Piss Poor #15

[18:26]	Rabtar	Our group has set off, after a rather odd breakfast, towards the tribal town of ‘Trailer Trash’. Little is know about them other than the fact that they are on the edge of war with the ponies of Newton and that it’s to the South West of Newton. The bleak desert landscape stretches out before them, the remains of an old road being the only sign of civilization.
[18:27]	Ragebrew	trots slowly ahead of the group, eyes peeled and surveying the bleak landscape carefully. Every rock he found, he'd rush over to and investigate, flipping it over, looking for water, moss, anything at all.
[18:30]	Midnight_Hour	has been magically working on fixing her mane as the group walked, her brush floating next to her and working on its own accord as it works to fix the burned lock and cover the fresh scar just behind her jaw. Lifting a mirror, she smiles as she has successfull fixed her folicle folly and covered the blemish. "There we go."
[18:33]	Long-shot	sighs following the group, she looks around watching them but focusing ahead as if looking for something
[18:34]	Elektron	walks along, trying to give a wide berth between him and the massive Ragebrew, occasionally adjusting his little Iron Band that he wears on his right forehoof
[18:39]	Rabtar	Ragebrew manages to find a small stash of supplies hidden under a fallen log, a little food water and ammo within
[18:39]	Ragebrew	trots back after a while, nibbling on some fresh shoots of grass, a new rusted ammo case hanging from his flank. "Not much around here. Found a few bits and bobs, couple carrots even. And this." He dropped the ammo case on the ground before cracking it open. "Odd mix. Gem packs and some 20 gauge. Eh. Anyone want it?"
[18:40]	Elektron	"I'm fine, I don't use any of those"
[18:40]	Midnight_Hour	"Oh!" Midnight says with smile. "My plasma pistol uses those. It would probably be most prudent if I took them off your hooves."
[18:42]	Long-shot	looks over shaking her head "No, thankyou" she smiles turning to look forward
[18:42]	Ragebrew	pulls out the set of gem packs, offering them to her. "Yer the only one who uses 'em. Makes sense I give 'em to ya. Pretty much how I like to do things. Give it to those who can use it. Or give it to Mercy so she can sell it later." He took the 20 gauge rounds for himself.
[18:47]	Ragebrew	finishes emptying out the can, leaving it for the Waste to reclaim. "Alright kids. We got Trail Trash to talk to. Figuring they aren't gonna be too friendly, but since we're outsiders, and I look savage enough, they might not shoot or stab us first."
[18:48]	Elektron	eyes widen after hearing this "plan" from Ragebrew
[18:49]	Midnight_Hour	nods, floating the gems into her saddlebags. "Thank you," she says politely before realizing she was thanking a Wasteland pony. Why did manners have to trump her class for once?
[18:49]	Ragebrew	looks ove at Elektron, one bushy eyebrow arching. "What, ya think I planned to go in guns blazing?"
[18:50]	Ragebrew	"We might be able to sort out why they are at each others throats. Maybe solve it without too much blood."
[18:50]	Elektron	stammers a little "No-no, of course not I just... didn't think that fighting would be that likely..."
[18:52]	Ragebrew	shrugged as he pulled out a bottle of dirty water, sipping on it slowly. "They are tribals. Never know what they are thinking, why they do what they do. If nothing else, we can sort out which side we wanna fight for."
[18:52]	Long-shot	hums a little before trotting to Elektron's side "You.. might have to get used to that.."
[18:53]	Elektron	gulps "I know I just... hope shooting other ponies won't be necessary..."
[18:54]	Long-shot	nods "I don't want to kill ponies either, I try not too.."
[18:55]	Ragebrew	chuckled. "Welcome to the waste, my friend. Forget yer all townies in one way or another... Just remember, if someone tries to kill ya, ya kill 'em right back."
[18:55]	Elektron	"You make it sound so simple"
[18:56]	Ragebrew	grins with those yellowed teeth of his. "It is." He continued trotting ahead of the party, scanning the wastes for signs of life.
[19:01]	Rabtar	the group had been walking for several miles and it was now early afternoon. From over a low hill right in front a few muffled shouts and gunfire can be heard...
[19:03]	Ragebrew	perks his ears to the sound of gunfire, looking back to the group. He gestured towards the sound before taking off at a gallop.
[19:03]	Midnight_Hour	bites the side of her upper lip. "I think we are in Trailer Trash territory.
[19:03]	Elektron	mutters to himself "Please don't let us join the shooting please don't let us join the shooting"
[19:04]	Long-shot	follows Rage with a quiet hum
[19:05]	Midnight_Hour	blinks as Ragebrew gallops towards the gunfire. "You're running 'towards' the gunfire?" she asks before following after him, at a slower trot so she can crest the hill safely and be less noticable to whomever is shooting.
[19:05]	Elektron	mutters "Damn it." Before following Long-shot
[19:06]	Long-shot	"Think we could try for a peaceful resolution this time Ragebrew?" she says following him
[19:07]	Elektron	"Yes peaceful. I vote for peace." Elektron says, worried that it might be a foriegn word to the massive pony
[19:08]	Ragebrew	looks back for a moment. "Hopefully we come to heal, not harm. But we'll see what happens." He says to Long-shot, looking for a good place to set up shop and watch.
