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Fallout: Beyond Equestria 112: Origin Story (Part 28)

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  1. [2014-11-26 13:25:27] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Previously...
  2. [2014-11-26 13:25:37] <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. [2014-11-26 13:25:44] <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. [2014-11-26 13:25:52] <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. [2014-11-26 13:25:53] <Mare-Do-Well> 3---
  6. [2014-11-26 13:26:12] <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?"
  7. [2014-11-26 13:26:24] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Bookwright 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.
  8. [2014-11-26 13:26:38] <Mare-Do-Well> 3---
  9. [2014-11-26 13:27:19] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Shatara moves into the crevasse. Inside, on a small lip of rock, sits a treasure chest -- very ornate, made of petrified chtitlan and precious metals. The metal glint was from the large lock made of blue gold.
  10. [2014-11-26 13:28:20] <Mare-Do-Well> 3---
  11. [2014-11-26 13:28:59] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Golden_Dream frowns, then rifles through the pockets.
  12. [2014-11-26 13:29:06] <Mare-Do-Well> 3This felt different. This didn't have that nothing feeling that digging through a person's personal effects normally meant. On top of everything, on top of the whole zebra debacle, the crystal pony she killed, everything before that, she felt wrong for going through the stuff of somebody she looked up to as a littler kid.
  13. [2014-11-26 13:29:20] <Mare-Do-Well> 3CopyCat speaks to Golden_Dream quietly. "We're here finishing her mission. If we find something of hers, then we could leave it somewhere more suitable."
  14. [2014-11-26 13:29:37] <Mare-Do-Well> 3From this position, CopyCat can see stone stairs spiraling down along the wall of the abyss. The stairs once began at the far end of the bridge, but the first hundred feet have been torn away, as if by a great, angry hoof.
  15. [2014-11-26 13:29:46] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Golden Dream finds a crumpled piece of paper, an empty tube of Wonderglue and a detonator switch.
  16. [2014-11-26 13:29:53] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Golden_Dream has a very alarmed expression on her face. "This is a detonator switch." Shit, did Daring Do rig this place to blow before she left? She read the letter with some expediency. Maybe it told her where the explosives were?
  17. [2014-11-26 13:30:16] <Mare-Do-Well> 3CopyCat swallows, looking at the damaged stair. She points it out to Golden_Dream. "I don't think I want to meet whatever did... that." She tilts her head. "Do you think it was to stop something from following... or escaping?"
  18. [2014-11-26 13:30:26] <Mare-Do-Well> 3The letter cracks and flakes apart as it is opened. It appears to be a receipt, most of which is in zebra. But beneath the glyph for the store name is written "B.S. Jewelers" in Equestrian.
  19. [2014-11-26 13:30:29] <Mare-Do-Well> 3---
  20. [2014-11-26 13:30:39] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Shatara tries to figure out how to get the jacket off the bridge.
  21. [2014-11-26 13:31:03] <Mare-Do-Well> 3The back of the jacket seems to have fused to the stone in a manner reminiscent of damage by pink cloud. Shatara could cut the jacket loose by cutting away the top layer of the material for the back of the jacket.
  22. [2014-11-26 13:31:20] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Shatara gets to work as best he can. Shatara soon has the jacket free with minimal damage. Still, there is a long strip of olive cloth missing from the back, right between the wing-holes. CopyCat smiles when their griffin friend returns. "Thank you, Shatara."
  23. [2014-11-26 13:31:28] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Golden_Dream raises an eyebrow and looks down. Nooooo. Couldn't be. "... What'd you find down there, Shatara?" She asked a lot more quietly than before.
  24. [2014-11-26 13:31:38] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Shatara tilts his head. "Some ridicoulously ornate box?"
  25. [2014-11-26 13:31:49] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Bookwright "Did it have treasure in it? It could be what the zebras—" He waves a hoof at the still flailing Kifaa "—are looking for."
  26. [2014-11-26 13:31:52] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Shatara blinks. "Do I look like I have x-ray vision...?"
  27. [2014-11-26 13:32:03] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Get_Lost asks, "or... it is booby trapped"
  28. [2014-11-26 13:32:14] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Get_Lost notes casually, "with a couple of weks and the proper lab i could give you x-ray, you know..."
  29. [2014-11-26 13:32:22] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Bookwright seems flabbergasted. "You mean you found a treasure chest and you didn't look inside? Who are you and what did you do with Shatara!?"
  30. [2014-11-26 13:32:29] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Golden_Dream blinks. "Wait, we got a big ol' ornate treasure chest and we dunno what's inside it? What if it's th' key thing?"
  31. [2014-11-26 13:32:35] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Shatara acks. "Since when was openning locked and probably trapped containers that probably dont have ammo my department?" 6_9
  32. [2014-11-26 13:32:50] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Get_Lost asks, "want me to givr it a go?"
  33. [2014-11-26 13:32:54] <Mare-Do-Well> 3CopyCat goes wide-eyed with desire for treasure. "Yus!"
  34. [2014-11-26 13:33:13] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Get_Lost asks, "okay... so, do i come up there or you take thr thing down here on the stairs?"
  35. [2014-11-26 13:33:24] <Mare-Do-Well> 3CopyCat brings Get_Lost to the chest with telekinesis.
  36. [2014-11-26 13:33:39] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Get_Lost checks the chest "wow... talk about overdoing things..."
