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  1. [2014-11-12 13:40:09] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Previously...
  2. [2014-11-12 13:40:15] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Golden_Dream puts it away. "This here's a friendship necklace. It wouldn't make much sense t' have both halves, would it?"
  3. [2014-11-12 13:40:21] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Golden_Dream checks the dresser. The bottom drawer is slightly reluctant to be pulled completely free of the dresser. But once done, Golden_Dream can see something wrapped in cloth hidden between that drawer and the floor of the room.
  4. [2014-11-12 13:40:28] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Unwrapping it, she finds a tan safari-style explorer's hat (with green wrappings and a black band), a hallowed-out animal horn (with a leather strap and a cork stopper), and a note (slightly crumpled, reading "Only the remorseful one shall find the key") inside.
  5. [2014-11-12 13:40:32] <Mare-Do-Well> 3---
  6. [2014-11-12 13:40:37] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Mare-Do-Well sighs. "In /Daring Do and the Griffon's Goblet/, the Cult of the Quetzalcóatl Empress takes over the Tenochtitlan Basin, shrouding it under the Empress' dark magic, but their efforts to summon forth Quetzalcóatl is foiled by Daring Do, who kicks their flanks..."
  7. [2014-11-12 13:40:44] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Mare-Do-Well continues, "Then in /Daring Do and the Amulet of Atonement/, Ahuizotl attempts to take the Quetzalcóatl Empress's power for himself, having secured some sort of secret passage in and out of the Basin. Daring Do thwarts him, but just barely..."
  8. [2014-11-12 13:40:54] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Mare-Do-Well finishes, "Then, in /Daring Do and the Razor of Dreams/, she finally defeats Ahuizotl and secures control of the Amulet of Atonement, dispelling the dark magic of the Quetzalcóatl Empress, and thus protecting the basin with the Radiant Shield of Rasdon!"
  9. [2014-11-12 13:41:05] <Mare-Do-Well> 3---
  10. [2014-11-12 13:42:02] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Shatara fidgets a bit. "They, er...want know more of 'Abyss'..."
  11. [2014-11-12 13:42:09] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Jugeote turns to the zebra pirate wearing the odd arcanotech. Speaking in oddly-accented griffin for Shatara's benefit, she says, "This is more your realm than mine, Kifaa. Would you care to explain?"
  12. [2014-11-12 13:42:15] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Kifaa nods. "In the...." She pauses, fiddles with that arcanotech, then proceeds, "...bowels of the Temple is a great..." Again, she stops and speaks to Jugeote in zebra. Jugeote replies, supplying the griffin word for 'chasm'. "...a great chasm."
  13. [2014-11-12 13:42:21] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Kifaa continue in this manner, repeatedly needing to ask for words from the more language savvy Jugeote, as she explains. "The Roamans called it the .... Pit of Orcus. The Villages called it Kutengwa Abyss."
  14. [2014-11-12 13:42:29] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Kifaa tells Shatara, "By either name, it is a great hole, leading to the realm where the greatest... monsters are imprisoned."
  15. [2014-11-12 13:42:38] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Shatara pales. "Soo...zebra Tartarus then..."
  16. [2014-11-12 13:42:40] <Mare-Do-Well> 3---
  17. [2014-11-12 13:42:49] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Jugeote cocks her head and smirks. "Is that not why you are here too?" she asks Shatara. "Each of our peoples had their ways of keeping the monsters from escaping. We built temples. The ponies tamed a monster and set it to guard the entrance. The griffins... the griffins crafted a great artifact that could open and close portals to other realms."
  18. [2014-11-12 13:43:02] <Mare-Do-Well> 3CopyCat nods, then turns to Shatara. "Can you ask if they are looking for the Amulet?" She scrunchy-faces. "And then if they know anything about the Faceless Flank-noodler."
  19. [2014-11-12 13:43:08] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Shatara nods a bit, asking the piratestripes about the amulet and the faceless zebragoast.
  20. [2014-11-12 13:43:13] <Mare-Do-Well> 3The pirates speak to each other, then Jugeote turns to Shatara, "I fear we know of neither of these things. But I am /very/ interested. What is this amulet you speak of?"
