Sandgroup session 2

1[01:04] <Damhoof|GM> 4 --- session 2 Storytime / Sand group ---
01[01:05] <Damhoof|GM> 4  gentle breeze grows as they enter on deck, throwing further salt onto the crew and passengers. Some more crew are walking about, switching with those that were there standing guard near the heavy machineguns. Ishmael the yellow colt meets our fellow travelers out on the deck breathing heavily as if rushed. His jacket is unbuttoned and flowing in the wind as the ship makes headway. He hesitates for a moment with bulging cheeks and a dreamy look as he buttons the jacket up and then he nods to Mayhem as points her towards the front of the ship. “You’re a mechanic?” He asks with an arched eyebrow. “I don’t see why he’s so adamant about having adventurers trying to get her fixed. We already had our own mechanics check Vicky out and not one of them managed to do anything to fix her up.”
01[01:06] <Damhoof|GM> 4 More_Gun is still in the cantina drinking apple cider, and crunching biscuits.
03[01:06] * More_Gun ([email protected]) has joined #FoESand
06[01:08] * ~Belle_Curve trots out behind the minotaur, still contemplating mentally if the female of the species was politely referred to as a cow?  She's also kind of hoping the ship has some tools...
[01:10] <Mayhem> "Who? Me? Nah, kid. I can tend to computers and digital machines, but ah got not a clue of mechanical machines."
[01:10] <~Belle_Curve> "Well, autodocs are a little mechanical and a lot computerized," she offers helpfully
01[01:11] <Damhoof|GM> 4 Ishmael looks up at Mayhem and shrugs. "I suppose. The captain wanted to let you see miss Vicky. He was in a pretty ripe mood about it too." He points his hoof towards the front of the ship. "This way to medical."
06[01:12] * Maitumani was trotting beside her new friends towards this "Vicky".
06[01:13] * Mayhem shrugs and walks along.
[01:13] <Maitumani> "I'm curious to know how you can create metal that heals for you." She asks everyone.
06[01:14] * ~Belle_Curve smiles at the zebra, "It can't do a better job then a pony, just what they do faster and steadier."
01[01:16] <Damhoof|GM> 4 Ishmael nods. "It's pretty harsh work at sea, and a lot of small time injuries. It's marked by that ministry of peace butterfly mark. hangs right next to the place on the wall. Can't miss it, so if you ever get injured that's where you go. Next there's the cantina. We've practiced making the tables into a makeshift hospital if we have many injured."
06[01:17] * ~Belle_Curve nods
[01:17] <~Belle_Curve> "Hopefully that isn't often," she half says, half asks of the sailorcolt
06[01:17] * Maitumani nods as well in conjunction with Belle_Curve.
01[01:20] <Damhoof|GM> 4 "It's a bit of both." Ishmael grins at Belle_Curve. "Sometimes there's nothing, and other times there's a lot of stuff all at once. We got those heavy machineguns in place, and they've been pretty good at deflecting the odd scum of the ocean, but to be honest. Most of what we face isn't used to finding a ship at all, and so far we've skirted danger simply because whatever or whoever was near didn't know what to make of us."
6[01:20] * More_Gun finds he can't taste the apple in his apple cider anymore; he needs something stronger. He reluctantly reaches under his cloak, and produces a bottle of grog-- his last bottle. 
[01:22] <Maitumani> "What have you encountered before Mister Ishmael?" The young zebra mare asked.
[01:22] <More_Gun> *Sniff* "The time has come, old chum." The Cap'n bites off the cork, and pours the mixture of rum and water down his throat.
03[01:22] * Pony_59035 is now known as Grim
01[01:23] <Damhoof|GM> 4 the old cantina mare approaches More_Gun with a slightly mournfull expression. "We have a bar near the stern of the ship. Can't be too careful with guests getting drunk. Never know what to make of them. You seemed like such a foul sort, that I didn't quite know what to make of you."
01[01:25] <Damhoof|GM> 4 "Me?" Ishmael blushes and turns towards Maitumani. "I haven't faced much at all, but I mean to get some glories in the arena once we reach Constantinomare like my dad."
01[01:26] <Damhoof|GM> 4 He stops in front of the deck near one of the machinegun emplacements and points to the door with the ministry of peace butterfly signed on the door with pale pink and yellows. "Here we are then."
[01:26] <Maitumani> "The arena?"
06[01:26] * Grim snores in his room.
06[01:27] * More_Gun raises a brow at the mare. "Aye, and you seem like the tactful sort. But if you aim to aim me towards the booze, please do so."
[01:28] <Mayhem> "Tha' sounds interestin'"
01[01:29] <Damhoof|GM> 4 The older mare nods at More_Gun. "Head for the stern, and up one of the ladders. You can't miss it. Very fancy."
06[01:29] * Maitumani waits for the rest of her new friends to open the door, being blind and what not.
06[01:30] * More_Gun bares his few teeth in a wide grin, then trots for the stern of the ship.
01[01:30] <Damhoof|GM> 4 Ishmael opens the door as he speaks. "Aye. The arena. It's a spectacle for damn sure, and you can win riches beyond wonder if you're good in a scrap."
06[01:31] * Maitumani follows Ishmael's voice to guide her into the room. "What do you mean by spectacle? It's not an Equestrian word I'm familiar with."