[19:08]	Rabtar	as our group crest the hill they can see the cause of the commotion. A group of at least eight ponies in simple armour, armed with spears or simple rifles are fighting a absolutely massive radscorpion. The thing must be at least four times the size of a pony! Two of the ponies lye on the ground bleeding as the others continue to fight it, despite the giant radscorpion looking rather badly...
[19:08]	Rabtar	...injured it is obvious that the ponies are loosing this fight.
[19:09]	Ragebrew	laughs, slamming the last of his slug rounds into the Samaritan. "Peace through violence! Ya'll take out the bug, I am gonna try and get those wounded outta there!"
[19:09]	Elektron	nods, thankful that he won't have to be shooting at other ponies
[19:15]	Long-shot	's eyes go wide, oh Luna not that, she quickly takes her Varmint Rifle off her back and stays on the hill aiming down her sights before firing 3 shots towards the giant scorpion
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[19:20]	Rabtar	all of the sniper mares shot strike home but do little damage
[19:23]	Rabtar	the monster hisses as it's shot, lashing out at the tribal ponies it had been fighting, striking and outright killing one and knocking another over with it's claws, positioning it's tail to drop it on the downed tribal
[19:24]	Elektron	having no moral qualms about shooting hostile bugs takes 3 shots with his Recharger Rifle
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[19:28]	Rabtar	two of his shot merely glance off the monsters thick shell, while the third strikes Ragebrew... in the ass, are we sure his cutie mark isn't a bulls-eye?
[19:29]	Ragebrew	turns around, staring at Elektron with slitted eyes. "We're gonna be havin' words after this...."
[19:29]	Elektron	ears fold down to his skull and his eyes widen till they there is nothing but pupil "Oh... dear..."
[19:29]	Elektron	*there is nothing
[19:37]	Midnight_Hour	charges her horn and fires off a bolt of lightning and a thunderclap before taking out her plasma carbine and firing a shot at its back.
[19:39]	Rabtar	the beast definitely felt Midnights hit, it's armored form smoking from the lightning and the plasma bolt just adding insult to injury, it looks very badly hurt now and seems to be having trouble moving, let alone standing
[19:42]	Rabtar	one of the spear armed tribal ponies bellows a savage war cry and charges the monster, sinking there spear into the things eye. It thrashes and hisses in it's death throws, but it is still no more
[19:43]	Rabtar	the tribals immediately set about to seeing to there wounded
[19:44]	Ragebrew	slows his full gallop, holstering the Samaritan and immediately going for rolls of bandages. He knew one of the ponies was beyond saving, the others he might be able to save.
[19:45]	Long-shot	trots closely behind him still keeping an eye out, if there was one big one there most certainly could be more or smaller ones
[19:46]	Elektron	unjams then holsters his Recharger Rifle, quivering as he prepares to be chewed out by Ragebrew
[19:48]	Long-shot	giggles taking a look around before trotting to Elektron "Don't be to worried, I have done that to him almost 3 times"
[19:50]	Elektron	her assertion doesn't calm him much, as being shot being by newcomer isn't likely to make one less angry about said shots... especially to one's rump
[19:50]	Midnight_Hour	follows, carefully descending the hill, trying not to ruffle her armor or kick up dirt that would get her dirty. "They aren't going to try to stab us, are they?" she calls after the group as they run forward.
[19:50]	Ragebrew	quickly gets to work, bandaging up the seriously wounded first, making sure they did not bleed out onto the desert sand. Seeing just how bad it was, he broke into his potion stash, and began using both. It was a heavy price, but life wasn't so cheap. The last one started coughing up blood half way through. He got a mouthful of bandages. "Swallow damnit!" He wasn't a gentle healer...
[19:51]	Long-shot	looks to him and pats him "The point of that is I'm still here"
[19:51]	Rabtar	Rage brew manages to save all of the wounded tribals, the last almost beyond his skill, but he manages to stablize them none the less...
[19:52]	Rabtar	the pony who had delt the killing blow to the radscorpion come up to the group "Who would come to help strangers in this day and time? You can not be from Newton or else you would of left us to our fate"
[19:52]	Elektron	tries to calm down, knowing at least one member might stick up for him should the worst happen
[19:57]	Ragebrew	looks to the group for a moment and sighed. "Yeah, we're far flung folks. Looking to make a profit and a good home in the waste. I'm Ragebrew. Nice to meet ya."
[19:59]	Midnight_Hour	rolls her eyes. "I already have a home out of the wastes. I just can't go back until you help me finish my mission," Midnight Hour sighs.
[19:59]	Ragebrew	"Some of us don't have that luxury, miss. Kindly remember that."
[19:59]	Elektron	ears droop a little, being reminded of that fact
[20:00]	Rabtar	the pony is a young stallion, his coat dark yellow and mane an odd mossy green, his simple leather armour decorated with a single painted on green apple "I am Crab Apple. And we are grateful for your help"
[20:03]	Ragebrew	tipped his hat to the stallion. "Happy to offer it. Now, yer wounded need to get somewhere safe. The bandages and potions will only keep 'em stable for so long. I can offer my aid, and my groups, in getting both the wounded and the kill to yer village."
[20:05]	Rabtar	he eyes Ragebrew wearily "You... would help us farther?"
[20:06]	Ragebrew	nods. "Yes, I would. I plan to help ya a lot, if I can. I know ya got problems with Newton. Like to know why. I'd rather not have a war going on. Scares the game away."
