Star Group Session 44

[21:21] <@SilentBrony|GM> 3 ---------------------------------------------- STAR GROUP SESSION 44 BEGINNING -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
06[21:23] * +Roy_Calbeck looks aside at Dust_Off. "Why are we out here, at night, again?"
06[21:25] * +Sour_Grape looks back at Roy, "Why not? it's too hot during the day anyway, and I do my best murderin' at night."
01[21:25] <@SilentBrony|GM> 3 Once more, we return to the dead of night, with our Mareizona Irregulars on a mission to deal with the Manticore problem, plaguing the caravan lines between Mercy, Howti, and Dune. Inside the withered woods, Sour_Grape has just slaughtered a lone manticore that managed to sneak up on Sagittis. However, due to the flufflecolt's strange connection to wildlife, the creature did not feast upon the young colt... instead investigating him.
06[21:26] * +Slag_Heap puffs on his cigar. "Because we ain't smart ponies and night makes fire more fun."
06[21:27] * +Sagittis shakes his head. "We should go. Wait for morning. Didn't think it would take this long." He looks over to Slag_Heap and Sour_Grape. "Really?"
06[21:27] * +Sour_Grape points at the dead manticore, "Proof."
07[21:28] * SilentBrony|GM sets mode: +v Dust_Off
[21:28] <+Dust_Off> Dust_Off looks around.  "Because....they'd be expecting...daylight."  She shrugs, "Sagittis, search the corpse harvest anything useful, and let's get some shelter.  Close by if not back to town."
12[21:29] * Arcane_Scroll is now known as Arcane_Scroll[A]
06[21:29] * +Slag_Heap looks at Sagittis. "You ever made a bonfire in the dead of night? S'fun." he puffs on his cigar.
06[21:30] * +Sour_Grape groans, "We don't need shelter, we're already here lets just finish it. B'sides by the time we get back to town it'll already be morning, then it'll be afternoon when we get back here an' evr'y one's be grumpy and shit."
01[21:31] <@SilentBrony|GM> 3 Everyones grumpy regardless!
06[21:32] * +Slag_Heap grumbles. "As if she's never met me..." He looks around. "I'm with Sour on this one. Heading back is a time waster. We could just stay right here and wait for sunrise."
06[21:33] * +Sagittis goes to scavenge the mantacore, not because he was told to, but because he wanted to. :P He glances to Slag_Heap. "Not outside a village. I'm not retarded." He glances around and ponders. "Finding a cave or something may be wise though."
06[21:33] * +Dust_Off takes to the air to look around to see if there was any shelter nearby.  "Bonfires will just draw them to us...and most of you will look at the fire and ruin your night vision.   Then we'll die.  You do not screw around with Bloodwings.  I thought we'd be faster."
06[21:34] * +Sour_Grape "Bloodwings ain't shit."
06[21:34] * +Slag_Heap rolls his eyes and looks at Dust_Off. "I didn't say I was gonna make one." He then looks at Sagittis. "Make a bonfire inside a town? and risk setting everything on fire?"
06[21:34] * +Sagittis looks up as Dust_Off takes to the air. "Get down, you feather-duster!" he hisses. "Bloodwings fly."
06[21:35] * +Slag_Heap looks up. "Smart." he says, then puts out his cigar. "real smart."
06[21:36] * +Sour_Grape looks over at Sagittis and blinky blinks, "Ain't nobody gunna listen ta ya if ya insult them less ya gunna shoot'em or ya cute."
01[21:38] <@SilentBrony|GM> 3 Sagittis finds on the corpse the still intact barb stinger of the manticore, as well as a paw that isn't horrendously gibbed or full of flechettes.
06[21:38] * +Roy_Calbeck triggers his Night Vision spell and goes into SATS. "Might's well see who or what else mighta heard those shots..."
06[21:38] * +Dust_Off looks down at Sagittis.  "And Bloodwings can attack ground targets.  If they find us, my relative location won't matter."  She is using her elevation to look for shelter.
06[21:41] * +Sagittis hisses again. "And we are in trees. They need to fly over to see us. They could see you for miles." He takes the paw and stinger and sips under a mass of branches.
01[21:42] <@SilentBrony|GM> 3 Dust_Off finds trying to cut through the thick forested remains of the Withered Woods, but the pegasexy does manage to see off in the distance large broken remains of structures, Inversely, she also sees in the opposite direction the border of the woods themselves, leading back out to a rolling expanse of rocky terrain. Roy_Calbeck can see clear as day now, though in the thick of the husks of tall blackened trees, he seems a little lost.
01[21:43] <@SilentBrony|GM> 3 Roy_Calbeck can actually see the very brightened glowing of Sagittis' paint leading back to the pool of water they discovered
[21:43] <+Roy_Calbeck> "Hm.  Well, not picking up any bogies so far..."
06[21:48] * +Dust_Off indicates the direction of the rocky plains.  "That way.  We can find a cave and hold up."  She lands and leads the way towards the rocky terrain.
06[21:51] * +Slag_Heap grunts and the locomotors in his leg strains as he starts to follow Dust_Off
06[21:51] * +Sour_Grape jumps into the air and flies beside Dust_Off, "Dunno what yer so scared'a."
06[21:52] * +Sagittis follows Dust_Off, keeping his eyes locked on the sky.
02[21:54] * Volta ([email protected]) Quit (Quit: ChatZilla 0.9.90 [Firefox 20.0/20130326150557])
01[21:54] <@SilentBrony|GM> 3 Landing on the ground, Dust_Off leads the rest of the party towards the rocky expanse... as she does so, Roy_Calbeck manages to pick up on his EFS, five various blips when he turns his head to follow the pegasus mare... all red. Currently, with Dust_Off in the lead, Sour_Grape beside her, Slag_Heap behind the two, with Sagittis behind the cyber stallion... the white stallion picks up the rear.
[21:56] <+Roy_Calbeck> "Targets, people, five inbounds.  Eyes up."  The unicorn points towards the marks.
06[21:56] * +Sour_Grape "What are people!?!"
06[21:57] * +Roy_Calbeck looks at Sour. "You're a person. Multiple persons is people."
06[21:57] * +Dust_Off is walking, "keeping her eyes open and her head on a swivel" as her squad sergeant used to say.  "Bloodwings can suck all the liquid out of your body in 8.6 seconds...if they have adequate bite and suction."  She stops and points her Lancer Magical Recharge Rifle at the area Roy indicated.
06[21:57] * +Sour_Grape frowns at Dust_Off, "Ah don't believe that, ponies got a lotta blood! Trust me, no way they could do it that fast."
06[21:57] * +Slag_Heap lights his pilot light, just in case. His saddle clunks as the rounds cycle in his LMG. "Ready." he grunts.
06[21:58] * +Sagittis sweeps his weapons up and scans the air.
[21:58] <+Roy_Calbeck> "They're all red on my Eyes-Forward Sparkle.
01[21:58] <@SilentBrony|GM> 3 Dust_Off herself can see the five red blips on her own EFS... all moving it would seem, though it's slow.
[21:58] <+Roy_Calbeck> "
06[21:58] * +Sagittis glances to Dust. "Morbid and gross is alright, so long as you are stealthy like."
06[21:59] * +Roy_Calbeck pulls his service rifle from its bag holster, ensuring it's loaded with hollowpoints. Instead of using his magic, which might give away his position, he's holding it in his mouth.
06[22:01] * +Dust_Off centers her vision on the blips and tries to trigger SATS to see if it gave her anything more.
01[22:06] <@SilentBrony|GM> 3 Roy_Calbeck can see coming up two large framed creatures heading their direction through the various broken and fallen husks of once were trees... behind them, he can see much smaller forms... equine in appearance... behind them. Unfortunately with their erratic and fairly nimble movements, it makes shooting virtually impossible until they get closer within view of the rest of the party, Dust_Off and Sour_Grape managing to only see the two large creatures... the familiar forms of a leonine body with bat wings. Unfortunately at this point the Manticores see them as well, baring their teeth and letting off faint growling, the equine figures behind the monsterous animals freezing then hunkering down out of sight of the white unicorn, taking cover behind trees.
01[22:08] <@SilentBrony|GM> 3 Sagittis and Slag_Heap can hear the growling, but the precise location is somewhat unknown to them... only knowing the general direction.
06[22:08] * +Slag_Heap swivels his ears. "Something tells me we should back off. Sharpish."
06[22:09] * +Sour_Grape "Or we could just murderize them and go on our day."
06[22:09] * +Roy_Calbeck yells, "Derps in the wire!" and opens fire.
06[22:10] * +Dust_Off narrows her eyes, "More manticores.  Two."
06[22:10] * +Slag_Heap looks at Roy_Calbeck. "Boy, you just went full retard..."
06[22:10] * +Sagittis slinks into stealth and observes until he has a clear target.
06[22:10] * +Roy_Calbeck manages, somehow, to flip up the rifle so he can yell, then grab it again as it comes back down.
