FoE PNP G-Platypus Session 25

[18:40] <Mister_Clacky>  *****G-Platypus: The City of Broad Withers - Session 25*****
[18:40] <Mister_Clacky>  Battle.
[18:40] <Mister_Clacky>  There is no time when you are more alive. or more dead.
[18:40] <Mister_Clacky> *****Session Start*****
[18:41] <Mister_Clacky>  Our Wastelanders have engaged themselves with the mortar crew that ambushed them. Scrap hovers outside their shielded window while North_Star, Strawberry_Daiquiri, and Thunder_Strike wait outside the 4th floor door. Blackberry has just finished treating Snack_Cake and Thunder_Strike.
[18:43] * Snack_Cake is not a happy pony right now. In fact, she's having a pretty miserable day so far.
[18:44] * North_Star takes a breath, looking over the mare he has to cover his back. Keeping his voice low, he explained to them both as simply as they can. "We're gonna bust through this door and open fire. I know you two can manage that."
[18:54] * Thunder_Strike groans and stands up. "Thanks BJ." She says before making. Her way to the stairs.
[18:59] * Snack_Cake stays downstairs. She turns on her radio in an attempt to keep her mind off the horrible things that have been happening today.
[19:01] * Scrap hearing North_Star at the door, moves in front of one of the boarded up windows and turns around ready to buck it in when North_Star come through the door.
[19:02] <Mister_Clacky>  The radio is still playing the hacked feed. A hushed voice in an oddly stilted manner says, "They are at the door..."
[19:03] * Snack_Cake is about to look for a real radio station, but... She's worried about her friends. She... can't switch away yet.
[19:03] <Mister_Clacky>  Thunder_Strike has traveled upstairs and gets to North_Star.
[19:05] * North_Star turns the handle on the door before looking back at the mares. "Chest and legs, I want to be able to talk to at least one of them." He said, his voice still low. With another breath, he burst through the door, his pistol aimed towards the closest corner to his right.
[19:06] * Scrap hearing him come in, bucks the boards to clear his path.
[19:10] <Mister_Clacky>  Scrap bucks in the boards, sending wooden shrapnel into a sideroom. The room itself appears empty and seperate from the room the mares were in.
[19:12] <Mister_Clacky>  Snack_Cake's PipBuck broadcasts the subvocalized words of a mare. "Hold on, don't do it 'til more are in the doorway."
[19:15] * Snack_Cake looks up, glancing toward Berry. "They're... they're ready for them." She hesitates. "You need to warn them to be careful! Tell them... don't go in all at once!"
[19:15] * Scrap looks in the room, upset with his miscalculation and looks arouns trying to figure out which window will get him in and qondering if he should the one that was blocked last time.
[19:18] * Strawberry_Daiquiri follows North_Star in.
[19:22] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  Unobserved in the darkness a mare depresses a button.
[19:27] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  The magical energy mine hidden on the other side of the door explodes, dousing North_Star and Strawberry_Daiquiri in magical plasma.
[19:28] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  The blast is halted from entering farther into the room by a shield 10 feet into the room.
[19:30] <North_Star> North is blasted onto his side, reeling from the plasma burns.
[19:37] * Blackberry_Jam gives Snack_Cake a faint smile and picks her up from the floor. "Right. Thunder, stay with Snacky and take her up as soon as you can. I need to make sure one of them doesn't do something stupid." As she darts off up the stairs, she gets the feeling they already have.
[19:41] <~Blackberry_Jam> "...And she's not even here... Sweet Luna. Snack, let's go. We're in this together."
[19:42] * Snack_Cake is very much not a fan of the idea to follow Blackberry_Jam into the fight... but... Blackberry_Jam knows well enough... and she trusts her to keep her safe. After a few moments, she nods, and follows.
[19:45] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  Blackberry_Jam and Snack_Cake make it up the four stories of stairs to find Thunder_Strike in good(ish) health behind the wall, North_Star  and Strawberry_Daiquiri are on the far side through the door having just been victim of a magical energy mine.
[19:46] * Blackberry_Jam arrives to see -exactly- what she expected to see. "North, Kid? You couldn't wait, could you?" She calls, joining Thunder_Strike against the wall.
[19:48] * Thunder_Strike creeps up to the door and peaks in to see if it is safe
[19:49] * North_Star groans in response, everything on his left side felt like it was on fire, not to mention the tinge in seething rage his pounding mind was keeping a hold on.