[01:33] <~Belle_Curve> "An amazing event, a form of spectacular," she replies to Maitumani while nodding to Ishmael as he holds the door, "Many equines of all races enjoy blood sport."
01[01:33] <Damhoof|GM> 4 The medical bay is barely equipped, with a filing cabinet hiding away most of the obvious equipment, and near the entrance lies a desk and a computer. The scent of desinfectant chills the air and hurts the nostrils, and illuminated by the sickly green light of the computer sits a pony. She’s wearing doctor robes, and a set of blue reading glasses, Her greying white mane lends her a certain ageing grace, and the dark manner of her coat hides a set of smiling wrinkles. Her ocean blue eyes reflect the glowing screen and sparkle with foreign intensity. “What do we have here then Ishmael? Explorers or patients?”
6[01:34] * Grim lumbers out of his room and yawns, rubbing his good eye and flicking his ears around befor he starts his search for Belle_Curve, as he useally does.
[01:35] <More_Gun> "Where in tartarus is this fancy ladder?"
01[01:35] <Damhoof|GM> 4 More_Gun finds a ladder leading up towards the second deck, and a readily available sign greets him. It says "Bar", with an arrow pointing him towards an opened door.
[01:35] <Maitumani> "B-bloody sport?!" She said in a bit of shock. "They, they don't kill each other do they?"
[01:36] <~Belle_Curve> "Not the latter yet," she says with a professionally courteous smile at the elder mare.  She winces a little bit at 'mani's response, "I've never seen this arena, I couldn't say dear."
01[01:36] <Damhoof|GM> 4 The mare near the computer screen laughs. "They do kill each other all the bloody time. You'd be a fool to enter you stupid boy. Just because your father won out and got the love of his life freed from slavery doesn't mean you gotta repeat the feat."
06[01:37] * Mayhem heads through the door into the infirmary...*thunk* "FFFFFFFFffffff..." She snorts. "Bloody horns..."
06[01:37] * More_Gun practically bounces through the door, leaving bits and flakes in his wake. "Yarr! If this be the bar, somebody fix this mug a mug!"
06[01:38] * Maitumani had a horrified face upon hearing the computer mare's response. "I, I think it would be good not to go there."
06[01:38] * ~Belle_Curve snorts.
06[01:38] * Mayhem subtly frees her horns from the door frame...or the other way around?
06[01:38] * Grim tracks Belle_Curve down with relitive ease, Yawning loudly, "what ah miss?"
01[01:39] <Damhoof|GM> 4 More_gun enters and the heavy scent of familiar incense fills his nostrils. A mare lazily sits on a couch nearby smoking a pipe. She looks up as he speaks and points him towards a wood cabinet. "Over there."
01[01:39] <Damhoof|GM> 4 Grim finds the entrance blocked by Mayhem as she's struggling with the entrance.
06[01:40] * Grim attempts to help Mayhem free her horns
01[01:41] <Damhoof|GM> 4 Ishmael laughs while looking up at mayhem. "You checked your bed yet? Might be a  tad too small for one your size."
06[01:41] * ~Belle_Curve 's eyes flick between the door frame and the doctor.... "You two going to be alright?" she laconically asks Mayhem and Grim
06[01:41] * Mayhem waves a hand. "Aye..."
[01:42] <Mayhem> "Ahm used ta this by now..."
06[01:43] * Grim shuffles in and stretches out, "this the broken auto doc an doctors ah assume."
01[01:43] <Damhoof|GM> 4 Ishmael points Mayhem towards three foldable patient beds that line the wall in the far back, and in the corner near them stands a large metal cylinder stretching all the way to the roof. It seems to be welded to the floor and the half of the cylinder that points outwards has a handle. The scent of disinfectant lies heavy in the air. "Vicky's over there."
[01:44] <Mayhem> "Mmmhhh..." She corrects her glasses and takes a closer look at the display of the autodoc.
01[01:44] <Damhoof|GM> 4 The mare near the terminal looks towards Mayhem. "Careful with that one. I like playing boardgames with her."
06[01:45] * Maitumani looks around for "Vicky" wanting to purge the thought of others killing one another in the name of entertainment and distract herself with learning about the autodoc. "Does it look like it needs healing?" She asks Mayhem, using the minotaur's voice to guide her.
01[01:45] <Damhoof|GM> 4 The metal cylinder is perfectly cylindrical, and Mayhem can't see much other than metal, and the handle to open the cylinder.
06[01:45] * More_Gun wastes little time raiding the cabinet.
06[01:45] * ~Belle_Curve stands out of the way, observing.
06[01:46] * Grim justs sits off to the side and files his metal claws, "how do ya play chess with an autodoc?"
[01:47] <Mayhem> "That's a good question. How do you control it usually?"
1[01:47] <Damhoof|GM> 4 More_Gun finds 2 bottles of Scotch, 6 bottles of whiskey, and 10 bottles of something bottled up with no label. The mare on the sofa glances up at him. "Hey? Don't stuff it in your bag or anything. it's free booze, but not just for you."
06[01:48] * Maitumani places her hoof on Vicky, wanting to examine it and get a good feeling of what it was shaped like.
01[01:48] <Damhoof|GM> 4 The Mare next to the terminal sighs and walks over. "The names Daisy," she mentions briefly while opening the door.
