Isle Del Sol Session IIX

Session Start: Sun Jul 27 15:08:54 2014
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[15:13] * Jackelmandingo is now known as Harris
[15:18] <%Somber> The companions had a job: Go and retrieve stolen goods from bandits... with the odd urging that they not TALK to the bandits to try and get them back.  They'd followed a rail line north, encountered a rail transport being pulled by ponies, and aside from singing a song, did nothing to impede it.  After all, it's not slavery if they're paid, right?  A few
[15:19] <%Somber> hundred yard past the trail was the off spur that should take them to the bandits.  It was a lot more overgrown than the other track, and the rails showed far more brown rust than the used rail line.  Still, it was clear someone had taken this trail recently... multiple someones.
[15:21] * Strifer hangs at the rear of the pack. Idly scanning the suroundings.
[15:23] <%Somber> Green trees.  Green bushes.  Green undergrowth.  It was a lot like the wasteland, only green.
[15:23] * Calamine looks around as well. Mostly for any herbs or spirits that could help them.
[15:23] * Candlelight_Sonata looks at the trail, then back toward the tracks with a sigh.  No use reflecting on being unhelpful.  "Ok ya'll.  Let's keep quiet and see if we can't sneak up on them."
[15:24] * Strifer scrunches. Too green for her taste! "Huh, wha'? Oh.. Quiet, eh. Sure, atleast hornhead aint here to stumble over her own tail."
[15:25] * Callie beams. "Okay! I'm getting pretty good at sneaking!" She crouches low and begins to move in an exaggeratedly slow and cautious fashion through the underbrush.
[15:25] * Harris just follows along but keeps his eyes open for any danger
[15:26] * Naphtha fidgeted nervously on Sonata's back, glancing around at the underbrush as they started to move off the main rail line.
[15:26] * Candlelight_Sonata feels a sharp pang in her chest at the mention of Lazer.  She sighs.  "Right.  Just... keep close and we'll go slow.  Remember, we ain't supposed to talk to them."  She mutters quietly something to herself as she stalks along the rails.
[15:26] * Strifer blink blinks at Callie, then eyerolls. "Ohh boy, this'll be fucking faaantastic. I can feel it already." She follows the rest.
[15:27] * Naphtha chewed her lower lip nervously and tries to keep low. Well as low as someone already riding a pony can keep.
[15:28] * Callie blows a strand of mane out of her eyes dismissively and it falls off her head.
[15:29] * Calamine tries to pray to the spirits of the air to help keep Sonata and Callie out of sight.
[15:32] * Harris gets low and sneaks "May as well." he said in a low tone
[15:32] * Strifer manages to stay quiet, in metal armor.
[15:32] * Candlelight_Sonata looks back at Strifer in shock and amazement at how quiet she is, despite the armour.  She gives the earth pony an approving glance.
[15:33] * Strifer earflicks in return. Flickity flick.
[15:35] * Candlelight_Sonata sighs and rolls her eyes, continuing down the trail and flicking her tail.  She'll never understand that mare.  Ever.
[15:36] <%Somber> Some of them manage to make their way along relatively quietly.  Harris does occasionally stumble on a warped railroad tie, but for the most part the party is fairly quiet.  A few thousand feet in, they can see the outline of a big, vine covered building ahead.
[15:36] * Strifer is to busy watching Candlelight_Sonata's plot to notice much else. She smirks all the way.
[15:37] * Naphtha swallows nervously, chewing her lower lip. "I... I don't like this..."
[15:38] * Naphtha squeeks and grabs Sonata's mane, trying to get her to stop! "Landmines!" She was, well, not quiet about that outburst.
[15:38] * Callie halts suddenly and stage whispers, "Everypony freeze!"
[15:38] * Callie points in front of herself with a hoof. "Landmine."
[15:39] * Harris does his best to give a warning to the rest of the GROUP with out makeing any sound
[15:39] * Candlelight_Sonata grinds to a halt, eyes wide and looking out for the mines.
[15:39] * Calamine stops, not seeing what the others are stopping for, but stops nonetheless.
[15:40] * Strifer freezes in her tracks, whispering. "Dibs on -not- blowing up."
[15:40] * Candlelight_Sonata looks around the group.  "Anypony good disarming them?"
[15:43] * Calamine shakes her head. "I do not know what that thing is."
[15:43] * Naphtha swallows nervously and chews her lower lip. "I've... Um.. I've never really had any luck with them..."
[15:43] * Strifer waggles a hoof. "Can't we just walk around them..?"
[15:43] * Callie is still frozen. "There could be more!"
[15:44] * Candlelight_Sonata thinks a moment.  "Look, we can try to go around, or over.  Issue with mines is that they tend to be fields of them.  Like mouldy potatoes.  'Cept they explode."
[15:45] * Strifer grumbles. "Well we sure are nice fucking targets out here for anyone who casts a glance our way. The fuck should we do then?" Her voice grows sharper as she speaks.
[15:46] * Harris groans and tries to motions the ponies back "I'll see what I can do. Not like any of us will live for ever." then gets low to disarm the mine
[15:46] * Naphtha mumbles quietly 'and don't taste as good'. Looking down and away and blushing a little behind her scales before.
[15:47] * Strifer grumbles even more and starts to back the way they came. "We go around this shit." She states firmly. "No reason to risk a fucking hoof, trust me, speaking from experiance when I say that explosions hurt."
[15:48] * Candlelight_Sonata tilts her head to look back at Naphtha.  "Too spicey?" She jokes.  She watches Harris.  "Be careful."
[15:48] * Calamine quiets for a second before snapping her eyes back open. "Oh no. THe spirits here do not respond. They are here, but will not listen to me.
[15:48] <%Somber> Harris creeps up, and it immediately flashes once, twice, thr- he disarms the frag mine.  Unfortunately there are two more after it.
[15:49] * Strifer glances back to see that none really followed. She makes a :| face. Then eyerolling, she starts heading off to walk around this minefield.
[15:50] * Harris pick up the one and thinks to himself this is the part where you save
[15:50] <%Somber> Strifer starts to trot off into the brush.
[15:50] * Candlelight_Sonata looks at Harris.  "If it's too risky, we follow Strifer.  Don't need you getting hurt."
[15:52] * Harris looks over his shoulder "We got two more." he tells the rest, then sets to work on the second mine
[15:52] * Candlelight_Sonata waves the party back a few steps.  Just in case.
[15:52] * Naphtha fidgets nervously. "M-maybe we should just go around..? There could be lots more... I don't think these are like normal bandits."
[15:52] <%Somber> The second mine is easily disarmed as well.
[15:52] * Harris puts this one with the first
[15:54] <%Somber> One more mine to go.
[15:54] <%Somber> These definitely don't seem to be the highest quality mines.  There's even rust on the casing.
