Crossroads of Remembrance [FC, Inn Instance]

[23:11:31] * Able_Tome snaps out of his thoughts
[23:11:36] * Lucyne then turns to Quick: "What? It was stupid and reckless, but someone had to do it."
[23:11:42] * Ruin grabs Lucyne's a flagon of ale
[23:12:05] <Drew_> I hate summer.....
[23:12:29] * Able_Tome shakes his head and begins going through his saddlebag, searching for the parchment container
[23:12:38] * Lucyne takes the ale and holds the mug up
[23:12:39] <Quicksilver_> "I guess... I wonder what it would have been like to die..."
[23:12:41] <Lucyne> "Cheers mate."
[23:12:59] * Quicksilver_ shivers
[23:13:02] * Lucyne chuckles "You won't have to find out for a while, don't worry."
[23:13:20] * Lucyne drinks, her words and thoughts not fully...there
[23:13:22] * Ruin nods, and returns to polishing a glass
[23:13:53] * Able_Tome searches through it and after several moment extracts a long, cylindrical tube
[23:14:01] <Drew_> how does a race with no hands make a hammer?
[23:14:01] * Quicksilver_ smiles "I hope not, I think i may give adventuring a miss for a day or two i think"
[23:14:28] * Lucyne laughs "I don't wanna die, not going toe to toe with giant monsters for a day will do!"
[23:14:29] <Drew_> or nails, or a cup for that  matter?
[23:14:40] * Lucyne takes a swig
[23:14:48] <Lucyne> "I'm sorry if it felt like I pushed you to come."
[23:15:05] * Able_Tome , carefully calculating his each movement, places the cylinder before him
[23:15:17] <Quicksilver_> "It feels like its been so long since i properly sat down and rested, but im glad I came along, so many wonderful sights"
[23:15:18] * Ruin begins to sing to self, way too focused on the cup she is polishing
[23:15:32] <Drew_> have any of the pegasi worked out holding shit in their wings?
[23:15:53] * Lucyne stares intently at the mug
[23:15:53] * Quicksilver_ glances to her saddlebag "Wouldn't have discovered this otherwise"
[23:16:07] <Lucyne> "The luck is with the stupid huh?"
[23:16:07] <Ruin> "Last Call! Last Call! Last call in Jonestown, bottoms up! Swallow the hemlock, drink from the cup!"
[23:16:25] * Lucyne drinks again "Or the reckless"
[23:16:33] <Drew_> Nope, not killing myself.
[23:16:35] * Able_Tome takes a glass shot into his hoof and takes a small sip as he inspects the container with his eyes, looking for irregularities in its form
[23:16:52] * Quicksilver_ smiles and takes a drink "Amen to that"
[23:16:57] * Lucyne looks across the bar
[23:17:04] <Lucyne> "Drew, Able, come sit with us!"
[23:17:29] * Rain_Drop nudges open the door surveying the bar before trotting in
[23:17:29] <Drew_> that reminds me, I'm both surprised and grateful for the low suicide rate, coming Lucy
[23:17:40] * Able_Tome puts the shot on the table and glances at Lucy "One moment, Lucyne."
[23:17:50] * Lucyne glances at the new comer
[23:17:52] <Lucyne> "Rain!"
[23:17:58] * Lucyne gets up to greet Rain
[23:18:03] * Rain_Drop looks at the call. "Lucy!:
[23:18:13] * Lucyne hugs Rain
[23:18:19] <Lucyne> "Come on, we've got a seat open."
[23:18:29] * Rain_Drop returns the hug. "Hey missed you at the fields you come here for a drink?"
[23:18:30] * Quicksilver_ grins at the pair
[23:18:38] * Able_Tome returns his sight on the container before him and begins to open it up by removing the lid on top of it
[23:18:49] <Lucyne> "Yea, sorry, but the breathing has really been giving me trouble..."
[23:19:04] * Chinook stretches his neck and takes his usual seat at the bar
[23:19:16] * Rain_Drop nods sympathetically. "Hey you take as long as you need to get your lungs better alright?"
[23:19:18] <Lucyne> "Oh hey Chinook, didn't see you come in."
[23:19:22] <Ruin> "Whatcha need, Chin?"
[23:19:26] <Rain_Drop> "Chiny!"
[23:19:30] * Chinook looks up
[23:19:30] <Drew_> when is that shop opening?
[23:19:33] * Rain_Drop waves a hoof at Chinook
[23:19:35] <Lucyne> "I will, they're a lot better already."
