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Fallout: Beyond Equestria, 104: Origin Story (Part 21)

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  1. [2014-10-01 13:04:02] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Game Starting Soon! http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-0iL5Xiqgh8Y/Uj5PHYNaT3I/AAAAAAABic8/wdCURbBJ7Mc/s1600/192522__safe_animated_upvotes+galore_daring+do_dancing_dance_artist-colon-1n33d4hug_the+doo+doo+doo+song.gif
  2. [2014-10-01 13:27:23] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Mare-Do-Well zips around then shoots off down the cave, exploring at the speed of ghost. She returns less than a minute later. "The cave leads out. Getting back into the ruins means going up."
  3. [2014-10-01 13:27:46] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Mare-Do-Well then exclaims, "Out through a totally cool zebra-skull-shaped rock in the side of a cliff!" The ghost practically squees.
  4. [2014-10-01 13:27:51] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Get_Lost says "up it is, then"
  5. [2014-10-01 13:28:02] <Mare-Do-Well> 3CopyCat hops on her hooves. "Through a zebra-skull-shaped rock? Cool!"
  6. [2014-10-01 13:28:27] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Mare-Do-Well blinks, thinking of something. "Whoa!" She looks to Bookwright, "These pirate-y zebras weren't killed by the plants, right? They had enough time to build all this stuff, after all."
  7. [2014-10-01 13:28:34] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Bookwright shakes his head. "Nope. It might just be abandoned. Or... they were working with the ghost? Unless the huge piles of bones we keep seeing /are/ the pirates, that is."
  8. [2014-10-01 13:28:43] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Mare-Do-Well prances in the air. "What if the ghost is a /pirate/ ghost!?"
  9. [2014-10-01 13:29:10] <Mare-Do-Well> 3...
  10. [2014-10-01 13:29:12] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Golden_Dream gives Mare-Do-Well a level stare. "Mare-Do-Well, I doubt that it's a pirate ghost. Th' reality of things tends not t' be that cool." And immediately after saying that, she felt stupid because she just walked in a haunted temple, reflected sunlight on the table, and then proceeded to go downstairs.
  11. [2014-10-01 13:29:20] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Golden_Dream rubs her head as she gets back to around the ladder. "How did m' life become this exciting?"
  12. [2014-10-01 13:29:44] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Mare-Do-Well grins at Golden_Dream as the reality of the current awesomeness clearly settles in. Meanwhile, Shatara looks over the broken down machinery while the others do their wine tasting thing
  13. [2014-10-01 13:30:07] <Mare-Do-Well> 3With so much of the machinery rotted away, Shatara cannot be certain... but a fair portion of what is here may have been a transport system. With higher water, the stream may have allowed ferrying things out of the cave (even with all the rocks), but getting anything bulky or heavy into it from outside would have been a major chore.
  14. [2014-10-01 13:30:14] <Mare-Do-Well> 3The other bits of machinery range from what appears to be a wine press to the utterly indecipherable.
  15. [2014-10-01 13:30:23] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Shatara ponders if they used the waterwheel to pull things upstream.
  16. [2014-10-01 13:30:33] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Bookwright says, "So I guess this place was a, ah, cargo waystation of some kind?"
  17. [2014-10-01 13:30:41] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Shatara nods a bit. "Looks like it. The machines look to be booty-movers."
  18. [2014-10-01 13:30:49] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Get_Lost asks, "sooo... can we look for the booty?"
  19. [2014-10-01 13:30:55] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Shatara shrugs. "Maybe its in the barrels?"
  20. [2014-10-01 13:31:03] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Mare-Do-Well nods to Get_Lost. Then looks upwards. "Know where I bet it is?"
  21. [2014-10-01 13:31:11] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Bookwright "I'd say that with Noble Heart and CopyCat around, we've got plenty of booty alrea...*ahem*. Yes. Let's search for treasure!"
  22. [2014-10-01 13:31:33] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Noble_Heart looks down the tunnel quietly, she shuffles her hooves and glances towards the barrel quietly.
  23. [2014-10-01 13:31:44] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Mare-Do-Well answers her own question. "Up there, protected by traps."
  24. [2014-10-01 13:31:55] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Golden_Dream sucks on her teeth. "Bein' watched by an angry pirate ghost."
  25. [2014-10-01 13:32:05] <Mare-Do-Well> 3...
  26. [2014-10-01 13:32:18] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Fallout: Beyond Equestria, Session One Hundred and Four: Origin Story (Part Twenty-One) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SSUQxGjZZ4
  27. [2014-10-01 13:32:22] <Mare-Do-Well> 3--- Session Begins ---
  28. [2014-10-01 13:35:04] * Bookwright hefts the barrel of healing goo with his telekinesis. "I can tote this around all day, but maybe we should leave it here and come back for it later when we're done looting this place?"
