FoE PNP G-Platypus Session 5

[17:45] <Mister_Clacky|GM> *****G-Platypus: The City of Broad Withers - Session 5*****
[17:45] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  Expectations.
[17:45] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  Everypony has them. Things they believe will happen. Things they believe should happen. Things they believe won’t happen. Things they believe can’t happen.
[17:46] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  The Wasteland sunders expectations.
[17:46] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  It’s to be expected.
[17:46] <Mister_Clacky|GM>   What expectations do our wastelanders hold? Perhaps they will be met, perhaps not...
[17:46] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  *****Session Start*****
[17:46] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  Our Wastelanders are on the road just outside Cedar Cask’s home. It is about an hour to P03, and the last vestiges of second-hoof sun are fading as dusk falls away into night. The only sound is the scrabbling claws of Mr. Wiggles as he buries the dead.
[17:49] * Scrap walks over to look closer at the grave full of bones.
[17:50] * Blackberry_Jam leads the charge towards the stable. She's a lot more perceptive at night, anyway. Everything was clearer... not really sure how that works. Smoke trails from the freshly lit cancer-stick in her mouth. Stable, ho!
[17:51] * Snack_Cake is feeling much better with each step toward the stable she takes! She'll be home soon!
[17:52] * North_Star follows closely behind, his newly lotted Repeater resting comfortably perpendicular to his Caravan Shotgun. He had mixed feelings with Stables, each one he's been around has been nothing but bad luck, but if it gets the Greenhorn home, he might as well make sure she, indeed, gets there.
[17:52] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  Mr. Wiggles snorts a bit as Scrap hovers overhead. Inside the grave are three fresh raider corpses, some loose dirt, and what looks to be a lot of bones. '
[17:52] * Nyota sneaks alongside the group, sticking to the shadows. The zebra has pulled her hoodie back up, covering her neck wound up. All things considered, this journey had been quicker and easier then expected. Hopefully it would stay that way...
[17:53] * Scrap satisfied starts following the others.
[17:53] * Blackberry_Jam motions for Snack_Cake to walk alongside her. "Not much farther now, right?"
[17:54] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  Scrap notices as he turns to leave that the bones seem to be an assortment of pony and creature bones. It seems like Mr. Wiggles buries a lot of stuff.
[17:57] * Thunder_Strike walks along close to Snack_Cake.
[17:58] * Nyota trotts up too Blackberry_Jam's left side. "We should not be out in the darkness if it can be avoided.. Another hour or two then we must stop." She says in a hushed voice, glancing around her.
[18:00] * Blackberry_Jam nods in silent agreement, waiting for Snack_Cake to give her the sitrep. She glances over at Nyota after a while and asks, "How's the neck? Bothering you at all?"
[18:01] * Scrap is flying along side slowly due to his wound.
[18:01] * Snack_Cake walks between Blackberry_Jam and Thunder_Strike. She checks the map on her PipBuck. "Not long now... I can almost feel my bed already! When I get back, I'm not leaving my room for a week!"
[18:02] * Nyota "Do not worry, my neck is sore but that is nothing from what it could have been." She says with a tail flick.
[18:04] * Blackberry_Jam chuckles a little. "Word of advice, Stripes. If it starts itching, don't touch it."
[18:05] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  Blackberry_Jam and Snack_Cake are too into their conversations to notice, and North_Star is looking the wrong way, but the rest notice an oddly colored splash of color in the nearby rubble.
[18:06] * North_Star happens to have his eyes trained on an oddly shaped rock formation, thinking it was an actual threat, like something that wasn't a rock formation.
[18:06] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  Nyota can make out it is a pile of slightly glowing dust. Thunder_Strike, from her position, notices some tracks leading off to the east.
[18:06] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  The tracks were left by something wheeled.
[18:07] * Scrap notices the others seeing something.
[18:07] * Nyota smiles gently at Blackberry_Jam, self controll was something she was fairly good at. She glances over at Snack_Cake, such difference the life was in a stable. Almost makes you want to wish for its saftey.. Almost. She narrows her eyes at the odd color before slinking back into the shadows. "There is something over there:." She says, pointing a hoof at the glowing dust.
[18:08] * Thunder_Strike observes the tracks. "Hmm.... I've got wheel tracks." She says looking further out to see how far they go.
[18:08] <Scrap> "What are you guys looking at?
[18:08] <Scrap> "*
[18:08] * Blackberry_Jam turns her head slightly and blinks a few times. "Wheels?" She's lost.
[18:08] * North_Star was now looking in the correct direction, looking at the glowing dust with slight interest. Anything that glows is something worth seeing, or shooting.
[18:09] * Wraith is now known as Zenith
[18:10] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  Thunder_Strike can see, with closer observation, that there are at least two distinct tracks, both go generally east. They look to be made by small wheels and stand about as far apart as her own legs. Close observation of the patterns shows that there were four distinct wheels.
[18:10] * Blackberry_Jam trots over to the rock and looks down at the powder. Maybe she'd seen this stuff somewhere before...
[18:11] * Snack_Cake frowns and glances over to where the ponies were looking. "Is it... important? I'd really like to get home, as fast as I can..."
[18:12] * North_Star nudges Snack_Cake in the side. "Probably nothing, Greenhorn. Nothing we couldn't possibly take care of with a bullet or two, anyway."
[18:13] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  Blackberry_Jam doesn't think the dust is harmful. But mixed in with it and around it she finds a bonesaw, reinforced doctor's farigues (29%), and a beat up magic recharger pistol (29%)
[18:13] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  It doesn't take much of a leap in logic to figure out this was probably a pony who ate the wrong end of a MEW.
[18:14] * Blackberry_Jam frowns as she pockets the bonesaw and recharger pistol. "Poor bastard... But Snack's right. Let's not get distracted."
[18:14] * Thunder_Strike "these could have been left by a scavengers cart." She says looking around at the others. "Guys, if that's what you think it is.... You think this cart.... Might be....."
[18:15] * Nyota frowns too as she look over at the glowing dust. Shaking her head slightly. "We should not linger.." She mumbles, more to herself then anyone else.
[18:16] * Scrap floats quietly still unsure as to what the others are looking at.
[18:17] * Blackberry_Jam looks to Thunder_Strike and turns to continue at the proper heading. "Maybe, but it doesn't matter. Unless whatever it is comes back and decides that it wants to disintigrate us, we keep moving."
[18:18] * Thunder_Strike "yeah." She says then looks over her shoulder. Then continues the heading walking with Snack_Cake
[18:18] * Snack_Cake is definitely glad they're not staying. She breathes a sigh of relief and follows onward with the rest!
