Deadlands - Tartarus on Equestria: #005

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23:57:01: Marshal_Cookies the Sun creeps farther along the sky as the promised dinner at the Bioshpere draws nearer. Guards watch the walls and patrol, most looking strained, shadows seem to move on there own and ponies are jumping at nothing. when outside there is no escape from the groans of the undead outside the wall.
23:59:44: emerald_rose nods to Heart Shoe. "Allies coming from the east? Very nice... but won't they face the same problem you do unless we get rid of the reason the undead are coming?"
00:00:01: Golden_Brass goes looking for Care Heart, Bellator and Emerald.
00:00:19: Marshal_Cookies Risky Fortune is cleaning her shotgun as she talks to Hummel on the ship, the guards, in there black uniforms with the 'Gaia Project' patches on the sholder, have just left from refuling the airships engines giving them a full tank. "To be honest I wasnt sure they would still be here, but they are really holding on here, suprising considering all the dead out there",
00:00:32: Marshal_Cookies her eyes cut out towards the walls with a dark look as she says this
00:01:15: Bellator flaps above Emerald_Rose, letting her do the talking
00:01:44: <Golden_Brass> "Disturbing news to tell..." Brass mutters to Azshkazar.
00:02:13: Nutmeg_Oil seeks Terra for a chat
00:02:19: Hummel is on a boat...a flying boat, but still one. "They need to, if they set tail and run, they're leaving behing the only way they can get their food...most of them eggheads won't get their hooves dirty..." The stallion sighs. "At least the dead aren't sprawling over to other places, so there's something..."
00:02:19: Marshal_Cookies Heart Shoe sighs as she looks about, "Ya.. hey listen do you mind if we conduct this conversation someplace more... private?", her voice seems twinged with worry.
00:03:03: emerald_rose nods to Heart Shoe. "Sure." She looks up at Bellator. "Can you check in with the others? I don't want them getting worried about us."
00:03:54: Bellator nods, saluting with a hoof, "Ah'm on it!" she says before flying off to find the rest of the group
00:04:36: Marshal_Cookies Nutmeg is Directed to the offices, where one of the other lab staff swipes a magnetic key before allowing the pegasus inside, the green earth pony mare is sitting at a desk, in front of here is a small stack of papers, a computer, and a plastic container with seeds inside. She perks up a bit as Nutmeg enters, "Oh, hello again, did you have further questions?"
00:04:41: Golden_Brass is walking with Azshkazar. (Last she checked.)
00:05:41: Marshal_Cookies Risky cocks her head to the side as she thinks, "you know... I hadent thought about it, but those zombies we saw back at the diner, the were the first ones I have seen in a long while. Maybe they all been finding there whay up here for some reason?"
00:07:34: Bellator comes to a hover in front of Golden_Brass and Azshkazar, "Howdy, ya'll enjoy the inside o' this place?"
00:07:46: Marshal_Cookies Heart shoe nods, "I appreciate that... once she is back we can step inside here" she says nodding towards the building she is leaning against, "The armory, all hooves are on deck today and there shouldnt be anypony poking around"
00:08:20: <Golden_Brass> "Ah! Hi, Bellator," Brass says, smiling. "Where's Emerald? We've got some... news."
00:09:05: emerald_rose nods to the mare. "Thank you. I know your taking a big risk, and I appreciate it. Hopefully we can get rid of these undead really quickly."
00:09:35: Bellator points where she came from, "Just on back this way, Ah'll bring ya to her." she says, quickly turning around in mid air, "We've just been talkin' with that Heart mare."
00:09:53: Golden_Brass nods.
00:10:04: <Golden_Brass> "Good. That's exactly who I wanted to meet with," she says.
00:10:09: Hummel holds his chin with a hoof, eyes sat on her. "Maybe, maybe it is something to do with the food-producing methods employed here, or some experiment gone haywire...go figure, these ponies would drown their ship with the stinking rats still biting on their knees before coming up clean about what they do..." His head weaves, mane flowing a bit. "You can't get veggies that big without breaking
00:10:09: Hummel some eggs...I would expect."
00:11:59: <Nutmeg_Oil> "Eyup. I've been here wonderin', when was the last time you got to see someplace else." He leans against the furniture. "Maybe I'm pryin', but these days ponies feel like they don't really got a choice, and that's a sad thing."
00:12:11: Marshal_Cookies Risky runs a cleaning rod through the barrel of her sawed off, "Well say what you will but ponies have to eat something, and when push comes to shove the produce from out here are a lot better than what most make do with. You can see for yourself tonight, we were all invited to a dinner"
00:12:26: Golden_Brass goes with Bellator.
00:13:30: Bellator brings Golden_Brass to Emerald_Rose, "Found two of 'em, want me to go on an' find everypony else?"
00:14:08: Marshal_Cookies terra opens her mouth to respond before sighing and sinking a bit into her plush leather office seat. "Well I can sympathise with that feeling, back when the smoke first cleared some of us left but no pony ever came back, not even the ones who said they would. There are not many here in a rush to leave"
00:14:34: <Golden_Brass> "Emerald. Miss Heart," Brass greets them both with a smile.
00:15:15: Hummel Hummel gives a small nod, a shade of a frown crusing through his face. "I'll pass, those veggies still smell funny to me." His gaze goes to the rest of the hangar bay. "You going?" He knew the answer, but he asked so anyways.
00:15:26: emerald_rose nods to Bellator. "No, everyone else was on the tour I think. That should be good." She smiles to the pair and back to Heart Shoe. "Heart Shoe, this is Golden Brass and Azsh... Ashz... ugh. I can never quite pronounce her name. Ashzkazar? I think?"
00:15:27: Marshal_Cookies Heart Shoe nods her head, looking around over her sholder, "If you do would you mind if we go ahead and step inside?"
