FoE PNP G-Platypus Session 42

[18:43] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  *****G-Platypus: The City of Broad Withers - Session 42*****
[18:44] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  Beyond
[18:44] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  An ageless question.
[18:44] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  What lies beyond? Beyond that rise? Beyond that door? Beyond this life?
[18:44] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  So far, the answer to the last doesn’t seem very pleasant.
[18:44] <Mister_Clacky|GM> *****Session Start*****
[18:44] <Mister_Clacky|GM> Our group finds themselves in a white-washed wasteland where withered wretches walk and foul spirits stalk. They stand, just noticed by the denizens of the Ledge. One at least doesn’t look entirely against them...
[18:47] * Blackberry_Jam is simultaneously surprised and relieved to see a familiar face, and, once the heat of combat wears off, will definitely be happy to see Scrap aliv- well, /there/. She's still aiming her weapon between the toothy hounds. Seeing Scrap punch one gave her the confidence that she /could/ fight these things, and that she would.
[18:47] * Scrap drops to the ground, or what passes for the ground, still in a fighting stance and staring at the kicked creature.
[18:50] * Thunder_Strike is glad to see the familiar Pegasus once again. she feels some confidence return to her seeing him there and takes her control bit and prepares to fight.
[18:52] * North_Star_ grins, looking back at the pegasus. "Should've known, can't visit the dead without bumping into a friend."
[18:53] * Snack_Cake has no idea what's going on! She's confused and horrified over what's happening, and the sight of Scrap isn't helping to ease her mind.
[18:53] * Blackberry_Jam grins around her cigarette, which apparently made it over to the Spirit World. "Snack... just stay behind us and get ready for a fight..."
[18:54] * Thunder_Strike looks at Snack_Cake and moves closer to her and pats her softly with a wing.
[19:04] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  The vaguely equine form with the split face stands, the rest of the creatures milling about seem to have heard it's cry. Three equines and a heavily built creature with an axe-like protrusion from it's muzzle have their attentions focused on the group.
[19:08] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  The standing equine is about thirty feet away, the zebra mare breathing faintly halfway between the bulk of the party and it. The other creatures are about a hundred feet down range. The giant bird tearing pieces from the gushing form of Splotches is another fifty feet beyond them.
[19:20] * North_Star_ raises his rifle, bringing his sights on the horned creature. At least, he thought it was a horn. He shot twice at the creature, the small part inside of him enjoying the feel of the rifle.
[19:27] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  Both shots take the beast in the chest. The first bullet slams against it's chest, spalling with the round shattering against it's hide and leaving a divot and a flow of irridescent yellow blood. The second bullet hits in a gap between the heavy plates covering the beast, a backwash of sickly ichor belching out of the wound and dribbling down its chest. It bellows its rage.
[19:31] * Scrap sees the beast get hit and rushes in for the kill.
[19:39] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  Scrap swoops in at the heavily plated monstrosity. His first hit takes him square in the chest wound. He pulls back quickly as there is an audible his when he touches it's blood. He picks his next two attacks more carefully delivering a punch to the beasts unmared chest and a heavy kick to it's foreleg. It rocks back slightly and growls.
[19:43] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  The nearest equine form shakes its head, thick ropes of drool cascading down its grotesque quadruple jaw. It locks onto North_Star_ running toward him and throwing itself bodily at him, maw agape.
[19:49] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  The beast hits him, it's teeth slashing North_Star_ across his left shoulder. The beast jumped too hard, however, and North_Star_ is able to duck his barrel low and the beast rolls over him with a heavy thud. It rolls to it's hooves, growling.
[19:50] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  Another of the equine beast locks eyes with North_Star_. It's chest heaves as it turns its head to the sky and screeches an audibly painfal wail.
[19:55] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  Blackberry_Jam, Thunder_Strike, and Scrap shake off the effects of the beasts unholy wail, but North_Star_ is not so lucky. Like an icepick through the brainpan, the scream pierces his head, echoing and ringing between his ears painfully.
[19:59] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  The beast runs forward, moving up within 40ft of the party.
[20:00] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  The other equine by the plated beast eyes Scrap. It's jaws split apart like an orchid in bloom and it lunges.
[20:01] * Snack_Cake cringes anyway though, because right now she's terrified! This is like right out nightmares!
[20:06] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  It lunges at the hovering stallion, missing the nimbly dodging Scrap. It manages to land on its hooves and lunge back up again. This time it manages to get it's teeth into the soft, stitched flesh of his throat where it meets his collarbone. It tries to hold on, bring him down and gnaw on him until he stops moving, but he manages to shake himself free, leaving it to fall back to the ground upright on its hooves.
[20:06] * Thunder_Strike looks at Snack_Cake and gives her a quick nuzzle attempting to calm her down.