[18:20] * North_Star followed alongside Blackberry_Jam, keeping an eye on the glowing pile. If they were lucky, there was an unfortunate caravan that reached a premature end. If they were unlucky... North figured it best not to jinx the party by thinking about it.
[18:21] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  The group travels another 30 minutes or so with little excitement, getting ever nearer to Snack_Cake's map's marker. They crest a small rise in the road and they can see the ruins of an old hoofball stadium. There are several mostly intact buildings. It looks like this was once a campus for an ancient learning facility. Snack remembers it.
[18:22] * Blackberry_Jam thinks that as long as a certainy dicebot was deciding their fate, they were jinxed from the start. While walking, she idly contemplates the best way to clean that bonesaw. She lets out a whistle as they approached the campus.
[18:22] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  A faded sign can still be read. "Go Wildcats!"
[18:24] * Snack_Cake perks up when she sees it, muttering, "That's it...! We're here!"
[18:26] * Blackberry_Jam scrunches her face. She wasn't too big on zoology... "Wildcats?"
[18:27] * Thunder_Strike "Wazza wildcat?" She says reading the sign."
[18:27] * North_Star looks at the building. "Must be one of those enterance buildings. I haven't seen one so... Elaborate, though."
[18:28] * Blackberry_Jam glances at North_Star, taking a quick drag of her cigarette. "So you've been to Stables before, huh?"
[18:30] * North_Star nods, eyes trained on the building. "Twice. Once, when I was hired by a small group of Steel Rangers who needed an extra shot of firepower, and another time as shelter after a group of raiders blew up my caravan. Again."
[18:31] * Blackberry_Jam seriously doubts that some of the Steel Rangers she met would -ever- need -more- guns.
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[18:32] * Thunder_Strike looks over the building. She doesn't seem to interested in it though.
[18:32] <Thunder_Strike> Impressed by it.*
[18:34] * Nyota nudges Snack_Cake lightly. "Lead on.. It is getting dark and I would prefer to not be out here when that happens.. and neither would you."
[18:34] * Scrap floats indifferently.
[18:34] <TenMihara> Canary watches the goings on from just outside the camera's visual range
[18:34] * Blackberry_Jam sticks close to the pudgy mare, nodding to Nyota.
[18:35] <TenMihara> Canary grabs some popcorn
[18:35] * North_Star continued on. "The first time went off with barely a hitch, an explosion or two, but nothing serious. The second time... Well, those magic reactors inside can only leak so much before something gives way"
[18:37] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  As they close on the stadium, they can see what looks like an old practice field and some other sporting fields nearby. Coming up from the south, they can see the elaborate stonework is still holding up on the far side of the field where one of the two large buildings on the campus still stands.
[18:39] * Snack_Cake goes on ahead to look around, and try to get her bearings, and remember where the entrance was.
[18:40] * Thunder_Strike walks along with Snack_Cake. Like normal she is keeping an eye on the surroundings.
[18:40] * Blackberry_Jam keeps her eyes peeled too. Ghost towns were one thing... but... this was downright creepy.
[18:42] * North_Star walks alongside Blackberry_Jam, keeping an eye on the Stable-pony in the lead.
[18:42] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  Snack_Cake leads them to the arena proper. Seeing a mark Chief Slapstick had left discretely with his knife when they had left, she turns down a hall leading down.
[18:43] * Snack_Cake follows her memory, and the signs left behind. She can't help but trot along, more than a little excited to be finally going home!
[18:44] * North_Star ([email protected]) Quit ( Quit: See you ! )
[18:45] * Nyota glances behind her. Hopeing that nothing bad would sneak up on them. "How much further..?" She mumbles in a hushed voice.
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[18:46] * Scrap sticks to the back in case they do get attacked from there.
[18:47] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  Snack_Cake leads the way obliviously trotting into the dark. Aftertraveling a while the darkness deepens. The soft green glow of her PipBuck the group's only illumination.
[18:48] * Thunder_Strike ([email protected]) Quit ( Connection closed )
[18:48] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  There is the sound of skittering nearby.
[18:48] * Snack_Cake totally turns on the PipBuck light once it gets too dark to see properly.
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[18:48] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  Nyota, Scrap, and Blackberry_Jam manage to see the radroach fleeing for cover as they pass.
[18:49] * Scrap is irritated by the sudden light, but says nothing.
[18:49] * Blackberry_Jam mutters something about "fucking roaches." She squints away from the light too.
[18:50] * Nyota dosnt give the radroach a second thought. Those things where everywhere..
[18:51] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  Snack_Cake leads them down several flights of stairs as they descend deeper and deeper in the dark. She comes up to a familiar wall. There is an old pipe with a circular valve on the wall. An arrow has been lightly carved above it.
[18:51] * North_Star ([email protected]) Quit ( Ping timeout: 121 seconds )
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[18:51] * Someonewithapen is now known as North_Star
[18:54] * Snack_Cake inspects the valve, with the arrow above it for a moment, before giving it a turn.
[18:55] * North_Star waits patiently, casually glancing around for trouble.
[18:55] * Blackberry_Jam takes a moment to adjust her beret and barding. She does her best to not look like a filthy wastelander, wanting to mae a good first impression on these ponies.
[18:55] * Thunder_Strike has dropped back to the back looking around watching everyone's back.
[18:56] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  Snack_Cake turns the valve all the way to the right. Nothing happens at first, so the puts her weight into it and wrenchs it past it's natural stopping point. The wall creeks and starts to open revealing another descending corridor.
[18:58] * Blackberry_Jam blinks hard again. Glancing around at the mechanism, she says "Well... that's one way of hiding something."
[18:59] * Nyota is hanging back together with Thunder_Strike. Raising a eyebrow at the secret door. "Wow.."
[18:59] * Snack_Cake takes a deep breath, and continues down the newly opened corridor. "Almost there... Come on!"
[18:59] * North_Star is not as impressed and is waiting 'til they find the actual Stable to be that way.
[19:00] * Thunder_Strike looks towards the secret door. "Neat." She says then resumes watching every window, nook and crany.
[19:00] * Scrap waits for the others to go through so he can keep the rear.
[19:01] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  The corridor plunges down, following a tight spiral and descending steeply. After several more minutes of twisting down, the floor evens out in a fairly large room. On the far side are a terminal and an absolutely massively overbuilt door.
[19:02] * Blackberry_Jam looks up at the door with a smile. So this is what a Stable looked like. "Fan-cy."