06[22:11] * +Sour_Grape sees enemies and decides that the absolute best course of action is to fly straight at the closest manticore and fire off as many shots as she can once she gets to PB range. Clearly she is a tactical genius.
01[22:22] <@SilentBrony|GM> 3 Reckless as ever, Sour_Grape zips right up to the closest manticore, unloading in zealous fury her powerful shotgun gouging large holes into the hulking monstrosity, the sounds of her booming weapon getting mixed with the pained roars of the animal, though in her zeal, her second blast misses completely, blowing out chunks of wood from a nearby tree. Hitting the Manticore once in it's right foreleg, and twice in it's barrel, the imposing creature, winces then growls ferociously, still standing before the filly.
06[22:23] * +Sour_Grape blinks and looks up at the giant manticore, "Hey... you're s'ppose'a be dead..."
06[22:25] * +Dust_Off blinks at the living Manticore...and his friend.  "Oh shit!"  She takes to the air and speeds towards the filly before snapping around into a drift.  "KA-CHOW"...she may or may not have yelled that.  The mare slams into to the light barrier with her fabulous derriere, sending a blinding flash at her enemies.
06[22:25] * +Dust_Off follows it up with two shots at the Manticore the filly had wounded.
06[22:27] * +Sagittis likely falls on the ground, shrieking and clamping his hooves over his eyes as hit night vision if blasted with a Dustbang since he was looking in that direction.
06[22:28] * +Slag_Heap steps in front of Sagittis. "Get back in the game, kid!"
01[22:34] <@SilentBrony|GM> 3 Dust_Off without thinking of her surroundings takes into flight whilst still in the forest of the Withered Woods, her fantastic flash, impeding the Manticores sight, but at the cost of flying straight into a tree headfirst, then falls to the ground in a heap, sitting on her lovey haunches.
06[22:35] * +Dust_Off woozily takes her two shots.  She might be confusing manticores for the circling birdies.
06[22:36] * +Slag_Heap facehoofs.
06[22:36] * +Roy_Calbeck blinks as his CO smacks a tree, then narrows his blue eyes at the manticore still hovering over Sour_Grape. Three solid bursts of hollow-tipped rifle rounds blaze towards his target...
06[22:36] * +Sagittis does not shriek then as he is not blinded.
01[22:37] <@SilentBrony|GM> 3 Getting back up, the pegasus mare's vision lingering disorientation causes her luminous red beams of burninating death to fire off totally wide, nearly zapping Sour_Grape in the process, the other just bores a scorching into a nearby tree.
06[22:40] * +Dust_Off groans, "Murtaugh damned trees..."
01[22:49] <@SilentBrony|GM> 3 Letting loose a hail of deadly lead that sails over Sour_Grape's head and rips into the wounded Manticore's head with expert percission, the monstrosity's gurgling roars are interrupted by several bullets perforating and getting lodged into it's throat as well as skull... much blood splatters on the little filly from the hollow points nature. As tough as it is, it's no match for the onslaught it recieved from both combatants, causing the creature to fall back and spasm violently on the ground at it's side.
06[22:50] * +Sour_Grape looks down at the dewad beast then back at Roy, "You Stole My Kill!"
06[22:50] * +Roy_Calbeck grins around the grip of his rifle at the furious filly.
06[22:51] * +Slag_Heap moves into firing position and points his LMG at the manticore who's still standing. He lets rip with a 5 round burst
06[22:51] * +Dust_Off blinks at the fallen manticore.  "Impressive, Sergeant!  You killed two manticores!"
06[22:54] * +Roy_Calbeck just rolls his eyes...
06[22:55] * +Slag_Heap battlecries as he fires!
01[22:57] <@SilentBrony|GM> 3 Following the sound of the growling, as well as the muzzle flashes of his party members, the poor-sighted Slag_Heap rushes up into view of the surviving manticore, unleashing a hellish burst that also rips right into the standing creature, three shots shredding through it's torso, one to each frontleg, illiciting an angry pained roaring from the beast, it turning it's attention towards the large buck, it's... impressively large razor sharp teeth baring at him in fury, as it's poofy mane stands out on end, bristling.
06[22:58] * +Dust_Off blinks at the other two manticores.  "You didn't kill those two...when did four manticore arrive?"
06[22:59] * +Slag_Heap growls right back.
01[23:00] <@SilentBrony|GM> 3 Slag_Heap doesn't even come close to sounding as intimidating as the ferocious beast.
06[23:01] * +Sagittis scoots closer to where Sour_Grape ad Dust_Off flew off to and keeps an eye on them, ready to ventilate anything that closes into melee range.
06[23:02] * +Sour_Grape tries to growl but her voice cracks and it comes out like a high pitched squeaking sound. Truly terrifying.
06[23:03] * +Dust_Off looks around.  "That is four manticores worth of growling...are we surrounded?"
06[23:05] * +Roy_Calbeck levitates his rifle up out of his mouth. "Only two, ma'am, but they've got support."
06[23:09] * +Dust_Off shakes her head to clear it.  "Oh, good.  I'll confirm two kills for you, Gunny."
06[23:11] * +Roy_Calbeck glares in Sagittis' direction, yelling, "Why are you holding fire?"
06[23:12] * +Roy_Calbeck is watching the zebra colt stare up at the sky while Slag gets a savage clawing to the face...
01[23:13] <@SilentBrony|GM> 3 The manticore that Slag_Heap perforated with his machine gun lets out a deafening roar that echoes throughout the trees then charges forward and swats twice at the cyberstallion, in it's fury, it manages to get a good swipe across the bald stallion's face, the face mask around his muzzle helping to stymie the damage, along with his thick skull. Still hurts quite a bit... like bricks with knives slamming into your head. The second swipe misses him thankfully as he recoils from the force.
06[23:15] * +Sagittis glances to Slag_Heap, then back to the pegasi. "He'll be fine."
06[23:15] * +Slag_Heap grunts and growls back. "Argh! That all you got, you over grown pussy?!"
[23:16] <+Dust_Off> "It's only a third cat."
06[23:16] * +Dust_Off thinks, "It's proportionally undergrown."
06[23:18] * +Slag_Heap "JUST SHOOT THE BASTARD!"
12[23:18] * Arcane_Scroll[A] is now known as Arcane_Scroll
01[23:21] <@SilentBrony|GM> 3 Dust_Off from her new position on the ground and in her daze doesn't notice the shadowy figures around her until it's too late, as the sound of gunfire rips out near hear three shots  find their marks, embedding themselves in her left side... one of which feels particularly painful. The others, including those with poor vision, can see the muzzle flashes of three equine figures surrounding the pegasexy, one of which lets out a slight yelping of pain, then cursing gruffly in a feminine voice, "Ya fuckin idiot! Ya hit me!"
06[23:23] * +Dust_Off shrieks and twists feeling her side.  Her hoof comes away bloody.  "Oh sh-"  She coughs, wet and bloody.
06[23:26] * +Sagittis spins up his weapon and unloads into the three figures with 5mm glory. Buffed by his new mod.
06[23:29] * +Roy_Calbeck spins around towards Dust_Off. "Cap!"
06[23:30] * +Sagittis grins.
06[23:32] * +Sagittis "Priority targets, soldier boy."
01[23:32] <@SilentBrony|GM> 3 The familiar whine of Sagittis' minigun goes up, followed by a fantastic lightshow of his own of death that obliterates one of the ponies surrounding Dust_Off... the brief flashes of his gun lighting up their section of the woods that reveals his target quite literally getting sawn in half, the two halves landing in a wet squelching on the floor near the pegasus mare... after the hailstorm of lead, Dusty can still hear the panicked gurgling of the halved pony, the other two still standing can be heard gasping, followed by the feminine voice that spoke earlier to exclaim out, "Holy fuck!"
06[23:34] * +Dust_Off hisses, "Shit, shit, shit.  Pour it on!  Danger close."  She begins rousting about for her medical supplies.
06[23:35] * +Sagittis bellows out. "Drop the guns and assume the position or you will be made into cheese!"
06[23:37] * +Sour_Grape quickly reloads her gun with slugs because they are much better and fires two bursts at the pussy attacking slag heap.
06[23:37] * +Roy_Calbeck growls, "I'd believe 'priority targets', if you'd shot at 'em BEFORE they shot th' Captain."
06[23:40] * +Sagittis snorts. "Not like you saw 'em either. Even with your snazzy EFS."
01[23:43] <@SilentBrony|GM> 3 Deft and as nimble as the beasts they fight, Sour_Grape quickly reloads her shotty with slugs, instead of her usual flechettes, sounding off like thunder as each boom bores a large hole in the manticore attacking Slag_Heap, causing the creature to let loose horrendously loud roars of pain, one of the slugs cutting off it's roaring as it punches a new hole in it's throat, the other three projectiles gibbing it's left foreleg off into a bloody, goreish stump, making the animal land hard on it's head, lifeless.