[20:12] * Blackberry_Jam levels her weapon off at the split-lipped equine on North_Star_, eyeing it curiously, trying to discern any sort of weakpoints. Not seeing any, she lets a pair of magnum buckshot shells fly, but ready to fire a third.
[20:16] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  Blackberry_Jam's magnum buckshot peppers the equine thing, it screams, bodily knocked backward in a bloom of blood. It doesn't however, fall.
[20:20] * Blackberry_Jam takes a third shot, seeing the beast still clinging to life. These things were kind of disgusting...
[20:22] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  Blackberry_Jam's third shot cores the equine. It staggers, trying to scream, before it slumps to the ground. It's flesh turns to wet slush and flows across the alien white ground.
[20:23] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  All that is left are vaguely equine black bones, similar to a multitude of similar castoffs in the area.
[20:23] * Blackberry_Jam blinks down the sight of her weapon. "North, Scrap! Just hang on, healing is on the way!"
[20:23] * North_Star_ waves Blackberry_Jam towards Scrap. "I've had worse, Doc!"
[20:24] * Thunder_Strike ''um... isn't scrap... already dead?'' she asks confused
[20:25] * Scrap is too busy concentrating on not testing if he can die again to respond.
[20:26] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  The bloodied, overbuilt behemoth bellows, eyes locked on the nearest thing to hurt it, the hovering Scrap. It goes after him, scything it's heavy ax-like nose at him. The curved edge is noticably already bloodied. ]
[20:29] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  Three heavy blows land on the dodging pegasus, cutting deep as the beast puts his weight into each blow.
[20:30] * Scrap cries out as he feels a couple ribs break.
[20:34] * Snack_Cake squeezes her eyes shut, whimpering a bit as she fumbles around for her new weapon... She can't let the others down. Not now! They need help! Once she finds the rifle, she prepares to fire at the big... gigantic... scary... monster...
[20:39] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  Snack_Cake fires. Her round takes the scary monster in the left hind leg. The limb shivers a bit at the impact, but it doesn't seem to much mind.
[20:45] * Thunder_Strike fires at the beast Snack_Cake shot at.
[20:51] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  Thunder_Strike peppers the armored beast under a fierce barrage of magical energy, the beast staggers, wilting under the near continuous fire. It slumps, the puddle of it's flowing blood hissing and smoking as it spreads. It lays motionless.
[20:52] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  North_Star_ shakes his head to clear it, the piercing echo fading from his mind as his thoughts clear.
[20:53] * North_Star_ kept his sights on the large, ax-beast. Firing another shot at the monstrosity.
[20:57] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  Beyond the hissing corpse of the ax-beast, the giant bird continues to enjoy its meal. Splotches chanting is interrupted by screams as its head darts forward, pointed beak piercing his abdomen and coming free with ropes of intestines. It tilts its head back and swallows its grizzly prize. It continues to feed, always coming out with plenty of innards to try and sate it's unending hunger for suffering.
[20:58] * North_Star_ takes aim at the equine closest to him, sending two .308 rounds in it's direction.
[21:02] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  The rounds dig deep into the approaching equine, it screams as the bullets pass through it front to back. It faulters, but manages to keep one hoof moving in front of the other, mouth gaping and full of ill intent and teeth.
[21:08] * Scrap takes off, clutching his ribs, and makes for Blackberry_Jam as best he can. He lands in front of her with his ears flattend and feeling bad about dying and almost dying again when she told him not to. He can't even look her in the eye.
[21:09] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  The heavily bleeding equine lopes forward, eyes locked on North_Star_ who hurt it so greivously.
[21:15] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  The equinoid picks up a bit of speed, maw opening. A long, barbed tongue lashes out as it leaps toward North_Star_. It hooks into him and the beast sends him tumbling back. It lands astride him, maw clenched around the meat of his shoulder and digging into his barrel. It thrashes its head, sawing its teeth through armor and tender flesh.
[21:19] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  The other equinoid growls, ducking its head and charging the group. It locks it's gaze on a pegasus, it has tasted a pegasus today and it wants more. It goes after Thunder_Strike, attempting to tackle her.
[21:23] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  The beast rams its mass into Thunder_Strike, its bite latching onto her chest and bringing her down to the ground, pinning her. It growls as it's muscles bunch with strain under it's slick, greasy coat.
[21:24] * Blackberry_Jam winces as she watches Scrap take the blows. Oh, hell no. Not again. Not. Fucking. Again! "Kamikaze! Don't you DARE die on me again!" She roars, grabbing his face and turning it to stare intently into his eyes. "Scrap? Look at me, Scrap. You're going to be fine. Just drink this."
[21:25] * Blackberry_Jam pours a potion down his throat and tosses one at North_Star_. "Hot Shot, drink this!" She shouts.