  37. [2014-11-26 13:33:45] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Get_Lost examines the chest, and finds it unlike any she has seen before. There are no seems. No crack where the lid should separate. Keyhole is overly large, and the lock itself has no tumblers or mechanisms.
  38. [2014-11-26 13:34:06] <Mare-Do-Well> 3...
  39. [2014-11-26 13:34:18] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Fallout: Beyond Equestria, Session One Hundred and Twelve: Origin Story (Part Twenty-Eight) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SSUQxGjZZ4
  40. [2014-11-26 13:34:29] <Mare-Do-Well> 3--- Session Begins ---
  41. [2014-11-26 13:36:29] <Mare-Do-Well> 3The hot air coming up from the pit ruffles the fleathers of Shatara and the flying ponies. It is not a steady wind, more like a barely perceptible and rhythmic exhalation.
  42. [2014-11-26 13:37:31] * Bookwright does not have feathers. Bookwright has monarch butterfly wings. Nevertheless, he is ruffled.
  43. [2014-11-26 13:38:19] * CopyCat tilts her head. Get_Lost was not squeeling with glee, so it looked like they weren't having any luck getting into that chest. She glances at Bookwright. "Do you feel that hot wind too?"
  44. [2014-11-26 13:39:14] * Bookwright nods, "Yeah, it's like... I don't know, breathing. Perhaps that giant snake mouth entrance was more literal than we thought?"
  45. [2014-11-26 13:39:18] * Get_Lost "nope... can't open this one... we need the proper key. probably, it's magical"
  46. [2014-11-26 13:40:05] * Golden_Dream pulls out all the items that she could find that she got from the room and anything that could be considered Daring Do's. "Right." She whispered. "Which one first?"
  47. [2014-11-26 13:45:55] * CopyCat grimaces at Bookwright. "Oh, dear... I hope not." She looks at the disgruntled zebra floating in Bookwright's magic field. "Please keep our guest... upright. If you can."
  48. [2014-11-26 13:46:39] * Bookwright sighs, and restores Kifaa to the upright position.
  49. [2014-11-26 13:49:30] * Get_Lost is still trying to check if there's a way to open the chest besides having the proper key
  50. [2014-11-26 13:50:09] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Kifaa makes grumbling noises.
  51. [2014-11-26 13:50:55] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Get_Lost is unable to find an alternate way. Either the lock is magical, or the chest isn't supposed to open at all.
  52. [2014-11-26 13:50:58] * Bookwright "We're down here anyways, uh, Shatara? Can you ask her what we should be looking for?"
  53. [2014-11-26 13:51:11] * Bookwright is pointing at Kifaa.
  54. [2014-11-26 13:52:15] * Shatara doesn't speak stripeypone.
  55. [2014-11-26 13:53:10] * Noble_Heart peers down into the depths below quietly. This was unsettling. And worrying.
  56. [2014-11-26 13:58:48] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Noble_Heart thinks she spots something shifting down in the darkness below.
  57. [2014-11-26 13:58:52] * Golden_Dream sighs. And then with this horribly grave expression on her face, starts just rubbing stuff on the chest, starting with the friendship necklace.
  58. [2014-11-26 13:59:45] * Noble_Heart frowns, blinking a moment and shaking her head. "We should not remain long. Things are lurking in the darkness."
  59. [2014-11-26 14:02:08] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Nothing happens when the friendship necklace is rubbed against the chest.
  60. [2014-11-26 14:03:33] * Golden_Dream starts trying with the polaroid (softly). And then the helmet. And then the blunderbuss. And then the horn.
  61. [2014-11-26 14:07:00] * Bookwright frowns. "We should just bring the whole thing back up with us."
  62. [2014-11-26 14:07:01] <Mare-Do-Well> 3A blazing silver-blue light erupts from the lock, enveloping the powder horn. The horn is pulled from Golden_Dream's grasp, spinning in the air. In a bright flash that casts stark shadows across the walls of the pit, the horn transforms into a key!
  63. [2014-11-26 14:08:00] <Mare-Do-Well> 3The key is large, with an ornate handle shaped like a cascade of teardrops. The light from the lock focuses into a beam, drawing the key into itself.
  64. [2014-11-26 14:08:01] * Bookwright "...nevermind!"
  65. [2014-11-26 14:10:32] * Golden_Dream will leave that smug expression for a better location. Right now she just wants to find Rainbow Dash and get out. She should've never let her out of her sight. "... Noble, c'mere."
  66. [2014-11-26 14:11:25] <Mare-Do-Well> 3In the flash of light, Noble_Heart spots what looks like wisps of white gauze in the Orcus Pit below.
  67. [2014-11-26 14:12:00] * Get_Lost "well, another point to the try everything on everything solving method. take that, lucasarts"
  68. [2014-11-26 14:12:13] * Get_Lost nodnods approvingly
  69. [2014-11-26 14:12:26] * Noble_Heart looks up towards the thing, having just spotted the wisps of white light. "We should leave before we open the box. It was hidden for a reason."
  70. [2014-11-26 14:13:16] * Get_Lost "leave? aren't we going to explore deeper down?"
  71. [2014-11-26 14:14:17] * Bookwright "I think Golden Dream should have the honor of opening the box."
  72. [2014-11-26 14:15:05] * CopyCat grins, flying as close as she could to the crevasse and trying to hug Golden_Dream... but her hooves wouldn't reach. "Well done Goldy!. Get_Lost, give her a hug for me."
  73. [2014-11-26 14:15:44] * Get_Lost hugs goldie "here you go, good filly!"
