Piss_Poor_Group #2.5

[18:05]	Mad_Modd	shortly after the battle with the intelligent 'King' of the geckos 'Grimlock'. Our group lays battered, shot and burned but still alive
[18:07]	Saddle_Burr	pants hard through the mouthpiece of his rifle. After a short while he starts looking around finally seeing the damage his hasty reactions have wrought. "Oh no...is everypony okay?!"
[18:07]	Ragebrew	pulls out the remains of his bandages. "Pocket, hold still..." Even with blood oozing out the small hole in his head, he still applied the bandages with a steady hoof. "Don't squirm, I am running low..." Blood soaked one side of his face, a trail of leading down the side of his neck. "And someone lash up that living one. We need him."
[18:08]	Pocket_Lint	looked over the group, groaning in pain every now and then but better. "Geckos, I really hate geckos." He snorted at the dead bodies. "Good riddance..." He said, spitting at one. Hearing Saddle, he promptly answers to the buck. "Had better days myself, but...could be worse..." He allows Rage to treat him. "Just be quick with it, please. They clipped my wing, the bastards..."
[18:08]	Long-shot	"I could be better." she says uneasily "But Rage and Pocket are the ones you should worry about." she turns to look at the Geckos "Rage there's a live one if you want?" she goes to get the weapons from the dead Geckos.
[18:09]	Saddle_Burr	looks on in shock for a moment, then nods at Ragebrew and gets out his rope to tie the remaining gecko up.
[18:10]	Long-shot	she looks at Rage and Pocket with clear worry "You two still standing?"
[18:10]	Ragebrew	nodded as he carefully wrapped layers of clean cloth around Pocket's wings and charred body. It was a pitiful attempt, but far more than the single one he had on his own skull. "Aye. He gets the spread the word that Me Ragebrew King to the others..." He looked at Long-shot, smiling feebly as the bandage soaked up his blood. "Never better."
[18:11]	Mad_Modd	the last gecko is still knocked the fuck out
[18:11]	Pocket_Lint	nodded. "You guys do that, I'll...just stay here and rest...I'm really fucked up."
[18:13]	Ragebrew	grinned feebly to Pocket_Lint as he began to cut strips of cloth out of the dragon's bag. "We can't leave ya here alone... Something feral might eat ya."
[18:13]	Saddle_Burr	ties the last gecko up and looks up from his work. "We should get moving. They might be coming back for revenge."
[18:13]	Pocket_Lint	shook his head, blasted wasteland. "Then, what should we do?"
[18:14]	Long-shot	"Me and Saddle can try and clear out the cave and you two watch eachother?" she still has a worried expression on her face
[18:14]	Pocket_Lint	shakes his own broken wing, gazing over it sadly. "Without being able to fly, I'm worthless as it goes."
[18:17]	Saddle_Burr	looks at Pocket. "I don't think we can leave them like that. The desert critters would smell their blood and hunt them down."
[18:17]	Mad_Modd	the geckos outside have a few weapons on them, the rifle and a few spears as well as some simple armor
[18:17]	Ragebrew	smiled as he gets quite a few good strips of cloth from the bag. He instantly went about wrapping the lion share around Pocket, sparing his own gashed flank a couple. "There... Not the best work, but at least it'll keep the wound clean."
[18:18]	Pocket_Lint	nodded and smiled to Ragebrew, grateful. "Thanks, it should keep me patched up until I can get the bones fixed."
[18:19]	Long-shot	she holds onto the pipe rifle and 10mm rounds "If anypony wants something I got, just say so"
[18:19]	Ragebrew	rosse to his hooves, bound in several yards of make skift bandages, one of them covering the majority of his head. "Think nothing of it Pocket. Just stay safe until we can get that wing of yer's mended." He trotted over to the unaware gecko. "Save 'em for merchant fodder. Looks shiny, even it it's crude..."
[18:19]	Saddle_Burr	nods. "I'll take the bandoleer and the spears."
