FoE RPG G0-2 - #017 Clashing Investigations

20:33<SpiritOfFate>	Group 0-II: *Freedom's Price* - Session #017 starts now
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20:39<ObserverStatus>	"Anything else we need to do before we leave, Swiss?"
20:40*	ObserverStatus agora se chama Full_Physical
20:45<SpiritOfFate>	Life keeps on moving in Limestack. From the window of the inn, they can see a cart leaving the caravan company. Preparations are being made, the caravan clerk talks to a Silver Anchor grifiness
20:47*	Sotho smiles as he looks out the window and then to his companions. "We should make haste now. Get back to town."
20:47<SpiritOfFate>	 The pegasus colt stretches his wings. "What is the place like?"
20:48*	Swiss_Provolone nods, "Before we go, I'd like to make a stop over somewhere here, if ya don't mind that is." he replies to Sotho
20:48*	Sotho looks to them. "What place?"
20:49<Sotho>	(Sorry that wasto Swiss)
20:50*	Swiss_Provolone "A mare named Pain Drop, I can explain more on the way." he leans down to the pegasus colt, "You know where it is right?"
20:51*	Sotho looks to them. "No. You can explain now."
20:52<SpiritOfFate>	"Yeah. But why do you want to go back there?" The colt seems nervous.
20:54*	Swiss_Provolone sighs, "Fine. She sold ponies drugs, got them addicted and when they couldn't pay up, she sold them off to the Quarry boss. I dealt with her last night, before she could sell the kid here too."
20:55*	Sotho nods to Swiss. "So why are you making him lead you back to her?" He asks, a bit annoyed. "While she must be dealt with in some fashion, I see no reason for myself to be part of it currently."
20:57*	Swiss_Provolone looks back to the pegasus, "I understand you don't want to go back, but I wanted to see if she had anything else on the quarry boss or ponies like him. That way we can make sure they don't hurt more ponies in the future." he looks back to Sotho, "She's already been dealt with, but you're right, you don't have to be part of it. Thats why I asked."
20:58*	Sotho nods as he looks to the Pegasus. "You may leave town with me if you wish, I will be going back to Freedom Mound."
21:00<SpiritOfFate>	"If you say so..." The colt says, not too sure.
21:01<Full_Physical>	"All right, travel safely, I'll go with Swiss."
21:03<Sotho>	"We will try, you keep safe as well." He says and bowsl ightly, preparing himself
21:04*	Swiss_Provolone pats the colt's head, "I won't make you follow me inside. I just need to know where she lived." he says, levitating out a key
21:06*	Swiss_Provolone nods, "Very well Sotho, we shouldn't be too long."
21:08<SpiritOfFate>	"I can do that." The colt thinks and nods
21:09*	Sotho looks to the Colt. "I will be ready to leave when you are."
21:09<Full_Physical>	"I've never been in the home of a slaver before, this could be neat."
21:13*	Sotho makes his way back towards home
21:14*	Swiss_Provolone levitates the pegasus onto his back, "Just point me in the right direction, we won't stay any longer than we have to." he says to the colt as he walks out, motioning for Full_Physical to follow
21:15<SpiritOfFate>	The colt flaps his wings and  stretches, he looks back with a frown. "Maybe if I had something..."
21:17<Full_Physical>	"I'll get you an icecream when we get back to Freedom Mound, let's go."
21:17*	Swiss_Provolone shakes his head, "Last thing ya need is more of whatever it is you were on. Once we get back to town someone should be able to get ya off of it."
21:20<SpiritOfFate>	"...I guess." He shrinks and trots outside with the others,
21:23<SpiritOfFate>	Meanwhile Royal_Lace and Knick Knack have the greatest pillow fight ever unseen
21:25*	Royal_Lace pompfs Nick nack with a pillow as she giggles and runs around there room.
21:28<SpiritOfFate>	Knick Knack dives behind the bed, giggling and holding a pillow on her mouth. "Mph! Mnph n mmph!""
21:30*	Royal_Lace throws a few pillows across the bed at Nick Nack as she continues to laugh, "Is that so Nicky?"
21:31<SpiritOfFate>	The colt leads  the group to a small two story building on the edge of the poorer inner district. The main doors and windows are closed
21:32*	Swiss_Provolone looks over the building, "This was her house?" he asks the colt
21:34<SpiritOfFate>	"Yeah, and her clinic." The colt says. "There is also a door on the alley behind it."
21:35<SpiritOfFate>	The colt just stands there for a while.