  74. [2014-11-26 14:16:06] * Golden_Dream stashes the key. "... Yeah, good point, Noble. But where's th' goblet, then?"
  75. [2014-11-26 14:18:13] <Mare-Do-Well> 3A line of light etches its way around the chest where the lid should be.
  76. [2014-11-26 14:18:59] * Golden_Dream is hugged by a cyberpone. "I ain't done nothin' yet."
  77. [2014-11-26 14:19:17] <Mare-Do-Well> 3The chest pops open with a melodious sound. The silver-blue light fades down to a tiny pinprick of deep blue
  78. [2014-11-26 14:19:58] * Get_Lost smiles "what about we open it here instead?" points at the opened chest
  79. [2014-11-26 14:20:27] <Mare-Do-Well> 3That spark of light is emanating from the heart of a star sapphire set into the center of a dark metal amulet, surrounded by a motif of tears.
  80. [2014-11-26 14:20:29] * Get_Lost puts her nose in the newfound loot! glorious loot!
  81. [2014-11-26 14:20:44] * Golden_Dream blinks, then looks at the chest. Shit, the presence of it must've opened it! Fucking magic! She quickly looked inside to snatch what was inside before the zebra could see what it was. "Noble, c'mere, now."
  82. [2014-11-26 14:21:33] * Get_Lost "meh... it's just some emo decoration... did someone want to go gothb and ordered this trash?"
  83. [2014-11-26 14:21:41] <Get_Lost> *goth
  84. [2014-11-26 14:21:44] * Noble_Heart moves up towards Golden Dream. "We are here."
  85. [2014-11-26 14:23:51] <Mare-Do-Well> 3The amulet is the only item in the chest. The necklace chain looks to be made from pure silver. The dark metal is flaked with blue gold.
  86. [2014-11-26 14:24:30] * Get_Lost checks the thing with her magic field vision
  87. [2014-11-26 14:24:37] * Golden_Dream grabs the amulet and then puts it right in with her things. "Noble, keep that safe. Fer th' love of everythin', keep that safe."
  88. [2014-11-26 14:25:45] * Get_Lost frowns at grabby goldie "hey, what's the big idea? i was checking it!"
  89. [2014-11-26 14:27:16] <Mare-Do-Well> 3The amulet feels heavy in Golden_Dream's saddlebag, like the metal and stone weigh more than they should.
  90. [2014-11-26 14:29:24] <Mare-Do-Well> 3(correction, Noble_Heart's saddlebag)
  91. [2014-11-26 14:30:07] * Noble_Heart blinks, then frowns and nods her head. "We shall do all in Our power to keep those who would abuse it away from it."
  92. [2014-11-26 14:30:40] * CopyCat 's eyes go wide at the glimpse of the amulet she got. "Ooh, pretty."
  93. [2014-11-26 14:32:52] * Bookwright "I don't like to jump to conclusions, but I'd say that's what we came here for. Or, well, the Zebras, anyways."
  94. [2014-11-26 14:33:44] * Get_Lost "we were looking for an amulet to give to the reapers, right? could it be that one?"
  95. [2014-11-26 14:34:07] * CopyCat tilts her head, looking at Bookwright and Kifaa. "I thought they were looking for a Goblet of some kind?"
  96. [2014-11-26 14:35:12] * Shatara nods.
  97. [2014-11-26 14:35:31] * Golden_Dream looks down. "They're lookin' fer th' Griffon Goblet. Which means Shatara might come in useful."
  98. [2014-11-26 14:35:59] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Kifaa is staring, wide-eyed.
  99. [2014-11-26 14:36:29] * Noble_Heart shakes her head. "We do not know where such a goblet would be. But it is doubtful to be down in this pit. Or recoverable if it is."
  100. [2014-11-26 14:36:30] * CopyCat nod nods at Golden_Dream. "Because of his capacity for storing fluids!"
  101. [2014-11-26 14:36:43] * Bookwright rotates Kifaa to facing away from the group.
  102. [2014-11-26 14:37:16] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Kifaa protests loudly in a string of zebra curses.
  103. [2014-11-26 14:37:49] * Get_Lost "parlay, fly down and take a couple of picture, please"
  104. [2014-11-26 14:40:05] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Parlay swoops downward, beeping obediently
  105. [2014-11-26 14:41:11] <Mare-Do-Well> 3After a minute, Parlay returns. With pictures.
  106. [2014-11-26 14:42:24] * Get_Lost broadcastds the pictures on everyone's pipbuck
  107. [2014-11-26 14:42:36] * Bookwright doesn't have a pipbuck.
  108. [2014-11-26 14:42:44] * Get_Lost "let's see what we have down there..."
  109. [2014-11-26 14:42:58] * Shatara examines pictures.
  110. [2014-11-26 14:43:26] * Get_Lost patpats parlay "good girl"
  111. [2014-11-26 14:44:23] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Shatara and Golden_Dream get images from Parlay and Get_Lost. About fifty feet farther down, there are webs stretching across the abyss. Layers of them, many of which are in tatters.
  112. [2014-11-26 14:44:50] * Get_Lost "so... we proceed?"
  113. [2014-11-26 14:47:58] * Golden_Dream clicks the pipbuck buttons and scans through the images. "Spider webs. Weathered things. We might be dealin' with huge pissed off spiders, or tiny super venomous spiders. Either way, everypony be /very/ careful what gets on you. In fact, it might be smart t' get into th' bubbles."
