The Trotting Dead - s1e003 - Falling Heaven

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[20:44]<EchoesOfDeath>	The Trotting Dead - Season 1 - Episode #003
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[20:50]<EchoesOfDeath>	Crossing the night under the protection of the policeponies, you make your way across the town. Raven indicates the way to Rosebee's home, back at Old Crabapple. The dark streets are haunted by strange knocking sounds and distant moans. The streets are empty now, maybe due to the work of the police, trying to contain the sudden madness, maybe because of fear, but it is late regardless.
[20:51]<EchoesOfDeath>	The collection of shops makes way for all the old brick buildings.
[20:54]?	Swift_Hurddle shudders a bit as he pulls his school jacket closer, "Getting late, pops is going to have my tail for being out so late". Turning he looks to Cambiance, "how are you holding up?"
[20:55]?	Backlash hobbles along near the middle of the group, enjoying her companions' conversation - it takes her mind off the throbbing pain in her leg.
[20:55]?	Cambiance smiles uneasily.  "Fair enough.  It's been a crazy day so far.  My parents are probably going to give me a hard time too."
[20:56]?	Star_Spotter smiles at her students before looking up in the sky, sighing happily and looking at the constalations
[20:56]?	Swift_Hurddle offers a small smile before looking to the form of Rosebee, "Well at least this time we have a good excuse"
[20:57]<EchoesOfDeath>	The policeponies point to a light in the distance, down the street, illuminating a cloud of smoke that rises.
[20:57]<EchoesOfDeath>	But only Backlash picks up a faint strange whistling sound on the wind.
[20:59]?	Backlash perks up, trying to decide whether the sound is worth mentioning.
[21:00]<EchoesOfDeath>	It's coming from above, and it's getting louder fast, but the others didn't seem to distinguish it from other wind sounds.
[21:03]?	Backlash looks up before she speaks, mouth hanging open slightly as she squints into the darkness.
[21:04]?	Swift_Hurddle smiles happily, not much longer now and he could go home and lock the door. Probably wouldnt sleep, but just being home would help set his mind at ease.
[21:04]<EchoesOfDeath>	Star_Spotter and Backlash see a shape moving fast in their direction from the dark sky.
[21:07]<EchoesOfDeath>	It is going directly at Swift_Hurddle's direction.
[21:09]<Backlash>	"Guys...! Look out!" She attempts to fly towards Swift and tackle him out of the path of the object.
[21:12]?	Swift_Hurddle dosent look back as he instant takes the advice and sprints ahead hoping to outrun whatever it is hes being warned about
[21:13]<EchoesOfDeath>	Swift_Hurddle moves out of the way with  Backlash's help. Just in time for something to crash where he was standing, shaking the ground and lifting dust. The pegasus hisses at you.
[21:14]?	Swift_Hurddle hears the hiss and turns to look at what has crashed behind him, "What in the name of equestria?"
[21:15]<Cambiance>	"W-what's that?"
[21:23]?	Backlash turns around as recognition slowly dawns upon her. "I think it's one-a them maniacs! Everypony get away!" She attempts to back away from the impact area, somewhat sure that the creature won't be able to follow. Hopefully the crash broke its legs...
[21:30]<EchoesOfDeath>	The pegasus flaps up, lifting from the ground. One of the legs seems badly dislocated but he doesn't seem to care. His glassy eyes turn to Cambiance and he flies towards her.
[21:35]<EchoesOfDeath>	The pegasus bashes her headfirst.
[21:36]?	Cambiance stumbles back, clutching the point of impact.
[21:39]?	Swift_Hurddle screams and runs as fast as he can, leaping to tackle the pegasus. "Nooo! Stay away from her!"
[21:50]?	Swift_Hurddle leaps and carries his weight into the tackle, carrying the beast down under his hooves to the gravell with a sickening crack. Swift stands over it heaving heavly.
[21:52]<EchoesOfDeath>	The policeponies turn around, their guns drawn. The pegasus policepony lowers his shades "...buck."
[21:53]?	Swift_Hurddle seeths as he looks past the still pegasus body and shakes.
[21:54]?	Cambiance sits, dazed.  "Swift... um, thank you."
[21:55]?	Backlash steps forward hesitantly, still on edge. "Make sure it's dead!"
[21:55]?	Swift_Hurddle steps back off of it and sits near the pony, still shaking.
[21:56]<EchoesOfDeath>	They policeponies approach the trampled pegasus. "We have to take him to a medic." The pegasus says.
[21:57]<Cambiance>	"W-wait!  He might be dangerous.  He was... attacking us."
