FoE RPG G0 - #002 Digging

[20:53]<SpiritOfFate>	Group 0: *Epitaph* - Session #2 starts now
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[20:58]<SpiritOfFate>	It's deep into the night. Little can be heard but the insects flying around. The ponies are all asleep, getting the rest they can until their next day of work. Some struggle through nightmares, some black out, and some manage to dream. It's hard to say which is worse. Nevertheless, through the quiet night, a soft creak can be heard within the slave house itself. Compass, and Compass only, wakes up to this sound.
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[21:04]	Compass listens carefully, trying to look like he's asleep.
[21:06]<SpiritOfFate>	Soft step sounds can be heard going around the pony-covered floor, to the doorframe of the slave house.
[21:07]	Compass cracks an eye and surreptitiously looks in the direction of the stepping noises.
[21:08]<SpiritOfFate>	Compass sees the silhouette of a small colt trotting out of the slave house.
[21:10]	Compass looks curiously at the little colt, observing him. What's he doing up at this hour?
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[21:11]<SpiritOfFate>	The colt trots away and cant be seen anymore from inside.
[21:12]	Compass slowly rises, intent on pursuing the colt in secret. He'll be disappointed if the kid's just off for a piss...
[21:17]<SpiritOfFate>	Compass accidentally puts his weight on a particularly creaky board, which complains loudly
[21:17]	Sotho stirs slowly, moving to get up. He normally got up early, but it was still dark so he was confused about his own sleep pattern
[21:17]	Decrementi has his dream conversation rudely interupted by the sound of somepony trying to kill him....or that was his initial thought.
[21:17]	Wintergreen grumbles to herself, waking up and glaring at the source of the noise.
[21:18]	Compass would swear under his breath, but he can't speak. Instead he just rolls his eyes at his misfortune.
[21:18]	Decrementi was originally expecting to find the yellow earth pony that had started something so was rather surprised to see Compass.
[21:18]	Firefly dreams of flying through the sunlit summer sky, wind rushing through her hair and feathers. Her parents are flying beside her, and because its her dream, so is Bestest Foalsitter and Mr. Sotho Zebra. Suddenly, there is a creaking-crashing sound behind her! She looks back but sees nothing, and when she looks to see where she was flying, she flies into a mountain and wakes up. She sits up with...
[21:18]	Firefly ...a start.
[21:18]	Compass facehoofs.
[21:19]	Royal_Lace epps lightly as somepony steps on her tail, covering her mouth so as not to wake everypony up she looks up to see Compass and gives him a shocked and confused look.
[21:19]	Decrementi looks at Compass and then blearily back to where he was laying and considers going back to rest.
[21:19]	Compass stepped on a board. He doesn't know what's up with Royal_Lace.
[21:20]	Firefly looks around, shocked and confused, and then sees a pony walking around. She waves to him, and looks over at Wintergreen.
[21:21]	Compass tries to slink off in the dark as -- what he's sure is -- the whole room wakes up.
[21:21]	Sotho is confused too, he looks at Compass as he leaves
[21:21]	Royal_Lace sees that it was infact the pony next to her that rolled over onto her tail, probably disturned by this strange stalion sneaking around.
[21:21]<SpiritOfFate>	The bony brown earth pony just rolls to the side and grumbles. Some others eye Compass in displeasure as he leaves.
[21:22]	Decrementi decides to call it even with just fetching the bludgeon that he'd used last and curling back up. This didn't need to be too serious.
[21:22]	Wintergreen tilts her head, wondering where the pony was headed. She sighs, whispering to Firefly, "Go back to sleep, you'll need your rest..."
[21:24]	Sotho gets up slowly, starting to follow Compass
[21:25]	Royal_Lace sits up and trots behind sotho quietly, whispering to him. "What are you doing?"
[21:25]	Sotho turns to Royal_Lace. "following that pony... He saw something perhaps." He whispers back
[21:25]	Compass just looks back incredulously at the ponies who've decided to follow him.
[21:26]	Decrementi is watching at least. "You know, if you all leave at once. It's gonna look like a jail break."
[21:26]	Royal_Lace looks around nervously, "Im not sure thats a great idea. i mean we dont even know our way around yet... you could get lost till morning and then you would be in trouble".
[21:27]	Compass just gives them all a look that says: "what the fuck are you doing?"
[21:27]	Firefly snuggles up next to Wintergreen and goes straight to sleep. Its cold, and the bestest foalsitter is nice and warm!
[21:27]	Compass It's a look of incredulity and derision combined with a small shake of his head.
[21:27]<SpiritOfFate>	The small colt is distancing himself from the house, trotting slowly to the hills of junk. A few spotlights can be seen at the distance, but none of them close.
[21:28]<Sotho>	"Trouble is the least of my worries." He looks to Compass. "I'm following you."
[21:28]	Royal_Lace gives sotho a stern look, "Trying to make sure this one dosent do anything daft"
[21:29]<Royal_Lace>	*Im trying
[21:29]	Compass didn't actually ask a question. He just gave them a really nonplussed look.
