FoE PNP Group 9 Session 21

[17:05] <~Aurelia|GM> *** PnP Group Number Nine: Session 21 ***
[17:10] <~Aurelia|GM>  After being attacked by a group of horrific mutated insects that probably never were adorable to begin with, our group of ruffians quite literally crashed into the small settlement of Sniper's Squatter. After enlisting the help of local mechanics and their apparent leader, Feldspar, they spent the night in some cozy cabins. Well... most of them did, anyway.
[17:12] <~Aurelia|GM>  It's now morning, and a blaring trumpet sounds. Almost instantly, the camp is bustling with activity as it was when the group had when they arrived. Desert_Eagle spent the night in the infirmary, under the watchful eye of a chain-smoking nurse. And... Celestia knows where Strifer is.
[17:13] * Challenger peeks an eye open. "Who the hell decided that's the best way to wake up ponies..."
[17:13] * Wraith starts a little "Bwah!"
[17:14] * Desert_Eagle grumbles something into his pillow. "Murf, c'n ah leave yet?" He grumbles, sitting up and rubbing his eyes.
[17:15] <~Aurelia|GM>  The nurse turns her head and frowns a little, blowing smoke out of her nostrils. "Not yet. Even though the poison should have run its course by now, we can't take any chances."
[17:16] <Desert_Eagle> "Uuuuugh." He groans, flopping back onto the bed.
[17:16] * Challenger rolls out of bed and looks around the room. "No cages, no dragons, no raiders. All's well."
[17:17] * Wraith sits up a little blinking and mumbling almost the exact sentiments as Challenger
[17:17] * Strifer groans and rolls over takes a facefull of something sticky she opens her eyes slowly. Blinking. "Mghrmg..." She mutters and sits up groggily. "..." Looking about she notices what she's sitting in. "Ohhh, fuck not again.." She quickly stands up, faceplanting into the vomitinfested bloodstained floor before stumbling out of the small restroom. Her coat smeared with the puke.
[17:18] * Challenger strolls out of the cabin and watches the goings-on of the town.
[17:19] * Lollyag jerks awake from the alarm, her legs flopping back down to the cot as her covers slump off to the ground. She blinks hard, trying to get wherever she was to stop being so blurry.
[17:20] * Wraith looks over "G'morning Lolly."
[17:20] <Challenger> "Shit.. I still need to sell all this shit."
[17:22] * Strifer stumbles out of the building, her stomach revolting but she has nothing more to throw up. She groans and lays down in a heap.
[17:22] * Challenger heads toward the market.
[17:22] * Desert_Eagle still wants to talk to that mare that shot all the bugs off their van, but he's currently bedridden.
[17:22] <~Aurelia|GM>  The nurse puts out her cigarette and prepares to do some of Desert_Eagle's bloodwork. Challenger may be disappointed that there isn't a market, but there -is- a Trading Post.
[17:24] * Challenger doesn't care it's title. It's the business within that matters. He enters. "I hear a pony can do some trading here?"
[17:24] * Lollyag looks over to the blur that sounded like Wraith. She rubs her eyes gently with a hoof and yawns, "H-hi...Wraith... Is it?"
[17:25] <~Aurelia|GM>  The trading post is fairly crowded, ponies standing at different counters making trades and transactions. A lone teller seems available. "Over here sir. How may I be of assistance?"
[17:25] <Wraith> "Last time I checked I was Wraith. Wraith plus metal anyways."
[17:26] * Cloudy_Breeze was doing... things... last night. As of right now, she's preparing to go back to check on the van, while her... new friend... does what she needs to help get the van fixed.
[17:26] * Challenger sets the things he intends to sell on the counter/table/whatever passes for a surface of trade.
[17:27] * Lollyag blinks again harder, "O-oh... I... I meant... is it morning."
[17:28] * Strifer ([email protected]) Quit ( Ping timeout: 121 seconds )
[17:28] <Wraith> "I'd assume so, with how rude that awakening was."
[17:28] * Strifer ([email protected]) has joined #FruityRumpusAssholeFactory
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[17:32] <~Aurelia|GM>  The teller inspects the items on the counter carefully. "Hmmm. I'll do five caps for that scalpel, twenty-five for that magazine, ten for the smokes, and... does this record work?"
[17:32] <Challenger> "The pony who gave it to me said it does. Haven't heard it myself."
[17:33] * Strifer ([email protected]) Quit ( Ping timeout: 121 seconds )
[17:34] * Strifer ([email protected]) has joined #FruityRumpusAssholeFactory
[17:34] <~Aurelia|GM>  He frowns a little. "Well... I'll pass. I don't even think I have a record player. This suit looks damaged... I could do thirty at the most."
[17:35] * Lollyag rolls over and scrubs her face into the pillow a few times, groaning. After a few moments she struggles and pushes herself to her hooves, "Well... I need to... find something... I'll send one of the big ponies to come help you, alright?"
[17:35] * Pantzar_ ([email protected]) Quit ( Ping timeout: 121 seconds )
[17:35] <Challenger> "Thirty? Seems kind of light... Thirty-five?"
[17:36] <~Aurelia|GM>  The teller shakes his head. "Not a cap more."
[17:36] * Wraith giggles "Not like I have much of a choice. I can't get around on my own. That sounds fine to me though."
[17:37] <~Aurelia|GM>  A faint buzzing noise is coming from Lolly's saddlebags.
[17:37] * Strifer groans and stands up again. Moving up to the closes pony she can find she grabs it over the neck and coughs a. "Food.. Where?"
[17:38] * Challenger sighs. "Fine. Thirty for the suit, five for scalpel, twenty five for the mag, and ten for smokes. Sounds like seventy to me."
[17:38] <~Aurelia|GM>  The short mechanic pony that Strifer grabs yelps loudly. "Sweet Luna... you look like shit, lady. You need a doctor or something?" The teller nods. "Seventy."
[17:39] <Challenger> "Deal. Now let's see what you've got in the way of ammo."
[17:40] <~Aurelia|GM>  The teller smiles and points Challenger to another counter that opens up across the room. "Talk to Chalk Dust. He'll help you out. Take it easy, traveller."
[17:40] <Wraith> "Your uh. bags are buzzing dear."
[17:40] * Strifer snarls and pushes the mechanic pony away. "Don't. Fucking. CALL ME LADY!" She sways on the spot for a moment before collapsing in a heap.
[17:41] * Desert_Eagle rolls over.
[17:41] * Challenger nods with a smile and trots over. "Heya! Looking for ammunition!"
[17:41] * Lollyag nods a little to Wraith, she looks like she wants to say something else, but she ends up just opening her saddlebags and looking inside. She didn't remember having anything that buzzed... except maybe her rifle...
[17:42] <~Aurelia|GM>  The mechanic huffs and tips her beret. "Yeah, you need a doctor. Medic!" She calls. The smoking nurse looks up and sighs. She grunts and says to Desert_Eagle, "Stay still."
[17:42] * Wraith lays on her belly and looks over the edge of the cot at her own bags, rifling through it with her telekinesis for her smokes
[17:42] * Cloudy_Breeze makes her way back to the van, to give it a quick look to see if she can do anything else without the stuff she needed.
[17:42] * Desert_Eagle grumbles and stays still.
[17:45] <~Aurelia|GM>  The Stallion grins and opens the locker behind him. "Of course, comrade. I have everything you could possibly hope for! Well... not -everything-, but I try." Cloudy_Breeze could probably do some manual tightening some of the more crucial chassis components.
[17:45] * Strifer mumbles as she lays unconcious on the ground. "No.. Princess Luna.. We.. We can fix this.." She's suffering from severe drugwithdrawl and probebly a few other things. Not counting brain damage.
[17:46] <~Aurelia|GM>  Chain-smoking nurse arrives on the scene and hefts Strifer on to her back. "All right kid, let's get you on a Fixer IV." She says with a frown.
[17:47] * Cloudy_Breeze takes out her wrench and gets to work!
[17:47] <~Aurelia|GM>  Lollyag's tele-scroll is vibrating softly, glowing with a faint green magical aura.
[17:49] * Strifer is carried away for some fixin'. One of her rearlegs spasming wierdly.
[17:50] <Challenger> "Let's see... I'll take as many .44 rounds as you have, and do you carry grenades?"
[17:51] * Lollyag looks at the scroll and nods a little, that makes sense, she was kinda wondering how she'd know when there was a message. She very carefully picks it up and fumbles slightly as she tries to open it.
[17:52] <~Aurelia|GM>  The stallion nods. "I do, but they aren't cheeeeeeap."
