Tea Group Session 3

[23:49]	Kendall_GM	Session 3 start
[23:51]	With the group split into smaller groups, things can't be much worse. And now the Authorities have announced their arrival in the slums and in the sewers, their voices booming in the air. Guess they can get worse.
[23:53]	Ginger_Ails	is covered horn to hoof in excriment. He snorts some foreign moisture out of his sinuses. Can't be much worse, indeed.
[23:54]	Iris	is waiting around, holding two bucks and one pile of guts at gunpoint.
	Fleet_Fortune	is very concerned about that announcement. She's pretty vulnerable by herself in the open.
[23:55]	Edna_Stonetalon	reloads her grenade rifle "I gave him a chance."
	Ginger_Ails	is following behind Apricot_Tarts on their way back to their other companions.
	Apricot_Tarts	arrives back with the group and looks up, then blinks. "What the fuck happened here?", she says in a calm and very surprised way.
[23:56]	Iris	"They pulled knives on us," Iris says.
	Edna_Stonetalon	"They attacked. I tried to talk them down. Only one listened."
	Apricot_Tarts	"So you reduced them to this? Talk about overkill."
[23:57]	Iris	"That was her." Iris motions to Edna.
	Edna_Stonetalon	shrugs
[23:59]	Ginger_Ails	looks at the stallion(s) still with them. "Couldn't just hold tight, huh? Never wanted to kill any of you." His eyes drift to the charred bit of tunnel. "Not much on survival instints... We should move. Already escalated things... Do we bleed the baggage?"
	Kendall_GM	The two stallions under guard look at one another, the blubbering one quivering a little, "If-if, I take you to the boss, to safety, will y-you not let them get me?" His companion nods, seemingly more afraid of the voice than the group. The stallion in the slums, on the other hand, is galloping as fast as he can from the location, leaving Fleet_Fortune alone with the stall vendor
	Iris	"That's a pretty grim euphemism, buck," Iris says.
[00:00]	Apricot_Tarts	"But I agree, we should leave. I don't think we#re very welcome here, especially after we blew somebody up."
[00:02]	Iris	"He said something," Iris tells the group, motioning to the shaking buck.
[00:03]	Ginger_Ails	nods to Apricot_Tarts. "We only have time for blunt, at this point." He looks to the stallions. "We don't want to hurt /anypony/, we were attacked first. Is meeting your Boss going to help us make our case?"
	Fleet_Fortune	swears under her breath as the stallion runs, and turns to the vendor. Plan B! "Look. I'm in a bit of a rush here, shall we say? I need a map. Blueprints. Something like that. You wouldn't happen to know where I can... procure one of those, would you?"
[00:04]	Edna_Stonetalon	sighs "I take it these 'Authorities' are not the friendliest sort. Probably a perverse offshoot of the M.O.M."
[00:05]	Apricot_Tarts	"In any casem we should scram. Now. Take us to your boss. We'll see what happens there."
	Iris	"Or jus' tha' Royal Gendarmerie."
[00:06]	just*
[00:07]	Kendall_GM	The blubbering stallion nods and points down the tunnel, "This way!"
[00:08]	Ginger_Ails	gives an irritated little suck of his teeth, a bit of a nervous tic. "We haven't really engendered ourselves to these chaps... What promise do we have this isn't a trap?"
[00:09]	Edna_Stonetalon	taps her grenade rifle "The fact that I'll see to it that both of them die if it is."
	Iris	"... so, effectively none," Iris adds.
[00:11]	Ginger_Ails	follows the group sticking closer to Edna_Stonetalon. "Still might be better to just bleed them and make our own way... but they don't seem to be fond of these 'authorities' either. Hey! The 'authorities' the ones who control the guns? Are they who sunk us and killed our friends?"
	Kendall_GM	The vendor blinks at Fleet_Fortune as she approaches, in the middle of hiding everything she has on offer, "You're joking, right? They're right above us and you want to by what? For the love of Luna, get over here!" She gestures for Fleet_Fortune to join her inside the stall.