[15:55] * Candlelight_Sonata lets out a breath she didn't realise she was holding as Harris disarms the 2nd mine.  "Please be careful."  She whispers a soft prayer to Luna.
[15:55] * Harris stops midpace befor he gets to the third one giving the jungle a long hard look then to the ground around the last one
[15:55] * Callie is on tenterhooks.
[15:55] * Calamine sighs as well. "This is making me far too nervous..."
[15:55] * Strifer returns after only a minute or so, cursing under her breath, trotting back up to the rest. Talking to anyone willing ot lissen "Sooo, it apears as if the goddesses are fucking with us. Aint no way in other than along these tracks. Fuck me.." The last came out more as a mutter.
[15:57] <%Somber> BEEP  BEEP  BEEP B- click.
[15:57] <%Somber> Fortunately, these bandits don't have the best explosives ever.
[15:57] * Strifer jumps high at the first beep. "FUCK!"
[15:58] * Callie stands so far on tippy-hooves that she begins to tilt forwards, before beating her wings and regaining her balance.
[15:58] <%Somber> Plus, it looked line these were the only mines on the approach.
[15:58] * Harris places this with the rest and gives his brow a wipe, then perks up and placing a talon to he beack "Shhhhh..."
[15:58] * Candlelight_Sonata lets out another held breath, before smirking back at Strifer.  "Didn't get enough of that back in Casa Del Sol?"  She whispers back at the mare.
[15:59] <Harris> "I think I hear two over by the building. But I doesn't soun like they here us."
[15:59] * Strifer stares wideeyed at Harris. "That was maybe just a fucking tad to close dontcha think!-" She says in a strained whisper. Then directing a glare at Candlelight_Sonata. "Oh fuck you too."
[16:00] * Callie whispers loudly again. "Well? Well? Are they all gone?" She's hovering an inch off the ground, she's so nervous.
[16:00] * Naphtha swallows nervously and whimpers a little. "W-we should just keep going as quick as we can..."
[16:01] * Candlelight_Sonata nods as she trots quietly up to Harris.  "Thanks.  Right brave what you did."  she says, placing a hoof on his shoulder.  Hearing Strifer's remark, she turns her head and sticks her tongue out at Strifer.
[16:01] * Calamine looks around. "Yes. I am most nervous about how quiet the spirits are around here."
[16:01] <%Somber> As they approach the large building, they pass a sign almost illegible beneath the vines.  "Candy Co sugar refinery #7."
[16:02] * Candlelight_Sonata looks at Calamine, then to Callie.  "They quiet for both of you?"  she whispers.
[16:02] * Calamine nods.
[16:02] * Callie cocks her head to one side and listens to the spirits for a moment.
[16:02] * Harris just gives the bat mare a quick glance the slowly moves forward though the under brush, trying his best to blend in.
[16:02] <%Somber> In front are a zebra and a mule as guards.  They don't seem to be paying a lot of attention to the approach through as they sit on an old picnic table.  Behind them is the large building.  The large front doors are open, the tracks going right inside.
[16:03] * Callie nods, then starts to sneak at a tangent to the rest of the group.
[16:05] * Strifer keeps low, grinning slightly to herself at the anticipation of an upcomming fight. Studying the two figures, tail flicking back and forth.
[16:06] <%Somber> They were well on their way.  Then Harris stepped on a branch.... that happened to be a snake.  It hissed sharply, rearing up.  The two look over and shout, "Hey!  HEY!  HEY!  We got people here!  HEY!"
[16:07] * Strifer shakes her head slightly, still grinning though. "Here we go.."
[16:07] * Calamine looks worried, paling slightly, before running behind the cover of a nearby tree. She was not a warrior.
[16:07] * Strifer charges forward! "Cmere fuckers!"
[16:08] * Naphtha yelps in surprise. This was not going to end well. Not at all!
[16:08] * Harris stops at what looks like a good meal, then remembers the two guards "Oh shit." getting his paw of the snake and getting low
[16:08] * Candlelight_Sonata puts her wings up to shield Naphtha.  "Strifer, wait!"  She shouts.
[16:11] <%Somber> They seem to balk for a second, giving Strifer the opportunity to attack... if she chooses.
[16:11] * Callie stays sneaked.
[16:13] * Strifer charges down towards the two and slams right into the zebra, atempting to knock it back.
[16:16] <%Somber> The zebra falls to the ground, letting out a scream.
[16:16] * Candlelight_Sonata sighs.  "So much for doing this quiet like..."
[16:19] <Harris> "It never stays quiet, all the yelling ang gunshots."
[16:20] <%Somber> Combat coordinator means what now?
[16:24] * Candlelight_Sonata sets Naphtha down and sprints the short distance to the two guards.  She brandishes her rifle menacingly, baring her teeth.  "Look.  We can do this the hard way, or the easy way.  And let me tell you, the hard way involves letting her,"  she indicates to Strifer.  "Beat you to a bloody pulp."
[16:24] * Strifer cackles and grins wickedly.
[16:29] <%Somber> "Ah!  Ah!  Take it!  Take it!  It ain't worth dyin for!" the injured zebra cries out, trying to run.  The Mule drops her machette and tries to take off with her.
[16:31] * Candlelight_Sonata holds out a hoof.  "Let them go."  She sighs.  "Damn... i was hoping to get some answers..."
[16:31] * Calamine peaks out from behind her hiding tree. "It's over? No one died?
[16:31] * Strifer looks eager to chase after. "They'll fucking talk and come back with more!"
[16:31] * Naphtha chews her lower lip and moves after the others slowly. Trying to keep low and not get shot or ambushed.
[16:33] * Callie stops sneaking. "Aw. Fight's over. Oh well. Time to go get the stuff back!"
[16:33] * Strifer charges after the zebra, atempting to tackle it to the ground and pin it this time! "Come back here  you fuckers!"
[16:34] <%Somber> The zebra mare goes down as the mule runs off.
[16:35] * Calamine meeps as Strifer tackles the zebra.
[16:35] <%Somber> "No!  Please don't kill me!  I'm sorry!  I'll go back to the fields!  I'll pay what I owe!  I promise!" she cries out as she struggles.
[16:35] * Strifer grapples with the zebra and holds her down forcefully, she dosnt listen to the pleas, "Shut. Up!" Headbutting her once, twice.
[16:36] * Naphtha squeaks again at the sound of Strifer whacking her head into the zebra. She moves to get close to Sonata and tries to take a little bit of refuge behind the batpony.
[16:36] * Candlelight_Sonata shrugs and trots over to the zebra.  She stands over her as Strifer holds her down.  Her ears droop slightly at what she hears from the zebra mare.  "We aren't going to kill you."  She shoots Strifer a look as the mare headbutts her.  "But I need answers.  What do you mean 'pay what ya owe'?"
[16:36] * Harris moves up slowly to the buildings doors, keeping an eye on them
[16:36] <%Somber> Headbutted repeatedly, the zebra doesn't get knocked out, but does shut up... and wet herself.