[19:51] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  Thunder_Strike peeks in to see North_Star and Strawberry_Daiquiri suffering the effects of the mine. The smoke from the blast helps her see the shield that is still up between them and the rest of the room. It starts about 10 feet left of the door and extends at a 45 degree angle until it hits the other wall.
[19:51] * Blackberry_Jam facehoofs. "North..." she begins, but shakes her head. "Just... hold still. What hit you?"
[19:52] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  She sees no sign of the mares.
[19:53] * North_Star coughs, finding the air to speak with proper words. "Plasma explosion... Near the door..."
[19:53] * Scrap hears the explosion and rushes to the window that was magically blocked last time to test it.
[19:53] * Thunder_Strike "something tells me a mine." She says to Blackberry_Jam. There's a shield up too."
[19:53] * Snack_Cake gasps when she sees what happened. "Oh Celestia..."
[19:54] * Blackberry_Jam grits her teeth a little. "Great. Any sign of Kamikaze?"
[19:55] * Scrap arrives at the window just as she says that.
[19:55] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  The magical barrier at the window is stil in place.
[19:56] * Scrap still frustrated, checks for any boarded up windows that go into that room, hoping that he won't have to go through the building.
[19:57] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  Scrap can see that the only way from the outside into this room is the busted out hole/window he has checked. He knows there is a 1ft diameter hole that isn't shielded because he saw them firing from it.
[19:58] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  He tried the nearest boarded window to his left, it took him into a different room. There are no more windows to the right.
[20:00] * Scrap figures he can make an attempt at making the hole bigger before rushin through the house. He looks at it closer to see if he can break it.
[20:02] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  A bit of prodding causes a tiny cloud of brickdust to puff up. It slides down and into a magical barrier. It looks like the shield was formed to have a hole in it corresponding to that firing hole. He may be able to make the hole larger, but the hole in the shield would still be only a foot in diameter.
[20:04] * Blackberry_Jam takes a puff of her cigarette. "Can either of you walk?"
[20:04] * Scrap with no other quick options, decides that flying through the house is the fastest way in.
[20:05] * North_Star spits something, hopefully just a rock. "Working on it." He says taking a look ahead of himself as he rises to his hooves.
[20:08] * Blackberry_Jam begins opening her pack. "Just get over here before you lose too much blood!"
[20:09] * North_Star keeps his pistol pointed towards the shield as he backs towards Blackberry_Jam.
[20:11] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  Scrap arrives at the landing.
[20:12] * Blackberry_Jam is, for once in her life, happy to see him. "The hell have you been?" Didn't mean she had to show it.
[20:13] * North_Star leans against the doorframe. "Following orders. Don't get on his case." He says, keeping his eyes forward.
[20:14] * Blackberry_Jam completely agrees. "You're right, I -should- be getting on yours." She mutters, pulling the wounded stallion in.
[20:14] <Scrap> "I thought I could get in from outside to flank them. I heard an ezplosion, who got hit?"
[20:14] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  Snack_Cake's PipBuck gives another soft response as a mare subvocalizes into a microphone. "They're holding up... activate it?"
[20:15] * North_Star raises his hoof. "Who else?" He sighs. "We were supposed to hit 'em from the back and the front, but they've gone and dug themselves in."
[20:16] * Scrap hearing the pipbuck, "what's that mean?"
[20:16] * Blackberry_Jam points to the bleeding stallion in front of him. "And Kid, too. Decided to leave her in there, Hot Shot?"
[20:17] * North_Star blinks. "She followed me in? I thought I was the only one who got blasted."
[20:18] * Strawberry_Daiquiri looks for cover and goes to it
[20:18] * Blackberry_Jam leaves for two minutes and suddenly everything goes to shit. "Mother of Celestia... I am going to -strangle- you."
[20:19] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  Strawberry_Daiquiri  can either hid behind the magical shield, or go back through the door.
[20:20] * North_Star sighs again. "And I fucking deserve it, alright? Can we focus on the task at hoof? Does anypony know how to bust magic shields?"
[20:20] * Thunder_Strike still outside the door.
[20:20] * Strawberry_Daiquiri goes bac through the door
[20:21] <Scrap> "Do we need to? We have them trapped in there."
[20:22] * Snack_Cake doesn't have any idea how to break magic shields.
[20:22] * North_Star nods. "Yeah. With a pretty damn good unicorn. We can't just wait for her to burn out and... That's it!" He shouted, getting another crazy idea.
