Stray Gains His Cutie Mark 8/8/17

Stray Shot - Today at 11:53 AM
"Why wouldn't Maelstorm take it somewhere she can keep a closer eye on it? Unless she's operating out of somewhere around there, or has goons protecting it..." He trails off as he sees their 'ship' become enveloped in the whiteness of cloud vapor, making the former-pilot tense up a little bit. When Starry comes over the radio, though, he relaxes again, smirking a bit as he leans towards the walkie talkie to respond. "Roger, Captain. Good call. I was just about to ask if you were rated to fly in instrument meteorological conditions, haha!"(edited)
Starry Step - Today at 11:55 AM
Click "I've never flown a day in my life prior to dis, also what might need to be considered is dat Maelstorm just wanted de turtle out of de way, it might act like de Delphi Oracle or a shaman back home, warning of turmoil or trying to get high off gasoline."
Daybreak - Today at 11:56 AM
Kindle moves to look out the window at the storm. [Office is open, heading there to report leaky roof, brb]
Tea Time - Today at 12:00 PM
"She seemed t'have spread all t'stuff 'round t'place... Outer Hayven, t'dragon island.. now's Abyssinia. 's quite a distance t'cover fir things y'might nee--", but her voice was interrupted by the click and Starry's message!

"Eyy Captain~", Tea smiles at the walkie talkie, finally hearing out from the other side, "Jus'... don't take us too high, h-haha!", she sniffs and wonders if the Nigerian princess ever flown a plane before, the altitutes and the air pressure making her stomach scrunch a bit... and if she did so with a plane, what exactly was carried on the board. Shaking her head a bit though, she returns her attention to Stray, "Speakin' of which, have ya ever t'fly as high up as possible?"(edited)
Dandelion - Today at 12:03 PM
 The storm seems to be quite bigger than expected. It spanned through the bottom of the Equestrian continent, and over the seas which they could vaguely see beneath them when the fog and mist thinned out.

Starry Perception roll please
Starry Step - Today at 12:03 PM
/r 1d20+1
SidekickBOT - Today at 12:03 PM
@Starry Step:  1d20+1  = (8)+1 = 9
Stray Shot - Today at 12:04 PM
"I've made it a point not to go above what I estimate to be about eight-thousand feet. I learned that lesson the hard way. When I was doing instrument rating training, me and my instructor were flying from Memphis to Houston at night, and we went up to niner-thousand to avoid some clouds. After about thirty minutes, we both just feelin'... well, just real happy, and laughin' uncontrollably while we were flying the airplane." Stray smirks and leans back against the cushion. "And that's how I learned about hypoxia."
"I'm not sure how all that relates to the atmosphere here, though..."
Dandelion - Today at 12:05 PM
 Starry can see that the waves themselves, below, are also rolling against their normal current.
They seem to all be foaming South-Western in the same direction that they were travelling.
Starry Step - Today at 12:06 PM
Click "What to de top of de world? No, I dought I told you, I've never flown a plane before, besides de fishies will know deir limits..." Click A pause before Click "Hey, I'm not a nautical mare, but dis storm is pretty large, and de waves down below are going against de current. Dere be some type of witchcraft going on here, it's heading in de same direction we're going, South, Southwest! What's our plan?" Click
Tea Time - Today at 12:10 PM
"Ah... ah-hahah... must've been scar-- eek.", her ears drooped down a little as she covered her mouth. Okay. Lets just, not start laughing for no real reason, now! She looks apologetically to Stray, Day and listens to what Starry's been saying-- glancing between the walkie talkie and the stallion, "Maybe y'can help 'er out there? If things 'r bad, bring t'device back 'n we can take a dive? Or go up?"
Dandelion - Today at 12:12 PM
 A bolt of lightning strikes from the cloud underneath them, startling the flying fishes. The Embassy's weight teeters for a moment before the fish are able to right themselves... But it seems half the team wants to go higher up and half wants to go into the water.
Stray Shot - Today at 12:15 PM
[is it possible for Stray to get to where Starry is mid-flight? Or is the cockpit completely sealed away]
Starry Step - Today at 12:15 PM
As the bolt of hot fury runs underneath the shell and makes it tip alarmingly Starry hoists the reigns and looks up at the clouds and down to the sea below trying to get a feel of what each option has as she scrambles the radio. Click "Whoa! Alright ponies we've got problems, storm is getting worse and I've got de school wanting to go up higher or down in de water, we gotta make a choice quick here, and fast!" Click
[As I understand it you should be able to fly alongside it as I'm just on the outside like a carraige]
Dandelion - Today at 12:15 PM
One of the windows has a bubble hatch he can pop out through to get to her. No roll needed really. He can fly out through the opening too if wants to be cool.
Daybreak - Today at 12:17 PM
Kindle winced at the flash of lightening from outside, " Stray, you should probably get up there and help Starry. " after hearing how much the stallion knew about flying, it really was best for him to be up there. She leaned back away from the window and near Tea.
Stray Shot - Today at 12:17 PM
Stray chuckled at Tea's cut off laugh, but then brings his attention back down to the walkie talkie as Starry speaks, making him raise an eyebrow. The stallion's smirk fades as he gets up and goes to look out the window, noticing the phenomenon with the waves Starry was talking about.