[18:20]	Ragebrew	ignored the group as they divvied up the meager loot from the battle. He had more important things to occupy his mind. He lightly slapped the gecko across the face over and over, trying to wake it up.
[18:20]	Long-shot	goes up to Pocket "Don't worry, we'll fix you up soon, nopony is leaving you."
[18:20]	Pocket_Lint	slouched to and gazed over the pile of loot. "Nothing I can use, just my luck." He shakes his head, kicking some dirt.
[18:21]	Pocket_Lint	nodded to Long-shot. "Thanks, I...feel bad for slowing the group down."
[18:22]	Long-shot	she looks into his eyes "You say that as if any of us care, were all hurt a bit."
[18:22]	Saddle_Burr	"It's okay. Now we need to get moving and find some shelter before they come back."
[18:22]	Ragebrew	snorted, looking over at Pocket. "If you can't run, I'm slinging ya over my back and running with ya. Ya look like yer not that heavy." He said with a bloodied grin.
[18:23]	Saddle_Burr	peers into the night, watching for any signs of movement out there.
[18:23]	Pocket_Lint	gazes back into her eyes. "Yes, you're right...we should get a move into it." He stands up, slowly regaining his forces. "I can run, keep your hooves to yourself, Brew." The stallion smirked.
[18:24]	Long-shot	looks at Ragebrew "I would have done that myself if I could, but with his broken limbs it would only hurt him more" she sayd worriedly
[18:24]	Saddle_Burr	"Alright, are we ready get moving?"
[18:25]	Ragebrew	shrugged, resuming the repeated slapping of the gecko. "Aye, just saying if worse came to worse, yer not getting left behind, even if yer crippled. Wake up ya blighter!" SMACK!
[18:25]	Pocket_Lint	"Just pack the rest of the junk and we're set." He nodded towards the couple of armors. "And don't forget to get as much meat and hide ya can get..."
[18:26]	Pocket_Lint	"I'd take it myself, but seeing my state, I'd best travel light."
[18:26]	Mad_Modd	the gecko squeaks loudly, coming to at Ragebrews strike, chittering and growling at him
[18:26]	Saddle_Burr	blinks at Pocket_Lint. "Are you saying we'd skin them now that we know they're sentient?"
[18:27]	Pocket_Lint	"They are dead, I can only imagine they won't mind."
[18:27]	Saddle_Burr	"You can do that yourself. I'm not touching them."
[18:27]	Ragebrew	leans in close to the snarling gecko. The blood was still glistening on his copper hide. "Me. Ragebrew. KING!" He housted up the gecko by the back of it's bindings, trotting over to the gibbed remains of Grimlock, depositing the gecko roughly on the pile. "Me. Ragebrew. KING!"
[18:28]	Pocket_Lint	shakes his head. "If we don't, their corpses will be eaten by wildlife...it won't change much on the end."
[18:28]	Mad_Modd	it lets out an angry hiss, before turning to look at Ragebrew, growling at him
[18:28]	Saddle_Burr	"At least it's the Wasteland doing it's job."
[18:28]	Saddle_Burr	looks at the gecko cautiously.
[18:29]	Pocket_Lint	sighs. "We could use the money, we are as badly shaped as we are and..." He stops short to look at the gecko.
[18:29]	Ragebrew	smacked the Gecko across the face with a hoof. Not hard enough to hurt the blighter, but enough to send it sprawling. He pounced the gecko, shadowing it underneath his massive frame. "YOU WANT DIE?!" His face was inches from the geckos. He could suffer a bite. It could not suffer his trampling hooves...
[18:30]	Mad_Modd	it yelps in pain and growls at Ragebrew more, bearing it's teeth at him
[18:31]	Ragebrew	smacked the gecko again. "Me Ragebrew King!" Smack! "Say it! HE RAGEBREW KING!" Smack "SAY IT!"
[18:31]	Saddle_Burr	"I don't think it understands you, Rage..."
[18:32]	Ragebrew	snarled over his shoulder at Saddle. "Then it will learn!"
