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Fallout: Beyond Equestria 111: Origin Story (Part 27)

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  1. [2014-11-19 13:21:55] <Kkat> 3Previously...
  2. [2014-11-19 13:22:08] <Kkat> 3A voice can be heard over the device's radio component. It sounds like the voice the group spoke to over the radio before.
  3. [2014-11-19 13:22:13] <Kkat> 3Noble_Heart twitches her ear and frowns. The one on the radio had spoken Equestrian before, had they not? She did her best to figure out how to activate the device. "Hello?"
  4. [2014-11-19 13:22:19] <Kkat> 3There is a pause, then the voice responds in Equestrian with an extremely thick accent, "Well hello there." After another pause, "This is Crimson Caravans #25 again, isn't it?"
  5. [2014-11-19 13:22:25] <Kkat> 3The voice notes, "You're not the same mare I talked to before, are you?"
  6. [2014-11-19 13:22:32] <Kkat> 3Bookwright steps forward. "She's not."
  7. [2014-11-19 13:22:38] <Kkat> 3Bookwright continues, "That mare lies here at my feet, shot by your zebra here."
  8. [2014-11-19 13:22:47] <Kkat> 3The voice asks, "How many dead. And whose?"
  9. [2014-11-19 13:22:57] <Kkat> 3Bookwright answers, "None yet. She'll live, we can see to that. Your zebra here is only stunned. The other two are also unconscious, by magic."
  10. [2014-11-19 13:23:09] <Kkat> 3Bookwright adds, "I'm sorry to say that Golden, the one you spoke to before, has been the perpetrator of this little cavalcade of foolishness. I think we've gotten off to a bad middle. I think we should start again. What is it you seek here, in the sealed temple of the Empress of Quetzelcoatls?"
  11. [2014-11-19 13:23:21] <Kkat> 3The voice says, "Well then, sounds like we can still come to an accord. You have prisoners. We have several very big cannons aimed at the only exit out of that temple. Tell you what. You fetch what those fools were sent in to fetch, we won't make the Orcus Pit your tomb. Sound fair?"
  12. [2014-11-19 13:23:29] <Kkat> 3Get_Lost since she fits, she sits
  13. [2014-11-19 13:23:38] <Kkat> 3Bookwright scowls, but his tone is dismissive. "Cannon? You have cannon aimed at us? Is that all? Got a balefire bomb in there too? Why don't you sit up there in your floaty-boats and keep the Ahools company while we come to an internal agreement. We'll let you know when we want to speak further." He switches the radio off.
  14. [2014-11-19 13:23:45] <Kkat> 3CopyCat watches the prisoners nervously. "Oh dear!" she mutters.
  15. [2014-11-19 13:23:53] <Kkat> 3Noble_Heart glowers at Bookwright, then shakes her head. "That was not a good choice, either." She sighs quietly, it was probably too late to turn the radio back on and negotiate at this point. For the time being, they'd just have to work on what they could.
  16. [2014-11-19 13:24:35] <Kkat> 3...
  17. [2014-11-19 13:25:00] <Kkat> 3Fallout: Beyond Equestria, Session One Hundred and Eleven: Origin Story (Part Twenty-Seven) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SSUQxGjZZ4
  18. [2014-11-19 13:25:05] <Kkat> 3--- Session Begins ---
  19. [2014-11-19 13:28:39] * Bookwright shrugs. "It was going badly anyways. Let's get Golden Dream and her zebra here back down to the rest."
  20. [2014-11-19 13:30:31] * Golden_Dream sighs. She fucked this up and good. This was supposed to be a "don't touch that radio" situation. Now it's a "we have a hostage" situation. Two very different situations.
  21. [2014-11-19 13:30:39] * CopyCat bites her lip, glad that Get Lost had been Shatara had tied up the two disarmed zebras while they were down. She was pretty sure the zebra mare would be able to act again soon. "I hope Goldy and the others get back soon!"
  22. [2014-11-19 13:31:21] * Bookwright "Look at it this way: They're the hostages instead of us. Do you really think they wouldn't have taken us prisoner on the orders of their commander?"