[21:58]<EchoesOfDeath>	"Sorry for that, kid. Good thing you think fast." The red mare says to Swift_Hurddle.
[21:59]?	Swift_Hurddle nods, swollowing. "I-ya... I guess so... is he?-", Swifts words trail off
[21:59]<Backlash>	"Can somepony get a good look at its eyes? They got messed up eyes. That's how ya know it's a real one."
[21:59]<EchoesOfDeath>	The pegasus policepony says. "He might, but he is still a pony. I'm going to fly him to the quarentine camp."
[22:00]<EchoesOfDeath>	The pegasus pulls his eyelids open. "Huh, looks like you are right. They should have told us that."
[22:01]?	Star_Spotter looks to the Pegasus Policepony. "Trust me when I say this sir, but that is a terrible idea. Let's check his pulse first... as violent as Swift was, he might not be alive anymore."
[22:02]?	Swift_Hurddle tail wraps around his rump as he slumps his head forward, the brim of his hat hiding his face.
[22:02]<Backlash>	"Uh-huh. They don't bleed right, neither."
[22:03]?	Cambiance walks over near Swift.  "Don't worry.  You didn't do anything wrong.  Thanks for saving me."
[22:04]<EchoesOfDeath>	The pegasus examines him. "No pulse. He is cold. What the-" His hoof touches the thick dark goo that seeps from him. "That is no blood I ever seen." He picks up the crushed pegasus.
[22:05]<EchoesOfDeath>	"If you are going, fly low so I can cover you. There might be more of them flying." The unicorn policepony in the back steps closer.
[22:05]?	Swift_Hurddle looks up to Cambiance, "Your welcome... I just wish I didnt have to do-". Looking back down he finish his thought with a soft voice, "that"
[22:06]?	Star_Spotter looks to the police. "It's not a smart idea to pick him up! He might have some sort of disease, contagious!"
[22:08]?	Backlash furrows her brow, remembering something she thought she'd heard a few minutes ago. "Yeah, wait, didn't somepony say the crazy's like a disease or somethin'?"
[22:09]<EchoesOfDeath>	The pegasus policepony cringes. "...guess now I really should go see the paramedics either way." He grunts. "I'll take this guy with me, then. There might be some hope for him. Alarm, take these ponies to safety." He says to the red mare and flies away fast.
[22:10]<EchoesOfDeath>	"Hey, wait!" The unicorn mare gallops after him, leaving only the red mare behind.
[22:12]?	Backlash looks around the rest of the group. "Should we wait for 'em, or...?"
[22:13]<EchoesOfDeath>	The red mare shakes her head. "We don't want any of those falling on us again. What way?" She asks Raven
[22:14]?	Star_Spotter looks to Raven as well
[22:14]<EchoesOfDeath>	She points down the street.
[22:15]?	Swift_Hurddle stands and moves in the direction indicated.
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[22:16]<EchoesOfDeath>	Soon you find yourselves by a brick house with a small garden. The gate is locked.
[22:16]<EchoesOfDeath>	"Mrs. Comb!" Raven calls.
[22:16]<EchoesOfDeath>	But nopony answers.
[22:17]?	Star_Spotter looks to Raven. "I'll fly up and see if they are home."
[22:18]?	Swift_Hurddle leans on the gate and looks silently up at the brick house.
[22:21]<EchoesOfDeath>	Raven nods, still carrying an unconscious Rosebee
[22:21]?	Star_Spotter flies up over the gate and towards the home
[22:21]?	Backlash sits down on the ground, nursing her leg.
[22:27]<EchoesOfDeath>	There are no lights on and the house is silent.
[22:29]?	Star_Spotter moves towards the door, checking to see if it's unlocked
[22:30]<EchoesOfDeath>	The door is locked.
[22:31]?	Star_Spotter moves back to the group. "They must be gone somewhere."
[22:31]?	Swift_Hurddle looks back at the house, "you sure, hummm... could they be out looking for rosebee?"
[22:34]<EchoesOfDeath>	Raven shakes her head. "The night would be with us either day, for teacher would have us watching stars."
[22:36]?	Swift_Hurddle leans over the gate now, "huh... that dose seem odd"
[22:37]<EchoesOfDeath>	Backlash 's eyes pick up a strange light. She sees a procession of ponies on fire wandering across a crossing two blocks down from where you are
[22:39]?	Backlash takes a moment to register what she's seeing. She tries to make herself small and hisses at her companions to get down. "Look...!" She points toward the light in the distance.