[19:02] * North_Star looks up at the door. "It gets old after a while. Welcome back home, Greenhorn." He said with a small smile.
[19:03] * Thunder_Strike fillows then looks at the door. "That's one helluva door."
[19:03] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  Emblazened on the door is 'P-03'
[19:04] * Nyota chews her lip as she looks over the door.
[19:04] * Scrap says quietly, "so that's what one of those looks like."
[19:04] * Blackberry_Jam gives North_Star a look and nudges Snack_Cake forward. "Open her up... I guess."
[19:08] * Snack_Cake trots over to the terminal, and types in the login and password she knows. She's tense, she wants to be home!
[19:09] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  A few stressful moments pass, and a speaker nearby crackles. "Yes?" The voice is familiar to her... the Overmare's secretary. Red Tape.
[19:10] * Thunder_Strike looks at the door then reads 'P-03' and she shivers having bad flashbacks. Her tail seems to press tight against her plot like she's hiding.
[19:12] * Blackberry_Jam listens to the conversation, looking over the rest of her party.
[19:12] * Nyota 's ears perk up at the voice, she moves towards one of the corner in the room. Watching the door as she does so. Keeping quiet as too not disturb the stable pony.
[19:13] * Scrap seeing everypony else looking at the door, watches the darkness behind.
[19:14] * Snack_Cake glances up at the speaker, taking a deep breath. "Hello? Can you hear me? I'm back! I... something bad happened... Please, open the door?"
[19:16] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  Snack_Cake is too distracted by her conversation to notice, but the rest can see two panels nearby slide back. One holds the lense of a camera.
[19:17] * Blackberry_Jam sees that panel move, all right. She trots over to the camera and looks it dead in the lens.
[19:17] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  "Snack_Cake, Dear, I see you have found some friends. Do have her keep from fogging the lense."
[19:18] * Blackberry_Jam isn't -that- close. Sheesh.
[19:18] * Thunder_Strike shakes her head then looks around at everypony starting to relax again.
[19:19] * North_Star idlely leans against the wall. At least the inhabitants in this Stable were alive, in all senses of the word. That's a pleasant change.
[19:19] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  "Now, Cake, you knew when you left you couldn't return."
[19:19] * Blackberry_Jam snaps her head around to look at Snack_Cake. "What? What did she just say?"
[19:22] * Snack_Cake blinks and turns around to look for a moment, only to turn right back when she hears that. "But... no! You have to let me back in! They... They're both d...dead... You can't let that happen to m...me t..too..." She's tearing up. She's kinda starting to panic. "No... no no no... Please!"
[19:24] * Scrap ([email protected]) Quit ( Connection closed )
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[19:24] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  The voice responds coldly. "But, you see. You're already dead. It was so sad when we found out. All of you lost so soon. And the Overmare letting you go to your deaths. Of course she had to be recalled and a new Overmare selected."
[19:25] * EDtiGron is now known as Scrap
[19:25] * Blackberry_Jam gets a sinking feeling in her stomach. "Snack... what is she talking about?"
[19:27] * Thunder_Strike "pfft. Typical." She says under her breath. Then looks at nyota, wait... Where is nyota. She starts looking around.
[19:28] * Nyota is right there, in a corner of the room, watching the reaction of Snack_Cake with a sad expression on her face.
[19:28] * TenMihara ([email protected]) Quit ( Ping timeout: 121 seconds )
[19:28] * Snack_Cake doesn't believe what she's hearing. "W...what? No! You can't leave me out here to die! P...please... There m...must  be something you can d...do... Please R...Red... Please!"
[19:29] * Thunder_Strike spots the zebra in the corner and just moves over to her. "This is sad."
[19:30] * Nyota nods slightly, not taking her eyes of Snack Cake. She sighs and slumps a little. "And painfully familiar.." She mumbles.
[19:31] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  "That's Overmare to you. What kind of message would it send if you came back to life? It would just cause... questions. Questions got you stuck out there to begin with. 'What's outside?' No, you are dead and buried. We've mourned your passing and things are changing for the better."
[19:31] * Scrap is disgusted at what he views as attempted murder, but with no way of combating it stays stone faced.
[19:32] * Blackberry_Jam trots back over to the camera and scowls at it. She focuses most of the rage she has into that scowl... There's nothing worse than being told you can't go home...
[19:32] * Thunder_Strike "come again?" She says looking over to her a moment.
[19:34] * Nyota smiles sadly at Thunder_Strike but says nothing more.
[19:35] * Snack_Cake slumps to the ground. "But... Y...you... You can't just..." She breaks down into sobs. "I w...want to go h...home... W...why... won't... you..." She can't even finish her sentence.
[19:35] * Thunder_Strike taps her hood to her chin a moment then nods. "Sorry. Didnt mean to get so personal." She says then watches this scene unfold.
[19:36] * Scrap remembering his own past, goes over and holds Snack_Cake, but can't think of anything to say.
[19:37] * Nyota flicks her tail and trots up to Snack_Cake, putting a easy hoof on her shoulder. Then glaring at the camera. "This is why the world ended, because of ponies like you." She hisses.
[19:37] * Blackberry_Jam growls a little. After Nyota is done talking to the camera, she smashes the lense with the butt of her shotgun.
[19:38] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  "...Well that was rude... and stop blubbering, you made your choice. Besides, when I replaced that ignorant twat she volunteered to go looking for you! It's like she didn't believe the reports."
[19:38] <Thunder_Strike> :me also walks over and gives Snack_Cake comfort.
[19:39] * North_Star shook his head. It's official. He didn't like Stables one bit, populated or otherwise.
[19:39] * Scrap to the secretary, "murderers like you should be eliminated."
[19:40] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  "Come now, I'm trying to be helpful. Don't you want to know where she went?"
[19:41] * Blackberry_Jam , finished destroying the camera, growls, "You want to be helpful? Open the damn door!"
[19:41] * Snack_Cake gasps and looks up. "She... she came looking? W...where? Please, tell me where!"
[19:42] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  "She made it all the way to where you are standing. Although it looks like the ash has blown away... We did collect the PipBuck. Waste not, want not, so they say."
[19:44] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  "Now there is the matter about you being dead. I would /hate/ to be a liar."
[19:44] <Scrap> "Unacceptable!"
[19:45] * Blackberry_Jam is on her hindhooves, weapon ready. Ready to fuck this bitch up. "Bring it."
[19:45] * Snack_Cake breaks down again. "H...how... how could you..."