[23:19:40] <Chinook> "Guys! didn't see you there!"
[23:19:56] * Chinook walks over "Yeah, sorry it's been a long day"
[23:20:08] * Able_Tome bites his lower lip as the lid gives in. Tilting the cylinder to the side, a clean parchment scroll slides and lands on the table
[23:20:32] * Ruin sighs in relief
[23:20:35] * Rain_Drop lightly punches Chinook on the shoulder. "Oh come on don't tell me the big bad militia man is all tired our today?"
[23:20:37] <Lucyne> "Come on everyone, let's sit at the bar."
[23:20:46] * Quicksilver_ looks at Lucyne's labored breathing "Are you sure that is healing? there could be some permanent damage to your alveoli"
[23:20:50] <Drew_> I'm here
[23:21:04] <Lucyne> "It better be, otherwise I'm screwed."
[23:21:06] * Lucyne laughs
[23:21:13] * Chinook laughs nervously "Nah, just you know. Staying outside a cave all day and all that"
[23:21:18] * Able_Tome searches his back-pocket and retrieves his usual scroll with a quill, puting it right next to the new one
[23:21:30] * Chinook taps his head "Can send a guy nuts"
[23:21:38] * R_Dusk comes in, a bit intimidated to see so much unknown faces
[23:21:38] * Ikea walks in, surveying the room
[23:21:49] <Lucyne> "If I start coughing blood I'll see to medical attention."
[23:22:04] * Lucyne sits down at the bar
[23:22:09] * Kaiasha Steps out from a corner of the pub looking pleased with herself
[23:22:13] <Lucyne> "Oh hey Ikea! And a new face I think?"
[23:22:31] <Chinook> "Medical attention?"
[23:22:41] * Quicksilver_ brings out a healing potion from her saddlebag and places it on the table in front of Lucyne "Take this, it doesn't matter if you use it or not, but I would feel better if you had it"
[23:22:54] * Ikea trots up to the bar to sit down "Hey, guys. Any deadly outbreaks yet?"
[23:23:01] <R_Dusk> "Radiant Dusk's the name, but call me Dusk"
[23:23:03] * Arrant_Hold_ walks into the inn.
[23:23:04] * Able_Tome slowly moves his hoof over the new scroll and opens it up. Looking intently at the paper, Able begins to read through the text, recognizing a form...official request form from the embassy
[23:23:04] <Chinook> "Hey Ruby!"
[23:23:11] <Drew> seriously you look in bad shape, gelatinous cube
[23:23:13] * Arrant_Hold_ holding his head, in pain...
[23:23:13] * Lucyne eyes the container
[23:23:22] * Ruby_McCoal arrives rushingly "booze, strong, now"
[23:23:24] <Lucyne> "Thanks Quick, I really appreciate the trust.
[23:23:46] * Arrant_Hold_ sits down next to Ruby, and bangs his head on the table
[23:23:50] <Ruin> "right away" *pours some vodka for Ruby
[23:23:54] <Lucyne> "Nice to meet you Radiant, come sit with us!"
[23:24:07] <Rain_Drop> "Thank you Quick, whats wrong with him?"
[23:24:12] * Rain_Drop points at Arrant
[23:24:15] * Able_Tome skims through the forms as he smiles, recognizing and understanding equestrian symbology
[23:24:18] <Quicksilver_> "You saved my life... It feels right to make yours more comfortable in return"
[23:24:24] * R_Dusk nearly smiles
[23:24:31] <R_Dusk> "nice to meet you too"
[23:24:32] <Drew> Able, what does it say?
[23:24:42] * R_Dusk head towards them
[23:24:43] <Ruby_McCoal> "all those morons *sips* making us running around and risk our *sips* for some horny captain who dont even gives a fuck"
[23:24:49] * Chinook puts a hoof to his chin "Radiant Dusk eh? Were you here the other day?"
[23:24:50] <Arrant_Hold_> "can anyone here KEEP their dick in their pants?"
[23:24:53] * Ruby_McCoal proceed to empty the glass
[23:25:03] <Lucyne> "Thanks again, I won't be taking it unless situation becomes especially dire."
[23:25:04] <Rain_Drop> "...What?"
[23:25:06] <Arrant_Hold_> "Or whatever horses have."
[23:25:14] * Chinook laughs
[23:25:18] <Ikea> "Hey, Dusk. I'm Ikea, town engineer. You show up today? I'm a bit out of the social loop at the moment, I'm afraid..."