  21. [2014-11-12 13:43:16] <Mare-Do-Well> 3---
  22. [2014-11-12 13:43:50] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Jugeote turns to Shatara. "My friend here thinks one of your winged friends should carry one of us down there with you," she says. "He volunteers."
  23. [2014-11-12 13:43:59] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Shatara looks between Noble_Heart and CopyCat. "So uh...they want us to go down there and get all the stuff. And one of them wants to come with..."
  24. [2014-11-12 13:44:05] <Mare-Do-Well> 3CopyCat blinks at Shatara. "Do we get to choose? Can we take the pretty one?"
  25. [2014-11-12 13:44:19] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Bookwright says, "Tell them they should wait up here where it's safe while we go down and make sure it's safe for them to come."
  26. [2014-11-12 13:44:28] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Noble_Heart moves forwards to peer into the darkness below. "That sounds dangerous. Why do they believe that there is anything of value in the depths below? Surely if they had the cloaks they could have come here any time before now."
  27. [2014-11-12 13:44:35] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Golden_Dream thinks at the little private chat. [Noble, Shatara, Copycat, what do y'all think?]
  28. [2014-11-12 13:44:43] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Noble_Heart tilts her head to one side. "We think it is very likely these pirates will wish to take whatever they can get. But doubtless came here looking for something specific. It seems unlikely they would brave such a dangerous place at random. But what, and why, we cannot say."
  29. [2014-11-12 13:44:54] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Shatara thinks, <They did mention the grail-thing...and I'm guessing stripeyguy wants to come with to make sure we don't pocket it...>
  30. [2014-11-12 13:45:08] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Golden_Dream asks, [What's t' say that they don't wanna swipe our thing?]
  31. [2014-11-12 13:45:24] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Shatara asks, <one of him and three of us at the bottom of a pit of doom?>
  32. [2014-11-12 13:45:30] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Noble_Heart points out, <They entered this temple ahead of us. Before they were likely to know it was our destination. It is more likely they came here seeking whatever they want, and will take an opportunistic chance to take what we want from us. Or at least possibly so.>
  33. [2014-11-12 13:45:43] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Bookwright thinks [On the other hoof, if we take one of them with us, we're literally taking them to Tartarus. So there's that.]
  34. [2014-11-12 13:45:50] <Mare-Do-Well> 3The pirates watch the ponies with a mixture of less than pleasant expressions. Jugeote finally tells Shatara in her oddly-accented griffin, "Personally, I'm against the idea. But that's up to you. As long as we get what we came for, I see no reason everyone can't walk out happy."
  35. [2014-11-12 13:45:58] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Noble_Heart steps back from the edge. <It seems unlikely the amulet would be below. But it might be across.>
  36. [2014-11-12 13:46:08] <Mare-Do-Well> 3CopyCat bites her lip. The next step... figuratively throwing themselves in the Abyss... was quite daunting now she was faced with it. She swallows. "I'd... rather not go down if there's a chance it is across, like Noble_Heart said. The Abyss isn't going anywhere."
  37. [2014-11-12 13:46:31] <Mare-Do-Well> 3...
  38. [2014-11-12 13:46:46] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Fallout: Beyond Equestria, Session One Hundred and Ten: Origin Story (Part Twenty-Six) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SSUQxGjZZ4
  39. [2014-11-12 13:46:52] <Mare-Do-Well> 3--- Session Begins ---
  40. [2014-11-12 13:49:29] * CopyCat ruffles her feathers, looking down into the abyss. "Do... do we have to go down there?"
  41. [2014-11-12 13:49:51] * Bookwright peers into the depths with a grimace. "We may just."
  42. [2014-11-12 14:10:12] * Bookwright looks to Shatara. "Could you ask our guides how important it is that we venture down there? I think I would like to put off doing that as much as possible."
  43. [2014-11-12 14:10:42] * Noble_Heart frowns and looks back and forth along the trench. "Do we know why these zebras wish this goblet so badly? It seems like a very dangerous place to go for something as simple as scrap. And rather specific."
  44. [2014-11-12 14:12:02] * Get_Lost "well, we arrrived here, turning back now would be bad... i'd like to see this tartarus, they say it is beautiful during nuclear winter"
  45. [2014-11-12 14:13:30] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Jugeote and her fellow pirates wait for the ponies' decision. They can't help but notice all the meaningful looks and may even suspect non-verbal communication.
