Piss Poor #21

[18:12]	Rabtar	after there encounter with the great and powerful deamon of choice Quark, our group has been left in the middle of the desert faced with a choice. Go to this 'Harmony Heights' backtrack to Trailer Trash and on to the buffalo, all the way back to 'Newton' or somewhere else entirely
[18:13]	Ragebrew	just sat at the mouth of the outcropping, staring out into the Waste silently. She hadn't moved an inch since she finished her pie and apples. Except for the rise and fall of her breathing, it would be easy to mistake her for some very large and disturbing looking stuffed animal. She hadn't even bothered to rebraid her fwuff.
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[18:17]	Long-shot	breathed softly with each exhale making cute 'choo' sounds as she did, she yawns softly and rolls to her other side finding she'd used Midnight_Hour as a pillow for the night and somewhere in there passed out as shown by her book on the floor next to her
[18:25]	Elektron	"What do you think that creature meant by 'Project 42 is bad news'?" he asked no pony in particular "Do we even know what it is?"
[18:25]	Merciful_Devotion	had pulled out the strange orb and was looking at it curiously. "Hmm..."
[18:25]	Ragebrew	did not reply just staring off into the Waste.
[18:28]	Elektron	furrows his brows, "Ragebrew?"
[18:29]	Rabtar	other than being warm to the touch the orb is still just an orb
[18:29]	Ragebrew	didn't look back, but spoke in a hoarse whisper "Yes?"
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[18:30]	Elektron	he asked in worry "You... havn't been talking much... is something wrong?"
[18:30]	Ragebrew	"Yes."
[18:32]	Elektron	"Whats wrong?" he asked, moving to sit beside her
[18:33]	Ragebrew	"Many things."
[18:37]	Ragebrew	had her eyes were fixed on some point in the distance, a dull green light against the horizon.
[18:37]	Elektron	he prods her with a hoof "Like?"
[18:38]	Ragebrew	twitched as the touch. "I can't shake the feeling I am going to get ya all killed."
[18:41]	Elektron	cocks an eyebrow "You get us killed? I /walked/ right into a minefield and poked a mine. You saved me I don't think you'll get us killed anytime soon."
[18:42]	Midnight_Hour	starts to stir, feeling horrible. Her mouth is dry and her head his throbbing. "Ugh..."
[18:43]	Ragebrew	twitched again at the memory. "Delaying the inevitable."
[18:47]	Long-shot	nuzzles Midnight_Hour's side as she stirs letting an eye open to look around as she wakes slowly herself
[18:48]	Midnight_Hour	pulls out her canteen, sipping at it daintily, before returning to her half eaten piece of pie and her book without saying a word. She was almost finished with it.
[18:51]	Long-shot	hugs Midnight_Hour gently "You okay Midnight?" she asks softly giving her a nuzzle as she looks at her book
[18:52]	Midnight_Hour	groans. "Just a little dry mouth and a headache. I don't know what's come over me. Perhaps I have taken on some disease that you wastelanders have become immune too."
[18:53]	Ragebrew	"It's called dehydration. Ya need to drink more water."
[18:54]	Ragebrew	blinked once, and took off on a slow trot, away from the mouth of the cave. "Stay here." She said before disappearing behind a dune.
[18:54]	Long-shot	nodnods into Midnight's coat "Mmhmm, you can have water if you like, I'll get ya some if ya need" she murrs petting her softly
[18:57]	Rabtar	Ragebrew scrounges up some water and herbs, even finding a cave fungus under the overhang
[18:58]	Ragebrew	trots back a short time later, and promptly flung an old soda bottle full of pure water at Midnight's hooves. "Drink." She sat back down where she had been looking out to the Waste once again.
[18:59]	Ragebrew	sipped on some obviously dirty water herself. The flecks of mud at the bottom were a dead give away.
[18:59]	Midnight_Hour	catches the water in her magic before taking a sip. "Thank you," she says softly, and hoarsely, before returning to her book.
[18:59]	Elektron	he nudges Ragebrew again "Come on, you don't give yourself enough credit. You found that water, and made something that could reattach your leg! What kind of trouble could you get us in that you couldn't fix?"
[19:01]	Ragebrew	turned for the first time to look at Elektron. "I do not know. And that is what makes me think I will get ya killed. Every day we encounter things I have never seen before. Each day gives me another chance to get one or all of ya killed. I should have seen that trap. Instead I blindly stumbled us all into it, and nearly got us all killed." She looked back to the Waste, going silent once more.