00:16:09: Marshal_Cookies Heart shoes bows her head to each that are introduced, "A pleasure"
00:17:44: Marshal_Cookies Risky nods, "Unlike you I have eaten this before, never did wrong by me. besides I would like to talk more with Golden Harvest and this mystery pony from the Globe. Never been out that far before. But more to the point if they are talkign about trade and such I would like to be there for it! You know... on behalf of Shitakee flats"
00:18:04: Golden_Brass nods to Heart.
00:18:09: <Golden_Brass> "Let's, then," she says.
00:18:15: emerald_rose smiles to the others and nods to Heart Shoe. "Alright then. Let's head inside."
00:18:42: Bellator comes back to earth and folds in her wings, following the others
00:20:02: Marshal_Cookies Heart Shoe nods as she levitates out a small magnetic card and swipes it on the door access pad, The door opens and Heart Shoe holds it open for the rest. Inside is dimly lit. a small check in booth is set up, beyond the wallls and fence is the Armory. The gate leading inside is unlocked and left open. Motion lights kick on as you enter.
00:21:18: Hummel weights that a bit. "Yeah, they might say something worthwhile, still, isn't it funny that they can afford to toss food around while being under siege?" Hummel chews his lower lips a bit, hoovsies tiptoeing at the deck. He was a bit sick of staying around, but...what would be the use of going around and prying or getting chummy-chummy since everybody else was doing it? Plus, if them
00:21:18: Hummel deaders highjacked the ship...
00:21:52: emerald_rose walks inside the armory. "Nice set up..."
00:22:05: <Nutmeg_Oil> "Sounds like you are pretty content about your lot in life." He says. "That ain't something you see everyday. You think you might, but you don't." He looks at her seriously, measuring her words.
00:22:19: Golden_Brass also observes the armory appreciatively.
00:23:13: Marshal_Cookies Risky clacks her gun back together as she reasembles it, glancing out the window one of her brows raise, "Huh, wonder where the dog came from... Anyway I dont plan on staying past dinner if I can help it, being this close to deaders makes my coat crawl, you know? The rotten bastards"
00:25:02: Marshal_Cookies Terra pulls her single braid over her sholder and strokes it absentmindedly, "Well... I mean its not ideal, but it has to be better than what is out there right? Harvest is always on about how lucky we are for the food, and I know he is right. From what the traders say other ponies are lucky to find anything to keep themseves fed with"
00:27:52: Marshal_Cookies Heart Shoe steps inside after you, looking about before shutting the door, steping through the gate she nods, "Hillstorm like to have his places well armed, even before the war. But close to the end we saw a sudden influx of gear... guess he saw it coming, the greedy bastard at least had some serious forsight"
00:28:28: <Hummel> I'm not looking to impress people to get a marefriend." He snorts amusedly.
00:28:28: <Hummel> "Uhum, I know what you're into..." He coughs. "A mare with your connections could come by pretty useful to the rest of my crew...if you ever decide to work for other group apart from the town interests...well, I'm still due to have the talk about it after we deal with that criminal..." Hummel yawns, boring, boring, boring. "Maybe I'll drop by...will go by as poor manners to not eat, but...whatever,
00:29:19: <Nutmeg_Oil> "That's mighty noble, but some folks had been taking you for dead. You got a bit isolated in this mess. It ain't going too smooth from where I see." He says
00:30:18: Marshal_Cookies anyone in the armory who passes there notice check can see that while there are still weapons on the shelves the lockers where the ammo is kept is dangerously depleated. Azshkazar however notices that among the tables there is a crate that is half unpacked, a large weapon is partially assembled near it, the creat reads "HI Brimstone"
00:31:40: Marshal_Cookies Risky nods, "I figured you would want to be there as an emassidor, if the Globe sets up shop here at the Dome then it is only so long before they move on to Shitakee flats"
00:32:18: Marshal_Cookies Heart shoe takes a seat on a stool near a table, "So... you wanted to talk to me?"
00:32:54: Golden_Brass looks to see if any of her compatriots have things to say.
00:33:15: <Azshkazar> "Yea
00:33:23: <Azshkazar> *redact*
00:33:52: Marshal_Cookies Terras voice drops a bit in volume as she continues to stroke her braid, an act that makes her look much younger than she is, "Well... we have the walls, and Harvest promises we will ahve the soliders from the Globe soon, then we will be able to go back to how it was before.... before a month ago", she cuts herself off sharply.
00:34:36: Bellator looks around at the armory, "Ah sure hope ya'll got more ammo than this, or at least more than a few hoof to hoof fighters." she says to Heart Shoe
00:34:56: emerald_rose nods. "Well... yeah. About what's causing this mess, and how we can stop it." The mare takes a seat.
00:35:23: Hummel tilts his head from hoof to hoof. "Yeah, I should...but doesn't stop being boring on its own...pleasantries to go by and past and yadda-yadda-yadda..." He sighs, eyes crossing the entire room in some sort of tight-reined frustrated exasperation. "Don't wanna become sellouts to the Globe or whatever gun-toting pony org. around, I'm not...like them."
00:35:32: Nutmeg_Oil "You ever think
00:35:57: <Azshkazar> "Well, I'm not sure where to start, heart... Oh right, I know. Your boss's mad experiments may or may not be going to kill you."
00:38:17: Golden_Brass frowns as Azshkazar postures.
00:38:18: <Nutmeg_Oil> "You ever think Harvest might just be wishing that? Dreamin' is good for the heart, but you gotta remember to keep an eye open."
00:38:19: Marshal_Cookies Heartshoe winces, "I... well I dont know for sure what he is up to in there but". the purple unicorn rubs her face as she takes of her guard cap and setting it on the table, "I guess you can say a lot of us are 'willingly ignorant' of whatever IS going on in there, it puts food on the plate and that is enough for most. Never was a problem like this before...not till recently that is"
00:39:18: <Golden_Brass> "I have some concerns as well," Brass pipes-up. "You are the head of this facility's defense, yes?"