[17:53] * Wraith pulls out her smokes and takes one out of the pack and lighting it before returning everything to their spot and looking at Lollyag and her scroll curiously
[17:53] <Challenger> "How much is 'aren't cheap?'"
[17:55] * Desert_Eagle scratches his hoof.
[17:55] <~Aurelia|GM>  The stallion smirks and taps his hooves together. "For you? Eighty caps."
[17:56] <Challenger> "...well that's the definition of 'ain't cheap' alright. Just the rounds for now."
[17:57] <~Aurelia|GM>  The stallion nods and slides the box of bullets underneath the protective screen. "That will be twenty-seven caps. Try not to have too much fun."
[17:57] * Challenger puts the desired number of caps on the counter. "Who, me?"
[17:57] <~Aurelia|GM>  Eventually, the nurse returns and dumps Strifer in the cot next to Desert_Eagle. She grunts again and grumbles "Fucking Dash heads..."
[17:58] * Desert_Eagle looks over at Strifer, and groans. "Tha's jus' great Strife." He mutters.
[17:59] <~Aurelia|GM>  The arms dealer smiles. "Of course you. What, you think I talk to bullets?" He says with a hearty chuckle. Elsewhere, the Nurse looks to Desert_Eagle. "Know this one?" She asks, looking over Desert_Eagle's chart one more time.
[17:59] * Desert_Eagle nods. "Yup."
[18:00] * Strifer probebly smells more foul the usual, her half acided away coat smeared with vomit. She curls up in the cot. Muttering a quiet. "dear princess celestia..."
[18:00] * Lollyag looks down at the scroll, blinking again. She may still be half asleep, but that just didn't seem possible. She gives her head a hard shake, immediately regretting it and wincing. Rolling the scroll back up, she slides it back into her saddlebags, "Alright. I'll be back soon."
[18:00] * Wraith lets out a little cough "Alright."
[18:01] * Challenger grins and trots out the door.
[18:03] * Lollyag nods a litte slower and stretches before stiffly trotting out the door of the cabin. First things first, she looks around for Challenger.
[18:03] <~Aurelia|GM>  The nurse looks over at Strifer and shakes her head. "What's she been taking? Definitely Dash, know of anything else?"
[18:05] * Desert_Eagle chuckles. "A lot." He pauses. "But, there's this other one that Miss Lolly made. Called Moondust ah think."
[18:06] <~Aurelia|GM>  Smoke rings puff from he nurse's mouth as she blinks. "The hell is Moondust? How long has she been on it?" She asks, removing the IV. There's only a little pinch as she tugs it out of Desert_Eagle
[18:06] <~Aurelia|GM>  's leg.
[18:07] * Lollyag is still blinking hard, trying to clear her head. She manages to find Challenger after a bit of searching. Looking up at him, she blinks again, "Did your mane grow out?"
[18:07] * Challenger looks down at Lolly. "What?"
[18:08] * Strifer shivers and rolls onto her back. "Mrrrghh..." Her rearleg spasmes a little again.
[18:08] <~Aurelia|GM>  The mechanic from the night before trots over to Breezy with a coy smile on her lips. "Well hey there, cowgirl. How is this old rustbucket doing?"
[18:08] * Desert_Eagle frowns. "Mmmm, not quite sure. Yah'd have t' ask Miss Lolly t' be sure, but from what ah've seen, it makes a pony think they're livin' 'n th' pre-war times."
[18:09] * Lollyag was looking up at Challenger from behind. She shakes her head slowly, "Ah... did you find the shop? I need to go take a look... I also need you to go get Wraith and... wait for me outside."
[18:09] <~Aurelia|GM>  The nurse does a double-take. "You're kidding... That's... really... odd." With the IV removed, she gives a slight nod in approval. "All right, buddy. You're good to go. Just make sure that you stop in here one last time before you leave."
[18:10] <Challenger> "Want me to carry her?"
[18:10] * Desert_Eagle nods, rolling out of the bed and onto his hooves. "Sure thing. Yah know where ah c'n find that mare that shot th' bugs off th' van at?"
[18:11] * Lollyag rolls her eyes, "No, roll her on the ground..."
[18:11] * Wraith lets her cigarette burn down and put itself out and puts it back in her pack of cigarettes since she can't just flick it somewhere and lays her head back on the pillow closing her eyes
[18:12] <Challenger> "As you wish, but I think she'd rather I carried her."
[18:12] * Cloudy_Breeze glances up from her work, putting down the wrench for a moment. "Lookin' pretty good, aside from the obvious. Just makin' some minor tweaks fer now.
[18:12] <~Aurelia|GM>  The nurse thinks for a moment. "You can probably find Zem over at the Whistlin' Dixie. It's down the road near the main gate. Also, try not to drink any alcohol."
[18:13] * Lollyag sighs and stretches again, "Yes... carry her... Now where's the shop?"
[18:14] * Challenger points behind himself. "Right thru that door."
[18:14] * Desert_Eagle nods. "Thank yah kindly." He grabs his bags from where Challenger had left them, slinging his DMR over his back, and trotted out of clinic, slipping his Aviators on as he went. He makes for the Whistling Dixie.
[18:15] <~Aurelia|GM>  The mechanic gives a slight nod. "Right, so that battery replacement I was talking about. Closest place I could think of would be... the Stable up at Keelhaul Creek." Desert_Eagle arrives at the bar, only to find that it's actually "The Whistlin' Dixie."
[18:16] * Desert_Eagle should have known, since that'd be how he'd pronounce it anyway. He trots inside.
[18:17] * Lollyag gives a very small nod in acknowledgement and heads into the trading post, "Hello?"
[18:17] * Challenger trots off to pick up Wraith.
[18:18] * Strifer suddenly jerks up as her stomach heaves, nothing there is nothing there to throw up so all she manage is a nasty gasping sound as she spits on the floor. "Fuuuck.." She groans, rolling over to lay on her belly, hugging her head.
[18:19] <~Aurelia|GM>  The trading post has cleared out a little, and a few tellers are open. A petite mare smiles at Lollygag and says, "Hello miss. Looking to sell? Or trade, perhaps?"
[18:20] * Wraith is laying in her cot on her belly
[18:20] <Challenger>  /me knocks on the door. "Hey Wraith. Wanna stretch your legs?"
[18:20] * Desert_Eagle gazes around the bar, looking for Zem, his expression neutral.
[18:21] * Cloudy_Breeze nods. "Stable, huh? Ya mean there's some of them thing that still work?"
[18:21] <~Aurelia|GM>  The Whistlin' Dixie is crowded and hopping. The Heartstring Sisters Band's "Ramblin' Mare" is blaring over the jukebox, while several waitresses serve food. With no description of Zem, it may be hard to spot her. Buuuuut, the big rifle on one of the bar patrons' backs is a dead give away.
[18:21] * Wraith rolls on her side and looks at the door "Sure."
[18:21] * Lollyag nods a little as she approaches the mare, "Yes, I was hoping to do a little trading. My companions and I are in need of supplies."
[18:22] * Challenger grins and gently lifts the paraplegic pony onto his back.
[18:23] * Desert_Eagle figured that's how he'd find her. He trots over, pushing his Aviators up his muzzle. "'Scuse me Miss." He says.
[18:25] <~Aurelia|GM>  The mechanic nods. "Yep. Problem is, we've never had the personnel to actually -go- there." A slate black mare turns slightly to face him. Her voice is smooth like silk. "Yes?"
[18:25] <Wraith> "Weee, challenger is best taxi?"
[18:26] <Challenger> ".me grins and trots carefully out. "Tried to get you some more things what go boom, but it was a bit outside our price range."
[18:27] * Desert_Eagle smiles, holding out his hoof. "Desert Eagle ma'am. Yer th' one who shot all o' th' bugs off o' our van, ain't yah?"
[18:27] * Cloudy_Breeze gives a questioning look. "Ya mean it ain't inhabited?"
[18:28] * Wraith puffs out her cheeks and pouts "Oh well. I don't seem myself being much use in a fight as it is. Unless I was strapped to somepony elses back and was mobile Wraith turret."
[18:29] <~Aurelia|GM>  The mechanic shrugs. "Recon teams seem to think so... but the door won't open. Or... so I've heard. We don't have the science-minded ponies to get it open." Zemblanity looks at Desert_Eagle's hoof blankly. "Zemblanity... and yes, I was."
[18:29] <Challenger> "I see little wrong with that, you know."
[18:30] * Wraith nods "It could work."
[18:32] * Desert_Eagle drops his hoof. "Well, ah was 'nterested 'n what kind o' rifle an' ammo yah was usin'. That was some damn fine shootin', if ah do say so muhself. Took them bugs out damn quick."