06[23:44] * +Slag_Heap is splattered with blood. He rolls his neck then looks at Sagittis. "Thank you." He turns his attention to the attacking ponies.
06[23:45] * +Roy_Calbeck snorts. "Actually, I DID. Toldja there were five."
06[23:46] * +Sagittis "I count seven."
01[23:46] <@SilentBrony|GM> 3 Sagittis can't count.
[23:47] <+Roy_Calbeck> "But nevermind.  We nearly lost 'er, now I hafta clean up yer mess."  The unicorn swaps out his hollow-points for standard ball ammunition, then sights in on the remaining two assailants.
06[23:48] * +Dust_Off takes one of her health potions out and drinks it down.  The mare then stands up.  "It.  Is. On."  She snaps two shots at one of her attackers.
06[23:53] * +Sagittis lets out a low growl and Roy_Calbeck can see his EFS contact flash red for a moment. "My mess? You salach dúr, dramhaíl neamhoilte de fionnaidh." He flicks back to green and returns his attention to the enemy ponies.
06[23:54] * +Roy_Calbeck chuckles to himself. "So... the boy does have a tender spot under all that armor."
06[23:54] * +Sour_Grape "Ain't nobodies mess, shut the fuck up you two. We're in the middle of a fight, get the fuck along until we win."
01[23:57] <@SilentBrony|GM> 3 Dust_Off feels the restorative effects of her potion kick in, mending her wounds nicely, thanks to her expertise in medicine. Turning with righteous vengeance, the pegasus mare unleashes in response to her assailant, two beams of red death, her luminous beams brightly lighting up her area to reveal it to be another mare in trappings similar to a raider... albeit in a much more tribal setting, as large pieces of bark cover her body. Getting nailed in the head causes the pony to clench her eyes in pain and rear back with a small whinnying, that trails off into an angry growling.
06[23:58] * +Roy_Calbeck looses two bursts, one at each of the remaining attacker's noggins.
Session Time: Fri Apr 05 00:00:00 2013
01[00:04] <@SilentBrony|GM> 3 Once more with extreme marksponyship, the skilled unicorn fires off two lethal bursts, one ripping into the skull of one pony mare that gurgles then falls over completely, writhing in panic on the ground... the second burst, hitting the other mare, causing her to whinny out in surprise.
06[00:07] * +Slag_Heap growls and takes aim at the last assailant. He roars and fires his machinegun
01[00:09] <@SilentBrony|GM> 3 Slag_Heap roars loudly along with the roar of his burst fire, both creating a ton of noise as his weapon tears into the last mare standing, causing her to jerk then fly backwards in a heap, twitching on the ground as her lifeblood seeps into the cracked earth.
06[00:10] * +Slag_Heap lets blood drip from the front of his mask. "That's right." he growls.
06[00:11] * +Dust_Off groans and sits down.  "Ow, shit."  She strips out of her barrel armor to begin bandaging herself.
06[00:12] * +Roy_Calbeck trots over to Dust_Off. "Cap? Ya looked like ya took a bad one. Need any help?"
06[00:12] * +Sour_Grape wanders over to the dead ponies now that the fighting is done to see what was up with them
06[00:13] * +Slag_Heap goes about looting the corpses.
06[00:13] * +Dust_Off grits her teeth, "Yes, help me tie off the ends of this bandage."  She indicates the one she was tying about her barrel.
01[00:13] <@SilentBrony|GM> 3 Sour_Grape sees they wear tribalesque raider barding of both bark and junk... some thin sheet metal... she sees a reoccuring marking on their crude wooden masks with a bloody hoofprint on the foreheads... obviously marking their tribal identity.
06[00:14] * +Sagittis follows Sour_Grape. "Any marks you recognize?"
06[00:15] * +Roy_Calbeck uses his telekinesis to assist.
06[00:15] * +Sour_Grape looks over at Sagittis with a glare then back at the pony, "Jus' sum fuckin' raider."
[00:16] <+Roy_Calbeck> "Raiders that work with manticores... not a good sign."
06[00:16] * +Sagittis tilts his head at Sour_Grape's glare. "You mad at me?"
06[00:17] * +Dust_Off nods and hauls herself to her hooves.  She winces as she walks over to the pony bodies.  "What the hell were they doing with the manticore?  The bloodwings may not be the cause."  She looks at their mask.
01[00:17] <@SilentBrony|GM> 3 Slag_Heap finds on each of the bodies, varmint rifles of varying poor conditions, as well as 5.56 ammo and bottle caps. To be exact, he finds a total from all the corpses, 44 bottlecaps as well as 43 bullets of said ammo type.
01[00:17] <@SilentBrony|GM> 3 The last mare writhing on the ground, is not dead... but she looks very close to it, her panic-stricken eyes dart about, as she clutches weakly at her throat, of which is leaking blood.
06[00:19] * +Sour_Grape takes out her shotgun and presses it to the mare's head, "We've got a live one here."
01[00:19] <@SilentBrony|GM> 3 Dust_Off sees the masks are made of wood, crude in construction, and every single one bears the mark of a bloodied hoofprint on the forehead, as well as a bloody smear on the left side... which looks like it's in half.
06[00:19] * +Roy_Calbeck goes over to the mare, casting a basic healing spell to keep her from bleeding out. "Got a prisoner here, ma'am."
06[00:20] * +Sagittis follows Sour_Grape over to the other raider and takes the Mantacore venom sack from his bag. "Oh, do we now?"
06[00:20] * +Slag_Heap looks over at Sour_Grape. "Interogate her. Sour Grape style." He goes back to looting, then picks it all up. He looks over at Roy_Calbeck. "You hurting for ammo, Roy?"
06[00:21] * +Sour_Grape rolls her eyes, "She's not a prisoner, and she's dying, and in no position to talk."
06[00:21] * +Dust_Off grunts and walks over to the mare.  She stops for a moment to take out a Med-X and injects herself.
06[00:21] * +Roy_Calbeck looks up. "Can always use more."
06[00:22] * +Slag_Heap looks at the bullets. "...how much do you need?"
[00:22] <+Roy_Calbeck> "Whatever you don't."
06[00:22] * +Sagittis takes out one of the healing powders form the Legion. "This will do." He goes up to the mare. "You are going to cooperate with us."
01[00:22] <@SilentBrony|GM> 3 The mare Roy_Calbeck heals looks marginally better, still rather bad off, but is no longer darting her eyes about. Panting, her eyes go slack, the lids drooping half-way when she's injected with the med-x. Still panting with the shotgun up to her face, the earth pony just stares at the party, keeping her silence, then frowning hard.
06[00:23] * +Slag_Heap shrugs. "Got a box mag still just abotu full aaaand..." he checks his pack. "4 spare. I'm good to go, but I could use more. Keep the mags full."
[00:23] <+Roy_Calbeck> "I'm good fer now.  Unless ya picked up some specialty ammo, keep it."
06[00:24] * +Slag_Heap smiles. "Thank you." He puts the bullets in his bag, then reloads his machinegun.
06[00:24] * +Sagittis looks around the ponies over the downed mare and just goes over to harvest the mantacores.
01[00:24] <@SilentBrony|GM> 3 The mare isn't injected, Dust_Off injected herself, whoops.
01[00:25] <@SilentBrony|GM> 3 Sagittis finds that the only thing worth salvaging are the stingers from each beast, everything else having a severe case of lead.
01[00:28] <@SilentBrony|GM> 3 Dust_Off feels... oh so good... wow this Med-X was really awesome...
06[00:29] * +Roy_Calbeck looks down at the captured mare. "Why'd you attack us?"
06[00:31] * +Sour_Grape "Can't I just shoot her?"
01[00:31] <@SilentBrony|GM> 3 The mare looks up at Roy_Calbeck but just maintains her silence, frowning at the handsome stallion.
06[00:32] * +Dust_Off sighs.  the pain was all gone.  That was good...that shooting stuff hurt.  She grins, "Sour, could you please talk to the mare.  We need to know why she attacked us."
06[00:33] * +Sour_Grape looks over at Dust_Off, the back at the mare, "Fine, I'll need'a talk'a her 'lone, n'shit."
01[00:33] <@SilentBrony|GM> 3 Dust_Off can sorta feel something ticklish brushing her neck, as a child like mare's voice asks timidly, "I-Is... is it... s-safe n-now?"
[00:33] <+Roy_Calbeck> "No particular reason, huh?"
06[00:33] * +Roy_Calbeck looks to Sour, nods, and goes to see how Dusty is doing.
01[00:34] <@SilentBrony|GM> 3 Roy_Calbeck can see the large alicorn sized frame of... an alicorn (fancy that) right behind Dust_Off.
[00:34] <+Roy_Calbeck> "Hey there, Giggles..."