[21:31]<Sotho>	"Ma'am with all do respect, attempting to make me not do something daft is like trying to stop an animal from hunting, it won't happen."
[21:31]	Royal_Lace reaches out with a hoof and gives Sothos sholder a shake, "Come on, lets just go back to sleep. If you want to sneak about you can do it another night after you have time to find your way around better"
[21:31]	Decrementi snorts at Sotho's analogy
[21:32]	Sotho sighs. "Why do you care so much about me?" He asks. "We barely know each other."
[21:33]	Compass just trots off while the two are chatting. Or... arguing?
[21:33]	Royal_Lace takes a hoof back and steps away, "I dont, well not any more than any other pony i suppose... I just dont like to see anypony in trouble, and your the first one to have spoken scivilly to me in some time. So I thought I would at least try and talk some sense into you is all".
[21:34]	Sotho sighs and shrugs. "Alright, you win, I won't go out."
[21:35]<SpiritOfFate>	Compass reaches the piles of junk, though still in plain sight. A spotlight slowly approaches the door of the slavehouse.
[21:35]	Wintergreen shakes her head, laying back down and getting some rest.
[21:36]	Royal_Lace eyes the approching spotlight and slips further into the doorway, "A wise decision...hey, were did the other colt go?"
[21:36]<Sotho>	"To where ever I was going to follow him to." He lays back down
[21:37]	Compass takes cover from prying eyes, then tries to plot a course through the junk that will hide him from them for its duration,
[21:37]<Compass>	,*
[21:37]<Compass>	.*
[21:37]<SpiritOfFate>	Compass can see the small colt further ahead. He hides behind an old broken desk as a spotlight passes near him.
[21:38]	Royal_Lace regrets not being able to talk some sense into the other pony but silently trots back to bed
[21:40]<SpiritOfFate>	A spotlight is right over the slave house right now, but it's moving slowly.
[21:40]	Compass pursues the colt under cover of darkness.
[21:41]	Compass Unless the little foal was in search of extreme privacy, this clearly wasn't just a "I've gotta' pee" thing.
[21:41]<SpiritOfFate>	The spotlight soon moves away, leaving the entrance to the slave house unwatched.
[21:43]<SpiritOfFate>	After a long walk through the junk, the colt arrives to an unwatched spot in the northern wall, distant from either watchtowers around.
[21:44]	Compass watches the colt, curious as to what he's doing.
[21:46]<SpiritOfFate>	Compass sees the colt knocking the wall softly. Soon after, small something is thrown to him from the other side of the wall. It's hard to tell what it is through the darkness.
[21:46]	Compass figures it's drugs.
[21:49]<SpiritOfFate>	It's something not much bigger than a baseball. The colt moves closer to it and seems to eat, whatever it is;
[21:52]	Compass rethinks. Food, hm?
[21:56]<SpiritOfFate>	The little lavender earth colt turns directly to Compass and stumbles back.
[21:57]	Compass didn't even make a sound! Shit. Today is just... really not his day.
[21:58]<SpiritOfFate>	The little colt zooms away along the wall.
[21:59]	Compass decides against giving chase. This was a bust. Why'd he even come out here, anyway?
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[22:01]<SpiritOfFate>	The little colt disappears among the piles of junk.
[22:02]	Compass He quietly trots his way back to the slave-house, still doing his best to hide from the guards.
[22:03]<SpiritOfFate>	Compass manages to get back to the slave house without any other incidents.
[22:11]	Compass finds a relatively secluded spot and curls up there.
[22:12]<SpiritOfFate>	..::: The night passes :::..
[22:13]<SpiritOfFate>	A loud hoof bang to the wall of the signals the beginning of the first morning in the landfill. "Wake up all of you and go to your positions! New slaves, line up in front of me! Hurry, hurry!" The old unicorn calls from outside.
[22:14]	Compass rises from his spot, somewhat crusty-eyed.
[22:14]	Wintergreen wakes with a yawn, nudging Firefly and slowly rising.
[22:15]	Decrementi yawns and gets to it. Leaving the wooden cudgel that had worked as his Teddy wrapped in his rag bedding.
[22:15]	Firefly is flying again, only this time she's flying through a thunderstorm! The triple raps of thunder and flashes of lightning are scary, but she's awesome! She dodges left, jukes right, she even does a barrel roll...right into that same mountain again. She wakes up as Wintergreen nudges her. "I didn't do it!"
[22:16]	Compass trudges over to meet the old bastard.
[22:17]	Royal_Lace stretches on the floor and rubs her baggy eyes, why had that pony rolled over on her tail? Yawning she stands and trots over into line as the ponyhad asked.
[22:17]	Wintergreen smiles weakly at the silly filly. "C'mon Firefly, we need to line up."
[22:17]	Sotho wakes up stretching, not yawning. He trots up to the old unicorn
[22:18]	Firefly shakes the rest of the sleep from her mind. "Oh, ok." She stands up next to Wintergreen, and follows her out. Once in line, she huddles up close to Wintergreen, as she's been taught to do.