  46. [2014-11-12 14:17:47] * Golden_Dream exhales gravely. [Folks, should I get out in th' open, or make sure we don't get ambushed when we get back up?]
  47. [2014-11-12 14:20:34] * CopyCat tilts her head, then replies with telepathy. [I think you should join us, Golden_Dream. I do not like to be apart.]
  48. [2014-11-12 14:25:48] * Golden_Dream exhaled. [Alright, but they're not tellin' th' other folks. Did y' ask what that weird thing that one zebra's holding was?]
  49. [2014-11-12 14:29:44] * CopyCat blinks, then she approaches the zebra and points at the 'strange device' while looking at them curiously.
  50. [2014-11-12 14:31:10] * Get_Lost is patiently waiting. "alright, parlay: i want you to take pictures, okay? monsters pictures, caves pictures and most important, plot pictures"
  51. [2014-11-12 14:34:54] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Kifaa looks up at CopyCat and says something in zebra creole.
  52. [2014-11-12 14:36:34] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Parlay beeps attentively and zooms off to take pictures of everything, starting with Golden_Dream's plot.
  53. [2014-11-12 14:36:36] * Bookwright is finding this not being able to speak common language thing very tiresome. He peers into the abyss and contemplates descending into it.
  54. [2014-11-12 14:37:07] * Noble_Heart frowns and furrows her brow. "We suppose it is time to go into the darkness." She spread her wings and took to the air over the bridge. "Who else will come?"
  55. [2014-11-12 14:37:08] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Parlay is having a hard time finding Golden_Dream, so starts taking pictures of pirate booty instead.
  56. [2014-11-12 14:37:46] * Shatara is most definitely not a proticol droid fluent in over six million forms of communtication.
  57. [2014-11-12 14:40:21] * Bookwright is perfectly happy not having wings so he doesn't need to go down there!
  58. [2014-11-12 14:40:57] * Get_Lost eagerly follows princess noble
  59. [2014-11-12 14:42:42] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Jugeote finally asks Shatara, "So, what's the decision. You taking Bumbuasa here down with you or not?" The zebra pirate nods at the male who has stayed mostly silent and glowering.
  60. [2014-11-12 14:43:19] * CopyCat looks up at Noble_Heart. "Golden_ Dream hasn't joined us yet. I'll... go down when she's here."
  61. [2014-11-12 14:44:27] * Golden_Dream reloads the dragon's breath, creeps up from behind, and then while she's as close as she can get without being readily visible. She then very poignantly cocks the mechanism and holds it to the zebra holding the thing, making two movements down with the barrel of the gun.
  62. [2014-11-12 14:47:20] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Bumbuasa spins around, his cutlass suddenly in his mouth, as he hears the cock of the gun. Kifaa freezes in place. Jugeote reacts to Bumbuasa, exclaiming alarm.
  63. [2014-11-12 14:48:11] * Get_Lost "whate the-"
  64. [2014-11-12 14:48:39] * CopyCat reacts to the sudden change in atmosphere and turns to find Golden_Dream with the zebras. "There you are, Goldy!"
  65. [2014-11-12 14:49:49] * Bookwright turns slowly at the sound of metal and gun-cock. He tries to be neutral-sounding. "Golden Dream. What. Are. You. Doing?"
  66. [2014-11-12 14:50:01] * Golden_Dream flicks the barrel to Bumbuasa. Her voice is low, calm, and steady. "Pleasure t' see you again, Copycat. Tell yer' buddy t' drop th' device and let Get_Lost examine it."
  67. [2014-11-12 14:50:37] * Get_Lost "ah... weren't we buddies with the pirates? i mean.. i like pirates..."
  68. [2014-11-12 14:50:44] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Jugeote rattles off something angry-sounding in zebra creole.
  69. [2014-11-12 14:51:00] * Get_Lost takes a fast glance at the thing golden is talking about from where she is
  70. [2014-11-12 14:51:56] * Golden_Dream steadily holds her aim. "Makin' sure that we don't get captured th' moment we get back up when tweedle doo here calls in his buddies t' take us and th' amulet."
  71. [2014-11-12 14:51:57] * CopyCat claps her hooves together. "Oh this is so exciting! We're like Highway Mares!" She turns to Shatara. "Would you mind relaying Golden_Dream's message please?"