[00:12]	Iris	goes silent.
	Apricot_Tarts	sighs "Well, we hit rock bottom either way. THe good news is that it can only go up from here on out."
[00:13]	Iris	"Shh, Apricot! You'll jinx us..."
[00:14]	Kendall_GM	The blubbering stallion, who has calmed down and is just quivering with fear instead, answers Ginger_Ails, "They're just the p-police... the soldiers shot you..."
[00:15]	Edna_Stonetalon	prods one of the prisoners "You lead. Try anything and 'KA-FRIKKEN-BOOM!'."
	Iris	"You," Iris says to the quaking stallion. "These 'Authorities'. What's their symbol?"
[00:16]	Fleet_Fortune	gives a look to the sky, but quickly joins the mare inside the stall. She still needs that map, and the mare didn't say she /didn't/ know where to get one. So it was worth a shot. She even helps the mare in stowing everything away. Maybe she'd be more willing to part with some info!
[00:17]	Kendall_GM	The blubbering stallion nods, leading the way, "S-symbol?"
[00:18]	Edna_Stonetalon	"We can play more twenty questions later. We goota move. Now."
	Iris	"Do they wear any sort of... badge?" Iris asks.
[00:19]	"Something like that."
	Kendall_GM	The stall mare nods in thanks, holding her hoof up and making a very quiet shushing noise. She gestures for Fleet_Fortune to hide with her in the stall.
[00:20]	Iris	motions for the prisoners to start moving.
[00:21]	Kendall_GM	The blubbering stallion nods slightly, leading the group through the shit, "I heard they do... does it really matter?!"
	Ginger_Ails	"And your Boss, your group, they don't get along with the police and soldiers?" He spares a sidelong glance at Edna_Stonetalon. "We're walking and talking, no harm. We might even have stumbled into some friendlies. That would be quite welcome."
	Apricot_Tarts	points a hoof at the other stallion. "You, show us where we have to go."
	Fleet_Fortune	knows how to be sneaky. She's right at home hiding with the mare in her stall.
[00:22]	Iris	walks along. The most heavily armored of the group...
[00:27]	Kendall_GM	Luckily for Fleet_Fortune and her companion, whoever is out there is showing no interest in the stall at all. After a little while, a low murmur of returning ponies creeps into hearing as the carry on their work.
[00:29]	Fleet_Fortune	waits for a little while longer still. At least until her companion-in-hiding decides to break cover.
[00:32]	Ginger_Ails	's horn glows lightly, joining the illumination Apricot_Tarts is putting off and whatever the stallions had. He keeps his eyes and ears alert as they follow the captives.
	Kendall_GM	The stallions lead the group through the sewers, eventually taking them to an access door. The blubbering one points, "Thi-this'll take us to the surface... it isn't far now." The stall mare risks poking her head up, before ducking back down to talk to Fleet_Fortune, "All clear. Now who the hell are you and what do you want?"
	Apricot_Tarts	holsteres her gun. "Ok, lead the way."
[00:34]	Edna_Stonetalon	slings her weapon but is ready to take it out again just in case.
[00:36]	Fleet_Fortune	gives the mare a smile as she gets back up. "Call me Fleet. And what I want... is a map. I have... something I want to find."
[00:37]	Ginger_Ails	's SMG hangs around his barrel, ready as always to be seized up in his telekinesis if need be.
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[00:40]	Kendall_GM	The stallmare nods, "Call me Star, and there is no way you're getting your hooves on a map from here. Nopony in the Outer can get a map, even the Heads have trouble getting them!" The blubbering stallion opens the exit, his friend leading the way through into the light. On the other side is nothing but rows and rows of greenhouses, all growing different foodstuffs.
[00:41]	Apricot_Tarts	looks around if there is anypony. She does sneakily
[00:45]	Kendall_GM	Apricot_Tarts can only see several shadows in the greenhouses, all picking or tending to the food growing inside. None seem to notice the group that has emerged from the sewers.