[18:33]	Saddle_Burr	"What are you gonna do, hit it on the head until it makes you dinner?"
[18:33]	Mad_Modd	it hisses and growls louder, it's teeth bared as it looks Ragebrew in the eye
[18:33]	Pocket_Lint	just looked at the whole scene, he didn't cared much for the gecko's wellfare, seeing how that thing's friends kicked his ass. He just trots to the corpses and quietly "harvest" them.
[18:34]	Long-shot	sits next to Pocket to straighten his mane out and pat him while the others mess with the Gecko "Your gonna be okay... I promise."
[18:34]	Saddle_Burr	"Either kill it or let it go. We can't waste any more time in this place."
[18:35]	Ragebrew	loomed just inches over the gecko, and pressed his hoof against its throat. Of all the things it had heard in Equestrian, you'd figure "Me (name) King" would have stuck. "Me. Ragebrew. King. You. Gecko. Friend." He housted it up by its bindings. "Grab Grimlock's ass end." He mumbled around the mouthful of rope. "We move to make a point."
[18:35]	Long-shot	walks closer to the cave to see if she can se anything, being careful of anything, she pulls her rifle out just in case.
[18:37]	Saddle_Burr	looks at Long Shot. "Don't go too far. They might still be out there."
[18:38]	Mad_Modd	it still hisses at Ragebrew, but has stopped growling
[18:39]	Long-shot	she puts her back against the wall and easer her head around the corner to see if there is anything there.
[18:39]	Ragebrew	nodded, bobbing the bundle. Hissing he could tolerate. It was the hostile growling that was erking him. "Come on foals, we have a tribe to attempt a forced peace with." He slung the skinned and exploded remains of Grimlock across his back, ignoring the fluids that dripped down his armor and soaked into his fur. He trotted towards the cave with the others.
[18:40]	Saddle_Burr	nods and follows after Rage.
[18:40]	Pocket_Lint	loots the bodies for anything meaty he could give to the dragon...and the skins too, though he should have less luck with that.
[18:41]	Mad_Modd	other than rocks and the bits from the gecko Ragebrew blew up earlier, the cave seem to be empty and quiet
[18:42]	Ragebrew	looks around the cave mouth carefully for any signs of tripwires or other traps.
[18:42]	Mad_Modd	the cave splits into two different directions, one left the other going down slightly and to the right
[18:43]	Mad_Modd	Ragebrew sees no traps
[18:43]	Long-shot	she frowns "That... is not good. I don't want us to split up..."
[18:44]	Ragebrew	walks into the center of the split, and roughly drops the corpse of Grimlock onto the ground, before roaring "GRIMLOCK DEAD! ME RAGEBREW KING!" as loud as he could, before stepping back into the main corridor. "They know we would return. They are most likely cowering in fear."
[18:45]	Saddle_Burr	peers into the darkness, listening for any signs of movement.
[18:45]	Pocket_Lint	nods as he takes an uncertain ammout of meat from the geckos. "Still, we'd best clear them off...who knows if they might attaack or somthing."
[18:45]	Ragebrew	looked back to Pocket "I can only hope for a peaceful end to this. If not, we are wiping them out, except for those who cower in fear. Even if they are geckos, I am not killing a non threat."
[18:46]	Long-shot	Takes out her Pump Charge Rifle and holds it at the ready.
[18:46]	Mad_Modd	other than our group and there prisoner, nothing can be seen moving or making any noise
[18:47]	Long-shot	she sniffs the ground "My vote is for the right"
[18:47]	Ragebrew	sighed. "Yes, most likely cowering in fear."
[18:47]	Saddle_Burr	"I don't think there's anyone in there that's a threat. We should get out of here."
[18:48]	Ragebrew	"My blood still remembers the burn of green gecko venom... I imagine the bigger they are, the smarter they are."
[18:48]	Pocket_Lint	gave up after a while, his unskilled hooves unable to do it. He just sits and looks at rest of the group.