[22:41]<EchoesOfDeath>	Hopping over the fence, Swift_Hurddle can find a key under a carpet by the back door of the house
[22:42]<EchoesOfDeath>	"...what in Equestria..." The policemare whispers, getting standing in front of the group.
[22:45]?	Swift_Hurddle thinks fast and pulls out the key, waving back to the group, "Hey, anypony want to head inside, like... quick?"
[22:45]?	Star_Spotter tilts her head, squinting in the distance. "What?"
[22:46]?	Cambiance nods.  "That seems... prudent."  She glances back at the glowing shapes.
[22:47]<EchoesOfDeath>	The burning ponies wander, a couple of them seeming to turn to the street you are in.
[22:47]?	Swift_Hurddle insurts the key into the door and opens it wide, "Guys, quick!"
[22:47]?	Cambiance runs inside.
[22:48]?	Backlash hobbles inside as quickly and quietly as possible.
[22:48]<EchoesOfDeath>	Raven flies inside with Rosebee.
[22:49]<EchoesOfDeath>	Punch Clock, trots in behind the others. "Excuse me."
[22:50]?	Star_Spotter moves in last, looking to the police mare. "These things are violent, do you have anything I can use to help defend my students?"
[22:52]?	Swift_Hurddle looks between miss star and Clock, "umm... can we talk about this inside?"
[22:52]<EchoesOfDeath>	4df+1
[23:01]<EchoesOfDeath>	Alarm thinks and hesitates, but she looks back at your grave face. "Alright, I shouldn't be doing this, but I get a feeling you'll need it." She pulls out her gun, offering the handle to you. "Do you know how to use one of these?"
[23:02]?	Swift_Hurddle eyes the instrument of death, hoping that he is not the one expected to pick it up.
[23:02]?	Star_Spotter nods slightly. "I've had some training." She smiles to Alarm. "Thank you very much." She says moving inside
[23:03]?	Backlash roots around in the house, peering out each of the windows and rifling through cabinets.
[23:04]<EchoesOfDeath>	"Hey, Star." Alarm calls. "Can I get a kiss before I go? It might be a while."
[23:05]?	Star_Spotter smiles softly to the police mare and leans in and gives her a peak on the cheek. "You'll get more than that when you come back, so hurry~" She winks before giggling.
[23:06]<EchoesOfDeath>	Alarm smiles. "I will." She sets off, moving quietly down the block.
[23:07]?	Star_Spotter turns to her students and Backlash. "Let's see what... we can do." She sighs, looking back towards where Alarm went. "I hope she's okay..."
[23:08]?	Swift_Hurddle shuts the door behind alarm and locks it, pocketing the key. "Im sure hell be just fine... so has anypony seen roses parents?". troting from the door he starts inspecting the windows and any other doors he sees,
[23:11]?	Cambiance looks around the house.  "Hmm.. I don't think so.  I wonder when they left."
[23:12]?	Swift_Hurddle starts mithodically locking windows and closing drapes.
[23:13]?	Swift_Hurddle calls out as he works, "maybe they left a note?"
[23:14]?	Star_Spotter looks for an upstairs or a attic in the home
[23:15]<EchoesOfDeath>	Among clothes and magazines, Backlash finds a box with bandages and ointments
[23:19]?	Swift_Hurddle collapses on the sofa after locking up, rubbing his eyes with his legs. "buck me this is a long night"
[23:26]<EchoesOfDeath>	Cambiance finds out that one of the bedrooms has dust on the doorknob. Anyone else that might live here has been away for at least a week. She also finds a note on Rosebee's bedroom, where Raven left her to rest. It says "I already left to the Annual Canterlot Florist Convention. Take care. I left some meals for you, don't forget to put them in the freezer."
[23:26]?	Cambiance frowns.  "Oh my..."
[23:28]?	Cambiance returns to Swift at the living room.  "Hey, I found a note.  It looks like Rosebee's parents are out of town at Canterlot.  For some florist convention."
[23:31]?	Swift_Hurddle sighs looking up at Cambiance, "well dosent that just figure, right in line with our lucky tonight...". Sitting up he rubs his head, "Poor rosebee, what a time to have family out of town"
[23:31]<Cambiance>	"Yeah... Do you think this is going on in Canterlot as well?"
[23:37]?	Swift_Hurddle looks at her with a shocked look, "What? no way! I mean.. the princesses are there right? no way something like this could effect them there. Heck, they are propably are safer than us right now"
[23:39]?	Star_Spotter heads up to the second floor, holding the pistol in tow. "I'll keep watch incase any of those crazed ponies try to get in." She smiles at her students. "You all relax."