"I wonder if it'd be better for the fish to-..." He mumbles as he moved back over to the walkie talkie, though his gaze remained outside, an uneasy expression on his face after the thunder and shaking. "Starry, can you see a break in the clouds anywhere? Can you tell how high this storm goes?"
Starry Step - Today at 12:18 PM
[Dande? Conditions of the weather? Are we above it right now or are there stray clouds we need to avoid?]
Dandelion - Today at 12:18 PM
Starry please roll Perception
Starry Step - Today at 12:18 PM
/r 1d20+1
SidekickBOT - Today at 12:18 PM
@Starry Step:  1d20+1  = (14)+1 = 15
Stray Shot - Today at 12:21 PM
Stray, in the meantime, is trying to pop the bubble and climb his way to the cockpit.
Dandelion - Today at 12:21 PM
 Starry can see that the clouds are beginning to funnel into an odd shape, and the waves do below as well... Paralleled edges of spirals, though the center must be farther South yet still.
The cloudbank thickens to a point where there won't be any easy breaks through the thick storm, so if there was a decision to be made best to make it now.

 However it catches the corner of her eye, due South and a touch East, that there might be some kind of island cluster. It might be random islands, or it might be the border of Abyssynia, but there's no way it could be the capital alluded to on the geocompass
 Stray can get through the bubble seal without issues to get to where Starry was seated, similar to a conductor's seat with the reins in her hooves
Starry Step - Today at 12:26 PM
"Crap. Crap crap crap crap." Starry reaches over and Click "We've got water funnels starting to form up here, I can see down south and a touch east dere be some island clusters, it's not de capital on your ding here Tea, but it might be our best shot, we need out of de sky and sea now!" Click Starry would then notice Stray had come to the front, "Stray I don't know if you can fiddle wid does clouds, but we're about to hit some heavy turbulence."
Daybreak - Today at 12:28 PM
She watches the pegasus head out and frowns with concern. She was out of her element and was never taught such things by her father or experienced similar in her past life. Still, she tried her best to keep a straight face. She knew how to remain calm at least and try to keep a clear enough head about the situation. " Best stay away from any glass and brace ourselves for impacts. "
Stray Shot - Today at 12:28 PM
Stray climbs into the seat next to Starry, looking out to the odd funnel clouds that seemed to stretch South. Seeing that, and the rapidly approaching cloud bank, he almost recommended diving for the water right then and there. But as he glanced down to the seas, the similar pattern of movement and disturbance in the waters made Stray feel uncomfortable with taking the dive. "Well... I'd fly over all this, and see if we can just avoid the turbulence of this storm and the ocean altogether." He glances at Starry, then the approaching storm, clenching his jaw. "But we'd have to come down to land, and it might be just as bad there."(edited)
"I mean... the safe thing to do would be to turn around, and that's what my pilot instincts tell me, but that ain't gonna work today."
Tea Time - Today at 12:30 PM
Tea watches all this with a bit of a worry... 's partly why she was hesitant about picking an Embassy in the first place. As much as comfortable as it was and offered lots of space for hauling purposes, if something would happen to fishes, they'd have a huge chunk of a relic sinking deep underwater-- and the mare wasn't quite sure about how much water pressure can this ancient piece take.