  72. [2014-11-12 14:54:00] * Bookwright crinkles his forehead in thought. "So like, a, ah, hostage-taking situation? To ensure that there's no foul play?"
  73. [2014-11-12 14:55:17] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Bumbuasa's eyes move from Golden_Dream to Kifaa, then back to Golden_Dream and finally to her shotgun. As he stares at it, a flash of green crosses his eyes.
  74. [2014-11-12 15:02:03] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Bumbuasa dives towards Golden_Dream, screaming something through the hilt of his sword as he makes two flashing attacks against the mare.
  75. [2014-11-12 15:02:14] * Golden_Dream furrows her brow. "Somebody tell them to let the good doctor see the device before somebody gets a bad-." AND THEN THINGS GOT VIOLENT.
  76. [2014-11-12 15:02:20] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Jugeote shouts something angrily.
  77. [2014-11-12 15:03:44] * Noble_Heart facehoofs. "This is an incredibly bad idea." She looks up just in time to spot the zebra trying to attack Golden Dream.
  78. [2014-11-12 15:10:24] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Bumbuasa's weapons flashes briefly with fire at the second hit.
  79. [2014-11-12 15:14:10] * CopyCat gasps, watching the zebra cutting at her friend. Her shotgun is already drawn and a spell starts to flare at the tip of her horn... but Golden_Dream is faster to react.
  80. [2014-11-12 15:23:48] * Golden_Dream honestly didn't think that she'd be starting a fight, more preventing one. So, sabre got the jump on her. Nearly killed her, again. Stupid, stupid, but at least he drew first blood. That wasn't going to happen twice. She did have the foresight to keep three shells on top buckshot. She learned that it's usually best to use the cheap ammo to zero in before going expensive.
  81. [2014-11-12 15:37:25] * Golden_Dream tucks the shotgun under her leg, does a backflip. Then time gets funny. She sees his sword go green, and she knows she's gonna hit it. Within the space of a second, she pulls the trigger three times, and lands while her armor smolders and the smell of burnt rabbit fur and cordite fills the air.
  82. [2014-11-12 15:42:31] * Golden_Dream feels like a fucking rodeo pony as she bounds behind her.
  83. [2014-11-12 15:43:34] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Bumbuasa's screams in rage as the cutlass is shot out of his mouth and goes flying over the edge of the bridge, plunging into the Kutengwa Abyss.
  84. [2014-11-12 15:50:44] * Noble_Heart frowns, pointing her horn towards Bumbuasa. Blasts of purple energy cut through the air in an effort to knock him out. She called out to Shatara. "Please explain to the zebras that we are not their enemies!"
  85. [2014-11-12 15:53:17] * Bookwright makes an expression that looks like he's saying "That might be hard to do when we are pointing guns and shooting magic at them, Noble Heart" but nopony or zebra or griffin is looking at him so it doesn't matter.
  86. [2014-11-12 15:54:45] * Shatara stammers in in mixed pony/gryphon that seems aimed at both parties. "S-stop fight! Don't want hurt!"
  87. [2014-11-12 16:00:01] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Bumbuasa is pummeled by purple energy and collapses in a heap.
  88. [2014-11-12 16:01:02] * Noble_Heart lands after a moment, looking to the zebras. "He will be fine in a short time. We would rather they not try to harm Our friends any further."
  89. [2014-11-12 16:01:53] * Bookwright leans over and hisses in Noble_Heart's ear. "They. Don't. Speak. Equestrian."
  90. [2014-11-12 16:02:23] * Noble_Heart looks to Bookwright. "We are aware. Shatara, however, DOES."
  91. [2014-11-12 16:08:49] * CopyCat brings herself up to her full height. Noble_Heart had already stopped the cutlass zebra, so she turns to the other two. "Stand down," she orders, gesturing with a hoof. They may not understand her words but they might understand her tone.
  92. [2014-11-12 16:12:37] * Get_Lost tries getting next to kid to give her some medical help
  93. [2014-11-12 16:14:44] * Bookwright leans over and magic like cane syrup flows from his horn into Golden_Dream's form.
  94. [2014-11-12 16:15:26] * Bookwright "Just lay still. This is a basic healing spell, it won't do much but it'll help."