  23. [2014-11-19 13:35:00] * Golden_Dream shrugs. "Yeah. I know what I'm doin's justifiable. And I know what I'm doin's prolly for the best. But it don't feel right." She sighed, then picked up the zebra's sword. "Ma'am, congrats, you're th' one going down th' hole with us. If this is a 'we have a hostage' situation, we might as well milk it for what it's worth. Check th' other two fer radios like this'un."
  24. [2014-11-19 13:38:43] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Kifaa doesn't understand the words Golden_Dream is speaking, but the intent is clear enough. She holds her head high, but follows obediently.
  25. [2014-11-19 13:39:12] * CopyCat titters at Shatara nervously. "A-are the ropes tied tight?"
  26. [2014-11-19 13:39:22] * Golden_Dream nods. "Good mare. Let's head down. Maybe we won't fuggin' die." She said lowly.
  27. [2014-11-19 13:43:46] * Bookwright sighs. Draws Pew-Pew and holds it loosely in his magic, pointed at the floor. "I guess we're really doing it this way."
  28. [2014-11-19 13:45:28] * Shatara sighs.
  29. [2014-11-19 13:46:45] <Mare-Do-Well> 3It doesn't take long for the two groups to reunite on the bridge over the Orcus Pit.
  30. [2014-11-19 13:48:37] * Bookwright "So. Now we have almost worthless prisoners and the captain has promised us a cannonball lunch if we leave without retrieving... whatever it was these zebra dupes were sent in here to get. And give it the pirates. Urgh."
  31. [2014-11-19 13:48:50] * CopyCat gives a little cheer when Golden_Dream and Bookwright return with radiomare. "Go Goldy! You rock. Woo-hoo!"
  32. [2014-11-19 13:49:00] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Kifaa trots over to the unconscious bodies of the two other zebras and sits down.
  33. [2014-11-19 13:50:33] * Golden_Dream sighs. "I'm hopin' t' find another exit from Tartarus that don't involve goin' back up here or goin' t' see Cerberus."
  34. [2014-11-19 13:52:11] <Shatara> "Would have been nice to have some armed backup against whatever we might face down there..."
  35. [2014-11-19 13:53:14] * CopyCat watches Kifaa sit down with the other zebra. "Oh, that's very convenient. They even tidy themselves away."
  36. [2014-11-19 13:53:28] * Golden_Dream replies. "We would've only got one of the three anyway. At least now, we don't got the one with th' crazy look 'n his eye."
  37. [2014-11-19 13:53:59] * Noble_Heart had been quiet on their trip back to the pit, looking contemplative and more than a little unhappy. Finally she frowns, "We doubt that there will be many options in leaving. Tartarus is not well known for allowing anyone, or anything, to leave."
  38. [2014-11-19 13:58:16] * Golden_Dream gulps. "Well, if what we're seein' is right, /somethin'/ got out.
  39. [2014-11-19 13:58:50] * CopyCat seems a little calmer now her friends had returned. "The zebra were planning to go in and out themselves, and there were only three of them. They knew about the cultist Clasps and the darkness, so they must have thought they could leave again, too."
  40. [2014-11-19 13:59:41] * Bookwright "That's fair. And maybe we don't even have to go into Tartarus proper, we can just visit for a bit."
  41. [2014-11-19 14:01:45] * Golden_Dream gives Bookwright an off look. "You're bein' a little optimistic." She looks down. "... So who's goin' in first?"
  42. [2014-11-19 14:02:29] * CopyCat waves her hoof, eager to be helpful. "Oh oh oh! Mememe! Pick me!"
  43. [2014-11-19 14:02:43] * CopyCat strains to raise her hoof just a little bit higher.
  44. [2014-11-19 14:03:02] * Bookwright gives CopyCat an odd look. "I see we have a volunteer from the audience."
  45. [2014-11-19 14:03:07] * mimezinga frowns "no. if we're going in tartarus, we're visiting it for good, or not at all"
  46. [2014-11-19 14:05:09] * Bookwright "The zebras clearly intended to bring something out of it. If the zebra captain didn't expect to get the thing back, why send them in at all?"