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[22:19]<SpiritOfFate>	The crowd of slaves wakes up and moves out, spliting in four different ways. Some go to the road back to the landfill entrance. Two groups go north, in slightly different ways, one of them including the yellow pony and the Twins, and one goes northeast.
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[22:21]	Decrementi gets to lining up where ordered
[22:21]	Compass gets into position.
[22:22]	Wintergreen stands at attention, keeping Firefly close.
[22:22]	Snowshine stands there.
[22:23]<SpiritOfFate>	The bony brown pony takes his position, as well as the other ones.
[22:23]	Decrementi takes his spot next to the bony Bronw Pony.
[22:27]<SpiritOfFate>	"Congratulations, all of you." the unicorn says in a gruff voice, floating a shovel to each of them. "You'll be digging junk. Now don't get any funny ideas because the pidgeons out there have an eye on you." He nods to the two closer watchtowers. "Take the junk, put on the cart. Anypony with half a brain can do it, but if you have less than that, better speak up before I take you there, you won't have other chance."
[22:28]	Snowshine drools, tilting to one side in place.
[22:28]	Decrementi just nods in affirmation. No need to stick out here.
[22:29]	Snowshine tries to remember what she was dreaming about... she thinks she was dreaming.  At least, she was on the ground.
[22:29]<Royal_Lace>	me lowers he head, adverting her downcast gaze. Shoveling trash... lovely...
[22:29]	Compass eyeballs the old buck.
[22:29]	Wintergreen sighs, nodding her head slowly.
[22:30]	Firefly looks at the shovel, and picks it up in her hooves with wide eyes. She'll be digging for buried treasure. Yay!
[22:30]	Sotho nods slowly
[22:30]	Sotho picks up a shovel as well
[22:30]	Snowshine doesn't pick up her shovel
[22:30]<Snowshine>	"Brain?"
[22:30]	Compass takes a shovel.
[22:31]	Wintergreen takes a shovel for herself.
[22:31]<Snowshine>	"I brain...." she says thoughtfully.
[22:33]<SpiritOfFate>	The unicorn sighs and facehooves. He trots closer to her. "Slave! Dig the junk and take it to the cart when I tell you. What is not clear about that?"
[22:34]	Snowshine shrugs, "I dun' see no junk mista."
[22:36]	Sotho starts to dig junk
[22:37]<SpiritOfFate>	He grunts. "Just. come." He trots to the piles of junk north.
[22:38]	Snowshine blinks.  Rubbing a cracked, mangy leg against the other, she follows him after a minute.
[22:38]	Royal_Lace follows
[22:38]	Firefly places her shovel on her back, using her bound wings to keep it balanced. Its a nifty game!
[22:38]	Decrementi follows after He turns an eye to the Bony brown Pony hencforth known as BBP.
[22:38]<Decrementi>	"Any idea what all that noise last night was about?"
[22:38]	Snowshine forgot her shovel.
[22:39]	Wintergreen takes the shovel in her muzzle and follows.
[22:40]	Compass trots along silently, shovel balanced on his back expertly.
[22:41]<SpiritOfFate>	 He takes them to a pile of trash not too far from there. Another slave soon comes with a cart.
[22:42]<SpiritOfFate>	Sotho sees a couple useful herbs along the way, but he'd have to detach himself from the group to get them.
[22:43]	Royal_Lace looks at the large mounds of debree, trying to see exactly what it was they would be shoveling
[22:43]	Sotho decides it would be more useful to go and attempt to get the herbs
[22:45]	Compass looks about, scanning the area because there's nothing better to do.
[22:45]	Decrementi watches Sotho go for the herbs and then considers Compass's late night escapeades. Curiousity gets to him and he trots up to ask. "I'm kind of curious what was all that noise about last night?"
[22:46]	SpiritOfFate looks over to the group. "There." He points to the bigger mound in the center. "Start now." He look back at Snowshine. "Where is your shovel, slave?"
[22:46]	Wintergreen looks between the piles of junk and the cart. Best to obey. She starts to shovel to and fro.
[22:46]	Snowshine stares at the slave driver, "Mouth?"
[22:47]	Firefly looks over at the pile of trash, then looks up at Wintergreen. She stays close to Wintegreen, and starts shoveling as well.
[22:47]	Wintergreen tries to keep the filly's spirits high. "C'mon Firefly! M-maybe we'll find treasure!"
[22:47]	Sotho picks the herbs
[22:48]	Royal_Lace trots over to the task master, sheepishly speeking up. "Umm... Pardon me sir but If I could just get have your attention for just a moment..."
[22:49]	Firefly nods as she starts to dig. "Yuppers! Where else would sky pirates hide the treasure? Nobody would check the trash!" She hums a simple tune as she starts to work. It almost sounds like a polka.
[22:49]<SpiritOfFate>	"No! It is not in your mouth. Go fetch it!" He yells at her, unsure if she was playing smart or her mind was already going away in that state. She looks back at the group and notices Sotho isn't there. "Ah, goddamit!" He waves, and throws a hoof up once.
[22:49]	Compass looks back at Decrementi and shrugs.