  29. [2014-10-01 13:35:35] * CopyCat stretches, her mind now filled by an amalgamation of imagined treasure piles. Her eyes sparkle like red gold. "Let us search for booty!"
  30. [2014-10-01 13:36:46] * Golden_Dream nods. "Sounds like a plan. Y' might not wanna be carryin' that when there's traps involved, anyways." She looked up at the... Not ladder. "Welp, who's doin' th' flyin'?"
  31. [2014-10-01 13:36:56] * Noble_Heart frowns. "We doubt that there will be any serious treasure left here. But there might be more secrets in this temple."
  32. [2014-10-01 13:37:33] * Bookwright nods up towards the exit. "We're gonna have to come back this way anyways, the firewagon's up there."
  33. [2014-10-01 13:37:45] * CopyCat nods at Bookwright. "I'm sure you can totes tote that around all day, but your idea sounds like a sensible one." She smiles. "We may return for it later, of course."
  34. [2014-10-01 13:39:36] * Bookwright looks at CopyCat oddly. "What the hell does 'totes' mean?"
  35. [2014-10-01 13:40:56] * CopyCat blinks. "I'm... not sure. I'm not sure where my ideas come from, to tell you the truth."
  36. [2014-10-01 13:41:29] <CopyCat> *to be honest."
  37. [2014-10-01 13:42:31] * Bookwright shrugs
  38. [2014-10-01 13:45:34] * CopyCat chuckles awkwardly, changing the subject. "Soo... Bookwright... you are interested in history, yes?"
  39. [2014-10-01 13:46:07] * Bookwright runs a bunch of different snarky responses through his head before settling on "Yes."
  40. [2014-10-01 13:48:47] * CopyCat nods slowly. "Because of what happened to your tribe." She pauses and bites her lip, then continues. "Have you... managed to find anything about them? About your lost past?"
  41. [2014-10-01 13:48:59] * Golden_Dream climbs up on Noble_Heart. "Onwards and upwards, then. Back there at to th' fork we go."
  42. [2014-10-01 13:49:54] * Golden_Dream ponders. "Usually, m' rule is the left hoof one when explorin' somethin' makes it less hard t' escape in case shit."
  43. [2014-10-01 13:49:58] * Noble_Heart moves to head back towards where they had come. "There are a lot of things in this temple, it seems."
  44. [2014-10-01 13:50:24] * Bookwright sighs. "...No. I really don't have anything to go on. It's why I'm so determined to record history before it gets smothered by the creeping vine of civilization."
  45. [2014-10-01 13:55:01] * CopyCat looks down at the ground. "It would be a shame to lose your history forever." She moves off, following Noble_Heart and Golden_Dream back the way they had come.
  46. [2014-10-01 13:58:52] * Bookwright "I'm almost certain I have lost it forever... If I could find ponies from the tribe, maybe, but nopony seems to know which tribe my parents were from, and I don't remember anything more of them than shapes. My first clear memories are of a Follower's Orphanage."
  47. [2014-10-01 14:00:09] * Golden_Dream looks around. "Do you even have any leads on what tribe you came around from?"
  48. [2014-10-01 14:00:37] * Noble_Heart frowns. "Perhaps it is better if your past remains lost? What if you found it and discovered that your parents were part of the Raider resurgence?" She shook her head. "There are some secrets better left buried."
  49. [2014-10-01 14:01:48] * Golden_Dream shrugs. "M'thinks he'd just be happy t' know one way or another, even if it's terrible and he'd not be followin' in their footsteps."
  50. [2014-10-01 14:02:43] * Bookwright scowls at Noble_Heart. "We disagree fundamentally, O ignoble one. I would rather know of a savage heritage so that it can be avoided in the future, than never to know my heritage at all."
  51. [2014-10-01 14:03:17] * Noble_Heart frowns, but was evidently not in the mood to fight about it.
  52. [2014-10-01 14:04:05] * Bookwright "The only lead I have is that my tribe was absorbed shortly after I was born. If I can find ponies who were there during those years... maybe."
  53. [2014-10-01 14:07:41] * Shatara finds an interesting rock to poke around as his friends argue about their pasts.
  54. [2014-10-01 14:09:35] <Mare-Do-Well> 3The room above is as it was before. The vines and leaves have grown silent and still. But through the curtain of hanging plants, the zebra symbols written in crimson sap are a visible reminder of the dangers in these ruins.
  55. [2014-10-01 14:11:07] * Noble_Heart reaches out with her magic to pull away some of the vines and leaves, trying to get a better look at the zebra runes behind.
  56. [2014-10-01 14:11:49] * CopyCat walks beside Shatara, matching her pace to his. "What about you, Shatara? Can you tell us about growing up in a Stable?" She smiles sweetly. "Is there a memory from that time that you hold dear?"