[19:05]	Elektron	sighs, not knowing what else to say
[19:10]	Elektron	"Well, then where should we go?" he asked the rest of the group "Accorcing to Quark Project-42, whatever it is, is dangerous. Where else should we go?"
[19:12]	Midnight_Hour	sighs. "Why don't we head down into the hell stable and get Ragebrew his stallionhood back then?" Midnight asks, her voice edged with aggrivation.
[19:13]	Elektron	pokes Ragebrew "Want to go get it back Ragebrew?"
[19:14]	Ragebrew	just remained silent.
[19:15]	Long-shot	yawns again and grabs her book putting it into her bag as she pets Midnight_Hour "Okay ponies, lets not get at each others throats here, were all friends, now where too now? I'm okay with whatever but think of something quickly"
[19:16]	Midnight_Hour	grumbles under her breath and keeps reading.
[19:18]	Elektron	pokes Ragebrew again "Come on Ragebrew. Stay with us"
[19:18]	Ragebrew	does not move.
[19:20]	Elektron	pokes him again "Is it something that Quark character said?"
[19:21]	Ragebrew	remains silent and unmoving.
[19:22]	Elektron	frowns, and pokes one more time "Did it have something to do with that angry filly?"
[19:22]	Midnight_Hour	sighs. "Let's just give him a day. If he's still like this tomorrow, I guess we try our best and head for the nearest town."
[19:23]	Ragebrew	twitches once, but remains silent otherwise.
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[19:26]	Elektron	notices the twitch "It is something with the filly, isn't it? Who was that raider filly anyway? Whats your history with her?"
[19:27]	Midnight_Hour	rolls her eyes. "From what I gathered, he killed this universe's filly who was a raider, but he just saw another universe's filly who seemed to be a good kid with a head on her shoulders."
[19:27]	Ragebrew	whispered "I killed her. I caused them to be enslaved. My actions killed an entire generation of young." Tears began to fall from her eyes. "Leave me alone. Just... Leave me alone..."
[19:29]	Long-shot	got up and moved to Ragebrew giving her a big hug "Shh shh now Ragey, just rest and try to focus on something else, it's alright" she says in a soft comforting voice before she smiles to her and wiping her tears away
[19:31]	Ragebrew	doesn't move as Long hugged her. "Just... leave me alone..."
[19:32]	Elektron	frowns and looks away, realizing he is picking at a wound
[19:34]	Long-shot	strokes Ragebrew's mane with a hoof "Hey now, don't say that silly pony. Friends stay together and your the only pony I got left from the original group, c'mon Ragey it'll be alright just trust me" she says softly giving her a small squeeze
[19:35]	Elektron	"Well... If Rage has no opinion, why don't we go to that stable so we can return her to normal? Not like we have anywhere more pressing to be."
[19:49]	Midnight_Hour	just continues reading, just merely shrugging.
[19:53]	Ragebrew	just whispers those four words over and over again, otherwise unmoving.
[19:56]	Long-shot	sighs and slowly turns around breaking the hug "O-..Okay.. I.. I understand...." she says walking out of the cave with her head low "But don't say I didn't try..." she says quietly as she leaves
[20:13]	Rabtar	our group decided to head back to Trailer Trash for supplies and directions, they did not know where the buffalo's 'City Under the Mountain' was but they did give them directions to the buffalo trade post on the edge of there territory
[20:14]	Ragebrew	follows behind the party, silent. From time to time she'd disappear for sight, only to reappear a few minutes later.
[20:17]	Midnight_Hour	continues reading, following Merciful_Devotion, Elektron, and Long-shot quietly.
[20:18]	Elektron	"So Ragebrew... have you ever seen a Buffalo before?"
[20:18]	Ragebrew	"No."
[20:19]	Long-shot	stays near Midnight_Hour trying to mess with her coats colors more
[20:20]	Elektron	"How about you Long-shot?" he asks, turning to face her
[20:22]	Long-shot	shrugs and growls before looking around "Well.. I'm not sure.. there have been strange dreams so.. maybe.. I don't like thinking about the past..."
[20:24]	Elektron	"Midnight? You ever seen one?"
[20:29]	Rabtar	along the way the find a little water some food and a hoof full of random ammo
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[20:30]	Midnight_Hour	simply says. "No."