[18:32] * Challenger trots down the road. "We'll look into it. Thin Breezy is good with mechanics."
[18:32] * Wraith smirks
[18:33] * Cloudy_Breeze frowns, muttering, with a soft sigh. "An' here ah thought we'd be gettin' it before we left..."
[18:33] <~Aurelia|GM>  Zemblanity turns back to the cup of coffee in front of her. "It's a Bridle And Koch Model 417. 7.62mm. Nothing special. You just have to know where to hit them."
[18:34] <Challenger> "S
[18:34] <Challenger> "SO! Where shall we go?"
[18:36] <~Aurelia|GM>  The mechanic shakes her head. "You can't leave without it. Keelhaul Creek isn't far from here."
[18:37] * Wraith shrugs "I dunno. You're the one with legs."
[18:38] * Challenger sighs. "Always I have to decide where we go... Let's go see Desert Eagle then. Last I remember he was in the hospital."
[18:39] * Desert_Eagle nods. "Ah figured. Ah was hittn' 'em, but they wasn't goin' down." He taps his DMR. "Colt M14, chambered n' 5.56 mm."
[18:39] <Wraith> "Kay."
[18:40] * Strifer blinks muttering. "Hey, Nurse... Do.." She sighs. "Can I have some food?" Her voice hoarse, as if she's been up all night screaming.
[18:40] <~Aurelia|GM>  The snipermare looks at it out of the corner of her eye. "Swell." She says, returning to her coffee.
[18:42] * Desert_Eagle nods. "Thank yah fer yer time Miss Zemblanity." He turns, and heads for the door.
[18:42] <~Aurelia|GM>  The nurse blinks. "Well, look who's up. I'll give you some food, but not before I figure out just what the hell you're on." The mare at the bar lazily waves a hoof. "Take it easy."
[18:43] * Cloudy_Breeze hmms. "Well, one of us has a Pipbuck. The one y'all took to the doctor? Think ya could find 'im and show 'im where the stable is?"
[18:44] * Strifer grunts, flopping to her side. "... I can't remember." She coughs into her hoof, blood staining it. "..shit."
[18:44] * Lollyag makes her way up to the petite mare's stand, smiling gently, "So just what kind of things do ponies around here have?"
[18:45] * Desert_Eagle trots out of the bar, rustling his wings. He gazes around a moment before lofting into the air and flying back towards the van.
[18:46] <~Aurelia|GM>  The mechanic nods. "Yeah, definitely. Run that by Feldspar first, though. He'll want to know." The trader-mare smiles. "Oh, a little of everything. All the caravans that travel the Long 15 pass through here, so we see all sorts of items! Looking for anything special?"
[18:47] * Strifer hugs her head again. "Dash, buck, rage?... Moondust."
[18:48] <~Aurelia|GM>  The nurse whistles. "Shit girl. Moondust again... what the hell is wrong with you?" She asks, a little cross.
[18:48] * Desert_Eagle lands next to Cloudy_Breeze, nodding to the mechanic pony. "Howdy."
[18:51] * Strifer frowns at the nurse. Gritting her teeths before snarling "I've memories of  ponies entering my mind, Im seeing things, they are taking over, causing me to jump out of cars, I'm afraid that I'll fucking kill my friends! How is that for wrong!"
[18:52] <~Aurelia|GM>  The mechanic nods slowly and says her goodbyes, but not before showing Deagle where the Stable is. "See you around, cowgirl~"
[18:53] * Lollyag smiles gently, "Well, water and food are always nice. I could also use some medicine... and I'd like to take a look at any books you have. I'm a bit of a collector." She very carefully pulls the three 10mm pistols out of her bags, setting them down on the table, then the ammo for them.
[18:53] * Challenger trots into the hospital and goes straight for what he thought was Deagle's room. "Yo, D. You still here?"
[18:53] * Cloudy_Breeze nods to the mechanic pony before retrieving her wrench and finishing up.
[18:54] * Wraith pokes her head up above Challenger's
[18:54] * Desert_Eagle watches Cloudy_Breeze work, 'cause he's got nothing better to do.
[18:55] * Strifer is in the cot next to the one Deagle was in. Shouting at a nurse. Looking more shit then usual.
[18:55] * Challenger blinks. "And where the hell were YOU last night??"
[18:55] <~Aurelia|GM>  Smoking nurse looks to Challenger and Wraith. "Hey, your friend took off a while ago. But, I'm guessing this one's yours." She says, turning to Strifer. "Seems like Moondust is the root of the problem here."
[18:55] <~Aurelia|GM>  The trader grins. "Very well. I'll show you what we have~"
[18:55] * Wraith facehoof and wobbles dangerously for it "Whoops"
[18:56] * Challenger also facehoofs. "I should have seen this coming..."
[18:58] <~Aurelia|GM>  Her eyes widen at the weapons. "Ooooo. Nice weapons, Miss. I could do... 144 Caps for these two, and... 90 for this jammed one. How does that sound?"
[18:58] * Strifer looks at Challenger. Sighing. "I have no fucking idea, aight.." She glances with a frown towardsthe wall. "I took everything.." She nods at the nurse's comment "Probebly is, fuck if I know.. All I know is that It makes me see things, beutiful things.. It calls me sometimes, I want to take it even now.."
[18:59] <Wraith> "I don't know if I've got the energy to cast another purge...and I don't even know if it will take for any longer than last time..."
[19:00] <Challenger> "Shit... How long till she's out, doc?"
[19:01] <~Aurelia|GM>  The Nurse looks at Wraith with a raised brow. "You're a doctor? And you let her do this to herself? This mare has a serious dependency on drugs, I don't think a purge would do her any good." She turns to Challenger, taking a long pull of her cigarette. "I'd like to run some tests... no guarantees about how long that could take."
[19:02] * Challenger seems to be cursing inwardly. "Let us know... We need to find Lolly." He trots out the door briskly.
[19:03] * Lollyag smiles gently, "Yeah, they're pretty nice pieces. I think that sounds like a perfectly fair price, even with the jam you should be able to get someone interested." She nods back to her rifle, "I'd have fixed it myself, but it's out of my expertise."
[19:03] * Wraith looks at the nurse and is about to say something when Challenger scampers off and takes her with him
[19:03] * Strifer mutters under her breath. "I'm sorry Chall."
[19:04] <~Aurelia|GM>  The trader looks at Lolly curiously. "Oooooh, a recharger rifle! Neat. I think there was some MEW specialist here the other day... sorry you missed him, she says, hooging Lolly the caps.
[19:04] * Grim ([email protected]) Quit ( Quit: Page closed )
[19:07] * Strifer turns to look at the nurse again. "I can't remember shit about tonight. Fuck, half my life is a big blurr of intense up and downs. I've been on this shit for as long as I can remember. I fucking need it to even get up in the morning... It makes me feel so much better, like im not a weak filly that everypont can fuck with!" She snarls, taking a few breaths before mumbling.. "Last night wasnt like that though." She
[19:10] * Lollyag smiles softly, "Thank you, and well... that's too bad. She could probably use a tune-up, it's been a while."
[19:11] * Cloudy_Breeze is just finishing up some small tweaks. When she finishes she puts the wrench away, and turns to Desert_Eagle. "That stable she showed ya? We gotta check it out to find a battery."
[19:11] * Strifer "Last night wasnt like that though." She shakes her head.. "Tests?"
[19:12] <~Aurelia|GM>  The nurse flicks her cigarette out the door as Challenger and Wraith leave. "Well kid... sounds like you've -really- fucked yourself up. Best thing I can do is to try to figure out exactly how fucked up that is." Desert_Eagle nods slowly. "fer tha car? Sounds reasonable."
[19:16] * Cloudy_Breeze nods. "She's in rough shape. It'll go a long way."
[19:16] * Strifer sighs and rolls over to her back. Her head jerks involuntary to the side a few times. "Fuck, fuck, fuck! Fine. Whatever! I'm going to break your fucking fuck-o-meter!" She atempts a grin, but it falls flat.
[19:17] <~Aurelia|GM>  The nurse chuckles and trots over. "Let me ask you something. Do you actually want to be treated?"
[19:19] * Strifer looks up into the ceiling. Giving the nurse a glance. She smirks at her comment. "I dont know, do I? Probebly not, I can't fucking remember living without the stuff. Hell I'll probebly die without it for all I know."
[19:22] * Wraith taps Challenger's neck with her muzzle "So where is Lolly then? I assume you know since I assume she told you to get me."
