Isle Del Sol Session XIV

Session Start: Sun Oct 12 14:42:10 2014
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[15:24] <%Somber> The five friends were on some kind of spirit path through a Costa Del Luna in the midst of its annihilation.  Vera had paid the price, putting her loving stallion off the bus just before the wave hit.  Then they'd been put through a veritable spin cycle.  Next, a guardian to be over come.  In the midst of the flooded, burning city, their passage was blocked
[15:26] <%Somber> by an overturned ship.  The large vessel had the name 'Guardian' on the stern, protruding through the flames and smoke.  A hatch clanged open, letting out a deluge of crimson water, then hung there.  The way forward was through the ship...
[15:27] * Harris turns to Calamine "So this looks like the way we have to go. Got any ideas how we should go about this?"
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[15:28] <%Somber> Behind them the flames were slowly inching into the path, burning on oil and the debris of the wave ravaged houses.
[15:29] * Calamine shakes her head. "No, but I know we need to keep moving forward and stay on the path. I guess the path is through the ship."
[15:30] * Vera mutters to herself, "Just keep flap-ing, just keep flap-ing..."
[15:30] * Candlelight_Sonata leans against Calamine, still whiping tears from her eyes as she takes a step forward.  "Just like Vera said.  Keep on movin'."
[15:30] <%Somber> A bloody, water logged pony slips out of the hatch, landing in a heap as the flames creep closer.
[15:31] * Calamine smiles sadly at Candlelight_Sonata and wipes a tear away. "I'm right beside you."
[15:31] * Harris nods to that as he makes his way to the ships stern climbing to the hatch "Any one need a talon up?" as he offers a talon to any that need help up
[15:31] <Calamine> Then the pony flops out and she leaps back with a loud "Eep!"
[15:33] * Vera "C'mon folks, we gotta get up and into that ship. It's that or get burned to death."
[15:34] <%Somber> The hatch opened to a machine shop.  Most of the equipment was still bolted to the ceiling.  Wires smoked and the emergency lights flickered.  The floor was strewn with tools and broken spurs of metal, which impaled two other bodies.  One door was set in the wall and next to it was a motorized hatch.
[15:34] * Candlelight_Sonata extends a hoof to Harris.  "Thanks..."
[15:35] <%Somber> The crackling flames began to snake up behind them.  Already the ship was starting to heat up.
[15:36] * Vera looks behind. "Oh, crap. The fire's still coming. Okay guys, we gotta keep moving!" She aims for the door and pries it open.
[15:37] <%Somber> The door was locked.  Strifer checks the motor next to the hatch.  "Crap.  This thing's shorted out.  Give me a sec.  I think I can get it working...."  Smoke started to creep in the hatch.
[15:38] * Harris helps Candlelight_Sonata to the hatch then looks to the flames "Ok now we need to get a move on it."
[15:39] <%Somber> "That door is locked, feathers.  Get it open!"  She said as she pulled out her tools. "Freaking spirit path craziness... give me something to fight, damn it."
[15:39] * Calamine says a silent pray, trying to calm the flames as best she can.
[15:40] * Harris sees the locked door "Ok, let me take care of that." as it pops open with just  twist or two
[15:42] * Harris slowly opens the door to take a look through it
[15:42] <%Somber> Harris manages to pop it open, exposing a short hallway that opens into a bunkroom.  The bunks have all torn free and lie in tangled beams and spurs of metal.  Someone inside starts screaming for help, and the cries are extended to others.  A hoof pokes out of the tangled mass.  They can walk over the bunks, but it's going to be risky.  The heat is increasing
[15:42] <%Somber> as the calls for help grow.
[15:43] * Calamine looks to the fire. "It will not slow. We must hurry or we will perish."
[15:44] <Calamine> "If we can help some, we try, but the fire will continue to come."
[15:44] * Vera "You know, I've heard ponies use the phrase 'light a fire under her' in reference to motivation, but I never thought it would happen to me in the literal sense!"