[23:25:23] * Arrant_Hold_ stops banging his head on the table.
[23:25:25] <Kaiasha> "still called dicks just slightly bigger and flatter on the front*
[23:25:27] * Able_Tome puts the scroll down on the table and begins opening up his scroll "H-huh?", he looks at Drew for a moment, "Oh nothing, nothing...just an...official document."
[23:25:29] <Ruby_McCoal> "High Tide was never kidnapped, he just went to them"
[23:25:42] <Ruby_McCoal> "having sex and a soon-to-be child"
[23:25:43] * Lucyne leans over to Able
[23:25:46] <Lucyne> "You can read that shit?"
[23:25:47] <Rain_Drop> "....HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA"
[23:25:54] <Chinook> "What?!"
[23:26:03] <Rain_Drop> "So that's! Why he was grinning like an idiot!"
[23:26:08] <Ruin> "Well, now THAT's news."
[23:26:15] * Quicksilver_ nods "I still have two left so i should be ok to study and try and sythesise more"
[23:26:20] * Rain_Drop pounds the bar laughing hysterically
[23:26:28] * Arrant_Hold_ shakes his head "We should go back... the others might die."
[23:26:34] * Able_Tome turns his head to face Lucy "Its basic equestrian. The embassy was kind enough to...simplify certain terminology for documents."
[23:26:42] <Ruby_McCoal> "Fucking almost drowned for his sorry ass, would have gave my life for them" as she empties another bottle
[23:26:49] <Lucyne> "Nice, what does it say."
[23:26:57] * Lucyne notices the hysterical Rain
[23:27:05] <Arrant_Hold_> "The others might end up dying... We should go back for their sake."
[23:27:06] <Lucyne> "Some joke I missed?"
[23:27:06] * Rain_Drop wipes a tear from her eye with a hoof.
[23:27:09] <Ruby_McCoal> "but *hic* he does only care bout *burp* his dick"
[23:27:19] <Chinook> "Just the Captain Lucyne"
[23:27:26] * Able_Tome turns away to face the scroll "A report form, Lucyne."
[23:27:33] <Rain_Drop> "The capn got lucky with his seaponies Lucy....hahahahah!"
[23:27:34] <Arrant_Hold_> "Or don't listen to me, Ruby. Thats fine to."
[23:27:38] * Ruby_McCoal glances at Arrant "Fuck you you're not going there alone"
[23:27:42] <Lucyne> "Oh you are fucking kidding me..."
[23:27:43] * R_Dusk frowns at the idea of having to learn a new language, after all she know near to nothing about local culture
[23:27:46] * Lucyne shakes her head
[23:27:49] <Arrant_Hold_> "You won't be."
[23:27:51] <Lucyne> "A report form?"
[23:27:53] <Ikea> "Is there some context I'm missing here?"
[23:27:58] * Able_Tome searches through his pocket and retrieves a small inkwell
[23:28:00] <Arrant_Hold_> "I'll be there."
[23:28:01] * Lucyne tries to decipher the meaningless letters
[23:28:02] <Chinook> "Hey, if it was gonna be anyone, it'd be the captain"
[23:28:02] * R_Dusk is now known as Dusk
[23:28:16] <Ruby_McCoal> "I'm FINE *hic* lets kill that SERP.. ent"
[23:28:39] * Ruby_McCoal stands up and leave, almost knocking down multiple times
[23:28:51] * Able_Tome uncorks the inkwell as he places the quill into it "It is, Lucyne."
[23:28:55] * Arrant_Hold_ shakes his head "I guess I'm going with her"
[23:28:57] <Ruin> "HEY! Pay watchoo owe!"
[23:28:59] <Rain_Drop> "Ikea we went on a raft adventure with the captain Chere and I got knocked off the boat and I noticed the captn getting pulled away by a seapony him grinning like an idiot."
[23:29:00] * Arrant_Hold_ walks out as well.
[23:29:20] <Lucyne> "You truly are a man of prolific words, a form to request what?"
[23:29:45] <Chinook> "Excuse me for a minute"
[23:29:51] <Drew> answer the question Able!
[23:29:59] <Ikea> "Right, so far I follow. So it was less of a ponynap and more of a booty call"
[23:30:00] * Rain_Drop points at the retreating Ruby and Arrant. "They just said that the captain is more or less married to a seapony and is expecting child."
[23:30:01] <Ruin> "Aw hell no, ain't no one drink and dashing on MY shift!"