[20:06]	Midnight_Hour	arcs an eyebrow. "To where?"
[20:09]	Rabtar	he spits on the ground at the talk of Newton "The Newton tribe have been harassing our hunting parties for months. Some have even gone missing! When we approached them they merely accused us of doing the same. I am sorry, I'm just.... frustrated and this hunt did not help. We shall take you to the home of the Trailer Trash tribe"
[20:12]	Ragebrew	"Considering the size of this scorp, might be something else out there going after both." Ragebrew waved over the rest of the party. "Right, help get the wounded secure. Don't jostle 'em too much."
[20:13]	Midnight_Hour	purses her lips in thought. "That would be approrp. On the topic of Newton, if they say you attack them and they say you attack them, is there a possibility that there is a third party involved?"
[20:13]	Elektron	nods, ducks under and picks up one of the injured ponies
[20:14]	Elektron	*the one injured
[20:15]	Long-shot	puts her rifle on her back and stays next to Midnight for any assistance
[20:15]	Rabtar	he ponders for a moment "That could be. But other have said that they have seen the sickly form of the Newton ponies firing on them"
[20:17]	Midnight_Hour	furrows her brow. "Sickly? They didn't appear sickly to me when we were there."
[20:17]	Ragebrew	sets Amethyst down, and works on getting underneath the huge scorpion corpse. "Sickly? How sickly? Falling apart sickly?"
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[20:19]	Rabtar	"I did not see them, but it is said that there flesh seemed to almost hang off of them"
[20:20]	Long-shot	blehs out loud at the thought "That's just scary..."
[20:20]	Elektron	shudders a little. At least damaged robots only had wires poking out
[20:20]	Midnight_Hour	seems appalled. "I can assure you, the ponies of Newton do not look anything like that. That sounds more like ghouls than ponies."
[20:20]	Ragebrew	nodded. "Those are ghouls. Didn't see many of those in Newton. Might have the root of yer problem there. Group of ghouls causing havoc for ya."
[20:22]	Rabtar	"We have seen the ghoul and know what they look to be. These... ponies were different. You will need to speak to one who has seen them for I have not"
[20:24]	Ragebrew	wriggles underneath the scorpion until only his nose is sticking out the front. "Ready to lift when yer ready. Long, keep an eye on Amethyst."
[20:25]	Long-shot	giggles and nods "Alrighty then"
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[20:29]	Rabtar	two of the other tribals go and help the pair carry the monsters corpse. The group slowly make there way to the 'Trailer Trash'. Crab Apple explaining on the way "Trailer Trash is the name my tribe had when we were lost. Before the brother buffalo showed us the way. We keep the name to remind us of what we once were."
[20:31]	Midnight_Hour	suddenly puts two and two together. "The buffalo? You said your name was Crab Apple... Does that mean your little town has... apples?"
[20:33]	Rabtar	"We trade with our brother buffalo. And they do have a orchard in the center of there lands"
[20:34]	Midnight_Hour	Midnight's eyes widen. "I might have to introduce myself to your brother buffalo then," she says with a smile.
[20:34]	Ragebrew	trots slowly behind, huffing and puffing under the weight of the scorpion. "Never... Met a buffalo... before."
[20:36]	Elektron	"I've never met one either" he said, careful not to drop the injured pony
[20:36]	Long-shot	shakes her head "Me neither, well have to do that won't we"
[20:37]	Rabtar	"The 'Apple Walker' tribe came from a great city under the mountain. They claim that they were driven out by a daemon after only a generation in there great city"
[20:38]	Elektron	"A daemon? What kind of Daemon?" he asked, hoping they would never encounter any daemons in their travels
[20:38]	Midnight_Hour	comes back from her apple related fantasies with a worried look. "A daemon? I doubt it really was one, but if it is they were lucky to get away with their lives... Which probably means it wasn't."
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[20:44]	Ragebrew	would look worried, but he was more concerned about the dribble of scorpion ichor oozing down his face.
[20:47]	Rabtar	"Those are the stories we have been told"
[20:49]	Long-shot	moves to Rage helping him with the scorpion so he can reposition to a less messy placec, she wipes the ichor off his muzzle
[20:49]	Rabtar	after almost two hours of walking our group finally reach Trailer Trash, it looks to have once been a pre-war trailer park of some kind, it's surrounded by a low spiked wall. If it wasn't for the lack of grisly bodies and the small garden you would swear this was a raider nest.
[20:50]	Elektron	grimaces, but manages to say "Its so... lovely"
[20:51]	Ragebrew	looks around, nodding. "A fine enough place to call home. Now where can we drop this off?"
[20:54]	Merciful_Devotion	shrugs. "I've seen worse places."
[20:56]	Long-shot	sighs "I wish I could see another bunker" she leans against Merciful_Devotion
[21:00]	Long-shot	blinks noticing a feeling of deja vu... she whispers to the group "I gotta bad feeling about this.... I think they might be Raiders.." she looks around carefully
[21:01]	Elektron	having never experienced what she has asks, "Why, I mean the place is... dreadful... but they seem okay..."
[21:01]	Merciful_Devotion	looks over at Long-shot. "Really? They seemed nice..."
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[21:01]	=-=	Heartshine_PnP is now known as Trillium
[21:02]	Midnight_Hour	sighs. "Most of you wastelanders seems like raiders to me..."