[15:45] * Harris moves to the other side of the bunkroom as bets as he can "Come on we need to gte out of here, or die here."
[15:45] * Vera nods at Calamine. "Come on, we'll do what we can then."
[15:45] <%Somber> Freeing these ponies would take rescue equipment, hacksaws, and time that nopony has.  That doesn't stop them begging for help as they climb over.  "Please!  Sweet Celestia, Please!  Help!"  "Oh Goddesses, it hurts!  Please!"
[15:47] * Candlelight_Sonata pulls Calamine along.  "If you've got something to cover your ears, now would be the time to not be hearing."
[15:47] <%Somber> Strifer climbs over, looking down.  "I know this isn't real, but damn that's fucked up."
[15:47] <%Somber> Calamine, surprisingly, is able to get past them without trouble, as does Sonata.
[15:47] * Calamine lays her ears flat and covers her mouth with her cloak.
[15:48] * Vera silently mouths "Sorry" as she clambers over the trapped figments.
[15:50] <%Somber> Vera makes it clear, but when Harris lands a pair of heavily muscled legs shoot out and clamp down in an iron grip.  A blood streaked face pokes out of the twisted metal.  "Get me out!  Get me out or you can burn with me!"  The buff pony bellows as he holds Harris in an iron grasp.
[15:51] * Harris looks to the pony that has gripped his leg in a vice like grasp. "If you don't let go, how could I get you free?"
[15:52] <%Somber> Strifer struggles to pull his leg out.  "Fuck!  Let go!  Let go!"  But the pony holds on tight, even as she kicks his legs.  "Like kicking a rock!"
[15:53] <%Somber> The limbs squeeze even harder and the sharp snap of his hind leg breaking filling the room.  "Get me out!  Now!" the bulky brown stallion screams.
[15:54] * Calamine rushes to him and tries to free the pony.
[15:55] * Harris howls in pain as his leg breaks "ARRRRROOOWWW!!!!"
[15:56] <%Somber> There's no way to free him.  Strong as he is, the folded steel and toppled bunks keep him trapped.  As Harris screams, something thick and black begins to pour through holes in the flooring overhead... fuel oil.  In the machine room behind them they can see the growing glow of flames as the oil spreads.
[15:57] * Calamine starts crying. "We're so sorry. Please. Please let him go. We can't help you. I'm so sorry..."
[15:58] <%Somber> Tears streak the oil on his face as his thick legs keep a lock on Harris.  "If I go, he goes.  You can't just left us like this!"
[15:59] * Candlelight_Sonata closes her eyes and sets her jaw.  When she reopens them, she takes a step forward, lowers her repeater, and fires.
[16:01] <%Somber> The bullet ends him quick and cleanly.  when he goes limp and falls back, it becomes clear that he has a piece of steel through his torso and it would have been impossible to save him.  That's small consolation to the oil soaked Harris's leg, of course.
[16:02] * Harris dose his best to limp over to the next hacth "Fuck, fuckty fuck fuck. That hurts."
[16:03] * Calamine rushes over to try to attend to Harris' leg as quickly as possible.
[16:04] * Harris pushs her off him "We need to get out of here, now." as he points to the flames
[16:04] * Vera bites her lip. "We have to keep moving. Get him outta there and close that door!"
[16:04] <%Somber> At the far side of the bunk, they reach a dining room.  Water soaked food lies in heaps and mounds amid the broken plates and glasses.  Then they smell it.  The sharp garlic reek of gas filling the room.  If it reached the fires behind them...
[16:05] * Calamine nods. "Are you sure you can walk on it?" she asks while trying to help him hobble along with them.
[16:06] * Harris flops over onto his back as soon as he makes it through the hatch. "Fuck, medic."
[16:08] * Vera scans the room quickly and then sets off towards a corner. "Here it is." She throws the lever valve shut.