[16:37] * Strifer grins wickedly, pleased with herself. Glancing over at Candle she lets her do the talking.
[16:38] * Callie hears a trickling noise. "Aw, you scared the poor zebra! Now she's gone and peed herself! That wasn't very nice of you, Strifer!"
[16:38] * Calamine rushes over to the zebra and Strifer. "Stop! Please stop hurting her," she cries, desperately, and most likely vainly, push Strifer off the poor mare.
[16:38] * Strifer waves a hoof at Callie. "Go make yourself useful, go fetch wahtever the hell we're here for."
[16:39] * Strifer pushes back at Calamine. "Back off Stripes!"
[16:39] <%Somber> "I owe money ta the plantation bosses," she said, her eyes rolling from Strifer to Sonata and back again.  "We thought we'd cut and run, hide out here, and stay safe.  Only we ran out of food so we had to hit a transport.  Please don't kill me.  I'll fuck off the debt if you'll let me.  I swear.  Just don't kill me."
[16:39] * Candlelight_Sonata swallows and tries to hide her guilt.  "Who is 'we?'  Are there a group of you?"
[16:40] * Naphtha chewed her lower lip and fidgeted nervously.
[16:40] * Callie frowns. "Uh oh. You're the ones who took the transport that we were hired to get back, aren't you? Darn, and things were going so well today. Another social conundrum. They're just piling up today!" She grins at the rest of the party. "So what do you folks wanna do?"
[16:41] <%Somber> "Me and the others.  Hoe talked us into it.  Kill her!"
[16:41] * Naphtha swallows nervously and just sorta chews her lower lip. Strong moral stances is apparently not something baby dragons do well.
[16:41] * Candlelight_Sonata shoots Callie a look. "For now get answers."  She returns her attentions to the zebra.  "You and Hoe worked the fields?  Let me guess... half button per day?"  She asks, feeling sick to her stomach.
[16:42] * Callie returns Candlelight_Sonata's look with bright, cheerful interest. "Okay!"
[16:42] * Calamine looks horrified. "Please don't kill them!"
[16:42] * Strifer eyerolls and slowly climbs off the Zebra.
[16:43] <%Somber> "Yup.  That's the rate.  Rake tried to get a strike goin, but they took him away.  Hoe said our only chance was to cut and run."  And as Strifer got off her, she looked ready to do just that.
[16:43] * Candlelight_Sonata snarls at the party.  "I AIN'T KILLING ANYONE!"  She lets out a breath.  "I had suspicions this might be what we'd find." She looked to the zebra.  "Look, what's your name."  She sighed.  "Maybe we can help."
[16:44] * Naphtha yelps and backs away at Sonata's sudden outburst.
[16:44] * Strifer lets out a low whisle after Candlelight_Sonata's outburst.. "Daaaym." She cant help but to look amused though.
[16:45] <%Somber> The zebra swallowed hard.  "Xunu.  You aren't working for the Silvers?" she asked, half baffled.  "What are you doing out here if you're not?"
[16:45] * Strifer calls out to Harris. "Ya found anything yet?!"
[16:46] * Candlelight_Sonata wipes her face with a hoof.  "Was sent out by a merchant to 'retrieve lost goods'.  Got told not to talk to the 'bandits' who stole them.  I suspect your story's the reason why, Xunu.  We ain't working for the Silvers."
[16:46] * Harris turns to look at Strifer from the door "Dose it look like I've even gone inside."
[16:46] * Callie nods eagerly. "We all thought it was pretty suspicious, but all these ponies needed the buttons so they agreed to do it!"
[16:47] * Calamine blinks. "Could that primmly dress mare be a Silver?"
[16:47] * Naphtha fidgets nervously. "W-we were just looking to make some buttons ourselves... They hired us to take things back. B-but we weren't hired to kill anyone."
[16:47] * Callie doesn't seem to be at all distressed by the difficulties that have just arisen.
[16:47] * Strifer "Geeze, why not tell them what you had for breakfast aswell." She says, directed to Candlelight_Sonata. Then turning to Harris again, walking up towards him. "Well, what the fuck are you waiting for, an invitation. Lets go." She says, nodding at the door.
[16:48] * Candlelight_Sonata looks to Xunu, shaking off Strifer's comment.  "How long have you been out here, Xunu?"
[16:49] <%Somber> "If you mean it, I can tell Hoe.  Otherwise she'll probably shoot you if you go inside."  She said, then answered, "About six months."
[16:50] * Harris steps infront of Strifer blocking the door "What are you, some junky raider? We need to take it slow. But if your hopped up butt needs to get thuis done so you can get your next fix. Then by all means." steps from the door
[16:50] * Callie "Actually, an invitation would be totally cool, but if we have to shoot I guess we have to shoot." Her lips twist into a frown at the last clause. She brightens suddenly! "Oh yeah, you tell Hoe then! Then we won't have to shoot. Ammo is so expensive these days."
[16:51] * Candlelight_Sonata lets out a breath and looks to Naphtha and shrugs.  "Please tell Hoe I'd like to speak to her.  I think we should exchange words rather than, well, bullets."
[16:52] * Callie nods. "Yeah, my gram always said that 'talk is cheap'. She was pretty wise."
[16:53] <%Somber> Xunu rises and walked shakily to the door.  "Hoe!  It's Xunu.  I'm coming in."  A few seconds later she entered.
[16:53] * Strifer lets out a long  breath, giving Harris the flattest stare possible. "You done?"
[16:54] * Candlelight_Sonata slings her rifle over her back and trots toward the door, waiting just out of view.  She looks over to Strifer and Harris.  "We gonna have a problem, folks?"
[16:54] * Callie guffaws awkwardly. "Oh Harris. You're always so serious. Lighten up already! I'm sure she's got good intentions."
[16:54] * Calamine looks very uneasy.
[16:55] * Naphtha fidgets awkwardly and chews her lower lip, looking up at the building.
[16:55] <%Somber> A minute later a mare shouts, "If yer not here ta fight then guns away, and tell that bruiser ta take a hike.  We don't want her anywhere near here."
[16:56] * Strifer calls back. "Choke on a bag of dicks, yeah?!"
[16:56] * Candlelight_Sonata nods. "Strifer, stay outside.  Actually..."  she waves to Calamine.  "Cala, you come with me."  She slips her rifle off her back and hoofs it to Callie.  "I'll be wanting that back."
[16:57] * Calamine nods and follows silently.
[16:57] * Harris just stands there at all this attention directed at, then looks down at the raider "Are you?
[16:57] * Candlelight_Sonata shoots Strifer a dirty look.  "Everyone else, stay here."  She lets out a breath and enters the building.
[16:57] * Callie wraps her tail around the rifle and slings into a pouch without even glancing backwards. "Sure thing! Shotguns are more my style anyways. Not that there's anything wrong with rifles, mind!"