[23:30:11] * Dusk whispers to lucyne
[23:30:11] <Dusk>  "What's up in here?"
[23:30:14] <Rain_Drop> "More or less...AHAHHA"
[23:30:18] * Able_Tome places both scrolls side by side, takes the quill into his hoof and begins to thinks "What is it Drew?"
[23:30:19] <Drew> how can we trust you if you wont trust us!
[23:30:21] * Ruin bolts out of the in after Ruby
[23:30:26] * Lucyne whispers bacK: "Oh dear, a lot."
[23:30:40] <Dusk> "seems so"
[23:30:50] <Drew> a quill?
[23:31:02] <Lucyne> "Seemingly our local crazy captain has married a sea pony, Able here is filling out some mysterious form and I'm just happy nothing is on fire."
[23:31:09] * Chinook absconds like a it's the generation games
[23:31:11] <Ikea> "Well, I don't see the humor, but whatever tickles your fancy..."
[23:31:28] * Dusk chuckles
[23:31:28] * Rain_Drop notices Lucy leaning over some parchment near Able. "Whats that Lucy?"
[23:31:35] <Able_Tome> "Oh yeah, Lucyne, a request - report form about local...lands, so to say..."
[23:31:47] <Able_Tome> "Yes, quill, Drew"
[23:31:59] <Ikea> "So to say? Please, be more cryptic, Able"
[23:32:00] <Lucyne> "Sometimes I wonder whether you taunt me or are really that bad at people talk."
[23:32:05] * Able_Tome he looks at Drew and motions the feather in his hoof
[23:32:13] <Dusk> "I'm quite lost but it looks interesting at least"
[23:32:31] <Drew> does this have something to do with Griffins?
[23:32:52] * Able_Tome chuckles "Not at all..."
[23:33:21] * Lucyne shakes her head and sips her ale
[23:33:30] <Lucyne> "Tell us whenever you feel like it, Able, no stress."
[23:33:34] * Able_Tome looks into his parchment and snippets that he recorded about the region
[23:33:44] <Drew> then I am lost
[23:34:02] * Quicksilver_ begins staring at her moss again
[23:34:14] * Lucyne looks at Quicksilver's fabulous bags
[23:34:20] <Lucyne> "So that stuff'S still alive?"
[23:34:21] <Able_Tome> "Lets just say, Lucyne, that certain...facts about these lands don't make perfect sense."
[23:34:46] <Lucyne> "Other than us being transported here and transformed?"
[23:34:50] * Quicksilver_ nods "Its still glowing just as strongly as when i gathered it"
[23:34:53] <Dusk> ~I could have guessed that~
[23:35:08] <Lucyne> "Truly Able, your insight is astounding."
[23:35:24] * Quicksilver_ chuckles
[23:35:25] <Drew> meanwhile it feels like I have an invisible feather teasing me every five minutes
[23:35:27] <Ikea> "I'm no biologist but that sounds... strange?"
[23:35:29] * Able_Tome begins filling out details into the request form "Transportation and transmutation is one thing...now..."
[23:36:03] <Drew> the haunting, the creatures?
[23:36:08] <Able_Tome> "...visible corruption, missing settlers, groups and scouts that were here, but...disappeared..."
[23:36:22] <Lucyne> "ugh, you are over-thinking things."
[23:36:26] * Lucyne takes a hearty drink
[23:36:35] <Lucyne> "These are the frontiers, people go missing here constantly."
[23:36:35] * Able_Tome looks at Lucy "Diamond dog outposts which were here, but then got destroyed..."
[23:36:49] * Lucyne smiles
[23:36:51] <Drew> that was cockatrices
[23:36:58] <Ikea> "So this was a ploy by Sunbutt to get rid of us, permanently?"
[23:37:02] <Lucyne> "Oh but Able, it is quite exciting isn't it?"
[23:37:12] <Able_Tome> "With dogs from other settlements not checking out...well...at least no signs of checking out on said outposts."
[23:37:12] <Quicksilver_> "Celestia really picked a great place to stick us... I guess she really does dislike us"
[23:37:14] <Lucyne> "We must find out what exactly is going on..."
[23:37:23] <Lucyne> "Sounds like an"
[23:37:26] * Lucyne laughs
[23:37:31] <Lucyne> "Adventure doesn't it?"
[23:37:42] * Kaiasha whispers to able "I don't suppose you can requisition a printing press can you?"
