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Fallout: Beyond Equestria, 99: Origin Story (Part 16)

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  1. [2014-08-27 13:10:31] <Kkat> 3Noble_Heart tilts her head to one side. "They are swarming over this temple. Perhaps it is significant to them in some way."
  2. [2014-08-27 13:10:36] <Kkat> 3Bookwright shrugs. "Scales says 'hunting grounds', and has since implied that we are food for ahools. I suppose that means they eat treasure hunters, like us. At any rate, I would like to /go/ now. To the firewagon."
  3. [2014-08-27 13:10:44] <Kkat> 3CopyCat ponders. "There was that statue on top. It looked quite like an Ahool, didn't it?"
  4. [2014-08-27 13:10:50] <Kkat> 3Bookwright "That it did, but I don't see how that's relevant."
  5. [2014-08-27 13:10:55] <Kkat> 3Noble_Heart face hoofs. "It is possible that the statue may be drawing the ahools here or keeping them here somehow."
  6. [2014-08-27 13:11:10] <Kkat> 3"And if we blow it up they'll just fly away?" Bookwright shakes his head in clear disbelief.
  7. [2014-08-27 13:11:15] <Kkat> 3Noble_Heart ruffles her feathers. "We do not know. But it does not seem beyond possibility. Or they may turn their attentions to that approaching airship. Or worse."
  8. [2014-08-27 13:11:27] <Kkat> 3]Golden_Dream begins to pace in a circle. "So we got th' plates. We got th' gem. But you're sure that all the golems are wrecked beyond all repair, right?"
  9. [2014-08-27 13:11:45] <Kkat> 3{ I would not know. } Scales hisses to Bookwright, {Only the Empress has ever hunted those beasts. }
  10. [2014-08-27 13:11:52] <Kkat> 3Bookwright "...no, No I'm not. But there's no guarantee that destroying the statue will make them disperse, and the slavers are getting closer. Plus, if the ahools disperse, the slavers will have a clear run at us."
  11. [2014-08-27 13:11:59] <Kkat> 3Golden_Dream clops her hooves. "Alright. Is there anything we can get by being here if th' slavers weren't coming?"
  12. [2014-08-27 13:12:10] <Kkat> 3CopyCat nods. "So the plan is to run away quickly and hope that Noble Heart can produce a noise which will keep them away?"
  13. [2014-08-27 13:12:16] <Kkat> 3Noble_Heart shakes her head. "Doubtful. It is unlikely that anything valuable survived the trap and subsequent zebra activities here."
  14. [2014-08-27 13:12:23] <Kkat> 3CopyCat ponders. "Do you remember those shield bubbles which kept us safe from the pink cloud? They may also be useful here. Ahool claws may find it hard to find purchase on large magical spheres."
  15. [2014-08-27 13:12:28] <Kkat> 3CopyCat continues, "It would make us very easy to spot, however."
  16. [2014-08-27 13:12:36] <Kkat> 3Golden_Dream slumps her shoulders. Right. Right. She climbs atop Noble_Heart's back. "We out, then."
  17. [2014-08-27 13:12:41] <Kkat> 3Bookwright walks up to the entrance. "Hey, Golden Dream, Shatara? If either of you happen to shoot one of those beasts down, let me know, okay? I promised Scales a treat."
  18. [2014-08-27 13:12:46] <Kkat> 3Shatara growls a little. "Anything I shoot is mine."
  19. [2014-08-27 13:12:55] <Kkat> 3Bookwright begs, "Pleeeaaaaasseee?"
  20. [2014-08-27 13:13:01] <Kkat> 3Noble_Heart focuses her magic to surround herself with a shield, protecting herself and Golden Dream.
  21. [2014-08-27 13:13:15] <Kkat> 3Golden_Dream sighs. "You're buyin' me ammo," She frowned. She didn't even think Ahool meat would even be that good, and it was a rare occasion where she even would eat meat anyway..
