Group 4 session 17

<uSea_a_GM> **Group 4 Session 17 is a go!**

<uSea_a_GM> We last left our party in a boutique deep underground, part of the StableTec labs now mostly sealed off after the zebra attacks. A silent metal guardian stands watch over Sweetie Belle, who looks for all the world like a little filly who's fast asleep. Rarity still sits at the table, slumped onto its surface and unmoving.

<uSea_a_GM> Inside the office whose security they had cunningly thwarted, our party has discovered a safe beneath the desk, a picture in a frame, and a console waiting for instructions:

<uSea_a_GM> CT:\Sys: F-Type Spark Core located in Product Demonstration

<uSea_a_GM> CT|\Sys: Floor access Locked: Unlock? Y/N

<Wishing_Star> Short Fuse looks to Artifica for some kind of idea; "So... now what?"

* Milia glances over to Short Fuse. "Well, we need a new spark core thingy to fix the Raribot, right? Which means we need to get to where they keep 'em in this place. Which means, *now* we press another button!"

* Milia does exactly that. She presses 'y'.

* Cerberus stares at the screen, her hoofies on the desk while the foal struggles to poke her head that high "hey, hey what are all those writing? did we save the robot sister?"

<uSea_a_GM> CT:\Sys: Floor access Unlocked

* Price_Signal gave the group an interesting glance, "Well, I'm glad you're having fun playing with the robots, but are we any closer towards getting what we need to get? I mean, take your time, but keep our goals in mind."

* Milia stares at the terminal for a good half minute, and then pouts. "...I was hoping for something with a little more fanfare...I mean come on! I pressed a button! Buttons are supposed to be a big deal!"

* Cerberus "hey we are inside the place, sooner or later we wil lrun into what the guy is looking for... just have faith and keep rolling with ht most important stuff, okay?"

* Wishing_Star twists around to look at Price; "My goal is the same as always; enjoy the time I have. Can't let Sweetie and Rarity suffer; that's just mean."

* Price_Signal shrugged, seemingly placated but still somewhat bored-looking.

* Kkat is now known as Artifica

* Artifica nickers.  "Unlocked is good, right?"

* Artifica tries to open the safe.

* Milia grumbles. "Yeah...you're right..." she looks over to the picture frame to see what the photo inside might be of.

<uSea_a_GM> CT:\Sys: Safe Locked. Please enter Password:_

<uSea_a_GM> The picture is of Sweetie Belle and Rarity on some kind of farm. It looks like a race has been going on from the background. Written in elegant horn-writing are the words: 'We'll always be apple pie'

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* Cerberus looks at the picture and d'aws "i want a big sister too!"

* Milia leans in close to read the writing and raises an eyebrow.. "...the hay is *THAT* supposed to mean? Ponies are weird..."

* Price_Signal gave the picture a very long, menacing glare before turning away forcefully.

* Wishing_Star glances at the picture; "It means they're better together than they can be as individuals."

* Milia chuckles at the filly's cute reaction before turning to stare at the group's resident ghoul, a bit confused. "...How'd you get that from apple pie?"

* Wishing_Star shrugs; "I unno."

<Wishing_Star> *Short Fuse does those things (Derr)

* Cerberus "so.... what now?"

* Milia glares at Short Fuse. "Touche, Fuse...touche." She turns back to the terminal to see what Artifica might be doing now. Seeing that the safe needs a password, the zebra gets an idea. "This is gonna be so funny if it actually works..." she mumbles.

* Milia tries to take the photo out of the frame and checks it for any possible hidden passwords. "C'mooooon wasteland, throw me a bone here!..."

<uSea_a_GM> On the back is written (in the same horn-writing: 'To my Darling Sweetie Belle. Don't ever change. Love Rarity."

* Milia finds that now it's her time to d'aww. That was a much more transparent sentiment than anything involving baked goods, and it was adorable. <3

* Artifica d'awwws too.

<Wishing_Star> Short Fuse d'awws. It's very gruff and bizarre

<Milia> "Well...d'awws aside, I was hoping for a password or somethin'...guess not though."

<Wishing_Star> Short Fuse blinks; "Did you try 'Apple Pie'?"

* Cerberus is fought by her inner hellhound nature that is screaming that diabeetus is a medical condition, but her new pony form seems to be almost on the verge of tears for how sad and adorable is the moment

* Milia types in 'Apple Pie' in the password field and hits enter.