"We can turn back 'n go underwater in calmer waters?", she pitches through the device, "Then take a route like that, but-- are t'waves real bad down there?"(edited)
Dandelion - Today at 12:31 PM
Please roll Perception or Knowledge Stray. I'll give you a +2 Bonus since you were actually a pilot haha
Stray Shot - Today at 12:31 PM
[is that +2 in addition to his perception modifier?]
Dandelion - Today at 12:31 PM
Yes
Stray Shot - Today at 12:31 PM
/r d20+4
SidekickBOT - Today at 12:31 PM
@Stray Shot:  d20+4  = (6)+4 = 10
Stray Shot - Today at 12:31 PM
[pffft]
Dandelion - Today at 12:33 PM
 Stray at a glance can tell the waters aren't any more welcoming, a little bit wild and by the looks of it getting worse closer to the land on their southern horizon.
It seems to easy up on the Eastern direction but his trained pilot's eyes can't really make out anything that would be exceptionally safe to get through... They might have to take a risk here.
Starry Step - Today at 12:34 PM
"I'd say we need to take for land, if dis ding here points to de capitol it can't be too far from de borders, sides de tip said dat it was on land near Abyssnia," Starry points down, "Dere's land, it's a good as place as any." Starry then leans over and Click "Tea we might be near where we got to go, dere is some islands down dere dat we could take shelter in till de storm passes. Anchor dings down and let de school go below where it's safe. I'm dinking we gun it for de land. We gotta decide now!" Click Starry would then take a readied action to go towards whatever everyone agrees to go on.
Daybreak - Today at 12:35 PM
" Sounds like landing is our best bet at the moment, then we can re-gather ourselves and figure out where we are. Wait out the storm...unless it's another magical storm. "
Tea Time - Today at 12:36 PM
blinks and looks to the atlas that was splayed over the table, quickly picking up a ruler and placing the thing in a straight line from Outer Hayven to Panthera, trying to find if there were any islands anywhere near the straight line leading to Abyssinian capital city, or they've flown far away over the time to reach the coast.(edited)
Dandelion - Today at 12:38 PM
Roll me one Perception please Tea
Tea Time - Today at 12:38 PM
/r 1d20+2
SidekickBOT - Today at 12:38 PM
@Tea Time:  1d20+2  = (6)+2 = 8
Stray Shot - Today at 12:39 PM
[Wait a minute, is there land under us and we're along the coast or is the land in sight the one out towards the south?]
Tea Time - Today at 12:39 PM
[Huh, good point. We're in the sea or journeying out into it?]
Dandelion - Today at 12:39 PM
 There are indeed islands on the Abyssinian coast, but trying to make out to a single specific island would be really difficult with the low visibility.
Tea gets the feeling though that they've been flying long enough to be near Abyssinia, though probably a ways yet to go to reach Panthera
Tea Time - Today at 12:39 PM
[Ah]
Dandelion - Today at 12:40 PM
 The party is travelling South, currently above the storm clouds and water which is getting worse.
Starry has sighted a cluster of islands south and east, though visibility lightens toward the East, it's still difficult to see.
The storm is at its worst it seems in the direction of Panthera
Tea Time - Today at 12:41 PM
"Aaaa'ight fellas, there are a bunch o'islands 'round there, but, there's too bloody many of 'em. Might's well go in fir t'landin' 'n see what we can do out there. Worse comes t'worst, we can park it on t'land or underwater 'n see if t'weather'll clear out."(edited)
"Unless y'think's better t'go all t'way up.", she adds, given that she couldn't really judge how bad or good things were outside... maybe going over the clouds was a better option.
Stray Shot - Today at 12:43 PM
"I'd reccomend taking an easterly heading where those clouds seem a little less ominous towards those islands. We can take a spiralling descent through the clouds until we break through and land on one'a those lil spats." He nods towards the walkie talkie in agreement with Tea. "Yup, I'd rather be on the ground wishin' I was in the air than in the air wishin' I was on the ground, haha!"
Daybreak - Today at 12:46 PM
Kindle was still in 'hang on to your butts' mode, doing her best to hold onto something should anything get to shaking and rocking, " Back to earth then! "
Dandelion - Today at 12:46 PM
 Stray roll me your Perception or Knowledge, with again a +2
Stray Shot - Today at 12:46 PM
/r d20+4
SidekickBOT - Today at 12:46 PM
@Stray Shot:  d20+4  = (19)+4 = 23
Starry Step - Today at 12:47 PM
Starry would nod to herself and the radio, Click "I read, please fasten seatbelts we're going to be hitting turbulence!" Click Starry uses her silk sand belt to fasten herself to the shell to make sure she doesn't fly off before she starts to carefully lead the fishies down towards the islands.
Dandelion - Today at 12:52 PM
 The flying fish, who were so confused and fighting among their ranks, at last came to a consensus among themselves, chittering and following Stray's lead as they spread their wings forward! They fight against the pull of the tornado... The maelstrom below... And the Embassy and the flying fish begin to descend. Abyssynia was waiting for them, though whether they would be welcome on its soil or not... As nature itself seems to suggest... Is up to the group of ponies!