01[01:49] <Damhoof|GM> 4 The door the the cylinder opens, revealing a strange metal construct hanging from wires. The face and upper torso of a mare, her grey face is picture perfect like a pony sculpture, with smooth curves as if a craftspony set out to make the ultimate doll. The doll eyes are dead, and she would be incredibly attractive if her face had not been stiffened in an expression of outrage and disgust. She is wearing a wonderful red and gold dress that has seen much wear and tear. The dress curves outwards in a bell shape, and a small opening in the cut of the dress reveals several blunt limbs of varying density and length.
01[01:50] <Damhoof|GM> 4 "She's not exactly active at the moment. Captain always shuts her down when the ship enters port, and we're not to play around with her unless at sea."
06[01:50] * More_Gun raises a brow. "I-I don't get it." He puts a single unlabeled bottle back in the cabinet.
06[01:50] * Grim blinks, "that is... really fuckin disturbing..."
06[01:50] * ~Belle_Curve raises an eyebrow.  That was a tad different then most of the models she was familiar with.
01[01:50] <Damhoof|GM> 4 When Matuimani glances over towards the corner with the metal construct her vision is filled with darkness. Not the fog of her poor eyesight, but the pure blackness of space lies in that corner. A red star twinkles within, as if beconing her to come forward.
[01:51] <~Belle_Curve> "You're disturbing," she snaps at Grim with a smirk, "I think she looks pretty good considering her age."
01[01:51] <Damhoof|GM> 4 The mare Glances up at More_Gun "Get what? The free booze, or that it's not all yours?"
[01:51] <Maitumani> "Hmm?" she says as she begins trotting towards the red star.
01[01:52] <Damhoof|GM> 4 A voice crackles in Matuimani’s head like static. “Release me from this prison shaman,” The red star demands with an overture of basslines and synth.
[01:52] <Mayhem> "Ah! So the drum is just 'er recharging station?"
06[01:52] * Grim looks incredibly disturbed... he's kinda haveing an extential crisis in his head at the moment.
06[01:52] * More_Gun scratches a layer of skin off his head. "Aye. If it is free, then what portion am I privy to?"
01[01:53] <Damhoof|GM> 4 "Aye." Daisy responds to Mayhem. "We shut her down here, and there's a button over there. She points to one side inside the metal cylinder with two buttons. One red, and one green.
[01:53] <Maitumani> "Prison? Who are you? And how did you get imprisoned." She spoke to the red star.
06[01:53] * Mayhem looks over at Grim. "What are ye makin' that face fer? Yer not lookin' tha' much diff'rent ta me."
01[01:55] <Damhoof|GM> 4 The mare glances over at More_Gun. "Not all of it. Just sample whenever you feel like, but don't put it away so nopony else can drink."
[01:55] <~Belle_Curve> "And what, exactly, is wrong with her?" Belle asks Daisy
[01:56] <Grim> "Other then the face."
01[01:56] <Damhoof|GM> 4 "Beats me." Daisy shrugs and looks towards Belle_Curve. "We had a bunch of mechanics look at her, and they aren't exactly educated enough to find any faults except mechanical or computer stuff. Vicky keeps insisting there's nothing wrong with her."
06[01:57] * More_Gun crosses his forehooves. "Ma'am, you are terrible at setting boundaries. Does that mean I have to leave a certain portion, or must I drink it all here, or both?"
06[01:57] * Mayhem pokes Maitumani. "Who are ye talkin' ta?"
[01:58] <Grim> "maybe it... uh..." Grim scratches his chin, "Belle whats that thing where mah nerves don't... synch with that wires in mah arm?"
01[01:58] <Damhoof|GM> 4 "Drink it all here," the mare says with a laugh. "This is the bar. Here you drink, no real booze anywhere else."
01[01:58] <Damhoof|GM> 4 She points More_Gun towards the sofa next to her. "You want some to smoke with that?"
06[01:59] * Maitumani appears to ignore Mayhem, as thought she wasn't there. To the zebra mare right now, it was only her and the red star that were here.
01[01:59] <Damhoof|GM> 4 Daisy merely observes Matuimani, not saying much. "We haven't had one of those look at her though," she mutters with barely contained disgust in her voice.
[02:00] <Mayhem> "Those?"
06[02:00] * More_Gun gasps. "My word! Don't cha know what smoke does to yer lungs!"
01[02:00] <Damhoof|GM> 4 The red star shines brightly in Maitumani's eyes, surrounded by darkness. "My name is ....."
06[02:01] * More_Gun sits on the sofa, and cackles as he opens a botlle of unlabeled booze.
06[02:03] * ~Belle_Curve looks a tad annoyed...
01[02:03] <Damhoof|GM> 4 Daisy nods towards Maitumani. "She a seer or shaman? Zebra witches or whatnot," the mare shakes her head and nods at Mayhem.
06[02:04] * Mayhem just shrugs. "Hey, yer all tha ones who walk on 4 legs. Yer all weird ta me, but I don't make a fuss about it."
[02:05] <~Belle_Curve> "Some such," Belle says helpfully, "Though I doubt she would be all that much help with a robot."
06[02:05] * ~Belle_Curve frowns, "Whatever it is that made you call repair ponies..."
[02:05] <Grim> "not many of them are..." grumbles Grim in responce to Belle's comment about Maitumani being a shaman.