[23:37:49] * Able_Tome frowns "Not really, Lucy. More like...an experiment."
[23:38:09] * Quicksilver_ perks up at the mention of experiments
[23:38:10] <Ikea> "Isn't that just two different words you two use for the same thing?"
[23:38:10] <Lucyne> "Your grasp of the word 'experiment' seems light at best."
[23:38:16] <Drew_> i doubt Celestia would be that, utilitarian
[23:38:18] * Lucyne gets up
[23:38:23] <Lucyne> "Don't you see people?"
[23:38:28] * Rain_Drop orders a small cider before looking over all the conversations in the inn
[23:38:30] * Lucyne waves her hoof into the air
[23:38:33] * Able_Tome looks at Kai "Not at this point, you need to order that through Silver Tongue...if he'll survive this night."
[23:38:37] <Lucyne> "This is all a conspiracy!"
[23:38:48] * Lucyne turns around again
[23:38:56] <Lucyne> "Something is *out there*."
[23:39:03] <Lucyne> "And it wants *us*."
[23:39:05] <Ikea> "I don't like it either, Drew, but signs point to her knowing what was going on here"
[23:39:06] * Kaiasha *sighs* "Where is that drama queen?"
[23:39:07] * Quicksilver_ giggles "we need some tinfoil hats in here pronto!"
[23:39:12] * Able_Tome rolls his eyes and begins to look at his parchment
[23:39:20] * Lucyne shakes her head
[23:39:24] <Lucyne> "Tinfoil hats?"
[23:39:30] <Lucyne> "Oh, this is more dear Quicksilver."
[23:39:32] <Able_Tome> "What worries me the most are the details from that last expedition."
[23:39:38] * Lucyne dramatically gestures
[23:39:46] <Rain_Drop> "Lucy what are you talking about?"
[23:40:03] <Lucyne> "Ghosts of long forgotten times, monsters from the depths of the earth..."
[23:40:08] <Ikea> "But Celestia herself set us on this path, right? So either she's in on it, or she's being manipulated"
[23:40:21] * Lucyne moves a hoof to Ikea's mouth
[23:40:21] <Able_Tome> "Shades...shatters of personalities and events that repeat themselves..."
[23:40:24] <Drew_> or she has faith in us?
[23:40:28] <Lucyne> "Oh, that is the question, is it not?"
[23:40:34] <Lucyne> "How much does she know?"
[23:40:39] <Lucyne> "How much are we toys?"
[23:40:46] <Lucyne> "Are we lambs to the slaughter?"
[23:41:00] * Dusk listens quietly, trying to grasp some of what is being said, but nothing makes sens to her really, apart from the fact things here won't be that easy.
[23:41:03] * Lucyne continues dramatic gesturing
[23:41:05] <Able_Tome> "And those things that Iron Hoof told about...the increase of corruption in the region and such."
[23:41:08] <Drew_> we aren't come on shes the big good
[23:41:23] <Lucyne> "Able might be on the right path...
[23:41:28] * Lucyne moves close to Able
[23:41:32] * Rain_Drop sneaks up behind Lucy before hugging her tightly. "They can think we are lambs but I wont let them take you from me Lucy."
[23:41:35] <Lucyne> "But, are you currently informing the enemy?"
[23:41:39] * Able_Tome ignores Lucy whispering "And the parties which were gone..."
[23:41:41] <Lucyne> "Aww Rain."
[23:41:45] * Lucyne hugs Rain
[23:42:02] <Rain_Drop> "I might not be as smart as Able or you Lucy."
[23:42:06] * Able_Tome glares at Lucyne "I do."
[23:42:42] <Drew_> why are you all getting into this conspiracy mode, this is a world of cartoon horses, were just offscreen
[23:42:45] * Lucyne frees herself from Rain and throws her hooves in the air
[23:42:45] <Rain_Drop> "But I can make damn sure that things work out for the best no matter what"
[23:42:58] <Lucyne> "Oh Rain, thanks."
[23:43:06] <Lucyne> "But...you see...."
[23:43:17] * Lucyne has engaged ghost story mode a long time ago
[23:43:30] <Lucyne> "Who are WE? Who are THEY? What is HERE?"
[23:43:39] <Lucyne> "How do the pieces fit together?"
[23:43:41] * Able_Tome returns to scrolls and begins copying up the the details, trying to be careful with his writing
[23:43:44] * Lucyne laughs internally
[23:43:45] <Dusk> "I wonder too"
[23:43:49] <Ikea> "Hold on... Let's back up a bit. Things are habbening, of that, there's no doubt. So either Sunbutt knows and is party in it, or she's incompetent."