<uSea_a_GM> You hear a *click*

<uSea_a_GM> CT:\Sys: Safe Unlocked_

* Cerberus raises bot hooves "YUSH!"

<Cerberus> *both

* Milia blinks a few times. She slowly turns to Short Fuse, blushing that she overlooked something so stupidly obvious. "...yes. Yes I did. *Wow* I'm an idiot."

<Wishing_Star> Short Fuse Shrugs; "I forget thigns all the time."

* Artifica gives the honors of opening the safe.

* Cerberus then falls over on her back with a confused expression... ponies and their stupid leg joints!

* Price_Signal gave a whistle, "...not badly done."

* Milia shakes her head, chuckling. "Fair enough! Let's see what we just uncovered, yeah?" She trots over to the safe and opens it.

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<uSea_a_GM> Inside the safe are a trio of pony statues, an earth pony, a pegasus and a unicorn. There are also a hoof-ful of bits (gold) and a letter.

* Milia cocks her head. "Well now, what's all this then?..." She scoops out the contents of the safe and places all of it on the floor for the whole group to see. She examines each of the three statues first, looking them over carefully.

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* Cerberus dolls.... cute dolls... want! no, no wait! act cool, dolls are for girls.... no need dolls!

<uSea_a_GM> Everyone can identify the statue of Sweetie Belle (Speak from the heart!), but Short_Fuse also knows Apple Bloom (You can make anything if you put your mind to it!) and Scootaloo (Go fast or you'll never catch up!)

<Wishing_Star> Short Fuse points at the statuettes; "Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle, Scootaloo. The Founders of Stable-Tec. Scootaloo also founded Red Racer."

* Milia picks up the statuette of the orange pegasus. "Huh. Like...the scooters? I've come across a few old factories while scavenging before."

<uSea_a_GM> unfortunately Artifica does not find the spare power core she was looking for.

* Cerberus titlts her head "well.... mission accomplished... can we save the robot now please? i mean, the stupid rich pony will get what he wanted, but we're not done here yet"

<Wishing_Star> Short Fuse nods; "Yup, them. Funny, Scootaloo's scooter was blue."

* Cerberus sems to remember something "ah.. and what does the letter say?"

<uSea_a_GM> Milia suddenly feels faster!

* Milia laughs. "Weird. Also, dude, you have the WEIRDEST memory. You remember stuff like that but forget what intercomsarewhatsortaponyareyouamItalkingfasterallofasudden?""

* Milia notices the world seems...slower, almost. Just a tiny bit, but enough to be noticable. "Ohthisiscool. Reallycool."

<Wishing_Star> Short Fuse picks up the Apple Bloom statuette curiously.

* Price_Signal gave the statuettes a strange share, "Oh, don't tell me they're charmed...this could end badly."

<uSea_a_GM> The mysteries of mechanics now seem a lot simpler to Short_Fuse... he has an urge to build things

* Cerberus "what, more weird pony mumbo jumbo?" sighs "exactly what we neweded..."

* Milia bounces up and down. "Awcomeonkiddo! Ifthisismumbojumbothen-" she finally realizes how fast she's begn to speak and makes a conscious effort to slow herself down. She also has to repress the urge to cluck like a chicken for some reason. Weird. "As I was saying...if this is mumbo jumbo, it's *awesome* mumbo jumbo. Seriously! Somepony try picking up the one of Sweetie Belle!"

* Price_Signal groaned. "Fine. What's the worst that could happen." He swiped it up with little interest.

<Wishing_Star> Short Fuse slips the Statuette away. "Eeyup."

* Cerberus leaves the group and goes inspecting the recharging sweetie bot, seems sad "uh... i hope we can fix this... sorry if i disturb, big brother, where is the entrance to the level?"

* Milia scoops up the letter finally, deciding it's worth a read. You never know, maybe it's enchanted too!

<uSea_a_GM> Price_Signal feels ready to take on even the trickiest of tongue twisters! Peter Piper pony picked a peck of pickled peppers!

<Price_Signal> "...I don't feel that different." Not particularly true. He felt slightly more articulate, but he was pretty used to argument and talking, so he dismissed it.

* Artifica noddles.  "The statuettes are very nice, and I hope the client is happy... but I care much more about those two robots.

<uSea_a_GM> The Big Brother points a hoof back towards the elevator, then looks at Cerberus for a moment. It stomps off and picks up something from behind a pile of fabric. It drops the thing in front of Cerberus. The thing squeaks when it hits the ground.