  114. [2014-11-26 14:49:25] * Bookwright "If we do get into bubbles, what about Kifaa? I can't exactly levitate her inside one of those bubbles, the shield magic cuts off the telekinesis."
  115. [2014-11-26 14:49:31] * CopyCat nickers. "Bubbles are tiring and you can't fight back. I'll keep them ready for an emergency but I'd rather not otherwise.
  116. [2014-11-26 14:49:36] <CopyCat> *"
  117. [2014-11-26 14:50:50] * Golden_Dream sighs. "If we ain't gonna be protected, then I don't really wanna go into what might be a den fulla tiny extremely venomous spiders."
  118. [2014-11-26 14:52:19] * Get_Lost taps her chin "do you know that spiderwebs are made from the same stuff of silk? single threads are very, veeery flammable... the only thing i'm afraid of is that the vamp could be longer than 50 meters"
  119. [2014-11-26 14:52:58] * Bookwright "I have a variety of powerful energy weapons. I ain't afraid of no ghosts. Um. No offense, Rainbow."
  120. [2014-11-26 14:53:00] * Noble_Heart frowns. "We are conerned that the webs may not be made by spiders at all. But may be made of something to keep the things below within."
  121. [2014-11-26 14:53:22] * Golden_Dream slumps. And then get very depressed. "... Rainbow ain't here, Bookie."
  122. [2014-11-26 14:53:36] * Get_Lost "well, that's always an option"
  123. [2014-11-26 14:54:38] * Get_Lost "still, we have pirates at ourtails... going back sounds bad"
  124. [2014-11-26 14:58:17] * CopyCat sighs. "Well Golden_Dream we need to find that Goblet if we want the zebras with the large cannons to play nice and the Daring Do stories say it fell down here. We're going to have to go down there." She smiles. "If there are hundreds of tiny creepy crawlies then you can play in a bubble again." She glances at Shatara. "But some of our friends do /not/ like to be caged at all."
  125. [2014-11-26 14:59:18] * Shatara has power armor with optional environmental seals.
  126. [2014-11-26 15:01:00] * Bookwright looks disconcerted. "Er, right. Um. Sorry Golden. Um."
  127. [2014-11-26 15:04:42] * Bookwright looks downwards. "Spiders are not my favorite arthropods."
  128. [2014-11-26 15:08:07] * CopyCat nods at Golden_Dream. "Goldy, are you with me again?"
  129. [2014-11-26 15:09:51] * Golden_Dream gulps. "Yeah. Yeah, I guess so." Her demeanor took a hit. She was really worried, and more than slightly panicked. It felt like there was this huge heavy ball made of storms stuck in her heart and gut.
  130. [2014-11-26 15:10:19] * Bookwright has a big heavy zebra full of piss and vinegar! But he's not sure that Golden_Dream wants that.
  131. [2014-11-26 15:12:08] * Get_Lost starts trotting downstairs to check this web personally. scientists need facts
  132. [2014-11-26 15:13:51] * CopyCat lifts up Golden_Dream with her magic and sets the young mare on her back. "We'll look for her, Goldy. Just, for now, we've got to keep moving." She looks at Bookwright, Shatara, and Noble_Heart. "Let's continue. Onwards and... downwards."
  133. [2014-11-26 15:14:44] * Bookwright "I'm alright with that plan, but I'm starting to have visions of butterflies stuck in spider webs being eaten by spiders and it's doing bad things to my blood pressure. Could we maybe, uh, clear the cobwebs first?"
  134. [2014-11-26 15:14:58] <Mare-Do-Well> 3The stairs wind down and down. The hot breath of the abyss makes the air feel stifling.
  135. [2014-11-26 15:15:58] * CopyCat whinnies. "Some stallions just want to watch the world burn..."
  136. [2014-11-26 15:16:18] <Mare-Do-Well> 3The first bits of webbing hang from the craggy walls of the abyss, fluttering in the unearthly breeze.
  137. [2014-11-26 15:16:49] * Bookwright shakes his head. "Nuh-uh. I just don't want to set the world on fire, okay?"
  138. [2014-11-26 15:19:06] * CopyCat blinks as she watches Get_Lost heading down the stairs just fine. "Oh. Haha... ha." She sets Golden_Dream on the stairs behind Get_Lost. CopyCat smiles sheepishly.
  139. [2014-11-26 15:19:14] <Mare-Do-Well> 3As the ponies and griffin descend, their lights catch more and more webs, strung across the abyss like giant hammocks, moving faintly with each pulse of the chasm's breath. For the first dozen feet, the webs are torn apart, strands clinging to the walls like white flags.
  140. [2014-11-26 15:19:32] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Below, the webs are torn, ragged... the result of many falling objects having torn through as they fell.
  141. [2014-11-26 15:20:34] * Golden_Dream lets herself be floated on and off. She doesn't really look like she's in good shape. She just follows Copycat through the dark, somewhat thoughtlessly.
  142. [2014-11-26 15:20:37] * Get_Lost looks amazed at the webs, then switches to magical field view "let's see if something got trapped while falling..."
  143. [2014-11-26 15:20:40] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Here and there, members of the group spot bundles of webs holding skeletons or dessicated husks, many in ancient armor.
  144. [2014-11-26 15:23:40] * Golden_Dream idly wonders why ancient armor was always so heavy.
  145. [2014-11-26 15:23:55] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Other objects are stuck in parts of the webs. Stones. Helmets. Golden_Dream spots a spear entangled in white strands. Get_Lost notices a cracked lantern, its fuel long evaporated. Bookwright sees a bronze shield, emblazoned with a zebra tribal symbol. Noble_Heart catches sight of a mangled turret.
