Sandgroup session11

12[19:09] <~Damhoof|Gm>  -----------------------------------------------------------------------Session11--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
15[19:09] * Retrieving #foesand modes...
15[19:09] * Damhoof|Gm sets mode: +m
15[19:09] * Damhoof|Gm sets mode: +v Blueberry_Muffin
15[19:09] * Damhoof|Gm sets mode: +v ColdStorage
15[19:09] * Damhoof|Gm sets mode: +v Lemon_Cookie
15[19:09] * Damhoof|Gm sets mode: +v Mayhem
12[19:11] <~Damhoof|Gm>  The creature of bone and flesh fell, and silence once more ruled the lair. Having looted the eyes on some pretty seapony statues, and opened the base of the chair to unveil 6 pouches of powder Blueberry turns to seek the advice of her brother Lemon_Cookie. Chrome_Veneer fumbles with the swirling purple opal, as he reasons out a plan of action unaware of the doors leading further on opening silently and slowly. Mayhem and Cold_Storage however both catch glimpses of the swirling and shimmering currents of a ghost trailing the poor unicorn lad as he makes his way back the way the group came from.
[19:11] <+Blueberry_Muffin> "Hey, Lemon, can ya' lend me a hoof here please?"
08[19:12] * +Lemon_Cookie presses a spot on his skull with a hoof, trying to deal with the onset of a headache.
[19:12] <+Lemon_Cookie> "Lend ya' a hoof with what?"
08[19:12] * +Chrome_Veneer left to head back to the river, having excused himself for a moment. He wanted to at least leave the small jewel in the hands of Muddy in case something were to happen to him.
[19:12] <+Blueberry_Muffin> "I go some strange powder here. I figured ya' might know what it is."
[19:13] <+Lemon_Cookie> "Strange powder?" he mutters, walking over to stand next to her.
08[19:13] * +ColdStorage hovers, "Is it speed?"
08[19:14] * +Blueberry_Muffin points to the sacks of powder "Tha's your expertise, not mine."
[19:14] <+Lemon_Cookie> "Tha' fuck is speed?" Lemon mutters, craning down to look at the bags.
08[19:14] * +Lemon_Cookie He checks to see if it's any sort of medicine.
12[19:16] <~Damhoof|Gm>  Lemon_Cookie recognizes the powder as the roughly grinded yet fully functioning healing powder it is.
[19:17] <+Lemon_Cookie> "Hey! It's some a' that stuff mom an' pop used ta' use ta' treat our scrapes an' bruises!"
08[19:18] * +Lemon_Cookie lifts the bags of powdered magical healing up, inspects each one to make sure they're all healing powder, and puts them in his bags.
[19:18] <+Blueberry_Muffin> "Oh, that! Damn, ya' take it, it could be usefull."
12[19:20] <~Damhoof|Gm>  As Crome_veneer heads out of the room Coldstorage takes notice of the shade now haunting the unicorn buck once more.
12[19:22] <~Damhoof|Gm>  Chrome_veneer returns to the long sloping hallway. He is greeted by an eerie metallic silence and the echoes of his own hooves while his nose bathes in the scent of his own burned coat.
08[19:23] * +Blueberry_Muffin takes one of the hoofsized emeralds out of her saddlebags and inspects it.
[19:24] <+Lemon_Cookie> "... wow. Impressive gem, sis."
08[19:25] * +Chrome_Veneer seems to walk trying to keep his hoofsteps evenly spaces from eachother, passively, heading up until the River where he'd called ofr Muddy.
12[19:25] <~Damhoof|Gm>  Blueberry_Muffin hasn`t spent enough time in zebra land to know how much value the gems are hiding.
08[19:25] * +ColdStorage drifts
[19:25] <+ColdStorage> "Well, time for me to be going I think."
[19:26] <+Blueberry_Muffin> "I know, right? I found six of 'em, but I have no bucking clue as ta' what they're worth."
[19:26] <+Lemon_Cookie> "Well, if it's anythin' like back home... not much."
[19:27] <+Blueberry_Muffin> "Ya' forget why tha' war started. Tha' zebras wanted gems, so maybe we can get a bit more caps for 'em here."
[19:27] <+Lemon_Cookie> "Don't know, though. Zebras were big on gems. Them an' coal were the main trade goods near two-fifty years ago."
[19:28] <+Lemon_Cookie> two-hundred years ago.*]
08[19:29] * +ColdStorage heads back towards the grate she dynamic entry'd through
08[19:29] * +Lemon_Cookie looks back up at Cold.
[19:30] <+Lemon_Cookie> "... how'd ya' even get through that maelstrom out there?"
[19:31] <+ColdStorage> "Walked."
08[19:32] * +ColdStorage sizes up her ability to fit back through
[19:32] <+ColdStorage> "Anypony here have a stealth cloak?"
[19:32] <+Blueberry_Muffin> "Nah, those things are rare as tatarus."
[19:33] <+ColdStorage> "Really?  Interesting.  Anypony notice there's been something in a stealthcloak skulking about?"
[19:33] <+Lemon_Cookie> "... what?"
[19:33] <+ColdStorage> "And following that other unicorn?"
08[19:33] * +Lemon_Cookie looks up at Cold, then looks around frantically, trying to spot the thing.
08[19:33] * +Blueberry_Muffin looks around "Wait, what?"
[19:34] <+Lemon_Cookie> "Son of a bitch!" Lemon mutters, grabbing his pistol in his mouth.
[19:36] <+ColdStorage> "You all really should keep a better lookout for these things.  It already left," she says pointing a hoof at the door Chrome took
[19:37] <+Lemon_Cookie> "If infivible!" Lemon shouts at Cold, words garbled by the pistol bit.
[19:37] <+ColdStorage> "Can't be that invisible if I saw it."