* Cerberus sniffs the squeaking thing and examines it

<uSea_a_GM> Milia's letter says: 'Could you please try not to lose these ones Sweetie?

<uSea_a_GM> You know how hard the first batch was for Statuesque .

<uSea_a_GM> A.B.'

* Milia turns to Artifica, nodding after she finishes reading the letter. "For sure. Let's go save this little fillybot's sister."

* Milia heads out of the office and back to the elevator.

* Cerberus was caring about the robots too, but then sueaky thing happened and she is quite focused on it right now

* Wishing_Star nods; "I'm good for saving nice robots."

* Artifica notes to Wishing_Star, "Scootaloo probably learned the magic of colors.  Red makes things go faster."  She says this with confidence.

<Wishing_Star> *Short Fuse

<Wishing_Star> (Damnit)

<Price_Signal> "Well...we probably have time."

* Cerberus bites the duck -SQUEAK- chews -SQUEAK- thinks about it for a moment, chews again -SQUEAK- okay. she is officially in puppy heaven

* Cerberus is sitting where she is chewing the rubber toy

<uSea_a_GM> Inside the elevator Milia can see that the button marked: 'Product Demonstration' is now lit.

<Cerberus> -SQUEAK-

* Artifica looks to Short_Fuse.  "May I see the statuette?

* Milia has to suppress a squee, seeing Cerberus attack the rubber duck. No one filly should have all that cuteness. She waves a hoof over to the rest of the group. "Anypony up for a tour of product demonstration?" The zebra remains quiet for a few moments. "...I really hope this place didn't make turrets or racist attack robots or something...I could go without seeing those demonstrated."

<Cerberus> -SQUEAK-

<uSea_a_GM> The Big Brother bot gives off a 'mission accomplished' kind of vibe.

* Cerberus gleefully trots towards the elevator, but before she thanks the robot "fanf fou fiftef fif froher"

<Wishing_Star> Short Fuse pulls out the statuette and hoofs it over

* Price_Signal gave a smirk, "aww, but prewar defense robots are the funniest."

* Cerberus enters the elevator, her tail is wagging, like an ordinary dog being happy... oh, and -SQUEAK-

<Wishing_Star> Short Fuse smirks; "They tend to blow up real good too."

* Milia groans. "Yeah, they're hilarious. Real jokesters. I especially love the ones that shoot 600 jokes per minute. Oh wait, no, sorry, my bad, those aren't jokes, they're bullets." She muses sarcastically. After everypony enters the elevator, she performs what seems to be her designated job in the group: pressing buttons.

* Milia presses 'Product Demenstration'.

<uSea_a_GM> The doors close as the group plays 'pass the statuette' and the elevator decends.

* Cerberus guess what? -SQUEAK-

* Milia d'awws and giggles.

* Artifica examines the statuette of Apple Bloom.  It is an amazing likeness according to the records.  She pauses to enjoy Cerberus' squeaking.  Then searches for any sort of manufacturer's mark or artist's symbol on the statuette.

<uSea_a_GM> On the underside of the statue is carved a small square with the initials S.Q. inside.

* Cerberus is behaving a lot more than usual and waits for the run on the elevator to end, only... something is missing... could it be the massive energy rifle she always carries strapped around her neck?

<Wishing_Star> Short Fuse looks at Cerberus; "Forget something? That happens to me a lot."

* Cerberus loocks back at fuse and replies -SQUEAK- then spits the duck for a moment "forgot what?"

<uSea_a_GM> The elevator comes to a halt and the door opens with a *ding!*

<uSea_a_GM> You find yourselves in a waiting room, featuring several comfy-looking chairs and a sofa. Magazines and books are stacked neatly on some tables. Another desk is in the corner and two doors are on the far side.

* Milia trots out of the lift cautiously. "Well...this seems okay so far..."

<uSea_a_GM> On the wall are some posters of the Big Brother bots like the one in the elevator, and there are also posters of the cleaning robots you saw before fighting back a wave of dirt.

* Cerberus trots in the corridor and takes a look around, retrieving her- her.... "fuck..."

* Milia glances back to Cerberus. "Somethin' wrong, kiddo?..."

* Price_Signal sighed, "Oh...it never stays ok. Heh."

* Cerberus "i forgot the rifle in the robots room... don't worry i have a laser pistol...." the foal takes the small gun with her tail and proceeds inspecting the area for turrets and such

<Wishing_Star> Short Fuse looks at Cerberus again; "Whatever it was."

