FoE RPG G0-2 - #009 Freedom Mound: Aggressive Competition

[20:01]<SpiritOfFate>	Group 0-II: *Freedom's Price* - Session #009 starts now
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[20:01]<Full_Physical>	"So these needles, where did you win them? Who did you win them from?" Full Physical asks the raiders
[20:04]<SpiritOfFate>	"Arbiter!" One of the raiders answer. The other keeps pulling his chain. "Fight! Fight!!!"
[20:06]<SpiritOfFate>	Ducker blinks and shakes his head at Ignis. "Nope, but he... he likes it anyway. I have a... dig bat. Seen my dig bat?"
[20:06]?	DontAskForCookies holds onto Fireflys back with her little bunny paws as the filly flies
[20:07]<Full_Physical>	"Who is Arbiter?"
[20:08]?	Ignis tilts his head and sticks a finger to clean his ear...did that one said a dig bat? Did he heard that right? "One moment...you dig with a bat?"
[20:08]?	The_Batmare flies out to where she saw the meeting, keeping an eye out for any danger.
[20:10]<SpiritOfFate>	"No! It's a...thing... that makes holes." Ducker says.
[20:10]?	Swiss_Provolone furrows his brows, "A thing? Shovel? Machinery? What is it?"
[20:10]<Ignis>	"Why it is called a dig bat, then?"
[20:12]<SpiritOfFate>	"Shovel! Yeah." He remembers.
[20:13]<SpiritOfFate>	Swiss_Provolone gets a number of different responses. "Leader", "Rules", "Asshole" and "Fight"
[20:14]<Sotho>	"Where is Arbiter."
[20:15]<SpiritOfFate>	*Full_Physical
[20:15]<Swiss_Provolone>	"Where did you use the shovel last?" he asks with evident frustration
[20:18]<Full_Physical>	"Doesn't sound like a very fun guy, what did you have to do to win his needles?"
[20:20]<SpiritOfFate>	"Fight!" Shouts the struggling raider. Then the others join his call. "Fight! Fight! Fight!" All of them start pulling the chains
[20:21]?	Royal_Lace hops off Firefly when they eventually arrive and transforms back, taking a deep breath before looking around, "And this is where you saw them?"
[20:21]?	Sotho sighs as he looks at the raiders. "Was it not obvious what they had to do?"
[20:21]<SpiritOfFate>	The sound of shots can be heard from the landfill
[20:21]?	Full_Physical sighs. "I realise you might be frustrated with your current situation, but believe me, it doesn't do the body any good to get all worked up."
[20:22]<SpiritOfFate>	The location where the cloaked figure met the merchant is what seemed to be an old theater
[20:23]<Full_Physical>	"Paint eating contest?" Full_Physical asks Sotho
[20:24]?	Sotho glances up. "I'll go check on that." He says moving towards the sound of shots
[20:26]?	Swiss_Provolone snaps his head in the direction of the gunshots, quickly levitating out his Hunting Rifle, "Damn. I'll go look. Do whatever you like with these two." he says, quickly turning to the door
[20:26]?	Royal_Lace has a closer look around her suroundings while she waits for the filly to answer.
[20:30]?	Ignis cranes his head towards the noise, then shakes his head. "If things get out of hoof, just call me up."
[20:31]?	Swiss_Provolone looks over his shoulder before leaving, "Will do. Keep an eye out for loose dirt, if he was digging traps, suspect everything." he then turns and rushes out the door
[20:32]<Full_Physical>	"Hmm? Okay, let me know if you find anything interesting."
[20:32]<SpiritOfFate>	Swiss and Sotho see a bright flash hitting the top of the landfill wall, a gauss round coming from east, blasting one of the turrets.
[20:32]?	Royal_Lace dosent seem to see anything of paticular interest and decided to see if another form could be more helpful. Summoning up her magic she transforms herself into a small dog and gos sniffing around the area.
[20:33]?	Sotho starts to rush towards the east, expecting an attack
[20:33]?	Swiss_Provolone horn glows as he casts Combat Precognition, and also rushes east while keeping an eye out for a suitable sniper's nest
[20:34]?	The_Batmare looks around the old theater, looking for some sign as to what might be going on.
[20:34]<SpiritOfFate>	They sees large figures on the grassy field, clearly hellhounds, 3 of them already backing away.
[20:36]<SpiritOfFate>	The best sniper nest Swiss_Provolone could spot was the tall wall of the landfill itseld
[20:37]?	Swiss_Provolone teleports to the top of the wall and quickly brings the rifle's scope to his eye, looking for the shooters
[20:37]?	Sotho takes his time to start to book it, tryiing to tackle down one of the hounds
[20:38]<SpiritOfFate>	Firefly spots pawprints and hoofprints on the dusty ground, as well as a square shape of a small package that may have been there
[20:42]?	The_Batmare points to the ground. "A dog?"