[18:50]	Saddle_Burr	"But if you wanna check it out, I think the den is at the end of the right-hoof side tunnel."
[18:51]	Saddle_Burr	"Wait here, I'm gonna go in quietly."
[18:51]	Long-shot	trots slowly towards the right tunnel "You guys coming, or gonna stare at my flank all day?" she says with a grin
[18:52]	Saddle_Burr	"Wait, Long Shot. I'm gonna sneak in first."
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[18:52]	Long-shot	nods
[18:52]	Ragebrew	chuckled. "Don't threaten me with a good time, ma'am." He left the gibbed carcass of Grimlock behind, if nothing else, then it would serve as a warning to the tribe the wrath of pony kind.
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[18:52]	Long-shot	she grins at Ragebrew "Oh don't worry, that offer wasn't for you"
[18:53]	Pocket_Lint	picks the couple of armors and trots toward the mouth of the cave, looking at the group, a bit worried. "I'll just wait here, if you guys can't handle it, back off from the cave on the second they fly over you."
[18:54]	Mad_Modd	Saddle_Burr slinks down the tunnel, quietly, but anyone paying attention will know he's comming
[18:54]	Pocket_Lint	"Ah, I have a flare..." He takes the flare gun from the bag, offering it. "Could light off if you guys need."
[18:54]	Ragebrew	looked to Pocket "Aye. Watch the entrance. If any gecko tries to make a run for it, show them the error of their ways. Or run for the hills if ya can't handle it. I wouldn't hold it against ya if ya flee."
[18:55]	Pocket_Lint	"Yeah, I'll do that Brew...just take care, all of you."
[18:57]	Mad_Modd	in the dim light from a single primitive lamp, the small cave has what could be called nest lining the walls with an old door in the middle of the 'room', there are a few things sitting on the 'table' but you can't quite see what
[18:59]	Ragebrew	looks around, sniffing the air for a moment. "Reeks of gecko, but not hearing any..." He looked down at his hogtied package, and lightly placed him on the ground. He trotted to the table, spitting back a "Me Ragebrew King" to the gecko before examining the contents of the table.
[18:59]	Mad_Modd	after searching the entire cave, no geckos can be found, it looks as if a group had packed and left in a hurry
[19:03]	Saddle_Burr	trots up to the others. "Find anything useful?"
[19:11]	Mad_Modd	the group finds that little was left behind, a few bundles of materials and scrap, another pipe rifle that was made by no pony with a few rounds of ammo, a spear and a single locked ammo can
[19:12]	Ragebrew	looked at the ammo case, giving it a very, very soft rattle. He listened to the contents rattle, trying to discern what lay inside. Like, just a twitch of the hoof.
[19:12]	Saddle_Burr	"Well, looks like we'll have to find somepony who can pick the lock."
[19:13]	Ragebrew	nodded. "Sure there is someone who's half competent at lock picked back in Busted Flats. If not... Well, so long as it's not fragile, we might be able to bust the hinges..."
[19:14]	Saddle_Burr	"Judging by the label, it'll just blow up in your face if you try breaking it."
[19:15]	Mad_Modd	but, tucked away in a small alcove at the back of the cave was a strange earth pony skeleton, it's right forehoof was made of red stone covered in strange glyphs, a pair of flat nubs on either side of his head, a badly decayed duster draped over it with a large revolver at it's side
[19:15]	Mad_Modd	it sounds like there is ammo inside the ammo can
[19:17]	Saddle_Burr	looks at the skeleton at the back. "What's this then?"
[19:17]	Ragebrew	looks at the skeleton in the corner, and in the blink of an eye, is cover standing by it, pulling everything useful off it. "Oh! Shiny!"
[19:17]	Pocket_Lint	sits at the cave's mouth, not much happening.
[19:17]	Long-shot	takes the revolver, she takes it at a million miles an hour through Rage's hoofs
[19:19]	Saddle_Burr	dodges Long Shot as she dives for the gun. "Hey! Watch it!"