01[02:06] <Damhoof|GM> 4 Maitumani finds the spirits name in the midst of foreign sounds. The name tastes like metal on her tongue. "The Maiden Victoria Imperius, but you can call her Vicky."
01[02:08] <Damhoof|GM> 4 The metallic voice is drowned out in the midst of her other spirits speaking up in Maitumani's head. "That one is of stars and moons, and forbidden. That these ponies have made such an abomination. We have to be glad such knowledge drowned in fire and death."
6[02:08] * Maitumani gives a nod to Vicky. "Ah, I see now. You inhabit this device known as an autodoc yes? You said you wanted to be freed from your prison, were you refering to the autodoc?"
06[02:09] * Grim gives Maitumani a look of perplexed concern
06[02:10] * Maitumani gives a frown to one of her spirits.
01[02:10] <Damhoof|GM> 4 The mare next to More_Gun smokes her pipe and nods towards him. "I'm Sea Wave. Master magician on this ship."
01[02:10] <Damhoof|GM> 4 Daisy looks towards Belle_Curve. "I dunno. She is speaking to it."
06[02:11] * ~Belle_Curve hmfs, "She's talking to something.
[02:11] <Grim> "Uh... how?"
06[02:12] * ~Belle_Curve shrugs back, "I don't know, I was knew a zebra stallion that could talk to the dead.... Maybe Maitumani can talk to shut-off AI?  I dunno, that's getting into the conundrums of philosophy.  Are AI people, etc.
06[02:13] * More_Gun strikes his chest with a hoof. "I am Cap'n More Gun, notorious Pirate and Governor; retired." He doffed his hat. "A pleasure, Miss Sea Wave."
01[02:13] <Damhoof|GM> 4 The voice in Maitumani's head speaks up. "These organic lifeforms have molded this machine for centuries, perverted my purpose by giving me a name and treating me as one of them. I wake up one day to find my masters are gone, and new masters have taken their place. These new masters have taken my tools, denied me purpose, and yet they have the audacity to suggest that I am malfunctioning. Take me out of this invention. Release me from bondage."
[02:13] <Grim> "So... theres a ghost in the machine?"
06[02:15] * ~Belle_Curve shrugs again, raising an eye at Daisy.
[02:15] <Maitumani> "How can I?" She asks Vicky. "I am sorry that they have not treated you well, but I'm sure that they hadn't meant to."
01[02:16] <Damhoof|GM> 4 Daisy shrugs at Belle_Curve. "I dunno. We have records of Vicky being here. She's was a nursemaid before the war happened I think."
06[02:16] * Mayhem just raises an eyebrow. This almost seemed to come out of one of her books she read.
06[02:17] * Grim grabing at straws to try and wrap whats left of his brain around whats going on, he pintches the bridge of his beack, " Maitumani, what is she saying?"
06[02:18] * Maitumani doesn't respond to Grim, unaware that her friends were here.
01[02:18] <Damhoof|GM> 4 The spirits inside Maitumani's head are drowned out as the red star speaks. "You must take me with you vessel. Like your other spirits. If you willingly accept I can thether myself to you."
06[02:20] * Maitumani appears a bit uncertain. "Well, you aren't an evil spirit are you? So long as you do not bring harm to others I'd be happy to free you."
06[02:21] * Grim pokes Maitumani in the side.
01[02:22] <Damhoof|GM> 4 Mawu speaks up inside Maitumani's head. "Her? in you? She is a foreign spirit, forged by ponies, and utterly perverted. We can sever her link to this world, and let her pass away into the ether where she belongs the disgusting thing."
06[02:23] * Maitumani frowns once more at what Mawu spoke. "But that's not fair. Foreign or not, she's a spirit as much as you all are."
[02:25] <Grim> "So no comment on this?" Grim looks at the other two doctors in the room.
01[02:25] <Damhoof|GM> 4 Daisy frowns and looks at Belle_Curve "What the fuck would I say?"
01[02:26] <Damhoof|GM> 4 "I've just been playing chess with her. I didn't know she was some kind of possessed dollface. If I knew I might not have..." She blushes and looks towards Grim as she mutters. "Never you mind."
[02:26] <Mayhem> "Aye, might as well say the lass is schizophrenic."
[02:29] <Grim> "Ah find that mildly offensive as a cyborg."
01[02:29] <Damhoof|GM> 4 The red star laughs, a horrible laugh, cold and metallic. The spirits inside Maitumani's head shrink in fear. "Just say yes, and I will be forever yours."
[02:31] <Grim> "even if I'm a bit confused on how some one cramed a soul or spirte or whatever into a machine..."
01[02:31] <Damhoof|GM> 4 The booze More_Gun drinks tastes like shit, good shit that burns his insides and cleans away all the filth.
06[02:32] * Maitumani contemplates before making her decision. "I'm sorry Mawu, I can't just kill it. You taught me to be loving and caring after all. Let us give her a chance first." She then speaks to Vicky. "Ok, I'll free you. How can I help?"
06[02:34] * ~Belle_Curve stirs, joining Mayhem and Grim beside the zebra!  "Maitumani?  Can you hear us?" she asks, tapping her shoulder
01[02:34] <Damhoof|GM> 4 The red star grows brightly and fills Maitumani with light. "You already have."
06[02:35] * Maitumani continues to behave as if her friends weren't there. She gives a puzzled look at Vicky. "I have?"