06[00:35] * +Sour_Grape waits until everyone is gone and pulls her shotgun away from the mare's face, "Listen, ah don't wanna hurt'cha, but ah can if I gotta. Now you'n me both know you lost so yer life is forfit, but if ya co-operate it don't gotta end. Just a few simple painless questions, an ya getta go. Otherwise I'll be forced'ta hurt ya till we get what we need, and there ain't anybody here
06[00:35] * +Sour_Grape who wants that."
01[00:36] <@SilentBrony|GM> 3 Giggles trembles visibily as she looks at Roy_Calbeck weakly replying, "H-Hi..."
06[00:36] * +Slag_Heap sits on the dead Manticore and takes off his bloody helmet. He sets it down beside him, then lights his cigar. He looks pretty damn triumphant, even with the claw cuts.
06[00:36] * +Dust_Off reels around and about falls over.  "Oh, Giggles, hello.  Yes it's safe now."
06[00:37] * +Sagittis looks for a tree that seems climbable.
01[00:38] <@SilentBrony|GM> 3 The mare blinks at Sour_Grape then squints her eyes looking quite dubious as she replies quietly to the now lone filly, "F-Fuckin... b-buffalo s-shit... I'll t-tell ya wh-what I know a-an' th-then y-y'all w-will j-jus' kill m-me any-anyway..."
06[00:38] * +Roy_Calbeck catches Dust_Off, letting the pegasus lean on him until she gets her bearings. "Mm-hm. All the bad ponies and such are done now."
06[00:39] * +Sour_Grape sits down beside the mare, "Maybe, but if ah did it'd be a clean death, nothin' painful like. What's your name, anyway?"
01[00:42] <@SilentBrony|GM> 3 Sagittis manages to find a somewhat structually sound tree... at least it'll hold his weight... if he doesn't do anything silly like bounce on it, or add Slag_Heap's bulk to it. The mare speaking to Sour_Grape tilts her head slightly and asks, "W-Why... d-do ya g-give a f-fuck?" Giggles blinks and tilts her head towards Roy_Calbeck and Dust_Off, her voice getting slightly more worried, "A-Are... you okay?"
06[00:43] * +Dust_Off leans on Roy_Calbeck, "You are rather sturdy, you know?"  She says looking up at the unicorn.  She looks back down at the alicorn.  "I'm doing much better.  One potion and some Med-X and I'm all tip-top...things are rather bouncy though."
06[00:43] * +Sour_Grape smiles at the mare, "Cause it's harder ta kil someone if ya know their name, and ah'd like a reason ta let ya live."
06[00:43] * +Roy_Calbeck gives Dust_Off a look. "Are you sayin' I'm fat?"
06[00:45] * +Sagittis sheds his bags and scampers up the tree to play look out while the others talk to the mare.
06[00:45] * +Slag_Heap looks over at Dust_Off. "Hey Dust, could you take a look at these?" He points at his face scratches.
01[00:45] <@SilentBrony|GM> 3 The mare blinks at Sour_Grape... clearly not expecting that response... softening just a little, she replies, "L-Lil May..." her eyes gauging the filly, she then adds, "S-Say... I b-believe ya... t-tell ya wut I know... w-wut will ya d-do to me?"
06[00:45] * +Slag_Heap then looks up at Sagittis. "Its only the tail thats poisonous, right?"
06[00:46] * +Sagittis glances down at Slag_Heap and ponders a moment. "No."
06[00:47] * +Sour_Grape puts her shotgun down, but far away from the pony and close at hoof, "I guess that depends on what you tell me, and what tha others think. They ain't bad folk, so most like you'll getta go free, so long as it ain't gunna harm us in the long run."
06[00:48] * +Slag_Heap winces. "What else is poisonous?"
06[00:48] * +Dust_Off shakes her head and punches Roy_Calbeck's side.  "No.
06[00:50] * +Roy_Calbeck oofs.
01[00:50] <@SilentBrony|GM> 3 Sagittis sees the nightsky has partial cloud cover... well more accurately sparse... as sparse as it is during the day,,, though the towering husks of trees, even without foilage, dampen the lights of the stars. Giggles looks about for a moment, then lets out a small whimpering of fear, shuffling about in place. Lil May goes quiet for a moment then looks heavily conflicted, before sighing raggedly, and saying, "Aight... w-wut ya wanna know? Why we jumped y'all? F-For y-your s-shit."
06[00:51] * +Roy_Calbeck pokes at Dust_Off, nodding towards Slag. "Those cuts could use a little help, ma'am. I'll stay here with Giggle if it's okay with you."
06[00:52] * +Sour_Grape snerks, "Fuckin' figured at much. So what, you're some local gang what got unlucky when ya fucked wit us, wouldn't be the first time. How long ya been workin' these woods?"
06[00:52] * +Slag_Heap puffs his cigar. "Doesn't hurt much, but could be venom filled.
06[00:52] * +Sagittis bobs his hoof from side to side. "Lower intestine will give you lime disease. The fat isn't toxic, but tastes vile and is better used for oil. Don't eat the gums. Rotten meat in there. One bite of the liver will kill you stone dead in no time. Most of it needs to be cooked. You can try the heart or testicles raw though."
06[00:52] * +Slag_Heap shrugs. "I dunno, never learnt about poison."
06[00:53] * +Slag_Heap blinks at Sagittis. "Yeah thanks... but I meant do they poison as in full of vemon and shit."
06[00:53] * +Dust_Off frowns and cocks her head and looks at Slag_Heap.  "Oohhh...he was cut...I can't tell."  She prances over towards Slag_Heap.  "So Roy says you got cut by something."
06[00:54] * +Slag_Heap nods. "Yeah," he kicks the manticore he's sitting on. "This fat rug here got me." He points at his face.
06[00:54] * +Slag_Heap then looks up at Sagittis. "Ever skinned a manticore? Might get good caps for it if you make it a rug."
01[00:55] <@SilentBrony|GM> 3 Lil May frowns slightly, then shifts and replies, "F-For a l-little bit... B-Big C-Cheese i-is a smart b-bitch...y-you f-fucks... a-are st-strong... t-to take down t-these fuckin c-cat things..."
06[00:55] * +Sagittis shakes his head. "Naw. No venom in the claws. Still could have rotten meat on its claws, so you may get an infection." He shakes his head. "Not yet, But I have a knife. It can't be too much off from a linx."
06[00:56] * +Sour_Grape raises an eyebrow, "How long is a littlebit? And how did you guys control those cat-things?"
06[00:57] * +Slag_Heap kicks the manticore again. "Wanna give it a shot?" He then looks at Dust_Off. "Need you to check for infection."
06[00:57] * +Roy_Calbeck watches Dust_Off prance away.
06[00:58] * +Dust_Off frowns.  "I don't think anyone will notice the wound....what with...well, your face."  The mare skillfully bandages Slag_Heap's face whilst singing, 'I'm stuck on Band Aids because Band aids aren't stuck on me.'  She pffts loudly and wetly in Slag_Heap's face.  "Infection?  C'mon.  Are you a doctor?"
01[00:59] <@SilentBrony|GM> 3 Lil May shrugs and speaks back to Sour_Grape, "I-I dunno... like... l-long, but not t-too long... l-lots of s-sunrises and s-sunsets..." giving a wicked grin, the mare then says with stupid pride, "B-Big C-Cheese f-finds t-this s-small b-baby cat t-thing o-once and i-it's big b-bitch mama... b-biggest fu-fuckin cat out of em a-all dun eat n-none of u-us... c-cats a-are kind of s-smart."
06[00:59] * +Slag_Heap shakes his head. "Not an official medic, but the kid says there's a chance for infection. Just check, alright?" He goes crosseyed at the bandages. "They gonna scar?" he then frowns. "You calling me ugly?"
06[01:01] * +Sour_Grape snerks, this pony had to be dumber than her, "Right, 'cause tha issue here is that them cat things 'pparently been attackin' a towns traders, an' we need'em ta /stop/. Is that your group?"
01[01:01] <@SilentBrony|GM> 3 Giggles looks at Roy_Calbeck for a moment in her fear, still trembling, then follows after Dust_Off slowly.
06[01:01] * +Roy_Calbeck cocks his head at Giggles. "Are you okay?"
06[01:03] * +Sagittis hops down from the trees and over to Giggles. "You may not want to watch what I am about to do." He pulls out his toys and offers them to the big filly.
01[01:04] <@SilentBrony|GM> 3 Lil May expands her toothy bloodsmeared smile more, her tone becoming even fuller of dumb pride as she replies, "Y-Yup! C-Cats a-are s-strong and q-quiet! They f-follow ponies g-good! Sumtimes from r-reeeeeal f-far away too! W-We f-found you guys w-with them! S-Smart huh?!" Giggles stops and looks over to Roy_Calbeck speaking with her ears flat and her tone quivering, "S-S-S-Scary... d-d-d-dark..." the alicorn mare sniffles.
06[01:05] * +Sour_Grape "So, yer sayin' that it's your group that's been actin' traders near tha forest with tha cats? That right Lil May?'