  146. [2014-11-26 15:24:34] * Bookwright "This is really weird. Why is there so much garbage down here?"
  147. [2014-11-26 15:25:08] * CopyCat mutters quietly within earshot of Golden_Dream. "Weighed down by memories."
  148. [2014-11-26 15:25:08] * Noble_Heart frowns. "There was a battle somewhere above. A fortification was at the top of these stairs... And was destroyed."
  149. [2014-11-26 15:25:09] * Golden_Dream simply replied. "This ain't garbage." Her voice was scratchy.
  150. [2014-11-26 15:26:10] <Mare-Do-Well> 3The worst of the holes are all on one side of the chasm, where the first fifty yards of webbing have all torn away completely, and the webs below that have massive holes.
  151. [2014-11-26 15:28:11] <Mare-Do-Well> 3CopyCat spots what looks like a hung of blasting explosives, wet and crusted, entangled in a bit of web. Not far from it, the dessicated body of something vaguely arachnid... and vaguely pony.
  152. [2014-11-26 15:29:41] * CopyCat tilts her head and points towards the hunk of explosives?... and the spider-pone... "Look."
  153. [2014-11-26 15:29:43] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Deep below the most damaged area, having plunged through nearly a hundred yards of webbing before getting stuck, is a large boulder. There are a few others visible nearby.
  154. [2014-11-26 15:31:45] <Mare-Do-Well> 3One of the boulders is oddly and unnaturally cut, and after a moment, Get_Lost realizes that the stone was part of the stairs far above.
  155. [2014-11-26 15:31:49] * Noble_Heart nods her head. "The stairs above were blasted loose. The boulders must have fallen into the webs, and ripped away at them until the accumulation was enough to stop their descent..."
  156. [2014-11-26 15:33:18] * Get_Lost "trying to cut webs could be tricky..."
  157. [2014-11-26 15:33:36] <Mare-Do-Well> 3The massive tears from the boulders provide a way to go lower without getting stuck in the webs.
  158. [2014-11-26 15:34:01] <Mare-Do-Well> 3(At least, until you reach where the boulders themselves got stuck.)
  159. [2014-11-26 15:34:48] * Bookwright "What I don't get is why the zebras got sent down here after something that was in a chest they couldn't open."
  160. [2014-11-26 15:35:23] * Shatara blinks at Bookwright. "Does that amulet look grail-shaped to you?"
  161. [2014-11-26 15:35:47] * CopyCat hums, thinking. "If these boulders got stuck then perhaps the Goblet we are looking for is stuck as well." She turns to Bookwright, blinking. "Because they weren't after the amulet?"
  162. [2014-11-26 15:36:35] * Get_Lost "iu'm keeping an eye for magical fields... so far, no luck... still, i can't see very far"
  163. [2014-11-26 15:37:11] * Bookwright "Right, sorry. My thinking got twisted up in my head."
  164. [2014-11-26 15:38:27] * Get_Lost "also, i could have a better idea to deal with the webs..." the mare gets an instant ice pray from a doctor back and sparys a nearby web, then pokes it
  165. [2014-11-26 15:39:22] <Mare-Do-Well> 3The web freezes, then cracks at the touch.
  166. [2014-11-26 15:39:29] * CopyCat nods. "So the Goblet we're looking for more is probably shiny and metal... Because cool important things are shiny. We can go lower through the tears those boulders made and shine lights to see if anything metal catches our eye." She looks at her friends. "Sound like a plan?"
  167. [2014-11-26 15:45:59] * Get_Lost starts workig on something
  168. [2014-11-26 15:46:25] * Noble_Heart frowns then nods her head slowly. "It should be doable."
  169. [2014-11-26 15:48:24] * Golden_Dream bites her lip and then nods. Business now, sorrow later.
  170. [2014-11-26 15:50:04] * Get_Lost can't put together herr toy, but sees stuff
  171. [2014-11-26 15:50:42] * Get_Lost frowns "i still think an iceflamer was a good idea... fire is overrated"
  172. [2014-11-26 15:50:50] <Mare-Do-Well> 3The ponies and griffin fly lower, deftly avoiding the webs by traveling through the huge gaps torn by the boulders.
  173. [2014-11-26 15:51:54] <Mare-Do-Well> 3As they descend, Get_Lost spots the grail-like object trapped in the webs. To her magic sense, it is glowing like a beacon.
  174. [2014-11-26 15:53:20] * Get_Lost "there! i think i found it!"
  175. [2014-11-26 15:53:43] <Mare-Do-Well> 3The grail-shaped beacon is stuck about fifteen feet into fairly dense webbing.
  176. [2014-11-26 15:54:44] <Mare-Do-Well> 3As the party reaches the closest they can get without getting stuck, Golden_Dream spots the ghostly form of Mare-Do-Well... entangled in the webs!
  177. [2014-11-26 15:55:35] * Golden_Dream looks at the grail, then exhales. Mare-Do-Well... Wait, Mare-Do-Well. MARE DO WELL. "Rainbow! Rainbow, can 'y hear me?" She whispers.
  178. [2014-11-26 15:55:35] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Bookwright can barely make out the metal grail trapped in the webs.
  179. [2014-11-26 15:57:23] * Mare-Do-Well 3flails, but it only seems to get her stuck tighter. The spider-like strands latch onto her ghostly form as if she were tangible. After a moment, she stops fighting and slumps. In a deadpan voice, "I found the Griffin's Goblet."