[19:45] * North_Star huffed, finally speaking up. "We didn't trot all this way here just to dissapoint this little mare, much less get killed."
[19:46] * Nyota 's breathes heavily, she swears something in zebra, pulling her pistol she fires a shot at where the camera once was. "Stars curse you, and all ponies like you!"
[19:49] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  After Nyota's shot, Snack_Cake, Blackberry_Jam, and North_Star can hear the sound of rushing air and start to detect a rancid, rotten smell in the air.
[19:50] * Blackberry_Jam sniffs slightly at the smell, keeping her head on a swivel as she scans the room. Of course, she didn't expect the Stable Ponies to come out and do it themselves.
[19:51] * Snack_Cake 's eyes open wide, and she starts muttering, "No... no no... I don't want to die... P...please, don't let me die!"
[19:51] <~Blackberry_Jam> "Now would be a good time to leave!"
[19:52] * Scrap to Snack_Cake, "I won't."
[19:52] * Thunder_Strike ([email protected]) Quit ( Connection closed )
[19:53] * Blackberry_Jam looks to Snack_Cake. She's already making tracks for the exit. "And neither will I, just promise me that you'll leave right now!"
[19:55] <Scrap> "Good idea". Scrap starts leading her out.
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[19:59] * Snack_Cake stands up, shaking, and follows wordlessly.
[20:05] * Nyota shoots the door a final glare, holstering her pistol before trotting out, tail flicking behind her.
[20:06] * North_Star takes up the rear, following the group out of the room.
[20:11] * Thunder_Strike also follows the others out of the room.
[20:11] * Blackberry_Jam is in a hurry, and in the lead as far as she knows. She is practically galloping.
[20:13] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  There is a click behind them, followed by a curse. "Dammit! Stay here and die!"
[20:14] * Blackberry_Jam shouts over her shoulder something to the effect of "Piss off."
[20:17] * Thunder_Strike rolls her eyes as she trots after the group. "That pony is crazy. Actually, I won't disgrace the name pony by calling her one."
[20:17] * Snack_Cake is following behind. She's still crying, utterly distraught at finding herself unable to return home, stuck in this dangerous world.
[20:17] * North_Star ([email protected]) Quit ( Ping timeout: 121 seconds )
[20:19] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  The group makes it back to the top of the coiling ramp and the secret door. It's well into the night.
[20:21] * Scrap still right behind Snack_Cake, looks around to make a headcount.
[20:21] * Blackberry_Jam , as soon as she's outside, slumps down and hangs her head. She looks to Snack_Cake with tired eyes. "Snack... I'm... I'm so sorry..."
[20:23] * Snack_Cake just collapses next to Blackberry_Jam and sobs. "I j...just wanted to g...go home..."
[20:24] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  Outside is relative. They are still deep inside the building's corridors. Having gotten to the secret door.
[20:24] * Thunder_Strike "i'm sorry too Snack_Cake." She says hugging her.
[20:24] * Blackberry_Jam just holds her. With genuine sorrow in her voice, she says quietly, "So do I..."
[20:24] * Scrap wipes the tears from his eyes, hating himself for not saving Snack_Cake from him own fate for the second time.
[20:25] * Nyota breathes a little heavier after that gallop. She looks around, checking the area quickly for potential dangers. A frown plastered on her face, dammit, this wasnt suposed to happen. She sighs. Glancing over at Snack_Cake, they really had too move and find a suitable location to stay for the night but..
[20:26] * Snack_Cake returns Thunder_Strike's hug, sobbing into the pegasus's shoulder. She just... doesn't know what to do now.
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[20:28] * Thunder_Strike holds the mare to comfort her as best she could, she mumbles under her breath, those how could her could easily tell it wasn't equestrian.
[20:29] * North_Star still kept his eyes vigilant. He didn't trust that Red Tape mare as far as he could throw her, and he can't throw mares too far, as he has learned from experience.
[20:30] * Blackberry_Jam slowly takes her beret off and runs a hoof through her mane. Letting out a long puff of smoke, she slouches a little. "Shit..."
[20:32] * Scrap yells "it wasn't supposed to happen this way!", and begins kicking the arena wall in a fit of rage.
[20:33] * Zenith ([email protected]) Quit ( Ping timeout: 121 seconds )
[20:33] * Nyota glances at Thunder_Strike for a moment. Speaing up to the group. "We should find a place where we can rest for the night, preferebly, further away from that door."
[20:33] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  The sounds of his bucking reverberates through the abandoned corridors, echoing into the darkness.
[20:33] * Snack_Cake winces slightly at Scrap's shouting, still shaking a little.
[20:34] * Thunder_Strike "scrap, your not helping." She says to him plus, do you want every single creature around to know we're here?"
[20:35] <Thunder_Strike> Him, "Plus*
[20:35] * North_Star huffed slightly. "Ah've a good mind to blast my way through that door, personally..."
[20:36] * Scrap stops and slumps down along the wall. "I know but I was supposed to make it right. I failed again."
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[20:37] * Blackberry_Jam looks between the group and speaks up too. "You didn't fail Scrap... The only pony at fault is that bitch behind the microphone..."
[20:37] * Wraith is now known as Zenith
[20:39] * Thunder_Strike "yeah scrap. So don't beat yourself up about it." She says then looks at Snack_Cake, not really what to say or do except hug the mare again.
[20:39] * Nyota turns and goes to look for a more sutiable location too spend the night. Corridors where good and all but..
[20:39] * Scrap begins sobbing a little himself, "She wasn't supposed to end up like me."
[20:42] * Thunder_Strike "scrap...." She trails not knowing anything to say that would be helpful. Then sighs.
[20:42] * Blackberry_Jam looks up at Scrap. She looks like she might cry a little. "I think... that we all can say that we've lost something... That we can't go home, for whatever reason. So what did we do when we were told we couldn't go home?"
[20:42] * Snack_Cake is starting to calm down a bit, now. She still misses home, though.
[20:43] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  Nyota slinks off.
[20:45] * Thunder_Strike "guys, we need to find a more suitable place to rest for the night, were to exposed her and there's plenty of places for things to hide and get the drop on us." She say then thinks about her mother and brother, Then shakes her head.
[20:47] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  Nyota goes a short distance down the corridor the way they came before coming upon a door. Inside is a small, empty office that serves her immediate purpose.
[20:47] * Blackberry_Jam doesn't for an answer. She pushes past Thunder_Strike and mutters, "We move on, then." Down the hall, towards wherever the hell Nyota ran off to.
[20:48] * Thunder_Strike stands and waits on Snack_Cake and Scrap.