[21:03]	Long-shot	itches her mane "Nooo... they were but... they have everything that makes it seem so minus heads... maybe cannibals.. I.. I am just going to keep an eye up and gun ready then.."
[21:04]	Ragebrew	shrugs, shifting the weight of the scorpion about. "Is a nice enough home. Could have been lean-tos and pop tents." He ambled over to a good spot, and dropped the corpse on the ground, heaving a few times. While his face was spared, he has a good number of ichor trails running down his sides.
[21:04]	Elektron	remembering the injured on his back, asks "Where is your clinic? We should get this pony healed as soon as possible"
[21:05]	Merciful_Devotion	"And fluffy might need a bath."
[21:05]	Ragebrew	"Why waste that much water, to just get rid of something I want? If ya smell like carrion, only carrion eaters will try to bother ya."
[21:06]	Midnight_Hour	balks at the sight and smell of Ragebrew. "Because we will thank you forever," she gags.
[21:06]	Rabtar	Crab Apple comes right up to Long-shot "That is what we were before the brother buffalo showed us we were lost. Our ancestors attacked them when they left there city in the mountains and they soundly defeated them. But instead of slaying my ancestors they took pity and showed them there error. We live as brother buffalo and we keep our village as it was to remind us of what we once were"
[21:07]	Merciful_Devotion	"And I'm pretty sure that things out here aren't too picky about eating carrion..."
[21:08]	Long-shot	puts a hoof over her nose and nods with Midnight_Hour, she looks at Crab Apple seeing that she heard and still having her doubts
[21:08]	Ragebrew	"Lotta things that don't eat carrion. Prefer live kills. Most carrion eaters will still try to get live prey though. Better than smelling sweet. Then the rad-bees come looking for ya."
[21:10]	Rabtar	"If you wish to bathe simply wait for the rain. And I will take you to our healer. They can help the injured there"
[21:11]	Midnight_Hour	sticks her tongue out and turns away from Ragebrew, trying to find upwind.
[21:11]	Elektron	nods and follows Crab Apple, slightly hoping Ragebrew will forget his little "incident"
[21:12]	Ragebrew	sits down, scraping as much of the ichor off his duster as he could. He didn't even look up, but pointed a hoof directly at Elektron, tracking him as he troted off with the wounded.
[21:13]	Long-shot	hmm's to herself staring at Crab Apple, she looks around for any ponies in the area
[21:14]	Rabtar	Crab Apple leads them into the village, a few foals and older ponies doing simple chores around the village. Most of the village seemed to live in old trailer homes, near the center there was a pair that had been pushed together, this is the healers hut. A pair of elderly ponies guide the wounded in and get them settled.
[21:14]	Merciful_Devotion	shakes herself to get a little dust off.
[21:15]	Elektron	shakes himself and streches, glad to be rid of the extra weight. While he is by no means weak, lifting isnt his forte
[21:16]	Ragebrew	peels off his armored duster, offering it to Long-shot along with his older one "Could ya see to patching that up when ya get the chance?"
[21:17]	Rabtar	after dropping there kill off Crab Apple offers "Do you still wish to talk with one who has seen the Newton ponies? Somepony should be around"
[21:17]	Long-shot	takes it from him putting it by her bags "Yup, when we get a bench"
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[21:20]	Merciful_Devotion	nods to Crab Apple. "Yes please."
[21:22]	Ragebrew	"Ya go sort this out Mercy. I've gotta restock my medicine case." He sat down and went about breaking out the ol' alchemy kit. He resisted the urge to dance about, but he was humming that familiar little tune very loudly, bouncing around in place.
[21:22]	Rabtar	Crab Apple leads them to an old trailer near the gate they came in through. Inside they find a young mare with a green coat and brown mane, her cutie mark being a green apple with a spear through it...
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[21:24]	Midnight_Hour	follows Crab Apple as well, spending most of the walk trying to spot any sign of apples.
[21:24]	Trillium	"Oh, hello Crab Apple, strangers." She nods
[21:25]	Midnight_Hour	nods. "Hello," she replies simply.
[21:25]	Merciful_Devotion	cants her head a tad. "You're kinda young... But I'm not one to judge. I heard you've seen the Newton ponies?"
[21:25]	Long-shot	"Hello" she says softly still keeping her eye on her
[21:30]	Trillium	She nods. "I saw them when we were out foraging once. It... it was awful. There was something wrong with them. THey had sores all over them, and like, not normal ones. Just, bloody, dripping sores. And the worst part was their eyes..." She shudders.
[21:31]	Trillium	There was this... just faint glow to their eyes. I don't know what it was... They shot at us though, and we ran off.
[21:31]	Merciful_Devotion	"That honestly doesn't sound like the ponies we saw...Or any pony I've ever seen... And you're certain it was Newton ponies?"
[21:33]	Midnight_Hour	shudders. "That does sound dreadful, but not like any ponies I've ever seen. Doesn't sound quite right for ghouls either."
[21:33]	Trillium	Trillium nods again. "I'm pretty sure. They had barding that said 'Newtown' on it." She shrugs. "I won't claim to be all cleverful, but near as i can reckon, they was from Newtown."
[21:35]	Midnight_Hour	"But they do not sound right. Perhaps they were sick, seeing as how they were covered in sores."
[21:36]	Merciful_Devotion	"Im not entirely convinced... But Id say it was a kind of sickness... Maybe radiation?"
[21:36]	Trillium	"They weren't too talkative, that's for certain."