[21:28] * Blackberry_Jam smiles at Scrap as the healing potion sets to work mending him and lets off a blast of Magnum Buck at the equinoid on North.
[21:28] * Scrap drinks the potion gladly and perks up as he feels his ribs healing. He smiles faintly at her before turning his attention to the beast on Thunder_Strike.
[21:29] * Blackberry_Jam gives him a clap on the back, her smile widening.
[21:30] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  The shotgun blast tears through the equinoid, sending him topling over North_Star's side, its jaw going slack. The metal ball of potion rolls near him, he was unable to catch it while pinned.
[21:42] * Snack_Cake goes wide-eyed as the... thing attacks Thunder_Strike! She cries out, "GET OFF HER!" and tackles the creature right back! She has to get it off Thunder!
[21:49] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  Snack_Cake throws herself into the beast, hitting it hard with her barehoof. Still, it's shrugs off her blow and her screams to release Thunder_Strike, answering with a snarl and a shake of it's head.
[21:52] * Thunder_Strike wails in pain.
[21:53] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  Snack_Cake overbalances, rolling to the side as her attempted tackle slips free.
[21:54] * Snack_Cake won't accept this! She turns on SATS and fires a shot right in the creature's smug face!
[21:57] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  Snack_Cake places a bullet right where a pony's eye would be, the slight divot in the beast's smooth head exploding inward as the laser sears through. The beast, however, doesn't relinquish it's grip.
[22:01] * Thunder_Strike continue to scream in pain.
[22:09] * Thunder_Strike screams and kicks at the beast trying I get free
[22:12] <Mr_Clacky|GM>  Thunder_Strike fights and bucks, getting her hind legs up under its stomach and bucking it free, it tumbled backward, sprawled out and angry on the ground a short distance away.
[22:18] <Mr_Clacky|GM>  Thunder_Strike manages to get to her hooves as another scream rattles out of Splotches nailed to the wall. The bird turns its head, seemingly just now bothering to notice the commotion. His entrails hang losely from its beak as it stares at the group. It tilts back its head and lets his innards slide down its throat before turning to close with the group, its long plumage trailing behind it. It closes within thirty feet.
[22:27] * North_Star_ rolls onto his hooves, shaking the pain off of his mid-section and aching back. The potion crosses his eyes and he whips his tail to scoop it up. In a flash, he rips the stopper off and begins to use it. How hard could it be to use a potion?
[22:35] <Mr_Clacky|GM>  The potion helps sooth North_Star_'s wounds... a bit.
[22:36] * North_Star_ tastes his mouth, thinking he drank the potion too fast. He turns his sights on the equine attacking Thunder_Strike, firing the last round in the barrel at it.
[22:42] <Mr_Clacky|GM>  The equinoid jerks, the bullet passing through, it growls, ichor flowing freely.
[22:43] * North_Star_ lowers his rifle. "Come on, Ugly! I'm a lot better aged than she is!"
[22:45] * Scrap -hates- hearing his friends scream in pain, esspecialy now that he's already failed them once. He rushes the equine.
[22:47] <Mr_Clacky|GM>  Scrap pounces on the last equinoid, pounding int quite literally into paste.
[22:49] * Blackberry_Jam glances up at the bird, glaring at it. She was going to make it pay for hurting Splotches, and she was going to make it pay for getting so close. She empties her remaining shotgun magazine into the bird's dumb face.
[22:55] <Mr_Clacky|GM>  Blackberry_Jam peppers the huge bird's face and beak with shot, sparks flying where the buckshot skips off its hard beak.
[22:56] * Blackberry_Jam drops out her drum magazine and slaps in a fresh clip of slugs. She frowns at the general ineffectiveness of the buckshot.
[23:02] * Snack_Cake gets up and turns toward the bird... this thing was huge! She moves a little closer to Thunder_Strike, and fires two shots at the bird!
[23:05] <Mr_Clacky|GM>  Snack_Cake places laser blasts on its chest and its left hind leg. There's a tinge of burnt feathers in the air. The bird is silent.
[23:10] * Thunder_Strike glares at the bird. ''tell me... anyone want lazer fried chicken?'' she says before taking aim and firing as many times as she could.
[23:13] <Mr_Clacky|GM>  MEW fire stitches up and down the giant bird, the bite of ozone and scortched feathers permiates the air, the bird squaks.
[23:21] <Mr_Clacky|GM>  The bird locks eyes with with Blackberry_Jam. It's eyes seem to glow, its vibrant plumage fanning out behind it. It glares at her with murderous intent, the world redding out to her. She sees herself, a taloned claw digging into her neck, that bloodied beak darting down to take an eye. She sees herself, running away, claws landing on her back as the cruel mouth flayes the hide from her back. Her body aches as visions of her ghastly demise plays through her mind.