[19:19]	Ragebrew	chuckles as Long-shot zips by, snagging the revolver "Aye now. That's everyones for now, remember that." He gave the gun crazed mare a smirk, before prying off the oddly marked hoof from the corpse. "The hell were you doing with this?"
[19:19]	Saddle_Burr	"That doesn't look like bone at all..."
[19:20]	Long-shot	"Sorry... I just love pistols" she mutters nervously with a smile
[19:22]	Ragebrew	chuckled as he gave it a good look. "Damn. The hell does that thing fire? Shotgun rounds?" He knew next to nothing about guns, but judging from the size of the holes in the cylinder, it used BIG rounds.
[19:22]	Saddle_Burr	inspects the red stone hoof. "That looks like it could be the reason these geckos started talking and using guns."
[19:23]	Long-shot	she nods with a grin "It's no .45.... but for now... it'll have to do"
[19:24]	Ragebrew	0x01ACTION eyes it with a dubious glare. "Well, whatever the hell it is and does, we will find out later." He slotted the arcane relic into one of his ammo cases, away from anything that might react to it. "Might be crazy rare. Like that gun. Seriously, never seen anything like it before..." He gave the room one last sweep over. "I'll use the duster for some bandages later. Take everything that isn't bolted down. We make for the dragon.
[19:25]	Ragebrew	We make for the dragon. I do not wish to sleep outside this night, not with the tribe in the hills."
[19:25]	Saddle_Burr	raises an eyebrow at Rage. "You'd rather sleep with a dragon?"
[19:27]	Ragebrew	looked at Saddle, grinning. "She seemed peaceful enough. If we give her a nice rare treat, and HUMBLY request shelter in the mouth of her cave, promising to not take a single step past where she says... Yes, I'd rather sleep in a dragon cave then under the clouds."
[19:28]	Saddle_Burr	hmmms. "Good point."
[19:30]	Ragebrew	trotted out of the cave, picking up Grimlock's corpse as he went. He looked to Pocket "Place was cleared. Seems the lizard took off running when we snuffed their king." He held up his hogtied gecko prisoner. "But we got a specimen. Sure the folks back in Busted Flats would like to poke and prod him. I'd like to teach him to speak, myself. An envoy to the tribe."
[19:32]	Pocket_Lint	nodded. "Glad that's over with..." He follows Ragebrew. "So, you lot found anything interesting?"
[19:32]	Long-shot	"I don't care where we sleep" she says a little tired herself, she didn't like to be tired than attacked than tired again.
[19:32]	Ragebrew	stood in the darkness, his figure a black splotch on the twilight. "Aye, we found an interesting shotgun, some supplies, and this..." He pulled out the gem stone hoof. "Some arcane relic from what I can guess. Be worth having someone take a look at." He chuckled.
[19:33]	Pocket_Lint	whistled at that. "Supplies...can I give a gander at them?"
[19:34]	Ragebrew	jerked his head back to the cave mouth, jostling the tied gecko as he did. "Saddle swooped 'em up. He'll be out shortly."
[19:34]	Mad_Modd	as the group leave, they spot a single purple spotted egg
[19:34]	Long-shot	picks up and examined
[19:34]	Saddle_Burr	blinks at the egg. "Oh, buck..."
[19:34]	Ragebrew	zips over to the egg and snags it! "Egg! Egg egg egg! Yes!"
[19:35]	Mad_Modd	it's purple and something is moving around inside it
[19:35]	Pocket_Lint	blinks. "I'm not eating that..."
[19:35]	Ragebrew	wrapped the egg in the decayed duster. "It's about to hatch! Shit!"
[19:35]	Long-shot	Holds egg from Rage's grasp "Promise me if you find a .45 you'll trade up?"
[19:35]	Long-shot	"or not"
[19:35]	Long-shot	whines
[19:35]	Ragebrew	"You can have any gun ya damn like! This can be something more amazing than a fire arm!"