[22:50]<Decrementi>	"You don't seem much for words."
[22:50]	Sotho starts to go back towards the group
[22:50]	Compass touches the scar on his neck.
[22:50]	Snowshine looks around for the way back... there was a house there!  And they walked a long ways from it.
[22:50]	Decrementi considers the mute pony. ",but you don't look dull...,and from the scars I take it...ah"
[22:51]	Decrementi scuffs the dirt up a bit. "You write?"
[22:51]	Compass nods.
[22:52]	Compass He gives the zebra suspicious looks, though.
[22:52]	Compass raises an eyebrow questioning.
[22:52]<Compass>	questioningly*
[22:52]<Decrementi>	"I hate having a one way conversation." He says shrugging. "Even it's only one or two words back.."
[22:53]	Decrementi starts to get to work as he talks.
[22:53]<SpiritOfFate>	At the unicorn's signal, Sotho takes a salve of rubber bullets to his flank.
[22:54]	Snowshine can see the compound in the far distance.  With that target in mind, Snow shuffles off back the way they came.
[22:55]	Sotho yelps out in pain as he puts away the herbs, gladly taking the hits to keep some part of his old life with him
[22:56]<SpiritOfFate>	The old unicorn looks back at Sotho as he comes back. "Who allowed you to leave? Start working, now!"
[22:56]	Compass works away.
[22:56]	Royal_Lace shirks away from the task master as he calls down the hail of non leathal fire on Sotho, instantly wishing she had not spoke up earlier with her question. Whispering more to herself she starts to backpedal. "Or maybe this is a bad time"
[22:56]	Sotho nods, smirking as he trots out of view from the Old unicorn, starting to work
[22:59]<SpiritOfFate>	Compass sees a couple tufts of grass and brewable leaves, also away from the work site.
[23:00]	Compass resolves to nab them when the overseer's distracted.
[23:00]	Decrementi casually scuffs in the dirts as he works. [Last night?] Brevity was a blessing sometimes. What could he say.
[23:02]<Compass>	<Saw something suspicious,> Compass quickly carves back, erasing both their words a few moments later.
[23:03]	Decrementi notes the words. [What?]
[23:03]	Royal_Lace creeps away from the old pony and gets to work
[23:05]<SpiritOfFate>	The old unicorn is looking back at Snowshine. "Who in the world would buy a thing like that..."
[23:06]	Compass just smooths the words away.
[23:07]	Royal_Lace digs slowly, clearly disgusted by the taste of the shovel in her mouth
[23:08]<SpiritOfFate>	The unicorn looks back at Royal_Lace, who just hurt herself stepping on a pile of glass. "Why did you stop working?"
[23:09]	Firefly flexes her wings as she works. The bindings still restrain them, but she has to prevent them from becoming a trophy, like her momma said.
[23:10]<Decrementi>	[so, in the end nothing?]
[23:10]	Decrementi took a guess
[23:10]	Compass doesn't seem interested in talking anymore.
[23:11]	Royal_Lace spits out the shovel and tearfully stats to pick at the glass stuck in her hoof. Looking up she is obviously a bit scared of the older unicorn but tries to compose herself. "Its what i wanted to talk to you about sir, Im not, well Im not the best laborer. Let me use my horn and Ill shovel as much of this filth and refuse as you wish, but without it..."
[23:11]	Decrementi shrugs from the lack of a response. He already learned enough. The quiet one could speak in his own way. He started working his way toward a different pile
[23:12]	Snowshine plods along back towards the compound
[23:13]	Royal_Lace lifts her injured hoof and motions to the small dent she had made so far, "Well you can see im a wreck"
[23:18]<SpiritOfFate>	The stallion hmmmrrms. "...you are fine. She is a wreck." He points to the returning Snowshine. "Go back to work. If you want an easier time, you'd better deserve it." His eye moves to something moving far away. "Hey there!"
[23:20]	Snowshine makes the trip in record time.  Mental record at least.  She doesn't think anypony could've gone faster to get the shovel she drags through the dirt.
[23:20]	Royal_Lace nods as she tears off a bit of her dress to wrap around her hoof, "Yes sir". Turning she reluctanctly picks the shovel back up and gos back to work, now slowed even further by a limp.
[23:21]	Sotho moves closer, still working, towards Royal_Lace. "Hey, don't worry about the hoof, I'll try and whip something up for it later okay?" He smiles
[23:23]	Royal_Lace nods her thanks to Sotho, not wanting to put the shovel down and stop working. she had already botherd to ask the task master a question once, any more delays in work and she was sure she would be in real trouble. SIlently she eyes the bruising on Sotho from the rubber bullets.
[23:23]	Snowshine trots up to their overseer
[23:24]	Sotho keeps working. The bruising is pretty bad, but he doesn't seem to let it get to him
[23:24]	Compass just keeps working away.
[23:24]<SpiritOfFate>	"Now, get back to work!" He commands Snowshine
[23:24]	Snowshine salutes
[23:24]	Snowshine drags her shovel over to the pile
[23:26]	Decrementi briefly considers contacting a spirit to seek a boon to make his work easier...and then another idea strikes him.