[20:49] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  Blackberry_Jam comes upon an open door to the left back the way they came, as to those who followed immediately behind. There are muffled noises coming from inside.
[20:49] * Scrap says to the others, "go ahead, I'll follow behind."
[20:50] * Snack_Cake takes another moment to compose herself before following behind. She's still a bit shaky.
[20:50] * Blackberry_Jam 's ears twitch at the noise. She puts an ear to the door to get a better of idea of what's on the inside.
[20:51] * Nyota 's sniffing slightly, biting down onto a hoof she's sobbing quietly.
[20:53] * Blackberry_Jam peeks inside. "Hello?"
[20:53] <Thunder_Strike>  follows along side Snack_Cake. She drapes a wing over her and swivels her ear toward the door.
[20:54] * Snack_Cake sniffs and leans against Thunder_Strike. "Th...thanks..."
[20:55] * Nyota is curled up in a corner, shivering. She looks up as Blackberry enters, rubbing her face with a hoof. "Hey.. " Her ears are drooped as she waves a hoof towards the office. "Found a resting place.." She mutters, sniffing again she lays down.
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[20:56] * Blackberry_Jam deflates a little at the sniffling zebra. Carefully, she drops her weapon by the door, trots over to Nyota, and sits down close to her. "Has anypony ever told you that everything's going to be okay, when you know that it isn't?"
[20:57] * Thunder_Strike "your welcome." She smiles then walks with her to the door Blackberry_Jam went into.
[20:58] * Nyota shivers and, stifeling another sobbing fit, taking a sharp breath. "Yes. You think youll get used too it, but you dont..."
[21:01] * Blackberry_Jam nods slowly. Carefully, she dares to wrap a hoof around the Zebra. She's trying to give as much support as she can. "You're absolutely right. We both know what it's like... and we don't want Snack to feel this way too."
[21:02] <~Blackberry_Jam> "I'd rather have no hope than false hope." She adds quietly.
[21:04] * Scrap to North_Star, "let's head in." And slowly begins following the others.
[21:04] * Nyota shivers more at that, she bites into her own rearleg, muffling another crying fit. Ears perking up slightly at the added sentence.. "How can we.. Give hope."
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[21:06] * Blackberry_Jam lowers her gaze a little. "By making her a new home. Somewhere she belongs. Somewhere were she isn't afraid of... of anything."
[21:06] * Someonewithapen is now known as North_Star
[21:09] * Nyota nods slightly. Leaning herself slightly at Blackberry_Jam's offered hoof. A few moments later she sits up slowly, rubbing her face with a hoof.. "Thanks.." She mumbles.
[21:09] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  Blackberry_Jam and Nyota can hear the hooffalls of the rest of the party as they catch up.
[21:11] * Blackberry_Jam looks up to the door and nods back. "You're welcome." She says, lighting a new cigarette. She -really- needed this one.
[21:12] * Thunder_Strike walks into the room with Snack_Cake.
[21:13] * Snack_Cake is much calmer right now, but still feeling pretty terrible.
[21:14] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  Lighting the cigarette gives some much needed light to the office. It is simple and not too small. There are filing cabinets along one wall and a desk. Papers are strewn about.
[21:15] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  Snack_Cake's PipBuck takes over illumiation as she enters and BJ finishes lighting her coffin nail.
[21:16] * Blackberry_Jam has a lot of nails. It's gonna be a pain in the ass to claw her way out of that coffin. "Snack, you should get some rest."
[21:17] * Nyota sniffs, scrunching her nose at the smoke. Twiddling her hooves she looks over at the otehrs entering. "We can rest in here for tonight."
[21:20] * Thunder_Strike looks around the room. Then held a Snack_Cake over to a place so she can rest, then she goes and rummages through the filling cabinets.
[21:21] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  The room is a little tight for all of them, but not constrictively so. It will be... cozy... for all six.
[21:21] * Blackberry_Jam is kind of cozy where she is...
[21:21] * North_Star nods in agreement, joining Thunder_Strike in the rummaging.
[21:22] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  Thunder_Strike finds a lot of files filled with paper.
[21:22] * Snack_Cake mutters another "Thank you" to Thunder_Strike, and lies down. She takes a deep breath to steady herself.
[21:22] * Scrap enters shortly after. He finds a corner and wraps his tail around himself not wanting to look at the others, she deserves the comfort far more than him.
[21:23] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  North_Star finds similar papers covered in Xs and Os and indecipherable squiggles.
[21:24] * North_Star tosses the papers aside with minimal or zero interest. "A couple of us could poke around the place, see if there's anything worth nickin'."
[21:24] * Thunder_Strike sits finding useless papers, the blows some of her mane out of her face annoyed. Then looks at the others. "Nothing." She says then moves to an empty spot and rests.
[21:24] * Blackberry_Jam slowly tugs her armor off and slips into a hooded sweatshirt. Everypony probably gets a good look at the several tattoos she has.
[21:25] * Scrap is looking at the ground.
[21:26] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  Scrap sees there are some piles of paper scattered around the room. One thicker than the others.
[21:28] * Scrap squints in the light to look at why one is thicker.
[21:28] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  Scrap can see it is pretty uniform... oh, it's bound.
[21:29] * Nyota digs through her saddlebags, glancing over the others in the room. Her gaze moving over Blackberry_Jam's tattoos, finding herself staring she qickly looks away, fidgeting slightly.. She goes back to her saddlebags and finds herself a apple which she munches down.
[21:29] * Scrap picks it up, remembering the joy the books he read as a kid brouht him.
[21:30] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  Scrap picks up the paperback book. "The Lord of the Reins: Herd of the Reins"
[21:31] * Blackberry_Jam sits back down and sips at a new bottle of purified water. Rooting around in her bags some more, she produces the book Splotches gave her and starts reading in the dim light of Snack_Cake's light.
[21:31] * North_Star takes a bottle of water from his satchel, quaffing it down. He'd forgoten how thristy a buck could get with so much walking.
[21:32] * Thunder_Strike is behind a desk so she can't really see Blackberry_Jam but she'd probably be staring if she could see. She has removed her duster but leaves the piece of barding on.
[21:32] * Scrap is shocked to find a book he has actually read.
[21:34] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  Thunder_Strike, being behind the desk, notices there is a powered-down terminal and a picture frame as the only items on it.
[21:36] * Blackberry_Jam burries herself in the book. Scary stories~
[21:38] * Nyota finishes her apple, she curls up on the floor for some rest.
[21:38] * Blackberry_Jam eventually will fall asleep with her book teepeed on her chest.