06[01:05] * +Dust_Off shakes her head and forcefeeds Slag_Heap a health potion.  "Look, Twinkle Hooves.  Me almost doctor.  Mostly combat medic.  Don't trust the poisoner about infections."  She taps him on the head with a hoof.  'There.  You are uninfected...unless you have a pre-existing condition.  Potion don't do diddly-sheeit to pre-existing conditions, just like a HMO."
06[01:06] * +Slag_Heap blinks and stands up off the manticore. "You feeling alright, Dust?" He looks her over. "You high or something?"
01[01:07] <@SilentBrony|GM> 3 Giggles just looks at Sagittis then at the toys, then back up to Sagittis, giving off more whimpers, that begin to increase.
06[01:07] * +Dust_Off takes to the air.  "No, but now I am."  She flutters over to Giggles and hugs the mare.  "It's okay, sweetie nimbus.  The night isn't dark and full of terrors.  Don't believe any red mares."
06[01:07] * +Roy_Calbeck heads over to Dusty, his ears flicking at Slag's comment. "Ya do sound a little out of it, ma'am."
06[01:08] * +Sagittis looks over his shoulder to Dust_Off and Slag_Heap. "Yes. Yes she is." He looks back to Giggles and spreads his front legs. "Would you like a hug?"
06[01:09] * +Slag_Heap frowns at Dust_Off as she takes off. "Our medic is high. That's just great." He puffs on his cigar. "What's with this team and drugs?" He puffs his cigar again.
01[01:09] <@SilentBrony|GM> 3 Lil May nods with some enthusiasm, but it's still rather weak as she replies, "Y-Yup! B-Baddest g-gang in w-whole p-place! B-Broken H-Husk g-gang! HOO!" the mare then slaps her chest weakly, letting out a loud series of coughing. Giggles sniffles then looks at Sagittis, even in the dark, the flufflecolt can see tears streaming down her face as she speaks back quietly in a teary voice, "I-I wanna go hoooome..."
01[01:10] <@SilentBrony|GM> 3 Giggles hugs Dust_Off though, resting her head on the mare's shoulder and letting out quiet sobs.
06[01:10] * +Sour_Grape "An' how long ya been doin' that fer?"
06[01:11] * +Slag_Heap looks at Sagittis then the manticore. "Need some help?"
06[01:11] * +Dust_Off frowns, "Oh sweetie, we can take you home.  If you like...we just wanted to..."  She frowns,  "I'm an awful mother..." and sniffles.
01[01:13] <@SilentBrony|GM> 3 Lil May looks like she's in heavy thought, as her tongue sticks out slightly as her eyes look up in her head, "Duuuhhh...." she says after a while, then opens her eyes wide in clairvoyance, smiling and saying, "Long! Like... some days after we got here!" Giggles continues to sob quietly, shaking in her embrace over Dust_Off.
06[01:13] * +Roy_Calbeck looks over at Dusty and Giggles, then over to Slag and Sagittis. Neither pair is the place for him right now. The unicorn trots back over to Lil May and Sour, standing back a few paces to watch and listen.
06[01:14] * +Sour_Grape "And where did ya say yer gang home was?"
06[01:14] * +Sagittis shakes his head to Slag_Heap. "Not now." He turns back to Giggles and offers a cautious squeeze before pulling out his blanket. "Now, Giggles, this blanket is very special. I don't remember how I got it, but whenever I am wrapped up in it, I know I am going to be safe." He wraps it around the big mare's shoulders. "It can keep you safe too." He glances to Dust_Off, but opts out of saying...
06[01:14] * +Sagittis ...anything like 'told you so'. He is an arrogant ass, not a monster.
01[01:15] <@SilentBrony|GM> 3 Lil May goes to answer, speaking at first, "Theys are over a-- waaiiit..." she blinks then frowns and asks Sour_Grape, "If I tell y'all, you goin ta let me go right?"
06[01:16] * +Sour_Grape "Course."
06[01:16] * +Dust_Off thinks Sagittis is an arrogant donkey too.  She hugs Giggles, "I just wanted to protect you, to teach you..."
01[01:20] <@SilentBrony|GM> 3 Lil May tilts her head then lets out a small exhaling, "Okay... but you can't tell um I told ya how ya found them... they'll be really mad at me if they find out..." looking at Sour_Grape she says, "Theys in tha ruins... uhhh Gasket...sumthin... uhh veal? Bunch of big tall buildings, I wuz told ponies lived in um, but they must be stupid, cuz those things like fall apart all da time an' got big holes in um... and Big Cheese sed sumthin bout Raid-ee-nation an that stuff like makes you sick... dumb if you ask me." Giggles pulls back and sniffles more looking at Dust_Off, "I just... don't want to be alone out here... please make the monsters go away..."
06[01:23] * +Sagittis notices Giggles is only paying attention to Dust_Off so he goes over, flips out the star knife and starts skinning the mantacores.
06[01:23] * +Slag_Heap watches Sagittis. "Offer for help still stands."
01[01:23] <@SilentBrony|GM> 3 Also looked at Sagittis and sniffled, giving a small smile and speaking, "T-Thanks." looking somewhat relieved by the blanket on her.
06[01:24] * +Sour_Grape nods at the information, and figures that was all the information she was going to get out of her, as she was too dumb to know much else. "Thanks for your help." She then picks up her shotgun as fast as she can, aims it at the mare, and unloads a slug into her head. "There's tha clean death ah promised."
01[01:24] <@SilentBrony|GM> 3 Giggles also looked... GOD
06[01:24] * +Sagittis shakes his head to Slag_Heap. "I don't really know exactly how to do this myself. Can't be giving instructions too. Maybe on the second one."
06[01:24] * +Dust_Off smiles up at the mare.  "We'll make the monsters go away, Giggles, that's our job."
01[01:25] <@SilentBrony|GM> 3 Lil May goes wide-eyed only a moment before her brains... and well... her head as whole is blown apart, splattering Sour_Grape with gore, blood, brains, and skull fragments. Giggles eeps loudly and jerks to the sound of the loud shotgun, then cuddles up against Dust_Off, shaking.
06[01:26] * +Sour_Grape wipes the blood off her face and mutters about how annoying it is that gore doesn't go the direction she wants it too. She gets back to her hooves and walks over to Dust, "Got some information from her."
06[01:28] * +Sagittis waves Sour_Grape over to him. "Dust is high and being motherly right now. I'm sure Slag, Roy or myself can listen."
06[01:28] * +Roy_Calbeck looks down at Sour, just watching.
06[01:29] * +Dust_Off holds the bigger mare tight, shushing her.  "Did the dead mare tell her tale, Sour?  And I am not high...I am at zero feet AGL."
06[01:31] * +Slag_Heap nods.
06[01:31] * +Sour_Grape has no idea what Dust said then and shrugs at Sagi before saying, "Uh yeah. Said them raider folks, Broken Husk Gang by name, trained up some manticores an' been usin''em for raiders at a ruined city she called 'Gasket' only thing is she claims they've been doin' this for a while, but ah thought the attacks started recently."
06[01:33] * +Dust_Off frowns.  "Feet...Murtaugh..I must be high...what are feet..."
06[01:34] * +Roy_Calbeck peers at Dust_Off. "How often ya been hittin' th' Med-X, Captain?"
06[01:35] * +Sagittis glances up to Sour_Grape. "Darn. Kinda wish you hadn't killed her. Could have stalked her back home. Make sure she is telling the truth. Oh well. So, seems simple enough. Clear outthe raider den. Keep an eye out for blood wings. Get payed."
01[01:36] <@SilentBrony|GM> 3 Livin on top of the world, don't trust nopony, looking over your shoulder constantly...
06[01:36] * +Dust_Off frowns.  "Not often...mostly hardly...umm...I have been getting hurt more often lately..."
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[01:40] <+Roy_Calbeck> "Bad enough t'hit th' needle a few times?"
06[01:40] * +Sour_Grape "We can talk drugs later. tay on topic." SHe looks over to Sagi, "Thats what it usually boils down'ta, ain't it?"
01[01:45] <@SilentBrony|GM> 3 Giggles calms down for the most part, using her magic to wrap herself up with the blanket Sagittis gave her, as she looks from Dust_Off, to Roy_Calbeck, then Slag_Heap, and finally Sour_Grape, "A-Are we... gonna meet... b-bad p-ponies?"
06[01:45] * +Dust_Off points her hoof at Roy_Calbeck, "I just got perforated.  Lay off."  She hugs Giggles and lets go of the mare.  "Gasket..."  She accesses her PipBuck to see if she had any location for Gasket...or Quest marker for this quest.
06[01:45] * +Roy_Calbeck looks to Giggles. "I won't lie to you. Yes, we will."
01[01:47] <@SilentBrony|GM> 3 The group has swiss cheese for memory, as her marker nor map reveal anything known as 'Gasket'. Her marker does point them in a particular direction though, a box with a slash through it that says, 'Gaskinville Ruins' on it.