[20:31]	Elektron	"Well then, lets go meet some Buffalo."
[20:33]	Midnight_Hour	"I hope they're not too dirty. I hear they are very hairy, like Ragebrew, and we can see how filthy that fluff can make his coat... her coat... his. Whatever."
[20:34]	Elektron	"A little dirt never hurt anypony... or Buffalo"
[20:34]	Ragebrew	only responds by trotting past each member of the party, offering them a hoofful of fresh grass to chew on.
[20:35]	Merciful_Devotion	idly chews on the grass.
[20:36]	Elektron	gratefully takes some of the grass
[20:37]	Long-shot	takes some grass wearily looking between Rage and Midnight
[20:38]	Ragebrew	trotted back to her place at the end of the line after giving everyone their simple meal, eyes focused on the hoofprints infront of her.
[20:38]	Midnight_Hour	simply stores it in her packs and gets back to reading as they trot along.
[20:42]	Ragebrew	"Ya need to eat." She didn't look up, just trotting behind the others.
[20:44]	Elektron	"Did anypony mention why the key to that Bandoleer would be in this stable near the Buffalo? Or why that necromancer had it in the first place?" he asked the group
[20:44]	Merciful_Devotion	"I don't think so..."
[20:45]	Elektron	"How about what it looks like? I doubt it will just say 'Key to Magical Bandoleer'"
[20:46]	Ragebrew	"They said it came from there. That is all I know."
[20:46]	Elektron	"Well, hopefully this town has more information, or we could be in that stable for a long time."
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[20:49]	Midnight_Hour	mumbles "Fine," and pulls out the grass, eating it with some disdain.
[20:50]	Ragebrew	gave a faint smile, unseen from the back of the group. "Enjoy it. My harver sack is empty now."
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[21:12]	Rabtar	after several hours of walking the group come up to the mentioned buffalo trade stand. It being just a simple table sitting out in the desert a few miles trot from a small *forest* nestled into the foot of the mountain
[21:14]	Rabtar	the only thing on the table being a hoof written sign reading 'Back in 30'
[21:15]	Elektron	walks up and reads the sign "I guess we wait? Or should we try to find the stable on our own?"
[21:16]	Long-shot	sits down and sighs looking around "Well if you guys go I'm going to do some trading here and then catch up."
[21:17]	Midnight_Hour	archs an eyebrow at Long-shot. "Huh? Trade with who?"
[21:17]	Ragebrew	looked at the forest in the distance. "I miss trees." She sat down on the ground, just staring at the distant trees.
[21:18]	Midnight_Hour	sighs, sits on the bench, and continues reading her book.
[21:21]	Elektron	scans the horizon looking for any signs indication of a stable. He suddenly noticed "Hey... what the hay is up with that bush? It has hooves."
[21:23]	Long-shot	points to the sign "Cant I trade with the buffalo?"
[21:23]	Ragebrew	looks over at the aforementioned bush.
[21:27]	Rabtar	the bush responds with in a deep gravelly voice "No it doesn't!"
[21:28]	Elektron	jumps back in surprise "I think somepony is in there."
[21:28]	Long-shot	drops to the ground trying to fix her coat to match the dirt watching in surprise
[21:29]	Ragebrew	lifts herself from the ground and walks over to the bush. She idly poked it with her stone hoof.
[21:31]	Long-shot	giggles at Rage and crawls her way behind the bush poking at it too
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[21:33]	Merciful_Devotion	blinks at the bush curiously. "So, if you don't have hooves, and are a bush... We can eat your leaves then?"
[21:33]	Rabtar	several exasperated groans issue out from around the group. Several of the surrounding bushes standing, one of them turning to the one that spoke "Hides Poorly! Go back to the village." removing his disguise. Relieving that they are a large bull, wearing a set of simple leather armour with tribal markings.
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[21:35]	Midnight_Hour	looks up, sees that the buffalo don't seem to attack, she returns to her book.
[21:36]	Merciful_Devotion	giggles softly. "I take it you were gonna try and ambush us, huh? Or am I just still on edge from the draconequise..."
[21:36]	Long-shot	keeps her PTM's close with a giggle
[21:38]	Ragebrew	looks at the bufallo, then to Long-shot. "Please do not use those. I fear what they will do to ya."