* Artifica looks over the magazines curiously.

* Milia winces. "Oh...shit. Well, at least you're prepared for just such an occasion!" she shoots back optimistically. Milia heads to take a look at the magazines and books on the table.

* Cerberus shrugs "well look at the bright side... i'll save caps on shots, because this peashooter is useless..."

<Price_Signal> "...one hell of a thing to forget. Oh well, as long as we don't forget it on our way out..."

* Cerberus "alright, those core things are supposed to be somewhere 'round here, right? this room looks like some sort of reception, i'd say we move and look for the storage?"

<Milia> "Hey, no worries!  We'll head back and get it when Artifica heads back up to work her figurative-and-possibly-literal magic on the robosisters."

<Milia> "I just hope Sweetie Bot doesn't wake up and think it's a new toy or something while we're down here...that could end poorly."

* Cerberus pics up a magazine wrapping it up "okay now i am armed"

* Milia guffaws at Cerberus. "Aw shit, the dog has the rolled up magazine now? The tables have turned!" she teases.

<Wishing_Star> Short Fuse smirks; "Irony, thy name is 'Blunt Objects and You'. How... appropriate."

* Cerberus "yeah, bevare world, cerberus is coming for  you and he wants treats!"

* Cerberus looks at the magazine, perplexed "ah, does someone want it?"

* Milia looks at the magazine she picked up. "'Battle Saddles - A Primer'...something tells me I'm gonna need more than a primer to be any good with a battle saddle. I think I'd need, oh, I dunno, an actual Battle Saddle first." She looks to the resident heavy weapons mare, offering the magazine to Artifica. "Care for some light reading material?"

* Cerberus offers the magazine to Price_Signal "ah... do you want it?"

* Price_Signal gave the filly a strange stare. "...it's fine. Have your fun with it."

* Milia leaves the magazine for Artifica and moves to look through the desk. "Oh mahogany chest of wonders, reveal your secrets to me!" she declares authoritatively, despite the desk in all likelyhood not being made of mahogany, or even wood.

* Cerberus since the magazine seems to not be needed, the foal decides she has a new hat.

* Milia takes the 6 caps. Joy of joys!

* Artifica noddles, taking the magazine on Battle saddles and looking over a book.

* Milia trots over to the doors, seeing if they're unlocked.

<uSea_a_GM> Both are unlocked, one of the doors is labelled: Demonstration Start, the other: Demonstration Finish.

* Cerberus "well, i guess it's some sort of walkthrough? you know... you walk along a track and see how stoff works?"

* Milia taps her chin with a hoof. "Well, a good story's supposed to start at the beginning..." she ruminates to nopony in particular, the zebra sounding a bit like a certain grizzled narrator from a certain indie game. She opens up 'Demonstration Start'.

<Wishing_Star> SHort Fuse shrugs; "I would prefer to avoid blowing up anything else in Sweetie's home if I can help it."

<Milia> "I wouldn't worry too much about it, Fuse.  Just don't go blowing up the spark core and you're golden.  Considering this place has been locked for goddess knows how, I doubt Sweetie Bot comes down here very often.  I'm sure she won't mind."

<Milia> ((goddess knows how long*))

* Cerberus "look, just try to not get distracted and keep an eye open for that... cor.... thingie..." the foal pauses "i have no idea of what it looks like!"

* Cerberus "okay, arti, you can recognize this core thing if you see it?"

<uSea_a_GM> The door leads to a short corridor. As you enter, the automatic voice of a cheery young mare begins to play.

<Wishing_Star> Short Fuse snickers; "It'll be the big important looking glowy thing in the safe of the most important person on this level I wager."

<uSea_a_GM> "You may have noticed our little BugBots™ keeping everything neat and tidy, but that's not all they can do. Please proceed to the show room to see them in action.”

* Milia grins at Cerberus. "Neither do I! High hoof!" She stops herself as the recording starts to play.

<Price_Signal> "Bug bots. Sounds promising."

* Cerberus shrugs and proceeds "let's see where this story goes..."

<uSea_a_GM> The door at the end of the short corridor reads: Redecoration Demonstration.

* Milia looks back to her group. "I guess we're going to get to see some BugBot action. Unf." The zebra jokes as she enters the show room.

<Wishing_Star> Short Fuse thinks of the little bot in his bag. He would love to have more. Maybe a whole army of little bugbots all for himself. To do... something."