  180. [2014-11-26 15:57:40] * Get_Lost "where is she!?" the mare starts looking around frantically
  181. [2014-11-26 15:57:58] * CopyCat is too busy being Golden_Dream's noble steed to look for things herself! She looks where Goldy was pointed. "Ohh, Rainbow Dash!" She tilts her head. "You're stuck."
  182. [2014-11-26 15:58:30] * CopyCat suddenly gasps and looks around. "Be careful for giant spider ghosts!"
  183. [2014-11-26 15:58:32] * Mare-Do-Well 3stares at CopyCat
  184. [2014-11-26 15:58:40] * Bookwright rotates Kifaa to face the goblet and points at it, looking at her face for confirmation.
  185. [2014-11-26 15:59:01] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Kifaa stares, then nods frantically.
  186. [2014-11-26 15:59:51] * Bookwright "Okay, that's the thing the zebras came here for. Now we just need to extract it from the webs without getting caught in them ourselves. Also, how in the heck did a ghost get tangled up in spiderwebs!?"
  187. [2014-11-26 16:00:33] * CopyCat whisper-yells at Bookwright. "Spiiiider ghooooosts!"
  188. [2014-11-26 16:00:53] * Golden_Dream shrugs. "This is fuckin' Tartarus dude, this place were designed t' contain stuff like ghosts. Now get a knife 'r somethin' and get her out!"
  189. [2014-11-26 16:01:26] * Get_Lost takes a sparkle cola and opens a bag of instant ice, tosse some of it in the bottle, then starts shaking and point the bottle at the wabs "let's make some space!"
  190. [2014-11-26 16:04:30] * Golden_Dream quietly calls out to Get_Lost. "Gimme a scalpel, Get! 'R, at least, get Copycat a knife, I ain't puttin' m' face by that."
  191. [2014-11-26 16:06:04] * Get_Lost sighs and offers the largest blade she has to the fightiest flyer they hsave "here, Shatara, use the shovel"
  192. [2014-11-26 16:09:27] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Shatara spots a shadowy shape moving about the webs at the edge of their light. Possibly more than one.
  193. [2014-11-26 16:10:44] * Shatara acks and tries to light up the shadows. "I think whatever we're doing we should do quick..."
  194. [2014-11-26 16:11:30] * Bookwright "Oh, oy vey." He draws Pew-Pew and checks to make sure it's fully charged.
  195. [2014-11-26 16:12:50] * Golden_Dream pats Copycat twice. "C'mon, Copycat, cut her out."
  196. [2014-11-26 16:16:38] * CopyCat blinks at Golden_Dream. "But I have nothing to cut with! Oh, unless you mean for me to use cutting remarks."
  197. [2014-11-26 16:17:34] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Shatara's light catches... something. A dark shape, its form a mixture of pony and arachnid, its body veiled in wisps of shadow. It skitters back from the light, moving out of sight. But as it does so, others inch closer where new shadows form.
  198. [2014-11-26 16:18:19] * CopyCat clears her throat. "You webs are all stringy and a nuisance. Like overcooked pasta. Were you made by some kind of lasagne spiders? Shame on you!"
  199. [2014-11-26 16:18:21] * Get_Lost sighs "there's a shovrle somewhere, use tha-WHATTHEFUDGEWASTHAT!?!?"
  200. [2014-11-26 16:18:45] * Bookwright tries not to drop both Kifaa and Pew-Pew as he is badly startled by Get_Lost's outburst.
  201. [2014-11-26 16:20:03] * CopyCat gasps. "Ah! The meat balls reveal themselves!"
  202. [2014-11-26 16:21:19] <Mare-Do-Well> 3The creatures edge closer. They're getting bolder.
  203. [2014-11-26 16:21:23] * Bookwright does not like the signals he's getting from Shatara. "Can we hurry this up please?"
  204. [2014-11-26 16:22:20] * Golden_Dream immediately goes for the shotgun. FUCK IT. Expedience over silence time is now! "Friends, if you can understand me, I got a few dragon's breath shells that'll tickle yer' britches."
  205. [2014-11-26 16:23:10] * Get_Lost finishes shaking the cola bottle, an icy breeze covers the glass as she point it at the webs and releases. a white stream of freezing carrot-flavored foam covers a largre portion of the webbings, freezing almost istantly. the mare pokes the webs that crumble "do whatever you need to go and let's run! is that thing an ovopository otgan!? i'm going to puke!"
  206. [2014-11-26 16:23:53] <Get_Lost> *organ
  207. [2014-11-26 16:24:12] * CopyCat tries to grab the Goblet in her magic as the frozen webbing crumbles away. "Yes! I do not wish to be meat-balled!"
  208. [2014-11-26 16:25:32] <Mare-Do-Well> 3One of the shadowy creatures dashes forwards along the webs.
  209. [2014-11-26 16:27:00] * Bookwright reacts to the shadowy creature by shooting at it with Pew-Pew.
  210. [2014-11-26 16:33:01] <Mare-Do-Well> 3The creature sprays shadowy webbing at CopyCat, ensnaring her. A moment later, magical energy from Pew-Pew lances through the thing, causing it to let out a click-clacky scream.
  211. [2014-11-26 16:34:04] * CopyCat whinnies, quickly entangled and immobilized by the sticky webbing. "Ahh! Help! Nooooo!"