[21:39] * Scrap immediately opens and starts reading it, he would be unable to sleep anyway.
[21:39] * Thunder_Strike stares at the blank screen. Then she looks to see if she can somehow restore somepower to the terminal.
[21:40] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  Thunder_Strike pokes at it. Mechanics aren't her forte.
[21:41] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  Neither is science.
[21:44] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  She does see the frame contains an old picture preserved within. A large stallion with a whistle hanging around his neck with a small colt perched on his head.
[21:44] * North_Star turned his eyes away from the door to Blackberry_Jam, "Mind sharin' one of those coffin nails, Jam?"
[21:45] * Blackberry_Jam looks up slightly, practically asleep. She tosses him the pack, and her own lighter. It's got a cool little engraving on it. "Nope."
[21:46] * North_Star lights a cigarette, looking at the lighter's engraving for a moment.
[21:48] * Blackberry_Jam closes the book and sighs a little. It's some stylized letters that say "ST".
[21:48] * Thunder_Strike groans and just stares at the screen giving up. Then looks at the picture frame. "Awe that colts so adorable."
[21:49] * North_Star passes the lighter and pack back to their owner, turning his ever-vigilant eyes back to the doorway.
[21:50] * Blackberry_Jam stows her things and quietly asks, "I'll take the second watch. Wake me up whenever you need me."
[21:50] <~Blackberry_Jam> adds*
[21:51] * Nyota is already fast asleep
[21:51] <North_Star> Will do. Nothin's getting through this door on my watch, not without a few new holes, at least.
[21:52] * Blackberry_Jam gives a tired nod, then sleeps. She's all comfy and snug in her hoodie.
[21:54] * Thunder_Strike smiles then yawns and lays back down to sleep, resting her head on a stack of papers.
[21:56] * North_Star leans against a wall, stiffling a yawn and keeping his shotgun close at hoof.
[21:56] * Scrap continues to read.
[21:59] * Snack_Cake slowly drifts off to sleep, sure to have fitfull dreams.
[22:00] * Nyota twists and turns in her sleep, muttering in zebra. For those that know the langue it sounds like she's talking too somepony, whispering something about death..
[22:00] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  The night passes peacefully, for some... In the realm of the waking only the occassional skittering of radroaches and the breathes of the ponies nearby disturb those on watch.
[22:05] * Blackberry_Jam sits outside the room, reading a different book, passing the time as the sleepy ponies wake up.
[22:05] * Nyota wakes up with a start, cold sweating she sits up. "Roho ni kurudi..." She mutters. Rubbing a foreleg.
[22:08] * Nyota 's eyes and ears droop. Standing up she sneaks over to the desk and looks underneeth it. Eyes bloodshot and teary.
[22:09] * Blackberry_Jam peeks in the room at the sound of talking. She watches Nyota do... whatever it was she was doing.
[22:10] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  Under the desk, well concealed under a rug that seamlessly matches the carpet, she finds a safe.
[22:11] * Nyota has her plot up into the air as she hooves at the safe, twirling the lock too open it. "Naomba roho yako kupata, amani kidogo moja..." She whispers to herself as she works the safe.
[22:12] * Blackberry_Jam finds herself staring. Bad Berry!
[22:14] * Scrap is still fast asleep tightly curled around the book he's holding close to his chest.
[22:14] * North_Star is taking his turn to snooze the night away, both rifles tucked neatly away at his side.
[22:16] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  The safe yeilds to the combination. Inside is a blue teddy bear, a toy airship, a folded piece of paper, and a picture of the colt and stallion from the picture on the desk, as well as a pale blue mare. A black piece of cloth is tied around the corner on the mare's side.
[22:16] * Snack_Cake isn't having a very good sleep. She's whimpering and muttering something incomprehensible.
[22:17] * Thunder_Strike groans and sits up rubbing her neck with a fire hoof. "kutomba, shingo yangu ni ngumu...."
[22:17] * Blackberry_Jam keeps staring at Nyota, doing everything she can to keep her eyes on the safe and not the plot...
[22:19] * Nyota smiles gently as she takes out the enterior of the safe. Gently placing the toys ontop of the desk, aswell as the picture next to those. The piece of paper however, she sits down and opens up to see if there is anything noteworthy to read. Nyota does have CHA8, Berry is fighitng a losing battle. Her ears perkign up as Thunder speaks in zebra.
[22:20] * Blackberry_Jam staaaaaaares.
[22:21] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  Opening the paper up Nyota can see it is a map... drawn in crayon...
[22:22] * Nyota 's eyes tears up further, she stiffles a sniffeling sound. Looking around at everypony else in the room, still sleeping. She decides to take the note outside..
[22:22] * Blackberry_Jam shakes her head rapidly, trying to hide quickly as Nyota turns around. "Shit..." She says under her breath.
[22:25] * Nyota blinks as she things she saw something in the doorway.. Her attention on the map however she simply shrugged it away.. She trotts outside the room.
[22:26] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  The map is crude, but decipherable. The circle is obviously the office they left. The line would take her to the left down the hall. At the end of the line is an X. She guesses they will pass by that room if they take the same way back up.
[22:26] * Blackberry_Jam is sitting on the floor by the side of the doorway. She's blushing a little, trying to look occupied with cleaning her shotgun. "Oh... Uh... G-Good morning..."
[22:29] * Nyota nods at Blackberry_Jam, her  tail flicking as she reads the map. "Good morning, Blackberry_Jam." She looks down the corridor at the point where the map was leading.
[22:29] * Blackberry_Jam lets out a sigh of relief. Crisis averted. "What do you have there?"
[22:29] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  The interior is still devoid of much light. She can't make much out that way from where she is.
[22:31] * Snack_Cake stirs from the ponies (and zebra) moving around. She opens her eyes, looking around worriedly for the things that had assaulted her in her dreams. She gives a sigh of relief when she realizes that it was only a dream.
[22:31] <Nyota> "A map.. "
[22:31] * Nyota she hooves it over to Blackberry_Jam.
[22:31] * Thunder_Strike she sits up rubbing her neck a bit. " kwamba ilikuwa wazo mbaya. karatasi si nzuri kulala.." She says then looks around then winces from the link in her neck. A simple massage would fix easily.
[22:32] * Blackberry_Jam looks it over curiously, more interested at the nonsense that Thunder_Strike was spewing... "That's... kind of odd."
[22:34] * Thunder_Strike "hmm?" She looks around feeling that someone is speaking to her.