[23:43:58] <Drew_> we are ourselves as colorful ponies?
[23:44:03] <Lucyne> "That is a question!"
[23:44:05] * Ruin walks back into the in, frothing with anger
[23:44:08] <Lucyne> "Is she in on it?"
[23:44:12] <Lucyne> "Can she even stop it?"
[23:44:16] <Lucyne> "Are we a MEATSHIELD?"
[23:44:27] * Lucyne continues drama class 101
[23:44:28] <Ikea> "I'd sooner see her as utilitarian than incompetent."
[23:44:41] * Able_Tome shakes his head in annoyance, but continues to write
[23:44:43] <Drew_> maybe shes in on something but reluctantly, for a greater good?
[23:44:54] <Ikea> "Yes, I hope so"
[23:44:55] * Lucyne is enjoying Able's annoyance
[23:45:19] * Quicksilver_ falls asleep while stating at her moss
[23:45:20] <Lucyne> "Not fun when I do it?"
[23:45:32] * Lucyne laughs
[23:45:35] <Ruin> "Do any of you tinfoil hats know that mare who drank and dashed?"
[23:45:40] <Able_Tome> "Too much spite, Lucy."
[23:45:49] <Rain_Drop> "I enjoy it even if I don't like where its going..."
[23:45:53] <Ikea> "Assuming she's not going all Tyrant, she has to be doing this for the good of her people, which we are not part of"
[23:45:55] * Dusk feels a bit more depressed as the talking goes on, everything looks so... unbelievable....
[23:46:00] <Lucyne> "Oh, you would be criticizing me for spite?"
[23:46:03] * Lucyne laughs again
[23:46:07] <Lucyne> "No spite, only questions."
[23:46:16] <Lucyne> "I throw them in the room, let them sort themselves out."
[23:46:18] <Rain_Drop> "Or she could be getting us prepped for becoming her people?"
[23:46:21] * Able_Tome checks the parchment on his left side, searching for the right word
[23:46:46] <Ikea> "Isolation is not the best strategy for assimilation, Rain, as much as I'd like to believe it"
[23:46:48] * Ruin grumbles angrily and picks up a bottle of whiskey
[23:46:49] * Lucyne drinks from her almost empty mug
[23:47:10] <Drew_> I feel that if we have any reason to be here its cultural enrichment, it needs to be slow and steady, to ensure it goes smoothly
[23:47:10] <Lucyne> "Assimilation is obviously not a goal."
[23:47:14] * Rain_Drop sips from her cider staring at the table in thought
[23:47:14] <Ruin> "Bitch goan pay what she owe..."
[23:47:34] * Able_Tome continues to fill up the form
[23:47:45] <Lucyne> "Why are we here then? Is the Equestrian economy truly so bad it cannot feed us?"
[23:47:50] <Rain_Drop> "Maybe she wants to see what we can do on our own?"
[23:47:54] <Lucyne> "Do the Equestrians *fear* us?"
[23:48:04] <Ikea> "To me, it seems that the most likely scenario is that we're a vanguard"
[23:48:18] * Lucyne throws a hoof around Ikea, dramatically
[23:48:20] <Ruin> "Maybe she needs people who aren't exactly peaceful for her dirty work"
[23:48:21] <Drew_> maybe not per town, also would we not fear them if the situation were reversed?
[23:48:22] <Lucyne> "Oh, but from what?"
[23:48:32] <Ikea> "Exactly..."
[23:48:33] <Rain_Drop> "From what what? The untamed wild?"
[23:48:45] <Lucyne> "Is she exploiting our legendary aggressiveness?"
[23:48:46] <Rain_Drop> "Wait...."
[23:48:56] <Lucyne> "Are we truly, a meatshield?"
[23:49:12] * Lucyne laughs and finishes her drink
[23:49:15] <Ikea> "A play for time?"
[23:49:18] <Rain_Drop> "Mankind has always been struggling to beat the wilderness and tame it make it its own right?"
[23:49:26] <Lucyne> "True Rain."
[23:49:27] <Drew_> Meatshield is such  cruel word and I cant see her being cruel like that
[23:49:34] <Ikea> "Yes, but how aware is Sunbutt of that?"
[23:49:43] <Rain_Drop> "Is that how the ponies did it way back when?"