[21:36]	Trillium	"Mostly shooty."
[21:37]	Elektron	"I've read about something like that. When I was younger, we scavenged this old school and it had a bunch of books. One was titled "Ghouls & Goblins" I tried reading it for a while but... I got scared after a while and didn't read past that."
[21:37]	Midnight_Hour	nods. "Or perhaps killing joke? That stuff has some interesting side effects and we aren't too far from Everfree."
[21:38]	Long-shot	hmm's "Sounds like a poison to me"
[21:42]	Trillium	Trillium looks over as the ponies talk. "I don't mean to butt in, strangers, but they did tend to moan a lot when we approached them." She blushes. "I mean, not like, THAT kind of moaning, but... like, gurr... argh!"
[21:44]	Merciful_Devotion	giggles a bit. "I hope not /that/ moaning." She giggles more. "Sorry... Can't help myself there..."
[21:44]	Long-shot	giggles a little "Don't worry we believe you, but do you ponies think something like non-feral ghouls?"
[21:45]	Midnight_Hour	hmms. "Perhaps they were ferals that hadn't lost their mental capacities entirely. I've never heard of it, but it's a possibility. Or maybe non-ferals trying to pretend to be feral..."
[21:45]	Trillium	Trillium thinks a spell. "They weren't ghouls. I've seen ghouls before, but these ponies were like... seeping blood. Never seen a ghoul do that."
[21:46]	Trillium	"That... and they didn't have the consistency of brahmin jerky." She adds.
[21:46]	Elektron	shudders at the mental images brought forth
[21:46]	Merciful_Devotion	"That's odd... Maybe taint?"
[21:46]	Long-shot	nods "Mmhmm, perhaps a sudden mutagen..."
[21:47]	Midnight_Hour	bites her upper lip in thought. "That's true. It's an unknown factor I guess, but it sure doesn't sound like Newtown ponies."
[21:50]	Midnight_Hour	Midnight's eyes sparkle, "But perhaps... it's crazy but... it could be necromancy."
[21:53]	Elektron	realizes he cannot add much to this conversation, Magitech is his specialty. He askes Trillium "Do you have a workbench I could use somewhere around here?"
[21:53]	Midnight_Hour	"We should investigate! If my hunch is correct, a unicorn or zebra with that kind of power might have some magical tomes or other arcane goodies."
[21:53]	Long-shot	perks up and nods "Ooh, a bench, me too!"
[21:54]	Merciful_Devotion	giggles with Midnight_Hour. "Fir once something we agree on!"
[21:54]	Trillium	Trillium looks back and forth between Long-shot and Elektron. "You... both... OH!" She winks at Long-shot. "It's out back, sweetie."
[21:55]	Elektron	coughs and sputters in one motion "W-what?!"
[21:55]	Long-shot	blushes at that "N-No! I have to repair armor!"
[21:56]	Long-shot	blushes and sits next to Trillium "N-No, to prove it I'll stay right here and let him go first" her cheeks are bright red
[21:56]	Trillium	Trillium snickers behind a hoof and whispers to Long-shot. "Ohh, good plan. I'll have to try it sometime..."
[21:57]	Elektron	trying to regain some composure, he turns to his group members and asks "Do you have any scraps metal, electronics, or other knick nacks i can use?"
[21:57]	Midnight_Hour	doesn't even notice the little exchange as she begins to weight the implications and possibilities of new spells.
[21:58]	Merciful_Devotion	giggles and sidles up to Long-shot.
[21:58]	Long-shot	blushes more shrinking and tossing a bag to Elektron "J-Jus-go!" she meeps hoofing it to Elektron and leaning into Trillium surrounded by the mares
[21:59]	Merciful_Devotion	giggles more and pats Long-shot on the shoulder.
[22:00]	Elektron	"If you have a plasma pistol, varmint rifle, scrap metal and electronics I could make that into a Plasma Carbine. It jury riged, but should give some more range"
[22:00]	Long-shot	purrs quietly resting on Trilliium "I am surrounded by naughty mares... halp?" her face remains red
[22:02]	Ragebrew	sets aside his alchemy kit, looking at the new vial of chems he just made. The ground blue dust was covered in pink and red crystals. "Wonder what this'll do." He put away the vial as well as his kit, wandering to the trailer the group went into. He just listened at the door, peeking around the doorframe to look inside.
[22:04]	Merciful_Devotion	"Oh Long, don't lie~ You love this~"
[22:05]	Midnight_Hour	doesn't even notice the mare flirting until she looks back to Trillium and she looks shocked. "What? I-Um... I'll just leave you three to your business. I'll get us ready to embark and find the source of these monster ponies."
[22:06]	Trillium	Trillium bolts after Midnight_Hour "Wait, you think... oh dear. Are you telling me those two MARES are a thing? I didn't know that was allowed..."
[22:06]	Midnight_Hour	almost bumps into Ragebrew as she leaves, trying desperately to avoid touching the filthy... pony.
[22:06]	Ragebrew	gives Midnight a toothy grin, before looking back inside.
[22:06]	Merciful_Devotion	just giggles.
[22:07]	Midnight_Hour	stops. "Didn't know? Oh, well, it's not my cup of tea, but some mares like other mares, yes."
[22:08]	Ragebrew	leans back as Trillium bolts out the door."Why wouldn't ya be?"