21:35*	Swiss_Provolone pats his head, "Thanks kid, you can wait out here. We shouldn't be too long." he prods Full_Physical, "Lets go check it out." he says, heading towards the alley
21:36<Full_Physical>	"How much longer do you think he's going to put up with the head patting?" Fizz asks out of earshot of the colt
21:37<SpiritOfFate>	Knick Knack sneaks under the bed and throws her pillow at Royal_Lace. "Surprise!" She laughs
21:38*	Swiss_Provolone snorts, "After all he must've been through, I doubt a few pats is the most of his troubles." he says, levitating out the key and opening the door
21:38<SpiritOfFate>	The colt shrugs
21:39*	Royal_Lace catches the pillow to her chest and falls back laughing, "Hahah! that was a good one! You out stealthed me Nicky"
21:40<SpiritOfFate>	The door unlocks and opens to a clean hallway of polished marble tiles.
21:41<Full_Physical>	"So what's the worst we'll find in here? Sexual torture dungeon in the basement? Pony vivisections in the clinic? Creepy shrine dedicated to the Quarry pony?"
21:43*	Swiss_Provolone shrugs, "Your guess is as good as mine. Now come on, lets see if we can find anything on where or how she was selling these ponies." he replies, trotting down the hallway
21:43<SpiritOfFate>	 There is a set of stairs going up, as well as three doors, one ahead, and one on each side
21:44*	Full_Physical takes the door to the left
21:44*	Swiss_Provolone takes the door on the right
21:45<SpiritOfFate>	Knick Knack pillow glomps Royal_Lace. "I got you"
21:46<SpiritOfFate>	Full Physical finds a pristine room with a marble operation table and cabinets.
21:46*	Full_Physical looks through the cabinets
21:47Sotho SpiritOfFate Swiss_Provolone
21:47Sotho SpiritOfFate Swiss_Provolone
21:47*	Royal_Lace Hugs her back and rolls around on the pillow strewn floor and laughs, "You did! Pilllow fight champion of the world defends her title again!"
21:50<SpiritOfFate>	Swiss_Provolone finds a room with several beds. Some of the them have stained sheets, but seem to be washed. There is also a marble pony skeleton decorating the room
21:58<SpiritOfFate>	Full_Physical finds some healing potions, some Med-X, two doctor bags and spots scratching marks on the  floor by the marble table, as if it was moved.
21:58Sotho SpiritOfFate Swiss_Provolone
22:00<SpiritOfFate>	Swiss_Provolone can't seem to find anything unusual on the room other than one of the ribs having a subtle bevel circling it around the middle
22:01*	Swiss_Provolone raises an eyebrow and sees if the rib can be moved in some way
22:03*	Full_Physical tries to move the table "Hey Swiss, can you help me move this table? I think I found the dungeon."
22:05*	Swiss_Provolone calls back, "Give me a minute, might have found something over here."
22:05<SpiritOfFate>	Half of the rib slides out, revealing a large key.
22:06*	Swiss_Provolone levitates out the key and trots back to Full_Physical, "This mare was hiding something alright." he says, putting away the key and helping Full_Physical push the table
22:09<SpiritOfFate>	The table moves to reveal a hole between tiles with a metal trapdoor closed by a large padlock.
22:11*	Swiss_Provolone levitates out the key he just found, "What are the chances this is key?" he muses as he tries to unlock the padlock
22:11<SpiritOfFate>	So it happens that it is the very same. The padlock unlocks.
22:12*	Swiss_Provolone lifts open the trap door, "You might be right about there being a dungeon. Lets hope the rest your theory ain't." he says to Full_Physical, going down the hole
22:13<Full_Physical>	"Huh, you already found it? Good thing this house is so... clean." Fizz says as he follows
22:17<SpiritOfFate>	A ladder leads down to what seem to be just a cave. It's dark below
22:18*	Swiss_Provolone lights up his horn, illuminating the cave, "This isn't what I expected to find here..." he says, looking around
22:19<Full_Physical>	"Honestly, I'm almost disappointed."
22:25*	Full_Physical takes an otoscope out of his backpack and uses it for a flashlight
22:26<SpiritOfFate>	The light reveals a cabinet by small alchemical lab, with tables full of instruments, beakers and talismans. Under the table, there is a safe. There is also a side cave with a large old metal door with another large padlock
22:26<Full_Physical>	"Think your key works on these too?"