  95. [2014-11-12 16:17:21] * Bookwright sighs. "I've got a pain relief spell too if you want it, but I'll leave the rest of the healing to Get_Lost."
  96. [2014-11-12 16:29:59] * CopyCat gives the zebra her very best 'imposing princess' look.
  97. [2014-11-12 16:31:20] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Jugeote and Kifaa both draw weapons -- a cutlass and some sort of combination sword-revolver respectively -- but neither seems willing to press an attack. Kifaa speaks into the strange device, proving Golden_Dream's concerns correct, while Jugeote barks to Shatara, "You back down, we'll back down!"
  98. [2014-11-12 16:36:50] * Get_Lost gives golden dream a potion
  99. [2014-11-12 16:37:44] * Golden_Dream gulps it down.
  100. [2014-11-12 16:38:11] * Shatara draws his shotgun, but doesn't brandish it. Instead he gives Golden_Dream a "y u come out of nowhere and threaten
  101. [2014-11-12 16:39:56] * Bookwright is unwilling to make overtly threatening gestures with weaponry.
  102. [2014-11-12 16:42:24] * Get_Lost this is the part where we get the buck out before pirates swarm us?
  103. [2014-11-12 16:42:33] <Get_Lost> ""
  104. [2014-11-12 16:43:42] <Golden_Dream> ACTION gives Shatara a glare while sucking down a potion and tilts her head to the zebra who is currently talking into what she confirms is a radio. "Y'wanna start tellin' 'em to knock that shit off and that we ain't suckers what'll be easy t' steal from when we get back, and that we want ambush insurance, or d'ya wanna stay quiet fer that bit and pretend that we ain't talkin' to galdurn folks who's job it is t' steal stuff from folk
  105. [2014-11-12 16:43:47] <Mare-Do-Well> 3There is a response over the device.
  106. [2014-11-12 16:44:53] * CopyCat sighs, loosing her spell at Jugeote. "That is /not/ standing down."
  107. [2014-11-12 16:48:36] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Jugeote drops.
  108. [2014-11-12 16:48:52] * CopyCat smiles. "Better."
  109. [2014-11-12 16:49:22] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Kifaa turns and runs.
  110. [2014-11-12 16:49:46] * Shatara just sighs and slumps to his haunches, facetaloning.
  111. [2014-11-12 16:49:58] * Golden_Dream chases. She's quick.
  112. [2014-11-12 16:51:17] * CopyCat turns to Get_Lost, Shatara, and Bookwright. "Take her weapons quickly. She will be able to move again soon."
  113. [2014-11-12 16:51:48] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Kifaa looks back as she gallops, her eyes widening at the sight of Golden_Dream following her. Her tail whips about, holing her sword-revolver towards the pony and fires a shot.
  114. [2014-11-12 16:52:03] * Get_Lost "ah, what if we get out of here five minutes ago and run like hell before the whole ship arrives?"
  115. [2014-11-12 16:52:21] * Noble_Heart scowls. "This has all gone horribly wrong." Somewhere along the way, they had become the aggressors in this interaction. Something which did not sit well with her at all.
  116. [2014-11-12 16:52:48] * Get_Lost starts taking weappons from the pirates and tossing hem in the eternal void
  117. [2014-11-12 16:52:55] * Bookwright halfheartedly snags the fallen cutlass with halfhearted magic. It dangles from the aura like a grotesque worm from the hand of a disgusted child. "You know, I think we're a lot deeper in the shit than we were five minutes ago."
  118. [2014-11-12 16:53:14] * Shatara continues facetaloning. "Yes."
  119. [2014-11-12 16:54:45] * Noble_Heart frowns and looks to Bookwright. "Well. We have just poisoned the only possibly-friendly zebras we have met against us. Ones whom work out of some major settlement. Who will probably attempt to spread word to other zebras. Further, zebras who had given us little reason to believe they were actually our enemies." She shook her head. "It was not a good choice."
  120. [2014-11-12 16:54:50] * Get_Lost "i don't want to fight ponies, guys..."
  121. [2014-11-12 16:55:16] <Shatara> "Because someone thought
  122. [2014-11-12 16:55:31] <Shatara> 'I dont know what that technothing is' was worth waving a gun around for..."