[22:34] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  The map is pretty straight forward. Although to Blackberry_Jam the X looks more like a Y. The right lower bit is too short and the left lower leg comes too straight down. It's point, though, seems fairly obvious.
[22:35] * Nyota stands up and looks into the room where the otehrs where now waking up. "It can be.. If you first crumple it up.." She trotts back into the room, up to the desk where she had left the toys. With a look at the picture one las time she stores all the toys, and the picture she had found into her pouches.
[22:36] * Blackberry_Jam hmmms a little more. "Well, looks like I'm going on a treasure hunt. Wish me luck." She says, following the crayon map, but not before slipping on her armor once again.
[22:36] * Thunder_Strike "heh, yeah. I guess." She giggles. Then stands up to stretch out.
[22:37] * Nyota packs it down quickly as Blackberry_Jam leaves, then she trots out after her. "Ill join you."
[22:38] * Blackberry_Jam gives Nyota a slight smile and continues on her merry way.
[22:38] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  The two will quickly find themselves in absolute darkness. The lights are few and far between, and the one near their little office fades quickly away.
[22:39] * Blackberry_Jam has a lighter! Huzzah!
[22:40] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  BJ's lighter creates a pool of light they can navagate with. The destination isn't that far away.
[22:40] * Nyota trotts alongeside Blackberry_Jam on their quest to the - "Uhm.. " She looks into the darkness, and then at the lighter. "I guess that works."
[22:41] * Snack_Cake adjusts herself a bit, looking around while she rests
[22:41] * Scrap is still asleep.
[22:42] <Nyota> "Blackberry... Where do we go from here?"
[22:42] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  They take a turn off the trail they followed on the way in and go a short distance more. They come upon a heavy door, the X/Y should be behind.
[22:42] * Blackberry_Jam nods at the door. "Through there..."
[22:43] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  On the door is an illegible sign and another sign below.
[22:43] * Blackberry_Jam reads!
[22:43] <Nyota> "Ah, yes of course.. But what should we do with Snack Cake.
[22:43] <Mister_Clacky|GM> The second sign is a cicle divided into sixths, alternating yellow and black. It kinda looks like a 'Y'
[22:44] * Scrap is dreaming of reading with the people he has lost.
[22:45] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  Upon a very close inspection of the first sign, all that can be made out is '-h--t-r'
[22:45] * Blackberry_Jam blinks. Hard. "Well, that symbol... means that something inside is radioactive... which is bad." She says, a little dumbstruck and glossing over Nyota's question.
[22:45] * North_Star rolls in his sleep once, scratching his neck"
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[22:48] * SpencerDespenser|GM is now known as Blackberry_Jam
[22:48] * Nyota puts a hoof on the door. Closing her eyes for a moment. "I need to go inside, I made a promise."
[22:49] * Blackberry_Jam tears Nyota's hoof away from the door. "You don't know what 'radioactive' means, do you?"
[22:50] * Nyota smiles softly, lowering her hoof down. "There are many things I do not know the meaning of, Radioactive isnt one of them." She sighs. "I promised, Blackberry. You do now have to come with."
[22:52] * Blackberry_Jam gives Nyota a confused glance. "Promised who?"
[22:53] * Thunder_Strike watches them leave. Then sighs and twists her neck a bit. "Mimi inaweza kutumia massage."
[22:53] * Nyota looks away, staying silent for a moment. "The colt in that picture..." She finaly says with a sigh and a tailflick.
[22:56] * North_Star sat up with a yawn and a stretch, finally awake. Taking a quick look around, he noticed two of their number missing.
[22:56] * Blackberry_Jam doubletakes. "Hold up. I'm not going to let you walk in there without... something for the radiation."
[22:57] <Nyota> "I assume you have something for this then, yes?"
[22:57] * Snack_Cake 's ears flick and she glances up at Thunder_Strike, who was talking... weird. She frowns. "Did you... say something?"
[22:58] * Blackberry_Jam shakes her head. "Well... no. So, I'm not letting you in there."
[22:59] * Thunder_Strike looks over at Snack_Cake, "yeah, but it wasn't important." She smiles then walks over. "How are you feeling?" She asks sitting beside her.
[23:00] * Nyota smiles gently. "That really is too bad."
[23:01] * Blackberry_Jam steps between Nyota and the door. "Yeah, it is."
[23:03] * Scrap is still asleep.
[23:03] * Snack_Cake shifts a little. "Not that good... I... had a rough night..."
[23:03] * Nyota flicks her tail, narrowing her eyes slightly she smiles at Blackberry_Jam, turning  and trotting back towards the room. Tail bouncing behind her.
[23:06] * Blackberry_Jam raises a brow. That worked? She follows Nyota cautiously.
[23:08] * Nyota enters the room they had slept in. "Good morning, ponies.. Ah, is there anyone here that has something that works against radioactivity?"
[23:08] * Thunder_Strike offers Snack_Cake another hug. Hugs seem to help with that particular problem.
[23:09] * Blackberry_Jam was afraid she'd ask that. Right behind Nyota, she adds, "Stripes has a deathwish."
[23:10] * Nyota flicks her tail again, glancing back. "I told you not to call me that."
[23:10] * Scrap is finally woken by all the talking.
[23:10] * Snack_Cake definitely agrees that hugs solve lots of problems. She gives Nyota an odd look. "Why would you want something like that...?"
[23:10] <~Blackberry_Jam> "And I told you not to go in there."
[23:12] <Nyota> "You are really not setting a good example of following other peoples wishes.." Then turning to Snack_Cake. "Because he asked me too." She says with a nod towards the pictureframe on the desk.
[23:12] * North_Star looks up from cleaning his Repeater. "Surely you weren't planning on doin' something so crazy on yer own, now."
[23:13] * Blackberry_Jam sighs. "Not if I have anything to say about it, she isn't." She says to North_Star.
[23:15] * Snack_Cake is quite confused. Who...? She decides to come back to that one. First: "But... there is no radiation..." She inspects her PipBuck. "There's been no readings, at all."
[23:15] <Scrap> "What are all of you bickering about?"
[23:16] * North_Star chuckled lightly. "Now you're really startin' to sound like Doc, Jam." He said, then he looked back at Nyota. "I was plannin' on pokin' around the building for a spell. Maybe they've got some radiation things lyin' about."
[23:16] * Nyota ignores the questions, she narrows her eyes at the pipbuck and nods at Snack_Cake;" Your device can read radiation?"
[23:16] * Thunder_Strike looks at Nyota. "Sorry. I don't have anything."