22:27*	Swiss_Provolone trots up to them, testing the key, "Lets find out." he replies
22:32<SpiritOfFate>	This key doesn't work on this padlock.
22:32<Full_Physical>	"Maybe the safe?"
22:33*	Swiss_Provolone sighs, "Damn it. Theres still some rooms we haven't looked in yet, maybe its there." he says, trying the front door key
22:35*	Swiss_Provolone trots to the chemical table, searching for the key, "Check up stairs, I'll meet you there in a minute." he says, his horn flashing as he heightens his senses
22:36<Full_Physical>	"All right, I'll check the room across from the entrance." Fizz says as he leaves
22:36*	Full_Physical enters the room
22:41<SpiritOfFate>	He finds the entrance of the clinic, with a counter with drawers and several seats for waiting patients.
22:42*	Full_Physical looks through the drawers
22:46<SpiritOfFate>	There is a dozen caps in one of them, and medical papers with a quill and ink in the other one.
22:47*	Full_Physical pockets the caps and papers before heading upstairs
22:51<SpiritOfFate>	Swiss_Provolone, finds some chems, some special darts, as well as herbs, mushrooms and other substances in the cabinet. There are also some bags of what seems to be pony blood, in a mini fridge inside
22:52*	Swiss_Provolone collects everything inside and heads back upstairs to find Full_Physical, "Find anything yet?"
22:52<Full_Physical>	"Just some papers, figured I'd look upstairs before reading them."
22:55*	Sotho saiu (Connection closed)
22:56SpiritOfFate Swiss_Provolone
22:59<SpiritOfFate>	Full_Physical and  Swiss_Provolone find the bedroom upstairs. A large bed with curtains and silky sheets is right in the middle of it. There is a radio and disc player with shelves full of discs, as well as books. There is also a drawer by the bed, and a desk with a terminal.
23:00*	Swiss_Provolone checks the drawer by the bed, "This mare certainly lived well. A shame she had to do it off the backs of addicts."
23:03*	Full_Physical looks through the desk
23:03<Full_Physical>	"What else is she going to do to make this kind of money, slaughter raiders and fence their weapons? Ha."
23:04<SpiritOfFate>	"Don't move!" A  voice shouts from behind you.
23:04*	Swiss_Provolone freezes and turns to look at the source of the voice
23:05<Full_Physical>	"It's okay, I'm a doctor. I'm here to help."
23:06<SpiritOfFate>	"What are you doing here?!" A donkey wearing the outfit of the local militia has a shotgun pointed at Swiss_Provolone. A silver anchor griffon by his side has a rifle pointed at Full_Physical.
23:09*	Swiss_Provolone doesnt make a move towards his weapon, "We heard that someone took out Pain Drop, we thought we might take a look around."
23:12<Full_Physical>	"Damn shame about that, she used to show me the coolest stuff down in that lab of hers."
23:18<SpiritOfFate>	"Right... you'll come with us." The donkey says, skeptical.
23:20*	Swiss_Provolone bristles and remains where he stands, "And where would that be?"
23:30<Full_Physical>	"But sir, the arcano ionozation stage of the crystallization process for Pain Drop's test subjects isn't complete! If we don't feed them their antioxidant mineral oil supplements soon, it will lead to a chain reaction in their gastro intestinal associated lymphatic tissue and ruin the experiment!"
23:34<SpiritOfFate>	"The Limestack Defense Forces Headquarters, of course." The donkey tells Swiss_Provolone, looking at Full_Physical and raising an eyebrow.  "Whatever that is, I don't see anyone here needing any oil."
23:35<Full_Physical>	"They're in the basement."
23:35*	Swiss_Provolone glances at Full_Physical, "And if we refuse?"
23:37<SpiritOfFate>	The donkey points his shotgun at Swiss_Provolone's head. "Then we can take two suspects directly to their graves. Your choice."
23:38*	Swiss_Provolone grits his teeth, "Fine, but you're making a huge mistake." he replies, glaring at the donkey
23:42*	Full_Physical sighs "I suppose we have no choice, let's just make this quick, okay? If I don't rebalance Pumpkin's omnicron 7 oil levels soon, I'll be scraping partially crystallized flank off the walls for a day."
23:43*	Swiss_Provolone "When we get outside though let me get my kid, don't want to leave him unsupervised for a while." he says, still glaring at the donkey
23:45<SpiritOfFate>	The two ponies are guided out of the house at gunpoint. Outside, a small pegasus colt watches it from the rooftops, shocked, and flies away.
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