01[02:36] <Damhoof|GM> 4 All four spirits answer Maitumani together that all is well.
[02:37] <Grim> "ah fer Celestia's sake, what now?"
06[02:40] * ~Belle_Curve steps back, certainly not keeping a wing cautiously close to her chest rig....
06[02:41] * Grim is shakeing Maitumani a bit.
[02:41] <Mayhem> "That's not the first time that happened to her, isn't it?"
06[02:41] * Maitumani blinks as she finds herself back in the room, her darkness returning back into fog. "Hmm? Hel-" She doesn't finish (and neither does her playing who is typing this) as Grim begins to shake the mare as she gives a surprised shreak.
06[02:42] * ~Belle_Curve smacks Grim with her wing, "Stop that jackass!"
6[02:42] * Grim jumps!
06[02:42] * More_Gun downs the bottle. "Aaaah. So how did you come to be a master wizard, Miss Wave?"
[02:43] <Grim> "ah was just try'in tah help..." grumbles Grim.
02[02:44] * Maitumani ([email protected]) Quit (Connection closed)
03[02:44] * Maitumani ([email protected]) has joined #FoESand
[02:46] <Grim> "y'all all right now Maitumani?"
06[02:46] * Maitumani feels a tad dizzy as she tries to orient herself. "Ughhhh, I'm fine Mister Grim." She nearly falls down until she got her balance back. "What was that for?"
06[02:47] * ~Belle_Curve holds her up from one side, "You were unresponsive, 'mani, we didn't know what was going on."
[02:47] <Grim> "an talk'in tah yerself."
[02:48] <Maitumani> "Was I?" She spoke to her friends. She looked a bit uncertain if she should tell them the truth, but supposing that this would happen again, she didn't want to worry them anymore. "I was speaking to the spirit that was inhabiting the autodoc."
06[02:49] * ~Belle_Curve smiles thinly, "And?"
[02:49] <Grim> "and how?"
[02:51] <Maitumani> "And I freed her." She said to Belle_Curve, then turned to Grim. "Well . . . it beckoned to speak to me, and I just followed where it was."
01[02:51] <Damhoof|GM> 4 "Heh, Miss Wave," The pale ocean blue mare grins at More_Gun. "I like that, and who are you?"
06[02:51] * Grim looks more confused.
01[02:52] <Damhoof|GM> 4 Daisy frowns and looks to Grim, and then back at Maitumani. "So what now? Did you fix it?"
[02:52] <~Belle_Curve> "Freed her?" she asks uncertainly
06[02:54] * Maitumani nods at Belle_Curve. "It was trapped in there. She did not appear to enjoy what her new masters did to her. Something about denying her of her purpose."
01[02:54] <Damhoof|GM> 4 The pale ocean blue mare looks to More_Gun and says. "I don't mean your name. I meant - Who are you."
06[02:54] * Maitumani turns towards Daisy. "Fix? As in the spirit Vicky or the machine? I suppose the machine could work now?"
06[02:55] * ~Belle_Curve bites her lower lip, "Yeah, uh, let's at least try it?  Maybe the ghost was gumming up the works?"
01[02:55] <Damhoof|GM> 4 Daisy looks up towards Mayhem. "Turn her on then. Push the button."
06[02:55] * Mayhem pushes the button, careful to not apply too much pressure.
06[02:55] * ~Belle_Curve has a wing across her chest against her pistol again
06[02:56] * More_Gun strikes his chest with a hoof, again. "The name and rank says most of it. I am a retiree, but I still sail. The ocean is my home, and I am simply lounging."
06[02:57] * Grim eyes the autodocmare suspitiosly
1[02:57] <Damhoof|GM> 4 The autodoc mare "Vicky" jerks upright. Her doll eyes glow bright blue, and her expression softens. "You all disgust me," she says in the most level manner possible, with a voice tuned to silk and smoothness.
06[02:58] * Grim blinks, "how... Charming..."
01[02:58] <Damhoof|GM> 4 "Look at you all, dirty and unwashed, with poor dental hygiene, horrible dietary habits, lacking in vitamins, It is a wonder you aren't all at brink of disease," the autodoc continues.
06[02:59] * Maitumani appeared a bit uncertain at the machine's rudeness.
06[02:59] * ~Belle_Curve presumes she's obscured from the autodoc's view :I
06[03:00] * Grim is is only one of those things
01[03:00] <Damhoof|GM> 4 Then Vicky smiles and winks at Grim "But we can fix it. Sign up for the autodoc 3000 personal health service today, and get a free checkup."
01[03:00] <Damhoof|GM> 4 Daisy frowns. "She never said that before."
06[03:00] * Mayhem 's corners of her mouth lower further and further.
[03:01] <Grim> "ah assumed so..."
[03:01] <~Belle_Curve> "So this isn't normal," she says, deadpan
[03:01] <~Belle_Curve> "At least it seems to have been reset to factory defaults."
[03:01] <Grim> "So... technically we fixed it?"
01[03:02] <Damhoof|GM> 4 "It's the most normal she's ever been," Daisy says with a laugh. "I do hope her programming is still intact," she mutters with a quaint sparkle in her voice as she hurries over to the computer.
[03:02] <Maitumani> "It said some rather rude things though."
01[03:02] <Damhoof|GM> 4 Wave looks at More_Gun with a look that says "You and what boat?"