[23:22] <Mr_Clacky|GM>  Those glowing red eyes stare at Blackberry_Jam throughout the torment. Causing the pain. She has to stop the pain! She takes her weapon and does all she can to put the fire in those eyes out!!!
[23:27] <Mr_Clacky|GM>  She slams a magazine into her shotgun and fires twice, the slug passing through the eye. The red haze clears, she starts to see what's around her again. In front of her, in her sights, is a green pegasus mare. Two huge chest wounds sucking air as she struggles to breath. She gives great wet gasps for air as she struggles to stay standing.
[23:29] * Blackberry_Jam is panting, struggling for gasping breaths. When she finally sees what she's done... she... Her weapon clatters two the ground, and she slumps forward, utterly awestruck.
[23:31] * Thunder_Strike struggles to breath and wobbles a bit. she repeatidly say the word ow over and over again through weak breaths. o..ow..
[23:32] * Scrap stares at Blackberry_Jam, confused. How could she do that? She threatend to kill him when he only knocked her out.
[23:32] <Mr_Clacky|GM>  To those who saw her void, terrified, agonized eyes as she did the deed, it was obvious she wasn't in control.
[23:33] * North_Star_ looks back at the group. Deciding something must be up with the bird and them, he loads his rifle back up to full and lines up his sights with the bird, firing a shot.
[23:33] * Snack_Cake takes a few horrifying moments before she understands what just happened. When she fully understands, she shrieks, "THUNDER!"
[23:36] <Mr_Clacky|GM>  North_Star_'s bullet takes a chunk out of the bird's left hind leg. It's expression doesn't change.
[23:37] * North_Star_ takes a few paces from the group. "Spread out! Either spread out or drop your guns!" He shouted to the others.
[23:38] * Scrap doesn't like what this bird did to her. Fuck this bird. He rushes it, wanting to wipe it from existance.
[23:41] <Mr_Clacky|GM>  Scrap swoops in, delivering heavy blows to the bird. It raises its wings and sways as it tries ineffectively to avoid the blows. It's cold blankness evaporating under the onslaught. It does not look pleased.
[23:43] * Blackberry_Jam can't stand to look up. She's doubled over, shaking, whimpering. She has no idea what to do... she's even having trouble breathing.
[23:55] * Snack_Cake drops her weapon, going through her bag. "Hold on Thunder... hold on Thunder..." She pulls out both her potions and sticks them in Thunder_Strike's mouth, one at a time. She doesn't even know how much she should give, so she just gives as much as she has! She doesn't care about wasting them. "Here... drink these! Please..." Tears are running down her face. She lets Thunder lean against her if she needs to! She just wants Thunder to be okay!
[23:56] * Blackberry_Jam coughs a little, slowly rising to her hooves. She stumbles, shambling as though she too had been shot in the gullet, over to ther injured comrade. "Out... out of the way..." She rasps, tripping over her weapon as it lies on the ground.
[23:57] <Mr_Clacky|GM>  Blackberry_Jam gets to Thunder_Strike just as Snack_Cake pours two potions into her.
[23:58] * Blackberry_Jam mutters to Snack_Cake. "If you don't pull out the slug... the wound will just.. c-close over it." She says, grabbing her forceps and getting to work. She's shaking uncontrollably.
[00:01] * Snack_Cake makes a little room for Berry... but she stays close to Thunder. Not even Celestia herself could drag her away now!
[00:02] * Blackberry_Jam removes the slugs as tears stream down her face. She didn't care if she needed to, or even if that giant bird /actually/ pecked her to death right now. There was no way in hell Thunder was dying in here.
[00:10] * Thunder_Strike weazes before healing potion is force down her throat. she coughs because it was to much and coughs more from the pain of coughing. ''a..stop.'' she says trying to get some breath before blackberry starts digging out the slugs. she looks at BJ and softly boops her nose and smiles. ''a..acci..dents hap.. pen.''
[00:13] * Thunder_Strike snags her newly purchased whip with her tail and then get ready to attack when berry and snack let her go.
[00:15] * Blackberry_Jam blinks at the boop. She's... never seen anypony take a gushing chest wound so well...
[00:18] * Snack_Cake gives Thunder_Strike a concerned look. "You need to take it easy..."
[00:19] <Mr_Clacky|GM>  Blackberry_Jam's quick cutting complete, Thunder_Strike sidesteps her and takes to wing. Her whip cuts through the air! The bird bats the first lash away, but Thunder_Strike recovers and slashes the bladed chain across the bird's chest. It gushes black blood from a greivous chest wound, squaking angrily.
[00:22] <Mr_Clacky|GM>  The birds plummage fans out behind it and it locks it's gaze on North_Star_. Looking or not, he can feel the vile stare burrowing into his mind. He reds out, images of the bird killing him dancing in his mind. Each image sends his body to agony.