[16:08] <%Somber> The hiss cuts off sharply, greatly diminishing their chances of an immediate explosion.
[16:08] * Vera "Okay, that shut off the gas, but there's still a lot in here... hopefully it hasn't reached the right mixture yet. Let's keep going!"
[16:10] * Candlelight_Sonata looks around.  "Look for something that we can use as a brace.  Less you've got one in your saddlebags, Calamine."
[16:10] * Calamine nods. "Let's hurry, just in case."
[16:11] <%Somber> Past the dining room and galley was a smashed stair going down, probably to the crushed bridge beneath the ship, and up into the hard hold of the ship.  Ahead were a bathroom and smaller berths.  "You zebra bastards.  I'll kill you.  I'll kill you all," a mare shouts shrilly from one of the officer cabins.
[16:11] * Harris claws a bit at the zebra "Can you now take a look at this." as he holds up his leg
[16:12] * Calamine shakes her head, but does pull out a syringe of Med X. "This can at least help with the pain, I think. Oh!" she stops, also removing her cloak and clasping it around Harris' shoulders. "It's enchanted by the spirit of the oceans. It'll slowly heal you as you wear it," she says before administering the Med X.
[16:12] * Candlelight_Sonata looks with concern down the hallway.
[16:13] <%Somber> "Show your faces!  I'll blow your fucking heads off!" she screams from the cabin.
[16:13] * Harris nods to Calamine in thanks
[16:13] * Vera "Uh, everypony? And griffin? Don't show your faces. Especially you, Calamine."
[16:14] * Calamine nods meekly back and shrinks away a bit from the shouting.
[16:14] * Vera shrieks back at the unseen mare, "Get the fuck outta here and save yourself lady!"
[16:15] <%Somber> The door pops open and a mare in combat armor staggers out, the unicorn levitating two SMG's and pointing them right down the hall.  "Fucking zebras!  Fucking fucking zebras!"  She screams.
[16:18] <%Somber> The guns fire, the bullets flying wildly, yet several seem to tear into Vera.  "You're not one of my crew!  Sympathizers!  Infiltrators!  Die!"
[16:20] * Candlelight_Sonata ducks out of the direct line of fire.  "Stand down, sailor!  We're here to do search and rescue.  Triage those who can make it out and those who can't.  You shootin' up my mare ain't helping us do that!  Stand the hell down!"
[16:21] * Vera stares at the unicorn, blood dripping from fresh wounds. She looks angry.
[16:22] <%Somber> The captain huffs... but doesn't fire.  "You're not in uniform.  You look like a civilian..."  She said as she breathed heavily, eyes twitching as she stares at Calamine.  "I can hear my boys screaming for help!  Why aren't you helping?"
[16:23] * Calamine cringes. "They're pinned or too injured to help beyond normal means. I'm out of healing potions already."
[16:24] <%Somber> At Calamine's words, the floating guns shake as more tears run down her face.  "It wasn't supposed to be like this!  We were supposed to just dock and make repairs!  Why did it have to happen like this?" she demanded as she trembled.
[16:26] * Calamine moves forward slowly, tears already burning her eyes. "I don't know. All this death. I never wanted to see all this. I just wanted to help my friend, to complete my journey, but this is what we have to deal with and it's wrong, but shooting and hurting aren't going to make it better."
[16:28] <%Somber> The unicorn slumped back and collapsed, sobbing.  "Ten years and now this... ten years.   My crew... my family..." she cries as she sits back.  "Go.  If you have to open the forward hatch, the code is 1101.  Just..." she looks at Calamine, stricken.  "Why did it have to be like this?"
[16:29] <%Somber> The air in the ship was getting too hot to breathe.  They didn't have long...
[16:29] * Calamine hugs the mare. "I don't know, but we can't just leave you. The fire's getting close. We can't leave you behind."
[16:29] * Vera hurries on down the hallway. "Come on everyone! We gotta keep going!"
[16:29] * Candlelight_Sonata trots next to Harris to support him.  "We gotta go, Callie."