[22:08]	Elektron	tries to slip out as the conversation turns worse and worse
[22:09]	Long-shot	awww's as Trillium leaves making her fall on her back, she nods to Merciful_Devotion with a blush holding a hoof out as if trying to grab Trillium
[22:10]	Midnight_Hour	blinks. "Well, some settlements ban homosexuality to promote population growth. The Republic is one such settlement, from what I've heard."
[22:10]	Merciful_Devotion	"Dont worry~ She'll come around~"
[22:11]	Ragebrew	blinked a few times, shrugging "Aye, whatever makes ya happy. Better to accept a couple odd apples instead of throw 'em out. They can still work."
[22:11]	Long-shot	nods to Mercy hopefully as she wiggles back
[22:12]	Trillium	Trillium nods as Midnight_Hour explains. "Oh, well, I guess there isn't anything like that here in Trailer Trash. I just didn't know two mares could, ya know, get it on." She explains
[22:12]	Merciful_Devotion	nuzzles the snipermare with a grin.
[22:12]	Elektron	arrives at the work bench and sees what he has at his disposal
[22:13]	Midnight_Hour	Midnight's eyes widen before she looks away. "Yes, well, they can't reproduce, but they have other means to... please each other."
[22:13]	Rabtar	enough tools to do what he needs to do
[22:13]	Ragebrew	blinks a few more times, before breaking out laughing. "Right, this is going odd places. If ya wanna know more, ask the good ladies inside. Midnight, ya any good at slicing veggies? Could use a hoof making lunch."
[22:15]	Long-shot	meeps and blushes looking up to the grinning mare
[22:15]	Midnight_Hour	nods. "Yes, well, I can make eldritch knives with my magic."
[22:15]	Trillium	Trillium looks confused. "Huh..." She chews on a carrot. "Wonder how..." she says before wandering off.
[22:15]	Merciful_Devotion	licks her cheek, giggling more. "We're all alone~"
[22:16]	Midnight_Hour	then nods to Trillium. "Yes, well, it's been nice talking to you. We'll take care of your zombie problem and take any magical tomes found near the necromancer for our own... to destroy of course."
[22:16]	Ragebrew	looks at the mare blankly for a moment. "Well, if ya can avoid cutting my prep board, sure, why not." He popped his head in the trailer "Oi, ya both have yer fun, I'm making lunch."
[22:18]	Elektron	takes a look through Long-shots bag, seeing if there is anything he can make with what he has available
[22:18]	Long-shot	heard what Trillium said in the distance making a note of that, she wouldn't let her go that easily! She blushes more from Mercy's lick looking around and nodding slowly thankful Trillium trotted away as she wriggled softly
[22:19]	Elektron	finds a few random materials, but not enough to make anything worth while
[22:19]	Elektron	finds some books. "Play Pony" he reads aloud... before sputtering as he realized what it is and quickly tosses it back in, closing the bags
[22:19]	Merciful_Devotion	nips gently at her ear. "So~?"
[22:20]	Midnight_Hour	follows Ragebrew, happy to be away from that awkward situation, but instantly unhappy as she catches wind of Ragebrew again. "Oh goddesses," she moans under her breath.
[22:20]	Elektron	trots back the trailer to give Long-shot her stuff back
[22:21]	Elektron	walks into the trailer to find... Merciful_Devotion by Long-shots ear
[22:21]	Ragebrew	quickly cleans out his alchemy kit, looking at Midnight gag with a chuckle. He set out a few fresh carrots and some potatoes. "Dice those up. Having a wasteland salad for lunch." He poured some water into his kettle, bringing it to boil as he put a very large egg into it.
[22:22]	Long-shot	blinks up to Elektron innocently, she takes her bad with a hoof not breaking eye contact as she grabs something out of her bags
[22:22]	Elektron	OH uhhh... I was just dropping off your bag... there wasn't I could use..." he said, sputtering a bit and looking everywhere but at them
[22:23]	Elektron	he quickly trots back out, tripping along the way
[22:23]	Midnight_Hour	summons up a light blue magical blade and carefully cuts the carrots and potatoes before holding her breath and bringing them back to Ragebrew.
[22:23]	Merciful_Devotion	giggles loudly. "Poor colt, you'd think he never saw two mares cuddle~"
[22:24]	Elektron	shaking himself of what he just witnessed, walks over to Ragebrew and Midnight_Hour
[22:24]	Long-shot	can't help but giggles at that looking back to her and nodding "I think we need to teach that little filly as well~" she purrs softly
[22:24]	Merciful_Devotion	"Mmhmm~!"
[22:25]	Ragebrew	waits until the egg was just right, cracking it open with practiced ease. A small sliver of metal was his knife, but he managed to cut it into six perfect wedges, laying them on the bed of grass and root veggies. He set a pair of plates near Midnight and Elektron, before taking a pair out to Long and Mercy.
[22:26]	Elektron	gladly eats the salad, not having eaten anything since his time at the cafe (and even then, it was only a sip of coffee)
[22:26]	Ragebrew	just barges in, and drops the pair of plates off before the mares. "Lunch." He turned around and trotted back.
[22:27]	Merciful_Devotion	blinks. "That was... Kinda sudden. Didn't even knock."