[21:38]	Rabtar	"No. You are not our Brothers of Trash. We hid so we could watch and learn your intentions"
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[21:41]	Merciful_Devotion	smiles. "We're not here to cause trouble, friends. Merely to trade and find some information." She motions a hoof at the group. "This is Ragebrew, Long-shot, and Midnight_Hour. And I'm Merciful_Devotion."
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[21:42]	Midnight_Hour	simply waves, not looking up from her book.
[21:42]	Ragebrew	sat down again, looking at the group of buffalo with a blank expression.
[21:44]	Elektron	waves weakly at the Buffalo, looking with both curiousity and caution
[21:44]	Long-shot	sighs and pulls out her book following Midnight's lead as she waits
[21:45]	Rabtar	"I am Bro-Hoofs-a-Bear of the Apple Trotter tribe. What do you wish to trade and what do you wish to know?"
[21:48]	Merciful_Devotion	"Nice t meet you! Dunno about trade, depends on what you have, but we're looking for a nearby Stable."
[21:49]	Rabtar	"We have many apple and apple related accessories to trade. But I know not of this 'Stable' thing you seek."
[21:50]	Ragebrew	"The City Under the Mountain..." She was looking at the ground again, doodling in the sand.
[21:51]	Long-shot	sighs and itches her mane with frustration moving to Ragebrew "H-Hey... please feel better Rage.. I'm sorry" she whispered to her
[21:52]	Merciful_Devotion	"What she said! We need to find it somehow..." She lets her horn glow softly, and gives the speaking buffalo big, pleading eyes. "Can't you help a poor mare and her friends out?"
[21:52]	Ragebrew	just looked sideways at Long-shot. "Ya didn't do anything. Ya have no reason to be sorry."
[21:56]	Rabtar	his eyes go wide "You seek Sta-ah-Ble?! It is a place of death. Why would you wish to go there?"
[21:57]	Ragebrew	looked back to the ground. "Because of me."
[21:57]	Merciful_Devotion	"We wanna help out our friend here... She's... Been through a lot."
[21:59]	Rabtar	"Few pony come to us. Only the raider and our Brothers of Trash. Why would a stranger need to go there?"
[21:59]	Elektron	shakes his head at Ragebrew "You are not at fault for what happened. It was the bandoleer that caused this, and /we/ decided to come here, understand?"
[22:01]	Merciful_Devotion	sighs. "Because only something in that place can help her... Can you /please/ tell me~?" She starts to really jack up the charm.
[22:03]	Rabtar	"What is wrong with her? Is she... ill?" backing away slightly
[22:03]	Ragebrew	"She was a he."
[22:03]	Ragebrew	did not look up, and was still doodling.
[22:04]	Merciful_Devotion	"She's been cursed by a magical bandoleer..."
[22:05]	Rabtar	"We have stories of curses that can do this to a pony. But the stories say they were destroyed many, many years ago. Where did you find this?"
[22:05]	Midnight_Hour	it's not cursed. The bandoleer must have been an experimental piece of arcanotech in case of apocalypse. A female is much more valuable than a male in the sense of reproduction," Midnight says without looking up from her book.
[22:06]	Midnight_Hour	"From a zebra necromancer we killed in battle," Midnight answers before suddering.
[22:06]	Midnight_Hour	*shuddering.
[22:07]	Rabtar	looking confused Zee-bra? What is a zee-bra?"
[22:07]	Rabtar	*"*
[22:09]	Merciful_Devotion	pouts at Midnight_Hour. "Jeeze, kill the mood there..." She turns back to the buffalo. "They're like striped ponies.
[22:13]	Rabtar	"Hmmm... I have not heard of such a pony. We should go to the Shaman, she will know what to do."
[22:14]	Merciful_Devotion	"Ooohh! A shaman! Cool!"
[22:19]	Long-shot	giggles going to hoof-bump Midnight_Hour for that
[22:19]	Midnight_Hour	"Great. A shaman..."
[22:20]	Long-shot	Hmmm
[22:20]	Rabtar	"Yes.... cool" turning to his comrades "I will take them to the village. Continue with the lesson." the others shuffling off as Bro-Hoofs-a-Bear begins to lead them to the village
[22:21]	Elektron	follows the Buffalo
[22:21]	Ragebrew	stood up from her spot on the ground, looking at her doodle for a moment. A pair of tears landed on it before she locked step behind the buffalo.