  47. [2014-11-19 14:06:11] * Golden_Dream looks at the giant pony trying to make herself even more giant. "... Alright, Copycat. You get t' go down first." She cocked her gun and hopped up on Copycat's back." Who're th' next lucky winners?"
  48. [2014-11-19 14:07:19] * Bookwright "Who's going to stay back here and make sure the zebras don't go anywhere?"
  49. [2014-11-19 14:07:20] * CopyCat strikes a dynamic pose!
  50. [2014-11-19 14:09:17] * Noble_Heart steps forwards. "We will go. Of course."
  51. [2014-11-19 14:10:27] * CopyCat tilts her head at Bookwright. "We shouldn't seperate. Those two are tied up. If we tie them to something they shouldn't be going anywhere. We... shouldn't be too long, right?"
  52. [2014-11-19 14:10:53] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Jugeote stirs. Flops over. Stares at the ponies balefully.
  53. [2014-11-19 14:12:09] * Bookwright grins cheerfully at her and spins Pew-Pew in midair.
  54. [2014-11-19 14:12:39] * Golden_Dream looks at the third zebra. "Prolly. That one comin' with us, or do we got enough rope for her, too?"
  55. [2014-11-19 14:12:41] * Bookwright "On the other hoof, I don't think I could forgive myself if I didn't go see what Tartarus looked like with my own two eyes."
  56. [2014-11-19 14:13:04] * Noble_Heart frowns. "It would be best if We do not secure them too tightly. If We do not return then it would be better if they were able to free themselves and leave than if they were stranded here starving slowly."
  57. [2014-11-19 14:15:26] * Golden_Dream gives Noble a look. "It'll be fine. Y' can't really secure 'em too tight with that rope."
  58. [2014-11-19 14:15:27] * CopyCat nods at Noble_Heart. "True. I'd hope their friends would come looking for them after a while."
  59. [2014-11-19 14:17:55] * CopyCat looks at Noble_Heart, Bookwright, Shatara, and Get_Lost after they'd finished with the zebras. She spreads her wings. "Are we ready to descend? Noble_Heart, can you bring the radio zebra as well?"
  60. [2014-11-19 14:18:01] * Shatara grumbles. "'best' would have been not launching unprovoked attacks..."
  61. [2014-11-19 14:18:38] * Bookwright "Hold on a tic, I want to do this properly, and I can't do that without my own set of wings."
  62. [2014-11-19 14:18:47] * Noble_Heart nods her head as she raises the zebra radio device. She was not certain how useful it would be, but she would bring it.
  63. [2014-11-19 14:19:53] * Bookwright puts away Pew-Pew and stands perfectly still, eyes closed. He's muttering something. After a moment that stretches, his horn flares and he's encompassed in amber swirls of light. When they fade, a proud pair of monarch butterfly wings perch on his back.
  64. [2014-11-19 14:21:25] * Bookwright opens his eyes gain. "Phew. What a rush. Okay, I'm ready to descend."
  65. [2014-11-19 14:24:07] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Jugeote and Kifaa stare at Bookwright, seeming suitably impressed.
  66. [2014-11-19 14:25:34] * Bookwright smiles. "Doesn't hurt to show off a little magical prowess once in a while."
  67. [2014-11-19 14:26:31] * CopyCat takes to the air slowly, smiling at Bookwright. "Ohh, pretty!" She pauses to make sure somepony was bringing Kifaa along with them (probably with magic) and then starts to descend into the pit. "Here we go!"
  68. [2014-11-19 14:30:27] * Bookwright grins devilishly as he scoops up Kifaa in his magic. "You're comin' with us! It'll be fun!"
  69. [2014-11-19 14:32:29] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Kifaa gasps and flails in the air. She lets out a string of protests that sound likely profane.
  70. [2014-11-19 14:33:33] * Bookwright leaps into the air and floats gently down after CopyCat with his unhappy cargo safely in tow (and safely out of physical reach).