12[19:44] <~Damhoof|Gm>  Chrome_Veneer takes his first steps into the raider room. Smoldering corpses greet the advancing unicorn, and the sound of muffled hooves echo right besides him. The magical stallion turns his head towards the sound only to be greeted by a pair of wicked eyes neatly covered by swirling invisible shimmer, and the only thing revealed to him is a lithe muzzle twisted into a triumphant glee. A crimson handle lie between rows of pale white teeth, and a serpentine jade pattern seems to gleam brightly in one end. A killers blade.
08[20:02] * +Lemon_Cookie gallops after Chrome.
08[20:03] * +Blueberry_Muffin followd, gripping the handle of battle saddle
08[20:06] * +Mayhem having noticed the shimmer before, but not payed it a mind, she now runs after Chrome as fast as she can. The zebra blade is still in her hand.
08[20:08] * +Lemon_Cookie keeps running.
12[20:10] <~Damhoof|Gm>  Chrome_Veneer`s hoof and body moves instinctual, almost magically away from the thrusted dagger, and the stallion is granted one moment in time to decide his next course of action as the zebra mare curses.
08[20:11] * +Chrome_Veneer rushes back a bit further to the bridge with his small chance, not eager to try to get past her back to the group.
08[20:11] * +Chrome_Veneer pulls out and bites on his laser pistol as well, but doesn't fire yet.
12[20:15] <~Damhoof|Gm>  For a brief moment Chrome_Veneer lost track of his assailant, and she vanished once more, but a light shimmer next to the statue trap reveals his opponent once more as she sits near the wire while waiting for his friends to rush forward. Their hurried steps now echoing forward.
12[20:17] <~Damhoof|Gm>  Mayhem, blueberry, and Lemon_cookie run forward, but only the minotaur, having noticed the shimmer before takes note of the shimmer once more.
12[20:21] <~Damhoof|Gm>  Uttering another curse the mare leaps over the trap before chargeing into Chrome_veneer, slamming into him with both hooves.
12[20:27] <~Damhoof|Gm>  Chrome_veneer is slammed violently into the ground with pain jabbing through his right hindleg.
08[20:31] * +ColdStorage trails behind the group to let them set off any traps ahead of them.
08[20:37] * +ColdStorage emerges into the room where everypony else is just sort of gawking as the zebrassasin kicks the unicorn's ass.  Now that it isn't sneaking about invisible, Cold feels a little more confident at taking it on.  Especially since it seemed to be between her and the only way out.
08[20:42] * +ColdStorage lunges forward, "Raaaargh!"
08[20:48] * +ColdStorage 's claws flash and shimmer as the pegasus buries them into the erstwhile assasain
12[20:49] <~Damhoof|Gm>  The mare whinnies with pain as Coldstorages lightning hoof tears through her invisible hood and roasts a part of her mane.
[20:50] <+ColdStorage> "Get up!" she calls to Chrome
08[20:52] * +Chrome_Veneer stands and shakes his hindleg a bit, the injury a bit bothering. He then bites down on his pistol and takes two steady shots to the mare.
12[20:54] <~Damhoof|Gm>  Chrome_Veneers pistol blasts leave smoking trails on the invisible cloak.
08[20:57] * +Blueberry_Muffin bites down on the grip, firing 2 steadied shots
12[21:00] <~Damhoof|Gm>  Blood splatters onto chrome_veneers head and mane as Blueberry_Muffins shots pierce the invisible veil in front of the unicorn buck. The zebra mare staggers and heaves with pain. "Just a flesh wound."
08[21:02] * +Lemon_Cookie contributes to his sister's volley, adding a good seven bullets to the mix, firing in the general direction of the assassin.
08[21:05] * +Lemon_Cookie Unfortunately, his pistol jams on the first shot.
08[21:05] * +Lemon_Cookie grumbles, busting the jam, before returning to his volley.
08[21:05] * +Lemon_Cookie He's a damn awful shot.
12[21:07] <~Damhoof|Gm>  The mare spits blood in Lemon_Cookies direction. "Intruders. Foreign interloopers. You dare challenge us inside our own mountain."
08[21:08] * +Lemon_Cookie gives her a rude gesture.
08[21:08] * +Blueberry_Muffin gives the mre the hoof
[21:08] <+Blueberry_Muffin> *mare
08[21:08] * +Lemon_Cookie would hoof-bump Blueberry, but they're busy shooting.
08[21:11] * +Mayhem charges the mare, yelling "Ye are nothing more than cannibals!" She executes two slashes at her and a wild swing.
12[21:16] <~Damhoof|Gm>  "And their deaths brought life anew." The mare spits back at the minotaur as the blade clutters to the ground from a fumbled swing.
12[21:20] <~Damhoof|Gm>  redact
12[21:22] <~Damhoof|Gm>  Mayhem cuts flesh once, and presses her advantage only to have the blade clutter to the ground. "And their deaths brought life anew." The zebra assassin spits back at the minotaur while skillfully leaping onto Coldstorage. Delivering a flurry of blows to the pegasus pony. "Cower before a trained assassin! Your fates are sealed!"
[21:25] <+Lemon_Cookie> "... fhit," Lemon mutters through his pistol bit.
08[21:28] * +Mayhem "Bullshit!" She quickly pulls the balisong, flips it open and stabs it in the mare's back.
12[21:31] <~Damhoof|Gm>  The balisong strikes into the blurry cloak and the minotaur feels her blade dig into the zebra, but she does not seem to go down with the strike. "Tragic. To have come so far.." She groans with pain but delivers her blows with grace still.
12[21:35] <~Damhoof|Gm>  Her hoofstrikes strike hard on the pegasus mare. Hitting her once on her chest and a second time on her right foreleg with tremendous force behind it.
08[21:42] * +ColdStorage cuts back, wings and hooves flashing
08[21:46] * +ColdStorage tears into the zebra, too annoyed to bother with witicisms.
12[21:49] <~Damhoof|Gm>  The zebra assassin falls to the floor twitching with electricity. "Forgive me.. I can feel his hold on me weakening."