[22:22]	Midnight_Hour	gets up, actually feeling oddly regretful about leaving behind the picnic table, and follows.
[22:23]	Merciful_Devotion	puts a comforting hoof on Ragebrew's shoulder, frowning a bit."
[22:23]	Long-shot	follows at Rage's side patpatting her on the back
[22:27]	Rabtar	after a short walk, the group reaches the forest, strange lights set up sporadically among the trees. Each tree being an apple tree of one kind or another...
[22:28]	Merciful_Devotion	looks around at all the trees, slightly amazed. "Wow... So this is why Trailer Trash had so many apples..."
[22:28]	Ragebrew	looked at all the apples, and despite her mood, couldn't help but drool.
[22:29]	Midnight_Hour	finally looks up from her book and her jaw drops. The leaves. The smell. The apples! "Oh my Goddesses. It's so beautiful.
[22:29]	Elektron	asks curiously "What are all the lights for?"
[22:30]	Long-shot	giggles at Midnight "Oh mai, sompony might want to watch her before she tries to take an apple tree"
[22:31]	Rabtar	"The winged ones have hidden the sun. They are among the gifts we took with us from Sta-ah-Ble. They let the trees grow even without the blessed sun."
[22:32]	Elektron	nods "Fascinating..." he continues to marvel at the technology, fairly oblivious to the bounty
[22:32]	Ragebrew	muttered. "Then we need to find more."
[22:32]	Merciful_Devotion	feels her stomach grumble. "So many apples..."
[22:34]	Rabtar	the trees were not bare but it obvious that these trees could support a much larger population than what Trailer Trash and possibly the buffalo village had.
[22:35]	Long-shot	looks up to the buffalo "C-Can I have some apples for me and my friends here?" she asks nicely
[22:37]	Rabtar	"You may trade for some" the sounds of a generator can be heard in the didtance
[22:38]	Elektron	"Are those generators only for the lights? Or are you powering anything else?" he asked the Buffalo
[22:38]	Merciful_Devotion	"Could we maybe have one each for free~? We've been walking all day~"
[22:39]	Ragebrew	"I have medicine and knowledge I can trade. We are out of food."
[22:40]	Rabtar	"The generator is for the lights. We have no need for it beyond that. And no you may not. Nothing is free and must either be earned or traded."
[22:41]	Merciful_Devotion	"So I can't give you a... Favor~" She adds some emphasis to the word favor.
[22:42]	Ragebrew	"Where do ya get water for all these? An orchard like this would take vast amounts of water to maintain..."
[22:44]	Rabtar	"Paying the horny pony no attention "We collect the rain and the run off from the mountain. We can only collect enough for the trees and us. What little extra we have is traded to our Brothers of Trash."
[22:44]	Long-shot	pokes Ragey's side and whispers "They might have a water talisman love~" she giggles happily
[22:46]	Ragebrew	just blinks a few times, looking up at Long-shot with a simple "Wat?" She shook her head a few times before staring back at the ground.
[22:47]	Merciful_Devotion	pouts.
[22:50]	Ragebrew	"I have medicine and knowledge your healers may find of use."
[22:51]	Midnight_Hour	sighs... again. "A water talisman was standard inside all Stables. One of those could set these buffalo... and their amazing apples, for generations."
[22:51]	Rabtar	"We welcome anything that will help"
[22:52]	Ragebrew	looked at Midnight and rolled her eyes. "I know what that is, Midnight. It wasn't that that I wat'd at."
[22:53]	Long-shot	kisses Ragey on the cheek with a giggle and trots over to Merciful_Devotion patting her "It's okay dear, maybe one of the other buffalo in the village will put out for some apples hmm? Just gotta keep your hopes up" she smiles
[22:54]	Merciful_Devotion	shrugs. "Maybe, I guess..." It seems she's not to used to her advances being ignored.
[22:55]	Elektron	speaks up "So where is this shaman? We'd like to search the stable as soon as possible."
[22:55]	Ragebrew	trotted past Mercy, patting her. "Different strokes for different folks. Maybe he likes his gals with a bit more meat and hair." She pulled out her small journal, flipping through to the dogeared pages with his frenzy, fusing, and rad-bee-done pages. Sisters bless the exchange of knowledge....