[16:30] <%Somber> "Go.  I'll... see to my crew..." she said as she stood and walked slowly down towards the flames.
[16:30] * Harris limps next to Calamine "Lets go. You can't help her."
[16:31] * Calamine starts to go, but stops at the door and shouts back, "Your crew wouldn't want you to die for nothing! Come with us, please." She waits a moment more before running after the others.
[16:31] <%Somber> Down the hallway was a stair and a locked hatch beside a flickering terminal.
[16:31] * Vera "What did she say the code was? eleven-oh-one? Somepony with computersy skills, do the code thingy!"
[16:32] <Calamine> "One-One-Zero-One."
[16:32] <%Somber> The code entered in, the hatch opens to clear road.  They can wiggle out and get free.
[16:33] * Vera makes hustling motions with her hooves. "Let's go, let's go!"
[16:34] * Harris tries his best to limp flap faster
[16:34] * Candlelight_Sonata tries to help Harris through the hatch as best she can.  "Come on, Callie!"
[16:36] * Calamine dashes through the hatch last, diving through since she was much smaller than the others.
[16:36] <%Somber> Strifer quickly steps out as well.  The bow of the ship points out like an accusing finger as they emerge, but seconds after the last person escapes the ship lets out a muffled FwaaaaaKOOM! and lifts several feet off the ground, smashing down on its side and crumpling like a flaming tin can.
[16:37] <%Somber> After that, the city is now oddly silent.  Most of the flame have died down and the road seems to be leading out of town.  The flooded, burned, smokey ruins are still and silent.  A battered sign next to the road says 'Exit, next left'.
[16:38] * Vera shakes her head slowly at the dying vessel. "I know it's not all really real, but... I can't help but feel regret. All those ponies... All dead. They just hadn't stopped moving yet."
[16:39] * Candlelight_Sonata shakes herself.  "I'm hoping you're right, Vera.  Wise I just killed one who weren't meant to die yet..."
[16:39] * Calamine nods, looking up at the sign. "One more challenge to go and we'll find Naptha. Do you need me to look at your wounds now?"
[16:39] * Harris looks to Vera "You know where in tartarus or hell. You take your pick."
[16:40] * Calamine looks to Candlelight_Sonata. "They were real, just as real as us. But they're not living any more. Saving Harris was more important," she says, trying to comfort Candlelight_Sonata.
[16:41] * Vera shakes her head. "I don't think those ponies were ever real. They might have been based on real ponies and their experiences, but I don't think there was anything in there that was really alive at any point. This is all part of the spell. This place isn't real in the sense that you and I are real, even though it can harm or kill us."
[16:42] <%Somber> As they walked along the muddy road, they came across a vending machine flickering in the muck.  One had to wonder how it had any power at all.  It also had the strangest selections.  'Love.  Happiness.  Life.  Fortitude.  Grace.  Wisdom.  Fortune.  Keenness.  Might.  Joy.  Truth.'  And flickering over the buttons scrolled 'Make your selection, please.'
[16:43] * Calamine looks at the machines. "It's a gift... Vera. I think you should take Love. Maybe..."
[16:44] * Vera steps hesitantly up to the machine. The reality of what she gave up earlier is dawning on her. She looks back at the rest of the party. "I... Um..." She looks lost.
[16:45] <Calamine> "It will only give one gift. You gave up love, maybe you can get it back," she says hopefully.
[16:46] * Vera bites her lip and presses the button marked "Love".
[16:46] * Harris looks over the vending machine "It dose have the flavor I want."
[16:46] <Harris> dosen't*
[16:46] <%Somber> 'Sold out, please make another selection.'
[16:47] * Vera looks crestfallen. Suddenly, her face turns hard. She mashes the button marked "Grace".
[16:48] * Calamine looks saddened. "I'm sorry, Vera. I shouldn't have gotten your hopes up."