[16:58] * Callie misses the pouch and the rifle clatters to the ground behind her. "Oops."
[16:58] * Strifer glares back up at Harris. (Whom I assume is pretty large.) "We could settle this, right here.. Featherbrain."
[16:58] <%Somber> Soon as they enter the abandoned refinery, the mare barks out 'That's far enough!"  There was a flatbed cart there loaded with some crates.  Beside it was a baracade of bags with four ponies behind it.  There was a veritable camp behind them, numberous fires... far more than four needed.  The interior of the refinery was dark, but cool and dry compared to the
[17:00] <%Somber> rest of the jungle.  From behind the baracade stepped a gray earth pony scarred from head to hoof.  Only one eye glared evenly at Sonata and Calamine as she approached the pair.  Somewhere in the building, a baby was crying.  She narrowed her eye at Sonata.  "I'm Hoe.  You're not here with the silvers?"  She asked, giving a nod to the battered zebra.
[17:01] * Naphtha watched Sonata head off into the building, unarmed. This... This was really worrying.
[17:01] * Calamine shakes her head profusely.
[17:01] * Strifer cracks her neck, first to one side, then teh other.
[17:02] * Callie isn't worried.
[17:02] * Candlelight_Sonata shakes her head.  "I'm Candlelight Sonata, and this is Calamine.  We were hired by a stallion named Coupon in Casa del Sol.  Job sounded sketchy from the start, and that's why we're here.  Sorry for roughing up Xunu, but now that my suspicions are confirmed, I'd like to help."
[17:03] * Harris pfftss "I don't need no shit from some twicking junky." then moves to take a look inside the doors and check up on Candlelight_Sonata and Calamine
[17:03] <Harris> twiching*
[17:03] * Calamine looks to Xunu. "Would you like for me to take a look at your injuries. I am a shaman and am trained in medicine."
[17:04] <%Somber> "Help?  Ya'll can help by turnin round and not commin back.  We got enough troubles without y'all bringin more."
[17:05] * Strifer spits as Harris walks away. "Chicken." Then she walks off to the side, pacing back and forth, casting glances between al lthe party members still outside.
[17:05] * Candlelight_Sonata holds up a hoof.  "Look, I know you got trouble.  Silvers treat ponies like they're not better than property.  Trouble is, they know you're here.  That train you hit led us straight here.  I want to help lay off that trail.  And I have an idea of how to do that.  Though if there's folk here needs medical help, Calamine would be the mare to talk to."
[17:06] <%Somber> Xunu looks from the pair to Hoe then gives a nervous nod to Calamine.  "We need help, Hoe.  Silvers screwed up and sent some nice folks after us.  You know they're going to send killers next time."
[17:07] * Calamine sets about helping Xunu with her injuries.
[17:08] <%Somber> The one eyed pony grinds her teeth a little in frustration and then finally grumbles, "What kind o help are ya prepared ta give?"
[17:08] * Naphtha keeps her eyes towards the ground, not meeting Strifer's gaze.
[17:09] * Candlelight_Sonata flicks an ear.  "You hit that train to get supplies, right?  I have an idea.  May not be a great one, but it's what I've got.  Those crates on the train are all marked, right?"
[17:10] <%Somber> She nodded to the flat car.  "Yup.  Most of them were heading to Costa del Oro for the city folk."
[17:12] * Candlelight_Sonata grins.  "How many of them are empty?  And by chance did ya save a bit of the trash from what you've used?"
[17:12] * Strifer sits down and drinks some of her water. Nom nom nom.
[17:14] <%Somber> "About four or five, but we need that food.  We've scavenged every bit of food a mile or two around." she pointed out.
[17:14] <%Somber> Calamine manages to treat the bruises and contusions well enough.
[17:15] * Candlelight_Sonata holds up a hoof.  "I know that.  I ain't saying we bring any of the food back.  But... if we can take one of the cars, the empties, and some of the trash so it looks like you used some of the supplies, it'd make a more believeable story for Coupon that you ditched the train, took the goods that were useful, and ditched the car."
[17:17] * Candlelight_Sonata shrugs.  "Gives me something to give Coupon so we don't come back empty handed, adds believability to my story, and if we say we found the place abandoned, lessens the likelihood of others coming after you."
[17:17] <%Somber> Xunu turns to her.  "There's others who could use her medicine.  Can I take her to them?"  Hoe screws up her face.  "I don't like it but... she seems to know what she's doing."  Then she returned to Sonata.  "Mebbe.  I don't reckon they know exactly how many of us are hiding out here.  You could tell im the Colonel took the food.  Silvers won't cross the
[17:17] <%Somber> colonel."
[17:18] * Callie has been mostly listening to determine the mood and leanings of the party. "That sounds like a good idea, Sonata!"
[17:18] * Calamine nods. "I would be honored to help you and strengthen the spirit of community here."
[17:19] * Candlelight_Sonata nods in agreement.  "How would we prove to Coupon that the Colonel did it?  Don't happen to have any of the guerilla's uniforms or currency on us, sadly."
[17:20] <%Somber> "Well, you could just lie.  That might give them some pause."  Hoe said sourly.  "I dunno.  We all need a lot of help, but there's nopony that wants to cross the Silvers.
[17:20] <%Somber> Xunu leads Calamine into the back of the old refinery.
[17:23] * Candlelight_Sonata frowns.  "Let me think a minute.  I gotta ask my companions outside a question.  Do you mind if I step out?"
[17:23] <%Somber> Hoe nods to her.  "We got yer zebra, in case you try funny business."
[17:24] * Candlelight_Sonata nods and trots outside before looking to Callie and Harris.  "You two've lived here long enough.  Anything we could do to make it look like the train car was hit by the Colonel's men?"
[17:24] * Calamine puts on a brave face and helps as many ponies and zebra in the back as she can.
[17:26] * Strifer looks up when Candlelight_Sonata steps out. "Ya managed to get the package?"
[17:27] * Callie thinks for a bit. "We could set it on fire."
[17:28] * Harris shakes his head "We'er way to far from the Colonel's part of the island. We would be better off just takeing the stuff back. Becuse they would just send some one eles, some one that would just kill them to make a piont not the steal from the Silvers ever."
[17:28] * Callie continues, "Some bullet holes too."
[17:29] * Calamine look emotionally, physically, and spiritually drained. She can't even stop herself from crying at the sight of the stillborn foal.
[17:29] * Naphtha fidgets nervously at the prospect. She wasn't sure what to do now.
[17:29] <Harris> "And if we say they are dead, then no one will come looking for them. As to what to do with them...." just gives a shrug
[17:31] * Callie "And if we kill them all and take the cart back, we could get paid! But you ponies don't seem the type to do that, so we're still in a quandary."
[17:32] * Harris looks to Callie "Didn't any thing 'bout killing them."