[23:41]?	Swift_Hurddle smiles half heartedly, "thanks miss star... umm, do you know when we will be able to go home?"
[23:41]?	Cambiance smiles.  "You're probably right.  I bet they're working out what's going on right now...  I hope."  She frowns.
[23:41]?	Star_Spotter sighs a bit. "I don't know. But the streets aren't safe right now." She says, looking out the second floor windows. "I'll try my best to get you all back to your families."
[23:44]?	Swift_Hurddle nods, "Im sure you will miss star". Swift sits close to Cambiance and looks at the windows he had already checked.
[23:45]<EchoesOfDeath>	The flaming ponies are still wandering on the streets. Star_Spotter sees one close passing by this house. The flames charred the coat and exposed the flesh of the pony, but it still wanders as if nothing were happening.
[23:45]?	Star_Spotter keeps her eye on it specifically but she also look around to see if she can spot Alarm
[23:48]?	Swift_Hurddle looks at miss star looking out the window, "Miss star... its like the wreck we saw, I dont know what sickness this is but... its not right, they shouldnt be walking like that. Especially not the one in the chariot I saw". Swift shudders a bit
[23:49]?	Star_Spotter sighs a bit. "I know it is... I don't know exactly what all this is. But I know I need to protect you all."
[23:50]?	Cambiance smiles.  "Thank you Miss Star Spotter.  We really appreciate it."
[23:50]<Star_Spotter>	"Just... call me Star for now." She smiles. "Class isn't in session."
[23:51]<EchoesOfDeath>	Star Spotter sees a red pony passing by and being lit by a lamppost, one street away. She moves towards a burning house further away.
[23:52]?	Star_Spotter keeps spot to see if she can possibly guard that pony from any mad ponies near them
[23:53]<EchoesOfDeath>	If she keeps going further away, this muzzlegun won't be precise enough to hit anything around her.
[23:54]?	Star_Spotter sighs and knows she can't keep over. She reverts her gaze back to any immediate danger
[23:55]<EchoesOfDeath>	You hear a moaning sound inside the house.
[23:55]<Cambiance>	"... Did you hear that?" Cambiance asks Swift.
[23:56]?	Backlash stops her first aid and returns to where Cambiance and Swift are. "You guys okay?"
[23:56]<Cambiance>	"At the moment, yes."
[23:56]<Backlash>	"Okay... Thought I mighta heard somethin' rooting around in here."
[23:57]?	Star_Spotter blinks and looks around. "Does anypony know where that came from?"
[23:57]?	Swift_Hurddle looks around, "ummm... do we have a head count? wheres raven?"
[23:59]<EchoesOfDeath>	The sound comes from the bedrooms.
[00:00]?	Swift_Hurddle looks to the source of the sound, "ok, I definately heard that"
[00:00]<Cambiance>	"Do you... do you think there's one of those sick ponies in the house?"
[00:02]?	Star_Spotter blinks at the others. "Where is the sound coming from... I can handle it."
[00:02]?	Swift_Hurddle shakes his head, "I dont know how there could be..."
[00:02]?	Swift_Hurddle points
[00:03]?	Star_Spotter moves towards the bedrooms, slowly opening the door.
[00:04]?	Backlash tests her leg, slipping up behind the others.
[00:04]?	Swift_Hurddle follows his teacher close behind
[00:04]?	Cambiance creeps up behind
[00:05]<EchoesOfDeath>	Rosebeeis sitting on the bed, holding her head. "Bwuh. Teacher? What are you doing here? ...how did I get here? Ugh... my belly..."
[00:05]?	Swift_Hurddle sighes a breath of relive
[00:05]?	Star_Spotter lowers her gun and smiles, moving to the bed and petting Rosebee softly. "We brought you back home after you collapsed on the train."
[00:08]<EchoesOfDeath>	Raven watches from a dark corner of the bedroom, silently.
[00:08]<EchoesOfDeath>	Rosebee is still weak and swaying a bit, but her temperature is back to normal. "...I did?"
[00:09]?	Star_Spotter nods to her. "You did." She looks to the others for a moment. "How long have your parents been gone?"
[00:09]?	Swift_Hurddle rests against a wall, "sure did Rosebee, bad food poisoning from what the doc said"
[00:11]<EchoesOfDeath>	"Oh... uhh... mom is a week away... She should be back soon."
[00:16]?	Star_Spotter looks out the window for a moment, looking up to the sky for a bit
[00:20]<EchoesOfDeath>	Raven Feather sneaks out of the bedroom.
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