[16:48] <%Somber> The machine whirls and out pops a soda.  Then the machine gives one last flicker, and goes dark.
[16:48] * Vera mumbles something quietly to herself, and then pops the soda open and gulps it in one long pull.
[16:49] <%Somber> "Grace Cola, for when you really want to move on the dance floor" the bottle says.  And when she drinks it, she feels all... lubricated and smooth.
[16:49] * Harris "Ok a can of grace...."
[16:49] * Calamine places a hoof on Vera's shoulder.
[16:50] * Calamine looks to Harris and Vera. "Let me take a look at your wounds.
[16:51] * Harris flops down onto his rump holding out the lame leg "I hope you can set it right. Last time I didn't do a very good job on myself."
[16:54] * Vera doesn't look sad anymore. Or if she does, nobody here can see it anymore. "Okay Calamine. Please do. I'm not feeling all that great, and that darn ess-emm-gee lady put the hurt on me pretty good."
[16:56] * Calamine shudders. "We should go. The spirits are getting restless. I'll see to your injuries after we've left," she says, pointing them in the direction of the exit.
[16:58] * Candlelight_Sonata extends a hoof to help Harris up.
[16:58] <%Somber> The 'exit' off ramp leads them to a door.  It sits in the middle of the road, oddly propped upright.  Behind it the path ends, a wall of fallen buildings and rubble in their way.
[16:59] * Harris grimaces from the pain as he gets up with the help of the batpony
[17:00] * Calamine steps towards the door and opens it. "Naptha's beyond."
[17:00] * Harris looking over to Candlelight_Sonata "This wouldn't be so bad if I didn't already have a lame wing."
[17:00] * Candlelight_Sonata gives Harris a sympathetic look.  "We'll get you fixed.  Callie knows her art well."
[17:00] <%Somber> The door opens to a hallway in a building.  Honkytonk music can be heard in the background.
[17:03] * Candlelight_Sonata looks down the hall, shrugging her rifle off of her back.
[17:04] * Calamine looks around, closes her eyes for a moment, and then looks back at the others nervously. "Naptha's near, but not quite here. This is as close as the spirit realm could bring us."
[17:06] * Candlelight_Sonata takes on yet another panicked look.  "What do you mean here but not?  What in..."  her ears drop.  "We can't get to her, can we?"
[17:06] <%Somber> As they step through, the space behind them darkens, and when the last leaves, a public bathroom materializes behind them.  The walls had old pictures on them, and at the end of the hall they could see tables and chairs.  The music twanged over the air.
[17:08] * Calamine shakes her head. "No. We'll just have to find her ourselves. She's near, but we didn't appear right where she is." Callie then moves and begins tending to the wounded.
[17:08] * Harris softly leans against a wall to get his weight off of Candlelight_Sonata, trying to pull out his rifle
[17:08] * Vera steps out of the bathroom and into the building proper.
[17:10] * Candlelight_Sonata hushes herself and follows after Vera.
[17:10] * Harris calls out to Candlelight_Sonata in a soft tone "See if you can find out where we are."
[17:10] <%Somber> It was a western style bar, though clearly this was not happy hour.  The room was almost deserted.  Almost.  The lone occupant was an orange mare in a cowpony hat and chaps hopping and wiggling and clopping to the music.  Then she turns and faces the five and lets out a shriek as she falls on her butt.  "Tarnation!  Where did you folks come from!?  I coulda
[17:11] <%Somber> sworn today was gonna be as dead as a dog on tuesday!"  She pulls herself to her hooves and straightens her vest and hat. "Welcome ta Drinks.  What can I get fer yer?"
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[17:13] * Vera sets herself on a barstool. "You got bourbon whiskey?"
[17:14] <%Somber> She trotted behind the bar.  "Yup.  Sure do.  One copper button a shot, or you can have the whole dang bottle fer ten."  She said as she lifted a bottle, presenting it to Vera for her approval.