[19:22] <~Aurelia|GM>  She shrugs slightly. "Because, I'm not about to go running all these tests and using this Fixer if you're just going to go overdosing your flank off on that Moondust shit. By the way, do you have any of that? I'd like to take a look at it."
[19:22] <Challenger> "Left her at the store. Let's assume she's there." Trots off. "Did you need to stay at the hospital, by the way?"
[19:23] <~Aurelia|GM>  The trader grins at Lolly from the other side of the glass. "You take care, Miss!"
[19:24] <Wraith> "Uh...I don't think?"
[19:24] * Strifer shrugs her head towards her saddlebags at the base of the cot "Just.. Don't you dare steal it, Ill fucking gut you alive!" Her eyes flaming up for a second before going back to their usual dulled color. She closes her eyes. Shaking. "F-fuck! I need something.."
[19:24] * Lollyag smiles back, "Thank you, I will. Have a nice day." She trots off, looking through the other booths for the supplies.
[19:25] * Cloudy_Breeze gives a brief look around. She might as well check this place out now that she wasn't so... busy.
[19:26] <~Aurelia|GM>  There's the ammo pony, who's hunched over a box of ammo, whispering something to it. There's a food dealer, picking his teeth with a knife, and a mare in a floral shirt, sitting on a book shelf.
[19:29] * Lollyag actually has plenty of food for herself, so she decides to approach the floral mare first~ She gives her best smile, trying not to eye the books too much as she approaches, "Hello there! Are all of these for sale?"
[19:29] <~Aurelia|GM>  Sniper's Squatter looks like a typical small-scale military base. There's a garage, where the car is now, the cabins that serve as personnel quarters, a mess hall, the Whistlin' Dixie, the trading post, a mail office, and a command tent. The entire compund is surrounded by a barbed fence at least three ponies tall.
[19:30] <~Aurelia|GM>  The mare looks up at Lolly. "Well hello. They are indeed. Been sitting on this thing for a while now, not literally of course. How many would you like?"
[19:30] <~Aurelia|GM>  Oh, and of course, the medical tent.
[19:32] <~Aurelia|GM>  The nurse's face twists into a frown. "Gut me, eh? Looks like this stuff's turned you into a bona-fide schizophranic, kid." She says, picking up the bags and emptying them onto her exam table.
[19:33] * Challenger stops outside the shop. "Guess we'll wait here."
[19:33] * Strifer has a lot of random junk in her bags. Notiably a frilly pink dress, dash, a stattuete of twilight Sparkle and of course the moondust.
[19:34] * Lollyag smiles again, leaning down to look over the titles, "Well, that certainly depends on if you have any particularly interesting titles, and how much you're asking."
[19:34] <~Aurelia|GM>  The nurse blinks hard at the Twilight Statue and the dress, but pushes them aside and examines the moondust. "Is this... paper?"
[19:35] * Cloudy_Breeze checks out the Whistlin' Dixie first. Seems like the most likely place to find something interesting.
[19:36] * Strifer grins. "Yeah, I don't fucking know how its made, I just take it. Getting it from my dealer! She makes the stuff! Just, mix it in water and bam! You fly off to better times~" She gigglesnorts madly.
[19:38] <~Aurelia|GM>  The bar is just as hopping as it had been when Desert_Eagle was there. Breezy is greeted by a smile from the hostess and a menu on a small slip of paper. Zemblanity, the only bar patron that seems to be armed, is chatting with Feldspar. A crowd of ponies have gathered around the southern wall, clamoring to see something.
[19:38] * Wraith giggles "I don't have much of a choice Chall. We'll wait wherever you want."
[19:39] * Challenger nods and waits. "... Know any jokes?"
[19:40] <~Aurelia|GM>  The Hawaiian pony hmmms. "I'd do... fifty caps for the whole thing, you keep the box too."
[19:40] * Wraith snorts "I'd be a terrible comedian."
[19:40] <Challenger> "Try me. I'll laugh at anything."
[19:40] <Wraith> "Pudding."
[19:41] <Challenger> "... what about it?"
[19:41] <Wraith> "I don't know. You said anything."
[19:41] * Wraith puffs out her cheeks
[19:42] <Challenger> "Oh... damn silly of me." He chuckles.
[19:43] * Wraith giggles "Well? What about you. Are you a little jokester when you're not being all serious?"
[19:43] <~Aurelia|GM>  The nurse sniffs at it a little. "So you... drink it. That's new. I hope you don't mind if I send this off to be studied."
[19:43] * Cloudy_Breeze is a little curious. She goes over to see what everypony is so interested in by that wall.
[19:43] * Lollyag smiles gently, "Well... some of these aren't in the best condition... how about fourty seven, and you answer a little question for me?"
[19:44] <Challenger> "Please. The Steel Rangers train the comedy out of ponies. I couldn't crack a joke with a powerhammer."
[19:44] * Strifer sits up quickly. "What!? Send it where?!" She blinks and flops down again. Head spinning.
[19:44] * Wraith snorts "Oh please. It's not like they surgically removed your funny bone."
[19:44] <~Aurelia|GM>  The trader chuckles. "Sure thing." Meanwhile, Breezy can barely make out a sign above the spot everypony is looking. It reads "Bounty Board."
[19:46] <Challenger> "I don't know... I was passed out for part of my initial physical."
[19:46] * Lollyag smiles again and starts counting out the caps, "Well, after I'm done here, I need to talk to somepony named Blackberry Jam. Do you know where I could find them?"
[19:46] * Wraith blinks "really?"
[19:46] * Challenger smirks back at Wraith.
[19:46] <~Aurelia|GM>  The nurse points out the door, across the dirt road in the center of camp. "Command tent. It has some more sophisticated equipment that I can use to figure out how to make it so... you stop hearing voices and shit. That okay, kid?"
[19:46] * Cloudy_Breeze tries to make her way to the front on the pack of ponies to see the board. Pushing ponies aside if necessary.
[19:47] * Wraith puffs out her cheeks and pouts "Oh."
[19:48] <Challenger> "Joke meet powerhammer."
[19:48] * Strifer groans and curls up again. "Yeah, sure.. Whatever." Her rearleg spasmes yet again. With a snarl she reaches down with her forehooves to hold it still ."Stop it! You stupid leg!"
[19:49] <~Aurelia|GM>  Trader mare nods. "Blackberry. Yeah, she's probably in the medical tent. Just follow the smoke trails and cigarette stink. You'll find her." Ponies push and shove right back against Breezy, but eventually she makes it to the front. Posted on the wall is a list of jobs, bounty hits, and other ways for the downtrodden merc to make some easy caps.
[19:50] * Wraith giggles
[19:50] * Cloudy_Breeze checks out the jobs, looking for some that seemed interesting enough, or suited to her.
[19:51] * Lollyag giggles softly and nods, "Alright, thank you very much." She carefully loads the books into her saddlebag, then tosses the box over her flank with a smile, "I hope you have a pleasant day, Miss."
[19:51] <~Aurelia|GM>  Most of the jobs are menial tasks to be done around the camp. One is an assassination job, one a delivery for Mr. Feldspar himself, and the other doesn't have much of a description. The only details say "Pegasi wanted."
[19:52] <~Aurelia|GM>  The Trader extends a hoof. "Avalanche. It's been a pleasure, and I'll be sure to."
[19:57] * Cloudy_Breeze takes note of the assassination, the delivery, and the... strange request. She then makes her way back out of the crowd, and looks around. She's pretty sure she saw Mr. Feldspar somewhere...
[19:57] <~Aurelia|GM>  He has since left the bar. The mare he spoke with, however, is still there. She's swapped her coffee cup for a wine glass.
[19:59] * Challenger looks around and sighs. "We should get a deck of cards."
[19:59] <Wraith> "Got any caps? Maybe we could buy a deck."
[20:00] * Challenger thinks. "..yeah let's go in side." Opens the door.
[20:01] <Wraith> "Kay."
[20:01] * Challenger looks around for a misc items vendor.
[20:01] <~Aurelia|GM>  Lollygag is inside, shooting the breeze with a pony in a Hawaiian shirt. Chalk Dust immediatly straightens as he hears the door open again. "Ah, it's you! And you brought a freind! Does sheeeee have any caps?"
[20:02] <Wraith> "Nope. I'm as broke as a five cap whore."
[20:03] * Challenger facehoofs, then, "You know who would sell a deck of cards in here?"
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[20:04] <~Aurelia|GM>  Chalk Dust frowns. "Ah... I see... Perhaps one of the others could help you." He seems a little defeated.