  22. [2014-08-27 13:13:26] <Kkat> 3Bookwright <I think it would be interesting to meet the Empress. Later, perhaps.>
  23. [2014-08-27 13:13:34] <Kkat> 3{ She would eat you. She would probably find you tasty. }
  24. [2014-08-27 13:13:41] <Kkat> 3Bookwright frowns momentarily, before it dissolves again. <Then I shall write of my experiences in the shade.>
  25. [2014-08-27 13:14:04] <Kkat> 3Fallout: Beyond Equestria, Session Ninety-Nine: Origin Story (Part Sixteen) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SSUQxGjZZ4
  26. [2014-08-27 13:14:13] <Kkat> 3--- Session Begins ---
  27. [2014-08-27 13:15:15] * Get_Lost is curious "say, Shatara, you like your prey raw and fighting back, or hot and saucy?"
  28. [2014-08-27 13:17:11] * Golden_Dream gets an idea in her head. Or rather, she looks at the swarm of ahools and gets kinda anxious on how many of them there are before trying to snipe one off. "Second thought, prolly not a great idea t' shoot really loud guns and draw attention to ourselves."
  29. [2014-08-27 13:18:41] * Bookwright "We could just teleport, I guess. Nopony else has come up with a better idea."
  30. [2014-08-27 13:19:41] * CopyCat coughs. "Shatara, could you pick Bookwright or Get_Lost to carry, please? I will try to protect us with those shields we used against the Pink cloud and it is easier to move around in them if you have wings-"
  31. [2014-08-27 13:20:53] * Shatara blinks and tilts his head at Get_Lost before collecting her as per CopyCat's advice.
  32. [2014-08-27 13:21:24] * CopyCat then looks at Bookwright. "Or we could do that I guess." CopyCat mutters to herself: "But there's just something about seeing ponies in hamster balls..."
  33. [2014-08-27 13:22:08] * Bookwright "There are birds of prey that carry turtles high into the air and then drop them on rocks. I have no desire to be dashed on a rock, thank you."
  34. [2014-08-27 13:23:16] * CopyCat blinks at Bookwright. "Are you worried I might eat you?"
  35. [2014-08-27 13:23:49] * Bookwright "...No, but I am worried that those nasty critters outside will."
  36. [2014-08-27 13:26:11] * CopyCat smiles. "Good. Because I am reasonably certain that I'm not a changeling." CC bends down. "Now hop on. It's time to play Pool with ponies."
  37. [2014-08-27 13:28:13] * Bookwright clambers awkwardly onto CopyCat, trying not to blush. "Okay, I'm ready."
  38. [2014-08-27 13:31:41] * Golden_Dream is really, really tempted to call Copycat a changeling just to ruffle her feathers. Sensibility wins out, though, because she didn't want her mad when she's literally the quickest and safest way out of an entire swarm of batmonkeys.
  39. [2014-08-27 13:31:43] * Get_Lost is grabbed by catbird guy, is okay with it
  40. [2014-08-27 13:33:36] * CopyCat manages the weight thanks to her large princessy frame but she doesn't look comfortable. She breathes out slowly, trying to concentrate as her horn lights up. A feeling of connectedness flows between her and her friends. The feeling coalesces around herself and Shatara to form green spherical shields.
  41. [2014-08-27 13:35:58] * CopyCat exhales with the strain. "There, that should do it. We're as protected as we could be."
  42. [2014-08-27 13:37:04] * Get_Lost "so, say... do you think they have decent showers in slavetown?" conversation with your autist during a travel is not mandatory, but it is a way to show that you care
  43. [2014-08-27 13:38:40] * Bookwright <Now remember Scales: Don't eat the delicious one.>
  44. [2014-08-27 13:38:45] * Noble_Heart began to head back out towards the exit to the temple. It was time to get out of here.
  45. [2014-08-27 13:39:32] <Kkat> 3Scales puts on a pouty face.