  57. [2014-10-01 14:14:29] * Golden_Dream 's eyes trace over the zebra symbols. She frowns vaguely. Her life had became a Daring Do novel. Why couldn't they actually have given this job to someone who wanted to be in a Daring Do novel?
  58. [2014-10-01 14:16:10] * Bookwright hauls up the barrel of tincture into the room above with his telekinesis. "There."
  59. [2014-10-01 14:17:27] * Golden_Dream pats the tincture barrel soundly. "You just stay there. We're gonna go do stupid stuff."
  60. [2014-10-01 14:17:55] <Mare-Do-Well> 3The green-shrouded hall leads back into the chamber the group had been in before, complete with the remains of a Legion camp. From that chamber, two other paths are available: one leading back the way the group entered, and the other leading farther into the ruins.
  61. [2014-10-01 14:18:08] * Shatara sits and stares into space a bit introspectively, and possibly a bit uncomfortable. After a moment he speaks up. "...I miss band."
  62. [2014-10-01 14:18:51] * Mare-Do-Well 3floats ghostily. "Band?" she asks, her voice an eerie whisper.
  63. [2014-10-01 14:19:29] * Bookwright gets out a notebook and scribbles in it furiously. "Tell me more about this 'band' of which you speak."
  64. [2014-10-01 14:22:21] * CopyCat cocks her head at Shatara inquisitively and adds her voice to the chorus. "Band?"
  65. [2014-10-01 14:26:49] * Shatara eeps a little as the groups focus seems to shift to him. "Well...we had a military-style brass band...it was mostly students, many of whom didn't really take it seriously...and the instruments were mostly kind of banged up, but we managed to squeak out some tunes. Mostly traditional gryphon marches, the occasional equestrian arrangement thrown in...sometimes they'd even
  66. [2014-10-01 14:26:49] * Shatara have us march up and down the corridors. Getting through the doors was a cool trick..."
  67. [2014-10-01 14:28:03] * CopyCat smiles at Shatara encouragingly.
  68. [2014-10-01 14:28:38] * Mare-Do-Well 3considers that a moment. "Cool."
  69. [2014-10-01 14:28:55] * Golden_Dream gets struck by an odd idea. "How did y'all use th' trumpets and stuff? Don't y'all need lips for that sort of thing?"
  70. [2014-10-01 14:32:47] * Shatara blinks and stares at Golden_Dream.
  71. [2014-10-01 14:34:49] <Kkat> 3Mare-Do-Well blinks and stares too. What kind of question is that? That would be like... like... asking how a pony can pay the piano with hooves.
  72. [2014-10-01 14:35:00] <Kkat> 3Or a harp.
  73. [2014-10-01 14:36:14] * CopyCat thinks to herself: Or climb ladders.
  74. [2014-10-01 14:37:24] * Bookwright thinks that Golden_Dream is asking silly questions.
  75. [2014-10-01 14:40:12] * CopyCat nods in agreement with Bookwright's unspoken statement, and smiles again at Shatara. "Which instruments did you play?"
  76. [2014-10-01 14:41:05] * Golden_Dream stares off, slightly ashamed. "Prolly m' racism shinin' through. Sorry, weird stuff just kinda falls outta m' mouth every once and again."
  77. [2014-10-01 14:41:51] * Shatara taps his claws together. "Uh, trombone, mostly..."
  78. [2014-10-01 14:42:42] * Golden_Dream clippity clops through the hallway. "I used t' play a diddleybo for a while, before ah sold it."
  79. [2014-10-01 14:46:56] * Bookwright brightens up. "I sang in the Follower's Youth Choir for a while. I'm a tenor!"
  80. [2014-10-01 14:47:31] * CopyCat chuckles and and rests a wing on Shatara's shoulder. "I'd love to hear you play some time."
  81. [2014-10-01 14:48:07] * Kkat 3nods
  82. [2014-10-01 14:48:08] * Shatara smiles a little and leans into CopyCat. "Sadly the trombone didn't make it out with me..."
  83. [2014-10-01 14:48:18] <Kkat> 3Mare-Do-Well nods
  84. [2014-10-01 14:48:38] <Kkat> 3((ignore that first nod. *^.^* )
  85. [2014-10-01 14:49:31] <Kkat> 3Mare-Do-Well offers, "Maybe we can find one?" Surely there is a trombone somewhere in the zebra lands.
  86. [2014-10-01 14:49:47] * Bookwright "I'm sure you could get one in the NCR. For some reason. I remember reading about somepony discovering this one pawn shop that had a couple hundred instruments in the back."
  87. [2014-10-01 14:51:42] * Kkat 3looks around. She wishes she could scout ahead. She could explore this whole place in ten seconds flat. And no traps or vines could hurt her.
  88. [2014-10-01 14:51:49] <Kkat> 3(ACK!)
  89. [2014-10-01 14:52:03] * Mare-Do-Well_ 3looks around. She wishes she could scout ahead. She could explore this whole place in ten seconds flat. And no traps or vines could hurt her.