00:39:52: Marshal_Cookies Terra sits up a bit straighter in her chair, clearing her throat and returning her braid back over her sholder, "Well... I dont know much about out there but I do know what I can do in here, and while my work-", she pauses and looks at the seeds, "while my work may not be as much of a focus as... other projects, its still the most I can do for... well for everyone. And I dont know where ells I could do it".
00:40:44: <Marshal_Cookies> .me Terra sighs again, "Though I dont know how much longer Harvest will allow my experiments to go now, he seems to want to cycle them out again now"
00:41:08: <Azshkazar> "He's built some kind of soil enrichment devices, TOFUs he calls them. They're self powered, and I sensed then feeding some very strange energy into the ground. And a lot of it. Enough to attract everyone dead within 6 to 8 miles
00:41:22: Marshal_Cookies Risky packs her shotgun away in her bag before stretching, "Oh? and what are you and your ponies like?"
00:41:39: emerald_rose nods, opening her mouth and then closing it. "Well, that explains the cause. So, we get rid of them and the undead wander back to where they came from?"
00:43:08: Marshal_Cookies Heartshoe shakes his head, "If I know anything about the dead, and i should since I been fighting them off from this place since BEFORE the bombs dropped and that is they wont give up. We get rid of whatever is making the food and no pony will give a spit about wanting to save us... I more interested in just abandoning the place"
00:44:55: <Nutmeg_Oil> "Your corn was growing just fine. Does he have a thing for size?" He jokes.
00:44:59: <Golden_Brass> "Ah..." Brass says.
00:45:22: <Hummel> "We're tackling the source of the problem, that's where we're different!" Hummel pipes up, his voice flaring up. "They got nothing other than some lousy abstract goal and goodwill intentions, but we know that ammounts to nothing if you don't set your eyes to actually doing something instead of blabbermouthing, yeah...as soon as MY people gets wind of a mutant enchroachment, they go there first
00:45:22: <Hummel> thing and end it, old-fashioned plugging, no shortcuts, no sweettalking, no screwing around!"
00:45:28: <Azshkazar> "I don't know Emerald, there seem to be a lot of undead here given how short the range of the devices are. Either the tofudrew these undead away from another path, the ones in range called in reinforcements, or the presence of the tofu is a coincidence.
00:46:18: emerald_rose frowns. "Oh... damn. Thought it be as simple as getting rid of the new thing that caused the undead to start attacking, kill the ones here, and then they'd stop showing up."
00:46:31: <Golden_Brass> "Reinforcements," Brass mutters. "... not impossible, that."
00:46:34: Bellator "Ya'll didn't always have them devices right? How bad were the dead back then?"
00:47:08: Marshal_Cookies Terra snickers at this, "Well that... I have heard some things from some of the other mares", she says with a laugh, "But no, teh tofus are harvests brain child, his creations, and as long as he runs the place they will be the main focus of the labs. Besides, I cant argue that while my seeds work as advertised they cant match the volume of production from Harvests work"
00:47:12: <Golden_Brass> "Actually, I think they've always had them, Bellator," Brass says. "Dr. Harvest invented them a long time ago."
00:48:16: Marshal_Cookies Risky chuckles, "Sounds like you mean busness, going to face down the Alicorns by yourself are you? Or sombra? wherever they all are"
00:48:39: <Azshkazar> "Is this true Terra?"
00:49:39: <Hummel> "If I get the chance..." Hummel grumbles. "When you come down to it, they are just ponies...same as us."
00:50:40: Marshal_Cookies Heart Shoe shakes her head, "We had problems with undead since we opened the doors to this place, and from what I hear the trouble with this place gos back before Hill Storm even baught it from Phenix University, they say the place is cursed. Started out as a NLR research outpost, but that was a long way back. No, this problem has been a while. as for this crowd.."
00:51:24: <Golden_Brass> "Really..."
00:51:29: Marshal_Cookies "They showed up after the Biosphere... well lets just say there was a bit of a light show, something was going on in there, and it was just before this crowd showed up, only saw it do that once before the bombs fell"
00:51:30: Golden_Brass looks surprised and intrigued.
00:51:57: Marshal_Cookies Heart shoe nods, "That is what they say"
00:52:15: emerald_rose blinks. "A light show? Huh... what was it like?"
00:52:23: Bellator raises an eyebrow, listening closely
00:53:26: Marshal_Cookies Risky shivers a bit, "not from what I hear.. the stories that get passed around, not every been the likes of them before all this started, real end of times stuff you know?"
00:53:42: <Nutmeg_Oil> "Ah think you might find more appreciation out there. But sounds like you wanna stay. Ah could get message out just in case, ah'm a mailpony after all"
00:54:37: <Golden_Brass> "Yes. Tell us a bit more about what happened here," Brass says.
00:56:02: Marshal_Cookies Heartshoe nods in the direction of the biosphere, "Was just after our visitor showed up, from the Globe. They were coming in hot with some road gang scum on there tail. We open fired on there persuers and drove them off. The injured were taken to the Infermery, that night Harvest and his lot were up to something, place started glowing and an antenna came out the top, Next day we were swamped"
00:56:42: Hummel nods cautiously. "Yeah, but still..." His voice grows somber. "Somepony's gotta do it, no matter what gets told...a job is a job." His thoughs wander for a bit as he eyes her up. "You're alright there, Risky? They're just tales and legends, half of it is bullshit...actual sightings of alicorns aren't that common."
00:56:57: <Golden_Brass> "... spooky," Brass says.
00:57:14: <emerald_rose> "So... whatever experiment they were doing..." She thinks for a moment. "Did your visitor from the Globe bring anything with them?"
00:57:26: Marshal_Cookies Terra shrugs, "Who would I talk to?... your the first new pony I have talked to besides our visitor in over a decade", this seems to make her sad.
00:58:04: <Golden_Brass> "A parcel or anything," Brass adds.