[21:51] <+ColdStorage> "What?" she grunts, "Hold?"
08[21:52] * +ColdStorage 's hooves crackle
[21:53] <+ColdStorage> "Do I need, to shock you some more?"
08[21:53] * +Chrome_Veneer "Probably claiming a 'control' over her from the shaman." He shrugged and put away his pistol, feeling his hindleg. "Whatever the case, i can't end her life any way but painfully, I'll let somepony else do it."
[21:59] <+Blueberry_Muffin> Blueberry moves closer (15 AP) then ask "Who'S in charge here! Ya're nearly dead, so ya' might as well tell us."
12[22:00] <~Damhoof|Gm>  "I can see clearly once more. Thank you heroes, but the shadow of this place yet lingers.."The mare staggers and looks to Chrome_Veneer with a smile on her face. "Trust is your strength. Divided you will fall... One death.." Her lips tremble with weakness and her head dips. "Or a thousand murders.." The zebra assassin looks like she wants to continue speaking, her eyes grow wide. Almost as if she`s begging for more time, but her body rolls over from wounds. "You..Will...Learn.."
[22:01] <+Blueberry_Muffin> "Lemon! Can Ya' do something?"
[22:01] <+ColdStorage> "Well.  Guess I hit her too hard."
08[22:01] * +ColdStorage staggers a bit herself as she steps away from the fallen mare.
[22:02] <+Lemon_Cookie> "Do somethin'? We just pulped her insides!"
[22:03] <+Blueberry_Muffin> "We need ta' know what she knows!"
08[22:03] * +Chrome_Veneer rubbed his hind hoof a bit, and walked around and to the river.
08[22:04] * +Lemon_Cookie trots over.
[22:05] <+Lemon_Cookie> "Ask her ya' questions. I'll see what I can do."
08[22:05] * +Mayhem picks up her sword again and mumbles something like "Bad totems..."
08[22:06] * +Lemon_Cookie inspects the perforated, lacerated and generally abused body of the zebra mare.
[22:06] <+Blueberry_Muffin> "Who possesed ya' and who is responsible fa all that here?"
12[22:07] <~Damhoof|Gm>  The mare is silent, unbreathing, her last words still lingering on bloodied lips. Eyes of death stare blankly in the skies, and Lemon_Cookie is greeted with the stillness of a body facing imminent termination. No heartbeat meets his inspecting hooves and her still warm body leaks cold blood onto the floor.
[22:08] <+Lemon_Cookie> "She's dead, sis."
08[22:08] * +ColdStorage sinks to her knees, taking deep breaths.
08[22:08] * +Lemon_Cookie closes her eyes with a hoof.
[22:08] <+Lemon_Cookie> "Pick tha' good bits off her. I need ta' see ta' Cold."
15[22:09] * +ColdStorage ([email protected]) Quit (Quit: Leaving.)
[22:09] <+Blueberry_Muffin> "Fuckin' shit!" Blueberry goes to loot the dead mare
08[22:11] * +Lemon_Cookie prepares bandages, healing powder and-- damn it. He's out of water.
12[22:12] <~Damhoof|Gm>  Blueberry_Muffin finds brass hooves, a poor condition zebra stealth cloak, well kept and good condition Zebra field armor, and fruit smelling faintly of healing alongside two vials of pure rage.
08[22:12] * +Chrome_Veneer "Muddy?" Chrome asked to the river, pulling out the opal from his bags.
12[22:15] <~Damhoof|Gm>  The oceanic shelled creature rise from its watery nest and looks upon Chrome_Veneer with curiosity. >You have returned.> Muddy clicks and sings back at the unicorn.
08[22:16] * +Chrome_Veneer "Just for a moment, I have one of her sister's pearls. I'm here to leave it in your safe keeping, shoulding something happen to me as i seek the rest, at the very least they'll have less." He explained, setting the pearl on the ground at the water's edge.
15[22:18] * ApricotCordial ([email protected]) has joined #foesand
12[22:19] <~Damhoof|Gm>  Muddy plucks at the orb. <You are the pearl knight not me. I can keep it safe, but I cannot wield its powers. It would be safer with you.> The creature sings back to Chrome_veneer.
[22:20] <+Blueberry_Muffin> "Lemon, there'S some healing fruits and some chems for ya' hear. An- Oh! Some decent armour. Mayhem, please cover me while I put it on."
[22:20] <+Mayhem> "Ah dun' see from what, but sure."
[22:21] <+Lemon_Cookie> "Just a sec, sis," Lemon says, items levitating out as he approaches Cold.
08[22:21] * +Chrome_Veneer shook his head, "I only want to keep it safe. I don't want them to get their hoofs on it again, after seeing what kind of abomination they'd already created with it..." He sighed, "I couldn't possibly use the pearl after knowing what it was already put through."
08[22:22] * +Blueberry_Muffin starts to lay off her battle saddle, cloack and barding, the starts to put on the zebra armour. Once she's done with that she puts the cloak and battlesaddle back on, stuffing her barding into her saddlebags
[22:23] <+Lemon_Cookie> "If ya' could, would ya' bring it ta' me?" Lemon says over his shoulder, looking back towards Blueberry.
15[22:24] * ApricotCordial is now known as ColdStorage
15[22:24] * Damhoof|Gm sets mode: +v ColdStorage
15[22:25] * Laini ([email protected]) has joined #foesand
12[22:25] <~Damhoof|Gm>  Muddy looks to Chrome_Veneer. Tilting her shell to one side. <I will keep it safe then. Until you return.>
15[22:26] * Damhoof|Gm sets mode: +v Laini
08[22:26] * +Lemon_Cookie looks to ColdStorage.