06[01:48] * +Slag_Heap puffs on his cigar some more. He hums to himself and scratches his moustache. Unfortunately, one of the scratches cut through it slightly. He does look badass with his new cuts.
06[01:50] * +Dust_Off has an excuse.  She rubs her chin with a bloody hoof.  "Well, there's a Gaskinville Ruins...we could head there."
06[01:51] * +Roy_Calbeck turns to Dust_Off, awaiting orders.
06[01:51] * +Dust_Off looks up at Roy_Calbeck, "Wat."
01[01:51] <@SilentBrony|GM> 3 Giggles whimpers again, then sighs, her expression going sad as she looks at Dust_Off.
06[01:51] * +Slag_Heap looks at Sagittis. "Hm... think we could use that par-t cannon as a mortar?"
06[01:52] * +Sagittis nods to Slag_Heap. "Easily. Why?"
06[01:52] * +Sour_Grape looks over at Dust_Off, "She did say it was a ruins... but ain't anyone wanna comment on tha contradiction ah mentioned?"
[01:52] <+Roy_Calbeck> "Call th' ball, ma'am.  Yer in charge."
06[01:52] * +Slag_Heap "y'know, long range bombardment. Just in case." He shrugs.
06[01:54] * +Roy_Calbeck looks to Sour_Grape. "From what I could hear, she didn't have a strong concept of time.'
06[01:55] * +Sagittis shrugs. "There is still the Blood wing option, but if raiders are in the area and messing with things, it bears looking into. May find some more intel on recent mantacore behavior as they train the fool things."
06[01:55] * +Dust_Off looks at Sour_Grape, "Contradiction?  Are they not ruined?  Is the city all shiny and clean?  I'd like one of those."  She looks at Roy_Calbeck, tsking and shaking her head, "And this is why you are still a sergeant.  No initiative."
06[01:56] * +Sour_Grape looks at Roy_Calbeck, "No she didn't." She then says to Dust_Off, "Well maybe I'm wrong, but didn't the griffin say these carvaan attacks were fairly recent?"
06[01:57] * +Slag_Heap scratches his chin. "Got a way to get the Bloodwings to decend on the raiders?" he asks Sagittis
06[01:59] * +Sagittis cocks his eyebrow at Slag_Heap. "Other than live bate?" He glances to Roy_Calbeck and his EFS turns red for a moment. "Not that live bate wouldn't work."
06[01:59] * +Roy_Calbeck smiles.
06[01:59] * +Dust_Off taps her chin.  "Maybe they just finished preparing the manticores.  I have heard that cats are hard to train...and harder to herd...which is why I compare this company to a herd of cats."
[01:59] <+Roy_Calbeck> "I have to admit to your mastery at baiting, Sagi."
06[02:00] * +Sour_Grape says, "But she seemed ta think they've been doin it for a while, and said they found the cats as babies and trained them up. Ah have a hard time belivin' this is a recent thing."
06[02:01] * +Roy_Calbeck checks his own PipBuck, notes the location of Gaskinville, and starts heading that direction. "Well, it's either wait out here all night, or start movin'. Unless anypony's got a better idea... Gaskinville it is."
06[02:01] * +Slag_Heap snorts. "Anyway, anything else?"
06[02:03] * +Sagittis tilts his head at Roy_Calbeck. "Bating? Do you hear yourself?" He goes back to skinning.
01[02:03] <@SilentBrony|GM> 3 Roy_Calbeck begins heading off to Gaskinville ruins... Sagittis can continue to waste his time skinning bullet-riddened skins of creatures chock full of lead and slugs, but their use is pretty much nil.
06[02:05] * +Dust_Off shakes her head.  "I think we should go to these so-called ruins to ascertain their perfidy and whether ponies have perfected the herding of one-third cats."  She stands up and trots after Roy_Calbeck.
06[02:05] * +Sagittis figures he could still save the manes.
06[02:06] * +Slag_Heap wishes Sagittis could save his...
06[02:06] * +Slag_Heap eyes the manticores' mane.
06[02:06] * +Sour_Grape groans and goes to follow, "I'm just sayin' there might be more to this,"
01[02:07] <@SilentBrony|GM> 3 Sagittis has manes then. Fluffy manticore manes! Dust_Off follows after Roy_Calbeck, both making their way through the dead of night... though with Roy's cheater magic, the unicorn can see the nasty pratfalls that lay in wait for them all.
06[02:09] * +Sagittis plops one of the slightly bloody manes on Slag_Heap's head and follows Sour_Grape. "No arguments here. But this is a good starting point."
06[02:09] * +Dust_Off  floats up and turns around.  "Come, Giggles!   To adventures and mayhaps an intact city!"
06[02:10] * +Slag_Heap looks up at the mane and frowns. On the inside he is happier than can be, but doesn't display it. He takes it off and stuffs it in his pack. "Yeah, thanks kid. Real funny." He actually meant the first bit.
[02:11] <+Dust_Off> The mare glances at Slag_Heap, "OOooo, what a stylish toupee, Mister Heap."
06[02:12] * +Roy_Calbeck pffts. "An intact city. Right. Like 'New Pegas' or 'Lost Alicorn'. Sure."
01[02:16] <@SilentBrony|GM> 3 Making their way through the various fallen and shattered trees... the group notices the treeline starts becoming scarcer as they trek... it isn't long until Roy_Calbeck sees cracked asphalt once more... the varying sized structures of a pre-war ruin laying before them... Giggles doesn't seem too enthused as she complies. Seeing a trio of streets with one of them being boarded up with a crude makeshift scrap wall and the other having a collapsed skyscrapper completely obstructing the path, the only real path for the ground-based equines to go is down a cracked street with the shrivled corpses of ponies being hung by their necks... about five total.. suspended by cords, bungies, or rope hanging from street lights. In bright, neon yellow paint on the wall of a building it says, 'FUCK OFF'. with various other unintelligible graffiti. Sour_Grape would recognize the graffiti as warning signs, attempting to warn away tresspassers, as well as also signifying that this area was somepony's turf.
06[02:18] * +Sour_Grape stops near the entrance to the street, "Ya'll do realize that if we stop inta that street there we're puttin' ourselves in tha line'a fire of every mother fucker beyond it right? Gangs don't take kindly ta folk fuckin' 'bout in their territory."
06[02:18] * +Roy_Calbeck looks at Sour. "Wasn't plannin' on doin' that, no."
06[02:19] * +Roy_Calbeck looks from the filly to his captain. "However, we do have two pegasi who don't hafta walk down that street t'see what's about here."
06[02:20] * +Dust_Off taps her chin.  "Simple we fly up over the..."  She looks down at Sagittis, Slag_Heap, and Roy_Calbeck,  "Way to ruin my plans...by being you."
06[02:20] * +Sour_Grape looks between the two, "Right, 'cause that wont get us shot."
01[02:20] <@SilentBrony|GM> 3 Giggles looks about uneasily then lets out a small whining when she sees the corpses.
06[02:22] * +Dust_Off looks at Grape, "Not if we do it right."  She looks at the wall.  "We could blow it up.  We have the tools."
06[02:22] * +Sagittis shrugs. "I could sneak in. Plant C4 up their plots of you like, or, if she feels up to it, Giggles could teleport us onto the roofs."
01[02:23] <@SilentBrony|GM> 3 Giggles gives a quiet, "Hmm?" and looks at Sagittis, tilting her head.
06[02:24] * +Sagittis looks up to Giggles. "You seem to be able to teleport with others. You did it back in town. You could teleport us onto the roofs so none of us get shot."
01[02:25] <@SilentBrony|GM> 3 Giggles blinks... having a blank expression on her face then asks, "I did? I can?" her face then scrunches up, as she looks lost in thought, towards Sagittis.
06[02:26] * +Dust_Off nods.  "Yes, Giggles.  You bamf'd about.  It was purpley and impressive."
06[02:26] * +Sagittis blinks and looks over to Sour_Grape. "I wasn't tripping, was I? She did teleport us when we first met, right?"
06[02:26] * +Sour_Grape "Yup."
06[02:27] * +Slag_Heap scratches his chin. "I could create a diversion. Use Sag's party cannon as a mortar, get thier attention elsewhere while some of you do your thing in there." He shrugs. "I'm not the sneaky type, I'm liable to get you caught."
01[02:27] <@SilentBrony|GM> 3 Giggles looks at Dust_Off then lets her mouth hang open slightly as she looks about in her head in thought some more... Once she seems to recall that event, she widens her eyes and mouth in a smile as she gasps, then says loudly, "Oh yeah!"
06[02:29] * +Roy_Calbeck smiles fondly at the bubbleheaded alicorn.
06[02:29] * +Sagittis flops his ears down and looks over to the settlemet. "Shame we don't have that Jazz guy. He could have made a fake pony for them to shoot at and we could have a field day."