00:58:19: <Marshal_Cookies> Risky shrugs, "I live near phenix, Death herself marched out of there with an army, hard not to take them seriously after seeing something like that"
00:59:14: Marshal_Cookies Heartshoe nods, "They said they were bringing some ammo for us, but it was in a vehical that didnt make it to the Biosphere"
01:00:47: <Hummel> "Yeah, I've heard of him...the most hardworking of public servants, duty personified..." He shrugs also. "Altough, with so many ponies presumedly dead wondering about, one's gotta wonder about what his deal is...or maybe that's what got him stirred on the first place."
01:00:58: Marshal_Cookies "the only pony who made it out was the Leutenate, you could ask her about that though... doubt she has anything to do with this though, she seems nice enough, least not creepy like Harvest can get. He had a control complex before the bombs but since he has gone near completely megolomaniac"
01:01:23: <Golden_Brass> "Yes..." Brass mutters.
01:01:50: <Golden_Brass> "I think he's been ignoring your reports on the situation out here, hasn't he?" she asks Heart Shoe.
01:01:55: <Nutmeg_Oil> "That's more common than you think. Point is, all it takes is an open letter, and ponies might take an interest to you. Your work might impress quite a few ponies out there." he smiles
01:02:29: Marshal_Cookies Heartshoe leans forward, "But come to think of it... last time this happend, the lights and antenna, it happend after a buss showed up, private security showed some ponies inside, then the lights"
01:03:01: Marshal_Cookies Terra tilts her head, "You think so? your not just saying that"
01:03:37: emerald_rose frowns in thought. "So... we need to go inside and put a stop to whatever is doing this. Which means... we need to have a very in-depth heart-to-heart with Harvest."
01:03:40: Marshal_Cookies she looks around before leaning forward, "To be honest with you Nutmeg, I have never liked the Tofus, they are unstable at best and the technology is flawed, they decay before to long"
01:05:02: Bellator nods, "Ya'll need ta do somethin', everypony needs this food, but it don't do much good if it can't get nowhere with this hoard out there."
01:05:14: Marshal_Cookies Heartshoes shrugs, "may be hard before dinner, he has been busy after he shoved you off on whoever he could inside, hes up to something and im not sure I like it"
01:06:26: emerald_rose nods to Heart Shoes. "Well... you're the guard captain. Let's go inside and interrupt him."
01:07:20: Marshal_Cookies Risky shrugs as she stows her pack into the storage compartment, "The bombs I would imagine, all for of them showed up about the same time"
01:07:39: Golden_Brass listens and thinks.
01:09:10: Marshal_Cookies Heartshoes coughs and laughs a bit, "oh that is rich, as simple as that sounds, and I wish it was, I have only as much athority here as Harvest allows. I may have been the boss of the guards before all this but he has most of them wrapped around his hoof, the ones who werent mostly left a while ago. I have maybe five guards I can really trust out of my 30 pony detail. Rest side with Harvest"
01:09:26: Marshal_Cookies Heart shoe shrugs, "therwise I would have tried something before"
01:09:36: <Golden_Brass> "Mm."
01:09:40: Golden_Brass looks grim.
01:10:40: Bellator nods, "But after dinner ya'll think ya can make a move an' confront 'im?" she asks
01:10:45: Marshal_Cookies Heart shrugs, "he lost a bit of support before the globe got involved, now he has them all convinced the troubles will just disapear any day now. Its been over month and the Leutinat keeps saying that back up should be along to check on what happend to her party. That got him back into favor real quick"
01:11:33: <Nutmeg_Oil> "That's the honest truth. Your science corn could help a lot of ponies out there, and there's always a pony looking for a friend over these harsh wastes." He smiles. "Ah just take it over the distance."
01:11:36: <Azshkazar> "Him, well if we can't just burst in on him, maybe someone could spy on him? Figure out what he's up to?"
01:12:01: <Golden_Brass> "Also, you mentioned a shipment of ammunition that didn't make it here?" Brass asks Heart Shoe.
01:12:17: emerald_rose thinks to herself. "But most of those guards are watching the walls, right? So, if we happened to wander by him and take a look..." Emerald gives a smile.
01:12:48: Marshal_Cookies Terra grabs hold of the plastic container, "you know.. I have a whole sack of these seeds up in the seed vault, they are wasted here if they are not being used... maybe you could take some with you when you leave?"
01:13:50: Marshal_Cookies Heartshoe tilts her head and thinks, "well most of the guards are at the walls yes, but there are other poines inside that watch the camera feeds from teh security room on teh second floor"
01:14:06: Marshal_Cookies the sun is growing close to setting
01:15:05: <Hummel> "The four horsequines threw a conjunctive hissyfit...how quaint." He picks a few bullets to load into his gun, before dropping it right back into the holster. " 'sides, how do you know that Death is a she? You've been close enough to gander at her hip bone or something, Risky?"
01:16:26: Marshal_Cookies Risky laughs, "Im not that crazy!"
01:17:40: <emerald_rose> "So, we need to distract the ponies in the security room." Emerald nods her head. "But, if the light show runs whenever new ponies come in, then we need to stop this soon... before it happens tonight."
01:18:31: <Nutmeg_Oil> "Of course. Ah'll make sure it will be put to good use, and ah'll tell them about you." Nutmeg smiles, taking the corn seeds
01:18:38: Hummel laughs along. "Yeap, you're alright, you know that?" Hummel grins for a moment and then begins trotting his way off. "I should go around and bump into some of the staff...well, who knows...I'll catch you later, Risky."
01:18:59: Marshal_Cookies Heart shoes eyes open wide, "Wait... by Harmony your right, I hadent even considered that! If whatever it was brought them out like this before, sisters only know what will happen if the lights go off again"
01:20:09: Marshal_Cookies Terra hoofs them over eagerly, "That is enough for a small garden, but I have more I can give you before you head out, whenever that is, spread it out a bit.... thanks, this feels good, this is why I worked on this"
01:20:29: emerald_rose nods. "You trusted me, and you all seem like good ponies..." She bites her lower lip. "Sisters I hate doing this. So many ponies get bad ideas..." The mare starts digging through her saddle bags. "But, its time we stop evil from taking a hoof-hold." She pulls out of her saddle bag her Templar Tabard, showing it to the others.