  90. [2014-10-01 14:53:12] * Mare-Do-Well_ 3cannot, however, see without somepony's light. And the other ghost in here is powerful. Possibly powerful enough to harm or trap her.
  91. [2014-10-01 14:54:28] * Shatara nods quietly.
  92. [2014-10-01 14:56:23] * Golden_Dream retrieves her flashlight. She'd just deigned to keep the damn thing lit as long as she was here.
  93. [2014-10-01 14:58:24] * Bookwright still emits light from his horn, but it's dimmed somewhat to avoid blinding his companions. "So, shall we return to the wagon, or dive below again and search for booty?"
  94. [2014-10-01 15:00:56] * CopyCat wiggles. "Booty." A moment later she adds, "And maybe we can find a way for that ghost to move on as well."
  95. [2014-10-01 15:01:45] * Noble_Heart sighs quietly. "We do not believe there is much treasure to find. Though there might be more clues."
  96. [2014-10-01 15:03:02] * Golden_Dream snorts. "Is go home and eat, like, lots of pie an option?" She lets a beat pass before actually answering the question. "We haven't checked out what was on the other sides of th' hallways we came in on. I recommend that if th' one we're in right now is th' north hallway, and the one we came in on is th' south, I recommend goin' t' the west hallway."
  97. [2014-10-01 15:03:21] * Bookwright "We can dive into the ruins then! And solve puzzles! And call ourselves The Cluefinders!"
  98. [2014-10-01 15:05:29] * CopyCat sparkles. "Cutepone Crusader Cluefinders, Yay!"
  99. [2014-10-01 15:16:37] <Mare-Do-Well> 3The untraveled passage goes down just a little ways and again turns left, leading to another large chamber, identical in size to the first two. There are fewer plants in here. The walls are decorated with circles of stone and zebra glyphs.
  100. [2014-10-01 15:17:14] * Bookwright "Coool. D'you think Parley can read these glyphs?"
  101. [2014-10-01 15:17:20] <Mare-Do-Well> 3The gleam of magic that Bookwright noticed earlier came from somewhere in this room.
  102. [2014-10-01 15:17:54] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Parlay begins to translate.
  103. [2014-10-01 15:21:35] <Mare-Do-Well> 3The glyphs tell the tale of the Dark Empress, mother of all feathered serpents, who strove to eat the sun. This land was once Hers. This jungle basin was her throne. The ahools were her pets. The coautl were her children.
  104. [2014-10-01 15:23:14] <Mare-Do-Well> 3She was defeated by the great shaman Rasdon. Imprisoned below the Tenochtitlan Basin for all of time.
  105. [2014-10-01 15:26:08] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Shatara looks up, noticing the stone mural on the ceiling of the zebra shaman Rasdon fighting with Quetzalcóatl. He notices that the mural has been somewhat defaced by long, parallel gouges that run the width of the room.
  106. [2014-10-01 15:26:42] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Golden_Dream notes similar scrape-marks running across the floor.
  107. [2014-10-01 15:27:49] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Bookwright, however, is drawn to the circles of stone on the walls. With brief examination, he realizes the stone circles can be removed.
  108. [2014-10-01 15:28:14] * Shatara observes the odd gouges. "Huh, wierd..."
  109. [2014-10-01 15:28:49] * Bookwright "These stones... They're not sealed in here. Let me just..." He tries to jostle one free with his telekinesis.
  110. [2014-10-01 15:29:24] * CopyCat follows Shatara's gaze. "What do you think could have made those marks?"
  111. [2014-10-01 15:31:14] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Shatara and Golden_Dream arrive at the same idea: it's almost like one of the walls had moved, scraping across the floor and ceiling as it traveled the width of the chamber.
  112. [2014-10-01 15:31:45] * Golden_Dream 's eyes dim with recognition. "... Ah, shit. Th' walls move."
  113. [2014-10-01 15:32:36] * Shatara blinks, coming to the same understanding. "Is...it a good idea to be between them, then...?"
  114. [2014-10-01 15:33:54] <Mare-Do-Well> 3A rumble shakes the room, and stone slabs begin to descend, sealing both entrances.
  115. [2014-10-01 15:34:26] * CopyCat 'eeps!'. "EEEEP!"
  116. [2014-10-01 15:35:32] * Golden_Dream replies, "Given that ghosty mcangry over there's pulling th' strings around here, and th' doors jus' sealed up? No, not for long." She looks at the walls. "Noble! How badass is your lightning vision? Can it punch a hole through slabs of granite?"
  117. [2014-10-01 15:35:36] * Bookwright "Oh. This is bad." He tries to remove the stones, hoping for an exit."