  123. [2014-11-12 16:56:40] * Get_Lost "well i'd not put the blame on anyone right now, i'd search for a solution, you know... hey, was that another gunshot?"
  124. [2014-11-12 16:56:56] * Bookwright starts at the sound of a shot. He notices Golden_Dream is missing. "Golden Dream? Goldy?" He walks in the direction of the shot.
  125. [2014-11-12 16:57:24] * Noble_Heart looks up at the gunshot, moving off down the tunnel as quick as she could manage.
  126. [2014-11-12 17:00:23] * CopyCat blinks at her friends. "They attacked Goldy," she says, as that explained everything in the world. The sound of the echoing gunshot causes her to flinch.
  127. [2014-11-12 17:01:50] * Get_Lost stays with the unconscious pirates, tossing the rest of their weapons down the hole
  128. [2014-11-12 17:04:22] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Golden_Dream feels the bullet impact her breast, but she keeps running, chasing the zebra pirate down the long, curving obsidian corridor. She catches up to the fleeing pirate just as they reach the giant snake's head.
  129. [2014-11-12 17:07:22] * CopyCat blinks and slumps onto the ground. Goldy, Bookwright and Noble had run off, and the panic and aggression had faded from the air. CopyCat's eyes go wide and she looks at Jugeote's prone form. "Oh dear..."
  130. [2014-11-12 17:08:05] * Bookwright "She ran off with the rope. Can't tie up zebras without rope."
  131. [2014-11-12 17:12:15] * Get_Lost has 10 yards of rope, starts tiying the 2 zebras toogether
  132. [2014-11-12 17:16:40] * CopyCat bites her lip, glancing at Shatara, Bookwright, and Get_Lost. "Um... I'm sorry."
  133. [2014-11-12 17:17:47] * Get_Lost has no eyes, is hard to tell how she feel, she just mutters "i really wanted to be a pirate..."
  134. [2014-11-12 17:18:28] * Bookwright looks back over his shoulder. "I'm worried about Golden Dream. Stay here, I'm going to go get her. I can find her with magic, easy." He gallops down the corridor.
  135. [2014-11-12 17:18:56] * Get_Lost "parlay, follow him, call if he needs help"
  136. [2014-11-12 17:19:27] * CopyCat watches Bookwright go, then looks back at Get_Lost. "We could try to find some booty for you to plunder?" CopyCat offers.
  137. [2014-11-12 17:20:25] * Get_Lost shrugs "not the same... i just hope nopony gets killed"
  138. [2014-11-12 17:22:12] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Parlay zips off after Bookwright
  139. [2014-11-12 17:23:27] <Golden_Dream> ACTION shoots off three cracks of thunder. The gunsword flew off back into the cave. She smoldered for a second, breath heavy. She knew that this was going to be an exercise in futility, but she had to say something. "I don't want to hurt you. I don't want to hurt anyone. I am scared that you'll kill us, enslave us, if I let y' walk off. This is th' only way t' make sure everyone walks off in one piece. I can't let them go down to Ta
  140. [2014-11-12 17:24:39] <Golden_Dream> Tartarus alone without me. I am terrified of losing them. Please. Move. Back." She points back to the throat of the abyss.
  141. [2014-11-12 17:25:51] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Kifaa skids to a stop and kneels before Golden_Dream. The mare can't tell what the zebra pirate is saying, but she can imagine it's something along the lines of "Don'tkillmeplease!"
  142. [2014-11-12 17:25:52] * Golden_Dream shudders her breath. "I killed too many folks as is. Don't make me add more to the pool under my hooves.
  143. [2014-11-12 17:26:40] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Noble_Heart arrives on the scene. Bookwright follows soon after, Parlay tagging loyally behind him, taking pictures of his plot.
  144. [2014-11-12 17:29:34] * Noble_Heart slows down from her gallop and frowns with a sigh. "Trust is easily shattered, and difficult to regain." She moves towards Golden Dream. "This is almost certainly the end of any possible friendship with these zebras. Or those they work with."
  145. [2014-11-12 17:29:37] * Bookwright takes in the scene. "Golden Dream... You've really dropped us in it now." He glances to the communication device. "I think we'd better confiscate this." He bends down to inspect it, searching for a catch or some way to remove it.
  146. [2014-11-12 17:34:02] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Kifaa lifts her hoof with the strange device on it towards Golden_Dream.