  71. [2014-11-19 14:35:12] <Mare-Do-Well> 3The air coming up from the pit is warm and tinged with the scent of brimstone and less pleasant smells that pour out of the dark abyss.
  72. [2014-11-19 14:37:08] * Golden_Dream doesn't accellerate her breathing. Brimstone stunk, it smelled like metallic swamp gas, but she didn't want to lose her composure.
  73. [2014-11-19 14:38:13] * CopyCat makes scrunchy-faces.
  74. [2014-11-19 14:41:11] <Mare-Do-Well> 3CopyCat jumps over the bridge first and head downward. From her back, Golden_Dream glances back up at her companions; and in doing so, she spots something small and odd hanging from the underside of the bridge, like a torn bit of cocoon.
  75. [2014-11-19 14:41:46] * Noble_Heart spreads her wings and prepares to descend. Assuming no one actually stops her.
  76. [2014-11-19 14:44:47] <Mare-Do-Well> 3As they head downward into the darkness, CopyCat and Bookwright begin noticing occasional ledges along the sides of the shaft, and Get_Lost spots what look like stairs carved into the craggy wall.
  77. [2014-11-19 14:45:16] * Bookwright mutters. "Perches, maybe? What perches in a literal hell-pit?"
  78. [2014-11-19 14:46:20] * Get_Lost "hey, look there! stairs!" still, likes her ride airborne
  79. [2014-11-19 14:47:05] * Golden_Dream bites her lower lip. "I saw some cocoon up there. Copycat, mind bringin' me closer to there?" She said, leaning up and pointing at the thing in question.
  80. [2014-11-19 14:47:10] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Shatara spots a ledge that sits beneath a black crack in the stone wall -- one that creates an alcove, or possibly a side passage.
  81. [2014-11-19 14:47:49] * CopyCat nods, and flies up again to let Golden_Dream take a closer look at the coccoon-thing she had seen.
  82. [2014-11-19 14:49:40] * Shatara tries to put some light in the crack.
  83. [2014-11-19 14:51:21] <Mare-Do-Well> 3On closer inspection, what hangs from the underside of the bridge is not a cocoon at all, but the age-desiccated remains of an olive-green explorer's jacket (with darker green collar and cuffs). The back of the jacket seems to have melded with the stone that it hangs from.
  84. [2014-11-19 14:51:58] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Shatara shines light into the crack. It glints off of something metal inside.
  85. [2014-11-19 14:53:55] * Bookwright stopped sinking when CopyCat started rising, and decides instead to see what it is Shatara has found.
  86. [2014-11-19 14:54:02] * Golden_Dream grimly stares at the explorer's jacket. Oh, no.
  87. [2014-11-19 14:55:50] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Shatara and Bookwright investigate the crack. It is large enough to fly into.
  88. [2014-11-19 14:56:24] * Shatara tries to get a better look at metal thing.
  89. [2014-11-19 14:56:46] * Bookwright gestures to his floating captive. "Why don't you check it out? I gotta stay out here and keep our stripy friend safe."
  90. [2014-11-19 14:59:02] * CopyCat nods sadly at Golden_Dream and gets closer to the coat, to see if there was anything that could be recovered from it.
  91. [2014-11-19 15:00:47] * Get_Lost "ah.... do you want parlay to check the metal thing for you?"
  92. [2014-11-19 15:02:22] * Golden_Dream frowns, then rifles through the pockets. This felt different. This didn't have that nothing feeling that digging through a person's personal effects normally meant. On top of everything, on top of the whole zebra debacle, the crystal pony she killed, everything before that, she felt wrong for going through the stuff of somebody she looked up to as a littler kid.
  93. [2014-11-19 15:05:03] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Shatara moves into the crevasse. Inside, on a small lip of rock, sits a treasure chest -- very ornate, made of petrified chtitlan and precious metals. The metal glint was from the large lock made of blue gold.
  94. [2014-11-19 15:06:08] * CopyCat speaks to Golden_Dream quietly. "We're here finishing her mission. If we find something of hers, then we could leave it somewhere more suitable."