  118. [2014-10-01 15:39:44] * Shatara quickly looks for some way to jam the walls
  119. [2014-10-01 15:40:08] <Mare-Do-Well> 3The first stone that Bookwright removes reveals a small space behind filled with a small pile of bones.
  120. [2014-10-01 15:40:37] * Bookwright "Okay this is worse."
  121. [2014-10-01 15:41:07] <Mare-Do-Well> 3The second stone Bookwright removes reveals another small space filled with bones.
  122. [2014-10-01 15:41:20] <Mare-Do-Well> 3The third small space is empty.
  123. [2014-10-01 15:41:39] * CopyCat trots in place, slightly panicked. " Golden_Dream, Bookwright, Mare-Do-Well, what would Daring Do do in a situation like this?!"
  124. [2014-10-01 15:42:09] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Another, louder grinding sound reverberates through the room, and the northern wall begins to slide slowly inward.
  125. [2014-10-01 15:42:40] * Golden_Dream ponders. "Find th' switch behind them bones that deactivates th' wall movin'."
  126. [2014-10-01 15:43:58] * Bookwright strains with effort "Pretty much what I'm doing already!" He heaves another stone free.
  127. [2014-10-01 15:44:23] * CopyCat swallows. "Then we must go quickly!" She joins Bookwright, ready to assist on his instruction.
  128. [2014-10-01 15:45:12] <Mare-Do-Well> 3The next small space holds more bones... but with these, a cutlass. It looks new and sharp, and the hilt is plated in gold and inset with gemstones.
  129. [2014-10-01 15:46:13] <Mare-Do-Well> 3The room is definitely beginning to get smaller.
  130. [2014-10-01 15:47:19] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Shatara is finding nothing to jam the walls. However, the round stones that Bookwright is removing might block the wall from closing completely.
  131. [2014-10-01 15:47:29] * Bookwright points at the other stone circles "Keep yanking them out! Even if there's no stop lever, we can hide in the niches if need be!"
  132. [2014-10-01 15:48:20] * Golden_Dream snaps back, "Bad idea! Them skeletons had th' same idea and prolly starved out!"
  133. [2014-10-01 15:48:45] <Mare-Do-Well> 3The fifth stone removed reveals another empty space.
  134. [2014-10-01 15:49:02] * Bookwright "Yeah, but we can teleport!"
  135. [2014-10-01 15:49:25] * Noble_Heart shivers. "We do not think they will be big enough for Us or Our sister." She moves to try and help get the things open.
  136. [2014-10-01 15:50:10] <Mare-Do-Well> 3The sixth stone pulls free, revealing a narrow passage through the wall. The passage is choked with vines.
  137. [2014-10-01 15:51:12] * Bookwright snags the cutlass from the other compartment and floats it towards Noble_Heart. "You're the one with the cutty skills, get hacking at those vines! We got a way outta here, but hurry! Everypony in!"
  138. [2014-10-01 15:51:27] <Mare-Do-Well> 3The seventh stone reveals another space filled with bones.
  139. [2014-10-01 15:52:08] * Bookwright stops bothering with stones
  140. [2014-10-01 15:52:14] * Noble_Heart grabs the cutlass in her magic and attempts to cut her way through the passage.
  141. [2014-10-01 15:52:39] * Bookwright keeps bothering with the stones
  142. [2014-10-01 15:53:16] <Mare-Do-Well> 3The cutlass slices easily through the vines. Those not yet cut react by trying to grab and entangle it.
  143. [2014-10-01 15:53:33] * CopyCat pulls at the stones alongside Bookwright.
  144. [2014-10-01 15:53:45] <Mare-Do-Well> 3The eighth stone reveals another space filled with bones.
  145. [2014-10-01 15:53:59] * Bookwright "Come ooooon!"
  146. [2014-10-01 15:54:17] <Mare-Do-Well> 3The room is half the size it used to be.
  147. [2014-10-01 15:55:23] <Mare-Do-Well> 3The ninth stone removed reveals a space that is empty save for a few scattered golden coins.
  148. [2014-10-01 15:56:12] * Noble_Heart does her best to avoid the cutlass being tangled, but it doesn't seem to be helping much. "There must be some way to turn it off, or escape!
  149. [2014-10-01 15:56:12] <Noble_Heart> "
  150. [2014-10-01 15:56:32] * CopyCat tries to focus but she just can't. Her magic fizzles out as soon as it forms. The minds around her were frantic and their thoughts tumbled out in a rush. She stood neck deep in their sea as waves crashed about her.
  151. [2014-10-01 15:56:50] <Mare-Do-Well> 3With some more cutting, Noble_Heart can see light beyond the little passage. There is a room through there.
  152. [2014-10-01 15:57:29] * Golden_Dream starts to slide over to number six. Is that a... "I'll go in there t' try t' find a switch!"
  153. [2014-10-01 15:57:55] <Mare-Do-Well> 3The final stone reveals a space identical to the first, complete with bones. These are smaller. Two sets, judging by the skulls.
