[22:47] <Swoop> "Up to y'all. So long as he doesn't try to get me to drink on duty again..."
[22:47] * Swept_Wing chuckels. "Very fitting." He punches the throttle, sending the Shuttle rocketing towards Destiny.
[22:48] * Swoop humms along with the music.
[22:50] * High_Hopes frowns. She doesn't want to know what a "raggle-taggle" is. She just wants to be happy~
[22:51] <GM||WavemasterRyx> *** PnP Destiny Group: Session 16 End ***