  46. [2014-08-27 13:40:04] <Kkat> 3Getting back to the entrance is no problem, now that Shatara has cleared the way.
  47. [2014-08-27 13:41:05] * Shatara shrugs a little. "Maybe? Not that we'd get to see them anyway..."
  48. [2014-08-27 13:41:13] <Kkat> 3The primate screeches of the ahools above echo through the gaping maw of the temple entrance.
  49. [2014-08-27 13:44:47] * Get_Lost frowns "meh, i'd like some civilization sometimes out here... wouldn't you like a private room and some spare time, for once?"
  50. [2014-08-27 13:46:58] * CopyCat stretches her wings. She thought it was nice these shields were large enough to allow unimpeded flight. Or did she think that? Maybe somepony else had thought it. In any case, it was a good thing. "Are we all ready to flee back to the firewagon?"
  51. [2014-08-27 13:47:16] * Shatara blushes a bit and nods.
  52. [2014-08-27 13:49:14] * Get_Lost shrugs "oh well, i guess we'll have to deal with it..." sighs "but i swear, if i see another temple, i'm going to puke"
  53. [2014-08-27 13:49:59] * Shatara frowns a bit. "Weren't there like...four around here?"
  54. [2014-08-27 13:50:08] * Bookwright "I'm ready to flee! Fleeing is good!"
  55. [2014-08-27 13:50:11] * Golden_Dream smirks. "Yup. This is just th' first one."
  56. [2014-08-27 13:50:41] <Shatara> "...did they all have batmonkeys all over them?"
  57. [2014-08-27 13:51:23] * Get_Lost "this jungle hates my lunch, then.... or wants it really bad"
  58. [2014-08-27 13:53:15] * CopyCat gets ready to take off. "We go!"
  59. [2014-08-27 13:53:24] * Golden_Dream is happy she's on Noble for this part!
  60. [2014-08-27 13:59:04] <Kkat> 3The party take wing, ensconced in spheres of magical energy. The darkness of the temple (lit only by burning sconces) gives way to bright late-day sunlight and mottled, cloud-cast shadow. Almost at once, the Ahools descend, screeching as they dive to attack.
  61. [2014-08-27 14:01:18] * Get_Lost uses her time as a passenger to snatch some appetizer. this time it is... something. "wow, whatever this is, it REALLY has a bad taste... want to try?"
  62. [2014-08-27 14:02:46] * Noble_Heart looks skywards, concentrating her magic briefly as she tunes up the sound before blowing a shrill whistle through her teeth, amplified like an air horn only louder, and shriller.
  63. [2014-08-27 14:05:08] * Shatara cringes at Noble_Heart's whistlescreech, preparing to evade killer batmonkeys..."...Hey! I was saving that!"
  64. [2014-08-27 14:07:15] * Get_Lost nibbles, makes a face. doesn't really like the flavor "saving what? uhm, i think they're attacking..."
  65. [2014-08-27 14:11:59] <Kkat> 3The diving Ahools slam into the shields around Noble_Heart, CopyCat and Shatara, their claws tearing at the shields.
  66. [2014-08-27 14:14:40] * Golden_Dream starts to feel rather anxious. "Noble, how quick are y' gonna get to th' firetruck?"
  67. [2014-08-27 14:15:27] * Shatara growls a little. "Just put it away and hang on!"
  68. [2014-08-27 14:16:17] * Get_Lost puts the meat away and mubles "doesn't look like it's holding that great...."
  69. [2014-08-27 14:18:40] * CopyCat 'Ooofs!' as the ahool makes contact with her shield.
  70. [2014-08-27 14:19:27] <Kkat> 3The ahool's attacks do minor damage to the alicorn shields, but the force of the dive drives the flying alicorns and griffin into the ground. The shields hold, taking negligable additional damage, and Shatara's momentum is enough to shoot out from under the ahool's grasp.
  71. [2014-08-27 14:19:58] * Get_Lost starts raiding Shatara's bags, grabs a bottle and starts mixing stuff "girls, when i tell you, close your eyes shut!"