[00:46]	Edna_Stonetalon	"Where to from here?"
[00:47]	Kendall_GM	The blubbering stallion points at a larger greenhouse a little way away, "There. I said I'll take you to the Boss."
[00:48]	Fleet_Fortune	gives a frown. "Too much to hope for, I guess? Well, that can wait." She takes a moment to think. "Alright, then I need a way down. Inside. Can you point me the right way?"
	Apricot_Tarts	takes off her patrol cap and glasses to seem less out of place, then takes off her nametag, rank insignia and battalsion patch from her uniform and stores all that in her saddlebags
[00:49]	takes the lead towards the greenhouse "Ok, let's go. Play it real cool."
[00:50]	Ginger_Ails	considers his appearance... He's completely encrusted in rapidly hardening excriment... but it at least disguises his mongrel breed. He gives a muted sigh and follows.
[00:52]	Kendall_GM	Star frowns and shakes her head, "Can't think of anywhere that wouldn't be guarded... best bet is to go to the boss's place. Sure we can help. For a fee, of course."
	Edna_Stonetalon	cares not for her appearance and follows along
[00:57]	Fleet_Fortune	idly taps a hoof. "Not got much. How much are we talking here?"
[00:59]	Kendall_GM	As the sewer group get closer to the large greenhouse, they soon see that it is rather well guarded for a greenhouse. Star frowns at Fleet_Fortune, "Well, what have you got?"
	Ginger_Ails	's eyes drift over the ponies in this apparent agricultural area. His keen medical eye trying to judge their condition.
[01:03]	Apricot_Tarts	binds her mane into a ponytail and lets a few strands of hair hang into her face. "Lemme handle this." She approaches one of the stallions. "Hello gentlecolts, I need to talk to boss, and I need it baaaaad.", she coos.
[01:04]	Fleet_Fortune	eyes the mare, and tosses 5 caps on her counter. "...Like I said, not much. But, maybe there's something I can do for you?"
	Edna_Stonetalon	raises an eyebrow at Apricot_Tarts antics, leaning over to whisper to Ginger_Ails "What's gotten into her?"
[01:05]	Kendall_GM	The workers seem to be underfed, but not starving. The guards on the other hand look to be eating well. Star blinks at the caps and looks at Fleet_Fortune, "... yeah, what have you really got?"
[01:07]	Ginger_Ails	whispers back. "Feminine wiles?"
[01:08]	Kendall_GM	The guards chuckle and one gives a wolf whistle, the guard Apricot_Tarts approached smirking, "Well hey there little miss, can't let anyone just go and talk the boss now. But I'll see what I can do for you." He gives her a wink.
	Edna_Stonetalon	"What the fuck are 'feminine wiles'?"
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	Ginger_Ails	shares another whisper with Edna_Stonetalon. "She's attractive, they're male. Good thing the shit wasn't much deeper, if it got up to her flanks she might have lost her shot."
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	Apricot_Tarts	pouts playfully "Awww, pretty please? I'll promise to be...very nice~"
[01:11]	Iris	watches Apricot get up to her oldest and most favorite tricks...
	Edna_Stonetalon	drools a little as she notices Apricots rump "I.... see your point..."
	Fleet_Fortune	gives a little sigh and adds 5 more caps to the counter. "You got me. Now?"
[01:12]	Kendall_GM	The guard chuckles, "Sorry darling, but your flank ain't worth my head. I'll tell 'em you... hang on, is that Copper?" He looks at the quivering stallion and then back to Apricot_Tarts and the rest of the group.
	Apricot_Tarts	chuckles "Oh gosh yes, I met him on the way. He was very helpfull and of course I repaid him. Looks like the poor guy still hasn't gotten over it."
[01:13]	Iris	tries not to snicker.
	Dark as the situation is... that was actually pretty funny.