[22:58]	Rabtar	they reach the village, consisting of a collection of small wooden huts centered around a larger wooden structure, a hoof full of buffalo dragging a large cart full of apples. Bro-Hoof leads them to a hut directly across from central structure "Wait a moment. I must speak with the Shaman first. She can be a little.... cranky at times"
[23:01]	Ragebrew	sits down and breaks out her alchemy kit, occupying her mind with a few experiments.
[23:01]	Elektron	takes a seat, glad to be off his hooves for a moment
[23:03]	Merciful_Devotion	goes to look at the structure in the middle.
[23:04]	Long-shot	sighs and sits glaring at her box of PTM's
[23:04]	Rabtar	the large central building is simply being used as storage for the harvested apples, it's roughly one third full
[23:05]	Rabtar	Bro-Hoof returns "The Shaman will speak with you." ducking back inside, motioning for them to follow
[23:06]	Elektron	gets up, stretching a bit and follows the Buffalo into the hut
[23:06]	Merciful_Devotion	trots inside.
[23:06]	Ragebrew	collapses her alchemy kit, standing up and walking up Long-shot. She paused only to say "Please... Don't." Before trotting into the shaman's building.
[23:06]	Midnight_Hour	puts away her book and follows the others in.
[23:07]	Long-shot	giggles and slowly grins wider and wider following them inside
[23:09]	Rabtar	the inside of the hut is decorated with colorful beads and feathers along the walls, a hoof woven run in the center of the hut. A greying buffalo cow sitting in the center, looking only a little cross.
[23:10]	Ragebrew	sat near the door, and reopened her alchemy kit, listening to the buffalo shaman while preparing ingredients for her experiment.
[23:12]	Merciful_Devotion	lets her horn glow again and walks to the head of the group. "Hello, are you the shaman? Bro-Hoof or whatever his name is said you might be able to help us?"
[23:12]	Rabtar	the Shaman glares at Ragebrew speaking in a language that none of the group understands, Bro-Hoof groaning as he translates "Grandmother! That is the cursed pony. Not some tainted monster"
[23:13]	Midnight_Hour	smiles and whispers snidely. "A little bit of both, really."
[23:14]	Ragebrew	"No. I am."
[23:14]	Ragebrew	still had not rebraided her fwuff, so was still a fwuffy pony.
[23:15]	Merciful_Devotion	giggles. "She's not that bad once you get to know her, honest."
[23:16]	Midnight_Hour	shrugs.
[23:16]	Rabtar	she beacons Ragebrew over
[23:16]	Long-shot	rolls her eyes at Midnight "Oh goodness you two, just kiss and make up already, your worse than a married couple" she grins and giggles
[23:17]	Ragebrew	stands up and walks over to the shaman, just looking at her with a blank, weary expression.
[23:18]	Midnight_Hour	shoots Long-shot a glare. "That's a week I'm adding before I teach you even a single cantrip."
[23:19]	Long-shot	whimpers and goes to her with her head low "I-I'm sorry.. I-I shouldn't have said that Midnight.." she whimpers
[23:20]	Rabtar	she locks her eyes onto Ragebrews, staring intently into them for several moments before she say something and chuckles "She's asking if you have had any odd... cravings or if you've been having any extreme mood swings since you were cursed"
[23:20]	Midnight_Hour	just stares down her nose at her 'pupil.'
[23:20]	Midnight_Hour	bursts out laughing. "That's putting it lightly!"
[23:21]	Ragebrew	"Before I got my gender swapped and my leg blown off, figure I was pretty level headed and normal. Hell, being fwuffy isn't so bad."
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[23:24]	Rabtar	the Shaman suddenly pushes Rage over onto her back and presses her ear to her belly, listening for several long uncomfortable minutes before speaking again "She says you are not with child. The curse is... unfinished"
[23:25]	Merciful_Devotion	giggles at the sight.
[23:25]	Elektron	blink blinks. That Shaman is stronger than she looks
[23:26]	Midnight_Hour	sighs. "It's not a curse, and we knew that. It was a fertility protocol in response to the armageddon. It turned her into a mare so Ragebrew could bear a child and keep ponykind going.
[23:27]	Long-shot	blinks "Okay did I just hear that right or is somepony slippin' me PTM's? Cause... that is just crazy"
[23:27]	Midnight_Hour	"It won't remove unless we get the pass key from the Stable or Rage delivers a baby."