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[23:28]<SpiritOfFate>	The noise of the toolbox brings the attention of the unicorn. "Get that to the cart." He turns away, seeing a group of ponies with butterfly-stamped bags, as Sotho also does. They carry a small stretcher covered by a thick grey mantle, a small lavender hoof hanging from it.
[23:29]	Wintergreen sighs as she pulls out the toolbox, dropping it into the cart.
[23:29]	Sotho tilts his head lightly at the ponies with butterfly bags but he countinues working
[23:29]	Royal_Lace has quit (Ping timeout: 121 seconds)
[23:30]	Firefly gives a soft applause to Wintergreen. "Yay, we must be digging in the right place!" She resumes her digging with gusto!
[23:30]	Compass recognizes the symbol of the Ministry of Peace.
[23:30]	Sotho recognizes the bags as the same design on medical boxes from his scavenging
[23:31]	Royal-Lace has quit (Ping timeout: 121 seconds)
[23:32]	Decrementi starts to ponder how he'd attract the notice of a spirit of discord.
[23:33]<SpiritOfFate>	Snowshine also sees them, as well as a small luminous filly following along
[23:34]	Snowshine watches the glowy filly... she remembers seeing it a bunch of times  around here.  Snow waves at her.
[23:35]<SpiritOfFate>	The unicorn waves to them. "Hey, you there, get this slave's hoof fixed, will ya?" He calls
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[23:36]	Decrementi considers...maybe a spirit of jealousy. He looks over and sees the pony getting off easy because of some glass. Probably a few ponies jealous there...
[23:36]*	Pony_3 is now known as Royal_Lace
[23:36]<Royal_Lace>	and back
[23:37]<Royal_Lace>	my shit crashed pretty much right after i rejoined last time
[23:37]<Royal_Lace>	but im good now
[23:37]<Royal_Lace>	switched computers
[23:37]<Decrementi>	(wrong channel :P)
[23:37]	Snowshine goes back to work
[23:37]<Royal_Lace>	(I noticed)
[23:38]	Royal_Lace feels embarased for a moment but  cant put a hoof on exactly why... shruging she gos back to work.
[23:38]	Sotho doesn't see the spirit but he feels it's presence. He remembers the dead body and considers perhaps a spirit of death is around.
[23:39]	Sotho chuckles lightly at Royal_Lace. "I guess I won't have to help fix the hoof eh?"
[23:39]	Decrementi looks about for any spirits.
[23:41]<SpiritOfFate>	Decrementi sees a minor luminous spirit, looking like a glowing filly, prancing around the group of medics as they move closer. An older one with a monocle trots to the task master. "What is the problem here?"
[23:41]	Decrementi tries to identify the two spirits before approaching either.
[23:43]	Royal_Lace nods, putting down her shovel and removing the dirty and blood stained rag she had wrapped around her hoof.
[23:46]<SpiritOfFate>	The monocled mare approaches Royal_Lace, looking over her hoof and flashing a horn
[23:47]	Royal_Lace watches intently as the mare works her magic
[00:02]<SpiritOfFate>	The mare touches her horn on Royal_Lace's hoof and the wound slowly start to close.
[00:04]<SpiritOfFate>	"Now, go back to work." The stallion says. "What's up with the little one? Dead?" He asks the mare.
[00:04]	Royal_Lace nods, returning to work once again
[00:05]	Compass has been working away, lost in thought and toil.
[00:06]	Snowshine digs.
[00:06]	Firefly continues to look through the buried treasure, humming her tune. She's focused on the task at hoof. Who knows what could be in here. Maybe golden bits, pretty princess shoes, or even the keys that will let her fly!
[00:07]<SpiritOfFate>	Decrementi finds a small half-full can of oil. Wintergreen finds a dull scalpel.
[00:08]<SpiritOfFate>
[00:08]<SpiritOfFate>	The mare frowns and nods. "Poor little thing ate something he shouldn't..."
[00:09]	Wintergreen smiles to herself and hides the scalpel in her tail.
[00:10]	Decrementi considers the can of oil.
[00:10]<SpiritOfFate>	The stallion grumbles. "Shame."
[00:10]	Decrementi not much he could really do with it. He decides to take it to their overseer and continue work.
[00:11]<SpiritOfFate>	The little glowing filly looks at Decrementi and sticks out her tongue.
[00:11]	Decrementi smiles to the filly. Even if his tribe had earned the ire of the spirits of hope. It's presence was still a small comfort.
[00:12]	Sotho works diligently, smiling away despite his bruises. He managed to get herbs today, its a small step but soon he should be able to help others. no matter what situation you're in, you need to have hope
[00:13]	Snowshine waves at the ethereal filly between shovels of junk
[00:13]<SpiritOfFate>	The spirit filly smiles to Sotho and Snowshine before jumping to the stretcher.
[00:14]<SpiritOfFate>	"That's all for now, Doc." The stallion turns back to the slaves and the group of medics move away.
[00:17]<SpiritOfFate>	Before that, though, Snowshine finds an untouched pack of cigarrettes.