 Stray, in particular, will have to help guide them through to reach the island, his nature as a pilot taking over as he begins to... Feel more comfortable in his skin. Certainly there was nothing pleasant about the situation but he began to feel just right, like... This was something he NEEDED to do.
Another flash of lightning, and his eyes catch a break due east of where they were at! The feathers in his wings begin to tingle, as if anticipating the current of the wind that would guide them to where they need to go!
 The wild winds batter and tug at the Embassy, swaying the reigns, and some of the fish turn their head from side to side, flying as hard as they can as the pressure of the air around the two coaching ponies begins to dramatically intensify as the descent begins...
(edited)
Starry Step - Today at 12:56 PM
"Come on boys and girls, you've got dis! Keep it togeder now..." Starry shouts out to the school of fish trying to encourage them as best she can.
Stray Shot - Today at 1:02 PM
As he watched the fish chittering and seeking direction, Stray, for the first time in this world, actually felt like he was doing something he was meant to do. He grabs onto the side of the seat and swings himself over the side, letting himself turn parallel to the fish and horizon. He lets go and flaps his wings, synchronizing himself alongside the lead flying fish. He wraps one hoof around it's reign and took a deep breath. With all the life-threatening situations he had been through that scared the bejeebus out of him, this one did not in the slightest, even with the electric ozone tingling he felt in his wings from the nearby lightning strike. He'd been trained for this, in a life before. Knowing that he was in a unique position to help their mission filled him with a sense of purpose, duty, and complete calm.

He flapped his wings to keep himself alongside the lead fish, eyes squinted from the beads of rain hitting him on the face. He let the wind course through his feathers, feeling the direction and letting it speak to him the course they needed to take. "East... Go down through those clouds, right there. There's nothin' in em." He orders calmly, just loud enough for the lead fish to hear and take the direction he pointed to with right hoof. His left hoof held the reign just behind the lead fish, gently guiding him (or her!)(edited)
Dandelion - Today at 1:04 PM
Please roll me one last Perception or Knowledge with a +2 Stray!
Stray Shot - Today at 1:04 PM
/r d20+4
SidekickBOT - Today at 1:04 PM
@Stray Shot:  d20+4  = (8)+4 = 12
Tea Time - Today at 1:06 PM
The mare feels the Embassy's shudder somewhat and given the situation that was bein' reported from outside, braces for the impact... Hopefully they'll all land in one piece without squishing themselves into paste, 'h-heeheehee'-- oops, there went that uncontrollable giggle again,