[23:27]	Elektron	coughs "And we'd MUCH prefer the first option." he said, rubbing his neck
[23:27]	Long-shot	blinks "Wait Midnight, this things controls ponies gender for the purpose of keeping the world population up? To prevent extinction?"
[23:28]	Ragebrew	just blinked as she was given a medical check up. "Odd..."
[23:28]	Merciful_Devotion	"To be honest, I thought I'd be the first to get knocked up in this group..."
[23:29]	Midnight_Hour	"That's what the bandolier said. Changing Ragebrew to a mare would be the smart thing for it to do. A mare can have numerous children with any number of mares. A stallion is less important in the long run for survival of a species."
[23:30]	Long-shot	just sits silently with a half dumbfounded and half concerned look "Why... am I not surprised? At any of this?" she facehooves flopping to the floor
[23:31]	Rabtar	the Shaman settles back into her seat "She says they were gifts from the Scoot-Scoota, she who had built the City for us to give to the pony when we left. It was among the only thing ask of the buffalo to live in the city."
[23:32]	Midnight_Hour	facehoofs. "You mean Scootaloo, the CEO of Stable-Tec..."
[23:33]	Ragebrew	"Not everyone went to school, Midnight." She said on her back. "Is she done?"
[23:33]	Midnight_Hour	blinks. "Wait! I meant stallions! A mare can have numerous children with any number of stallions!"
[23:35]	Long-shot	giggles and nuzzles Midnight_Hour "Sure you don't wanna at least try? It's the least /I/ can do for saying that mean thing I did.. and I'm super sorry for saying it" she coos
[23:36]	Ragebrew	chuckled at Midnight and rolled back to her hooves, trotting back to her seat near the door and sitting down.
[23:36]	Rabtar	she raises an eyebrow and continues "They were taken from us shortly after the deamons drove us out. Shortly after we began finding those who had foolishly put them on. Many pony died in the... unnatural child birth, child and "mother" alike. We sought out and destroyed all of them. Or so it was thought. You are fortunate that this one is.... incomplete"
[23:37]	Rabtar	"We do not know why we were asked to give these cursed things out."
[23:38]	Elektron	asks in worry "What kind of deamons are these?"
[23:38]	Long-shot	giggles "Do you buffalo's or Shamans have any sterility implants by any chance?" she snickers nuzzles and stroking Midnight_Hour some more
[23:38]	Ragebrew	"Glad I enjoy being a virgin." She pulled out her canteen, lamenting as she eyed the last dredges within it. She swigged them down, frowning.
[23:39]	Rabtar	"It is said they were deamons of metal and fire"
[23:39]	Midnight_Hour	picks Long-Shot up with her magic and sets her down a few feet closer to the door. "Bad! Go press heavy objects with your telekinesis until we're done or I won't teach you ANY magic!"
[23:40]	Ragebrew	"She stays, Midnight. She needs to hear this as well if she will be risking her life on my behalf."
[23:40]	Long-shot	whimpers and hides under her hooves at the door slowly crawling out and holding all of her supplies and bags up with her magic
[23:40]	Elektron	leans closer "Are these robots equipped with flamethrowers?"
[23:41]	Elektron	"It sounds like some of the ones I've worked on before, 200 years of continuous operation is hell on internal systems."
[23:42]	Rabtar	she yells a few things at Bro-Hoof "Yes... yes. She say get out and many other things I would rather not repeat." giving the Shaman a dirty look as he ushers the group out
[23:42]	Ragebrew	trots out and pulls Long-shot back inside. "Listen."
[23:42]	Long-shot	whimpers and wraps her tail over herself trying to hide "S-Sorry Midnight, s-so sorry"
[23:42]	Ragebrew	or not. That's cool. She pulled her alchemy kit out, finding somewhere nice to sit down and mix up at."
[23:43]	Elektron	gets up and walks out, wondering if he said something wrong
[23:43]	Merciful_Devotion	sighs and walks out.
[23:44]	Long-shot	crawls to Midnight following her very submissively
[23:44]	Midnight_Hour	walks out, not even giving Long-shot a glance.
[23:44]	Long-shot	whines with head to the floor low and following slowly only doing so much as to crawl
[23:44]	Ragebrew	snorts and glares at Midnight as she cut up mushrooms and herbs, throwing them in the cauldron and cooking up a new brew.