[00:18]	Snowshine doesn't realize what she's found, leaving the pack where it is as she shovels another load of junk
[00:20]	Decrementi was still trotting back from turning in the can of oil and so noticed whatever it was he noticed
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[00:24]<SpiritOfFate>	A pony's shovel finds a small hole going deep underground. Decrementi can hear the noise of scurrying creatures underneath. They have struck a giant rat nest.
[00:26]	Decrementi chuckles and goes back for the oil can. Now he had an idea.
[00:29]	Royal_Lace lifts a head at the strange sound
[00:31]	Decrementi casually and calmly pours the contents of the oil can down the front of the hole leaving a little trail so he could ignite it by sparking his shovel with the trash heap.  He waited to actually ignite it until the rats appeared. It'd look terrible if he didn't
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[00:39]	Royal_Lace backs away from the pile, spitting out her shovel and stumbling backwards
[00:40]<SpiritOfFate>	Two of the rats jump out of the hole, bothbiting at Decrementi.
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[00:46]	Decrementi proceeds with his plan. Yelping as one of the bastards bites him really hard. He swears in Zebra a curse on it's entire lineage...and then as he ignites the oil sets about enacting said curse
[00:48]<SpiritOfFate>	The fire spreads, igniting the two rats and growing into the hole.
[00:49]	Decrementi spends the rest of his action running back a healthy distance and preparing to use his shovel to defend himself.
[00:49]<Decrementi>	*May you and your line suffer a thousand flames* He says as he scampers back
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[00:54]<SpiritOfFate>	The taskmaster's eyes go wide at the rats nest, now a flaming rat nest even. "Ah, hell no." He floats his caravan shotgun, swapping the shells in it, and take two shots at the rats.
[00:55]	Sotho notices the flaming rats nest and drops his shovel, keeping his herbs close as he moves towards Royal_Lace
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[00:56]	Royal_Lace looks nervously over to Sotho
[00:56]<Sotho>	"Just stay back and don't freak out."
[00:57]	Wintergreen drops her shovel. She pushes Firefly back, moving away from the piles of trash.
[00:57]	Snowshine shovels
[00:58]<SpiritOfFate>	The unicorn's shot blow one of the rats into a blood sausage, and opens a hole on the side of the other one. Both fall, but the scurrying can still be heard from within the hole.
[00:58]	Royal_Lace nods, continuing to back away from the flames and shreiks of the burning rats
[00:59]	Compass stands ready with his shovel, ready to combat the flaming rat menace!
[01:00]	Decrementi waits for more of the Rats to emerge his shovel at the ready a moment of curiousity has him check for spirits. A spirit of chaos or fire might love this...or maybe a particularly twisted spirit of laughter.
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[01:05]<SpiritOfFate>	Six more giant rats run from the nest, on fire and panicked. They spread in all directions.
[01:05]	Decrementi decides to protect the BBP if he looks to be in danger, but for now he knew better then to charge into a nest of flaming rats.
[01:15]<SpiritOfFate>	One of the rats rushes towards both of you.
[01:20]<SpiritOfFate>	The bony pony fittingly hides behind Decrementi
[01:20]	Decrementi longs for the bludgeon he had left behind and wails on the flaming rat
[01:22]	Decrementi takes his time with the first swing and misses but using the momentum  from that drives the shovel home into the rat's body/skull(if it kills it)
[01:29]<SpiritOfFate>	The rat's skull cracks, and his neck snaps soundly, but it stays barely moving its head. It tries to  bite but it can't get any closer
[01:30]<SpiritOfFate>	Firefly smashes her hooves on one that runs towards her and her favorite foalsitter, which lies still with a crunchy noise.
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[01:35]	Compass hefts his shovel, then takes a deliberate swipe at one of the rats threatening them.
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[01:38]	Compass takes a moment to figure out if the rat is still alive.
[01:39]	Compass He takes a quick swipe at it.
[01:40]<SpiritOfFate>	The rat flinches at the strike, a wound open on its side, but it only gets angrier,lunging to bite and barely missing.
[01:42]<SpiritOfFate>	Two rats run at Sotho's direction.
[01:43]	Sotho makes four attacks toward the rats coming at him
[01:45]<SpiritOfFate>	Sotho misses a rat, but his hooves manage to strike the other one twice, the rat's bones cracking.
[01:46]<SpiritOfFate>	Both rats try to lunge at him, but miss, hitting their heads
[01:49]<SpiritOfFate>	Another rat comes right behind Firefly's last one.
[01:50]	Wintergreen flails her hooves at the rat, attempting to land a hit, but meets no success.
[01:53]<SpiritOfFate>	The rat only gets angrier and lunges, but Firefly fends it off. In its struggle, it manages to bite its own leg
[01:55]<SpiritOfFate>	The last rat charges for the taskmaster.
[01:57]<SpiritOfFate>	He takes a deep bite to the leg, which pierces through his leather armor. He grunts and floats his shotgun right back at it, reloading and shooting at it.
[01:59]<SpiritOfFate>	The rat finds deep regret as his chunks paint the piles of junk red.