<uSea_a_GM> The door opens to reveal a wide hall featuring arrangements of furniture and cut-out walls to create the likeness of various household rooms and offices (think sample rooms in IKEA.)

<uSea_a_GM> However everything on one side of the hall is painted in solid red, and everything on the other side in solid blue. From floor to ceiling the room is divided by a line so straight it could have been cut by a razor.

<Wishing_Star> Short FUse has never been to Ikea

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* Milia chuckles. "Man we could totally move in here after we're done. It's already fully furnished! No killer zombie pony attacks to worry about either."

<Milia> "...interesting design choices though with the color scheme..."

<Price_Signal> "...I like it. Reminds me of the...never mind."

<Wishing_Star> Short Fuse notes; "Looks pretty posh. Just gotta shut down any security before we move in."

* Artifica noddles.  "If this place tests and demonstrates robotics, like those posters suggested, this is an excellent place to find the parts we need for Sweetie Belle and Rarity."

* Artifica considers, "It is homey.  We could repaint.  Let's keep it."

* Milia clops her front hooves together happily, grinning at Artifica. "Oh goodie goodie goodie!"

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<Wishing_Star> Short Fuse smirks; "I kinda like the paint job. Very... polar."

* Milia looks back over the hall, perplexed. "Aren't there supposed to be BugBots in here getting busy or something, though?"

<uSea_a_GM> "Redecoration Demonstration in progress."

<uSea_a_GM> Hundreds of BugBots, half of them red and the other half blue, emerge from slots in the walls and rush towards the centre. They meet in the middle, each side scuttling as hard as they can to push the others back.

<Milia> "Woah!  There they go!"

* Cerberus frowns "wait... does it means we will have to kill another sweetie bot to get the core? i.... i sont' like where this is going..."

<Wishing_Star> Short Fuse watches intently; "Now, imagine all of those, but working for me. I could have my very own swarm. They could fetch me beer and chips and... stuff."

<Milia> "Really reaching for the stars there, Fuse." she teases te ghoul, chuckling.

<Wishing_Star> SHort Fuse; "I'm not a complicated pony. I like booze and explosions."

<uSea_a_GM> BugBots bump into Milia from either side. Unable to through her legs they lick her with paint-brush tongues and then go round, seemingly content.

* Milia snerks. "Hey, I can respect tha-WHAT ARE THEY DOING TO ME AAA THAT TICKLES!"

* Milia looks at her freshly licked legs.

* Artifica sits and watches.  Then starts rooting for the red team.

<Wishing_Star> Short Fuse chuckles more at Milia than himself, he wasn't ticklish

<uSea_a_GM> Occasionally one of the BugBots looses its footing and is dragged under the others. Among the crowds you can see a single red or a solitary blue being carried off by the opposing colour.

* Milia is a bit perplexed. "I've been painted." She states matter of factly, looking back at her group.

* Cerberus smiles and watches the robots rodeo; it looks somehow fun... maybe it's not the reason they are here, but who cares

<Wishing_Star> Short Fuse steps back a bit and lets the bots have their fun

<uSea_a_GM> This continues for a minute or two before the bots suddenly turn around and swarm back the way they came. Within seconds the only evidence of their passing is the fresh paint on the ground... which is already drying, that was quick!

<Wishing_Star> Short Fuse smiles goofily; "Can I get one of those? Not just one bot but one team rather."

* Milia blinks a few times. "Well that...was certainly...interesting. Interesting and ADORABLE! I love those little guys!"

<Wishing_Star> Short Fuse gives a hoof up of approval

<uSea_a_GM> "So you see, our BugBots can work together to redecorate a room or a whole office in next to no time! Never worry about keeping up with the Jones again!"

* Cerberus "i heard that this sort of things backfired a lot... you know... ponies have never been famous for... safe stuff... if you dont' believe me, go and check splendid valley"

* Milia looks down. "Even though two of my legs are red and the other two are blue...hey if I let them paint my whole body I might be able to pass off as a pony!" she laughs.

<Price_Signal> "Imagine, something going wrong after someone drops a balefire bomb on it."

<Wishing_Star> Short Fuse snicker; "Hey, me too... except for the smell... and the breath... and the squishiness."

* Milia shudders at the mention of Splendid Valley. She had only heard stories. Bad stories. That was enough for her to know she never wanted to go there. "Eesh...no thanks. Taking a taint-bath isn't high on my list of priorities. Point taken, though..." she remarks to the filly.