[23:17] * Blackberry_Jam gives North_Star a confused glance. Later. Suicidal zebra now. "There's a big radiation warning sticker stuck on a door down the hall."
[23:19] <Scrap> "Why are you arguing about radiation?"
[23:19] * Scrap is still groggy.
[23:19] * Nyota takes a step closer to Snack_Cake.
[23:20] * Snack_Cake nods. "Yeah... it... makes this strange clicking sound. Really fast. It lets me know not to go where it's dangerous!" She looks up at Nyota. "It's been quiet the whole time. So there isn't any!"
[23:20] * Nyota looks behind her at Blackberry_Jam. "See, no radiation."
[23:21] * North_Star rubbed his head. "Somethin' doesn't fit, though. This don't seem like a place where they'd pile up a bunch of radioactivity... Unless..." He rubbed his chin, getting an idea.
[23:21] * Blackberry_Jam furrows her brow. "Better safe than sorry. Snack, think you can bring your PipBuck to the door with us, just to be sure?"
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[23:24] * Snack_Cake hesitates a moment, but nods. "I can do that, yeah..." She stands up to prepare to follow.
[23:24] * Nyota twirls around on the spot and trots back towards the door, tail flicking back and forth.
[23:24] * Scrap_ is now known as Scrap
[23:25] * North_Star joined up with the trio. "Hold up, I did a little thinkin'. What if the door leads to something fer the Stable? They run on some radioactive magics, or something. At least from what I've seen."
[23:26] <Scrap> "Hey, wait, what the hell are you talking about." As he runs after.
[23:26] * Blackberry_Jam nods at North_Star. "Which is why nopony is going in there until we can know for certain that we won't get cancer if we stand in there too long."
[23:27] * Nyota points at the door in question. "That one.. Snack_Cake."
[23:27] * North_Star smirks, "Actually. I was thinkin' it'd be a way to smuggle the lil' Greenhorn into the Stable." he said, a little proud of himself.
[23:27] * Thunder_Strike twists her neck around. It is starting to feel better. She can move it without it killing her atleast. She shrugs seeing everyone else going so she follows along too.
[23:28] <Nyota> "And then they would kill her."
[23:28] * Blackberry_Jam points to Nyota. "Next draft." She mutters.
[23:28] <Scrap> "There is no way they will let her back in."
[23:29] <North_Star> "Ah yeah... That's right. Gimme a minute, Ah'll think of somethin'"
[23:32] * Snack_Cake steps a little closer closer to the door Blackberry_Jam points out, slowly
[23:34] * Thunder_Strike looks around the corridor then looks back. "I'm gonna explore for a bit Kay?" She says then walks down the hall.
[23:35] * North_Star looked over his shoulder. "See if you can't find me a little switchblade. Ah've always wanted one of those."
[23:35] * Blackberry_Jam calls over her shoulder to Thunder_Strike. "Don't go alone."
[23:36] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  Thunder_Strike looks down the hall a ways but stays pretty close. Snack_Cake's PipBuck remains silent as she gets close to the door.
[23:37] * Zenith is now known as MisterSpectre
[23:37] * Thunder_Strike "I'm not going out of site Blackberry_Jam." She says then stops about 20 ft away from them looking around the corridor for another door.
[23:37] <Thunder_Strike> *sight*
[23:38] * Nyota trots up to the door next to Snack_Cake. "I hear no clicking, Ill enter."
[23:39] * Blackberry_Jam frowns. "And I'm coming with you. I seriously doubt that somepony would put up a radiation warning for no reason."
[23:39] * North_Star nods "Same here. I wanna see what's behind that door myself.
[23:39] * Nyota opens the door. "Fair enough."
[23:40] * Thunder_Strike turns around seeing that the door is open, then walks back to them.
[23:42] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  Nyota pushes open the door to the '(s)h(el)t(e)r'. Inside lay the bones of a large number of ponies. Empty cans of food, water, and Rad-Away are strewn all over. Empty syringes of Med-X can be found around some of the remains.
[23:43] * Nyota takes a few quick steps back. She sighs, hanging her head.
[23:43] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  Off in the far corner are the bones of a small colt cradled in the bones of a large stallion, an embrace that lasted more than a hundred years.
[23:43] * Blackberry_Jam looks over the scene with a neutral expression. "What did you promise this pony, Nyota?"
[23:44] * Snack_Cake takes more than a few steps back. "Oh my..."
[23:45] * North_Star looks inside the room, scanning the bones and empty containers. "Well, so much for my idea..."
[23:45] <Scrap> "What was this room?"
[23:46] * Thunder_Strike closes her eyes and looks away at the sight in the corner.
[23:46] <~Blackberry_Jam> "If I had to guess... a bunker."
[23:47] <Nyota> "I promised to make sure his father was okay." She trots inside the shelter. Up to the two ponies embracing eachother.. "Nyota kuongoza wewe..." She bows her head slighlty.. Then checks the room quickly for anything they might need.
[23:47] <Scrap> "Why is it self contained?
[23:48] * North_Star joins Nyota in the shelter, picking through the items that aren't open and/or empty.
[23:49] <Scrap> "How many of these do you think there are?"
[23:49] * Blackberry_Jam looks for medicine on the floor. "It looks like this was a temporary fallout shelter... And it looks like it didn't work. Probably... hundreds."
[23:52] * Thunder_Strike looks at the colts bones. "maskini kidogo nafsi." She says under her breath. Them looks around. "weza vyote nafsi zenu kupumzika kwa amani."
[23:53] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  Blackberry_Jam scrounges around. She finds a couple doses of Rad-Away and a single syringe of Med-x. It looks like they had a good store of Med-X, but not a lot of Rad-Away. With imagines a Med-X overdose was probably a much kinder way to go than radiation poisoning or starvation once they realized they wouldn't have enough.
[23:54] * North_Star decides against throughly looting the skeletons, especially since their owners are being chatted at right now, or something. But that doesn't stop North from taking a quick glance for anything neat or interesting.
[23:54] * Blackberry_Jam pockets the chems, trying not to think about how all these ponies died. "So..." She says to nopony in particular, "What do we do now?"
[23:55] * Nyota leaves the room, troting out to the corridor; "I'm not sure.."
[23:56] * Scrap stands to the side aa the others come out, glad no one was harmed.
[23:56] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  Nyota could swear she saw a shadow embracing the stallion's bones out of the corner of her eye before blinking out of existance
[23:56] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  ***** Session Ends *****
[23:58] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  1000XP. +2 Karma for all for attempting to get Snack_Cake back to her home.