[02:03]<SpiritOfFate>	The rat close to Decrementi and one of the ones near Sotho burns into chars. The one next Compass and the one next Wintergreen can barely stay up, their little fur already burned to the skin.
[02:03]	Sotho is a bit surprised but doesn't take that for granted
[02:05]	Decrementi decides to assist one of the others. Let's say Green since meta reasons he'd like to talk more to that pony.
[02:06]	Decrementi also smacks the one near Compass I guess
[02:07]<SpiritOfFate>	Both rats are splatted into burning carcasses
[02:08]	Decrementi is a wizard with a shovel. He idly traces their blood into symbols on his shovel while he waits for combat to resolve
[02:09]<SpiritOfFate>	Only the rat near Sotho stands.
[02:09]	Wintergreen blink blinks, surprised from the Zebra's help. "T-thanks..."
[02:10]<Decrementi>	"It is fine. You are one of the ones sharing the same fate as my own." He looks up from his tracing. "Just like the one behind me." He nods to BBP
[02:11]<SpiritOfFate>	The bony pony nods, a bit shaken byall that.
[02:12]<SpiritOfFate>	Compass trots toward Sotho's rat and takes a swing at it, which goes wide.
[02:15]	Sotho tries to hit the rat in front of him 4 times
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[02:16]	Wintergreen nods. "Right..." She sits next to Decrementi, looking down at his tracings. "...And what are all of these?"
[02:16]<SpiritOfFate>	Two of the strikes connect, crunching it to the ground.
[02:18]<Decrementi>	"a minor offering to the spirits." He says looking up. "This one here is for my fortune in finding what I needed before I needed it." He nods toward the oil can he'd discarded after emptying it. The tracing looks spiraly surrounding a can and flames.
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[02:19]	Wintergreen smiles, inspecting the tracings in interest. "Huh." She holds her hoof out. "Thanks again... I'm Wintergreen."
[02:22]	Decrementi takes the hoof and shakes it.
[02:22]<Decrementi>	"Decrementi."
[02:23]<SpiritOfFate>	The taskmaster grits his teeth, still staring at the flames and gallops away. "I need to report this. Go back to the slave-house!"
[02:23]	Compass hefts his shovel.
[02:23]	Wintergreen looks back at the slave house, then to Decrementi and Firefly. "Well, I suppose we should get back."
[02:24]	Decrementi nods. "Sounds good." He places the shovel head down burying the tracing in the ground lowering his head a moment to it. Before heading back.
[02:24]<Decrementi>	"And while on the subject of names." He looks to BBP. "Do you have a name?"
[02:25]	Wintergreen grabs her shovel, nudging Firefly forward as she follows Decrementi.
[02:25]	Compass looks at the others.
[02:25]	Decrementi looks to Compass and nods. "Let's get headed back. an Early Rest and meal could do us good"
[02:26]	Compass looks back at Decrementi's somewhat... strange drawings.
[02:26]<SpiritOfFate>	"I'm Sh-shaky Ground." The bony pony says.
[02:27]	Decrementi chuckles. "There is a joke in my language. A shame it does not translate well into equestrian."
[02:27]<SpiritOfFate>	Just as the taskmaster disappears at the distance a last shape squeezes out of the flaming hole. A charred rat even bigger than the others, clutching a wrapped litter of little rats in her paws, wrapped it wobbles in two hindpaws, trying to move away from the flames.
[02:28]	Sotho starts on his way towards the slave house, but he looks back, seeing the large rat. He moves towards it, slowly. "I mean no harm." He says to it hoping that it will sense his words true
[02:29]	Decrementi tsks to himself. "It appears that their line escaped the truth wrath of my curse."
[02:30]	Compass stares at the giant-ass rat.
[02:30]<SpiritOfFate>	Decrementi sees a shadowy figure of white fangs and bloody eyes slithering closer.
[02:31]<SpiritOfFate>	The rat mostly ignores Sotho, still moving away, slowly but steadily.
[02:31]	Wintergreen looks to the giant rat, eyes wide. "S-sure is big..."
[02:31]	Sotho moves towards the fire trying to help put it out
[02:31]	Decrementi turns his eyes to the spirit. Curious.
[02:35]<Decrementi>	*Yes?* He speaks in Zebra. *I take it, you enjoyed that?*
[02:36]	Sotho tilts his head and looks back to Decrementi. "What are you talking about?" He speaks back in zebra
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[02:37]	Decrementi looks toward the spirit. *I am speaking to the spirits. We appear to have attracted one*
[02:37]<Sotho>	"Oh, well good luck with that." He says in equestrian, turning his attention to the fire again
[02:38]<SpiritOfFate>	The spirit grins wickedly with his countless, almost flowing teeth. "The slow pain of being consumed by flames, it is delightful."
[02:38]	Wintergreen looks between the two zebras, unable to understand them. She scratches her head. "Decrementi, who are you talking to?"
[02:38]	Compass just looks.
[02:39]	Compass If that rat comes to attack them, he'll defend himself.