[17:16] * Vera assents by dropping a brass button on the counter. "We're, ah, looking for a wayward friend. You haven't seen her, have you? Short little dragon lady. Kind of meek?"
[17:18] * Somber shook her head as she poured a drink.  "Dragons?  Nope.  Don't get many on the island, for some reasons.  We get folks like I ain't never believed, but not much in the way of dragons."  She said and poured Vera a second one.  "On the house.  Y'all look like ya could use it."  She looked back towards the restrooms.  "So where'd y'all come from?"
[17:19] * Harris ruffels Calamine's main after his leg magicly heals "Thank you, thank you. Now let me try and put some weight on it." getsup slowly and tries to see if all is we with his leg
[17:19] * Candlelight_Sonata shrugged unhelpfully.  "Costa Del Luna?"
[17:19] * Vera knocks back the shots with the grim determination of a hardened drinker.
[17:19] * Calamine smiles and helps him up. "Keep my cloak for now. It'll help with the healing process.
[17:20] <%Somber> "Long way from there all the way to Costa Del Silva.  Lookin for a job?" she looks a little sympathetic as she regards the others, seeming to let the question of how they'd got in the bar drop.
[17:21] * Harris shakes his head and hands her back the cloak "No, I think I'm fine now. Go see if you can help Vera with it."
[17:23] * Calamine comes into the bar and over to Vera. "Let me at least bandage those wounds, Vera."
[17:24] * Vera only grunts, but acquiesces to Calamine's tender healingz.
[17:25] <%Somber> The cowpony just arches a brow and looks them over, wiping down the bar for lack of anything better to do.
[17:26] * Calamine smiles. "Thank you for your hospitality, miss."
[17:26] * Vera "Okay then, what about an evil lookin' bastard of a pony, all dressed up in black, with chains? Seen him?"
[17:27] <%Somber> "No problem.  Fact is we don't see much business this time o day... or any time..." she coughed and looked at Vera.  "Uh, I reckon not."
[17:28] * Candlelight_Sonata frowns.  "Why don't you get much business?  Ain't there... oh yeah..."  she trails off as she remembers the Silvers and their horrifically inadequate payscales.
[17:29] * Vera grunts. "Oh well, it was a long shot anyways. If you'd seen 'em, I mean. The shots were perfect. Thanks."
[17:30] * Candlelight_Sonata looks to Vera.  "MAybe... got any place that seems sorta cursed beyond all reasonable explanation in these parts?"
[17:30] <%Somber> "We ain't owned by the silvers, so their workers don't come in here.  So Drinks mostly caters ta folks passin through," she said casually.  "A... cursed place?"  She seemed a little incredulous.  "Fraid I ain't a zebra, miss.  I don't truck with curses."
[17:31] <%Somber> "If ya mean a bad place.... mmm... like... spooky?"
[17:31] * Candlelight_Sonata nods vigoriously
[17:32] * Calamine looks around for a comfortable place to sit. Perhaps she could since spiritual disturbances nearby.
[17:33] * Somber seemed to think it over a bit.  "Well, there's this big old building on the edge of town.  Dunno what it used ta be.  Don't go there myself.  But just walking past it gives me the wiggins somethin fierce.  Takes me an hour just ta get my head on straight."
[17:33] * Vera nods. "That sounds like what we're after."
[17:34] * Candlelight_Sonata nods in agreement with Vera.  "You know, I think I'm starting to understand this spirits thing.  Except not..."
[17:34] <%Somber> "Well... glad I could help.  Sure you don't want ta buy some more drinks?  Like... for the road?"
[17:36] * Candlelight_Sonata hesistates.  "Uh... do you have this drink called... rum?"  she asks, digging through her saddle bags for buttons.
[17:36] <%Somber> "Place is called Drinks, ma'am.  If ya'll can chug it, we sell it!  My partner brews up half of it down in the basement."
[17:37] * Candlelight_Sonata looks flustered.  "Uh, one bottle please."