  154. [2014-10-01 15:58:13] <Mare-Do-Well> 3The room is a third the size it used to be.
  155. [2014-10-01 15:59:34] * Bookwright swipes up the golden coins and stuffs them in his sack before trying to squeeze through the narrow passage into the other room.
  156. [2014-10-01 15:59:47] * CopyCat nods to Golden_Dream, but the only sound she can make is a whimper.
  157. [2014-10-01 15:59:56] * Golden_Dream attempts to glide in through the hole.
  158. [2014-10-01 16:02:38] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Golden_Dream gets into the narrow passage. Ahead of her, the cutlass floats in a field of Noble_Heart's telekinetic energy, slicing away at the vines.
  159. [2014-10-01 16:05:11] * Shatara tries to push on a wall. Better than just standing around and waiting to die.
  160. [2014-10-01 16:05:43] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Noble_Heart slashes away at the vines and plants, preventing them from blocking Golden_Dream's way or entangling her or the cutlass itself. A moment later, Golden_Dream can see the room on the other side.
  161. [2014-10-01 16:07:40] * Golden_Dream swiftly crawls through, feeling for everything like a rat in a sewer pipe. But she didn't have time to wonder where the heck that self-deprecation came from, she had to find anything that looks remotely like a switch and pull it.
  162. [2014-10-01 16:10:23] <Mare-Do-Well> 3The room is smaller than the other chambers, circular, with sunlight pouring into it from a crystal-studded chimney above. Water flows through the chamber, diverted off the underground stream, creating a moat around a raised alter. Sunlight reflects off the water, casting shimmering light on the blue-stoned walls.
  163. [2014-10-01 16:12:02] <Mare-Do-Well> 3At many points, the stones have crumbled, and plants have grown through. Before the alter is the lever that Golden_Dream is looking for, poking out from a scattering of white bones. On the alter itself is a chest, locked with heavy chains.
  164. [2014-10-01 16:12:53] * Golden_Dream sprints to the lever and yanks it as hard as her little body can.
  165. [2014-10-01 16:13:14] * CopyCat looks back and forth between the approaching walls. "C-can we block the walls with anything?" She says, her voice shaking.
  166. [2014-10-01 16:14:45] <Mare-Do-Well> 3As Golden_Dream tumbles out of the passage and into the room, the glowing, transparent form of a pirate floats through the alter. Golden_Dream sprints for the lever, grabbing it just as multiple vines wrap around it. The vines contest Golden_Dream as she tries to pull it.
  167. [2014-10-01 16:15:27] <Mare-Do-Well> 3The room is now a quarter of its normal size and is getting uncomfortable for the alicorns. Shatara's attempt to push the wall seems to have no effect.
  168. [2014-10-01 16:16:58] <Mare-Do-Well> 3The vines are strong, particularly en masse. Golden_Dream struggles to make them move.
  169. [2014-10-01 16:17:45] * Golden_Dream 's fear of ghosts is in /full/ swing. So, when it just hits her that there's a pirate ghosts' vines in the way, she pulls her shotgun and attempts to clear the vines in a quick 3-shell salvo before going back to the lever.
  170. [2014-10-01 16:17:50] * Bookwright lifts up one of the stone circles with telekinesis and holds it flat part parallel to the ground, in an attempt to keep the walls apart.
  171. [2014-10-01 16:18:30] * Mare-Do-Well 3flies into the room and stops, staring. "Wha...? How are you /glowing/?" She shakes her head. "Nevermind..." <mumble> cheater </mumble> "...you're going down!"
  172. [2014-10-01 16:18:52] * CopyCat whimpers, and attempts to stack the stones Bookwright had removed horrizontally like a make-shift supporting column.
  173. [2014-10-01 16:19:46] * Mare-Do-Well 3throws herself at the pirate while Golden_Dream blasts away at the vines. The shotgun tears the vines to pieces. And the ghost is a little too preoccupied to take control of more.
  174. [2014-10-01 16:20:33] * Golden_Dream yanks the lever. Oh Celestia work you stupid thing work
  175. [2014-10-01 16:21:57] <Mare-Do-Well> 3The lever shifts and with a loud, terrible grinding sound, the wall stops. And then begins to reverse.
  176. [2014-10-01 16:22:42] * Golden_Dream gets back in the hallway. "CHEST. TREASURE. PIRATE GHOST. SHATARA. NECROMANTIC SHOTGUN. NOW."
  177. [2014-10-01 16:23:39] * Mare-Do-Well 3learns quickly that being a veteran combatant means nothing when engaging in a ghostly battle. The ghost of the pirate knows what she is doing; Mare-Do-Well does not. The fight almost ends before it begins.
  178. [2014-10-01 16:23:40] * Shatara attempts to slide Blood through the passage to Golden_Dream.