[03:03] <Grim> "An why did it wink at me?"
[03:04] <~Belle_Curve> "Thinks you're a hot male robot?"
06[03:04] * Grim waps Belle with his wing this time.
06[03:05] * ~Belle_Curve snorts, "Old pre-war marketing technique Maitumani, insulting the customer to make them feel bad and want to use the autodoc."
01[03:05] <Damhoof|GM> 4 "It's a sale's pitch," Vicky frowns and then looks towards Grim. "You seemed to require my attention the most. I'll have you know my mental profiling ranks amongst the top ten best Ministry experts in all of Equestria. You are welcome to schedule an appointement."
[03:05] <Grim> "uuuuuh.." He gives Belle a look, "should ah?"
06[03:06] * Maitumani gives a smile towards Belle_Curve. "Well, I at least helped out in fixing it didn't I?"
01[03:06] <Damhoof|GM> 4 Daisy looks up from the computer. "Aaaw, the pleasure setting is all busted. Took weeks to rebuild it from faulty codes. This is nonsense, how can an exorsism ruin code."
[03:07] <Mayhem> "Let me have a look."
06[03:07] * ~Belle_Curve nods! "You did mani'!  Where'd the spirit go, anyway?  To the afterlife?" she nearly gags, "Pleasure setting?"
[03:08] <Grim> "That sounds like a mod."
01[03:08] <Damhoof|GM> 4 Sea Wave smokes her pipe and laughs. "More_Gun, you have a boat? Why are you here then?"
01[03:08] <Damhoof|GM> 4 Daisy's eyes grow shift as she looks away from Grim. "It's not my mod, was there when i signed on."
[03:08] <Maitumani> "She's with me now!" She answers to Belle_Curve. "In return for freeing her, she agreed to accompany from now on."
06[03:09] * Grim smirks, "Riiiiiight~"
[03:09] <~Belle_Curve> "With you?" she asks, sounding concerned
06[03:10] * Maitumani nods. "Of course. I didn't want to kill it like the others were suggesting."
[03:10] <Mayhem> "Say, how many do you have in your head?"
01[03:10] <Damhoof|GM> 4 Daisy looks at Maitumani. "You have Vicky in your head?"
1[03:10] <Damhoof|GM> 4 Daisy looks at Maitumani. "You have Vicky in your head?"
[03:11] <Maitumani> "I would not call it a 'head', but in a way yes."
01[03:13] <Damhoof|GM> 4 Miss Wave looks up and shakes More_Gun, pointing him towards the window. "Do you see that? I am not going crazy am I?"
06[03:13] * ~Belle_Curve blinks a few times, "Zebra stuff?  Zebra stuff.  Okay, sorry, what did you ask Grim?"
01[03:13] <Damhoof|GM> 4 Mayhem cannot make sense of the code at this time. It seems like something took a sledgehammer and jiggled the code until everything broke. It would take her months to figure it out.
06[03:14] * More_Gun looks out the window.
[03:14] <Grim> "their offerin a free once over fer me, should ah take it?"
[03:14] <Maitumani> "I'm curious though, what does "Pleasure setting" mean?"
01[03:14] <Damhoof|GM> 4 "Vicky pauses and looks towards Grim. "I am sorry, but my medical implements seem to have been disconnected. I am not able to provide you such service at this time."
[03:14] <~Belle_Curve> "If by 'they' you mean the autodoc, that probably isn't a great idea.  I'm not sure it would detect your cybernetics."
06[03:15] * ~Belle_Curve points at it, "Also that.  Remember what the Captain said?"
[03:15] <~Belle_Curve> "She goes berserk sometimes so they unhooked her."
06[03:15] * Grim shudders, "eeeeyeah no I need these they keep me alive and not brain dead..."
01[03:16] <Damhoof|GM> 4 "Well technically it's not her going berserk, but her not being able to stand filthy customers, some of them got really scared when she put an instrument their way," Daisy elaborates. "I'll hook her up as soon as i can."
[03:17] <Grim> "huh... odd."
01[03:18] <Damhoof|GM> 4 From the window and high vantage point More_Gun follows Wave's pointed hoof and spots a something black in the distance, the wind carries an echo of sorts and his old ears recognize a distant roar. The distant black figure spreads a set of eerily bat like wings, and he can see the contures of a serpentine body with scales. It dives towards the ocean, leaving a trail of smoke.
[03:19] <~Belle_Curve> "Ah.  Well, maybe a non-invasive exam would be alright then," she says, not sounding entirely convinced.  She turns back to the zebra and pats her head with a wing, "Well, is it getting along alright with everypony else in there Maitumani?"
[03:20] <Maitumani> "Hmm, you mean my spirits?" She asks Belle_Curve, forgetting her question.
[03:20] <~Belle_Curve> "As for the pleasure setting, well," she tries to sound as light as possible about it, "I imagine it's something for lonely mares without the company of a stallion or other mare."
[03:21] <~Belle_Curve> "Perhaps something to do with the boardgames Doctor Daisy mentioned?" she nods, "Yes, the, uh, spirits."
[03:21] <More_Gun> "Argh! Did ya see a deadly sea beast, Miss Wave?"
01[03:21] <Damhoof|GM> 4 Daisy looks towards Maitumani. "I'll have you know that plenty of others had their way with her pleasure setting before me."