[20:22] <Thunder_Strike> "You ok?" She says to Strawberry_Daiquiri when she steps out.
[20:23] * Blackberry_Jam shakes her head at Scrap. "No, no. They're too smart to trap themselves, and they've shown that they don't need to be outside to-" She stops. "No."
[20:23] * North_Star looks at Blackberry. "Damnit, hear me out on this one.
[20:24] * Blackberry_Jam glares at him. "I've heard you out enough. Most unicorns can't keep a shield up like that for long. If we just chip away at it, we can get through."
[20:24] * North_Star returns the glare. "That was my plan!"
[20:25] <Strawberry_Daiquiri> Thunder_Strike: notices Strawberry_Daiquiri has plasma burns her body
[20:26] * Blackberry_Jam deadpans. "Your plan was to punch it until it breaks. I am genuinely surprised that neither you have thought of that by now. But, speaking of the task at hoof, I've got too ponies that need -immediate- medical attention. Sit your ass down and hold still."
[20:27] * North_Star huffs, crossing his hooves.
[20:27] <Scrap> "What about your explosives? Those would be safer for us."
[20:30] * Blackberry_Jam smears some of that funny-smelling burn salve that North_Star must remember the -last- time he was covered in burns. Once that sets, she wraps a magical bandage around the largest of the injuries. "Strawberry, let's get those wounds looked at. C'mon."
[20:31] * North_Star nods, looking down at the dynamite on his satchel strap. Two short, one long. Three good explosions. Or... His head looked up at the grenade rifle sticking out of his satchel. It's starting to look really under-used right about now.
[20:41] * Strawberry_Daiquiri stagger over to Blackberry_Jam for medical attention
[20:42] * Blackberry_Jam dilligently applies Burn Salve to Daq's wounds, being as gentle as she can. With another magical bandage, she covers the wound.
[20:45] * Blackberry_Jam then stands up, peers around the corner at the shield. "Hey! Can you hear us? What the fuck do you want?"
[20:45] * Snack_Cake hangs back while Blackberry_Jam does her thing.
[20:45] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  Only silence answers, they aren't keen to give away their position with banter. Witty or otherwise.
[20:54] * Thunder_Strike enters, "so any plan on getting through that shiled? I could try ramming it a full speed a few times.
[20:57] * Blackberry_Jam gives a slight shrug. "They're probably really dug in in there. I bet they're counting on us breaking through it."
[21:00] * North_Star rubs his aching head. "Then what? We sit here and wait for one of us to kneel over of old age?"
[21:01] <Scrap> "Why don't we throw explosives in while we're out here?"
[21:02] * Blackberry_Jam nods. "Yeah, yeah. I'm sure they've thought of that, too. But... it looks like we don't have any options left. It's a trap, but we might was well trigger it. If you've got explosives, go for it."
[21:03] <Scrap> "So, it's ok for you to rush in, but you yell at us for doing it?"
[21:04] * Blackberry_Jam bonks Scrap on the head with her hoof. "I didn't say that. I was agreeing with you, for once. Sheesh."
[21:05] * Scrap rubbing his head. "It sounded like you said to rush in and trigger it."
[21:06] * North_Star was starting to feel a little trigger happy, being a little fed up with everypony in the building. "I heard, "Go ahead and blow something up already."
[21:10] * Thunder_Strike "fine! I'm busting it down. " she says then backs out the door and lifts into the air, she's faster in the air then flus full speed into the shield
[21:13] * Blackberry_Jam watches as she's ignored. Again.
[21:15] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  Thunder_Strike bounces off the shield.
[21:16] * Blackberry_Jam is seriously considering mental evaluations for the ponies in this group.
[21:17] * North_Star is seriously considering blasting somepony's brains out.
[21:17] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  In fact she bounces back out the door back to the group.
[21:18] * Blackberry_Jam looks down at Thunder_Strike with a frown. "Nicely done, Featherduster."
[21:19] * North_Star sits up, "Anypony else?"
[21:20] * Scrap stands there. "I vote explosives."
[21:20] * Snack_Cake gasps and helps Thunder_Strike up. "Are you alright? That looked like it hurt!"
[21:20] * North_Star wraps his tail around the stock of his grenade rifle. "I second that motion. Wholeheartedly."
[21:21] * Blackberry_Jam just shakes her head and blows some smoke up in the air. "I thought we all voted for explosives. Guess that's not the case."