01:20:51: Golden_Brass raises her eyebrows!
01:21:10: <Golden_Brass> "Oh!" she says, surprised.
01:21:26: Bellator raises an eyebrow as well
01:23:10: Marshal_Cookies Heartshoe, who is not well traveled living in this isolationist community, looks lost, "Is this.... what is this?"
01:24:22: Azshkazar does not visibly react
01:24:32: <Golden_Brass> "Have you heard of the Templars, Miss Heart?" Brass asks.
01:25:03: Golden_Brass smiles, but her mood is tempered by uncertainty...
01:25:12: Marshal_Cookies Heart shoe shakes her head in the negative
01:25:30: emerald_rose blinks in surprise. "Oh... oh! Thank goodness... I'm a Templar. I go around, protecting and helping good folk and stopping evil... at least, where I can. This place supplies food to Shitake Flats, a community of good ponies. And it has the potential to solve the food problems for a lot of ponies... I'm not going to let it fall to the undead, or whatever shenanigans Harvest is cooking up."
01:25:38: Golden_Brass looks to Emerald.
01:26:16: <Nutmeg_Oil> "If it won't be trouble, ah can take however much you want sent. Ah got an airship out there. And if anypony decides to send you a note, ah'll be sure to come back here."
01:26:48: Marshal_Cookies Terra beams before giving Nutmeg a hug
01:27:22: Marshal_Cookies Heart shoes nods slowly, "Right... like as in, the holy warriors, that sort of Templar?"
01:29:18: <Azshkazar> "Well they're kinda like the Lawdogs, but they only save people who they find worthy of their help. I guess Emerald likes you."
01:29:38: emerald_rose nods. "Kind of? Probably the easiest way to explain it..." She looks over at Azshkazar.
01:30:00: Marshal_Cookies Chumming around with the guards on the fence Hummel learns quite a few things, including the genearl lay out of the complex, the ammo shortages, and even overhears a few guards whispering in hushed tones about a potential escape route from the Biosphere.
01:30:09: Nutmeg_Oil hugs and pats the mare's back. "Ah better check on my companions. Take care of yourself."
01:30:10: Azshkazar winks at Emerald
01:30:25: emerald_rose nods. "Kind of? Probably the easiest way to explain it..." She looks over at Azshkazar. "/That/ is one of the reasons why we don't wear our tabards all the time. More towns like to throw us out than let us in to help."
01:30:41: Marshal_Cookies Heartshoes puts her cap back on, "Well... good to be liked I suppose, so what do we do now?"
01:30:50: Bellator nickers and says nothing
01:30:53: Golden_Brass lets her smile slowly fade.
01:31:44: <Golden_Brass> "I have a question first, Ms. Heart," Brass says.
01:33:58: <Golden_Brass> "Whatever became of that ammo shipment? Taken by bandits?"
01:35:39: Marshal_Cookies Heartshoe nods, "Seems like it, not that it will do them much good unless they have Hillstorm weapons, still we havent been able to check ourselves, we were going to take some of the trucks out to see but... well you can see how feasable that is"
01:36:38: emerald_rose puts her tabard on over her duster. "We put a stop to whatever is causing that light show. Which means we need to go and chat with Golden Harvest." She smiles to Heart Shoe. "You think you can get us up to see him?"
01:36:46: <Golden_Brass> "Hm. And if we retrieved it?" Brass asks.
01:38:40: Marshal_Cookies Heartshoe looks to Golden Brass, "then we mow down the zombie scum outside", she then looks to Emerald, "I can lead you inside and have him paged but if he shows up is as good a guess as any, hes aweful good at making himself scarce, though... I might could get you into his office"
01:39:24: Hummel moseys his way towards Heartshoe's office and...just leaned by the door, hooves crossed and waiting the rest of them folks go on and on...
01:40:10: emerald_rose nods. "We can start with his office then. Though, if you manage to have your loyal ponies move into watching the security cameras, it'll make things easier for us to find him."
01:41:07: Marshal_Cookies Heartshoes humms and taps her chin with hoof, "If you want complete security I can arange that, with those ponies on the cameras, but it will take time, after dinner, If you dnot want to wait you are risking it, up to you"
01:43:01: emerald_rose frowns in thought. "I'd rather not hurt anyone if I could help it, especially if they've been misled." She looks over at the others. "What do you all think? Go straight for it, or wait till dinner?"
01:43:43: <Golden_Brass> "I'd like to speak with some of the locals before dinner, actually," Brass says. "Perhaps... get the merest image of what is going on around here."
01:44:09: Bellator nods, "Ah ain't so eager to be hurtin' any innocents as well." she replies
01:44:35: <Azshkazar> "Bella, you can be pretty discrete, right? Do you think you could take a peak at what Harvest is up to before we make a move?"
01:45:36: Marshal_Cookies Heart shoes buts in, "well the question si where, there are the gardens upstairs, the offices on the ground floor, and the labs in the basment"
01:45:43: Bellator "Ah could, but Ah stick out like a sore leg here. An' with all them cameras around Ah don't see it happenin'."
01:47:48: Marshal_Cookies nods and moves towards the door, "in that case i will see about positioning my poines on shift after dinner"
01:48:19: emerald_rose nods. "Getting more a feel for everyone in this place would be best, and it'd give Heart a chance to get her ponies watching the cameras. After dinner then." The mare takes off her tabard and sets it back in her saddle bags.
01:49:12: Hummel trots in closer to the mare per se and taps onto her shoulder. "Hey, Heart Shoes...I'm with them, but I got something else in mind. You still got some time to spare by?"
01:49:37: <Golden_Brass> "So I'll go out and mingle, then, yes?" Brass asks.