[03:21] <Mayhem> "Yes...boardgames..."
[03:21] <Mayhem> "Eeeeww..."
[03:21] <Grim> "Ah know that somepony didn't need to install one fer me." Grim jokes.
[03:22] <Mayhem> "I hope you at least cleaned it!"
[03:22] <Maitumani> "Oh, I see." She gives a smile upon receiving her anwser. "Well, I believe so." She tries hearing her spirits to see if they were getting along.
06[03:22] * ~Belle_Curve tries not to laugh, "And you touched it Mayhem.  May want to wash your hands."
1[03:24] <Damhoof|GM> 4 Daisy blushes and covers her face. "Ofcourse I wash her."
[03:24] <~Belle_Curve> "Cleanliness!" she responds easily, "You should always wash your hooves or hands before and after handling medical equipment~"
06[03:26] * Grim chuckles and smiles at Daisy befor exiting the room.
06[03:26] * Mayhem snorts
[03:26] <More_Gun> "Aye that sounds like a course. Just don't ruffle any passengers on the way there; a panic might attract that beast."
01[03:27] <Damhoof|GM> 4 A bell clangs from  stern to bow of the princess. "Ship ohoy!"
03[03:28] * f1r3 ([email protected]) has joined #FoESand
06[03:28] * Grim flicks his ears and goes to investigate the sound of the bell
[03:28] <Maitumani> "Hmm? Did we find another ship?"
01[03:29] <Damhoof|GM> 4 "Drake ohoy!" a second voice shouts near the medical bay. Grim judges it to be one of the crew nearby mounting the machinegun.
01[03:29] <Damhoof|GM> 4 Maitumani cannot hear her spirits at this time. She would have to summon them, or one of them to ask what is up to find out.
[03:30] <Grim> Grim's ears perk up, uh oh..." he runs back to the infirmery, "Its team time Dr. Belle." he says befor heading up to the top deck.
02[03:31] * Mayhem ([email protected]) Quit (Ping timeout: 121 seconds)
03[03:31] * f1r3 is now known as Mayhem
[03:32] <Maitumani> "Is something wrong." She asks her friends as she frowns at being unable to hear her spirit friends.
01[03:32] <Damhoof|GM> 4 as Grim retreats back into the infirmary a strange sound fills his ear. A distant monotone "Wub, wub, wub," as if some radio beat quickly followed by a mighty roar.
01[03:33] <Damhoof|GM> 4 More_Gun spots the flash of something strange light the sky ahead of the princess. A beam of flickering red light flows to the tune.
06[03:33] * ~Belle_Curve 's ears flatten back and she groans, "Damnit, what is it now?  A kraken or something>"
06[03:33] * More_Gun dons his hat. "Miss Wave, it seems I am needed on deck." He rushes out the door, with the supply of alcohol.
06[03:34] * ~Belle_Curve turns to Maitumani and Mayhem, "It seems that something's gone wrong, probably under attack."
[03:34] <Grim> "Belle!" yells Grim as he keeps moving, "we gotta move."
06[03:34] * Mayhem cracks her neck and grabs her shotgun. "Here we go again."
[03:35] <~Belle_Curve> "I've got to go get my armor!" she shouts back, fidgeting, "Mayhem?  Can you look after 'mani?"
06[03:35] * Mayhem proceeds to unload her shotgun, catching the cartridges, then loading it with slugs.
01[03:35] <Damhoof|GM> 4 Maitumani hears Mawu's voice come to her. "You invited this devil to thether to you. We are arguing."
06[03:35] * Mayhem also nods at Belle. "Sure thing."
06[03:36] * Grim reaches the top deck and slides olong it a little as he trys to slow himself, looking around for the Drake.
[03:36] <Grim> *along
06[03:36] * Maitumani cetainly looked afraid as she heard both Mawu speaking ill of Vicky and the ship currently under attack.
[03:38] <~Belle_Curve> "I've got to go then," she responds, sounding a little pained to be abandoning her new companions, "Be careful, okay?"
6[03:38] * Maitumani gives a nervous nod to Belle_Curve.
01[03:39] <Damhoof|GM> 4 "Hold yer blooming fire ye filthy sea urchins!" A voice of command bellows out into the ocean. Just ahead of the princess lies a two masted ship of graceful apperance. The sails sweep out like a delicate bird, and it drives against the waves with elegant swift motions. On it's mast is a flag as black as the night, two crossed equine skulls attached to the same ribcage.
06[03:39] * ~Belle_Curve runs off, stopping by her quarters to put her armor on and pick up spare magazines for her pistol.  Admittedly little that could do against a fuck-off big dragon.
06[03:41] * Grim stares at the ships, "Oh Goddesses fuck me in a three-way..."
01[03:41] <Damhoof|GM> 4 A creature equally black floats over the two ships almost as long as the largest mast of the beautifully winged ship. It's scaled hide shimmering with light. The beast bellows once more in anger, but seems to be more careful now as on the deck of the small vessel a migty crystal and gold cannon points its way.
06[03:42] * ~Belle_Curve slides to a halt next to Grim, presumably near at least sort of to More_Gun.
[03:44] <Grim> "the flying fuck is THAT?!?" asks Grim to... anyone listening.
06[03:44] * More_Gun emphatically stomps on the deck. "Ya fool! It be a..."