[21:22] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  The shield is at a 45 degree angle to the wall, sealing off the corner with the door. It is at fartherest 15 feet away if you were to blast the wall where it joinds, 10 feet ahead if firing straight out the door.
[21:23] * North_Star draws his weapon, opening the breech and loading a grenade inside. "Allow me." He muttered as he took aim towards the corner, wasting no time in launching an explosion in that direction.
[21:25] * Blackberry_Jam 's jaw drops.
[21:25] <~Blackberry_Jam> "Not going to wait for us to-"
[21:26] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  The grenade flies downrange, impacting the shield in the middle, the shrapnel blasts back through the doorway.
[21:30] * North_Star turns his face away from the blast, ignoring the shrapnel digging through his skin.
[21:31] * Scrap shields his face, having been smart enough to at least be out of the way.
[21:31] * Blackberry_Jam ducks out of the way mid-sarcasm, muttering a dozen curses as she turns away from the blast.
[21:31] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  The shield flexes, but holds.
[21:37] * Snack_Cake is more surprised and frightened by the blast than hurt. She ducks down to protect herself.
[21:38] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  Snack_Cake's PipBuck transmits another hacked message. "They're make a move, activating."
[21:38] * Blackberry_Jam shakes her head a few times and mutters. "Activating what?"
[21:40] * North_Star opens the breech again, about to load another grenade until he notices the mares beside him. That's when his head starts a-swimming.
[21:43] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  All but Snack_Cake can hear a door a floor below burst open, and the sound of something rolling. On the landing below them a large tracked robot with a domed head rolls around the corner. A Prism Consolidated Industries logo the only thing blocking the view of the brain within the case.
[21:44] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  "You don't have clearance for this facility. Prepare to be disintegrated and removed from the facility. Have a nice day."
[21:44] * North_Star turns to look at the robot. His mind was scrambled, but it reconized this. Fate was playing with him once again.
[21:45] * Blackberry_Jam eyes the logo, and thinks for a second. "Wait... wait a minute... Snack... Get a hold of TOM."
[21:45] * Scrap turns and looks as well. This certainly was an interesting response.
[21:47] * Snack_Cake gives Blackberry_Jam a little frown, but does as she's asked. "...TOM? Are you there?"
[21:47] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  The PipBuck responds. "I'm always here, Snack_Cake 'D'."
[21:48] * Snack_Cake glances up at Blackberry_Jam, waiting for her to tell her what to ask.
[21:49] * North_Star pipes up. "Tell him one of his robot pals has a clerical error or something."
[21:49] * Blackberry_Jam is also happy to hear TOM's voice for the first time ever. "Ask him if he can do anything about that robot. And... sorry..." She says, giving an apolegetic smile. She's pretty sure Snack understands that making sure that robot doesn't kill them all is worth talking to it.
[21:50] * Blackberry_Jam kicks North_Star with a hindleg. "Shut up."
[21:51] * North_Star glares at Blackberry_Jam, then drops his glare for a frown as he brings a hoof to his pounding head. "Just... Just do something."
[21:55] * Snack_Cake hesitates, but asks, "TOM, there's a robot here... can you do something about it? I... don't want it to hurt my friends."
[21:55] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  Scanning.
[21:55] <Mister_Clacky|GM> ...
[21:55] <Mister_Clacky|GM> ..
[21:55] <Mister_Clacky|GM> .
[21:56] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  Malfunctioning robot detected. Acessing...
[21:56] <Mister_Clacky|GM> ..
[21:56] <Mister_Clacky|GM> .
[21:58] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  The backlighting in the braincase goes from clear to red. TOM's voice comes out the speaker. "Direct Control established."
[21:59] * Blackberry_Jam thinks again for a moment. "See if it has a... self-destruct mode or something."
[21:59] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  "Orders, Snack_Cake 'D'?"
[21:59] * North_Star sighs in relief. Looking back into the shielded room.
[22:00] <Scrap> "Wait, have it attack them."
[22:00] <~Blackberry_Jam> "Well, that's -after- we use it to blow open their shield, Kamikaze, yes."
[22:01] * Snack_Cake glances at Blackberry_Jam, then back into the room. "Can you... break that shield TOM? Please."
[22:02] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  "Downloading Tactics/Insertion Matrix"
[22:03] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  The voice changes. "Ready for order, Marm."
[22:04] * Snack_Cake is a little confused by the voice change.