[00:23] <Mr_Clacky|GM>  Those red laughing eyes, filling him with pain. Surely if he put them out he could end the torment? He raises his rifle and fires.
[00:28] <Mr_Clacky|GM>  The boom of the misfire is deafening in North_Star_'s ears. His vision clears, the red fading. As he blinks away the images of his grizzly death, he sees Scrap clearly in the crosshairs of his scope.
[00:30] * Scrap is too blinded by his desire to erase this bird to notice anything happening around him. He isn't going to fail them again! This bird is going to die!
[00:31] * North_Star_ blinks only twice before his shaking comes from a different emotion. With a bit of a roar, he pulls the lever-action, sending the lucky bullet flying. After shifting his sights back on the bird, he fires once.
[00:37] <Mr_Clacky|GM>  North_Star_ plants a bullet dead center in the giant peacock's ruined chest. It staggers back as Scrap barrels in, raining blows on the collapsing form as it gives a last squak of displeasure. It's plummage wilts, curling in on itself and turning black as it starts to crack and burst like a thoroughly burned log gone to ash.
[00:39] * Blackberry_Jam slumps forward in a daze, collapsing on the ground in a heap beside her weapon.
[00:40] * North_Star_ lowers his rifle, watching the bird burn while he calms himself. He let it fall and hang from it's sling as he returns to all fours, glancing over at the faulty round among his spent brass.
[00:41] <Mr_Clacky|GM>  There is a silence that rests over the Ledge now, the slight murmur of a low plea in Zebra the only sound wafting through the clearing.
[00:41] * Scrap having killed it off with North_Star_, now notices Thunder_Strike's whip pulling back from her attack and immediatly scrabbles backward terrified. He cowers several feet away with his hooves over head.
[00:42] * Blackberry_Jam lies face down on the floor, trembling. She's muttering something so quietly, you'd have to be right next to her to hear it.
[00:43] * North_Star_ picks up the bullet with a flick of his tail, turning back to the others. "I'll check on Splotches, you do what you need to, Jam!" He shouted, starting off to where he last saw the zebra.
[00:43] <Scrap> his head*
[00:43] * Snack_Cake rubs the tears out of her eyes and trots over under Thunder_Strike, looking up toward her marefriend. She mutters a quiet, "Please come down, Thunder... You need to be careful..."
[00:46] <Mr_Clacky|GM>  North_Star_ makes it to the wall. Splotches' hind hoove dangle down about ten feet off the ground. Long spikes pierce both forelegs, driven through and into the wall behind him, suspending him with belly exposed for the bird to feast. His stomach has several punctures, but they are too small to believe the bird was doing what it had been doing.
[00:47] * Thunder_Strike finally relaxes and pulls the chain whip back and places it back on its holder. then looks at scrap and apologizes. s..sorry! she then looks down at Snack_Cake and smiles down at her marefriend, she floats down to her and lands with a thump infront of her. ''I'll be ok. w..where's blackberry?''
[00:47] * North_Star_ looks around. He needs some wings, he needs.. "Scrap! Front n' center!"
[00:48] * Blackberry_Jam lies somewhere near where Thunder_Strike was when she was shot. She hasn't moved in a while.
[00:48] * Snack_Cake doesn't answer Thunder_Strike's question. She just hugs her... hard, and forcefully! She wraps both forelegs around her neck and nuzzles shakily into it. She mutters, "I was afraid..."
[00:49] * Scrap doesn't respond to North_Star_, he just continues cowering and shaking.
[00:50] * Thunder_Strike groans and winces. ''ow.. ow.. too...tight...'' she says trying to get outta the painful hug.
[00:50] * North_Star_ sighs. "Of course." He looks back up to Splotches. "'Ey! Doc Splotches! You still kickin'?"
[00:53] <Mr_Clacky|GM>  Splotches' eyes have been roughly sewn closed. He moves his head at the sound. He nods feebly, a bit of relief coming through the pain.
[00:53] * Snack_Cake pulls back suddenly. "I'm sorry... I just... I was so afraid..."
[00:53] * Thunder_Strike smiles and boops her nose.
[00:54] * North_Star_ looks back at Scrap. "Good. I'll be right back with someway to get you on the ground again." He assured the zebra before heading over to Scrap, nudging his shoulder with a firm hoof.
[00:54] * Blackberry_Jam shudders slightly. "I... shot... her... did... you... s-see it? Just... like... you did..." she whispers to the floor.
[00:55] * Thunder_Strike ''I was scared to Snack_Cake and it's ok. now we need to help the others.. I'll be fine.'' she says flying towards scrap. ''hey kamikaze. you alright?'' she says nudging his nose.
[00:57] * Blackberry_Jam struggles as she attempts to lift herself a few times, only to stumble and crumple back into a jabbering heap.