[17:33] * Naphtha fidgets nervously. "I-if we just bring back what we can, they'll send someone else looking for it unless we make it seem more dangerous." She chewed her lower lip. "B-but I'm not sure how to do that. M-maybe someone could rig the closed boxes with explosives..? That... That sounds like something the colonel's men would do. B-but that might be even worse. F-for those who
[17:33] * Naphtha try to open them."
[17:33] * Callie shrugs. "Yeah, but if we killed them then we'd have solved the problem for the future too! We might get a bonus! 'Course, this is all hypothetical /anyways/ 'cause I know you ponies aren't the type to do that. Just pointing it out is all!" She smiles again.
[17:39] <%Somber> About an hour after all the debating, Calimine and Xunu emerge.  The xebra carries a foal on her back that not more than a month or two old.
[17:40] * Calamine returns to the group looking drained emotionally and it appears she may have been crying. "We need to help these people."
[17:40] * Harris looks over to Naphtha "Well the problem with that is we only have three landmines. And the one's that would eat them in your plan is some low end shlup working in some wharehoues."  then turns to the zebras
[17:41] <%Somber> Xunu sits and nurses the foal.  "The sentiment is appreciated, but it's not easy to fight the silvers.  They don't take sides in the battle with the baron and colonel."
[17:42] * Calamine looks to Harris, concerned. "Mines? What plan?"
[17:43] * Strifer eyes Xunu and the foal up and down. She lets out a long breath, closing her eyes. Facing twisting into a slight snarl as she mumbles something to herself
[17:43] * Harris waves a talon to Calamine "Don't worry 'bout it. It was just some smoke blowing up a tail."
[17:44] * Somber shields the baby from Strifer, looking apprehensive.
[17:46] * Naphtha chews her lower lip nervously and looks down.
[17:47] <%Somber> Xunu fidgets a little as the baby nurses.  "Maybe you could talk to the colonel's soldiers?"
[17:55] * Harris nods at that "Maybe your best bet. Go and see the colonel's troops, becuse y'll get no love from the borons side."
[17:57] <%Somber> "Well... maybe." Xunu said as she looked down.  "There's some in the Baron who disagree with the Silvers... in fact they blame the Silvers for giving the Colonel the support his has.  But I don't know who they'd be."
[17:58] * Naphtha swallows nervously. "I... I don't..." She looked down and chewed her lower lip. She didn't have much to add at this point. At least not something she was very comfortable to say.
[17:58] * Callie is kind of at a loss. She knows what she would do, but that's clearly not what the group is interested in.
[18:02] * Candlelight_Sonata thinks a moment.  "Then we go find the Colonel's men.  I don't like taking a side in this, but..."  she waves a hoof to Xunu and then toward the others inside.  "These folks need our help.  And I ain't one to let them keep getting used and abused as they have been by the Silvers."
[18:02] * Callie shrugs. "So, let's bang up the stuff, burn some of it, shoot some holes in some other parts of it, and say that the Baron's men took it."
[18:02] <%Somber> There was that one outpost south of Costa del Sol...
[18:03] <Strifer> "... so we're not getting anything out of this?"
[18:03] * Candlelight_Sonata looks to Callie. "You mean the Colonel's?  Cause the Baron's men are who we met on the way out.  And..."  she thinks a moment.  "We met those friendly guerillas.  Or... at least friendlier than most."
[18:04] * Candlelight_Sonata shoots Strifer a look.  "No, we're going to find a way to lie, cheat, and protect these folks out of it."  She gives Strifer a toothy grin.  "I aim to misbehave."
[18:04] * Callie "Yeah, whatever. Let's just say that it was burnt out when we found it, ashes still warm. And to back it up, let's burn it out!"
[18:05] * Harris "Whats with you and fire?"
[18:05] * Calamine nods. "I am usually not one for dishonesty, but to protect lives and the Spirit of Community that has begun to develop here, I will do most anything."
[18:05] * Strifer smirks back at Candle. "I like that."
[18:05] * Callie blinks owlishly at Harris. "It's warm!"
[18:07] * Callie smiles.
[18:07] * Candlelight_Sonata smirks back at Strifer.  "Thought you might."  She looks to the rest of the group.  "Alright then.  Let's find a way to get back to that outpost and see if we can't get some damaged, useless supplies that would clearly identify the 'attackers' as the Colonel's, scorch the car and trash filled crates a bit, and then bring the train car back to Casa Del Sol."
[18:08] * Naphtha chewed her lower lip. "I... I hope they'll help us... I don't want to get involved in too many fights..."
[18:10] * Candlelight_Sonata wraps a wing around Naphtha.  "I don't want you getting into too many fights either, Naphtha.  Rather you stay innocent as long as possible."  She looks to the party.  "Sound like a plan?"
[18:10] * Callie grins cheerfully. "Yeah, it's not like they'll try to extort anything from us!"
[18:10] * Strifer stands up and stomps her forehooves twice.
[18:11] <%Somber> The trip back to the outpost was surprisingly fast.  Once back at the camp, they were met with disapproving scowls and frowns.  "What do you want?" the mare in charge asked flatly.  She didn't seem much friendlier than the baronial officer at the train depot.
[18:12] * Naphtha squeaks and tries to make herself small.
[18:12] * Callie is playing idly with her lighter, using her tail to flick it open and closed.
[18:17] <%Somber> "Well?" she asked sharply.  "What's your business here?
[18:17] * Candlelight_Sonata speaks up.  "Sorry to be a bother, but we got a request.  If it's possible.  And an open offer to help you, if we can come to an arrangement."
[18:18] <%Somber> "...well, are you going to tell me what it is or make me guess?  We're fighting a war here."
[18:19] * Candlelight_Sonata quickly explains the situation with the mine.  "What I need... is help making it look like ya'll did it.  I know you're fighting to keep the Baron down, but... somethin' tells me you also want to make sure everypony feels free, right?"
[18:20] <%Somber> "I see.  That makes perfect sense.  I can understand why you'd want to do that." she said with a nod, then stated flatly.  "No."
[18:22] * Candlelight_Sonata does her best to not let her ears droop.  "Look, if there's something we can do to help your effort, I'm willing to take that chance and say that, even if I don't agree with your methods, your fight is good.  These folks can't defend themselves.  They're poor, starving, and at the end of their length."
[18:22] * Callie shrugs. "Darn. Hey, Naphtha. You're a dragon, right? You think you could set this thing on fire convincingly? Think like a flamethrower!"
[18:22] * Candlelight_Sonata continues.  "This ain't my fight, but I'm willing to make it mine if it will do some good around here."
[18:23] * Strifer smirks. She likes this Candle.