[22:08] * Thunder_Strike groans and moves. "You know... You could have warned me north." She says moving back down the stairs to Blackberry_Jam.
[22:09] * North_Star , closes the breech on the rifle, looking up at Thunder_Strike, then to Blackberry_Jam. "Can we just get this over and done with, already?"
[22:09] * Scrap seeing that the robot is now friendly, at least as far as he can tell, waits for it to attack the barrier.
[22:11] * North_Star drops his grenade rifle back into his satchel, drawing his revolver and waiting for the robot to do it's thing.
[22:11] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  TIM is ready for orders
[22:11] * Scrap makes sure to be away from the doorway a bit, just in case.
[22:12] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  "Verify priority orders 1) Protect Snack_Cake 'D' 2) Destroy 'Shield'. Confirm?"
[22:13] * Snack_Cake starts to nod, but suddenly says, "What about my friends? You need to protect them too!"
[22:13] * Blackberry_Jam nodnods.
[22:15] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  "1) Protect Snack_Cake 'D' 2) Protect Snack_Cake 'D' associates 3) Destroy 'Shield." Confirm."
[22:15] * Snack_Cake nods, satisfied. "Yes. Confirm."
[22:17] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  "Recalibrating weapon system. Increasing Output. Orders, confirmed. Tally-ho MOTHERFUCKERS!" The treads whirl to life and the large machine rumbles up the hill and to the doorway.
[22:19] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  The robot blasts the shield twice, it pops out of existance with the second hit.
[22:23] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  From out of the darkness to the left, there is a muted thump and a grenade is fired at the robot, a second passes and another grenade hits it. The group, having been behind the reinforced walls between the room and the stairwell, are spared the splash.
[22:24] * North_Star looks over at Blackberry_Jam. "To be honest. This is going better than I expected."
[22:26] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  "Hostile detected, Marm. All your bitch are belong to us!"
[22:26] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  TIM looks damaged but still functional.
[22:30] * Strawberry_Daiquiri still has her pistol in he tail pokes her hed around the cornner and sees....
[22:31] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  She can see the mare to the left that revealed herself by firing, the other is still hiding.
[22:31] * Strawberry_Daiquiri shoots at the mare with her pistol
[22:32] <Strawberry_Daiquiri> 5 times
[22:37] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  Strawberry_Daiquiri's first shot jams, after clearing the breach she fires twice more, but misses her mark.
[22:41] * Blackberry_Jam readies her shotgun. You've breeched hostile rooms before. Easy peasy. She smirks around her cigarette. Perfect. Get them while they're reloading. "That's because we waited. Patiently." She says, darting into the room and swinging her weapon up to fire at the exposed mare. "Now! Go, go, go!"
[22:54] * Blackberry_Jam smirks a little. "Hello there."
[22:57] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  Blackberry_Jam blasts each of the green mare's forelegs with her shotgun. The mare screams in pain.
[22:59] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  Her forelegs buckle and she falls prone.
[23:02] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  There is a flash of light straight ahead as a horn lights up. The injured mare disappears in a flash of magic and reappears behind the other. Snack_Cake's PipBuck soon crackles. "They are through the shield. Trouble is gravely injured. Regrouping."
[23:03] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  A male voice crackles through the speakers. "The shield is down? Are you still engaged?" The mare answers, "Yes."
[23:03] * Blackberry_Jam snarls and points her weapon at the horn. "Oh no you don't!"
[23:03] * Snack_Cake frowns a bit at that. "Are they... talking to somepony else?"
[23:04] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  A sickly green light pulses in the healthy mare's stomach. She looks down, shocked, but nothing happens. "What?"
[23:06] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  A moment later the stomach of the other sister pulses green, her face contorts and she disappears in a flash. There is a deafening boom and an intense flash of light from outside the window. Snack_Cake's PipBuck clicks rapidly, but it quickly stills.
[23:06] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  Outside a small mushroom cloud climbs into the sky.
[23:08] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  The remaining mare stands in shock a moment, then screams. Snack_Cake 's PipBuck adds an echo. "You son of a bitch!"
[23:08] * Snack_Cake has no idea what just happened. She's simply stunned.
[23:08] * Blackberry_Jam doesn't either. She doesn't like it, and makes it very vocal. "You! What the fuck did you do?"
[23:10] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  The mare sinks to her haunches, sobbing and cursing.
[23:11] * Blackberry_Jam moves over, weapon pointed at the two of them. "Well? What in the ever-loving fuck was that?"