01:49:39: Marshal_Cookies Heart Shoe holds the door open for the rest to exit, Hummel can see from his position nearby at what is the mares office building, she meets the discription from teh other guards and she seems to be wraping up a conversation with somepony inside.
01:50:12: Marshal_Cookies Heart Shoe looks to Hummel, "Oh, alright, something ells?"
01:50:13: emerald_rose nods and heads out. "I'll go and mingle as well. We can discuss what we find out at dinner." Emerald smiles and nods.
01:51:52: Hummel nodnods. "You're the security chief, right? I can tell your guys are doing a good job holding out so far, but we're aware that this stakeout won't end well without supplies." He remarks. "But...my question is, you got any idea why a lot of the undead are pounding on the gates and just encircling the place? And if not...would you like to?"
01:52:23: Bellator follows Emerald_Rose, "Ah'll stick with you then Emerald, Ah'm not sure anypony 'ere might trust me goin' out unsupervised."
01:52:38: Golden_Brass heads out and does her best to get presentable.
01:53:54: <Golden_Brass> She tucks her dirty travel gear away before shmoozing.
01:54:31: Marshal_Cookies Heart shoes shakes her head, "Not a clue, but its something I was just talking with your friends about, you may want to catch up with them. i have to arange a secuirty black out period for thems inside to learn exactly that"
01:55:16: Hummel shakes his head. "I don't really care, they will just blah and blah around...what I say is, most ponies will attend the dinner, right?"
01:56:20: Marshal_Cookies nods, "Well those invited, presumably not the whole staff"
01:58:26: <Azshkazar> "Normally I would wander off and gather herbs right about now, but seeing how we're surrounded by monsters, I think I'll stick around with you as well." Azshkazar tells the others from the meeting
01:58:35: <Hummel> "Most of the important people, I assume." He aquiesces with the head. "I got a bit of an idea, say... you handle the cams and all, why not allow a deader to slip inside and...hear me out, hound him?" Hummel suggests. "I mean, if you take care to clear out the way, he'll slouch his way into the epicentre of...whatever is calling up to them. Once you know that, you can deal with it."
01:58:35: Marshal_Cookies Golden Brass hears a few stories about how dedicated Golden Harvest is to his work, dangerously so at times. From what she hears he has a feirce anger to anything that "gets in his way", there has been at least one instance where he actually had guards loyal to him cane a lab technician.
01:59:44: Golden_Brass doesn't like that. Doesn't like that one bit...
01:59:53: Marshal_Cookies Nutmeg dosent find many ponies interested in mail deilery but plenty ask him questions about Globe and what they are like, if he has heard of them. Nutmeg also learns that Harvest hasnt been seen since there arival, to busy working on... something.
02:02:03: Marshal_Cookies Heartshoe looks like she was just slapped in the face, "Let? ... ARE YOU CRAZY? and how would I even get just ONE in? they would swamp the facility, and if I tried to hoist one over? Be a bit obvious, ponies would think I lost my mind!"
02:03:53: Hummel shrugs, not changing his face. "Your call, if you want to go around in circles looking for the source...be my guest. They'll swamp the facility sooner or later if things do not change...and the only thing they shall change is by dredging out whatever is compelling them to us."
02:04:58: Marshal_Cookies Heart shoes starts to trot off, "If a deader is laying hoof on the inside of this compound either im dead, dieying, or already gone, so long as we can hold out"
02:05:33: Hummel can't hide a grin. "A mare after my own heart...we shall see it so the end, then."
02:06:14: <Marshal_Cookies> >> Time pases <<
02:07:31: <Marshal_Cookies> after talking with ponies of the Bioshpere a voice over a PA sounds out, anouncing those invited to the celibratory feast to please come to the caffeteria for dinner. Those who have not eaten today are very hungry, and as you enter the dome and pass the kitchen... it smells AMAZING, it smells, dare you say, LIKE A REAL MEAL
02:08:15: Golden_Brass speaks with the others about the... distasteful stories she's heard of acts attributable to Golden Harvest.
02:08:58: Golden_Brass also makes mention of the "lost" Hill Storm ammunition cache that the party might be able to find. It could turn the tide if they return it.
02:10:24: emerald_rose will agree about the ammunition, but she thinks that Golden Harvest needs to be taken care of first.
02:11:26: Azshkazar thinks that Golden Harvest will light up his doomsday device the moment we set foot outside the base
02:12:33: Hummel believes that a convenient lightining storm wouldn't be happening so fortutiously for that to happen.
02:13:41: NutmegOil points out that the ammo cache might even help in rescuing the captured junker if they have some to spare.
02:14:39: Golden_Brass tells NutmegOil (and Hummel) that apparently this place has always had an undead problem, and that it's related to some kind of... device. There's an antenna involved, evidently.
02:15:26: Marshal_Cookies the sun is fully set and the doors open to the Caffeteria, easily the cleanest eating estabisment you have seen in over a decade. Ponies in black secuity outfits help cooks carry out large trays of pepared food, setting it about. Speggie, carrot dogs, spinache pizza, nearly everything you can imagine. There is even the smell of actual CHOCOLATE in teh air from a desert table.
02:15:34: NutmegOil groans. Turns out the lab ponies were being fooled after all. He talks about Terra, her sidelined project and how everypony seems to fully believe Golden Harvest that everything will work out.
02:17:05: emerald_rose closes her eyes and takes a deep breath, trying to control her hunger at the smell and sight of all that food.
02:17:25: Marshal_Cookies sitted at a table is Golden Harvest, The Globe pony (a mare in sun bleached desert camo), and Heart Shoe. Golden Harvest sits up as you enter, "Greetings! the Guests of the hour!". Heart shoes nods her head knowingly at them and the Globe pony smiles friendly like.
02:17:34: <Golden_Brass> Golden_Brass's tummy gets the rumblies at the smell...
02:17:40: Bellator sniffs the air, flapping her wings at the smell
02:17:58: Golden_Brass tries hard not to be distracted, though.