[20:05] * Challenger blinks. "Which of the others?"
[20:05] <~Aurelia|GM>  The pony who had been previously picking his teeth looks up. "Deck a cards, eh? I got you, pal."
[20:06] * Cloudy_Breeze decides to ask the mare where Feldspar's gone. She heads over, and tips her hat in greeting. "Mornin'. Y'all were talkin' to Mr. Feldspar a moment ago, weren't ya?"
[20:06] * Challenger trots over. "How much for a complete deck?"
[20:07] <~Aurelia|GM>  She looks over her shoulder slightly, sizing Breezy up. "I was." The vendor grins. "Fifteen." He says, floating out a pristine pack of cards.
[20:08] * Challenger drops the caps on the counter. "Deal"
[20:09] <~Aurelia|GM>  The vendor hoofs over his goods. On the back is a sticker that reads "Property of The Rig, do not distribute."
[20:09] * Challenger looks at the cards sticker and smirks, then shows it to Wraith.
[20:10] <Wraith> "That's that uh...I recoginize the name."
[20:10] <Challenger> "Ah right, you weren't in on that one. We kind of robbed the place."
[20:11] * Wraith snorts "Oh that's just amusing."
[20:11] * Cloudy_Breeze nods. "Ah thought so. Did he happen to mention where he was goin' to ya?"
[20:11] <Challenger> "Ain't it tho?"
[20:13] <~Aurelia|GM>  The mare thinks it over, sipping the wine in her glass pensively. "He mentioned the medical tent. Looking for someponies that showed up in the middle of the night." She turns a little more to face Breezy. "That wouldn't be you, would it?"
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[20:16] * Cloudy_Breeze nods once more. "Had a bit of a run-in with some nasty little thing out on the road."
[20:17] <~Aurelia|GM>  The mare flashes a small smile. "Yeah. You guys made quite the entrance."
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[20:19] * Wraith is taken outside to play cards.
[20:19] <~Aurelia|GM>  With the shopping completed, Lollyag, Challenger, and Wraith leave the trading post and arrive at the medical tent as instructed. The smokey nurse trots out, and looks a little surprised to see them. "You're back."
[20:19] <Wraith> "I guess I am!"
[20:20] * Lollyag smiles gently to the nurse, "Hello, you would be Blackberry Jam, right?"
[20:21] * Cloudy_Breeze grins. "Ah can imagine." She pauses a moment. "Our ride needs a bit of work though, b'fore she's fit to go."
[20:21] <~Aurelia|GM>  She nods slightly. "Yeah, you've got her. Wait... You're Lollygag, right? Which makes you Wraith." She says, putting the pieces together. "Follow me." She says, trotting briskly back into the tent. Strifer lies there, a Fixer IV in her leg.
[20:22] * Lollyag nods back, "Yeah, that's us. You got word ahead, huh?"
[20:23] * Wraith perks up "Word?"
[20:24] <~Aurelia|GM>  She gives a more definite nod as she opens a trunk on the far side of the tent. "Wishful Thinking was a close friend of mine, actually. He said that he thought of a way to get your cyberpony friend walking on her own."
[20:25] * Strifer has gone back to a docile curled up state of mumbling madness mare.
[20:25] * Wraith perks up more now
[20:26] * Aurelia|GM hefts a large red rubber coat out of the trunk and drops it on a nearby table. "This," she says, pressing a gem on the portion that looks like the chest, "Is called a Trauma Override Harness."
[20:26] <~Aurelia|GM>  Blackberry Jam does that*
[20:27] * Wraith blinks "What's it do?"
[20:27] * Lollyag flashes a smiles to Wraith before turning back as the doctor sets the object down on the table, "Fascinating."
[20:29] <~Aurelia|GM>  Blackberry lights a cigarette and watches as the suit stands up by itself, without anything inside it. "Well, it was something cooked up by the Army before the war. They called it 'Autonomous Injury Recovery.'"
[20:30] * Wraith nods "Alright, following you so far."
[20:36] <~Aurelia|GM>  The nurse continues as the suit trots in place. "It's got a network of smart fibers and artifical muscles that can... well... override physical trauma. I'd say you qualify."
[20:36] * Wraith nods "Er...Will it fit? I'm rather small..."
[20:37] <~Aurelia|GM>  She nods. "Yep. One size fits all."
[20:37] * Cloudy_Breeze bids farewell to the pony. "Ah should see if ah can find Mr. Feldspar. It's been a pleasure."
[20:37] * Lollyag smiles wide, "Well that sounds wonderful."
[20:38] <~Aurelia|GM>  Zemblanity nods. "It certainly has, Zephyr."
[20:39] * Wraith blinks "Nifty."
[20:41] <~Aurelia|GM>  Blackberry nods. "Wishful thinks that this thing should get you walking again. Even so, you'll still have to be careful."
[20:41] * Cloudy_Breeze finds it more than a little unnerving when ponies call her by that name. Hopefully soon they'll distance themselves enough from that place that the name becomes buried again.
[20:41] * Wraith tilts her head "Why's that?"
[20:42] * Cloudy_Breeze heads toward the medical tent to see if she can spot Mr. Feldspar.
[20:43] <~Aurelia|GM>  Blackberry powers down the suit and it collapses in a heap. "If this gets punctured, then it will stop working pretty quickly." Feldspar is slowly making his way in the direction of the medical tent.
[20:44] <Wraith> "Sooooo."
[20:44] <Wraith> "Don't get shot?"
[20:44] <~Aurelia|GM>  The nurse takes a puff and exhales. "Yeah. Don't get shot."
[20:45] * Aurelia|GM ([email protected]) Quit ( Quit: See you ! )
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[20:46] * Lollyag giggles softly and smiles to both ponies, "Well that's great. At least it'll let you do something until we can get you properly taken care of."
[20:46] * SpencerDespenser|GM is now known as Aurelia|GM
[20:46] <Wraith> "Can I bum a smoke off you? And that sounds like a plan. Getting shot hurts. A lot."
[20:46] * Wraith nods at Lollyag "Just laying around is killing me more than the linked miniguns that did this to me. It's hell."
[20:46] <Wraith> "That thing'll give me a chance to be useful
[20:47] <~Aurelia|GM> Blackberry tosses her fellow doctor a cigarette. "Need a light? And... did you say miniguns?"
[20:47] * Wraith takes the cigarette in her TK and nods. To both questions.
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[20:48] <~Aurelia|GM>  Blackberry Jam tosses Waith her own engraved lighter. "Well, that sounds like a certain buck I know."
[20:50] * Wraith catches the lighter too and lights the cigarette taking a drag, tossing the lighter back
[20:50] <~Aurelia|GM>  It may be worth noting that Blackberry is smoking filterless cigarettes. Woo~
[20:52] * Strifer groans and flops down onto the floor with a thud. "Okies, Im awake.." She rocks forward and sits up, looking over at the gathering at the clinic. "... I know im populare but fuck me, you didnt all have to come check on me."
[20:53] * Cloudy_Breeze makes her way over to Feldspar and walks with him. "Good mornin'."
[20:54] <~Aurelia|GM>  The buck grins and tips his beret to Breezy. "Morning, Miss. Something on your mind?" Back in the tent, Blackberry Jam turns her head to Strifer. "So Lollygag." She says without turning her head. "What can you tell me about Moondust?"
[20:54] * Challenger sits next to Strifer's cot. "Kinda did."
[20:55] * Challenger sets Wraith down on the floor before doing ^
[20:55] * Strifer is not in the cot anymore, is sitting on the floor. She gives a confused grin. "So... What the fuck are we doing?"
[20:55] * Lollyag turns too, calling out, "Hi Strifer. Did you go out trying to wrestle one of those bugs last night?" A little quieter, "What about it?"
[20:56] * Challenger pipshrugs.
[20:56] * Strifer smirks over at Lollygag. "I wanted to but instead I... Uhm.. Fuck." she clops herself up the head. "Work!"
[20:57] <Challenger> "Stop that!"
[20:57] * Wraith lays on the floor!
[20:57] <~Aurelia|GM>  Blackberry shushes Strifer and Challenger and points at the former. "This one... whatever Moondust is, it's fucked her up bad."
[20:58] * Wraith grumbles and frowns
[20:58] * Lollyag looks at the doctor, "You're kidding. You're kidding, right?"
[20:58] * Lollyag looks blankly at the doctor*
[20:59] * Challenger looks at Wraith. "Sorry. Wanted to sit."
[21:00] * Strifer frowns at Blackberry. "We're just fine!"