  95. [2014-11-19 15:06:51] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Golden Dream finds a crumpled piece of paper, an empty tube of Wonderglue and a detonator switch.
  96. [2014-11-19 15:09:04] * Golden_Dream has a very alarmed expression on her face. "This is a detonator switch." Shit, did Daring Do rig this place to blow before she left? She read the letter with some expediency. Maybe it told her where the explosives were?
  97. [2014-11-19 15:10:21] * Shatara blinks at the chest. "...fancy."
  98. [2014-11-19 15:10:40] <Mare-Do-Well> 3From this position, CopyCat can see stone stairs spiraling down along the wall of the abyss. The stairs once began at the far end of the bridge, but the first hundred feet have been torn away, as if by a great, angry hoof.
  99. [2014-11-19 15:13:44] * CopyCat swallows, looking at the damaged stair. She points it out to Golden_Dream. "I don't think I want to meet whatever did... that." She tilts her head. "Do you think it was to stop something from following... or escaping?"
  100. [2014-11-19 15:13:57] <Mare-Do-Well> 3The letter cracks and flakes apart as it is opened. It appears to be a receipt, most of which is in zebra. But beneath the glyph for the store name is written "B.S. Jewelers" in Equestrian.
  101. [2014-11-19 15:17:26] * Get_Lost takes a look around "hey, i can do the stairs now, i guess?"
  102. [2014-11-19 15:18:33] * Golden_Dream reads the label. B.S. Jewelers. Keeping that. She whispers something to Copycat, hoofs her the detonator switch, then begins to call out for Shatara. "Hey, Shatara! Up here! I want y' to cut something down fer us!"
  103. [2014-11-19 15:18:46] * CopyCat grins at Golden_Dream. "Got it!" Then she descends back to Noble_Heart and Bookwright as they peer in after Shatara.
  104. [2014-11-19 15:19:55] * Noble_Heart sticks close to Shatara, keeping her eyes mostly on the abyss below. This place was not right.
  105. [2014-11-19 15:22:33] * Shatara looks up and follows the calling. "The what now...?"
  106. [2014-11-19 15:23:49] * Bookwright can't see what Shatara is doing. "I can't see, what did you find?"
  107. [2014-11-19 15:23:49] * CopyCat meets Shatara part way. "We found what was left of Daring Do's old coat. It would be... nice if we could find it a proper resting place."
  108. [2014-11-19 15:24:13] * Golden_Dream nods at Copycat. Unsurprisingly, she knew where she was going with this.
  109. [2014-11-19 15:24:48] <Mare-Do-Well> 3The hot air coming up from the pit ruffles the fleathers of Shatara and the flying ponies. It is not a steady wind, more like a barely perceptible and rhythmic exhalation.
  110. [2014-11-19 15:31:00] * Get_Lost "stilol, i guess i'll gladly put my hooves on something solid... noble, can you leave me on those stairs, please?"
  111. [2014-11-19 15:32:14] * Shatara tries to figure out how to get the jacket off the bridge.
  112. [2014-11-19 15:37:01] <Mare-Do-Well> 3The back of the jacket seems to have fused to the stone in a manner reminiscent of damage by pink cloud. Shatara could cut the jacket loose by cutting away the top layer of the material for the back of the jacket.
  113. [2014-11-19 15:38:55] * Shatara gets to work as best he can.
  114. [2014-11-19 15:43:58] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Shatara soon has the jacket free with minimal damage. Still, there is a long strip of olive cloth missing from the back, right between the wing-holes.
  115. [2014-11-19 15:45:03] * CopyCat smiles when their griffin friend returns. "Thank you, Shatara."
  116. [2014-11-19 15:47:14] * Golden_Dream raises an eyebrow and looks down. Nooooo. Couldn't be. "... What'd you find down there, Shatara?" She asked a lot more quietly than before.
  117. [2014-11-19 15:48:31] * Shatara tilts his head. "Smoe ridicoulously ornate box?"