  147. [2014-11-12 17:35:28] <Golden_Dream> ACTION watches them come in. She had this really tired expression on her face. Older and more weathered than what her youth should allow as she rambles on. She looks at the others, then puts away her gun. "We was already in it, Bookie. We're goin' t' Tartarus while pirates are behind us while tryin' t' stop an ancient evil from killin' a lot of folks. And I ain't bought that we had too much trust t' begin with." She gently kneeled do
  148. [2014-11-12 17:35:39] <Mare-Do-Well> 3To those with mechanical knowledge, the device looks like it was ripped from the internals of a suit of power armor. It retains most of the functionality of a PipBuck, but with a few components missing.
  149. [2014-11-12 17:37:18] <Golden_Dream> She gently kneeled down while the adrenaline started to pump out of her system. "Thank you." She simmered hoarsely, gingerly taking the device, and hoofing it off to Noble. She then pointed back to where they once were.
  150. [2014-11-12 17:38:05] * Noble_Heart frowns and looks back down the tunnel. "A group which had volunteered one of their members to go down with us. We very much doubt that they would have caused significant trouble had you not decided to try and get them to surrender at gun point." She looked down at the device as it was passed to her a bit curiously. "Interesting to see something so well built. Doubtless
  151. [2014-11-12 17:38:05] * Noble_Heart whomever these air pirates may be working with, they are quite skilled at machines."
  152. [2014-11-12 17:38:57] * Get_Lost sits there, mostly waiting for things to happen
  153. [2014-11-12 17:39:00] <Mare-Do-Well> 3A voice can be heard over the device's radio component. It sounds like the voice the group spoke to over the radio before.
  154. [2014-11-12 17:42:55] * Noble_Heart twitches her ear and frowns. The one on the radio had spoken Equestrian before, had they not? She did her best to figure out how to activate the device. "Hello?"
  155. [2014-11-12 17:48:07] <Mare-Do-Well> 3There is a pause, then the voice responds in Equestrian with an extremely thick accent, "Well hello there." After another pause, "This is Crimson Caravans #25 again, isn't it?"
  156. [2014-11-12 17:49:54] <Mare-Do-Well> 3The voice notes, "You're not the same mare I talked to before, are you?"
  157. [2014-11-12 17:58:22] * Bookwright steps forward. "She's not."
  158. [2014-11-12 17:58:54] * Bookwright continues, "That mare lies here at my feet, shot by your zebra here."
  159. [2014-11-12 17:59:38] <Mare-Do-Well> 3The voice asks, "How many dead. And whose?"
  160. [2014-11-12 18:00:22] * Bookwright "None yet. She'll live, we can see to that. Your zebra here is only stunned. The other two are also unconscious, by magic."
  161. [2014-11-12 18:02:49] * Bookwright "I'm sorry to say that Golden, the one you spoke to before, has been the perpetrator of this little cavalcade of foolishness. I think we've gotten off to a bad middle. I think we should start again. What is it you seek here, in the sealed temple of the Empress of Quetzelcoatls?"
  162. [2014-11-12 18:03:41] <Mare-Do-Well> 3The voice says, "Well then, sounds like we can still come to an accord. You have prisoners. We have several very big cannons aimed at the only exit out of that temple. Tell you what. You fetch what those fools were sent in to fetch, we won't make the Orcus Pit your tomb. Sound fair?"
  163. [2014-11-12 18:04:59] * Get_Lost since she fits, she sits
  164. [2014-11-12 18:06:31] * Bookwright scowls, but his tone is dismissive. "Cannon? You have cannon aimed at us? Is that all? Got a balefire bomb in there too? Why don't you sit up there in your floaty-boats and keep the Ahools company while we come to an internal agreement. We'll let you know when we want to speak further." He switches the radio off.
  165. [2014-11-12 18:07:28] * CopyCat watches the prisoners nervously. "Oh dear!" she mutters.
  166. [2014-11-12 18:08:17] * Noble_Heart glowers at Bookwright, then shakes her head. "That was not a good choice, either." She sighs quietly, it was probably too late to turn the radio back on and negotiate at this point. For the time being, they'd just have to work on what they could.
  167. [2014-11-12 18:09:53] <Mare-Do-Well> 3--- End of Session ---
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