[23:12] * North_Star peeks into the door, seeing one mare injured and the other missing, he rushes into the room, looking out the window.
[23:12] * Scrap walks up next to Blackberry_Jam, a look of unsureness on his face.
[23:12] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  There is only one mare. The other teleported away, and then there was a very large explosion outside.
[23:12] * Snack_Cake can't help but feel a little bad for the mare. That crying is kinda heart-wrenching.
[23:13] * Thunder_Strike "what the hell just happened?"
[23:14] * North_Star watches the mushroom cloud rise and fade before looking down at the settleing dust and radiation.
[23:15] * Blackberry_Jam trots right up to her and taps the side of the injured mare's head with her gun. "Well?" She's losing her patience.
[23:16] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  "That bastard said we didn't need collars anymore... know I know why..."
[23:17] <Scrap> "Who?"
[23:17] * Blackberry_Jam frowns. "Yeah, who?"
[23:17] * North_Star looks back at the mare.
[23:17] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  "Master Hack."
[23:17] * North_Star takes a breath, "So, he's the one that told you to blow us up?"
[23:18] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  The mare is composing herself, greif turning to anger. "Yes."
[23:18] * Blackberry_Jam leans down and sets her weapon aside. "Yeah... that sounds like something he'd do. Here." She says, placing a healing potion in the mare's hooves. "Drink this."
[23:19] <Scrap> "Where is he?"
[23:19] * North_Star holsters his weapon. "But why? Doesn't he know his boss could get a sweet deal if Snack makes it to her?"
[23:19] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  The mare doesn't drink, it was the injured mare who exploded."
[23:20] <~Blackberry_Jam> "Something tells me that he doesn't really give a shit."
[23:20] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  "You're a power play, always were. Before, getting you to Mrs Sever was in his best interest, but things have changed."
[23:21] * North_Star walks closer to the mare. "How so?" He asked, taking a seat.
[23:21] * Blackberry_Jam sits too.
[23:22] * Snack_Cake feels a lot bad for the mare now. She takes a few tenative steps forward, and goes into her bag. She takes out a cake and offers it to the mare. Maybe it will help her feel better.
[23:23] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  "Mr. Butcher isn't happy with her progress. She's lost a lot of slaves and slavers, in no small part thanks to you. A big score would put her back in his good graces. Otherwise, she'd be replaced. Guess who the forerunner is?"
[23:23] * Blackberry_Jam takes this opportunity to reload a little. "Just some buck who's going to be very dead very soon."
[23:24] * North_Star rubbed his chin. "Typical slaver pecking order." He thought a second before speaking up again. "You think Mrs. Sever knows about this?"
[23:24] * Thunder_Strike "yeah, she is really lousy with slaves." She says.
[23:25] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  "She knows she's in trouble, but if she has any inkling of Hack's plan, she hasn't moved on it."
[23:26] * North_Star smiles, "Then we'll give her a move. Six guns all itching to kill Hack."
[23:26] * Blackberry_Jam slings her weapon over her back, and looks at North_Star. "You're not seriously considering cooperating with her, are you?"
[23:27] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  "Mrs Sever still wants her." She points at Snack_Cake. "Only thing that will get her out of the frying pan is a big score. Killing you would just ensure she doesn't."
[23:28] * North_Star nods. "As much as I hate to say it, we get in her good graces, we have a bit of bargening power."
[23:28] * Thunder_Strike "your cooperating with me." She says to Blackberry_Jam. For all I know, there's a bomb in me.
[23:28] * Blackberry_Jam flicks her ear a little. "What was that, Featherduster?"
[23:29] * North_Star looks back at the mare, "If we let Sever know, that would put Hack on a chopping block, wouldn't it?"
[23:30] * Snack_Cake just leaves the cake in front of the mare and takes a few steps back.
[23:32] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  The mare shrugs. "Maybe." She eyes the cake suspisciously.
[23:32] * Thunder_Strike "well it's obvious they didn't know they had a bomb in there stomach. What if i Do too? I doubt it cause I escaped before they fully processed me but still."
[23:33] * North_Star sighs, looking down at the cake. "Go on. Eat it. Snack would hurt a fly, especially not with food."
[23:33] * Blackberry_Jam blinky blinks. "What the... are you... being serious?"
[23:35] * Thunder_Strike "yes. Did you forget I was a slave already?" She says shaking her head at BJ.