[00:57] * Scrap is still shaking and he's holding his head in a way that makes it look like he's trying to hold it on. He says very faintly, "H-hack..."
[00:59] * Thunder_Strike hugs scrap softly. ''he isn't here. that whip you saw was mine. not his. your head isn't in any danger.'' she says trying to reassure him
[00:59] * North_Star_ bends down. "Hey. Bucko. There's work to be done. Can't really do it without you."
[01:01] <Mr_Clacky|GM>  The zebra mare's chest rises and falls shallowly as she lays nearby where she'd been mauled.
[01:01] * Snack_Cake watches Thunder_Strike for a few moments before she trots over to the zebra so see if it's alright... She's a little hesitant, and still a bit squeamish.
[01:01] * Scrap looks up at Thunder_Strike. "Y-yours?" He looks at North_Star_. "I-I'm sorry. I'll t-try to help." He doesn't immediatly move and tries to relax. Thunder_Strike was right, Hack's not here...
[01:02] * North_Star_ smiles, offering a hoof to help Scrap up.
[01:03] * Thunder_Strike hugs him softly. ''it's good to see you again.'' then she quickly lets him go and flys towards Blackberry_Jam and boops her nose.
[01:04] * Blackberry_Jam is still trying to climb to her hooves. Thunder_Strike's boop only further offsets her, and she falls flat on her stomach again.
[01:04] <Mr_Clacky|GM>  The mare is battered and bloodied. a cross of jagged teethmarks mare her neck, shoulder, and the side of her face when the split-faced equinoid had grabbed hold and thrashed. She's breathing...
[01:04] * Scrap feels better after Thunder_Strike's hug. He takes North_Star_'s hoof and stands up. He's still shaky, but doesn't fall. "H-how can I help?"
[01:04] * Snack_Cake doesn't know what to do. The zebra is breathing, and looks hurt, but... that's all she understands. "Berry? Berry!" She calls out. "BERRY! I need your help!"
[01:05] * Thunder_Strike watches her flop down. she looks at her then her hoof then shrugs before helping her up. ''come on up ya get.'' she says
[01:05] * North_Star_ points up to Splotches. "Gimme a hoof helping him down." He said, patting Scrap's side. "It's nice to see you, too."
[01:07] * Scrap smiles faintly at North_Star_ and looks at Splotches. The sight sobers him a little more, he needs help. Taking flight, he looks closer at Slotches situation to see if he can just take him down or not.
[01:07] * Blackberry_Jam blinks a few times, looking a little lost. She's finally on her hooves... then.. she hears... Snack? Snack?! "Snack! What... what is it? Where is it?"
[01:08] * North_Star_ trots back under Splotches, looking back up at his battered body. "Hang in there, Doc. We're working on it." He says, not realizing his poor choice of words.
[01:09] * Snack_Cake calls back, "Over here! She's hurt! I don't know what to do!"
[01:09] * Thunder_Strike ''she's over there.'' she points then quickly gives Blackberry_Jam a nuzzle. ''and I forgive you.''
[01:09] <Mr_Clacky|GM>  Scrap can see a foot of spike sticking out of Splotches' forelegs, pinning him here, there's no real way to tell how much of the spike is in the wall. But a good guess would be a fair amount to support his weight and hold him there as the bird plunged its beak into him and drug his entrails out to gorge.
[01:12] * Blackberry_Jam slides in next to the bleeding Zebra and quickly assess her wounds.
[01:12] * Scrap gently tries to pull one of the stakes out, not wanting to hurt him more. He's not sure if he should just pull them out or ask Blackberry_Jam what to do.
[01:13] * Thunder_Strike doesn't know what she can do now. she looks down at her hooves thinking Blackberry's gun was still there.
[01:13] <Mr_Clacky|GM>  Blackberry_Jam can see the mare has been battered and gnawed on. She's unconscious. She can also hear Splotches' scream when Scrap starts to worry out the first spike.
[01:15] * Blackberry_Jam sticks a healing potion in the mare's mouth and gently forces her to drink it. "Here, here..."
[01:15] * Scrap stops pulling as he screams. He really should ask Blackberry_Jam. He flies over to her. "Berry? I don't know what to do. I need help."
[01:17] * North_Star_ sighs again, looking up at Splotches. "At least we stopped that bird. There's some progress..."
[01:18] * Blackberry_Jam looks up, sharp as ever and raring to practice medicine. "Right. Thunder, Scrap, we'll need both of you for this.
[01:19] * Thunder_Strike nods at her and flys up to assist them.
[01:20] * Scrap flies back up to Splotches, he wants to get him down, but wants to do it right.
[01:20] <Mr_Clacky|GM>  The mare drinks reflexively.