  179. [2014-10-01 16:24:46] * Mare-Do-Well 3is a swift learner, however, and begind to hold her own. The fight is clearly draining both of them. Mare-Do-Well begins to noticeably fade and the pirate no longer glows.
  180. [2014-10-01 16:25:02] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Blood slides down the passage and drops into the room.
  181. [2014-10-01 16:25:20] * CopyCat grabs onto Bookwright and sinks to the ground, crying into the stallion's coat.
  182. [2014-10-01 16:26:20] * Bookwright hugs CopyCat really hard
  183. [2014-10-01 16:26:37] * Golden_Dream attempts to grab Blood, loads in a shell, and then places the enchanted thing of death at the back of the pirate ghost's head.
  184. [2014-10-01 16:27:14] * Mare-Do-Well 3begins to really turn the tables, but is looking terribly transparent. Almost gone.
  185. [2014-10-01 16:27:25] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Blood roars!
  186. [2014-10-01 16:29:57] <Mare-Do-Well> 3The pirate ghost flickers and disappears. Blood goes cold in Golden_Dream's hooves, and pain shoots through her as the necromancy of the gun reacts /badly/ to the ghost.
  187. [2014-10-01 16:31:13] * Mare-Do-Well 3hovers, almost gone, and mouths a silent 'whoa'.
  188. [2014-10-01 16:35:49] * Golden_Dream drops Blood and falls back as her veins ran cold, and the feeling in her hooves went away except for a dull, bone-deep pain. She... She took in something she wasn't supposed to. Ow.
  189. [2014-10-01 16:37:55] * Golden_Dream coughs. "RD, c'mere. Yer lookin' pale." The magic... Mingled with some weakness inside her and became duller for the experience. A little bit of warmth started pounding as her heart beat fresh blood to her hooves. "There's gotta be somethin' we can do t' make you feel better."
  190. [2014-10-01 16:40:19] * Mare-Do-Well_ 3looks down at herself, then back up at Golden_Dream. She says something, but not even Golden_Dream can hear her now.
  191. [2014-10-01 16:42:15] * Golden_Dream narrows her eyes... She can't tell what she's saying. She looks off to the chest and gives a cough. "I'm fine! Rainbow Dash's fucked up! We need a ghost stimpack, now!"
  192. [2014-10-01 16:44:10] * Bookwright shrugs helplessly "I wouldn't begin to know how to restore her!"
  193. [2014-10-01 16:47:21] * CopyCat wipes her eyes with a hoof and tries to reply to Golden_Dream from outside the tunnel that was too small for her. "Can she come to us? I... I don't know how, but I want to help!"
  194. [2014-10-01 16:47:41] * Mare-Do-Well_ 3just hangs in the air, looking uncharacteristically helpless.
  195. [2014-10-01 16:53:12] * Mare-Do-Well_ 3forces herself to perk up, pointing around and making 'victory' and 'we rock' motions.
  196. [2014-10-01 16:54:27] * Golden_Dream gives her a very worried look. What if that fight took something out of her? What if she never gets better? "Bookie, Get_Lost, get yer asses over here and get this chest open! Noble and CopyCat, get yer ass thinking on how t' heal a ghost up! I ain't gonna have one of my friends this hurt!"
  197. [2014-10-01 16:54:31] * Bookwright "I mean, I have a healing spell, but... I don't think it works on things without, y'know, a body."
  198. [2014-10-01 16:55:22] * Shatara searches for a way to get over there that's not tiny
  199. [2014-10-01 16:57:11] * CopyCat grabs Bookwright, Noble_Heart, and Shatara and hugs them close near the tunnel entrance. "We're all here Rainbow Dash! We're your friends, we're waiting for you!" She holds one hoof out, inviting Mare-Do-Well_ to join their hug. It was a long shot, but perhaps together they could share something with the fading ghost to make her strong again.
  200. [2014-10-01 16:57:50] * Bookwright hugs back the group hugging hugness. "Yeah!"
  201. [2014-10-01 16:58:43] * Noble_Heart looks up to Mare-Do-Well sadly. "Ghosts are... Not something We have ever had experience with." she tapped her chin. "They were created from healing magic megaspells in the same way that ghouls were from necromantic megaspells. Maybe exposure to residual healing-magic energy would reinforce them the same way?"
  202. [2014-10-01 17:00:32] * Golden_Dream gnashes her teeth a little. "Noble, where are we gonna get healing-magic residue-"
  203. [2014-10-01 17:00:43] * Mare-Do-Well 3flies up to the others and joins the hug... except she just passes through, totally insubstantial.
  204. [2014-10-01 17:00:56] * Golden_Dream remembers they have a keg of something with healing magic residue.
  205. [2014-10-01 17:01:22] * Bookwright "Hey, what about that barrel of green herb tincture?"