[22:27]	Rabtar	the smell draws the attention of a local or two, a young filly of no more then sex seasons, trots up shyly "C-can I twade for some?" holding out a fresh apple
[22:28]	Midnight_Hour	sits down, staring at the salad before taking a taste of the salad. "What? It-It's good!?" she says before eating with more gusto while still being extremely proper and attempting table manners with her magic since she didn't have utensils.
[22:28]	Ragebrew	looks down at the little filly, chuckling as he pushed his plate over the filly. "Here, have mine. And keep the apple. Little filly like ya needs to eat a lot."
[22:29]	Midnight_Hour	She then sees the children and the apple and offers hers as well for the apple.
[22:29]	Midnight_Hour	then sees Ragebrew offer the food for free, looks down, sighs, and then offers the rest of her food for free.
[22:29]	Rabtar	the little filly gives the apple to Mercy and scurries off with both plates
[22:30]	Ragebrew	looks around for Amethyst for a moment. "Oi, little gem, lunch." Always wandered where she got off to...
[22:30]	Midnight_Hour	"Here you go."
[22:30]	Elektron	would offer his salad, but alas, it is being digested
[22:30]	Rabtar	Amethyst seems to have wandered off again
[22:30]	Long-shot	nuzzles into Mercy's neck pulling out a camera with a blush hiding her muzzle in her neck
[22:31]	Ragebrew	offers Midnight one of the prickly pears he found earlier. It was a bit dry. "Here. Should tide ya over till dinner."
[22:31]	Merciful_Devotion	grins and licks Long-shot's neck sensually.
[22:32]	Midnight_Hour	groans. "Not while were eating. I thought you said you were at least somewhat civilized."
[22:34]	Long-shot	groans softly burying her muzzle into her neck
[22:34]	Ragebrew	shrugged, taking a bite out of the prickly pear, chewing it slowly. "Whatever keeps 'em sane out here. Least it's not drugs or drinking." He pulled out his canteen, taking a sip. "Oh, and be sure to find yer coping mechanism. Otherwise yer gonna lose yer mind."
[22:36]	Elektron	quietly pulls out his coping mechanism, his only salvaged photo of his family
[22:37]	Elektron	he nuzzles it softly before slipping it back in his packs
[22:37]	Midnight_Hour	looks away, wishing she still had one of her magic books that were lost when the Alicorns attacked.
[22:38]	Ragebrew	kicks back, chewing idly on the pear and sipping his canteen. "Welcome to the deep shit folks. I'll be yer tour guide through this lovely chunk of hell. Please keep all limbs attached during the duration of this ride. I still can't make new ones."
[22:39]	Elektron	with some renewed vigour after being reminded why he was out here asked, "Where should we go next then?"
[22:39]	Ragebrew	looks over at Midnight. "Missed the why. Any idea on a how?"
[22:43]	Midnight_Hour	looks up. "No idea on why these things are attacking, but they sound like some form of necromancy is involved."
[22:44]	Long-shot	takes many pictures in the coming hours of the many lovely things her and Mercy do toghther
[22:45]	Ragebrew	nodded. "Great, black magic. Just what I want to face." He crunched down on a seed. "Plan of action? Or shall we just waltz in, shoot anything that's an abomination?"
[22:46]	Elektron	lost some of his renewed vigour. There was less of a moral qualm about abominations, but fighting was something he was not good at, as events today proved ever so tactfully
[22:47]	Midnight_Hour	taps her chin. "Well, the zombies would have to be killed no matter what, if it's true necromancy then the brain would need to be destroyed. However, the source of the necromatic magic would need to be eliminated. If it's Taint, then we would have to seal the room. If it were a necromancer, then we would need to defeat her as well... Probably killing him or her..."
[22:48]	Elektron	loses even more vigour at the prospects of having to kill ponies to get the job done
[22:48]	Ragebrew	twitches as the sound of taint. "Can only hope. Had my fill of that gunk for the rest of my days."
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[22:51]	Ragebrew	caps off the canteen. "Right, so, figure we check around where the problem was last spotted. Kill 'em before they kill us, find the source of the problem, repeat step one, come back to cheers and try to help sort this nasty business out further. Objections?"
[22:52]	Elektron	shudders at taint, knowing full well how horribly it can kill a pony
[22:53]	Midnight_Hour	shrugs. "I guess, but if we do find a necromancer, leave disposing of the magical artifacts and spell books to me. Even a necromancer might have inherently non-evil arcane lore and items mixed in with the stuff that needs to be destroyed."
[22:53]	Elektron	"I-I'm not sure how much good I could do in a fight... I'm really not a fighter" he said, trying to dance around earlier events
[22:55]	Ragebrew	looks at Elektron, his eyes narrowed. "Yer a good enough shot. Something I am sure yer gonna strive to improve upon in the coming days. Plus, might not be magical in nature. Could be an old bunker that needs to be broken into."
[22:55]	Ragebrew	'
[22:55]	Merciful_Devotion	pushes the door open and walks back to the group.
[22:56]	Elektron	nods, Ragebrew didn't smash his head against the table, that was a good start
[22:56]	Long-shot	trots out of the door next to Mercykeeping quiet as she trots over towards the group bringing the plate of food
[22:56]	Ragebrew	"But before we do any of that, we're gonna need to find out just whats around there." He looked over to the trailer. "Ah, glad ya could join us."
[22:57]	Merciful_Devotion	giggles. "What'd we miss~?"
[22:57]	Ragebrew	"Just some planning. Figuring we scout the area first before figuring out what to do exactly."