[02:40]<Decrementi>	"A spirit." He says quietly. *Fire is a weapon of choice for the desperate equine for a reason.* He says simply returning his grin with a confident one of his own.
[02:40]	Royal_Lace slaps Sotho around a bit with a large fishbot
[02:42]	Royal_Lace stands safely back from the fire, as she has done the duration of the whole fight
[02:46]	Royal_Lace scrunches her nose at the smell of burned rats
[02:46]	Compass thinks it would be tasty, but it's mixed with the smell of burning oil, so it's not...
[02:47]<SpiritOfFate>	The fire slowly lowers, and the rodent of unusual size goes away, still burning slightly
[02:48]<Decrementi>	*I am surprised it took me so long to spot a spirit of your importance here in a place of your power* he bows his head apologetically.
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[02:50]	Sotho backs away towards Royal_Lace. "Phew, looks like we live another day, eh?" He laughs
[02:50]<SpiritOfFate>	The spirit smirks. "Every being here notices me sooner or later."
[02:51]	Compass sighs.
[02:51]<Decrementi>	*,but how many earn your notice?*
[02:51]	Royal_Lace nods, holding a hoof in front of her nose. "So it would seem... but then the day isnt quite over yet".
[02:52]<Sotho>	"No, no it isn't." He takes out the aloe leaves. "But my day has been made thanks to these."
[02:54]	Royal_Lace looks at the leaves, "Oh? Are they special?"
[02:55]<Sotho>	"I can make a healing salve with them."
[02:56]<SpiritOfFate>	"Some. The wheel of suffering never stops. Few can stay up for long, except the one of sharp talons."
[02:57]	Compass looks around, then slinks off to nab those herbs he saw earlier.
[02:57]	Royal_Lace looks impressed, "Oh, very special then"
[02:58]	Sotho nods. "Indeed, I'll use it for when we manage to get out." He smiles
[02:59]	Royal_Lace look around to make sure no guard was around to hear that, "Well I can see the use for it, but what i have seen so far, the spot light and the marksponies..."
[03:00]<Decrementi>	*Would you be interested in aiding one in allowing the cruetly to go the other way?* He asks with a grin on his face. *All these ponies here would surely love to return the pain several fold if given the opportunity*
[03:00]<Sotho>	"Have hope Lace." He miles. "Always have hope."
[03:00]<Sotho>	smiles*
[03:01]	Royal_Lace smiles, then looks back at the smoldering pile. "Oh dear... my shovel was in there. I think that i had better go back to the house like that unicorn with the nasty looking weapon wanted. Ill see you there Sotho"
[03:02]	Sotho nods. "I'll folow, I have nothing left here."
[03:03]<SpiritOfFate>	The spirit cackles. "You are a mere plaything, you can't make truth to your words."
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[03:04]<SpiritOfFate>	The spirit slithers away.
[03:05]	Decrementi shivers a bit. This could go pretty badly. He had to be careful not to offend it with his next words. *Perhaps not, but given the opportunity even fiction can serve*
[03:06]	Royal_Lace trots back towards the slave house
[03:07]	Decrementi shakes his head. "Going to need to keep trying, but I am sure soon I'll have my opportunity".
[03:07]	Decrementi looks to Wintergreen. "Sorry about that, when the spirits take an interest it is always best to seize the chance."
[03:08]	Wintergreen shrugs and chuckles. "I wouldn't really know, it's alright."
[03:08]	Sotho follows Royal_Lace
[03:12]	Royal_Lace thinks back to the medics, "That was a very interesting spell... should i ever get this confounded thing of my horn i should like to give it a try"
[03:13]	Royal_Lace realizing this has little context for sotho she lifts her hoof, "The medics healing spell that is"
[03:14]	Wintergreen starts to walk to the slave house. She looks to Decrementi. "Coming?"
[03:14]<Sotho>	"Oh?" He examines it. "They did a good job. Wouldn't want a pretty mare to get hurt." He smiles
[03:14]	Decrementi picks up the pace. "Yeah."
[03:15]<Wintergreen>	"So... did you find anything out from the, uh, spirit?
[03:15]	Royal_Lace smiles, "Thanks"
[03:16]	Compass joins back up with the group, watching them.
[03:17]<Decrementi>	"Alas not, I was more interested in acquiring a boon...,but I did find that the griffons here are the only ones who stay in charge for any length of time."
[03:18]	Wintergreen nods, heading into the slave house and laying down. "And the boon didn't work?"
[03:20]<Decrementi>	"I don't believe I am the first to try...perhaps I'll need to try a different line of pursuit."
[03:20]<Sotho>	"No problem." He makes his way into the slave house and sits for a rest, the bruising bothering him slightly
[03:21]	Decrementi goes for a quick meal and drink before turning in for a rest.
[03:22]<SpiritOfFate>	there is not much to eat on the food box, but you can scrounge up a few old scraps
[03:23]<SpiritOfFate>	There is still plenty of water
[03:24]<SpiritOfFate>	After some time all of you hear constant gunshots coming from the other side of the landfill
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[03:24]<SpiritOfFate>	Group 0: Session #2 end