  206. [2014-10-01 17:01:42] * Golden_Dream sighs. Well, that stuff was pretty terrible, anyway. "RD, yer gonna take a bath for science."
  207. [2014-10-01 17:02:01] * Mare-Do-Well 3gives Golden_Dream a deadpan look.
  208. [2014-10-01 17:02:16] * Bookwright "Now, before the walls started closing in on us, I'm pretty sure this is the room I detected some magic in, so..." He closes his eyes, meditates for a moment, and casts a spell.
  209. [2014-10-01 17:03:40] <Mare-Do-Well> 3The circular stones radiate a faint magic, little more than the barest trace. The cutlass, however, has a magical aura that is considerably stronger.
  210. [2014-10-01 17:04:20] * CopyCat watches sadly as Mare-Do-Well simply passes through them. She releases her friends and looks at the ground. "I'm sorry, Mare-Do-Well."
  211. [2014-10-01 17:04:56] * Mare-Do-Well 3gives CopyCat a weak smile and a shrug, as if to say that it isn't her fault, and thanks for trying.
  212. [2014-10-01 17:07:52] * Noble_Heart shakes her head. "Other than that, I do not know what to suggest. We cannot think of anything else likely to work, at least that We are familiar with. Normal radiation might help. Or it might make things worse. Necromantic radiation powers ghouls. But they are souls still bound to living bodies. We have no idea how it might effect a free-roaming full-body ectoplasmic
  213. [2014-10-01 17:07:53] * Noble_Heart apparition."
  214. [2014-10-01 17:13:21] * Golden_Dream brushes her chin. "Noble, what are ghosts made out of?"
  215. [2014-10-01 17:14:39] * Noble_Heart flicks her ear. "We are uncertain of the details. it is not something that We have ever had a chance to study. Until recently it was not something We were even aware existed except in very rare cases created through use of megaspells." she shook her head. "We doubt that anyone has had enough time to study them to know that. Save perhaps the reapers."
  216. [2014-10-01 17:16:31] <Mare-Do-Well> 3(Ukatili, Cutlass of Cruelty - Damage: 3xSTR + 23 +, Notes: causes bleeding as per the Steel Claw griffin perk.)
  217. [2014-10-01 17:20:15] * Bookwright shivers. "That cutlass is... savage. It is named 'Ukatili, Cutlass of Cruelty'." He turns his attention to the circular stones. Why are they magical?
  218. [2014-10-01 17:21:30] * Golden_Dream bites her tongue. Yeah, she wasn't going to be taking RD back to Sleipnir. Gramma Sleipnir was a nice lady, but she would still see her as an abomination. "... Maybe if we can find th' tree of life, maybe they'd get her back t' normal."
  219. [2014-10-01 17:28:47] * Golden_Dream looks around, looking uneasy. "... Somewhere, she can get better."
  220. [2014-10-01 17:29:09] * Bookwright "Maybe she should go try floating inside that barrel of green herb tincture?"
  221. [2014-10-01 17:30:38] * Noble_Heart taps her chin. "The tree might help her. We have no idea."
  222. [2014-10-01 17:31:21] * Mare-Do-Well 3takes Bookwright's advice and floats off towards the barrel.
  223. [2014-10-01 17:33:14] <Mare-Do-Well> 3As best Bookwright can tell, the minor enchantment on the stone may be there to cause them to levitate back into place after they've been removed. Or maybe the magical aura is just there to allow someone to see them with the proper senses?
  224. [2014-10-01 17:33:51] * Golden_Dream gulps. "It's better than no answer at all. Now, Get needs to get on that chest I saw in that room. Unless y' feel like lettin' me blow th' lock off."
  225. [2014-10-01 17:34:05] * Bookwright lets the magic fade. "Hum." He swipes up the gold coins from the compartment they lay in and drop them into his backpack.
  226. [2014-10-01 17:34:34] * CopyCat bites her lip as she tries to remember something. "Mare-Do-Well said something about the ghost glowing... perhaps there is something in this place which would help Dash?"
  227. [2014-10-01 17:34:51] * Bookwright "Hey, that's not a bad thought!"
  228. [2014-10-01 17:34:54] * Golden_Dream loads two shell into Blood and gives it back to Shatara. "Better than no hope at all."
  229. [2014-10-01 17:37:33] * Shatara recieves shotgun.
  230. [2014-10-01 17:39:38] * CopyCat nods. "But first the chest, yes. Get Lost is good with locks and mechanisms, and she might fit where myself and Shatara cannot. Perhaps she can open it?"
  231. [2014-10-01 17:41:27] * Golden_Dream sits on the corner and looks at Mare-Do-Well, thinking back to stuff she didn't really want to think about.
  232. [2014-10-01 17:42:00] * Mare-Do-Well 3disappears off into a barrel.
  233. [2014-10-01 17:47:01] <Mare-Do-Well_> 3--- End of Session ---
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