15[22:26] * +Blueberry_Muffin ([email protected]) Quit (Killed (NickServ (GHOST command used by Laini)))
08[22:26] * +ColdStorage is back on her hooves
[22:26] <+Laini> nick Blueberry_Muffib
15[22:26] * Laini is now known as Blueberry_Muffin
[22:26] <+Mayhem> Flo can't type ;P
[22:27] <+Lemon_Cookie> [WRONG CHAT]
08[22:27] * +Blueberry_Muffin picks up the chems and carries the two vials of Pure Rage and the two healing fruits over to her brother
08[22:27] * +Chrome_Veneer left the pearl by the waterside for Muddy to take hold, "Please." He thanked the crab, walking back toward the others, shaking his hindleg out a bit. "Hurt my leg something harsh. Still works though.
[22:27] <+Blueberry_Muffin> "An Mayhem? There's a fancy lookin' dagger for ya' over there too."
[22:27] <+Lemon_Cookie> "Cold. Hold still. I'm gonna' treat ya' wounds."
08[22:28] * +ColdStorage trots in place a little, favoring her right foreleg, "Oh walk it off."
[22:28] <+ColdStorage> "I'm fine!"
12[22:28] <~Damhoof|Gm>  Muddy dissapears into her nest with the orb.
08[22:28] * +ColdStorage holds out a wing to stay Lemon
08[22:28] * +Lemon_Cookie gives her a fairly stern look.
[22:29] <+ColdStorage> "You've already used your supplies on me once, genius, save some for your friends."
[22:30] <+Lemon_Cookie> "Well. Suit ya'self, then."
08[22:30] * +ColdStorage cracks her neck, "I will.  I'll also be going now that you've stripped the corpse without me."
[22:31] <+Blueberry_Muffin> "There are some brass ponyshoes, ya' might want."
08[22:31] * +Lemon_Cookie turns to get the items from his sister, thanking her as he tucks everything away and into his saddlebags.
08[22:32] * +Chrome_Veneer "More down the road if you stick all the way to the shaman.." He mumbled.
[22:32] <+Lemon_Cookie> "Ya' nab that stealth cloak, sis?"
[22:33] <+Blueberry_Muffin> "Nope, but look, i got some fancy armour. Cool ins't it?"
[22:33] <+Lemon_Cookie> "I want ta' give that talisman a look. Where is it?"
[22:34] <+ColdStorage> "Yes, because I value loot more then getting my mind raped by a shaman, sure."
08[22:34] * +ColdStorage takes the ponyshoes though
08[22:34] * +Blueberry_Muffin pouts at the lack of comments about her new armour. "Back at the corpse."
08[22:35] * +ColdStorage limps towards the next door.
08[22:35] * +Blueberry_Muffin mumbles something about Cold Storage being a stubborn bitch
08[22:36] * +Lemon_Cookie goes to nab the highly valuable stealth talisman off the dead zebra mare.
08[22:38] * +Blueberry_Muffin goes and grabs the jade dagger from the dead mare and stores it in her saddlebags, along with her other stuff. Her bags a re quite heavy and rustling now
12[22:38] <~Damhoof|Gm>  Lemon_Cookie grasps the shimmering and tattered stealth cloak in his hoof. The neck jewelery easily being undone.
15[22:39] * +ColdStorage ([email protected]) Quit (Quit: Leaving.)
[22:41] <+Lemon_Cookie> "... now that is fuckin' awesome."
08[22:41] * +Lemon_Cookie levitates the brooch into his bags.
08[22:41] * +Lemon_Cookie He takes the cloak, too, just in case they need to be used together.
12[22:42] <~Damhoof|Gm>  The cloak appears to have been made out of special leather from some scaled creature, and the two indeed work in tandem to achieve this stealth effect.
08[22:43] * +Lemon_Cookie will have to inspect that later. Figure out what kind of hide it is.
08[22:43] * +Blueberry_Muffin also takes the 267 caps. She'll divide them later. "Guys, I'll take hold of tha' caps fa now. I'll divide 'em up later, okay?"
[22:43] <+Lemon_Cookie> "Yeah."
08[22:44] * +Blueberry_Muffin kicks her battle saddle to reload and then heads for the next door "Ya guys ready?"
08[22:46] * +Lemon_Cookie reloads his pistol.
[22:47] <+Lemon_Cookie> "Yeah."
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12[22:48] <~Damhoof|Gm>  BLueberry, and the others head back to the room with the fleshgolem and there open the door opposite the one they entered from.
08[22:49] * +Lemon_Cookie keeps his pistol at the ready.
08[22:49] * +Blueberry_Muffin grips the handle of her battle saddle.
15[22:49] * ApricotCordial is now known as ColdStorage
15[22:50] * Damhoof|Gm sets mode: +v ColdStorage
08[22:50] * +Mayhem follows behind the others, her, by now cherished, sword in her hand.
08[22:51] * +Chrome_Veneer is ready himself, although is leg is a bit injured.
12[22:51] <~Damhoof|Gm>  As they open the door, light slips through. Revealing a hallway with two side entrances and stairs leading them upwards into the mountain.
08[22:51] * +ColdStorage waits until the others leave before falling back down on her knees.
08[22:52] * +Blueberry_Muffin trots towards the stairs, keeping an eye out for any threats
08[22:53] * +Lemon_Cookie taps Chrome, then motions to his leg, eyebrow raised.
08[22:53] * +Chrome_Veneer "If you would, please." He laughed a bit hesitantly, letting Lemon see if he could heal him up a bit.
08[22:55] * +ColdStorage puts a hoof on his chest.
08[22:57] * +Lemon_Cookie nods, pulling a couple lengths of bandage from his bag.
08[22:58] * +Lemon_Cookie He makes to apply them to Chrome's leg.
12[22:58] <~Damhoof|Gm>  Blueberry is greeted first by two deadend corridors that appear distinctly similar to the hidden room with the water basin, except here lie two skeletons next to a very familliar basin.
[22:59] <+Blueberry_Muffin> "Chrome, there's a basin here, but with two skeletons next ta it. Don't ya dare ta drink from it!"