[21:00] <~Aurelia|GM>  Blackberry snorts. "No, unless you are. She's showing symptoms of -severe- schizophrenia. Seems like she's past the point of no return."
[21:00] <Wraith> "It's kay!"
[21:00] * Wraith wiggles towards the suit like a snake
[21:01] <Challenger> "Want help?"
[21:02] <Wraith> "It'd be nice~"
[21:02] * Challenger helps Wraith get into the suit.
[21:02] * Cloudy_Breeze nods. "Couple of things, actually. The first bein' that we'd like to go check out that stable."
[21:02] * Wraith gets dressed like a foal! Just minus the screaming and kicking and pooping.
[21:03] <~Aurelia|GM>  Feldspar grins. "Ah, so somepony did tip you off to that. Well, we've been trying to crack that door for almost a year now to no avail. Think you can do better?"
[21:03] * Challenger is glad for that
[21:03] * Lollyag just stares at the doctor, "Well thank you for being so quick to jump to conclusions. Just because you don't know what something is, automatically it's the problem, huh? Moondust has been around for longer than you or I... I've seen its effect with my own eyes, countless ponies, and nothing like this has ever happened."
[21:05] <~Aurelia|GM>  Blackberry stares right back. "It's not Dash. It's not Med-X. It's not Rage. And, you seem awfully defensive about this."
[21:05] <Wraith> "Hey Doc. Sorry to interupt but uh."
[21:05] <Wraith> "How do I turn this on?"
[21:06] * Strifer stands up with a snort. Moving over to stuff her saddlebags, picking up the Twilight Sparkle statuette she blinks and staggers to the side. Toppling her IV stand in the process. Shaking her head. " Fascinating.." she mumbles. Turning towards Lolly and the doctor. "So, did oyu say you had some fucking food around here or what?" She seems completely oblivious to their conversation.
[21:06] * Lollyag doesn't look away, even at Wraith's interruption, "Any why shouldn't I defend myself when I'm being attacked?"
[21:06] <Lollyag> [And*]
[21:06] * Challenger pops out a can of carrots and, after opening it, hoofs it to Strifer. "Just stop trying to wander around."
[21:08] * Wraith pokes buttons! For SCIENCE!
[21:08] * Strifer gasps. "Carrots!" She sits down, looks at the carrots for a while. Starring at it and straining her eyes. "Hrmm.. Wierd." She shrugs and munches down on them. Glancing over her shoulder at TurretWraith.
[21:08] <~Aurelia|GM>  Blackberry blinks. "Oh. Right. It's fine, just press the gem on the chest piece. If you feel any sharp pains or muscle aches... it's working." She frowns at Strifer and pushes her back into bed, righting the IV. "Look Lollygag, I'm just trying to figure out what's wrong with her. This Moondust stuff is the only explanation. Unless of course, you've suddenly developed an outstanding medical background and have some other idea
[21:10] <~Aurelia|GM>  Wraith feels a sharp pain in her spine, and the muscles in her legs begin to ache as the suit attaches to them. The suit whizzes and whirrs as it boots up.
[21:10] <Wraith> "OW FUCK"
[21:10] <Wraith> "FUCKING FUCK FUCK"
[21:10] * Strifer gets pushed into bed again. "Okay, okay! Im going!" She brings the carrots though.
[21:10] <Challenger> "They're carrots. How are they weird?"
[21:11] * Wraith rolls around still swearing
[21:11] * Wraith stops abruptly "Oh hey. I can move."
[21:11] * Cloudy_Breeze shrugs. "We can try. Worst, we only waste time. And we ain't exactly hurtin' for free time to waste."
[21:11] * Strifer waves a hoof at Challenger. She blinks and stares at Wraith. "Uhm.. Is she suposed to do that?"
[21:11] * Wraith blinks
[21:12] * Challenger watches Wraith. "You... gonne be okay?"
[21:12] <~Aurelia|GM>  Feldspar nods. "Great. And the other things?" Back in the tent, Blackberry frowns. There's just too much going on.
[21:12] * Wraith blinks again "I think." she sits up and giggles "Whoa."
[21:13] * Strifer then returns to Challenger with a Shrug. "No, you see for some reason my magic isnt working. It has never done this before, I guess last nights experiment must have overworked my horn." She says with a firm nod before continuing to munch carrots like the normal earth pony she is.
[21:13] * Lollyag keeps glaring at the doctor for a few more moments before sighing and turning away, "Fine... 'medical background' away all you want. All I know is what I know from /years/ of experience with it... If you want some to analyze it'll cost you just the same as what I charge other ponies."
[21:13] <Challenger> "Strifer, you're an earth pony. Magic isn't ever working for you."
[21:14] * Cloudy_Breeze "Ah noticed ya had a job  on the board. Was a little curious 'bout it."
[21:16] <~Aurelia|GM>  Blackberry sighs too and turns to Wraith. "Feels like everything works? Why don't you take a few laps arounf the base, break it in a bit." She turns to Lollygag. "Look missy, your friend is... serious screwed up in the head. I've treated overdoses and countless addictions, but never this."
[21:16] * Strifer shakes her head, looking curiously at Challenger. "... I've  always been a unicorn, what are you talking about Big Machintosh? You know this."
[21:17] * Challenger opens his mouth, shuts it... opens it again... then facehoofs. "Lolly. You broke my marefriend again."
[21:17] <~Aurelia|GM>  Blackberry points at the scene unfolding behind her. "That is precisely what I'm talking about." The dark brown buck chuckles as he walks with Breezy. "Ah yes. Interested in making a delivery, are we?"
[21:19] * Lollyag leans in close to Blackberry, a dangerous grin growing on her face, "Well fine, if you want to help her, I know the best way... I'll teach you how to make it."
[21:19] * Cloudy_Breeze grins a bit. "Depends. How much should ah expect to be shot?"
[21:19] * Wraith scoots out. Apparently the doctor said she should go run laps...or something.
[21:20] * Strifer blinks and blushes. "M-marefriend.. Bigmac what are  you on about." She sits up and pulls Challenger closer. Whispering. "It was suposed to be a sercret.." Sitting back hugging the can of carrots.  "Oh, what will Princess Luna think of me now.. Ah, what will AJ think! Oh my.."
[21:20] <Challenger> "Uhm... She'll be fine with it?"
[21:21] <~Aurelia|GM>  Feldspar doesn't stop smiling. "Depends. How fast can you fly?" The doctor looks at Lolly with a look of mixed disappointment and disgust. "The idea is to cure the addiction, small-fry, not make it worse."
[21:21] * Wraith stifles a giggle. Nope. She's definitely got to hear this.
[21:23] * Lollyag doesn't back away, her grin not fading in the least, "Oh come now. Of course the idea is to cure it." She practically coos out the word 'cure'. "What better way is there to understand it than to really 'know' it?"
[21:24] * Cloudy_Breeze looks Feldspar right in the eyes. "Y'all would be hard pressed to find faster."
[21:24] <~Aurelia|GM>  He nods. "Great. Do you think you could get that truck up and running soon?"
[21:25] <~Aurelia|GM>  Blackberry seems to seriously consider it for a second, but scowls. "Get the hell out of my tent."
[21:25] * Strifer munches down a carrot and blinking. "Ah, m-maybe I can have Rarity alter the story if needed. Yes. That's what Ill do. No worries at all, nope." She looks to the left and right, uncertain. "... wait a minute, this isnt canterlot.."
[21:26] * Lollyag pulls back, scoffing, "Fine. Just fine. Do whatever you like, Blackberry, but you'd better take good care of my property." She turns, staring at the doctor for as long as possible before slowly trotting out of the tent.
[21:27] * Cloudy_Breeze frowns. "Runnin' good or runnin' soon? Ah don't think both is an option."
[21:27] <Challenger> "No, this isn't Canterlot."
[21:27] * Wraith blinks and follows Lollyag
[21:28] * Strifer hugs the carrot can even tighther. Taking a panicked breath. "W-where am.. Who are.. Whats going on!"
[21:28] * Aurelia|GM glares at Lollygag as she leaves. "Fucking slavers. Good riddance." She turns to Strifer and tips her head slightly. "Kid, you in there?"
[21:28] <Challenger> "Strifer, calm down. Freaking out right now won't help."
[21:29] <~Aurelia|GM>  Blackberry does that*
[21:29] * Strifer looks around, her breath quicking. "This.. This is some kind of trick, a new zebra weapon!"
[21:30] <~Aurelia|GM>  Feldspar, on the other hoof arrives at the tent in time to see Lolly and Wraith leave. He looks at Wraith's new suit curiously. "Wondered when we'd get to use that... Anyway, your destination isn't far. If you could get the truck there in... two hours, you'd be fine."