"-- u-uh, 's been good t'knuw ya' Day~?", she grins at the brickish mare, trying to take the edge off own nerves.(edited)
Dandelion - Today at 1:10 PM
 The fish strain at their harnesses as the flying fish hit a pocket of dead air and the Embassy gives a sickening... Lurch... To the side, tipping Day and Tea where they sat and threatening to spill Starry from her seats! But, Stray had already taken to the air, going towards the lead fishes and helping to aid them as they try to land in one piece.
A wall of white looms up ahead, the bleached out sky paling to a white so blank and all encompassing that the ponies felt blind for a moment... Somehow, wisps of the vapor even invaded into the sealed off chamber where the unicorn and earth pony were sheltered, an odd stillness creeping over them... Starry begins to feel an odd sense of fear and powerlessness, a numbness so profound that it made it feel there was nothing in her hooves at all... that she was just floating...
 But with Stray's command, the fishes dodge eastward!!! The lead fish pulls forward with the reigns as the team begins to curve the edges of their wings, banking to slow down and... DROP! The Embassy gives a * shudder * that simultaneously pops and reseals all of the bubble chambers within it! The ponies feel their ears burst, but they also feel a little clearer of mind as well! The sensation drops from their bodies as soon as it came, and the island lies right ahead!
 The shores of the looming island looks oddly desolate though, the sandy beach taking up far too much room, like the lowest tide ever had hit it, the water siphoned away, caught up in the watery phenomena that was unleashing its fury on the banks of Abyssynia's continent proper.
On the bright side, it made a very convenient landing strip, as the flying fish desperately try to copy Stray and pull forward.
The landing is a little rough... Jostling the Embassy once again... But they've cleared the storm...
 Stray feels a feeling of deep satisfaction and purpose come over him... At the same time, a flash illuminates his sight behind him...
And glows for Starry to see too...!!!
Daybreak - Today at 1:14 PM
Kindle tilts her head and gives the small one a forced, twitching smile, " B-back at ya. " she gulped, " You know, if it means anything, you were always--AGH!" the mare leans off to the side and rolls across the floor but is stopped by a couch and a couple of cushions landing on her.  Before she can react, she feels the tremor from dropping to the ground and bounces a bit from the shaking. " Jesus tap dancing christ almighty! " she pants, feeling her heart run a million miles a minute as her eyes dart around the area.(edited)
Starry Step - Today at 1:15 PM
"Shit!" Starry curses outloud as she hits the dead air pocket slipping to the side only for her wasit to pinch painfully as the silk sand belt around her grows taunt and she jerks to a stop. Grabbing both reigns and the nearby rope Starry hauls herself back into her seat to see that Stray is taking the lead for the fishies during that breif sickening moment of free fall. Gritting her teeth Starry keeps a close eye as they come in for the landing and holds tight even as the shell beneath her shudders and stutters as they fly. Thankfully they manage to land albeit not gracefully, but safely as the sand cushions the sea shell with a grind of sand on enamale. Letting out a deep breath of relief Starry falls back on her seat letting the reigns fall down only to suddenly start up as Stray starts lighting up like new years eve! "Stray!" Starry shouts no doubt getting the attention of th eponies inside as she leaps down to fall to her knees in the sand before she kicks off and runs to Stray, "What's wrong you're glowing..." Starry slowly stops talking as she looks closer at what the cause is.
Tea Time - Today at 1:19 PM
Tea finds herself flailing on a floor, or so she was when the mind numbing sensation took over. With the bizzare whiteness disappearing out of sight, and cloudiness going away, she halts her desperate attempts to find the solid ground, eyes going wide and staring around the internal hall of the Embassy, "W-What t'hay was t-that all 'bout-- did we jus' hit some clouds o-or-- Day??", she calls out, hearing the other mare saying the words and would try to pull herself up, seeking for the earthie, "Day?? Yer a'ight??", casting a quick glance at the table-- and a walkie talkie that seemingly fell on the ground too from the rough ride, "Crud.... guuuuuy ya hearin' us??", she shouts out, hoping that the device was still working as she approaches the mare and offers her a hoof, "Y-Y've seen that?" she stutters a little, her outstretched hoof shaking a bit from adrenalin and fear as her eyes would move to the closest window... it looked like they were-- on the ground?(edited)
Stray Shot - Today at 1:24 PM
Stray breaths deeply and evenly as he lead the fish along with the reign in his hoof, orange wings spread and flapping through the misty white sheets of cloud that enveloped them. As he predicted, though, it was 'nothin'', and other than soaking him completely, they passed through with rough turbulence but not much else. He tilted downward, and soon he along with the fish and ship pierced through the bottom layer of storm clouds. He swallowed as he felt the pressure build up in his ears, relieving it. He hated the headaches that gave.

Finally, they break through, and the island is visible below just as planned. He couldn't count how many times he had practiced this, but it felt quite different when everything was on the line. He was relieved at the sight of the paltry spat of sand, and guided the flying fish down to a soft, gradual descent to land, as if touching down an airplane softly on a runway.

The stallion lets go of the reigns and falls back onto his haunches and closes his eyes, letting out a long, relieved sigh. A sense of satisfaction overtook him that he had never felt before. Did he really just pull off what he pulled off and save all of their butts?! Just as the thoughts crossed his mind, though, he starts to feel a little funny... "Huh...?"

Although his first concern was to check and make sure everyone was alright, catching the brightness from the corner of his eye distracts him, and he turns his neck to look back to his flanks. "Wha-... What's this...?" He narrows his eyes, though his jaw was dropped in amazement as he watched his butt shine.(edited)
Dandelion - Today at 1:25 PM
 The flying fishes flap at their wings, chirping in gratitude and relief, providing a chorus for Stray Shot...
As he receives... His very own... Cutie mark!!!
 When the light dies down, an emblem appears on his fur, deeper than any paint or tattoo could go.