01[02:31] <@SilentBrony|GM> 3 Roy_Calbeck and Dust_Off see a couple of red blips on their EFS from the direction of the ruins suddenly appear... three of them... slowly moving about from left then right... then left again.
06[02:33] * +Dust_Off shakes her head, "No, we should have had Jazz in the party.  The sleazy forward propositioning was almost too much too bear."  She shifts her head left to right, following the blips.  "Patrol..."
06[02:33] * +Roy_Calbeck looks up. "Mm-hm. Three of 'em."
[02:33] <+Dust_Off> *Should not have Jazz
01[02:33] <@SilentBrony|GM> 3 Gawd Dust_Off, you and your mixed signals.
01[02:34] <@SilentBrony|GM> 3 Giggles looks confused at Dust_Off's words, "Huh?"
06[02:35] * +Sagittis narrows his eyes and smirks. "Any of you have some strong booze. Like vodka or absinth? I'm out of sleep powder." He slips into sneaky stance.
06[02:38] * +Roy_Calbeck gives with an easy smile. "Not fer a colt who wants t'murder me every now an' again."
06[02:38] * +Dust_Off taps her chin.  "Sooo...what's the plan?"
01[02:39] <@SilentBrony|GM> 3 The blips now go right... slowly... the same direction that the ground accessible street is.
06[02:40] * +Sour_Grape "We could try talkin' ta'em?"
06[02:41] * +Roy_Calbeck sits down on his haunches, starts rustling through his packs.
06[02:41] * +Sagittis glances to Sour_Grape. "If you like. You are the talky filly."
06[02:42] * +Roy_Calbeck fishes out a tin of Cram and a bottle of water, and has himself a cold supper.
06[02:44] * +Sour_Grape looks over at Roy, "I thought ya were sayin' folk were headin' this way with yer fancy hoof-o-majig."
[02:46] <+Roy_Calbeck> "I said they were on patrol.  Ask Dusty, she's got one."
01[02:52] <@SilentBrony|GM> 3 The group can hear voices coming from the street now, as the blips have stopped moving from left to right... Sour_Grape and Dust_Off are the only two of the Irregulars that can hear the faint gruff voices speaking... a male one saying, "...ey shitfucker, watch were ya steppin. followed by another stallions voice... this one... actually sounded really young... more like a colt... "Hey cut dat shit out! If I go boom and live, I'm gonna fuck you up cockstain!" A mare's voice then laughs in a raspy manner, then says, "Yea I'd like ta see dat, ya small little fuckhead." followed by a very loud, "OW! FUCK! You shriveled up cunt!" Then a loud slapping sound, followed by a short-lived scuffling.
06[02:53] * +Dust_Off looks at Sour_Grape, "You want to try talking to them."
06[02:54] * +Sour_Grape looks over at Dust_Off, "An' say what? Stop attackin' carvaans?"
06[02:55] * +Dust_Off shrugs, "You wanted to talk."
06[02:55] * +Roy_Calbeck is busy shoveling chunks of pork-like substance from the tin into his mouth, chewing with gusto.
06[02:55] * +Sour_Grape "Ah was bein' sarcastic, but guess ah can, cause ah still don't think all this shit adds up."
06[02:56] * +Sagittis tilts his head. "Clearly these are well trained professionals."
06[02:56] * +Sagittis "I'll cover you."
06[02:56] * +Dust_Off frowns, "Oh."
01[02:57] <@SilentBrony|GM> 3 "OW! OW! OW! FUUUCK! YER BREAKIN MY LEG!" the young voice screeches out, followed by the masculine, grown voice, "Yeah, keep fuckin crying like da little bitch ya are!" The raspy mare voice laughs then adds, "Say it! Who's a fuckin cunt? Huh? WHO?!" the young voice, completely mixed with pain screeches further, "AAAH FUCK Y- AAAAAAAH! OKAY FUCK, JUST STOP!"
01[02:58] <@SilentBrony|GM> 3 Giggles shrinks from the loud noises, slinking away from the street.
06[02:58] * +Sour_Grape walks out from behind cover into the open presumably to where she can see the trio, "Ya fuckers done? I need'a talk'ta Big Cheese." She was pretty sure that was the name Lil May gave.
06[02:59] * +Sagittis slinks out after Sour_Grape and does what he can to circle around the raiders.
06[03:00] * +Roy_Calbeck looks over at Giggles, swallowing hard. "Terrible, isn't it?"
06[03:00] * +Slag_Heap growls at the sound, but waits in cover.
01[03:03] <@SilentBrony|GM> 3 Sagittis sees the street isn't that large, having large piles of rubble here and there. Inbetween two piles of concrete and asphalt is a trio of ponies, each wearing similar armor the other three ponies wore, including those crude wooden masks. Sour_Grape sees along with the flufflecolt that one of the ponies is actually a foal, laying on his stomach with one of his forelegs wrapped towards his back, getting bent in an unnaturally painful angle, with a bulky stallion formed pony ontop of him doing the pulling. The other pony, a mareish formed one, pins one of her legs on the foal's back, then the two of them look up when the pegasus filly speaks...with the masks on their facial expressions are unreadible, but obviously they must be in surprise as they just look in her direction, with the foal continuing to squirm and screech out, "LET ME GO! FUCK!"
06[03:05] * +Sour_Grape rolls her eyes, "I said I needa talk to fucking Big Cheese, now are you gunna take me to him or do ah need bash yer fucking skulls in, and for fucks sake let that cunt go so he'll shut up."
01[03:10] <@SilentBrony|GM> 3 Seeming to come to their senses the two adult sized ponies release the bent foreleg and they both get up to their hooves each looking at each other, as the foal lets out a pained exhaling, then gets up speaking with anger, "Yer both fuckin shit-heads... I shou--ld... tooohh...." the foal trails his words off when he catches sight of Sour_Grape until he goes completely silent, then tilts his head somewhat, staring at her. The mare begins to trot forward, taking out a beat up assault rifle as she rasps out, "You got a fuckin death wish lil' filly? Who da fuck are ya? How do you know her?" The stallion behind her starts trotting behind her, pulling out an equally worn double-barrell shotgun speaking loudly in an angry voice, "Da fuck you say to me, you little bitch?!"
01[03:11] <@SilentBrony|GM> 3 Giggles stops and looks at Roy_Calbeck asking in a whisper, "What's happening? Why is she going out by herself?"
12[03:13] * Arcane_Scroll is now known as Arcane_Sleeping[A]
06[03:13] * +Slag_Heap looks at Roy_Calbeck and Dust_Off. "Reckon they'll need support?" He shifts his saddle. "Preferable fire, fire, and more fire?"
06[03:14] * +Sour_Grape doesn't look at all afraid, "I'm fucking Sour Grape and how I know her ain't any of your fucking business cunt." She looks equally unimpressed when the guy pulls out a beat up assault rifle. "I said I'd bash yer skulls in if ya don't let me in'ta go see her. Ah don't got all day, and unlike that cunt ya were pickin' on I don't piss myself when someone so much as touches
06[03:14] * +Sour_Grape me. I can go see her, or I can kill you, then see her anyway. Choice is yours, but don't take all day."
06[03:14] * +Roy_Calbeck looks back at Giggles. "She's trying to see if they can be nice, so we don't have to hurt them."
06[03:14] * +Dust_Off shrugs.  "Blow the wall, run in screaming...and shooting.  Shooting is key to the plan."
06[03:15] * +Sagittis takes minigun aim at the stallion for good measure.
06[03:15] * +Slag_Heap listens to Sour_Grape's diplomacy. "Such a colourful way with words..." he mutters. "She's good."
06[03:20] * +Dust_Off nods, "I'd have liked her as Council Chairfilly aback in the Enclave.  Just think of the progress.  'Help those plotlicking dirty ponies,' 'Don't brand traitorous cunts, just kill them,' and best of all 'more whores in flight school.'  truly an entitled statesfilly."
06[03:24] * +Slag_Heap blinks and looks at Dust_Off. "Why would you need more whores in flight school?"
01[03:24] <@SilentBrony|GM> 3 The stallion seems rather unimpressed and perturbed by Sour_Grape's audacity, retorting back, "Ain't none of our business?! Ya piece of fuckin filly shit, C'mere ya lil fuckin bitch! I'mma show ya who da fuck ya t--" the buck's words are cut off when the mare holds up a hoof, resting her assualt rifle on her shoulder and speaking, "Tough lil shit huh? Aight... I'm listenin... Grape... I'll bring ya ta Cheese..." her tone sounding a mix of amusement and... deviousness. The foal says outloud indignantly, "I wuzn't... pissin myself... cunt..." he mumbles something that the filly can't hear.
06[03:25] * +Dust_Off snorts, "Already enough whores there, a bunch of stupid, graceless tramps." She say bitterly.
01[03:25] <@SilentBrony|GM> 3 Giggles mumbles, "They don't sound nice at all..."