[18:23] <%Somber> "Sounds rough.  I once ran for a week over the slopes of Mt. Sola evading a baronial patrol.  I got away.  My sister didn't.  I got to watch them take time killing them.  So no.  We're not going to help you implicate us.  We get a lot of supplies and war material from the Silvers and we're not going to jepordize that because a bunch of poor workers
[18:24] <%Somber> need help."  She closed her eyes and took a deep breath.  "What I will offer is to take them in.  If any of them can fight, they'll fight.  We have nurseries for the young.  They're spartan but they'll do.  Maybe in a few years the kids will make decent soldiers too."
[18:27] * Candlelight_Sonata lets out a long breath and stamps a hoof.  "Alright.  I'll take your offer back to Hoe.  If she agrees, I'll lead you to them.  If she don't... we'll have to figure out something for ourselves."  She gives the mare a hard look.  "I just don't want them hurt.  These folk have been through enough.  So have you, sound of it."
[18:28] * Candlelight_Sonata "Can you guarantee their safe passage to your camp that you're speaking of?  I don't want them to find freedom only to die because there was a miscommunication between your party and the main force."
[18:30] <%Somber> "Unlike the Baron;s forces, we're actually competant.  We need all the meat we can throw against the baron that we can get."
[18:30] * Calamine watches nervously as Candlelight_Sonata talks with the Colonel's troops. At the mention of meat, she grimaces. This felt wrong.
[18:31] * Callie thinks for a bit. "Hey, that sounds fair. Right guys?" She looks around.
[18:31] * Candlelight_Sonata lays her ears back.  "They ain't fighters.  They'll need training.  I can't guarantee it'll be easy for you at first, but I'm willing to take you at your word.  Maybe we can find a way to help end this fight sooner so ya'll needn't feed yourselves to the grinder day in day out."
[18:32] <%Somber> "They'll get all the training I did.  The survivors will excel," she said coldly before grinning.  "Soon as every last baronial pig is butchered, it will be a glorious day on the island."
[18:33] * Callie nods. "Yeah, I bet we can have a two-state solution ready to sign in no time!"
[18:33] * Naphtha chews her lower lip at Callie's question. "Um. W-well probably?" She fidgeted nervously at the conversation. Shifting her weight back and forth.
[18:34] * Candlelight_Sonata looks at Callie.  "I can't tell if you are being sarcastic, or are just absurdly optimistic."  She shakes her head.  "We'll figure something out.  Thank you for your time, yet again."  She says before trotting back toward the jungle.
[18:34] * Calamine looks to Candlelight_Sonata and tries to give a her a look like "We need to talk."
[18:35] * Callie smiles a guileless smile. "Well, it probably won't be easy to get them to agree to a two-state solution, but I'm sure it can be done."
[18:35] * Candlelight_Sonata trots a ways into the jungle, far beyond earshot from the Rebel camp.  "What's up, Calamine?"
[18:36] * Harris just sit in the back keeping his beack out of it
[18:36] <Calamine> As they leave earshot of the Colonel's men, she whispers. "Candlelight, there were many negative spirits around him. I do not like it."
[18:37] * Candlelight_Sonata smiles sadly.  "Got that impression from her, too, eh?  Well, good to know my gut wasn't wrong.  Let me guess, Spirits of Hate?"
[18:37] * Naphtha chewed her lower lip. "They murder other soldiers and string up their bodies with explosives to lure anyone who might try to give their loved one a proper burial into being killed themselves..."
[18:37] * Calamine nods. "That plus more."
[18:38] * Candlelight_Sonata nods to Calamine.  "Right."  She turns to Callie.  "Point of note, I may not be able to sense spirits, but if there's shennanigans going down in teh spirit world don't feel right, might be a good thing for me to know."  She says, giving the pegasus a 'get it?' look.
[18:43] * Candlelight_Sonata sighs.  She looks to Callie and Harris.  "Any chance we could get the Baron's men to come to an arrangement?  Or would that be a waste of time?  I weren't too impressed with their 'border guards' with their 'papers.'"  She says with annoyance, thinking back to the donkey.
[18:44] * Callie shakes her head. "That donkey was one of the more reasonable officers of the Baron."
[18:45] * Harris "Oh them.... lets say we don't deal with the likes of them."
[18:46] * Candlelight_Sonata slides a hoof down her face at 'reasonable'.  "I think I need to change my definitions of what's normal, seeing this island is all kinds of different."
[18:47] * Calamine nods in agreement. "And horrible. Those Silvers forced those mares to be sex slaves to pay medical bills and then give their children up to their schools and have to continue being sex workers to pay for that..."
[18:50] * Candlelight_Sonata manages to pale, which is rather impressive given her dark coat.  "They what."  She grabs her hat with her teeth and whips it to the ground.  "That ain't right.  That ain't right at all.  How could..."  She walks a good distance away and lets out a shriek of frustration.  She turns to the party.  "Sorry if that was hard on the ears..."  she says sheepishly.
[18:51] * Calamine puts a hoof around Candlelight_Sonata and hugs her. "I had to deliver a stillborn baby. I shed my tears. If you must scream to let out your anger and sorrow, let it out."
[18:52] * Callie cocks her head in thought. "Well, the second best idea is probably to get the refugees to go to the Colonel's group."
[18:52] * Strifer blink blinks, rubbing a ear with a  hoof. "So.. We're killing what now?"
[18:52] * Callie grins at Strifer. "Nothing, yet. I'm sure you'll get to kill something soon though!"
[18:53] * Candlelight_Sonata stops when she hears 'stillborn baby' and flops hard onto the ground.
[18:53] * Strifer eyerolls. "...right, well, lets get on with it!"
[18:53] <%Somber> Back to Costa Del Sol.  When they get into the merchant's shop... guess who was with Coupon?  Yes, the pretty white earth pony.  As soon as the pair walk in, their conversation comes to an end.  Coupon immediately grins, "Oh!  You're back!  Wonderful news!  Wonderful!  I'll have a team sent to get the goods to Del Oro immediately!"
[18:54] <%Somber> The white mare says coolly, "Shut up, Coupon.  Those are not the faces of ponies here to collect a paycheck."
[18:55] * Candlelight_Sonata holds up a hoof.  "No, we ain't.  There's been a bit more trouble than we first thought, though we'd appreciate it if we discussed it with you.  Alone."
[18:55] * Callie "It's not a lot of trouble though. So don't worry!"
[18:56] * Naphtha fidgets nervously as they arrive back in town. She was definitely not comfortable with whatever was going on.
[18:58] <%Somber> The white earth pony arched a brow.  "Very well.  We are as alone as one gets in this miserable hamlet."  She took a seat and gave Coupon a sharp glance.  The stallion jumped and fetched two bottles of wine from behind the counter.  "Will these do?"  She just looked at them as if they were filth, gave a little tch, and nod.  He started pouring glasses for
[18:58] <%Somber> six of them.
[19:00] * Callie happily accepts a glass. "Thanks!"