  212. [2014-11-26 16:36:37] * Get_Lost "parlay! grab the gobblet!" the mare takess her scsalpel and tries to figure a way to reach copy
  213. [2014-11-26 16:37:35] * Golden_Dream lets off three shots with expert timing. Once, at the bound Rainbow Dash, quite happy that she didn't have Blood equipped. Two, she shot at the stream of web between her and Copycat. Three, she shot at the mass of spiderpones.
  214. [2014-11-26 16:41:39] * CopyCat stuggles against the spaghetti webbing. "Nooo! I am not a tasty side-dish!"
  215. [2014-11-26 16:43:52] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Golden_Dream's first shot tears apart the webbing trapping Mare-Do-Well. The torn edges of the webbing begin to burn, but reluctantly.
  216. [2014-11-26 16:44:53] <Mare-Do-Well> 3The second shot jams, costing Golden_Dream precious time (and a shot of Dragon's breath).
  217. [2014-11-26 16:45:28] * Golden_Dream swiftly tries to clear the chamber.
  218. [2014-11-26 16:46:56] <Mare-Do-Well> 3CopyCat breaks out of the shadow-webbing.
  219. [2014-11-26 16:47:25] * Golden_Dream shouts! "GET THE GRAIL AND LET'S LEAVE! NOW!"
  220. [2014-11-26 16:47:39] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Most of the others seem even more skittish after Bookwright fired magical energy at one of them. But a second moves forward, attacking.
  221. [2014-11-26 16:48:42] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Bookwright narrowly avoids being entangled.
  222. [2014-11-26 16:49:14] * CopyCat is in luck. A small lingering cloud of Get_Lost's freeze spray had come into contact with the webs around her, weakening the otherwise sticky strands enough for to break free!
  223. [2014-11-26 16:49:15] * Bookwright returns fire.
  224. [2014-11-26 16:50:04] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Pew-Pew glitches.
  225. [2014-11-26 16:50:19] * Get_Lost "parlay, the gobble!"
  226. [2014-11-26 16:50:39] * CopyCat again tries to grab the Grail with her magic (if Parley didn't already have it), and starts to fly back up through the tears in the webbing.
  227. [2014-11-26 16:50:56] <Mare-Do-Well> 3The goblet is still stuck in webbing. Parlay grabs at it, but cannot pull it free.
  228. [2014-11-26 16:51:23] * Bookwright "Frig! Frigging frig! C'mon baby don't—" He grunts as he powercycles the weapon "—don't do this to me!"
  229. [2014-11-26 16:52:24] <Mare-Do-Well> 3The shadowy spider-zebra creatures attack again.
  230. [2014-11-26 16:53:07] <Mare-Do-Well> 3CopyCat's telekinesis seems utterly unable to pull the Griffin's Goblet free.
  231. [2014-11-26 16:53:43] * Bookwright finishes the restart procedure (it involves percussive maintainance) and fires on the newest attacker.
  232. [2014-11-26 16:54:14] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Both Get_Lost and Bookwright are entangled in shadow-webs.
  233. [2014-11-26 16:54:55] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Bookwright gets a single shot off first.
  234. [2014-11-26 16:55:27] * Get_Lost is blocked
  235. [2014-11-26 16:56:35] * Shatara blams a spiderpone or two.
  236. [2014-11-26 16:58:25] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Shatara's shots tear apart the first creature. The webbing trapping Get_Lost vaporates.
  237. [2014-11-26 17:00:03] * Bookwright struggles
  238. [2014-11-26 17:01:33] * Get_Lost is free! but can't really help with the fighting, she does the only thing she can "c'mon sweetie! i know you can free that silly gobble! i believe in you!" motivational speech is best speech
  239. [2014-11-26 17:03:18] * Golden_Dream clenches her teeth. First shot, loosen up the goblet. Second shot, covering fire on Bookie.
  240. [2014-11-26 17:08:12] <Mare-Do-Well> 3The creature is nearly torn apart by Golden_Dream. Still, it is capable of draining Bookwright through the webbing. Bookwright feels his vitality being sucked out of him through the shadowy webs.
  241. [2014-11-26 17:08:57] * Bookwright "Urgh, I don't feel so well..."
  242. [2014-11-26 17:09:31] * Shatara takes aim at the next entrapping spiderpone and pops off two more shells
  243. [2014-11-26 17:12:02] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Shatara pops off one more shell in a perfect shot that rends apart the shadow spiderzebra in a mighty splash of ichor.
  244. [2014-11-26 17:13:04] * Get_Lost tsakes a look at how the gobblet thing is going
  245. [2014-11-26 17:15:15] * Bookwright is freed of the webbing and chooses to hover higher. Pew-Pew is out and ready to shoot the next spiderpone to make a move.
  246. [2014-11-26 17:15:31] * CopyCat tries to assist Get_Lost and Parley with the Goblet!
  247. [2014-11-26 17:15:32] <Mare-Do-Well> 3The Griffin's Goblet is still stuck, although Parlay has pulled it free of a few strands.
  248. [2014-11-26 17:16:01] <Mare-Do-Well> 3The other spiderlike creatures do not seem brave enough to move into the light.
  249. [2014-11-26 17:17:00] * Golden_Dream shouts. "That's right, y' durned nutballs! You better be civil!"
  250. [2014-11-26 17:18:15] * Golden_Dream shouts at Shatara. "Get it free, get it out of here, Shatara! The in between bits, I don't care much about!"