  72. [2014-08-27 14:20:05] <Kkat> 3But the ahool attacking Noble_Heart's shield is holding fast to the ball of glowing energy. And the one that hit CopyCat has slammed her into the ground and pinned her, abruptly ending her forward movement.
  73. [2014-08-27 14:20:31] * Noble_Heart yelps briefly in surprise as she was forced from the skies. "We shall endeavor to get back as quickly as possible!" She prepared to cast another spell, more direct in her response to the attack.
  74. [2014-08-27 14:21:47] * Shatara feels Get_Lost rifling through his bags. "What are you doing back there?"
  75. [2014-08-27 14:22:01] * Bookwright "CopyCat, can you get us loose? If you can't, let me know and I'll get us out of here!"
  76. [2014-08-27 14:22:12] * CopyCat grits her teeth and tries to leap into the air like a sprinter coming out of the starting blocks. "I AM NOT A PINBALL! Hang on Bookwright!"
  77. [2014-08-27 14:22:20] * Get_Lost "some sort of blinding powder"
  78. [2014-08-27 14:22:40] * Bookwright briefly imagines what multiball with CopyCat would be like. Dismisses it.
  79. [2014-08-27 14:24:45] * Golden_Dream glances back at Noble_Heart, pressing against her more, reeling back from the horrible ugly no-good bat looking monkey faces. "Good, 'cause I don't got a backup plan t' deal with this!"
  80. [2014-08-27 14:31:10] * CopyCat is kept in place by the ahool pinning her shield to the ground. "Get your stinking claws off me you damn dirty ape!"
  81. [2014-08-27 14:32:49] * Noble_Heart turns her attention towards the bat thing clutching their shield and unleashes a flurry of magical energy into its body at point blank range.
  82. [2014-08-27 14:38:54] * Get_Lost does something with what she has in her gabs and a good part of the gunpowder "OKAY! GOING TO LIGHT IT!"
  83. [2014-08-27 14:45:37] <Kkat> 3>>> FLASH! <<<
  84. [2014-08-27 14:46:22] <Kkat> 3The ahool chasing Shatara and Get_Lost screeches and breaks off, momentarily blinded.
  85. [2014-08-27 14:50:11] * CopyCat has an urgent in-flight (although currently grounded) message for her passenger. Well, more of a question really. "Bookwright, do you have any spells which could get it off of Us?"
  86. [2014-08-27 14:51:02] * Bookwright "I could try to move it with telekinesis. Or I could move us."
  87. [2014-08-27 14:52:44] * CopyCat nods. "That may work. I've never done this before but... I shall try to stun the beast then you can free us from its grasp. Get ready!"
  88. [2014-08-27 14:58:26] * CopyCat touches her horn against the top of her shield and injects the ahool on the other side with a large dose of 'healing' magic.
  89. [2014-08-27 14:59:38] * Bookwright exerts his telekinetic power, trying to shift the now-limp ahool off of the bubble.
  90. [2014-08-27 15:05:24] <Kkat> 3Magical energy coalesces in a bright ball just outside of CopyCat's shield and slams into the ahool... but the monster seems unaffected!
  91. [2014-08-27 15:05:47] * Bookwright still tries to shift the ahool anyways!
  92. [2014-08-27 15:06:52] * CopyCat panics. "I'm panicking now! Bookwright, I'm panicking!" See?
  93. [2014-08-27 15:09:35] * Bookwright grunts. "Nope, that's not gonna work if the damn thing's still awake! Alright, last ditch teleport, here we go!"
  94. [2014-08-27 15:10:46] * Bookwright forces magic into spacetime and slips Scales, Copy Cat, and himself through a pinprick.
  95. [2014-08-27 15:11:32] * Bookwright unpacks Scales, Copy Cat, and himself from another pinprick in spacetime right next to the firewagon.
  96. [2014-08-27 15:16:12] * CopyCat panics less.