[20:42]?	Royal_Lace sniffs around... as a small dog
[20:49]?	Sotho chases after the hounds, galloping as fast as he can to close the distance
[20:50]?	The_Batmare looks over to Puppy Lace and squees... and then composes herself. "Maybe you can track the tracks?" The filly points to the paw prints and the imprint.
[20:50]?	Swiss_Provolone braces the rifle on the wall and fires two shots at the farthest hound
[20:50]?	Ignis raises his eyebrow to the raider. "So...did the Arbiter had something planned? Something he was looking forward to?"
[20:51]?	Royal_Lace trots over and looks at the tracks and back up and gives a puppy shrug and attempts to use her cute palmeranian powers to track them back to there source.
[20:52]?	The_Batmare follows behind, still keeping an eye out for anything nasty.
[20:54]<SpiritOfFate>	"Yeah, fights." Ducker grins. "Wait... wait... oh, oh yeah! I should be... like, digging flesh. You seen my shovel."
[20:55]<Ignis>	"Digging flesh for what?"
[20:57]<SpiritOfFate>	"For... score and.... food... and needles... everything. It's im... imp... like, a big deal." Ducker says
[20:58]<Ignis>	"Important." He corrects automatically. "So...you're like a harvester?"
[21:01]<SpiritOfFate>	"No! I'm a... something... Bat. The harvesters are... they have more score." Ducker says
[21:02]<SpiritOfFate>	Swiss_Provolone's weapon jams. The hellhounds keep moving away, but Sotho closes the distance little by little.
[21:02]<Ignis>	"A dig bat, yes?"
[21:03]?	Swiss_Provolone curses as his rifle jams and quickly works to unjam it
[21:03]?	Royal_Lace Finds a smell of some sort! Suddenly she is best tracker
[21:04]?	Sotho keeps making his way, not faltering
[21:04]<SpiritOfFate>	Royal_Lace finds a rather exotic smell along those paw prints. It leads further into the theater
[21:06]?	Royal_Lace Leads the way following the power of her puppy nose!
[21:08]?	The_Batmare trails after Royal Lace.
[21:09]?	Royal_Lace suddenly feels a bit like a cartoon character sidekick
[21:11]?	Swiss_Provolone unjams the weapon and fires another two shots at the retreating dogs, starting with the farthest one
[21:12]<SpiritOfFate>	The lobby is decayed but full of discolored pictures of old movies. The floor is surprisingly clean though
[21:12]?	The_Batmare would never treat Royal_Lace as a mere sidekick! No, in puppy form, she is the bosom buddy!
[21:12]?	The_Batmare looks around. "Huh."
[21:14]?	Royal_Lace woofs as she trots around looking for the smells source or orgin point.
[21:16]<SpiritOfFate>	One of the dogs falls, heaving. The others turn.
[21:17]<SpiritOfFate>	The smell goes further into the theater. There is a faint light coming from the next room, close to the floor
[21:18]?	The_Batmare nods to Royal_Lace. "Should we be sneaky, or just burst into the door?" The filly whispers to the puppy.
[21:18]?	Sotho runs harder, trying to catch up to the three of them
[21:19]?	Royal_Lace leans down close the the ground on her puppy belly all sneaky like,
[21:19]<Full_Physical>	"Huh, well this is strange, I thought someone would have come back by now. Will you guys be okay if I leave you by yourselves for a little while?" Full Physical asks the raiders
[21:19]?	The_Batmare nods and joins the puppy. Together, the pair shall sneak forth and defeat villainy!
[21:21]<SpiritOfFate>	"Fight!"
[21:23]<SpiritOfFate>	One of the hellhounds raise their rifle towards Swiss_Provolone. The other stops and turns his claws to the ground
[21:25]<SpiritOfFate>	A gauss shot misses Swiss_Provolone by a good deal, hitting the wall
[21:26]?	Full_Physical leaves the building to look for Sotho and Swiss
[21:28]?	Swiss_Provolone remains unphased by the 'whoosh' and fires another two shots onto the one with the Gauss Rifle, taking care to not hit the beautiful gun
[21:30]?	Sotho starts charging the one aiming his guass rifle, ready to bullrush him
[21:30]?	Full_Physical carefully approaches the sounds of battle
[21:33]<SpiritOfFate>	The  hellhound takes two deep wounds. The reaches for the fallen one and drags him into a hole.
[21:35]?	Royal_Lace moves forward all slealthy like
[21:36]?	Sotho countinues towards the hole
[21:36]?	Swiss_Provolone stands up and scans the horizon for any other threats
[21:37]?	The_Batmare also moves stealthily toward the light.
[21:37]<Sotho>	"Uja vla fitta." He curses
[21:39]<SpiritOfFate>	Royal Lace moves ahead to meet a robot, cleaning the theater with many arms. The smell persists futher past it
[21:40]?	Royal_Lace looks suprised at the appearance of the robot and looks to the Batmare
[21:40]?	Royal_Lace points past it
[21:41]?	The_Batmare shrugs and continues to stealth forward, around the robot.