Daybreak - Today at 1:28 PM
Kindle huffs and knocks a cushion away from her face, revealing a very unamused look. " I live. " she says flatly then tries getting herself up, feeling a slight soreness in her back. With enough stretching and rubbing she pops the kink out and goes to poke her head out of the embassy, " Did you guys die? Please tell me you didn't die. " her ears twitched and wiggled trying to look toward their voices.
Tea Time - Today at 1:29 PM
sighs at the mare and puts the hoof she've offered down... only to follow her out, levitating the walkie talkie up on the table before she does so... as well as making sure that other trinkets stayed intact.
Starry Step - Today at 1:30 PM
Starry is gobsmacked and stares at Stray's butt before a shaking hoof comes up to the mark. Rubbing at first gently to see if it would smear and then more insistently Starry would stop after seeing her hoof start to bunch of up the skin and the mark is still there. At the voices from the embassy Starry starts suddenly and lets out a manic laugh, "KIN KIN! TEA! GET OVER HERE!" Starry says as she yells out with vigor!
Stray Shot - Today at 1:33 PM
As the cutie mark appears, Stray gasps in shock. He blinks a few times, and then rubs his eyes, as if he wasn't sure he was seeing correctly. He watched as Starry rubbed at it, that being exactly what he was about to try. He reaches his own hoof towards the other side of his flank and cutie mark, rubbing it to confirm that it was, indeed, real. Several things ran through his head, as the realization hit him of what he had just done and what it meant. "I-is this... F-for real...?!" He asks aloud in utter shock, his blue eyes locked onto the cutie mark with matching blue star.

Slowly, his breathing picks up pace and depth, an awe-inspired smile spreading across his face, and he looks to Starry, then the others as they walked out of the Embassy, before shaking his head in amazement and looking at his new cutie mark again. He didn't even know what to say, but he sure was taking staggering, shocked breaths.
Daybreak - Today at 1:36 PM
Kindle perks up and rushes over toward she heard Starry, " What!? What happened!? The fish okay?! " she came to a stop and tilted her head when she saw the excited look on Starry's face and Stray looking at his flank. Her head tilted from side to side like a confused dog as she stepped closer, squinting and... " ....Oh shit. " her eyes went wide. " You...got a tramp stamp. "(edited)
Stray Shot - Today at 1:38 PM
Stray looks to the flying fish chirping and singing their gratitude, the same shocked smile still plastered on his face as he reaches a hoof over and lays it on the lead fish. "You did a great job, lil' fishies... Great job."
Starry Step - Today at 1:38 PM
"Kin-Kin, why, just why. You...it's not a tramp stamp you multifaceted nut! Don't you know what dis means!?" Starry asks somewhat outraged at the choice of words
Dandelion - Today at 1:38 PM
 The fishes chitter comfortably as they begin to pull slightly in their harnesses to huddle together like chicks, their soft noises a backdrop to what had just transpired... Here on the island the danger already seems a distant past. It seems the ponies are granted a moment of peace... For now.