[17:37] <%Somber> Ten buttons," she replied and fetches her a bottle.
[17:38] * Candlelight_Sonata hooves over 10 buttons and slips the bottle into her saddlebags.
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[17:39] <%Somber> Anything else I can do to help?"  The orange mare asked brightly.
[17:39] * Thunderbird is now known as Strifer
[17:42] * Calamine looks around. "Is there anywhere nearby where I can get some medical supplies?"
[17:43] <%Somber> Her smile faded.  "Are ya'll in good with the Silvers?"
[17:44] * Candlelight_Sonata frowns, one ear cocked back and to the side.  "They ain't my kinda folk."
[17:44] * Calamine looks away, ashamed.
[17:46] <%Somber> "Well, if ya ain't, I'd keep your head down low.  There's a zebra who whips up potions and tonics down near the... farmer's barracks.  He's likely the only one who would.  Silvers run darn near everything in this town.  If ya'll ain't good with them, you're like me... strugglin ta make two buttons."
[17:50] * Candlelight_Sonata nods.  "Right.  Ok."  she looks around at the party.  "We're on a tight schedule.  Get potions.  Get Naphtha.  Figure out how to get back to Costa Del Luna that doesn't involve creepy underworld passages."
[17:51] * Calamine nods.
[17:51] * Candlelight_Sonata looks to Strifer.  "Last chance for booze."
[17:51] <%Somber> "Buy more drinks?" the barpony asks, giving a hopeful smile.
[17:52] * Strifer glances at Candle then smiles at the bar mare. "My friend raises a good point. Whatcha got for me, pretty lady?"
[17:53] <%Somber> "Place is called Drinks.  What's yer pleasure?" the cowpony mare asked with a grin.
[17:54] * Calamine smiles softly at Candlelight_Sonata. "Would you like to come with me to go get some potions at the potionmaker's establishment, Sonata?"
[17:56] * Candlelight_Sonata nods to Calamine.  "Sure thing.  Ya'll rest up, when we get back, we'll check out the creepy building."  She says, slinging her rifle onto her back.  "Less ya'll wanna come with."
[17:58] * Strifer raises her eyebrows and grins. "Oh lady, those are words I like to hear. How about you, me, and a bottle of something strong and smooth?"
[17:58] * Vera sighs. "I better knock off the drinks for now... Can I get a glass of water?"
[17:59] * Somber blinks.  "Uh... I'm kinda workin sugarcube."  She said with a blush and then gets a bottle of tequila for Strifer.  "Ten caps, please."
[18:00] * Candlelight_Sonata trots out the door with a wing over Calamine's back.
[18:01] * Harris moves over to the door to have a look outside "Some ones got to keep their head straight here."
[18:01] * Calamine nuzzles Candlelight_Sonata as they step out. Following the bartender's general directions, they start heading over to the potion shop. "Sonata?" Callie asks, nuzzling her again slightly. "How are you holding up. It... it looked like that first trial hit you pretty hard."
[18:02] <%Somber> Outside, they stepped into a town untouched by the wasteland.  It wasn't just a ruin that had been repaired.  It looked as if the town had been transported through time and placed here at the base of a large mountain.  The town was green, but the skies were clear rather than pouring rain.  While this section was a touch runned down, it wasn't 'abandoned'.
[18:04] <%Somber> In the middle of town rose a number of large buildings inside a large wall that resembled a monestary or some such.  Several people, mostly zebras, walked around like natural, civilized folks.  Some looked at the Batpony and zebra and whispered to each other, giving smiles.  "Hey... they're those folks from Del Sol, right?
[18:05] * Strifer loses a bit of her cheer. "Caps? I don't suppose you take brass buttons then, huh?"
[18:06] * Candlelight_Sonata lets her ears droop.  "You figured out what the sacrifice was, right?"  She asks, not looking Callie in the eye.  She tries to not flush from the attention she and Calamine appear to be getting.