12[22:59] <~Damhoof|Gm>  What was supposed to be water is instead a black, bubbling substance vaguely resembling tar.
08[22:59] * +Blueberry_Muffin goes to inspect the skeletons
08[23:00] * +Lemon_Cookie is focused on healing Chrome's leg.
12[23:01] <~Damhoof|Gm>  The skeletons are huddled in a fetal posture and clutch bits of now rotted and torn clothing. Through closer inspection the corpse holds no weapon or valuables to speak about.
08[23:02] * +Blueberry_Muffin leaves the skeletons and goes to check out the other deadend hallway
08[23:02] * +Lemon_Cookie he botches one of the application attempts, but with the success of the second one, he's not sure a second bandage is even necessary.
08[23:02] * +ColdStorage fades from the story
08[23:03] * +Chrome_Veneer "Thank you kindly. Feels much better." He stated, looking ahead. "So... what's on the sides?"
12[23:04] <~Damhoof|Gm>  The opposite hallway hold a similar tale to tell. The bubbling, black fluid inside the basin smells of rot and decay.
08[23:04] * +Lemon_Cookie nods, turning to look at the hallway for himself.
08[23:06] * +Blueberry_Muffin goes back into the hall "Okay, there are two basin, with some balck, bubbling guff an' skeletons near them. Chrome, I hope I don' have ta' make it clear ta' /not/ drink from 'em."
[23:06] <+Lemon_Cookie> "... there's a basin a' ooze?"
[23:06] <+Lemon_Cookie> "Ew."
[23:07] <+Lemon_Cookie> "What tha' hell's tha' purpose a' that?"
[23:07] <+Blueberry_Muffin> "No fuckin' clue. Let's head on guys."
08[23:08] * +Chrome_Veneer "Ooze? ..." He asked, walking closer to the basin to check it out, or more specficially see if there was a pearl being used again.
08[23:08] * +Chrome_Veneer a*
08[23:08] * +Mayhem just follows as the silent cow she is adn shrugs at the fountains.
08[23:08] * +Lemon_Cookie stick with Chrome, to make sure he doesn't do anything dumb or reckless.
12[23:09] <~Damhoof|Gm>  Chrome_veneer feels nothing save for a desire to vomit as the stench of rot reaches his nostrils.
08[23:09] * +ColdStorage returns to the bone golem room, her chest still aching through her armor from the zebra's blow but feeling well enough to walk
08[23:10] * +Lemon_Cookie stays back, offended by the smell.
08[23:10] * +Chrome_Veneer shrugged, still the tar and skeletons felt a bit ominous to him. "Guess it's nothing..." He ensured Lemon he wasn't going to do something like try and drink it, moving to the stairs.
08[23:10] * +Chrome_Veneer wasn't intending to go near them again soon.
08[23:11] * +ColdStorage hears ponies talking still ahead of her.
08[23:11] * +Lemon_Cookie pulls his neckerchief out of his bag and gets a bit closer, trying to get an idea of what it this mysterious substance is through observation.
[23:12] <+ColdStorage> "Luna's mane you ponies are impatient," she mutters, gliding above the downed golem.
08[23:14] * +Chrome_Veneer turned to see the pegasus rushing to them, "Could to see you're not just leaving us to face the raider leader alone."
12[23:14] <~Damhoof|Gm>  The stairs are well lit and an unnatural heat pervades the area they are now stepping into. Chrome_veneer takes note of the two giant golden basins at each side of the room. Both burning brightly and showing off the bones lying in the middle of the room atop the stairs. Chrome does not spend much time to notice that these are seapony parts. assembled and well maintained.
[23:15] <+ColdStorage> "Alone?  I guess the large band of ponies you're travelling with means that asshole sold me laced water again."
08[23:15] * +Blueberry_Muffin slowly trots up the stairs, being cautious and keeping her battle saddle ready
08[23:16] * +Lemon_Cookie has no idea what the thing is. He tucks his neckerchief back into his bag.
08[23:17] * +ColdStorage frowns at the sight of so many bones, "It's like every time you all open a door it's another reason I should listen to my common sense and leave."
08[23:17] * +Chrome_Veneer cringed at them, sea ponies being used again.
08[23:17] * +Lemon_Cookie walks back to stand by Blueberry.
08[23:17] * +ColdStorage floats above them
08[23:17] * +Lemon_Cookie At the sound of Cold's voice, he looks over to see the mare.
[23:17] <+Blueberry_Muffin> "Don't forget the caps miss Storage. It's a job after all."
12[23:18] <~Damhoof|Gm>  <Defiance.. A flaw of mortality..> Something gurgling and dreadful whispers into the heads of lemon_cookie and chrome_veneer.
08[23:18] * +Chrome_Veneer decides to investigate one of the basins again, for a similar reason as before. At least until he heard something, and looked around at the other ponies to see if they heard something too.
08[23:18] * +Lemon_Cookie perks up, listening.
[23:19] <+Lemon_Cookie> "... tha' fuck was that?"
08[23:19] * +Chrome_Veneer "Not sure..." he answered.
[23:19] <+Blueberry_Muffin> "What was what?"
[23:19] <+Lemon_Cookie> "Anypony else hear that nasty voice?"
08[23:19] * +Blueberry_Muffin shakes her head "I didn'."
08[23:20] * +Chrome_Veneer nodded, "I did,,"
[23:20] <+ColdStorage> "Nope.  Look, I've already done enough to get paid from my contractor."
08[23:21] * +Chrome_Veneer looks back to the basin, and around the room, "Defiance?"
[23:22] <+ColdStorage> "I think you hornheads have been huffing some serious fumes down here."
[23:22] <+Lemon_Cookie> "That, or it's magic."
12[23:22] <~Damhoof|Gm>  <Ask yourself again, if these are truly your friends.. Trust is your weakness.. You will die alone in the end..> the gurgling voice drones on into Lemon_cookies and Chrome_Veneers head.