Tea Time - Yesterday at 1:39 PM
Tea's ears perk up as she heard Starry's shout-- huh!! ... and laughter. 'least Starry seemed to be alive and well! Picking up her pace, the mare speeds up forth, following Daybreak out, worrying 'bout her friends and the conditions they've landed in, that white mist and the sudden cloudiness she felt not feel right, not feeling right at all! With her head poking outside, "Eyyy, 'sup goin' on out there!?", she calls out taking the last step on the swirling staircase before she was out and in the open, "Is everypony's alright?? Starry? Stra----aa-aaaaaw-whaaaa----?!", her eyes went wide as she spotted the something formed on the stallion's butt, with her hoof outstretching forth and pointing at it, "--- whaaa!?", her memories jacking her back to the times when she, herself, got afflicted by the nasty cutiepox... did Maelstrom really use bactereological warfare in her storms, or, or.. no, that was silly, "Straaaay??? Y'feeling 'aight?"(edited)
Daybreak - Yesterday at 1:42 PM
She doesn't pull her eyes away from looking at the stallion's plush backside but still answers Starry, " It means..." she shakes her head, not knowing what to make of it, " I-I don't know what it means! TEA! You're the smart one! Whats does this mean?! "
Starry Step - Yesterday at 1:43 PM
"Means all sorts of dings, but I dink dat de person we should be asking dat, is Stray, what does it mean to you?"
Stray Shot - Yesterday at 1:44 PM
The stallion laughs happily at Kindle's trampstamp remark, the smile on his face wide and innocent looking, not the crooked lopsided smirk he usually gave. Tea asking if he was alright made his laughter more hearty and booming, and he nodded to the small unicorn. "I think so, I think so, hahaha... Are you?" He asks, looking between Tea, Starry, and Daybreak. The happy butterflies he felt in his stomach, the sense of satisfaction, and being surrounded by his friends after a stunt like that all backdropped to the cheeping of the flying fish made Stray feel no apprehension at all about the mission they had ahead. He felt like he could do anything!
"I just... there's no way this is real. Humans can get cutie marks?! Is this just shenanigans?" He giggles, and appeared ecstatic. Even if it did disappear, the feeling of meaning and satisfaction he felt was real, regardless.(edited)
"It means..." Stray looks to Starry, then to his cutie mark, and then to the three mares again. "It means I'm meant to fly, and I'm meant to use my flying to protect others."(edited)
"That's what it feels like... at least."
Daybreak - Yesterday at 1:53 PM
Finally she was able to pull her eyes away, her ears lowering at what he said and she repeated it lowly, in a whisper, " Humans can get cutiemarks..." sudden;y she felt nervous. If they could get cutie marks, does that mean, they truly were ponies? Were they locked here? Could they never go....back? The implications made the mare sweat as she took a step back in shock. After a moment or two she shook her head to hold those thoughts back, " W-well, you sure did that. Good job on not killing us. " Kindle was having a hard time maintaining her cool attitude, her voice a pitch higher than usual.
Starry Step - Yesterday at 1:55 PM
"Good job? Good Job? If Stray hadn't done what he did I dink I wouldn't have gotten control back on the Wind'n'Sea, I was literally hanging by a rope from that patch of dead air!" Starry exclaims before she runs a hoof through her mane making the starry sparkles inside it twinkle in agigtation, excitement and adrenaline. "Boi I'll tell you dis, when we get back you be getting all de drinks,so many drinks! We'll even get de old buzzard to come by wid some of drink too to celebrate!"
Tea Time - Yesterday at 1:58 PM
Tea's jaw drops a bit as she just keeps staring at the flank with the imagery without uttering a word, before she finally snaps out of it and storms right to the pegasus, only to start rubbing his flank with her hoof, "A'ight, a'ight, either somethin' happened with t'darn vapor-white-somethin' that happened outside 'n ya got cutiepox, like, like I did before, and, Lights, and, Addy, and--- or... h-huh?", she stops what she was doing, feeling flabbergasted, "... or--", she stares between both Embassy 'drivers', "W-What did ya wise guys did out 'ere with all that smoke??"(edited)
Stray Shot - Yesterday at 2:02 PM
For the moment, the implications for what this meant for finding a way home wasn't on the stallion's mind at all, and for now they wouldn't occur to him. In fact, he still wasn't totally sure that things were really how they seemed, though the elation he felt from pulling off that approach and landing through the storm had adrenaline still coursing through his body in delayed reaction.

He laughs shakily and nods to Starry, feeling a little cold as the adrenaline started to wear off. "I c-could use a drink after all that, heh..."

As Tea touches the cutie mark, he wiggles his butt, shaking his head along. "Don't tell me you believe in chem trails, Tea," He gives her a smartass smirk, though his body was tense under his orange fur as he came down from the high from that landing.

Tea Time - Yesterday at 2:11 PM
"Oiii, oiii, ain't talkin' 'bout any of those, just----!!!", she huffs at the stallion and steps back, "-- I'm just worried! The stuff out home jus started ta pop all 'round t'body when that good-fir-nothin' gypsy-- and- and- and with more and more and more and more marks appearin' all over t--", she cuts herself off with a hoof before gigglesnorting, "... maybe it's chem traily, j-jus', m'keepin' an eye on ya, mister!!", she smile for a moment, but tightens her lips at Day's words and looks at the mare, "... uh-- right, t'mission...", she breathes out and looks between two pilots, "D-Did we hit a cloud while goin' down? All t'doors inside popped from somethin'..."