02:18:03: Azshkazar smiles back at her hosts
02:18:31: NutmegOil still would like a bite of that, strange evil scheming aside. He looks to see if the lab ponies and security were invited too.
02:19:10: emerald_rose opens her eyes after a moment, templar training paying off. She smiles back to the Globe ponies and the others. "Thank you... we don't deserve such a spread."
02:19:20: Marshal_Cookies at other tables there are plenty who are seated, if asked everyone will be there eventually, but they are carful to swap out batches of attendies after they have had there fill. Apartently food is in no short supply
02:20:23: Golden_Brass reminds herself of many fairytales where partaking a banquet food during an adventure proves... problematic.
02:20:32: Marshal_Cookies Golden Heart chuckles, "Please, its the least we can do for the ones who bring new hope to us and even our other guest. This is a time to celebrate! and we have plenty to give, that is what we want to do here, give, and give freely!"
02:20:33: <Golden_Brass> partaking of a banquet*
02:20:47: Hummel just sits down, not really wanting to eat at all. He looks, as usual, bored.
02:22:23: Marshal_Cookies everyone ells around is already eating, aparently not waiting
02:22:37: NutmegOil goes to chat up with Terra a bit if she is there, and takes the opportunity to get food away from their group's table. He also looks to see if her corn is in any meal to comment on that.
02:22:53: Marshal_Cookies Golden Harvest remains standing till all are seated
02:22:56: <Azshkazar> "Mmm. Food." Azshkazar thinks.
02:23:04: Bellator sits down at the table, focusing on the carrot dogs. No meat... but it would do.
02:23:14: Golden_Brass takes a seat, keeping her ears open.
02:23:19: Marshal_Cookies Terra is absent from the hall, her corn is not offered with the spread
02:23:57: NutmegOil raises an eyebrow and still serves himself away from their table, from some source others were eating from.
02:24:28: NutmegOil asks a labpony if they seen Terra
02:25:06: emerald_rose will take a plate and pick from the food that other members of the Globe was choosing to eat. She keeps her portions small and only eats to be barely full. She'll take a seat near Brass and the others, and otherwise appear to be a happy pony.
02:25:15: Marshal_Cookies once everyone is present Golden harvest bows his head, "Glad you could all join us, you know me from earlier... accept for you sir", he says to Hummel, "I dont belive we have met, I am golden Harvest. now I am told however you have all had time to speak with our security cheif Heart Shoe", he lifts a hoof to indicate the mare.
02:25:39: Golden_Brass hrms.
02:26:30: Marshal_Cookies he then lifts a hoof to indicate the orange mare to his other side, "And if your not aquainted yet this is our other guest, all teh way from Globe. A very distant relitive of mine actually"
02:26:42: Marshal_Cookies "Lieutenant Apple jack"
02:27:05: NutmegOil goes back to the table with his plate and listens to the speech.
02:27:29: Golden_Brass thinks that name and color-scheme rings a bell...
02:27:39: Hummel glances at Golden as he is spoken to. "Oh, yes. I was a bit indisposed because of the trip and I couldn't go with my friends...indeed, we haven't met. I'm Hummel, glad to make your acquaintance, doctor." The stallion polishedly said. "My friends did spoke highly of you."
02:27:53: Bellator is unfamiliar with the name and continues chewing on a carrot dog
02:28:14: Golden_Brass eats a little bit of many things, happy to sample a selection.
02:29:03: Marshal_Cookies the freckled mare nods her head, "Right nice to make your aquaintance, sorry I couldnt earlier. been busy packing my parcels, looking forward to finding out why the globe hasnt shown up to see whats going on yet. Maybe put a fire under there flank"
02:30:07: Marshal_Cookies Golden Harvest nods, "Quit... well lets dig in, no use waiting, just help yourself", he says siting down again and eating.
02:30:13: NutmegOil enjoys his meal and watches the host and his friend. "Nice to meet ya."
02:30:19: Azshkazar will walk around the room, pretending not to see the abundance of food at her own table. She takes a little from each table not occupised by the bigwigs, even a little from her own as not to be suspicious.
02:31:11: emerald_rose smiles and nods. "A pleasure to meet you, Lieutenant. Sorry I didn't get the chance to speak with you earlier." She looks over to Golden Harvest. "Yes. She was a great help, and if the undead attack again, I know where I need to go." She gives a smile. "You really have quite the good commander here. You're lucky to have her."
02:31:39: Azshkazar sits down with her acquaintances and eats what she took from the other tables. with a telekinetic fork, because of course she does.
02:32:38: Marshal_Cookies Golden harvest smiles and nods, "Yes well she has kept us safe for this long I suppose she is doing quite well, for anypony, its hard to ask such from someone but she has truly risen to the task"
02:33:26: emerald_rose smiles and nods, continuing to eat.
02:33:33: Hummel spies over towards Risky's way to check what she is doing... no way he was going to taint his mouth with any of that food.
02:34:16: Marshal_Cookies risky is just arriving at the table, moving to fill her plate with food
02:34:37: Marshal_Cookies Harvest swollows another bite, "So tell me, what do you think of our little fasility so far?"
02:35:09: Bellator swallows a carrot and looks to Golden Harvest, "Yer people are mighty kind here, normally places ain't so acceptin' of mah kind."
02:35:55: Hummel simply shrugs in general, he didn't got too far into the facility to say anything.
02:36:10: Marshal_Cookies Harvest nods, "I see, that is a shame, i always try to cultivate the most welcoming enviroment for my staff here"
02:37:22: <NutmegOil> "It sure is something. Lots of impressive stuff, and plenty of talent too. Shame you are havin' all these problems."
02:37:30: emerald_rose smiles. "It is quite the wonderful place. Your people are quite kind."
02:38:11: <Golden_Brass> "Indeed. The dome is a wonder. The perimeter seems like it has seen better days, however," Brass says.