08[23:22] * +Blueberry_Muffin gigglesnorts at ColdStorages comment
08[23:23] * +Chrome_Veneer turned around the room again abrubtly, still trying to find the source, "What are you talking about?" He asked the air."
[23:23] <+Blueberry_Muffin> "Who? Dafuq's going on?"
[23:24] <+Mayhem> "Oi, those lads are not tha only ones with horns!"
[23:24] <+Mayhem> "An' I dun 'ear a thing."
12[23:25] <~Damhoof|Gm>  Chrome_Veneer finds no orb in this room, and all that awaits them is another door leading further inside. Warmth fills their bodies, their pores. An unbearable heat seems to be filling the room, blending with the rotting stench from before.
[23:25] <+Lemon_Cookie> "... I think a megalomaniacal entity is tryin' ta' rape my brain."
[23:25] <+Blueberry_Muffin> "Oh great. Let's press on."
08[23:26] * +Chrome_Veneer steps back down the stairs backwards a few steps and looks around the room in a bit of a panic, he was... used to being 'raped' in the brain. "That's... I mean..." Not again...
[23:26] <+ColdStorage> "I don't see any tentacles.  Look, if ya'll are already hallucinating it's just another sign you're overmatched.  Time to cut losses and get out of ehre."
[23:26] <+Blueberry_Muffin> "Offense is tha' best defense. If we kill that thing then we're done here."
[23:27] <+ColdStorage> "Kill the thing that may or may not be talking in ponies heads, or kill the black damp that's making them hear voices?  Or it could be a triggered spell...."
08[23:28] * +Lemon_Cookie is squinting his eyes, looking about.
08[23:28] * +Chrome_Veneer stopped backing up after hearing what Storage said about leaving. "I can't leave..." He decided, walking up the stairs slowly despite the heat urging his body to retreat.
08[23:29] * +Blueberry_Muffin follows Chrome
08[23:29] * +Lemon_Cookie sticks with his sister.
08[23:29] * +Lemon_Cookie Hearing voices in your head was ominous, at the very least.
08[23:30] * +ColdStorage sticks with the others
08[23:30] * +ColdStorage lands beside Blueberry, "Hey, what's with your friend up there?"
12[23:31] <~Damhoof|Gm>  The door leading on swings open on its own, revealing a dark passage further into the mountain, yet it is not covered by tiles and craftsmareship. This is crude work, and fresh scars. Recently dug. <The black blood of Ul-Athra now courses through me...Heheheh.> The voice echoes strongly, even in the ears of those not of unicorn origin.
08[23:32] * +Mayhem recoils a bit. "By tha' totems! I  say we find that thing a beat tha tar out of 'em!"
[23:32] <+Lemon_Cookie> "... black blood?"
08[23:32] * +Chrome_Veneer "Friends or not, I've worked with them to get here, and i will work with them to finish the job." He bites his lip at the voice now, "I will end you, and free Ul-Athra, you wicked creature."
[23:32] <+Blueberry_Muffin> "What friend?"
[23:32] <+Lemon_Cookie> "I think I'm hearin' our mark."
12[23:32] <~Damhoof|Gm>  <Your destruction will herald a new era of suffering.. Oh what horrorss await.. Hahahahah.>
[23:33] <+Lemon_Cookie> "... yep. Definitely megalomaniacal."
[23:33] <+Blueberry_Muffin> "Oh shut up. I heard raiders talk less shit."
[23:34] <+Lemon_Cookie> "Fantastic."
08[23:34] * +Chrome_Veneer looked back to the others, "What say you we finish this mission?" His motivation not actually the 'mission' in the same sense as theirs.
08[23:34] * +ColdStorage recoils, "Well, that answers that.  Ul-what?"
[23:34] <+Blueberry_Muffin> "I'm for it Chrome."
08[23:35] * +ColdStorage doesn't get the chance to voice her concerns about how not right Chrome seems, even for a unicorn.  Instead she just sighs and raises a hoof.
08[23:35] * +Lemon_Cookie looks back to Cold.
[23:36] <+Lemon_Cookie> "Ya' asked about Chrome, right?"
[23:37] <+ColdStorage> "I'll go.  But I swear you all better not loot the good stuff this time or I'm gonna kill you and take your caps."
[23:37] <+Blueberry_Muffin> "Great! Tha more tha merrier."
08[23:37] * +Blueberry_Muffin is now very confident "We'll use that son of a bitch."
[23:38] <+Lemon_Cookie> "... ooookay then."
[23:38] <+Lemon_Cookie> "Let's jus'... pray bullets work."
08[23:38] * +Blueberry_Muffin moves on down the hallway
[23:39] <+ColdStorage> "Or your magic right?"
[23:39] <+Mayhem> "Or me blade!"
[23:40] <+ColdStorage> "Because anything I can hear in my brain I don't want to fight hoof to hoof
[23:40] <+Blueberry_Muffin> "Well, we're four decent armoured an' armed ponies and a minotaur."
08[23:40] * +ColdStorage fiddles with her hooves
[23:40] <+Lemon_Cookie> "Maybe if the chamber's big enough, I'll be able ta' summon a thundercloud..."
08[23:40] * +Chrome_Veneer continue moving, actually walking ahead of the rest of the group~ the words of the shaman giving him the motivation to press forward.
[23:40] <+Lemon_Cookie> tha'*
08[23:41] * +Mayhem does another step and nearly tumbles. "Ow. Uhm, one of ye might want ta check on me first, before we do that."
[23:41] <+Blueberry_Muffin> "Lemon?"
08[23:41] * +Lemon_Cookie looks at Mayhem, then at Cold.
08[23:42] * +ColdStorage is back in the air, floating above the floor and gliding up towards Chrome
[23:43] <+Lemon_Cookie> "... would ya' mind bringin' up tha' fact that ya' need patchin' before we leave tha' relative safety a' a cleared room?"