  97. [2014-08-27 15:20:25] * CopyCat calms down a little too much, in fact, and drops her shield... which also means the bubble around Shatara and Get_Lost fizzles out as well.
  98. [2014-08-27 15:21:14] * Bookwright leaps up the Firewagon and prepares the Twilight Cannon. "Okay! CopyCat, you wanna wait here for them or go help them!?"
  99. [2014-08-27 15:21:46] * Get_Lost "uhm, shatara?... i think the shield failed"
  100. [2014-08-27 15:22:49] * CopyCat gulps. "I'm not sure if I can pull it all by myself..." But she straps herself in anyway since Bookwright wanted her to.
  101. [2014-08-27 15:24:42] * Bookwright believes in CopyCat!
  102. [2014-08-27 15:27:50] * Noble_Heart pressed her horn to her shield and unleashed a flurry of arcane bolts into the body of the Ahool at point blank range. Which really meant 'somewhere inside its body, due to the odd way that arcane blast appeared not from the horn but a short distance away.
  103. [2014-08-27 15:28:07] <Kkat> 3The shields abruptly vanish. A split-second later, the ahool attacking Noble_Heart is struck down by a flurry of magical energy. The flying primate crashes to the jungle floor.
  104. [2014-08-27 15:45:16] * Shatara puts a shotgun blast into the nearby batmonkeything's face.
  105. [2014-08-27 15:50:45] <Kkat> 3The blinded ahool cries out in pain and frustration and flees.
  106. [2014-08-27 15:52:11] <Kkat> 3The remaining ahool, suddenly alone against aggressive and clearly dangerous prey, gives up and flees back with the other.
  107. [2014-08-27 15:53:58] * Noble_Heart watches as the last Ahool flees, turning her attention towards the fire wagon. "We recommend flight while there is the chance!" Needless to say, she takes her own advice.
  108. [2014-08-27 15:56:47] * Shatara mutters. "I dont want it to go away, I want to eat it for lunch!" He switches to his rifle and opens up.
  109. [2014-08-27 15:58:17] <Kkat> 3Shatara switches to his rifle... and it immediately jams.
  110. [2014-08-27 16:07:41] * Shatara grumbles and switches back to the shotgun
  111. [2014-08-27 16:14:52] <Kkat> 3Shatara fires the shotgun repeatedly into the fleeing ahool, tearing bleeding holes in its back. Blood streams out, wisping through the air in scarlet lines that feed into the crimson shotgun. Shatara can feel it grow warm in his talons and a scent of fresh blood permeates the air.
  112. [2014-08-27 16:18:13] * Shatara mrowls predatorily as he feels the energy flow into him, the scent of blood...deeply satisfying.
  113. [2014-08-27 16:20:21] <Kkat> 3The ahool, badly wounded, flees back to the others above the temple.
  114. [2014-08-27 16:22:05] <Kkat> 3The ahool nearly bleeds to death from the wounds. It probably doesn't have long for the world.
  115. [2014-08-27 16:22:44] * Shatara tries to determine if can keep it from escaping
  116. [2014-08-27 16:27:45] <Kkat> 3(Unfortunately, no. You can chase after it, but it is slightly faster, and will make it back to the temple.)
  117. [2014-08-27 16:31:05] * Shatara grumbles in frustration and turns back towards the wagon.
  118. [2014-08-27 16:33:31] * CopyCat finally finishes strapping herself into the firewagon (after a slightly embarrassing incident where she did it wrong and looked like an S&M model). "I'm ready!" She calls to Bookwright.
  119. [2014-08-27 16:34:37] * Bookwright "Right! We're just waiting for the others then!"
  120. [2014-08-27 16:36:05] * Golden_Dream bites her lip. "C'mon, Noble! We're just about there!"
  121. [2014-08-27 16:39:33] * CopyCat nickers. "I don't want to be a monkey's uncle!"