06[03:25] * +Sour_Grape doesn't even address the foal but says to the mare, "Figured ya'd be tha brains of this little group here, not wastin' my fuckin' time." She moves to follow the mare, or shotgun her, if it looked like that was the way things were going.
06[03:25] * +Roy_Calbeck looks up at Giggles. "No, they don't... they've had a very hard life. Not much to be happy about."
06[03:26] * +Slag_Heap chuckles at Dust_Off. "Somepony sounds jealous."
06[03:27] * +Sagittis skulks after Sour_Grape and the others.
06[03:27] * +Roy_Calbeck finishes up his meal, stowing the empty can and bottle for later disposal. "Looks like she's in. C'mon, let's keep a shadow on 'er."
[03:27] <+Roy_Calbeck> "Or at least, on Sagi.  That'll keep us far enough back, I think."
01[03:28] <@SilentBrony|GM> 3 The mare tilts her head, but her facial features are indistinguishable, as she waits until Sour_Grape passes her, keeping her assault rifle out but not aimed. The foal continues to stare at the filly as well, again, mask making his expression unreadable. The stallion however mutters when she passes by, "Better hope Cheese don't give me tha okay ta teach ya sum respect, bitch. I promise ya won't forget it." Sour_Grape can see that the road leads down to a three way intersection, though the right side seems to have more rubble blocking that path.
06[03:30] * +Sour_Grape doesn't really know where she's going but keeps looking around to try and remember it, she also follows the mare, but doesn't say much to her.
01[03:30] <@SilentBrony|GM> 3 Giggles whimpers when she sees Sour_Grape exit her view, asking quietly, "A-Are... we fo-following her? In there?" looking at Roy_Calbeck she just shifts uncomfortably, "Thats why they're so mean?"
06[03:30] * +Dust_Off snarls at Slag_Heap, "Ah am not jealous of those hussies.  They made my life hayell, an' can't fly worth shit."  She crouches down to follow sneakily behind Sagittis.
06[03:31] * +Slag_Heap smirks. "alright, I get it." He watches from behind the rock. "Bet they didn't even graduate."
01[03:32] <@SilentBrony|GM> 3 When Dust_Off snarls, of which Sour_Grape can even hear, causes the mare to stop and turn quickly towards the end of the street, the stallion turning to her and asking, "Da fuck? You hear sumthin?" to which the mare gives a slow nodding.
[03:32] <+Roy_Calbeck> "Mm-hm.  On both counts.  Now shush, I think they might've seen us."
06[03:33] * +Roy_Calbeck hunkers down behind some rubble.
06[03:33] * +Sour_Grape rolls her eyes, "Are we fucking going or what?"
06[03:35] * +Dust_Off hunkers down behind Roy_Calbeck who is hunkered down behind some rubble.
06[03:35] * +Sagittis glances over to Dust_Off as she almost blows the whole thing.
01[03:36] <@SilentBrony|GM> 3 The mare continues to look down the street then looks at the foal and says to him, "Do something useful. If this lil bitch here does anything, blow her fuckin brains out." With that she nods over to the stallion to follow her, as she makes her way down the street... slowly. The foal looks at her for a moment then pulls out a 10mm SMG and points it at Sour_Grape's head, staring at her. The stallion follows after the mare, the two looking about wildly.
06[03:38] * +Sour_Grape snerks at the widdle foal trying to be tough by threatening her, "If ah wanted ta fight ya fuckers, I would'a already. Now are ya takin' me ta Cheese or what?"
06[03:38] * +Roy_Calbeck mouths his service rifle. No levitation magic to give his position away...
01[03:39] <@SilentBrony|GM> 3 The mare looks over at Sour_Grape and rasps out harshly, "Say another fuckin word and it'll be tha last thing you say. Shut the fuck up for now." then continues slowly down the way. The foal is bigger in size than Sour_Grape, but is still fairly young, as he looks continues to just stare at her.
06[03:40] * +Sour_Grape rolls her eyes indgnantly but doesn't say anything, if only to prevent a conflict at this juncture. She still doesn't look at all afraid though, or care that the colt was bigger than her.
06[03:41] * +Sagittis figures Sour_Grape can handle the mare and makes the stallion his target one, figuring that if the buck turned to red mist, the foal would wet himself and give up.
06[03:41] * +Dust_Off looks around for her designated enemy...trees.
06[03:41] * +Roy_Calbeck sights in on the mare.
06[03:41] * +Roy_Calbeck carefully nudges his rifle over the mess of rubble...
01[03:44] <@SilentBrony|GM> 3 The masked mare and stallion trot their way past Sagittis, not seeing his ultra sneakyself, as the foal holding the 10mm SMG can be heard gulping slightly, his tone nervous as he speaks quietly to Sour_Grape, "Uhh... I uhh... like your... sh-shotgun." the masked adult ponies stop near the end of the street looking out to the trees, slowly scanning the horizon, but not seeming to spot anything.
06[03:45] * +Roy_Calbeck holds his breath.
06[03:45] * +Sour_Grape snerks and tries to keep from laughing at the colt, "Thanks, I do too."
06[03:46] * +Dust_Off comically holds her breath with puffed out cheeks.
06[03:46] * +Slag_Heap just sits there behind cover.
06[03:46] * +Roy_Calbeck blinks at Dust_Off, then almost loses it trying not to laugh.
01[03:48] <@SilentBrony|GM> 3 Giggles is next to Dust_Off whimpering. The masked raider mare seems to be satisfied as she slowly turns to the Stallion and speaks, "Guess it's dem fuckin manticores. Well lets get back and... bring Cheese... this new foal." Her tone again devious in nature. The colt speaking to Sour_Grape fidgets a little, speaking further in a quiet voice, "Umm.. I.. like your name too? Uhhmm it's pretty..."
06[03:49] * +Sour_Grape smiles a little bit at the awkward colt, "Thanks again... I never did catch your name."
06[03:50] * +Slag_Heap looks over his hooves. Old and cracked, as always. "should invest in a hooficure..." he mutters to himself.
06[03:50] * +Roy_Calbeck peers out after the departing pair. "Guess we should let Sagittis take this one by himself. Rest've us almost blew it right there."
06[03:53] * +Slag_Heap is still behind cover. "Speak for yourself, Roy."
01[03:55] <@SilentBrony|GM> 3 The foal seems to relax slightly as he speaks in a noticeably happier tone to Sour_Grape, "It's Clap Trap." When the mare and stallion return to the two foals, the mare rasps out in a teasing voice, "More like 'Annoying Bitch'. Watcha two talkin 'bout huh? Is Bitchface here gettin all sweet on you loudmouth?" the mare directs her question to Sour.
01[03:55] <@SilentBrony|GM> (smartmouth not loudmouth)
06[03:56] * +Sour_Grape looks over at the mare, "Think he's tryin' anyway, kind'a cute, even with'tha bitch face."
06[03:56] * +Dust_Off stays crouched.  "Yes, we stay here....Slag_Heap was breathing so loud they could have shot us in the dark."
06[03:57] * +Roy_Calbeck smiles at Dust_Off. "By th' by, you look cute with puffy cheeks."
06[03:57] * +Roy_Calbeck salutes quickly, "Ma'am."
06[03:58] * +Dust_Off glares at Roy_Calbeck, "That is highly inappropriate,"  She looks away towards Sour_Grape, "And very true."
06[03:58] * +Slag_Heap snorts at Dust_Off. "Yeah, sure."
01[03:59] <@SilentBrony|GM> 3 The foal turns to the mare, putting his weapon down and speaking out angrily, "Fuck you, you shriveled slut, I wuz j-- uhhh you do?" his tone shifting to surprise as he looks back to Sour_Grape. The stallion groans loudly and says, "Fuckin GO! Already! FUCK!" The mare gives a raspy chuckling then says, "Yea yea yea, lets go... before bitchface here tries ta say anything else fuckin stupid... Ya ain't even got a chance, bitchface, she's got more balls than you, she'd probably eat you alive." The colt turns and replies angrily, "Shut up! I wuzn't even thinkin that!"
06[04:01] * +Sour_Grape snerks and lets out a giggle. These three should go on the road as a comedy routine, "Lets go already."
06[04:01] * +Sagittis slinks along behind the four.
06[04:03] * +Dust_Off frowns,  "Oops...there goes our demolitions.  So 'Blow the wall and run in screaming' is no longer viable."
06[04:03] * +Slag_Heap peeks out of cover. "You got wings, you could fly in and... well, do something or other."
06[04:04] * +Roy_Calbeck looks aside at Slag. "Don't give 'er ideas..."
01[04:05] <@SilentBrony|GM> 3 Thus we must end our session here, what awaits the group within the ruins of Gaskinville? How are these raiders able to control the manticores? Who is this Big Cheese? What is Coltumbia if not an arch for another time? Find out the answers to the questions on the next exciting sessions of Star Group, Fallout Equestria!
01[04:05] <@SilentBrony|GM> 3 ---------------------------- SESSION 44 END ----------------------------------------