[18:06] <%Somber> Beyond the town were the plantations... more food than the wasteland could ever imagine.  Acres upon acres upon acres of foodstuff.  And hundreds upon hundreds of people working it.
[18:06] * Harris follows behind Candlelight_Sonata and Calamine just to keep an eye on them
[18:06] <%Somber> Right!  Right!  Buttons.  Sorry.  I'm from the wasteland, originally."
[18:07] * Calamine nods. "Yes... One of us would have had to give up the ability to have children, but since Vera can't anyway, she had to give up ever being loved again... It was horrible..."
[18:08] * Vera looks away from Calamine, intent on not reacting visibly.
[18:09] * Strifer brightens up and slaps down 10 buttons. "Had me worried for a moment there. So...when do you get off work? Maybe I can arrange ta get back here and we can have a little party all our own?"
[18:09] * Vera trails the group outside, slowly. She seems down about something.
[18:10] * Somber watches Vera go, and then looks at Strifer.  "Well... since yer friends have gone... let me get my rope..." she said with a grin.
[18:11] * Candlelight_Sonata stiffens slightly at the mention of Vera.  "I'm...  I'm not sure it..." she looks down at the ground.  "Woulda rather I made the call, not her.  Woulda torn me up something fierce, but..." she looks away, realising Vera is following behind them.  "I'd do anything for my family to keep them from getting hurt.  Even if it meant not being able to have my own flesh and blood."
[18:11] * Strifer breaks into a grin. "Oh, I like where this is going!"
[18:13] * Calamine looks down at the ground. "Oh..."
[18:14] <%Somber> She frowned. "Still, can't close up shop just yet..."  she then looked at strifer and smirked, then lead her behind the counter and pused her to the floor.  "Ifin somepony comes in, you better not make a peep, ya hear?"
[18:14] * Candlelight_Sonata turns and hugs Vera tightly, but gently.
[18:17] * Strifer snickers but plays along, laying down and looking up at the mare, very clearly eyeing her curves. "I can do quiet when I've got a good reason. Care to give me a good reason?"
[18:17] * Vera accepts the hug without comment. "Let's go find that medicine mixer."
[18:18] <%Somber> The cowpony sits on her face.  "My name's Apple Cider, by the by.  What's yourn?"  She asked as she pressed her crotch over Strifer's muzzle.
[18:18] * Candlelight_Sonata lets go of Vera and trots back to Calamine's side.  "Ya'll are family.  Even if we're a bit broken and dysfunctional."  She says, laying her wing across Callie's back again.
[18:20] <%Somber> The Medicine mixer was down near the plantantions, where there were row after row of block houses.  This was a veritable city compared to most of the wasteland.  True, mostponies didn't look particularly happy, but they were fed and more or less safe.  In the medicine shop was a zebra stallion working a mortar and pestle.
[18:20] * Harris just follows with out a word
[18:21] * Candlelight_Sonata looks back to Harris.  "Goes for you too."
[18:21] * Calamine perks back up and looks as if she noticed something spiritual again. She then smiles, nods, and looks to Candlelight_Sonata with a small smile.
[18:22] * Candlelight_Sonata flicks an ear in confusion, smiling back at Calamine.  "What?"
[18:22] * Strifer chuckles and parts her lips to give the mare a good, hard lick from one side to the other, and once her muzzle is clear she replies, "Strifer. Remember that for when you want to yell out my name." She gives the mare a saucy wink then goes to work showing her what she knows about using her tongue for things other than talking.
[18:23] * Calamine gives her a quick peck on the cheek as they enter the shop. "I will tell you later. It is good news."
[18:24] * Candlelight_Sonata looks back at the rest of the party, utterly perplexed.
[18:28] * Strifer does, over the course of a very fun shift for Apple Cider, share that bottle of tequila with her...and learns some fun new rope tricks!
[18:29] * Somber ([email protected]) Quit ( Quit: http://www.mibbit.com ajax IRC Client )
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