  122. [2014-08-27 16:40:23] * Shatara lands at the wagon, blinking at CopyCat. "you're so wierd."
  123. [2014-08-27 16:41:03] * Bookwright "So! Didja bring Scales an ahoolian treat?"
  124. [2014-08-27 16:41:18] * Shatara glaaaares.
  125. [2014-08-27 16:42:09] * CopyCat scowls at Shatara. "Well /you're/ thinking about bananas all of a sudden!"
  126. [2014-08-27 16:42:24] * CopyCat pouts. "What's up with that?"
  127. [2014-08-27 16:42:42] * Shatara blinks. Bananas? Wat?
  128. [2014-08-27 16:45:31] * CopyCat doesn't stop staring. "Yes. Bananas. You take their clothes off and then you eat them!"
  129. [2014-08-27 16:47:04] * Golden_Dream looks a bit panicked when she (supposedly) eventually gets to the fire wagon. "Less yappin', more flappin'!"
  130. [2014-08-27 16:47:16] * Shatara blinks confusedly. Cant help but imagine CopyCat and getlost in bananasuits, peeling each other out while chanting 'I'm a banana~!'
  131. [2014-08-27 16:49:11] * CopyCat throws her hooves in the air. "There you go again! Come on Noble_Heart, let's get out of here."
  132. [2014-08-27 16:50:41] * Bookwright is fully in favor of getting out of here.
  133. [2014-08-27 16:50:44] * CopyCat barely waits until Noble_Heart is attached to the wagon before taking to the air.
  134. [2014-08-27 16:53:38] * Golden_Dream pulls out her shotgun and awaits further dealings. "Alright, to ziggy number two, then three, then we call the element a loss fer now!"
  135. [2014-08-27 16:55:04] * Golden_Dream looks around at her companions. "Anyone have any better ideas?" She asked, loudly, gravely, but sincerely.
  136. [2014-08-27 16:55:26] * CopyCat suddenly stops and cranes her head around to look at the group in the wagon behind her. Her expression and voice are back to normal. Like someone had pressed her reset switch. "Umm, which one were we calling ziggy number 2?"
  137. [2014-08-27 16:57:15] * Golden_Dream pulls up her pipbuck and picks one of the two remaining "ziggies" at random. "The one to the north-north east from here!"
  138. [2014-08-27 16:58:05] * Noble_Heart moves into the air alongside CopyCat. Getting left behind would be very bad especially now.
  139. [2014-08-27 16:58:15] <Kkat> 3The jungle floor drops beneath the firewagon as CopyCat and Noble_Heart take to the sky. Soon, the jungle canopy spreads in all directions, concealing the ground below. Ravines, hills and rock outcroppings break the landscape, and two more ziggurats are visible towering above the treetops. The occasional lesser ruins are occasionally visible.
  140. [2014-08-27 16:58:38] * Bookwright watches the sky for ahools, ready to fire on any who would dare to attack.
  141. [2014-08-27 17:00:18] <Kkat> 3Beyond the basin, to the southeast, the craggy, volcanic mountains of the dragon lands stand dark on the horizon, and kinder mountains to the southwest cast cooling shadows over the jungle in the early evening sun. The clouds in that direction appear to be raining.
  142. [2014-08-27 17:01:05] * CopyCat nods and points herself and Noble_Heart towards the ziggy that Golden_Dream and indicated. "I wonder where that airship is. I do hope the ponies or zebra on board are friendly."
  143. [2014-08-27 17:01:33] <Kkat> 3The ahools do not follow, remaining around the temple. But the airship has covered over half the distance, and is now clearly visible in the sky without needing binoculars or a scope.
  144. [2014-08-27 17:03:36] * Bookwright "So, the zigga-what was a bust. I think we're outta clues as to where the Element of Laughter went."
  145. [2014-08-27 17:03:57] * Golden_Dream gave a grave sigh. "Don't put no stock in it, CopyCat. Assume th' worst, but plan fer th' best." She looked back over at the airship. She vaguely thought that she had it backwards. "That zigga-what was a bust. We got two more t' check."