[21:41]<SpiritOfFate>	Sotho finds some blood covered tufts of grass and a large hole in the dirt.
[21:42]?	Royal_Lace follows but looks on at the cleaning robot in aww... it would be hers, maybe, at least she would enjoy having one
[21:43]?	Sotho turns back, hes too old for this shit
[21:45]<SpiritOfFate>	The smell leads beyond rows of seats to an exit and an alleyway in the back
[21:46]?	Royal_Lace exits to the back alley
[21:47]?	The_Batmare follows behind, keeping an eye out for any trouble.
[21:49]<SpiritOfFate>	The smell leads to an old sewer entrance, but the sewer itself smells strongly
[21:50]?	Royal_Lace wrinckles her nose and transforms back, looking down at the sewer entrance
[21:50]<Royal_Lace>	"Im sorry but I dont think I could track through that... smell"
[21:54]?	The_Batmare nods. "Well... should we keep exploring? We might be able to catch it!"
[21:54]<Full_Physical>	"Hey, Swiss, what's going on out here? Sotho left to investigate the gunfire while we were interrogating the prisoners and he never came back."
[21:55]?	Royal_Lace levetates the pony hole cover off the sewer entrance, "Well I would rather not get dirty in the sewer... but I suppose a quick trip wouldnt be out of the question"
[21:56]?	Swiss_Provolone looks down from the top of the wall, "A few hounds were taking shots at the Mound with some rather heavy firepower. I got two of 'em before the third made a break for it underground." he sighs, "Sotho's in the field, by the looks of it they're long gone."
[21:56]?	Sotho trots back, sighing
[21:57]<Full_Physical>	"Hounds? What did they want?"
[21:58]?	The_Batmare nods to Royal_Lace. "Don't worry! We'll be careful!" The filly looks down in the hole for a moment, into the darkness. "Uh... you bring a flashlight?"
[21:59]<Swiss_Provolone>	"Not sure, they shot up a turret though, either testing the defenses or just trying to terrorize the town. Either way they're gone for now."
[22:00]?	Royal_Lace smiles and lights her horn and floats herself down as best as she can.
[22:00]<Full_Physical>	"Huh, charming. So we revived the extra raiders. They told us that they "won" the drugs that melted their brains from a certain "Arbiter" but that was all I could get from them."
[22:02]<Swiss_Provolone>	"Ours mentioned an Arbiter as well, and something about digging holes and traps. Having problems forming sentances beyond that though."
[22:03]<Sotho>	"Ours had trouble forming words." Sotho says as he passes them. "I'm going to my home, i dont think im needed much anymore."
[22:03]?	The_Batmare flies down after Royal_Lace.
[22:04]?	Royal_Lace looks around the sewer
[22:04]<Full_Physical>	"Hmm? Okay, see you later."
[22:04]?	Royal_Lace "Carful now Firefly"
[22:04]?	Swiss_Provolone looks between the two, "... Who is guarding the other four?"
[22:04]?	The_Batmare shakes her head. "I'm not Firefly. I'm the Batmare."
[22:05]<Full_Physical>	"No one, I figured they could look after themselves while I checked what was going on. I don't think we need them any more though, should I turn them loose?"
[22:06]?	Swiss_Provolone furrows his brows, "Turn them loose? What, you want to let 'em back into the wastes?"
[22:07]<Sotho>	"Kill them." Sotho says before trotting towards his house
[22:09]<Full_Physical>	"Erm... yes, I was thinking I'd just send them back to their natural habitat."
[22:09]<Sotho>	"Kill. Them." He shouts back."
[22:10]<Swiss_Provolone>	"I was thinking the same thing, send them to hell." he teleports down from the wall and starts walking towards the four raider house, "Better than letting them attack us or anypony else another day."
[22:11]<Full_Physical>	"But they just seem so... pitiful chained up and brain damaged."
[22:12]<Swiss_Provolone>	"and before they were chained and brain damaged? They were still raiders, and there is a good chance they were supposed to attack us."
[22:13]?	Royal_Lace wrinkles her nose at the smell. "I think I liked the theater better"
[22:14]<Full_Physical>	"I'm thinking that if they attacked us now, they'd be a bit less effective."
[22:15]<SpiritOfFate>	The sewer flows slowly, receiving mostly only rainwater. There are some pawprints going further.
[22:16]?	Royal_Lace tries to figure out which direction they are moving
[22:16]?	The_Batmare stays in the air... cause even fillies don't want to play with poop, no matter how old it is.
[22:17]?	Swiss_Provolone snorts, "True, but if they ponies that did that to them have a way to reverse it, then they are still a threat to the wastes. Better to stem the flow now." he says with a tone of finality
[22:20]<Full_Physical>	"Hmm. Could you lend me the key? I want to unchain that one, see what happens." Full Physical asks, pointing to the raider who likes to say "Fight!"