[01:20] * Snack_Cake watches Berry help the mare... then sits with her to make sure she recovers, while Berry, Scrap, and Thunder go help Splotches.
[01:20] * Blackberry_Jam looks Splotches over as she skids to a halt. "Splotches?" She slaps his leg. "Can you hear me?" She tosses a Med-X syringe to Scrap. "Get him right in the neck with that."
[01:21] * North_Star_ steps aside, not wanting the get in the way of Blackberry_Jam
[01:21] * Scrap catches it and sticks it in his neck as asked.
[01:21] <Mr_Clacky|GM>  Splotches turns his head down. "Jam?... No, no, no... no drugs... need my wits..."
[01:21] * Thunder_Strike waits for something to do.
[01:23] * Blackberry_Jam frowns. "Like hell you do. You need to get down from there, and if you go into shock from the pain, you'll lose more than your wits. Just let us help you." She says nodding to both pegasi once the drug takes effect.
[01:24] * North_Star_ makes a noise that can be described as a grunt and an 'Oh.' at the same time has he realizes a ten foot fall onto solid ground hurts. He moves into position to catch the good doctor.
[01:25] <Mr_Clacky|GM>  Splotches relaxes a fraction. "When I called for aide... I didn't... expect you..."
[01:26] * North_Star_ looks up at him. "Who else would be crazy enough to dive into shit like this for you?"
[01:26] * Blackberry_Jam snorts a little. "Well, you could at least /sound/ grateful." She grabs his hindlegs. "This is going to hurt. A lot. But on three, I need everypony to pull as /hard/ as they can."
[01:26] * Thunder_Strike starts to pull him loose once the medicine kicks in.
[01:27] * Scrap looks at Splotches a moment then shrugs. You needed help so I came. At Berry's nod, he puts his hooves on a stake and pulls along with Thunder_Strike, ready to catch Splotches when he starts to fall.
[01:27] <Scrap> "You needed help so I came."*
[01:29] <Mr_Clacky|GM>  Splotches grits his teeth as the pegasi pull, the spikes slowly coming free of the wall with him still attached. They are driven in deep, the first pull only freeing a bit more than an inch.
[01:30] * Blackberry_Jam grits her teeth. "Gah... fuck. Not going to make this easy, are they..."
[01:30] * North_Star_ looks up again. "Can't be healing without a bit of pain..."
[01:31] <Mr_Clacky|GM>  Splotches grunts, a short stream of curses in Zebra falling out of him. "Catch me..."
[01:31] * Scrap keeps pulling, still ready to catch him.
[01:32] * North_Star_ nods, still in a prime spot to catch anything. "We gotcha. Don't fret."
[01:32] * Blackberry_Jam nods. "Three!"
[01:34] * Thunder_Strike pulls and flaps her wings as hard as she can to get extra pulling force
[01:35] <Mr_Clacky|GM>  The spikes inch out incredibly slowly. Splotches shakes his head and takes a deep breath, exhaling hard. He pulls himself up and brings his hind hooves to the wall. He braces and pushes forward, his blood staining the spikes as he pushes himself forward and over the foot of exposed rod. If the spikes won't come out, he'll push off the spikes.
[01:37] * Scrap quits pulling as he pushes himself off and grabs him around the middle to carry him down.
[01:38] * Blackberry_Jam is already organizing bandages and a potion for when he lands. She seems more focused and alert than ever.
[01:39] <Mr_Clacky|GM>  Splotches goes limp in Scrap's hooves as he's carried down. Pushing free of the spikes taking his last reserves.
[01:40] * Scrap gently sets him down in front of Blackberry_Jam on his back.
[01:40] <Mr_Clacky|GM>  Splotches angles his head toward Blackberry_Jam, a few loose stitches holding his upper eyelid down over his eyes.
[01:41] * Blackberry_Jam points to a spot in the middle of a small circle of medical supplies. She carefully wraps the wounds with bandages before cradling his head in her hooves and upending the potion into his mouth. She grabs her forceps shortly afterward and starts carefully unthreading the stitches.
[01:41] * North_Star_ takes a seat, watching Berry work for a minute before waving Scrap over.
[01:42] * Snack_Cake makes sure not to watch. She doesn't know if she'd be able to keep her stomach from rebelling against her if she so much as looked at what was happening with Splotches.
[01:43] <Mr_Clacky|GM>  The stitches come out easily, the weak loops pulling free with ease. He blinks, a bit of a smile on his lips.
[01:43] * Scrap stays where he is before he sees North_Star_ wave him over. He won't be much use here and walks over to him.
[01:44] * North_Star_ gives Scrap a small smile. "You know I've got a question or two, I'm sure."
[01:44] * Blackberry_Jam counters Splotches' smile with a frown. "How in Equestria did they do this to you?"
[01:45] * Thunder_Strike flys over to the zebra mare and checks on her.