  118. [2014-11-19 15:49:40] * Bookwright "Did it have treasure in it? It could be what the zebras—" He waves a hoof at the still flailing Kifaa "—are looking for."
  119. [2014-11-19 15:50:11] * Shatara blinks. "Do I look like I have x-ray vision...?"
  120. [2014-11-19 15:50:37] * Get_Lost "or... it is booby trapped"
  121. [2014-11-19 15:51:18] * Get_Lost "with a couple of weks and the proper lab i could give you x-ray, you know..."
  122. [2014-11-19 15:52:52] * Bookwright seems flabbergasted. "You mean you found a treasure chest and you didn't look inside? Who are you and what did you do with Shatara!?"
  123. [2014-11-19 15:56:54] * Golden_Dream blinks. "Wait, we got a big ol' ornate treasure chest and we dunno what's inside it? What if it's th' key thing?"
  124. [2014-11-19 15:57:15] * Shatara acks. "Since when was openning locked and probably trapped containers that probably dont have ammo my department?" 6_9
  125. [2014-11-19 15:59:12] * Get_Lost "want me to givr it a go?"
  126. [2014-11-19 15:59:46] * CopyCat goes wide-eyed with desire for treasure. "Yus!"
  127. [2014-11-19 16:03:26] * Get_Lost "okay... so, do i come up there or you take thr thing down here on the stairs?"
  128. [2014-11-19 16:07:15] * CopyCat brings Get_Lost to the chest with telekinesis... assuming that was possible.
  129. [2014-11-19 16:08:18] * Get_Lost checks the chest "wow... talk about overdoing things..."
  130. [2014-11-19 16:10:06] * Bookwright floats and enjoys the sulphurs breathing effect. He gives Kifaa a little spin to keep things lively, she was going all limp.
  131. [2014-11-19 16:12:01] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Get_Lost examines the chest, and finds it unlike any she has seen before. There are no seems. No crack where the lid should separate. Keyhole is overly large, and the lock itself has no tumblers or mechanisms.
  132. [2014-11-19 16:12:22] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Kifaa protests loudly.
  133. [2014-11-19 16:12:45] * CopyCat hovers in the air with Golden_Dream on her back, squee-ing with anticipation. "What do you think it'll be? Gold? Diamonds? All the horrors of the world unleashed in one hellish tide?"
  134. [2014-11-19 16:13:38] * Get_Lost "probably, we need something magical in order to open this..." starts examining the marks on the box "parlay, what is kifaa saying"
  135. [2014-11-19 16:14:28] * Golden_Dream sighs. "No. I think we found our box. We need t' get..." Rainbow Dash. Rainbow Dash was nowhere. She ran off ahead of her and... And now she could be dead.
  136. [2014-11-19 16:14:50] * Get_Lost shrugs when the robot does a sad BEE-BOOP "oh well, maybe nexttime"
  137. [2014-11-19 16:14:51] * Noble_Heart frowns. "We believe that this is most likely the container for the Amulet, yes."
  138. [2014-11-19 16:14:52] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Parlay bleeps. Get_Lost gets a flash across her visor. > Translation error. Anatomical impossibility. <
  139. [2014-11-19 16:21:08] * Golden_Dream seems to lose a great deal of fight. Something about this place, it had this great depression to it. It felt like being in her house again, alone. Body always feeling heavy, eyelids always feeling low.
  140. [2014-11-19 16:22:19] <Mare-Do-Well> 3The abyss below continues to breath hot air and unearthly smells.
  141. [2014-11-19 16:28:38] * CopyCat sticks her tongue out and blows a raspberry at the Abyss.
  142. [2014-11-19 16:29:47] <Mare-Do-Well> 3The abyss does not seem to respond.
  143. [2014-11-19 16:31:10] * Bookwright rotates Kifaa to face him and grins at her. "Enjoying yourself?"
  144. [2014-11-19 16:31:57] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Kifaa seems to consider spitting at Bookwright. But she glances down and thinks better of it.
  145. [2014-11-19 16:32:20] <Mare-Do-Well> 3--- End of Session ---
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