[19:00] * Calamine whispers to Candlelight_Sonata before she sits down. "There is an ice spirit around her. Very odd for this climate and to be attracted to a person instead of place."
[19:00] * Candlelight_Sonata looks at the glasses of wine, and back to the lady.  "Right.  When I said 'alone', meant Coupon and us.  This seems a bit..." She struggled for words for a moment.  "Below somepony of your station.  'Tween the lot of us, Calamine and Harris here're the most likely to be wearing fancy getup."  she says.
[19:02] <%Somber> "Stop making excuses.  The job Coupon dispatched you on was on my behalf.  It should have been accomplished hours ago.  Instead, you're back here.  I'd like to know why."  She paused and then gave another little roll of her eyes.  "My name is Silver Broach."
[19:02] * Naphtha swallows nervously and just sorta hides behind Sonata a bit. "... I don't like this..."
[19:04] * Strifer can't help but to let out a abrupt laugh at the mentioning of her name.
[19:04] <%Somber> "Nor I.  I dislike delays."
[19:04] <%Somber> She looked flatly at Strifer, "You find that amusing?"
[19:05] * Candlelight_Sonata looks at the mare.  "Right.  That be miss Silver, then?"  She shakes her head.  "That job wasn't right from the start, and you knew it.  Right down to that icy demeanor you so willingly put on.  So I can't help but wonder to myself why you didn't take care of it on your own."
[19:05] <%Somber> "What are you talking about?" she said disdainfully.
[19:07] * Candlelight_Sonata takes a sip of the wine, only to make a face before setting the glass down.  "Seems to me, you gave Coupon here a job that was too vague.  Tell the folks takin' it they'll take care of bandits, get the cargo, get back.  Failed to mention a few key factors, like your suspicions who and why your train'd been hit."
[19:08] * Callie is actively trying to restrain herself from doing... something. The strain shows on her face.
[19:09] <%Somber> "I hardly see how who took it is relevant.  What matters is they took it.  If you are incapable of returning it, then I will contract someone else who can," she said simply, then said coldly to Coupon, "I thought you said they were professionals."
[19:09] * Strifer ([email protected]) Quit ( Quit: He who laughs last, thinks slowest )
[19:09] <%Somber> Coupon stammered, "They are!  They are!  I promise, I'll get this sorted out!  I swear."
[19:11] * Callie calms her fidgets, but her eyes remain fixed on the point in space directly above Silver Broach's head.
[19:11] * Calamine closes her eyes as she sits in her chair.
[19:12] * Calamine looks over to Callie. "Do you mind if I borrow your lighter?"
[19:13] * Callie tosses it to Calamine with a flick of her tail.
[19:13] * Calamine looks it over for a moment before lighting it and staring into the flame.
[19:13] * Candlelight_Sonata looks at Silver Broach.  "Look, we'll do the job.  You probaby want those traincars back.  That we can retreive.  The supplies well..."  she stretches and looks with confusion at the lighter exchange.  "That could be a bit more complicated."
[19:14] * Harris steps froward "Look you want what was taken, right? We'll get that back. But get some one eles to kill a bunch of mare's and foals. Becues thats not what I signed up for." he says to Silver but turning to Couon on the last part
[19:14] <%Somber> "Explain," Broach said coldly, taking a sip of wine.  Coupon shook his head vigorously behind her back.
[19:16] <%Somber> Suddenly she blinks and sweat breaks out on her brow as her cold focus suddenly snaps.  "Dear me, Coupon.  Get some ice.  Some air.  A refrigeration spell.  Something!"
[19:17] <%Somber> Coupon's mouth works in bafflement.  "Ice... in Costa Del Sol...?"
[19:18] * Calamine opens her eyes. "It's gone," she whispers, putting out the flame and smiling softly at Broach.
[19:18] * Candlelight_Sonata looks to Coupon then blinks.  "That'd... be a neat trick, to be sure."  she says, he train of thought broken by the sudden change in Silver's demeanour.
[19:18] * Callie quietly stands up and stands in the doorway, politely ready to prevent anypony from entering or leaving.
[19:18] <%Somber> "Do it!" she hisses, now looking... very pissed off.  "Now!  Explain yourself.  What is this about mares and foals?"
[19:19] <%Somber> Coupon goes to a little trapdoor set in the wall and scrambles out as Broach fans herself vigorously.
[19:20] * Callie sighs. "Calamine, should I go after him?"
[19:20] <%Somber> "If he does not return with ice in five minutes, I will pay you to go after him!" Broach snapped before flaring at Harris.
[19:20] * Calamine blinks before saying, "Um, follow, but don't attack unless things seem out of place. He might just be getting ice."
[19:20] <%Somber> glaring*
[19:21] * Candlelight_Sonata crosses her forlegs.  "My my, I do believe we've struck the fancy lady's nerve."
[19:21] * Naphtha swallows nervously and chews her lower lip. She lowers her voice to whisper to Sonata. "I don't think she knows about them. And I don't think Coupon wanted her to... Maybe he was protecting them?"
[19:21] * Callie nods and bolts outside, searching for Coupon from a height just above the rooftops.
[19:22] * Harris "Well there we'er no bandits, only some families. But that doesn't matter. What matters is you getting back your property, am I right."
[19:23] <%Somber> She looks quite sweaty and frazled.  "So are you saying they didn't steal our property?  That the train care detached and rolled its way to them on accident?"
[19:23] <%Somber> "It is several hundred buttons of goods, yes, getting it back matters a great deal!"
[19:24] * Candlelight_Sonata lets out a breath and shoots Harris a look.  "Harris 's right.  We aint' thieves.  Which is why we're offering to return those cars for you.  Dunno about the goods.  But I'm curious how one car is breaking the bank for you.  Sure, it's an inconvenience, but considering your wages, I'm sure that anything sold from all the other cars more than makes up for the loss."
[19:26] * Calamine suddenly stands. "Spirits..." she whispers before concentrating hard on something.
[19:26] * Candlelight_Sonata looks back at the zebra.  "Calamine?"
[19:26] <%Somber> "It's not.  But if you simply let one shipment be robbed then bandits tend to perpetuate the cycle."  She huffed, rising to her feet.  "Clearly you are too incompetant to handle this.  I'll have to contract some professionals to hunt those vermin down and eradicate them all."  She said, quite headedly.
[19:28] * Callie comes back inside and shrugs at Calamine. But then, suddenly her interest is taken by the air above Silver Broach's head again.
[19:28] * Candlelight_Sonata narrows her eyes.  "You knew who took it.  And yet you wanted to make sure that the job was done by hooves other than your own.  Clever, if cruel.  I suppose on this goddess forsaken island, finding folks who'll do the wrong thing wouldn't be that hard."  She smirks as she looks to her spiritually sensitive companions.  "Guess you lucked out."
[19:29] * Callie has a look of deep concern on her face.