[01:14]	Kendall_GM	Star looks again at the caps and then to Fleet_Fortune, "Is this some kind of joke? What use are bloody bottle caps?!" The guard frowns and nods to the group, "Yeah... think the boss'll like to see you..." He motions for them to follow him into the greenhouse.
[01:15]	Apricot_Tarts	nods the others to follow her with a victorious grin.
[01:16]	Fleet_Fortune	eyes the mare, and retrieves the caps. "I told you, I ain't got much."
[01:18]	Kendall_GM	Star gumbles, "Fine, you can owe us a favour. Come on, we have a fair bit of walking to do."
[01:20]	Fleet_Fortune	gives a nod, and follows behind Star. "So. Who was trying to stake a claim to all your merchandise, anyway?"
[01:22]	Kendall_GM	Star shrugs, "Just some punk who claimed to work for Forger. We get that a lot, 'course if it were Forger he'd just kill me and take the food himself. No sense sending somepony to rough me up first." The guard leads the group deep into the greenhouse, the heat becoming a little more than uncomfortable.
[01:23]	Apricot_Tarts	cleans herself a bit up on the way. Gotta look good for the big boss. Whoever that my be.
[01:26]	Iris	refrains from attempting to scrape the shit off her metallic boots...
[01:28]	Fleet_Fortune	gives a nod to Star. "Sounds rough. How do you deal with it?"
[01:29]	Edna_Stonetalon	loosens the collar on her armour a bit "Who would of thought a greenhouse would be hot."
[01:30]	Iris	"They're called hothouses if they're hot," Iris says.
	Ginger_Ails	plods along. At least his medical training has pretty much taken away his discomfort at bodily fluids and their aromas... he smells like hot shit.
	Iris	She seems unbothered by the temperature.
	Kendall_GM	Star smiles, "A mare has her ways~ So, why do you have to get a map? Or is that a need to know thing?"
[01:31]	Fleet_Fortune	gives her a smile right back. "Like I said. I need to find something. Just what... I'd rather not say."
[01:32]	Apricot_Tarts	"Damn, it really is hot in here."
[01:33]	Edna_Stonetalon	"Must be because I'm in here. 'Cuz I'm so hot" giggling at her own bad joke
	Kendall_GM	Star chuckles, "I get you, no more questions." She leads them through more slums, several ponies all begging for food or water as they pass. Eventually, the slums start to die down, and greenhouses replace them slowly, "Welcome to the Farming District. Take it you've never been here before?"
[01:36]	Fleet_Fortune	gives Star an innocent smile as she glances around the greenhouses. "What makes you say that?"
[01:37]	Kendall_GM	Star shrugs, "You know, not being scared when I mention the Boss, following me wherever I go, the usual."
[01:40]	Fleet_Fortune	smirks. "What can I say? I /love/ living on the edge!"
	Kendall_GM	As the group converse, the guard, Copper and the other sewer stallion all talk between themselves, resulting in the guard yelling, "You WHAT? Oh that's just fucking perfect, isn't it? Fuck's sake! You had one job! ONE! JOB!"
[01:41]	Ginger_Ails	tries to listen in.
	Edna_Stonetalon	points at one of the sewer ponies "He did it."
	Apricot_Tarts	"Shut up Edna."
[01:42]	Apricot_Tarts	approaches the three. "Now now, misters, what is the problem?"
	feels a bit uneasy right now.
[01:43]	Ginger_Ails	is beginning to think he was right in wanting to bleed them and find their own way... guards... confined area... this is going wonderfully.
[01:45]	Kendall_GM	Star chuckles and leads on, reaching the larger greenhouse just as the guard yells. The guard meanwhile fumes, turning around and yelling, "Unbelieveable! And then you lead them here? To the boss? You know what? Fuck you!" He storms off into the greenhouse, his ranting continuing as he stomps.
[01:49]	Apricot_Tarts	"Uh-oh."
	Iris	is beginning to think that they might be better equipped than any of the ponies in this area.
[01:50]	Strict control of more advanced armaments would /not/ be be hard to achieve in a fairly small, enclosed environment like this ship.