[19:35]	Long-shot	"I'll remember that" she grins
[19:36]	Ragebrew	"The intelligence could be passed on by the blood, not by... that hoof thing! We could have an untainted, intelligent gecko! And a purple egg? Maybe it'll be a fire breather?!"
[19:37]	Pocket_Lint	"What if it goes violent? It can be a threat..."
[19:37]	Long-shot	holds up her new gun "Nawww"
[19:37]	Saddle_Burr	"As long as it doesn't chew on my gun, I'm okay with it."
[19:37]	Pocket_Lint	"This smells like a bad idea, and this is coming from a buck who was torn to pieces by those fucking lizards." He frowns
[19:38]	Ragebrew	chuckled, looking between Saddle and the egg. "It'll be a new born. I hope it sees me as its parent..."
[19:38]	Long-shot	she grins and cuddles close to Pocket being sure not to hurt him "Don't worry, I'll protect you!"
[19:38]	Pocket_Lint	facehooves so hard.
[19:39]	Pocket_Lint	sighed, looking at Long-shot and holding her, weakly. "I don't like geckos, not at all...not a single, ipsy bit.."
[19:40]	Long-shot	she purrs against him "Well then well try to avoid them from now on."
[19:40]	Ragebrew	chuckled. "The dumb ones taste good." He shot a glance at the bound gecko, licking his lips in that universal "Yer tasty" expression, before scooping up the bundle, holding it close to his chest.
[19:40]	Saddle_Burr	"Let's get moving, everypony. We have a long way to go."
[19:41]	Pocket_Lint	lookes around, empty... "I think we'd better sleep here, no sense going through the wastes at night." He gazes ar Long-shot, pushing her closer. "Uhum"
[19:41]	Mad_Modd	it rolls it's eyes at him
[19:41]	Ragebrew	nods "Somepony string that blighter to my back. My legs are full." He chuckled seeing the gecko's expression, a warm smile on his face as he lightly nudged it. "Heh, yer learning, good."
[19:42]	Ragebrew	"If we stay here, the tribe might return."
[19:42]	Pocket_Lint	"where else we have to go?"
[19:43]	Saddle_Burr	"Didn't you listen? We're going to the dragon's cave to take shelter there."
[19:43]	Long-shot	"Well we can always try the dragon"
[19:43]	Ragebrew	"I can't argue that... Very well. We will barricade the door to their chambers. If they try to get into it'll cause one hell of a ruckus. Plus, I got an egg about to hatch. Jostling it around too much would be unwise."
[19:43]	Saddle_Burr	facehooves. "Fine, we'll stay here then..."
[19:43]	Pocket_Lint	shakes his head. "She won't let us get close to her hoard, ergo, her cave ...its a bad idea."
[19:43]	Ragebrew	"Also the matter of... Do we want to wake up a dragon at zero dark thirty, asking for a place to crash?"
[19:44]	Pocket_Lint	nods. "We can set traps around and all."
[19:44]	Ragebrew	"Also, if the tribe returns... They will get a nice view of their gibbed chieftain, slowly rotting in the front entrance. That'll serve as a GREAT warning."
[19:49]	Pocket_Lint	spots something shiny propping out of Saddle_Burr's saddlebag. He fetches the tin can. "I hope you don't mind, I'm good with locks." He smirks and tries to crack it open...
[19:50]	Pocket_Lint	does open that ammo can
[19:51]	Pocket_Lint	checks what he got
[19:53]	Mad_Modd	Pocket_Lint got ammo
[19:53]	Mad_Modd	as our group beds down in the former den of Grimlock and his people, there captive, lays to the side studying them, trying to make it's own opinion of these 'po-nay'
[19:53]	|<--	Saddle_Burr has left irc.canternet.org (Quit: I have stoked the fire on the big steel wheels, steered the airship right across the stars. I learned to fight, I learned to love, I learned to feel, oh I wish that I could live it all again!)
[19:53]	Pocket_Lint	keeps the ammo and the intact container and lock.
[19:53]	Mad_Modd	for searching the cave and not executing there prisoner the group receives 350xp