02:38:17: <Azshkazar> "Oh, this place is just lovely, Golden Harvest. It's clean, has running water, power... if only it weren't days from being overrun. At least we can enjoy it while it lasts." Azshkazar remarks
02:39:19: Marshal_Cookies Heart Shoe nods, "unfortuantely".
02:39:35: Marshal_Cookies Apple Jack remarks as well, "Darndest thing all these dead folk, not right if you ask me"
02:40:09: Marshal_Cookies Golden Harvest eye flinchs a bit, "Well times are hard... but they will improve, I know it"
02:40:45: Hummel kept his eyes on Heart Shoe, how could she keep a damn straight face at that?
02:40:58: <Golden_Brass> "Doctor Harvest, have you taken a tour of your perimeter recently?" Brass asks, loud enough for people to hear.
02:41:44: Marshal_Cookies a few ponies at nearby tables turn to watch, a silence entering the background, many more however keep there eyes firmly away from the action, ears still spining to listen though.
02:43:17: Marshal_Cookies Heart shoe tries to hide a smirk as Harvest takes a sip of water. "A tour of the parriemiter? Im afraid not, far to busy in the lab, but Heart Shoe keeps me well abrest of the threat outside. Thankfully between your ship and the search party that will undoubtably come for Apple Jack here to see what happend to all her ponies, well things can only improve"
02:44:23: NutmegOil just swallows his food and gives a skeptical look.
02:47:49: <Hummel> "Busy into the lab? That's interesting... I'm sure we'd be willing to hear about the latest developments, of course...to expect nothing less, I see that the food yield is at the current moment rather considerable..." He said. "Tell me, doctor...what can we expect from the recent researches, apart from "making more food" ?"
02:49:12: <Golden_Brass> "Ah. Well then, if you are as well-versed as you claim Doctor, perhaps you can tell me the current status of the facility's ammunition reserves?" Brass asks.
02:49:14: Marshal_Cookies Golden Harvest smiles, "Most would consider that achivment enough..."
02:50:09: Hummel shrugs. "Well, you surely must conduct more than merely one research...such a huge complex with untapped potential..."
02:50:30: Marshal_Cookies Apple jack speaks up before the doctor, "Shucks even I know that, they need more something soar. We were hauling a whole load of ammo for them, me and my... my ponies. Wasnt right what happened to them, but the doctor here and there team did the best they could to patch them up once they got here".
02:50:54: Marshal_Cookies Harvest nods, "It is not... perfect, but its tennable for now, till we see more munitions coming in"
02:52:37: emerald_rose smiles and nods. "Oh, of course. That could all change if another light show happened, though... given what happened after the last couple." She sips on her water.
02:53:52: <NutmegOil> "Ah heard you were cancellin some very promisin research in growing food without your gizmos. That'd be worth the world out in the wastes. Why wouldn't you want that?" He looks at Golden Harvest and Hummel
02:54:31: Marshal_Cookies Harvests chokes on a bit of buttered bread and beats on his chest, Heart adverts her gaze and Apple Jack looks confised. Risky speaks up, "What sort of light show?"
02:54:49: Golden_Brass smiles to Emerald_Rose.
02:55:07: Hummel rolls his eyes.
02:56:03: Marshal_Cookies Clearing his throat Harvest waves a hoof at Emerald Rose, "that, that I will not dignify with a responce. and as for other reaseach, we are always looking into new ways to improve our methods, but as it stand now any 'supressed' techniques are purely infearior to current methodology"
02:56:50: Marshal_Cookies Apple Jack looks around the table, "I agree with Risky here, what about lights?"
02:57:18: <Hummel> "Then, by that, I take it you wouldn't mind sharing 'supressed' techniques with the general public, wouldn't you?"
02:57:57: emerald_rose looks over at Risky. "You didn't hear? Seems like after the Lieutenant and her group showed up, that night an antenna rose up and there was quite the light show over this place. Then the undead showed up. Happened before the bombs fell, too. Weirdest thing..." Emerald sips on more water, giving half a smile to Golden_Brass.
02:58:37: <NutmegOil> "Are you okay there?" He looks seriously at the choking Harvest. "You look a bit shook, sure it ain't important?"
02:59:16: Golden_Brass smiles and does her best to look angelic in her patience.
02:59:28: Marshal_Cookies Apple jack raisea brow, "That sounds funny... but I dont remember much from that night, I was being patched up with the others, was dead asleep before any such things. what are they talking about cousin?"
03:00:43: Marshal_Cookies Harvest whipes his mouth, " I would be all to glad to share anything that is deemed safe for teh public at large, I am only here to help improve the lives of those unfortunate hungry souls byond our walls. As for... the atmospheric discharge, I assure you its common enough, nothing to be concerned with. I wont bore you with the science"
03:03:35: <Golden_Brass> "I'm sure there are more than a few inquiring minds here that would be interested to hear!" Brass pipes-up. "Especially from a scientist and inventor of your caliber."
03:03:55: emerald_rose gives Harvest her most innocent smile. "Please, tell us. Science doesn't bore me, or your lab techs here, right?"
03:03:56: <NutmegOil> "It ain't common anywhere ah've ever been, and ah've been around places for a while now."
03:05:11: NutmegOil stares sternly. "And the dead that come like flies to honey, those ain't common at all."
03:05:46: Marshal_Cookies Harvest looks around the table, a flustered look on his face, breathing in slowly he smiles and nods, "Alright.... you certainly all are very inquisitive are you not? Maybe it would put your minds at ease if I discose all my... practices here? I would hate for you all to have the wrong idea of me"
03:06:22: Marshal_Cookies Applejack is looking very sturnly at her relitive now, "I for one would much ablige a peek at your set up now taht they are talking about it Harvest"
03:08:13: emerald_rose smiles and nods, sipping her water. "I'd love to hear how you do your work."
03:08:38: Marshal_Cookies Smiles, "Ill do you all one better, Ill show you all the labs once we are done here"
03:08:43: Marshal_Cookies >> END