[23:35] * Blackberry_Jam shakes her head. "No, I didn't. Did you -know- that they put bombs in their slaves?"
[23:36] * Snack_Cake just looks concerned for the mare. "If you want... I could share it with you. That way... you know it's safe?" She pauses. "I'll even split another with you, so we both have a full one between them!"
[23:37] * Thunder_Strike "well no, not until know that is." She says shruging.
[23:38] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  The mare doesn't make a move on the cake. She looks at Snack_Cake with a look of complete confusion. "Why do you give a fuck about me? We just tried to kill you."
[23:38] * Blackberry_Jam turns her head slightly. "I don't give a fuck about you, if that clears anything up."
[23:39] * North_Star rolls his eyes, "Thanks, Jam. Really nessecary."
[23:39] <~Blackberry_Jam> "Shut up."
[23:40] * Snack_Cake just frowns. "I just... you looked so hurt. I thought..."
[23:41] * Thunder_Strike "jam. She was just doing as she was told." She says sighing.
[23:42] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  Scowls. "There was one pony who cared about me, and now she's dead. You want to kill me, fine, whatever. You want me to tell you about Hack first, fine."
[23:43] * North_Star sighs, looking back at the mare. "There's also a stallion out there who killed said pony, and like any sensible mare, you'd like to return the favor, am I wrong?
[23:44] * Blackberry_Jam shrugs, standing up and making for the door. "I'm not going to sugar coat it. And, if 'we' decide to take her with us, consider what happened to the last slaver that we brought along. I'll be downstairs."
[23:46] * Scrap looks between all of them, not sure what to do with himself.
[23:46] * Snack_Cake hesitates a bit more before she adds, "Nopony deserves such terrible things happening to them. I... can understand why you... had to do those things. But... you still don't deserve to lose the ponies you care about. Nopony does." She pauses one last time before quickly finishing with, "I don't like bad things happening to /anypony/."
[23:46] <Scrap> "I don't either."
[23:49] * Snack_Cake reaches into her bag again as a second thought and takes out a Sparkle-Cola, and puts it down next to the cake for the mare.
[23:49] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  "Are you for real? It's an act right?" She stares incredulously at Snack_Cake
[23:50] * North_Star shakes his head with a chuckle. "Just me, if the three of us wanted you dead, I'd have shot you by now."
[23:50] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  The damaged robot sweeps the room with it's weapons, seeking active threats.
[23:50] <North_Star> *Trust
[23:51] * Blackberry_Jam leans up against the wall at the front door, pulling out a new cigarette and lighting it. She glances out the door at the remnants of the mushroom cloud. Huh.
[23:51] * Thunder_Strike "she's trying to be nice." She says to the mare.
[23:52] * Scrap seeing that he can't help much here, follows Blackberry_Jam down.
[23:52] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  The mare sniffs, wiping her muzzle. Her eyes turn hard. "If you have a question ask it."
[23:54] * North_Star sits up slightly. "Can we trust Sever to hold her end of the deal?"
[23:54] * Thunder_Strike rolls her eyes then listens to North_Star.
[23:55] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  "Fuck no. That Stable is her ticket. She has a chance to nab it, she won't fucking hesitate."
[23:55] * North_Star sighs. "And I guess she's just going to have us shot on the spot if we just say no."
[23:55] * Blackberry_Jam could have told him that.
[23:57] * Thunder_Strike looks at North_Star with an expression if Duh.
[23:57] <Thunder_Strike> Of*
[23:58] * Snack_Cake just shakes her head when the mare asks if she was just making an act. "I've lived in a stable all my life... My job was to make desserts, but it might as well have been to make everypony happier at mealtime, because that's basically what I did. I love it when something I do, or something I made makes ponies smile." She frowns at that last, though. "Trust me... when I say I know how you feel." After a moment, she adds as an explanation, "I can't ever go back home."
[23:58] * Scrap hesitates at the bottom of the stairs, but approaches and stands a bit back from Blackberry_Jam. "Are you ok?"
[23:58] * Snack_Cake ... she adds as an explanation, "I can't ever go back home."
[23:59] * Blackberry_Jam shrugs a little, puffing out a few rings. "Yes."
[00:00] <Scrap> "Are you sure? You seem upset."
[00:00] * Blackberry_Jam shakes her head. "Not upset. Frustrated. Tired. Aggrivated, maybe. Not upset."