08[23:43] * +Chrome_Veneer heard that and decided to wait, but didn't look back as he seemed fixated on moving forward.
08[23:44] * +Blueberry_Muffin stops and blinks at Mayhem "Why didn'tcha say somethin' earlier?"
12[23:44] <~Damhoof|Gm>  The scarred hallway darkness as they move forward. It slopes and leans naturally to the right for what seems like quite a while. The heat continues on driving them to thirst. <I am the monster in your nightmares..>
08[23:45] * +Mayhem rubs the back of her head. "Heh, thought it wouldn't matter tha' much..."
08[23:45] * +ColdStorage slows to a stop next to him
[23:45] <+ColdStorage> "Hold on, you're an Ursa Major with dildos for claws!?  This is gonna be an awesome fight!"
08[23:46] * +Lemon_Cookie just levitates her a nondescript zebra fruit.
08[23:46] * +Blueberry_Muffin turns back to the hallway "Have ya' ever seen a dragon? A huge, gigantic, terrifying, enormous, teeth-gnashing, sharp-scale-having, horn-wearing, smoke-snoring, could-eat-a-pony-in-one-bite, totally all grown-up dragon?"
08[23:46] * +ColdStorage grins at Chrome, nudging him with a wing, "I change my mind about everything I said about you guys, this is gonna be worth it."
08[23:46] * +Lemon_Cookie He describes the proper application of a healing potion.
08[23:46] * +ColdStorage looks back at Blueberry, "Was that a question to the room?"
12[23:46] <~Damhoof|Gm>  "Your resillience is admirable.." Echoes through the pathway alongside a mocking laughter. "With just a snap of my newfound powers. Your souls will languish in damnation for all eternity.."
[23:47] <+Blueberry_Muffin> "Answer my question."
[23:47] <+ColdStorage> "Yes."
[23:47] <+Blueberry_Muffin> "That was directed ta that stupid voice."
[23:48] <+ColdStorage> "Well you didn't answer me when I asked!"
[23:49] <+Lemon_Cookie> "Feelin' better?" Lemon asks Mayhem.
[23:49] <+Blueberry_Muffin> "Well, yes tha question was directed to tha room..."
[23:49] <+Mayhem> "Aye, mayn thanks to you." She tests her leg again. "Still hurts, but not as much."
08[23:50] * +Chrome_Veneer had barely moved at the nudge, and didn't really talk much, but did seem focused on the voice.
[23:50] <+Lemon_Cookie> "Alright."
[23:50] <+Lemon_Cookie> "We good ta' go, then?"
12[23:53] <~Damhoof|Gm>  The world seems to shiver as they continue down the carved passage. Greeting them in the distance are swirling balls of light, seemingly suspended in the air. "The stars come to my aid.."
[23:53] <+ColdStorage> "Fuck the stars."
[23:53] <+Lemon_Cookie> "Nightmare Moon wannabe, I see..."
[23:53] <+Blueberry_Muffin> "Screw you an' answer my question."
08[23:54] * +ColdStorage loosens up her shoulders.
08[23:54] * +Chrome_Veneer continued walking ahead of the rest, he seemed eager to come in contact with eternal damnation.
[23:56] <+Lemon_Cookie> "Our bullets better work..."
[23:56] <+Mayhem> "Uh, hate ta ask this, but...Muffin...would ya give me ye cloak?"
[23:57] <+Blueberry_Muffin> "Huh? Yeah, sure. I guess ya'll need it more than me." SHe undo's the cloak and leaves it for Mayhem
08[23:57] * +Mayhem takes the cloak and puts it over her armor. "Thank ye very much hun." She plants a quick peck on Blueberry's cheek and winks at her.
08[23:58] * +Blueberry_Muffin blushes slightly from under her helmet and moves on up to Chrome.
08[23:59] * +Lemon_Cookie gives Blueberry a bit of an amused look as he trots on next to her.
08[00:01] * +Blueberry_Muffin presses on along the hallway. "Chrome once we fight that thing, I need some enchanced firepower. Can ya' do ya magic on my bullets again?"
08[00:02] * +Chrome_Veneer "Oh you know, once we encounter the abomination, everypony here is going to get every bit of power i can dish out."
08[00:02] * +Blueberry_Muffin smiles at Chrome_Veneer "Thanks a lot pal."
[00:03] <+ColdStorage> "I think I'll be okay, but thanks Horny."
[00:03] <+Lemon_Cookie> "Mm."
[00:04] <+ColdStorage> "Unless you've got some sort of spell that makes me punch harder.
15[00:04] * +Blueberry_Muffin ([email protected]) has left #foesand
08[00:04] * +Chrome_Veneer shook his head, "Oh, you'll want it." he suggested, "because you'll punch, much, much faster."
15[00:04] * Blueberry_Muffin ([email protected]) has joined #foesand
15[00:04] * Damhoof|Gm sets mode: +v Blueberry_Muffin
[00:04] <+Blueberry_Muffin> "He can make ya' punch faster."
[00:04] <+ColdStorage> "Harder or faster?"
08[00:05] * +Chrome_Veneer "Much faster."
[00:05] <+ColdStorage> "How much faster?"
08[00:07] * +Chrome_Veneer "By at least some factor... of about... say... a fifth of your current potential?"
[00:07] <+ColdStorage> "Fascinating."
08[00:08] * +Chrome_Veneer looks around the room they'd just entered.
08[00:09] * +ColdStorage stands at Chrome's side, taking it all end.
08[00:09] * +Lemon_Cookie has become silent. Hard to communicate when you've got a pistol bit in your mouth.
08[00:10] * +Blueberry_Muffin takes the handle of her battle saddle into her mouth
12[00:12] <~Damhoof|Gm>  The air around them seems motionless, a heat is batting them and coating them like a blanket. The sound of distant laughter thunders from inside the room. The stench of rot and decay from before still covets their noses.