[23:44]	Rabtar	Bro-Hoof sighs as he gets outside "She is... well she's quite old and a bit mad. But she did say to take you to the city if you wished to die"
[23:47]	Ragebrew	"We need provisions. May we trade before ya lead us off?"
[23:49]	Rabtar	"You may, it will take roughly half a day to reach the city. It may be best to set out tomorrow. Outsiders are not allowed to spend the night in the village but you may camp in the orchard as long as you do not take any of the apples."
[23:50]	Midnight_Hour	frowns. "Great. No apples..."
[23:51]	Ragebrew	pulls out the thick purplish goop from her cauldron, smiling as she trotted up to the Bro-Hoof. "Trade. I wish to do it. I am a skilled alchemist, and I have many recipes and mixtures I could trade for supplies."
[23:51]	Rabtar	Bro-Hoof dose some trading with them before leading them to a spot that they could set up cam for the night.
[23:51]	Long-shot	whimpers at Midnight's discomfort following her silently and looking down still holding her things in her magic
[23:53]	Ragebrew	finished trading with the buffalos, and trotted up to Midnight, holding up a decent sum of apple. "Yer gonna stop being such a meanie to yer friends, or I'm gonna be a meanie back and start letting ya find yer own food in the waste. And carrying it." She flicked an apple at Midnight_Hour, offering one to everyone else. She was smiling.
[23:54]	Long-shot	smiles taking the apple and crawling to midnight offering her the apple in apology with her head low and the apple above her
[23:56]	Midnight_Hour	looks away, frowning as she takes the apple, and then, after a long pause, she looks at Long-shot. "No. It's alright. Just... don't snuggle up one me like that... It makes me uncomfortable. I don't swing that way."
[23:57]	Long-shot	nodnods to her crawling backwards away to curl in a ball quietly minding herself as she watches Midnight
[23:58]	Ragebrew	pats Midnight on the shoulder, smiling. "I don't mind ya being a bitch to me. Just don't be so mean to yer friends. Maybe I'll be one of those in the future. For now, just vent yer bitchiness on me. I don't like seeing Long grovel."
[00:00]	Merciful_Devotion	plops herself down a little ways away from the rest of the group, but still within earshot for casual conversation.
[00:00]	Long-shot	stays in her tight quiet ball keeping to herself for the night... she hated the cold... hated seeing ponies mad... she whimpered more watching them all using her tail as a blankey
[00:01]	Elektron	takes one more look at the rifle that had been taunting him, hoping he could learn something useful from it
[00:01]	Ragebrew	sits down with Long-shot, wrapping her left, fwuffy foreleg around her, covering part of her in fwuff.
[00:02]	Midnight_Hour	sits outside, reading, until it's time to go to bed. She sees Long-shot curled up and sighs. "If you want, you can sleep in my tent, Long-shot, but that's it! Sleep."
[00:04]	Long-shot	purrs and nuzzles Rage before slowly crawling to Midnight's tent thankfully with a purr and balling up in the corner thankfully moving her tail back as a blanket as she smiled to her
[00:07]	Ragebrew	sets a trio of canteens next to everypony, having a whooping five slung over her shoulder. She had to rearrange things, apples now filling every empty space in her saddlebags. She looked positively beaming. "I love these buffalos. Just. Love them."
[00:07]	Elektron	finally gets something useful out of the rifle, though it is at the cost of some damage to the internal components
[00:11]	Midnight_Hour	crawls back into her tent, shimmies inside her sleeping bag, and cracks open her book. Only a few pages left. Such a good magical primer."
[00:12]	Ragebrew	found a good tree to lean underneath. She peeled her duster and ammo cases off, resting with just her hat on against the tree, looking up at the leaves as the light faded to nothing. "I missed trees."
[00:14]	Elektron	doesn't really know where to sleep and just flops down in a random location. Hopefully the nightmares don't come back to haunt him like they did before
[00:14]	Long-shot	looks over to Rage from her ball "R-Rage can I please have another apple?" she asks in a soft voice as not to disturb Midnight
[00:16]	Ragebrew	looks over to Long-shot and pops one of the ammo boxes open. "Help yerself Long. I got a ton of 'em." She looked back up to the sky "Wonder where ya went, little gem...."
[00:18]	Long-shot	smiles and floats an apple over "Thank you Ragey" she says with a smile before balling up under her tail again watching Midnight with a sigh and murring softly
[23:52]	Rabtar	for stuffs the group is now lvl 7! *YAY!*