[23:49:51] <Ruin> "Something's corrupting the area, and leaving it unsettleable, and we show up out of nowhere only to settle there?"
[23:50:02] <Rain_Drop> "But they grew complacent and forgot their ways?"
[23:50:04] <Drew_> Im still certain that this is something beyond her
[23:50:12] <Lucyne> "but!"
[23:50:19] * Lucyne jumps on a table
[23:50:23] <Lucyne> "Is it corruption?"
[23:50:23] * Able_Tome stops at the line near the end of the document, visibly puzzled by it
[23:50:26] <Lucyne> "Or just nature?"
[23:50:30] * Rain_Drop saves her drink from being spilled.
[23:50:47] <Lucyne> "Nature can be cruel, alien even."
[23:50:51] <Ikea> "But she set us on this path, knowing of the corruption. Whether she is acting or reacting, she is still party to us being here"
[23:51:06] <Rain_Drop> "Kind of a catch 22 then sorta like that Pandora situation you know?"
[23:51:07] <Drew_> Oh, Everfree is seen as wrong because the weather and animals handle themselves
[23:51:17] <Lucyne> "It sure seems like a catch 22 to me."
[23:51:42] <Drew_> perhaps this was the lesser cruelty?
[23:51:43] * Able_Tome thinks for several seconds and begins to slowly fill it up
[23:51:44] <Lucyne> "And is Able here informing the foe of our progress? Or is this all conspiracy tinfoil bullshit?"
[23:51:52] * Lucyne laughs and sits back down
[23:52:03] <Lucyne> "Oh dear, conspiracies are too funny."
[23:52:05] <Rain_Drop> "Didnt Faust say that the Everfree was like creep from the zerg constantly growing?"
[23:52:22] * Lucyne orders another drink
[23:52:24] <Lucyne> "She did Rain."
[23:52:30] <Ikea> "From what I know of Celestia, I now that I'd rather be on her side than whatever she's opposing"
[23:52:30] <Lucyne> "So are we fighting the Zerg?"
[23:52:36] <Kaiasha> "I just had a horrible thought, What if Purpltinkr made it here?"
[23:52:48] <Ruin> "I say we blame McCarthy, she probably wrote this bullshit"
[23:52:58] <Rain_Drop> "She did but died in a horrible accident that no one was aware off."
[23:53:01] * Ikea laughs
[23:53:02] * Able_Tome retracts the quill away from the parchment and begins re-checking what he wrote
[23:53:13] <Lucyne> "#blameMcCarthy"
[23:53:23] <Ikea> "I like it..."
[23:53:23] <Drew> Faust probably knows more about this universe than celestia
[23:53:29] <Rain_Drop> "Works for me I guess."
[23:53:37] <Lucyne> "Of course, implying this is Equestria."
[23:53:43] <Lucyne> "And not an extremely similar other world."
[23:53:52] <Ikea> "Where is Faust, anyway? She posted on /mlp/, she must've made it here"
[23:53:52] * Dusk think of all theses colorful people struggling for their lives against zergs, as a gigantic bloodbath
[23:53:53] * Rain_Drop pales in thought about to take a drink
[23:54:02] <Drew> seems to match so far
[23:54:07] <Rain_Drop> "Wait something to think about...."
[23:54:11] <Ruin> "All of this corruption? Just a side effect of her reworking of the canon clashing with what Lauren had planned."
[23:54:26] <Drew> meta...
[23:54:27] <Rain_Drop> "What if Faust already came here but in short bursts?"
[23:54:27] <Lucyne> "Oh god, McCarthy is the Zerg!"
[23:54:39] * Able_Tome sighs and begins rolling the parchment up
[23:54:41] * Lucyne laughs
[23:54:42] <Ikea> Or is McCarthy Canterlot?
[23:54:53] * Lucyne leans over to Able
[23:55:00] <Lucyne> "So, are you gonna tell me what you wrote or not?"
[23:55:05] <Ikea> "She had a lot to do with the royal's story arc "
[23:55:15] * Drew_ (webchat@mad0436d0.tmodns.net) Quit (Ping timeout: 192 seconds)
[23:55:38] <Drew> hmmmm.... perhaps we should send a letter to faust, shes still in canterlot
[23:55:40] <Rain_Drop> "Sort of like visiting her creations her children and then on accident or wanting their mother to stay the sisters super charged a spell to bring her here and accidentally pulled all of us when Fuast visited mlp
[23:56:00] <Lucyne> "Woah Rain, that's some crazy shit."