[21:30] * Challenger puts a hoof on Strifer's shoulder. "This isn't a trick. You're just coming down off of a moondust trip."
[21:30] * Wraith waves at Cloudy_Breeze and Feldspar, still following Lollyag silently
[21:31] * Strifer hugs that hoof hard. "Cal.. Caldera?! Right now?"
[21:32] <Challenger> "What?"
[21:32] * Lollyag trots slowly away from the medical tent, heading towards the cabins. When she reaches the one she'd been using, she opens it and trots inside. She starts to close the door, only then seeing Wraith had been following her. She just sits there staring for a few minutes before quietly asking, "Coming in?"
[21:33] * Strifer looks off a the doctor, her eyes blank. "..I do! But there is so much to do! I, I cant just leave!"
[21:33] <Wraith> "Don't see why not." She trots in.
[21:35] <~Aurelia|GM>  Blackberry facehooves. "Sweet Luna... this kid is nuts."
[21:35] <Challenger> "Yes, I know... She was like this the first time she hit the stuff. Calling me Big Mac, talking about canterlot..."
[21:36] * Lollyag closes the door gently after Wraith enters, following her towards the cots. With the door closed, she lets her head slump, "I didn't mean it..."
[21:36] * Wraith looks at Lolly "What bit, exactly?"
[21:36] <Wraith> "Many things were said."
[21:37] * Strifer nods. " I know, I know. You're right.. We must go to Caldera." She raises up and tries to roll out of bed.
[21:37] * Cloudy_Breeze nods. "Ah'll see what ah can do." She heads off to see what she can do about getting the van smooth enough to get the job done.
[21:38] * Challenger stops Strifer. "You ain't going nowhere, missy."
[21:38] * Lollyag stops in place, looking down at the floor, "Any time I refer to all of you as being my property... It... it's just what ponies expect to hear... projected image..."
[21:38] <~Aurelia|GM>  Feldspar peeks into the medical tent as Blackberry moves over to to help Strifer back into bed. "Hey-o. Challenger, right? I got a j- Oh... this is a bad time."
[21:39] * Wraith trots over to Lollyag and hugs her "Well if you don't mean it when why say it to begin with?"
[21:39] * Challenger looks up at Feldspar. "No, it's fine. Just dealing with an old issue. What's up?"
[21:41] <~Aurelia|GM>  A hug from the Override suit is probably a terrifying ordeal. Feldspar rubs the back of his neck. "You sure? I can always come back later."
[21:41] * Wraith is being careful!
[21:41] * Challenger looks at Strifer. "Yeah... it'll be fine."
[21:41] <Challenger> "Whatcha need?"
[21:42] * Strifer squirms in the bed. "N-no! I need to go to Coldara!" She glares at Challenger, squinting her eyes.
[21:43] <Challenger> "What you need is to stay in bed. I'll tie you down if I have to. And no trying to magic me into another dimension. It's not going to work."
[21:43] <~Aurelia|GM>  Blackberry frowns and helps hold Strifer down. Feldspar sighs. "Well, I got a job for you guys, the one I was telling you about last night. Your pegasus friend has it taken care of." Desert_Eagle has been milling about the van all morning, fiddling with the radio.
[21:44] <Challenger> "Oh. Well that's good news. Wait. Which pegasus friend? the grey one or the creme colored one?"
[21:46] <~Aurelia|GM>  Feldspar takes a seat by Strifer's belongings. "I'd call her more... yellow than creme, but yeah. The mare. She just needs to get that car in working order and you guys should be able to ship out whenever you want."
[21:47] <Challenger> "Funny, I thought we'd be owing more for repairs."
[21:47] * Lollyag flinches a little from the contact, "Because that's all this world cares about. Power. Being nice doesn't get you anywhere, doing 'what's right' gets you killed."
[21:47] * Strifer sniffs her eyes tears up a little. "Oh goddesses no.. Not, Fluttershy.." She curls up in the bed.
[21:48] <~Aurelia|GM>  The buck adjusts the hat on his head. "Well, you'll have to bring something back in one piece, too."
[21:48] * Wraith snorts "If I wasn't a nice pony I wouldn't give a flying fuck about you and laugh at your problems. And when it all boils down to it, Good, bad, right, wrong. It gets you killed and dead is dead."
[21:49] * Wraith looks Lollyag in the eye "But I do care. And hell. I got killed and I wasn't doing what was 'right', I just did what I wanted."
[21:51] * Strifer ([email protected]) Quit ( Ping timeout: 121 seconds )
[21:51] * Pantzar_ ([email protected]) has joined #FruityRumpusAssholeFactory
[21:52] * Challenger ([email protected]) Quit ( Ping timeout: 121 seconds )
[21:53] * Pantzar_ is now known as Strifer
[21:55] * Strifer curls up further sniffing she mumbles. "Go away.. We never asked for this.."
[21:55] * Lollyag sniffs, her knees buckling a little, "I just wanted... to help..."
[21:56] <~Aurelia|GM>  The mechanic is buried in the engie compartment of the car as Breezy approaches. She's swishing her tail and whistling while she works.
[21:57] * Wraith nuzzles Lollyag "It's alright Lolly."
[21:57] * Strifer sits up as well she can being held down by ponies. She glares at a wall. "No! We would never had asked for this! Its all gone horribly wrong!" She cries out on the edge of tears.
[21:58] * Cloudy_Breeze steps right up next to the mechanic. "How's she lookin'?"
[21:59] <~Aurelia|GM>  Blackberry is pretty worried at this point. "All right kid, this is gonna hurt me more than it'll hurt you!" She says, jamming a needle full of a powerful sedative into Strifer's flank.
[22:00] <Strifer> "You blew it up, we didnt do... anythinggghh" She flops down limp on the bed.
[22:01] * Lollyag sniffs hard a few more times before finally just breaking down, leaning into Wraith's neck and sobbing, "S'... s'not...r-right..."
[22:02] * Wraith awkwardly strokes Lollyag's back making 'shhh' noises
[22:03] <~Aurelia|GM>  Strifer can't seem to move her limbs, but she's still conscious.
[22:04] <~Aurelia|GM>  Blackberry lets out an exhausted sigh and lights a cigarette. "It's been one of those days."
[22:05] * Challenger ([email protected]) has joined #FruityRumpusAssholeFactory
[22:07] <~Aurelia|GM>  The buck adjusts the hat on his head. "Well, you'll have to bring something back in one piece, too."
[22:07] <Challenger> "What kind of something?
[22:07] <Challenger> "
[22:09] * Lollyag just lies there against Wraith, crying uncontrollably. Between sobs, you can occasionally make out parts of words, but it's nearly nonsensical.
[22:09] * Wraith fidgets akwardly and kisses Lollyag's cheek "It's going to be alright Lolly. Everything's going to be alright."
[22:10] <~Aurelia|GM>  Feldspar leans over to examine Strifer's stuff. "Same thing you're delivering, actually. We're swapping some of our tech with a nearby Raider settlement."
[22:10] <Challenger> "...You might wanna stay out of those bags there, pal. Why're you trading with Raiders?"
[22:13] <~Aurelia|GM>  The buck stops where he is. "Oh... of course, sorry. Long story short, though... it's sort of like a peace offering. We've been at each others throats for almost three years now, but that changes today."
[22:13] <Challenger> "And you're sure they're gonna accept it? Not just try to fill us full of holes?"
[22:14] <~Aurelia|GM>  He nods slowly. "Yep. They'd better, or they know what'll happen."
[22:14] * Lollyag doesn't stop crying for several minutes, choking out in barely a whisper, "Nothing's alright... nothing's okay..."
[22:15] <Challenger> "Right. What kind of tech are you expecting back, if I may ask."
[22:15] <Wraith> "Then make it alright. Make it okay."
[22:16] <Wraith> "Ponies have the potential to change everything around them if they just put their minds to it and charge towards their dream head first. Yes, ponies get killed doing it, a lot. But everything dies."
[22:17] <~Aurelia|GM>  The mechanic wiggles her flank a little. "Thanks to those tune ups you made this morning, I'd say you don't have to worry about those reinforced parts. These ones ought to hold fine."
[22:18] <~Aurelia|GM>  Feldspar shakes his head. "Can't say. Can't tell you what's in ours either. They were both misdeliveries."
[22:18] <Challenger> "Fair enough."
[22:19] * Lollyag starts sobbing softly again, "Trying... I... I've been trying..."
[22:19] <Challenger> "Anything else we should know before we head out?"