[00:02] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  "Given a chance she'd put a bullet in all of you." She looks over to Snack_Cake. "You really are for real. Why? Why didn't you give it up, or lay low? Why are you even out here?"
[00:03] * North_Star gets up, walking for the window. "Fucking slavers..."
[00:04] * Snack_Cake looks away. "I can't just leave my friends alone... They're..." She hesitates. "They're all I have left."
[00:04] * Scrap takes her not anger as sign that he can move up and sit next to her. "I'm sorry for all the times I've frustrated you."
[00:05] * Blackberry_Jam cracks a faint smile. "Apology accepted."
[00:06] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  'Then why the fuck aren't they hiding with you? What do they have on who to get you ponies in the open?"
[00:08] * Scrap smiles back. "I guess I kinda know what it's like now after North_Star launched that grenade, my plan was to throw them in and then dive out of the doorway."
[00:08] * North_Star pipes up. "Because, two of us are too headstrong to take this shit sitting down, one of us wants to make the world a better place, another has had a history with slavers, and the last one... Is along for the ride."
[00:10] * Snack_Cake sits, a little despondant. "They have... hostages. A... a little filly, and her mother." After a moment, she adds, "They had the rest of the family too... but we managed to rescue the others."
[00:11] * Blackberry_Jam rolls her eyes. "Yep. I'll be honest... I'm starting to think that stupidity is a sex-linked trait." She mutters.
[00:13] * Scrap a bit of irritation in his voice. "My master wasn't stupid. I might make mistakes, but that doesn't mean that every stallion is dumb."
[00:14] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  The mare looks between Snack_Cake and North_Star. "Perhaps we can help each other after all. Cause it sounds like you need somepony to get you in somewhere."
[00:15] * Thunder_Strike is sitting there listening to them.
[00:15] * North_Star smiles walking back over to the mare, offering a hoof. "Now you're speaking my language."
[00:16] * Blackberry_Jam shrugs a little. "Must be just the ones I know, then." She exhales again, making some articulate smoke rings. "In a perfect world, everypony learns from their mistakes. Seems the two of you need to make them more than once to learn anything." Her tone is pretty neutral.
[00:16] * Snack_Cake takes out her own Sparkle-Cola, cherry flavored, and sips at it a bit.
[00:19] <Scrap> "But, this time I though before acting. I even came up with the flanking plan, even if it didn't work."
[00:20] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  The mare takes his hoof. "Toil. Hack's holed up in Slaughterhouse so he can solidify his power base. I can get you in. You kill Hack, I'll spring your two friends."
[00:20] * Blackberry_Jam gives a long sigh. "Well, congratulations. You're smarter than Hot Shot."
[00:21] * North_Star nods. "Sounds like a plan, I just hop Berry can say the same.
[00:22] <Scrap> "Do you think we'll succeed?"
[00:22] * Snack_Cake lets the mare and North_Star plan. She's never been the tactically-minded pony.
[00:23] * Thunder_Strike goes and looks out the window, she stretches her wings open a bit and yawns.
[00:24] * Blackberry_Jam shakes her head. "No. I know we will."
[00:25] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  There isn't much to see out the window except the craters from the earlier bombardment and the much bigger crater of the balefire explosive.
[00:26] <Scrap> "I'll try to be smarter for you. And... thanks for not hating me."
[00:27] * North_Star started to pick up what he could around the room, "You think you and Berry can get along until we get to slaughterhouse, Toil?"
[00:27] <Thunder_Strike> "Son of a bitch. That's a big ass crater. Alittle excessive dontch think?" She said to no pony in particular.
[00:27] * Blackberry_Jam blows some more smoke out the door. "There aren't too many ponies I hate, Scrap. You'd have sto do something -really- stupid to get on that list."
[00:28] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  "I can work with anypony."
[00:30] * North_Star weighes the loot in his hooves, "Good, let's just hope Berry can." He says as he heads for the stairs, "Oh, and since we're not killing each other. You two are pretty good at killin'." He adds, giving Toil a smile over his shoulder. "Even if we are still kickin'."
[00:31] * Scrap falls silent with nothing else to say, but enjoys the pleasant momemt with her.
[00:32] * Blackberry_Jam looks over at Scrap for a moment. Her smile gets a little wider as she snubs out her cigarette.
[00:35] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  "Well, partners, shall we go a'killin'?"
[00:35] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  *****Session End*****
[00:35] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  3500 experience. Snack_Cake +1 karma for niceness in the face of... every-fucking-thing.