[23:56:05] * Lucyne drinks to taht
[23:56:14] <Drew> why would they lie about responsibility for that though?
[23:56:17] * Rain_Drop shrugs lost in thought.
[23:56:19] * Able_Tome looks at Lucyne "Scouting report. Archives. Known data."
[23:56:32] <Ikea> "Fear of us reacting violently?"
[23:56:44] <Lucyne> "So you are sending the embassy a report of what we've found so far?"
[23:56:45] <Ruin> "Crazy enough to be true, it's not like any other explanation beats it." *Swigs whiskey from the bottle
[23:56:51] <Rain_Drop> "Image maybe? Would you put your trust in a leader wanting their mother?"
[23:56:59] <Ikea> "Which would probably not be an unbiased concern"
[23:57:03] <Drew> nothing to fear they put the violent ones in the hospital
[23:57:06] <Lucyne> "Also, you know, verbs would really increase the quality of your sentences"
[23:57:27] <Kaiasha> !roll 1d20 wingboner control
[23:57:28] * Able_Tome sighs and begins to put the scroll back into the container "More like a request for certain bits of information, L."
[23:57:28] <GameServ> 10 == 10
[23:57:41] * Kaiasha one wing pops up she quickly pulls it back down
[23:57:47] <Lucyne> "You are quite the tease aren't you?"
[23:57:49] <Ikea> "Well there is more to fear than that of the self. They are altruistic beings, they could fear having to hurt even more of us"
[23:57:53] * Rain_Drop pokes Able in the side. "Whatcha doin Able?"
[23:58:13] <Rain_Drop> "Hey Kai wings stressed out today?"
[23:58:48] * Able_Tome closes the lit on the container and begins to stuff it back into the saddlebag "Nothing rain...just some useless paper work..."
[23:58:54] * Ikea smirks "Maybe she got reminded of earlier 'events'"
[23:59:03] <Drew> good point, so is Celestia fangasming over Faust as we speak, hoping for her to solve the corruption of Mcatny?
[23:59:09] * Lucyne throws her hooves in the air
[23:59:14] <Lucyne> "So much for sharing all information."
[23:59:18] <Kaiasha> "Actually they need to be used more, But I suck at flying so I am not really keen on seeing how high I can drop from"
[23:59:57] <Dusk> "Well, I'm glad I'm not the only one"
[00:00:12] * Able_Tome shakes his head, looking sadly at the saddlebag
[00:00:38] * Rain_Drop gently pats a few feathers back into place. "Yeah I see what you mean, Chinook showed me a few stretches that helps with that want to try em?
[00:00:42] <Drew> earlier events? like nightmare moon?
[00:00:45] * Able_Tome turns away and begins to stash writing implements and parchment into his pockets
[00:01:16] * Lucyne looks discontented at her empty mug
[00:01:21] <Ruin> (I'll be back later)
[00:01:29] * Rain_Drop takes another drink of cider
[00:01:32] <Ikea> "hmm? oh, no that was just a friendly poke at Kai, nothing about our primary discussion"
[00:01:40] <Lucyne> "I'd say I trust you'll do the right thing Able, you know that would be a lie, but I can't really do anything about it, now can I?"
[00:01:49] <Drew> oh
[00:02:20] <Ikea> "Hey, by the way, I don't think we've actually properly met, Kaiasha. I'm Ikea, a local engineer and odd person"
[00:02:26] * Able_Tome shakes his head without muttering a word and begins to stand up
[00:02:34] * Lucyne groans
[00:02:39] * Rain_Drop turning her head to look at Able. "You heading out already Able?"
[00:03:18] <Kaiasha> "And I am Kaiasha, no profession yet."
[00:03:25] <Able_Tome> "I do, Rain. Not in the mood right now to stay...here..."
[00:03:33] <Drew_> if the villain of this mess is megan mcartny, ill be having akibaranger flashback
[00:03:50] * Able_Tome stands up and proceeds to limp towards the entrance
[00:03:56] * Lucyne waves to Able
[00:04:03] * Rain_Drop waves at Able "Alright Able take care and do some good science for us now!"
[00:04:05] <Lucyne> "See ya Able, heal that leg up, you look terrible."
[00:04:19] <Ikea> "Bye, Able. Take care"
[00:04:42] <Drew_> later mad science pony
[00:04:43] * Lucyne scavenges for a drink
[00:04:48] * Able_Tome leaves the inn without saying a word