  146. [2014-08-27 17:04:10] * Noble_Heart frowns. "Are we certain that that was where the Element of Laughter was lost? And not somewhere else in the valley?" She casts vision around the basin below them.
  147. [2014-08-27 17:06:03] * Golden_Dream rubbed her eye. "Lionheart and that durned caravan said that they was. They said one 'a these is where Ditzy's element fell off."
  148. [2014-08-27 17:08:31] * Noble_Heart nods her head. "Then it would be best to check the rest of these structures before we leave."
  149. [2014-08-27 17:11:52] * Bookwright "Actually, they said they found Ditzy near one of the zigga-whats. They didn't say that was where the element fell off, we all just assumed it. We're searching the areas near zigga-whats because that's the only thing we have to go on."
  150. [2014-08-27 17:14:12] * Golden_Dream grumps a little. "We're checkin' by them because th' alternative is that it's lost in the durned jungle and we'd have no chance of ever findin' it!"
  151. [2014-08-27 17:15:09] * Bookwright nods, talking loud over the sound of the rushing wind. "That's the idea!"
  152. [2014-08-27 17:17:20] * Golden_Dream continues, "So until we get there and make damn sure that the big shiny rock ain't there, don't go ruinin' what little hope we got!"
  153. [2014-08-27 17:18:15] <Kkat> 3Golden_Dream remembers Mare-Do-Well's words -- "Almost forgot... I was scouting outside and my keen eye picked up on what I cleverly deduced was clues of a struggle! (...take that, Twilight....)" -- as she too spots the impact zone of several charred ahool corpses, the mangled bodies of several zebra, and the wreckage of a zebra powered glider.
  154. [2014-08-27 17:21:35] * Golden_Dream whistled sharply. "Hey! Slow up, we got somethin' t' look at." She grimaced. "Hey, Shatara. Dinner."
  155. [2014-08-27 17:23:23] * Shatara hmms? and looks down at Golden_Dream's direction. He chuckles a bit. "A bit well done, but I suppose it'll do..." Curiously, looks over the ex-battlefield with a tactical eye.
  156. [2014-08-27 17:23:32] * Noble_Heart blinked and slowed down slightly, angling in the direction Golden Dream had indicated.
  157. [2014-08-27 17:24:14] * Bookwright <What do you think, Scales? Ever had meat that's been barbecued>
  158. [2014-08-27 17:24:53] * Golden_Dream cleared her throat. "Alright," She started. "We go down, we look fer stuff we can use, look fer th' element, and then we hurry out to the second ziggy. We do /not/ want to be around that airship when it arrives."
  159. [2014-08-27 17:27:27] * CopyCat nods and flies down with Noble_Heart.
  160. [2014-08-27 17:28:17] <Kkat> 3From the weathering, and the bloated, nasty state of the decaying zebra corpses, the battle was weeks ago. Desease and rot has set in. But these are definitely not apocalypse remains.
  161. [2014-08-27 17:28:56] * Shatara eews at the rot. So much for free meals.
  162. [2014-08-27 17:28:57] <Kkat> 3The stench hits as the alicorns fly the firewagon close.
  163. [2014-08-27 17:29:24] * Bookwright gags. <Oh wow, nevermind then.>
  164. [2014-08-27 17:30:26] <Kkat> 3The zebras were wearing what looks to be light legionaire armor, but the colors are different.
  165. [2014-08-27 17:30:51] * Golden_Dream hops off the wagon and immediately starts to sweep for traps, loot, and jewelry of great importance. Maybe some of those armors, she didn't know.
  166. [2014-08-27 17:31:31] * CopyCat covered her nose with a hoof. "This stench is repulsive!"
  167. [2014-08-27 17:32:09] * Shatara pokes around for weapons and ammo
  168. [2014-08-27 17:32:39] * Shatara plunks on his hazmat helmet. No more stench!