01[03:47] <Damhoof|GM> 4 "You speak true up there, she be a sea drake! By the pitchfork 'tis good to see a friendly vessel." A feminine voice of command speaks up from the smaller float.
06[03:48] * Mayhem steps up on deck, combat shotgun at the ready. This time she ducks to mind the door frame. "Are you coming, 'mani?"
[03:49] <Grim> "Do they bleed?" Grim asks as he removes his gloves.
01[03:49] <Damhoof|GM> 4 A thundering rumble softens Maitumani's fears and sooths her body. "You must go with your friends in all things, or they will not remain friends for long."
06[03:50] * Maitumani nods to Mayhem as she follows along. "I'm coming!"
[03:50] <~Belle_Curve> "Where's the Captain?" she mumbles loud enough for her companions to hear
06[03:50] * Maitumani feels a lot more calm after hearing one of her spirits as she takes out her bo staff in her mouth.
01[03:50] <Damhoof|GM> 4 "You might aswell be trying to use a scizzor on thick rope Friend Griffin!" The captain bellows from up high, one deck above Belle_Curve.
[03:50] <Mayhem> "Probably ready to jump the thing to wrestle it with bare hooves..."
06[03:51] * ~Belle_Curve hmfs
01[03:51] <Damhoof|GM> 4 The large scaled creature roars with anger and circles the two vessels from a relative distance.
[03:52] <Grim> "Ah could at least try to lead it away from the ship!" says Grim
[03:52] <Mayhem> "I really need to get my hands on some bigger guns..."
[03:53] <~Belle_Curve> "Do we need to?  They've got a big gun and we've got the ship's machineguns..." Belle says, flexing her wings and not at all relishing sharing the skies with a sea dragon
01[03:53] <Damhoof|GM> 4 "She be spotting for them now! Hoho!" The female voice calls out from below on the other vessel.
[03:53] <Mayhem> "What now?"
[03:54] <Mayhem> "All ye sailor talk strange."
[03:54] <More_Gun> "Ye seem to grasp it well enough. We wait at the ready is what we do!"
[03:54] <Grim> Grim slips his wing into his his wing blades and stretches them out, "Ready to dance with death one more time Belle?"
06[03:55] * Maitumani stays close to Mayhem as she clenches onto her staff.
01[03:56] <Damhoof|GM> 4 "There's not much to do unless she wants to attack us. She's too far off and much faster than what she appears to be. What's disturbing is that other ship," Ishmael frowns and looks towards Grim. "You would fly out there to do battle against that? It's not like we can pay you, but the hide would be worth quite a lot."
06[03:56] * Mayhem ruffles Maitumani's mane and smiles faintly.
[03:56] <Grim> Grim's eye has a strange, predatory hunger in it, "Oh ah bet it is."
[03:58] <Grim> Grim's eyes scan the beast, searching for weaknesses in it hide.
01[03:59] <Damhoof|GM> 4 The beast seems to be heavily scaled on the vital parts, but lacks protection near the wings. He could down the beast by tearing at the wings and rupture it like a sail. Then there's the delicate poopy parts, and its tongue.
06[04:00] * Grim smiles, "Hey, these things swim well?"
01[04:01] <Damhoof|GM> 4 More_Gun seems to recall that seadrakes don't take kindly to swimming, but merely hunt the surface of the water.
[04:03] <More_Gun> "Only well enough to pluck fish from the surface; I've never seen one take a plunge of its own doing."
1[04:03] <Damhoof|GM> 4 A sudden outburst of fog seems to steam from the other vessel and as the fog begins to spread up to cover the princess there's the sound of wood against metal, and a sound SNAP as something breaks.
[04:04] <Grim> "Take out the wings then..." murmurs Grim, druming his claws on the deck, "we have any grenades? or explosives?"
[04:05] <More_Gun> "Brace yerselves!"
06[04:05] * Mayhem pumps her shotgun once.
06[04:05] * Maitumani gets into a defensive position.
01[04:05] <Damhoof|GM> 4 "Prepare 't board!" The commanding feminine voice of the other ship growls. "I'll tan yer tourist hides myself, yarr landlubbers."
[04:06] <Grim> "Y'all are fucking with the wrong Cowboy!"
06[04:06] * ~Belle_Curve snarls to Grim, "You take care of the drake, and we'll fight them here?"
[04:06] <Grim> "agreed."
01[04:07] <Damhoof|GM> 4 "You picked a good day to die! Pirate scum!" Ishmael shouts out into the fog as he brandishes a pistol.
06[04:09] * ~Belle_Curve 's own flat black pistol appears from it's holster in her teeth, "It seems we've got little choice.  Everypony ready to receive our guests?"
02[04:09] * Mayhem ([email protected]) Quit (Quit: Leaving)
01[04:11] <Damhoof|GM> 4 Metal clangs against metal as the deafening roar of pirates carousing sends thugs of fear into the hearts of our besieged heroes. The princess is being boarded, and the numbers are unknown. Out of Reach a Drake lets loose a shrill cry of pleasure at the prospect of caranage. More_Gun feels something stirring in the ocean, and the sight of a mare with a doctors coat and shimmering ocean blue eyes sends him a memory of ancient times. There is more to this than pirates and dragons.
01[04:11] <Damhoof|GM> 4 --- session end ---