[22:58]	Elektron	nods, being much more confident in a plan that didn't involve 'shoot, shoot, and shoot some more'
[23:00]	Ragebrew	"First, want Long to get a little quality time in with my duster. Thing needs some patches. Figure we take off soon, scout the area, and see what our options are from there. Anyone got a better idea?"
[23:03]	Long-shot	trots around the house to repair Rages armor keeping an eye out for any deceiving green fillies!
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[23:04]	Merciful_Devotion	giggles softly. "So we're going into battle again, eh?"
[23:07]	Long-shot	gets to the table and gets to work on the dusters
[23:07]	Ragebrew	shrugged. "More than likely. Necromancy or taint, they are killing ponies on either side, causing them to blame each other. Plus. Zombies. Not something I want in my backyard, ya know?"
[23:08]	Merciful_Devotion	"Wait... Dont zombies, like... Never die?"
[23:09]	Ragebrew	"Anything dies if ya remove the head."
[23:09]	Midnight_Hour	"Usually if you destroy their brain or vaporize them they will die just like any pony."
[23:09]	Merciful_Devotion	"Ah... Okay then. I seem to have luck with me in battle."
[23:09]	Ragebrew	"Well... Not anything. Most things though. Most pony things definately."
[23:10]	Ragebrew	"Not planning to rush in head first. We gotta see if it's a fight we can win. Between all of us, figure we got enough fire power and lightning bolts to level the field. Literally."
[23:11]	Merciful_Devotion	giggles, smiling at Midnight_Hour. "Awesome spell, by the way!"
[23:12]	Midnight_Hour	"Oh, yes, well, thank you. I've spent many years learning my spells so I hope they do inspire awe."
[23:12]	Ragebrew	nodded. "Definately. Now if only ya could summon rain instead of lightning, I'd love ya forever and a day."
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[23:12]	Merciful_Devotion	"I just know a few things... Namely ways to make ponies like me more~"
[23:13]	Ragebrew	"But lets move. Daylights burning."
[23:13]	Midnight_Hour	shakes her head. "Sorry. The Storm Cloud spell only charges the air and condenses the water around it to generate a charge for the bolts. Rain would only fall if the area was extremely humid."
[23:16]	Ragebrew	"Sure somepony figured out how to make it rain by glowing their horns, if one of ya figured out how to make lightning fall from the sky." He put his armor back on, reslinging everything back in place. "Aye, Amethyst! Where'd ya run off to, ya purple butted blob? We're taking off!"
[23:17]	Long-shot	trots back over to Rage wearing his new armored duster to show it off for him
[23:17]	Midnight_Hour	thinks for a moment. "Well, weather manipulation on that kind of scale is usually a pegasus talent, but I'm sure some unicorn could have a talent for meteorology."
[23:18]	Elektron	trots up to Ragebrew, still a little scared of the massive earth pony but more comfortable with him than he used to be
[23:18]	Merciful_Devotion	"I wouldn't be surprised, Midnight... Maybe there's info at that hub you talked about?"
[23:21]	Ragebrew	"Sisters only know what we'll find at that hub."
[23:22]	Long-shot	nods "If it is a base it is bound to have a wealth of classified knowledge" she smiles at the thought "And most importantly... and armory to guard it all" she giggles
[23:23]	Merciful_Devotion	"Could be either good or bad, Rage... Heck, could have something to cleanse you of taint."
[23:25]	Ragebrew	chuckles, looking at Long "Course yer thinking about dakka." He looked to Mercy, and shrugged "Ain't so bad, being fluffy. Least I don't get the chills during the nights. Plus Cutter found it cute." He looked at Elektron "As for ya... Remember who cooks yer meals and tends yer wounds next time ya think about staring at my plot with a trigger bit in yer mouth."
[23:26]	Long-shot	snickers and leans against Mercy "I don't get cold either Rage~" she giggles and blushes slightly
[23:27]	Ragebrew	"Well yer the lucky one with a living bed warmer."
[23:27]	Merciful_Devotion	sticks her tongue out.
[23:27]	Elektron	's eyes widen, he did remember "I'm sorry! I really can't fire this thing, the only reason I can at all was so I could diagnose problems with targeting matricies and damaged weapons!"
[23:27]	Midnight_Hour	sighs. I guess we're going zombie hunting."
[23:28]	Ragebrew	"Well, be sure to put plenty of time into learning how to use it before ya put any more into learning how to fix it."
[23:28]	Long-shot	gives Mercy's muzzle a peck on the cheek and smiles
[23:29]	Elektron	ears droop a little as he mutters to himself "I never wanted to use it at all..."
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[23:32]	Ragebrew	"Not hunting just yet. We wanna sort out just what the buck they are before we run in guns blazing." He looked back at Elektron, chuckling. "Waste doesn't care about our wants and needs. I'd rather have a nice garden somewhere near a river, live as a herbalist and a healer till I died. Instead, I delve ruins and hunt fel beasts for profit and purpose."
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[23:34]	Rabtar	our heroes set off into the desert, in search of these so called zombies. The tribals of Trailer Trash seem to be rather friendly or at least indifferent towards the group. What will they find? Where are these zombies coming from? Will Long-shot ever get together with Trillium? Find out next time! Same pony time! Same pony channel!
[23:35]	Rabtar	for killing the giant radscorpion and helping those in need the group receive 800xp and +2 karma