[01:51]	Fleet_Fortune	blinks. That's some yelling. She looks for the source. "Wow. Did somepony piss in his breakfast or something?"
[01:52]	Kendall_GM	Star frowns, "That doesn't sound good, come on..." She leads Fleet_Fortune towards the sound. Copper meanwhile blinks at the guard, "Well, at least we're still alive. I guess."
[01:53]	Iris	sighs.
	Apricot_Tarts	growls ar Copper "What. Did. You. Do?"
[01:54]	Ginger_Ails	"They come back shooting, you die first."
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	Kendall_GM	Copper squeaks, "Nothing! Just gave my report..." The sewer stallion sighs, shaking his head, "We're all dead. Great."
[01:56]	Apricot_Tarts	"Why?! This could've gone swimmingly!"
	Iris	"You didn't have any particular attachment to that stallion out in the tunnels, did you?"
	Fleet_Fortune	trots on with Star. If things turn sour, she's prepared to flee.
[01:58]	Kendall_GM	Both Star and Fleet_Fortune approach the group, Star frowning at them all, "Copper, who the hell are these?" Copper shakes, "N-not really... we were supposed to sort out the blockage in the tunnels... kinda ballsed that one up..."
[01:59]	Apricot_Tarts	looks around, the gets a flat look "Oh great..."
	Iris	looks at Fleet_Fortune.
	Ginger_Ails	smiles through the filth. "Hello! Doc Ails. It's a pleasure to meet ponies for the /first/ time. I'd shake hooves, but shitty day."
	Iris	She's in metal armor from head to hoof, so the pegasus mare probably wouldn't recognize her.
[02:00]	Fleet_Fortune	would recognize the others, though. She looks at the group, and grins. "Well... look who we have here?"
	Edna_Stonetalon	sees Fleet_Fortune "Oh hey you survived! Thought you died with the rest."
	Ginger_Ails	's horn glows, he wonders if he can telekinetically hold a mouth closed if someone starts to say somethi..
[02:01]	Kendall_GM	Star looks rather confused and trots over to Copper, asking him about what's going on.
[02:02]	Edna_Stonetalon	looks Fleet_Fortune "Why aren't you covered in shit like the rest of us?"
	Fleet_Fortune	gives Edna_Stonetalon a blank look. "I think the better question is... why are you covered in shit?"
[02:03]	Ginger_Ails	forces a smile, luckily all the other's outside their group seem to be paying them no mind, conversing with themselves. "Eddie, dear? Would you kindly /button your beak/!" It comes out a harsh whisper.
	Edna_Stonetalon	"Because... sewer." looking at Ginger_Ails "Why? What did I say?"
[02:04]	Iris	remains silent.
	Ginger_Ails	whispers "We're on the shitlist... as it were... no need to hang Miss Fortune by our noose."
[02:05]	Apricot_Tarts	"ok Copper. You tell me what's gonna happen now or something bad's gonna happen to us and to you inparticular."
[02:07]	Fleet_Fortune	glances at Apricot_Tarts. She's not sure exactly how this is going to play out, but she does know that threats are just going to dig them deeper. "Now... no need for that kind of talk."
	Iris	"If you might feel that we're too violent, I'd invite you to consider the fact that all of our comrades just died and our connection to our homes and families was just severed."
	"Also, we just waded around in shit for a couple hours."
[02:09]	Apricot_Tarts	turns to Fleet_Fortune. "We tried a nonviolent approach but then Copper here had to blow our cover."
	Ginger_Ails	sighs. "Well, so much for subtlety." Copper's seen him anyway, might as well be /not/ covered in shit. His horn lights and he casts clean on himself.
	Kendall_GM	As Copper opens his mouth, a loud cough echoes in the greenhouse. A youngish unicorn stallion stands to one side of the congregation, having seemingly materialised out of thin air, "The boss will see you now. May Celestia have mercy on your souls."
	End session 3
[02:10]	For navigating shit and getting back together, the group earn 200 EXP