[19:29] * Naphtha chewed her lower lip nervously. SOmething about all this didn't seem right.
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[19:30] * Harris holds up a talon "Miss Silver the 'bandits' are no longer a problem. But as for you goods thats whats really going on here."
[19:30] * Calamine puts a hoof on the clasp of her cloak and focuses all of her shamanistic abilities towards Silver Broach.
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[19:30] * Candlelight_Sonata nods to Callie and Calamine.  "You're going to take that loss.  If you want the carts back, we'll get them for you, but you're leaving the goods.  Write it off as 'known loss'.  Don't care.
[19:31] * Callie looks at Calamine anxiously, then back at Silver Broach.
[19:31] <%Somber> "Yes.  Theif!  That is who took it!  Are you too stupid to contemplate that?  Someone steals from you and you are okay with it?!  What miserable little island did you crawl from?  I don't care if they have families, are orphans, or whatever!  And why is it so hot in here?" she shouted.  "Coupon?!  Get back here or I'll have your miserable little shop burned
[19:31] <%Somber> the ground!"
[19:31] <Harris> "You still need to get them back, and we'll do that. But we already took care of the thiefs."
[19:32] <%Somber> An instant later she jerked as if slapped, her pale hide soaked with sweat as she sat down hard.
[19:33] * Calamine grunts. "They will not be stealing from you again and you will not burn this shop down!" she says, focusing harder as sweat begins to pour down her head too.
[19:33] <%Somber> "I am feeling... out of sorts..."
[19:33] * Harris looks to Candlelight_Sonata
[19:34] * Candlelight_Sonata looks amused at Silver Broach's discomfort.  "Find it interesting that your lack of caring is what led you hear.  And yes, the thieves have been taken care of.  Ain't going to be trouble again.
[19:35] <%Somber> She takes a deep breath and sighs.  "My lack of vital medical supplies lead me here.  The loss of hundreds of caps of medical supplies led me here.  But clearly something is going on here..."
[19:36] <%Somber> She rose to her hooves, swaying.  "I think I need to go lay down and have a drink..."
[19:36] * Candlelight_Sonata looks to the party.  "You sure you aren't missing two trains?"
[19:36] * Calamine offers her some water and Bwanga fruit. "This will make you feel stronger."
[19:37] * Naphtha taps her chin and tilts her head to one side. "Maybe the train cars really aren't very important..?"
[19:37] <%Somber> "I think not.  I suspect something is going on.  I will have more professional ponies look into it.  And to you."
[19:38] * Naphtha scratches her head. "Wait. What exactly was on the cars? B-because I don't think medical supplies made it as far as the cars being taken. Someone else is ripping you off."
[19:38] * Callie looks around. "There weren't any medical supplies that we saw any trace of, were there?"
[19:39] * Candlelight_Sonata for the 3rd or 4th time today, pales.  "Son of a bitch."
[19:39] <%Somber> She sighed.  "There were four hundred pounds of beans.  Two hundred pounds of dried corn.  Twenty five sacks of sugar.  Salt.  And a crate of extremely valuable medicinal supplies."
[19:39] * Candlelight_Sonata leans forward.  "Ma'am, I gotta ask.  If you could get the medical supplies back, would that make the rest worth..."  she waves a hoof.  "Going missing?"
[19:40] <Harris> "Well I didn't see any thing that looked like medicinal supplies."
[19:40] * Callie chooses her words carefully. "The... group we /thought/ was responsible for taking the goods didn't have much medicine with them at all that we could tell. One of our number had to provide far too many medical services for that to have been the case. Miss Broach, I think somepony else ripped off that crate of medicine."
[19:41] * Naphtha points out. "O-or they just didn't know what was on the train and took it for the food and just got the wrong things along with it..."
[19:41] * Calamine continues focusing on pushing back the flame spirit.
[19:41] <%Somber> She sighed and leaned towards Candlelight.  "I suppose.  That medicine was worth twice the value of the rest of the shipment, not counting the rail car."  she gave a wave of her hoof.  "I don't know why you are do invested in protecting these theives, but I am willing to negotiate for the medical supplies."
[19:43] * Candlelight_Sonata frowns "Cause it's hard to call folks thieves when in reality it's closer to actually getting paid."  she mutters.  "Ma'am, what're we looking for?  Medical supplies for folks in need bothers me quite a bit.  Food is food.  On the island, I'm sure that's plentiful enough.  What got taken, and what's it used for?"
[19:45] <%Somber> "On the island, it is not plentiful." she contradicted.  "Most of the plants on the island are toxic, and the ones that are not have to be carefully cultivated.  Hense the price.  The package was a variety of herbal remedies, very rare and difficult to locate.  The loss of the food is nothing compared to the loss of the medicine."
[19:45] * Callie "How many other ponies knew about this medicine?"
[19:47] <%Somber> "A few in the Silver network.  I was organizing things at Costa Del Sol.  I suppose the gatherers did as well, but I didn't arrange those."
[19:48] * Naphtha chews her lower lip. "Then... Then there's no way the ponies who took it would have known about it. It was probably just a coincidence they happened to take that train." She swallowed nervously and fidgeted. "S-so maybe... Maybe we can get it back and things will be okay..?"
[19:48] * Calamine sighs and sits back down, looking exhausted.
[19:49] * Callie wonders what Calamine is doing.
[19:49] <%Somber> "If you can, so be it," she said, now seeming quite placid.
[19:49] * Callie stares at the space above Calamine's head now.
[19:49] * Harris sighs "Look, I think we'er done here. We'll get back the medicine, now you go get yourself some rest. You don't look so good." he said to Miss Silver then to Calamine
[19:50] * Candlelight_Sonata lets out a long breath.  "I agree.  We'll be back with the medicine.  And... sorry about the delays."
[19:50] * Callie smiles. "I'm sure it can't get more complicated and confusing than this."
[19:51] <%Somber> "The delay will be quite forgivable so long as the goods can be aquired soon and intact.  It is going to some very important clients."
[19:53] <Callie> /me "Calamine, who's your friend?"
[19:54] * Calamine blinks at her. "What friend?"
[19:54] * Callie points a hoof at the space above Calamine's head. "Your friend."
[19:54] * Calamine looks above her head. "I don't see anything."
[19:55] * Callie frowns. "You sure. Little shadowy thing claws?"
[19:55] * Callie frowns. "You sure? Little shadowy thing, claws?"
[19:56] * Calamine just shakes her head, too tired to deal with anything.
[19:57] * Callie "Hrm. Okay. Later then."
[19:58] * Naphtha blinked a moment. "We need to get back to the refugees! Really really fast!"
[19:58] * Candlelight_Sonata looks at Naphtha.  "I... You know what, fine.  Let's go!"  She bolts out the door.  "Strifer, I might need you to beat something for me."
[19:59] <%Somber> ((kk cut there))
[20:07] * Naphtha is now known as Ilushia