  169. [2014-08-27 17:33:00] * Bookwright "But the zebra corpses are intriguing! That's legionnaire armor, from the war! But the colorscheme is different. It means that there are organized zebra groups around that have access to war stockpiles! Isn't that interesting?"
  170. [2014-08-27 17:33:30] <Kkat> 3Instead of the red and gold associated with the wartime Caesar's legion, this armor uses gery and green with touches of cyan.
  171. [2014-08-27 17:33:40] <Kkat> 3(grey, even)
  172. [2014-08-27 17:33:47] * CopyCat scrunchy faces. "No, it's smelly!"
  173. [2014-08-27 17:35:46] * Bookwright imagines the scents of exotic jungle flowers.
  174. [2014-08-27 17:37:05] * Noble_Heart gags slightly at the smell. Doing her best not to vomit in the air. "We suggest not staying too long."
  175. [2014-08-27 17:38:10] * Golden_Dream trots through the battlefield, looking stern and appraising it with merchant's eyes. "So grab 'em, Bookie." There were worse smelling things than rotting corpses in Froggy Bottom. And even then, it's not like it's an unfamiliar smell.
  176. [2014-08-27 17:39:18] * Bookwright "I'd love to take one as a souvenir, but the smell is too much for me."
  177. [2014-08-27 17:39:25] * CopyCat stomps her hoof on the ground. "I do not want those smells following me around everywhere!"
  178. [2014-08-27 17:41:06] <Kkat> 3The weapons scattered about are beyond repair, save for the zebra sawed-off shotgun (which is merely poor, and the enchantment gemstone is cracked, leaving it entirely mundane).
  179. [2014-08-27 17:41:44] * Golden_Dream tosses the shotgun at Shatara. Maybe he'd have a use for it.
  180. [2014-08-27 17:44:39] * Bookwright eyes Shatara severely. "You better clean that thing good before you bring it on the firewagon."
  181. [2014-08-27 17:45:24] <Kkat> 3The wreckage of the powered glider yields a few useful scraps. Shatara quickly realizes that the glider was a lightweight, short-distance craft the could not have carried all three of the dead zebras here. Nor could it have traveled this far into the basin on its own -- the mountains are too far.
  182. [2014-08-27 17:47:47] <Kkat> 3Shatara surmises that there must be at least one, maybe two, other downed gliders somewhere in the vicinity. And if one of them has an intact propeller (this glider's snapped in two on impact), then he might be able to construct a working one from assembled parts.
  183. [2014-08-27 17:48:30] * Bookwright "So, Shatara? What's the scoop? Can you fix it? Because it would be really awesome to have a portable independent fighting platform that could also fly."
  184. [2014-08-27 17:50:11] * CopyCat haruphs. "Shatara /is/ an independent fighting platform that can also fly."
  185. [2014-08-27 17:51:26] * Shatara chuckles a little. "Well, true...but yeah, It'll take some doing, but I think so..."
  186. [2014-08-27 17:56:03] <Kkat> 3Mare-Do-Well alights in the middle of the old carnage. She looks disturbingly unaffected, as much as Golden_Dream... but then, she can't smell it. "Checked out that airship. I don't think they're slavers... exactly."
  187. [2014-08-27 17:57:14] <Shatara> "...exactly?"
  188. [2014-08-27 17:57:23] * CopyCat looks over at ghost Dashie. "Do you think they're friendly?"
  189. [2014-08-27 17:59:04] * Golden_Dream seems more disconcerted about what Dashie said than what is currently around her.
  190. [2014-08-27 17:59:06] * Bookwright "How does one write that on a resume? 'Half-Slaver'? 'Enslavement Officer'? 'Semi-permanent involuntary work overseer'?"
  191. [2014-08-27 18:00:06] <Kkat> 3Mare-Do-Well shakes her head. "They're pirates."
  192. [2014-08-27 18:00:13] <Kkat> 3--- End of Session ---
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