[22:19] * Cloudy_Breeze smiles slightly. "Well that there's quite a relief. How quick do ya think it can get on the road?"
[22:20] * Strifer just lays there, freaking out as she is trapped in her own racing mind.
[22:20] * Wraith nuzzles gently "I know Lolly. I know."
[22:20] <~Aurelia|GM>  The mechanic wipes her hooves and brow on a rag and hmms. "Hour or two? Just gotta charge the battery. Taking that job Feldspar posted, huh?" Feldspar shakes his head. "Nope. I'll let you go now."
[22:21] <Challenger> "We'll get it done, Feldspar. No worries."
[22:22] <~Aurelia|GM>  The buck gives a salute and exits. "No worries."
[22:23] * Cloudy_Breeze nods. "Seems pretty straightforward. Might as well give it a shot."
[22:24] * Challenger leans down to whisper to Strifer. "Behave yourself, little filly. We'll be back soon." He nuzzles her and, with a nod to the nurse, trots out the door.
[22:25] <~Aurelia|GM>  Mechanic pony nods and connects a pair of wires to the battery component. "Should be ready to go in 2 hours time." Blackberry nods back.
[22:26] * Strifer can't even blink. A soft moaning sound escapes her as Chall leaves.
[22:26] * Wraith continues to stroke Lollyag's back gently
[22:27] * Challenger heads for the truck. "Breezy, you around?"
[22:28] * Lollyag slowly leans against Wraith, her sobbing only dwindling off again as she goes slack against the unicorn.
[22:28] * Cloudy_Breeze looks up from her conversation with the mechanic pony. "Where ya been? Ain't seen ya since yesterday."
[22:28] <Challenger> "Various duties and deviations. I need a favor of you."
[22:28] * Wraith moves her head back to look at Lollyag "Do you feel any better?"
[22:31] <~Aurelia|GM>  Desert_Eagle has been asleep in the cab of the car for the past hour or so.
[22:32] * Lollyag sniffs softly, her eyes closed. She gives the barest shake of her head, whispering, "I... don't... know if I ever can..."
[22:33] * Wraith sighs and hugs her close
[22:33] * Cloudy_Breeze gives Challenger a curious look. "Yeah?"
[22:34] * Desert_Eagle wakes up. "Bah, ah need t' stop nappin' so much." He grumbles, stumbling out of car.
[22:34] <Challenger> "One of my guns' trigger is broken. Was hoping you could fix it."
[22:36] * Desert_Eagle waves at Challenger and Cloudy_Breeze. "What we doin'? An' did yah get that ammo Chal?"
[22:37] <Challenger> "Did indeed." He hoofs over the 27 rounds. "Do it quick, we're on the move soon."
[22:37] * Desert_Eagle nods. "Where to?"
[22:38] <Challenger> "From what I've been told... raider settlement. And not to wipe it out either."
[22:38] * Desert_Eagle frowns. "An' why th' hell we doin' that?"
[22:38] * Cloudy_Breeze glances over to Desert_Eagle as he joins them. "Ah can take a look, sure. Dunno if ah can work somethin' out in the little time we've got.
[22:39] * Challenger smiles and pulls out the BEL he's been holding onto since the Rig fight. "Broke when I tried to nuke Nuke with it."
[22:43] * Strifer breaths a little quicker.
[22:44] * Desert_Eagle frowns slightly. "Hey Chal, yah don't happen t' have any rifle rounds, do yah?"
[22:44] <~Aurelia|GM>  Blackberry has since sat down at Strifer's side, letting her cigarette dwindle.
[22:45] <Challenger> "Uhm... not on me, but I've got alot of caps left over. Go get some."
[22:46] * Strifer 's breath is definitely quick, as if she was in a panick.
[22:46] * Cloudy_Breeze eyes the weapon, a scowl crossing her face. "The hell you doing with that?"
[22:46] <Strifer> panic*
[22:46] <~Aurelia|GM>  Blackberry hangs her head. "Goddess-dammit... kid..."
[22:46] * Strifer wakes up with a shriek. "Ahh!"
[22:47] <Wraith> "You know I'm here for you Lolly, if you need me."
[22:47] * Desert_Eagle nods, looking over at Cloudy_Breeze. "Yah got any?"
[22:48] <~Aurelia|GM>  The nurse jumps back, dropping her cigarette. "Holy shit, kid! You okay?"
[22:48] * Challenger pulls out his old leather armor. "Sell this too. I forgot to."
[22:49] * Desert_Eagle nods, taking it along with the... 18 caps. That wasn't a lot.
[22:49] * Lollyag nods very slowly and whispers, "Thank you..." She just lies there against you for a while longer before finally adding, "We... should go..."
[22:49] * Challenger grins sheepishly
[22:49] * Strifer blinks, laying down and relaxes. "Y-yeah.. Fuck me.. I thought I was going to die then. More flashes.." She mutters.
[22:49] * Cloudy_Breeze glances over at Desert_Eagle. "As a matter of fact... ah found these... never gave 'em to ya." She digs around for the 5.56 ammo she'd found what seems like forever ago and passes them to Desert_Eagle.
[22:49] * Wraith smiles and gives Lollyag's back one last stroke "Alright."
[22:49] <~Aurelia|GM>  Blackberry takes out a notepad and shifts a little. "So what did you see?"
[22:50] * Challenger looks bac at Breezy. "You never asked for it back. Also, what's that place gona do with a nuke launcher? We may need it in the coming fight."
[22:50] * Desert_Eagle nods. "Thank yah. Ah'll go get workin'." He trots off towards wherever the trading post-thing is.
[22:52] <Strifer> "I was.. On a train, I wasnt myself though.. I was.." She fishes up the Twilight Sparkle Stattuete. "Her.. And there was a stallion there. We talked about, shit, he wanted me to go to caldera. And said that I should take the tests. And then, the train crashed! We, we sank into a river!"
[22:52] * Lollyag slides backwards slowly, settling her hooves to the floor, but when she tries to put pressure on them, they don't support her at all, immediately sending her falling face-first.
[22:53] * Wraith eeps and helps Lollyag back up "are you alright?"
[22:53] <Wraith> "You know, relatively speaking."
[22:53] <~Aurelia|GM>  Desert_Eagle arrives at the trading post, only to find it void of any traders. Blackberry jots that down and tips her head. "Caldera? Train? Hmmm."
[22:54] * Lollyag nods slowly, her chin spotting a bright red mark from the impact.
[22:54] * Desert_Eagle frowns. "Bah." He looks around for an ammo bench. Might as well get started with what he had.
[22:54] * Cloudy_Breeze turns back to Challenger. "They /did/ ask for it back. And they're a trained military squad! The right question is, what are YOU gonna do with that thing?" She gives a derisive snort. "Y'all ain't near as qualified to be wieldin' somethin' like that."
[22:54] * Strifer shrugs a little. "I have no fucking idea, honestly.. All I know is that there is something in Caldera that I have to do." She winces and looks about. "Did I.. hurt anypony?"
[22:55] * Wraith hisses through her teeth a little "Ow. Let me take a look at that, sweetie."
[22:55] <~Aurelia|GM>  Blackberry shakes her head. "Nope. Far as I know, Caldera's just some old ghost town, though. Ever been?"
[22:56] <Challenger> "I plan to use it as a deterrant if thing's don't go our way. Just fix it, would you? If we surive you can have it back and return it to Pier at your own leisure."
[22:57] * Strifer frowns and nods. "Yeah. That place didnt have a bar or anything.. Fucking useless."
[22:58] <~Aurelia|GM>  Blackberry nods slowly. "So you have been. Hmmmm. Been on any trains lately?"
[22:58] <Desert_Eagle> "Ammo table, ammo table... Come on, where are yah?"
[23:00] * Strifer blinks. "... fuck me, no way." She glances at the doctor. "I dug the statutette out of a train that had crashed into a river.. Ah.. Somehow I just knew it was there, fuck, it was like I'd been missing it for a long time!"
[23:00] * Wraith tilt's Lolly's head up to look at her chin
[23:00] * Cloudy_Breeze eyes Challenger. "Yer serious? Let me make myself nice and clear. If ya wanna go usin' that as a threat, we're all better off havin' it broke."
[23:00] <~Aurelia|GM>  Blackberry looks at her warily. "Can I see the figurine?"
[23:01] * Strifer nods slowly.
[23:01] <Challenger> "What good's a threat I can't back up?"
[23:03] * Cloudy_Breeze looks straight into Challenger's eyes, deadly serious. "That's exactly my point."
[23:02] <~Aurelia|GM>  *** Session 21 Ends. ***