[00:14] <+Blueberry_Muffin> "Lemon, Chrome, some light maybe?"
[00:14] <+Lemon_Cookie> "... this is why I fuckin' hate the desert."
[00:14] <+Lemon_Cookie> tha*]
08[00:14] * +Chrome_Veneer "But it doesn't last long... so we've gotta way until right before the fight..." He stated, but needing every last bit of his strain for the sake of enchanting his party.
08[00:15] * +Lemon_Cookie His horn lights up, casting an emerald green glow on the surrounding area.
[00:16] <+ColdStorage> "usually the desert doesn't smell this bad."
[00:16] <+Blueberry_Muffin> "I agree."
12[00:16] <~Damhoof|Gm>  Two pillars cover them on each side, covered by these self hovering glowing orbs of light. Revealing Grotesque, bubbling meat, and skin leaking the black puss from the basin, and all of it leaks into the middle of the room, akin rivers of bloat and bile.
[00:16] <+Lemon_Cookie> "Desert outhouse," Lemon mutters.
[00:16] <+Blueberry_Muffin> "Ewww. Why does shamanism have ta' be so gross?"
[00:17] <+Lemon_Cookie> "... holy shit!"
08[00:18] * +Chrome_Veneer "I'm more disgusted by what the shaman has done to create her power, rather than the form it has taken."
08[00:18] * +Blueberry_Muffin scrunches up her muzzle "Either way, it has ta stop."
08[00:19] * +ColdStorage makes a show of yawning.
12[00:19] <~Damhoof|Gm>  "A thousand deaths, or one murder. Your petty issues only serve to make me stronger.." A hidden voice slobbers at them.
[00:19] <+Lemon_Cookie> "Less talkin', more killin' with fire," Lemon squeaks out.
[00:19] <+Mayhem> "Ignore tha shit and let's beat up tha one making tha crap!"
[00:20] <+ColdStorage> "Issues?  Lady, I think you bought the subscription with this lot."
08[00:20] * +ColdStorage tries to figure out where to punch it without having to touch any of.... most of it.
[00:20] <+Blueberry_Muffin> "I agree."
12[00:20] <~Damhoof|Gm>  "Come mortals. Tremble before the coming of the end. Yessss. I`ve become a lucid dream. A fiend with thousand faces."
[00:20] <+Blueberry_Muffin> "Miss Storage, do ya want a gun in case ya' usual techniques don' apply?"
12[00:21] <~Damhoof|Gm>  Cold Storage finds a face in the pillar staring back at her. The orbs seemingly vanishing into hidden pores.
08[00:21] * +Chrome_Veneer "Tell me shaman, why do you seek this power so much?"
12[00:21] <~Damhoof|Gm>  "In the end. Madness will consume you."
[00:21] <+ColdStorage> "Sure, that'd be swell Muffins.  Want me to bring back whatever awesome shit it is that thing's smoking?"
[00:21] <+Blueberry_Muffin> "And have ya heard of body hygiene?"
08[00:22] * +Lemon_Cookie looks around for this structure's magic-gem weakspot.
[00:22] <+ColdStorage> "I ain't heard talk like that since my brother rolled the fatest blunt in Marelin and lit it with the second fatest."
08[00:22] * +Blueberry_Muffin hoofs ColdStorage a .357 Revolver along with 18 rounds "Sure."
[00:22] <+ColdStorage> "Thanks~"
08[00:22] * +ColdStorage gives Blueberry a peck on the cheek and sticks it someplace convieniant in her armor.
08[00:23] * +Blueberry_Muffin blushes again
08[00:23] * +ColdStorage turns back towards the face she may or may not have seen.
08[00:23] * +Lemon_Cookie is trying not to gag.
12[00:23] <~Damhoof|Gm>  "Destroy them minion. Your master commands it." The two pillars groan and shake with tremors as skeletal entities come to life before them.
[00:24] <+ColdStorage> "Think I saw a face though, that's usually a pretty good place to st- oh shit!"
[00:24] <+Lemon_Cookie> "Fuckin' hate this shit!"
08[00:24] * +ColdStorage 's leg shakes, "Again!?"
08[00:25] * +Blueberry_Muffin takes the handle into her mouth "Here they come!"
08[00:25] * +Chrome_Veneer couldn't use it all, but at least some, it would seem. "Blueberry, Storage, come close." He announced his horn beginning to glow silver.
08[00:25] * +ColdStorage jumps up in the air above Chrome.
08[00:26] * +Blueberry_Muffin rushes towards Chrome_Veneer
12[00:26] <~Damhoof|Gm>  With earshattering trembling power the fleshlings take their first steps akin newborn foals. Howling their hunger to the world. "Bear witness to my masters unlimited power. In the end only death is eternal."
08[00:26] * +Chrome_Veneer casts [Spirit of Flame] on Blueberry's ammo, her first five shots to be imbued with fire, and [Spirit of Wind] to Storage's talons allowing them to attack faster.
12[00:27] <~Damhoof|Gm>  Chrome_veneer can sense from his opal that an immense power lingers within the large bubbling pool in the middle.
08[00:27] * +Lemon_Cookie tries not to tremble.
08[00:28] * +Chrome_Veneer tries to sense whether it is a feeling of Ul-Athra's.
[00:31] <+ColdStorage> "Actually, from what you've shown it doesn't seem to be."
08[00:31] * +ColdStorage swishes her hooves to get a feel for the charm.
12[00:32] <~Damhoof|Gm>  "I spared their insignificant souls as reward for their hard work. Behold what unlimited potential they had within them." The voice chuckles back. "The end of days is upon you.."
12[00:32] <~Damhoof|Gm>  --------------------------------------------session11--------------------------------------
[00:32] <+Blueberry_Muffin> "The end of my ass is upon you!"
12[00:33] <~Damhoof|Gm>  750 experience for defeating my awesassin