  251. [2014-11-26 17:21:02] * Shatara tries to get down to the goblet to hack it free
  252. [2014-11-26 17:23:38] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Shatara's claws are more than sufficient for the job. In a moment, he is holding a bronze goblet the size of a griffin child, ringed with griffin writing.
  253. [2014-11-26 17:24:15] * CopyCat tilts her head. "Leaving time?"
  254. [2014-11-26 17:24:51] * Get_Lost "did we get everything we need? i think that a guided tour of tartarus ids now officially a bad idea and i'm okay if anypony wants to go back snd ask for a refund"
  255. [2014-11-26 17:26:28] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Parlay beeps at Shatara, still holding the Griffin's Goblet.
  256. [2014-11-26 17:27:13] * Shatara beeps back at Parlay and tugs at it. "Hey, I'm the griffon here!"
  257. [2014-11-26 17:27:18] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Several of the spider-creatures seem to become emboldened.
  258. [2014-11-26 17:27:36] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Parlay beep-bloops.
  259. [2014-11-26 17:28:12] * Get_Lost "that's okay parlay, you did good! now let's get out of here!"
  260. [2014-11-26 17:28:41] * Bookwright makes threatening gestures with Pew-Pew
  261. [2014-11-26 17:28:49] * CopyCat announces. "Leaving time!" She grabs Get_Lost and Golden_Dream if needed, and then tries to fly back through the tears in the webbing.
  262. [2014-11-26 17:29:15] * Golden_Dream screams. "GET US AND THAT FUCKING OVERBLOWN CUP OUT OF THIS FUCKING SPIDER CLUSTERFUCK!"
  263. [2014-11-26 17:29:51] * Bookwright flies up slowly behind them, Pew-Pew trained downward and Kifaa floating above.
  264. [2014-11-26 17:31:33] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Parlay lets go and soars upwards.
  265. [2014-11-26 17:32:10] * CopyCat rolls her eyes as she flies. "Loudness does not make up for tardiness, Golden_Dream."
  266. [2014-11-26 17:34:15] * Golden_Dream shouts back a succinct and polite reply. "IF YOU'VE GOT ENOUGH ENERGY TO SNARK, YOU HAVE ENOUGH ENERGY TO FLY FASTER!"
  267. [2014-11-26 17:35:43] * Shatara climbs.
  268. [2014-11-26 17:36:24] * CopyCat suddenly stops in the air and looks around. "You saw a snark? Where?" Then she gives the (very unimpressed) Golden_Dream a mischievous smile and starts to fly upwards again, with Golden_Dream and Get_Lost in tow.
  269. [2014-11-26 17:37:00] <Mare-Do-Well> 3The ponies and griffin fly frantically up through the torn holes in the layers of webbing, avoiding getting entangled. Soon, they are again on the bridge over Kutengwa Abyss.
  270. [2014-11-26 17:38:24] <Mare-Do-Well> 3They now possess both the Griffin's Goblet (carried by Shatara) and the Amulet of Atonement (safely in Noble_Heart's saddlebags).
  271. [2014-11-26 17:39:00] * Shatara looks at the goblet and tries to read the writing. "What did this thing do again?"
  272. [2014-11-26 17:39:18] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Bookwright sets down Kifaa, unable to hold her any longer. The drain of the spider-creature from the abyss has left him in ill health.
  273. [2014-11-26 17:40:06] <Mare-Do-Well> 3((Bookwright will recover one point of Endurance a day automatically. He can attempt to recover an additional one by taking a full day of bedrest and succeeding at an Endurance roll with a -1 penalty.))
  274. [2014-11-26 17:40:53] * Bookwright lies down on the surface of the bridge. "Wow, I'm seriously tired."
  275. [2014-11-26 17:41:18] <Mare-Do-Well> 3The Goblet's writing helpfully instructs in its use. The writing is very old griffin, but Shatara begins to translate.
  276. [2014-11-26 17:41:59] * CopyCat sets Golden_Dream and Get Lost back down on solid ground. "Phew!"
  277. [2014-11-26 17:42:26] * Golden_Dream gasps for air. "This... This were a helluva thing."
  278. [2014-11-26 17:44:12] * Mare-Do-Well 3floats next to Golden_Dream and nods.
  279. [2014-11-26 17:44:29] * Mare-Do-Well 3says softly, "h-hey... thanks for coming for me."
  280. [2014-11-26 17:44:34] * Bookwright reloads Pew-Pew before he forgets. "Bleh, I feel awful. That spiderthing... It did something really bad. I feel like I've just galloped twenty miles."
  281. [2014-11-26 17:44:49] * CopyCat smiles. "It's good to have you back, Rainbow Dash."
  282. [2014-11-26 17:46:30] * Golden_Dream points very assuredly at Mare-Do-Well. "You fuckin' /terrified/ me back there. You knew that we can only see y' when yer by us. I thought you were gone fer good! What would I have done if I'd never see you again?!" Her voice sounded like her mom's. She was uncomfortable with this in retrospect.
  283. [2014-11-26 17:48:10] * Mare-Do-Well 3plaintively whines, "I didn't know. I thought I could scout it superfast and be back before you knew it. How was I supposed to know there were ghost-catching spiderwebs!?"
  284. [2014-11-26 17:49:19] * Bookwright "I for one am glad your back with us."
  285. [2014-11-26 17:50:36] * Mare-Do-Well 3ghostlywhinnies. "Thanks."
  286. [2014-11-26 17:50:44] <Mare-Do-Well> 3--- End of Session ---
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