[01:45] * Scrap nods slowly. His head is a little down and he's looking up at him. He looks unsure of himself... well, more unsure than usual.
[01:46] * North_Star_ pats his back. "You don't have to answer them. I'm just a curious old stallion, is all."
[01:47] * Scrap doesn't say anything, but gives him a faint smile.
[01:48] <Mr_Clacky|GM>  Splotches blinks owlishly as he's able to open his eyes again. "I was fighting through the lesser spirits... awful lot of them. They baited me... rounded the corner and that blade manifestation was right there waiting..." He shakes his head.
[01:48] * North_Star_ retracts his hoof. "Is it usually this bad over here?" He asked, looking around, "Guess I can't call it a Great Roundup in the Sky anymore."
[01:49] * Blackberry_Jam shakes her head. "I'm guessing that bird wasn't the only thing after you and Nyota, was it?"
[01:49] * Thunder_Strike checks on nyota? she couldn't really tell but she knew it was a zebra.
[01:50] <Mr_Clacky|GM>  Splotches frowns. "No... but closer. A manifestation of pain is a major spirit... what's hunting her is worse... far worse to bring one of those to heel."
[01:50] <Mr_Clacky|GM>  The mare isn't Nyota, she's older, maybe her thirties. She's just beginning to stir.
[01:51] * Blackberry_Jam furrows her brow. "All right, then. Tell us how to get out of here. I don't want to stay here any longer than I have to."
[01:51] * Thunder_Strike is happy to see her move and try's her best to assist the older zebra mare whom she determines isnt nyota.
[01:52] * Scrap speaks quietly. "Well... I don't know. It's only been really foggy for me except for the light. I thought about going toward the light, but then I heard him calling. Plus... I don't want to leave all of you yet." The last bit sounds more like a plea than an answer.
[01:53] <Mr_Clacky|GM>  Splotches shakes his head. "I'll send you back, if you wish. But I have to try and stop it. This is what is haunting her dreams, if it isn't stopped, one night it will take her and do far worse than you've seen..."
[01:53] * Blackberry_Jam blinks. She looks up from him to her other companions. "There's... there's no way you can do that alone..."
[01:53] * North_Star_ smiles, wrapping a hoof around the young stallion. "Missed you too, Bucko." He paused for a moment in thought. "Guess.. Guess any other ponies would be beyond the light."
[01:54] <Mr_Clacky|GM>  Splotches face goes solemn. "I know..."
[01:54] <Mr_Clacky|GM>  Thunder_Strike manages to get a low moan out of the mare, but she'd yet to rise or even attempt any real movement.
[01:55] * Scrap starts to answer, but breaks down burying his head into North_Star_'s chest and hugs him.
[01:56] * Thunder_Strike doesn't want to leave her her so she summons what strength she had to lift the mare up and onto her back.
[01:56] * North_Star_ pauses, caught off guard. Eventually, he lets his hoof rest on Scrap's back. "Got enough for one more question?"
[01:57] * Scrap sniffs and nods into his chest.
[01:57] <Mr_Clacky|GM>  Thunder_Strike, with a bit of effort, manages to lift the mare up.
[01:58] * North_Star_ reaches a hoof into his sactchel, pulling out a letter he had retreved from Scrap's belongings. "Mind describing this 'Lucky Star' character for me?"
[01:58] * Thunder_Strike Carries her over to the rest of the group. ''got the zebra. and it's definitely not nyota. she looks older.''
[02:00] * Scrap looks at him a moment. His eyes tear up more. "I told him i'd meet him in Diamond Point. I failed him, I fail all of you." He wipes his eyes with a hoof.
[02:00] * Snack_Cake helps Thunder_Strike bring the mare over to the others.
[02:01] * North_Star_ wipes one of Scraps eyes of tears. "A little more focus on the physical description, Bucko."
[02:03] * Scrap nods, getting himself together. "Well, he's really nice, and plays music. He's and Earth Pony that's actually half zebra though you have to look real hard in hie mane to see his stripes."
[02:03] <Scrap> an*
[02:04] <Scrap> his*
[02:05] * North_Star_ opened his mouth to ask the million cap question, until he realized something. "Right.. I'll keep an eye out for him if I'm ever around there." He said with a smile, "For now, I'd say there's a little catching up to do."
[02:06] * Scrap nods slowly and hugs him again, buryinghis head once more, just happy to be able to again.
[02:06] <Mr_Clacky|GM>  Splotches eyes drift over to Thunder_Strike and the mare on her back after leaving his statement hanging. He sighs sadly as the mare weakly opens her eyes. "Oh... Mother..."
[02:06] <Mr_Clacky|GM>  *****Session End*****
[02:07] <Mr_Clacky|GM>  1500xp. No karma changes.