<Wishing_Star> Short Fuse points to a terminal on the blue side of the room. "Lookit."

* Milia points to one on the red side. "Another one over there. And where there's terminals...there's BUTTONS!"

* Milia heads over to the red terminal and checks it out.

* Cerberus is still looking at her paintet hoofies, she doesn't seem to like them very much and doesn't really pays attention to what is going on

<uSea_a_GM> The red terminal doesn't hold much of interest... except for the colour palette. Every entry is: #FF0000

<Wishing_Star> Short Fuse decides to check out the blue terminal

<uSea_a_GM> The blue terminal is flashing up an error message. Colour palette corrupted, please reset. It lists: #0000FF in every field.

* Cerberus trots toards the terminal that wishing just left... mh.... color whatever... she didn't kknow very much aboutr dolors...

* Milia blows a raspberry at the terminal in disappointment. "Well this doesn't help me at /all/...-" the zebra realizes what this is after a few moments. "-Well if we do end up moving in here, I think I know how to paint the room whatever color we want!" she calls out. "...wait, crap we were doing something important weren't we? Woops!"

* Milia heads to the redblue doors.

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<Wishing_Star> Short Fuse looks for the Any key

* Cerberus follows milia "ye i guess we were.... still, i'd like to see the whole room painted puce"

<Wishing_Star> Short Fuse calls back; "This one's busted; somepony wanna grab Art?"

* Milia grins down at the filly before opening the doors. "Find the right code and puce the room will be."

* Price_Signal has quit (Ping timeout: 121 seconds)

* Wishing_Star gives voice to Price-Signal

<Milia> "It'll be puce-ier than...a...uh...a puce thing.  A really puce thing."

* Milia couldn't think of anything puce besides the filly herself, and using her for her analogy just seemed lazy.

<Wishing_Star> Short Fuse looks at Milia and Cebrerus; "Puce-ier than her maybe?"

<Milia> "That works!"

* Wishing_Star is now known as Short_Fuse

<Price-Signal> ".....Puce?"

* Cerberus "well, so what? is that door jammed? Artifica there's a jammed door, open it puh-leeeeease!"

<uSea_a_GM>  Short_Fuse isn't sure which the any key is, but he can see an option for 'Return to Default'.

<uSea_a_GM> The red and blue door opens, the paint sealing it shut resisting for a brief moment.

* Artifica does the unicorn horn equivelent of cracking her knuckles and gives the door a good examinations.

* Milia notices the door struggling for a moment before breaking the paint. "...yep, I don't think anypony's been through here for a long time..."

* Short_Fuse shrugs and presses the default option

<uSea_a_GM> You see another short corridor, thankfully free of red or blue.

* Cerberus "oh look, a corridor... the foal does her usual check for turrets"

<uSea_a_GM> At Short_Fuse's button press the error message goes away. The colour palette is now full of all sorts of codes.

* Milia trots through into the corridor.

* Short_Fuse arbitrarily hits #cc8899

<uSea_a_GM> this brings up an entry called: Puce

* Artifica diagnoses the door with an acute case of open.

<uSea_a_GM> As Milia and Cerberus enter the corridor a blank image is projected onto one wall and the mare's voice returns.

<uSea_a_GM> “Pattern detected, would you like the demonstration to be personalised?”

* Short_Fuse smirks and looks for a way to excecute the command.

* Cerberus falls on her plot and mutters a y-y-yeah sure...

* Milia shrugs. "...Affirmative." she states, doing her best robo-voice.

<uSea_a_GM> "Aren't you tired of your foal being picked on or having no pony to play with?” The picture shows the black silhouettes of a group of foals playing together while a white silhouette is on its own, clearly ostracised by the others.

<Artifica> "Personalized?  So they will paint us?"

<uSea_a_GM> “How about the threat of Zebra invasion?” The picture changes to a bunch of cackling black silhouettes with white stripes.

* Milia rolls her eyes.

<uSea_a_GM> “Well worry no more because Stable-Tec is proud to present the Big Brother™, the latest in foalcare and home security.” The projection now shows the poster you had seen in the elevator and in the waiting room, a mighty metal stallion standing between a group of foals (playing in the sun) and some evil shadows filled with sneaky zebras.

* Cerberus "uh oh..."

* Short_Fuse is still trying to figure out how to make the puce painting commence

* Milia glares at the images. "...You know, with all this propaganda, I feel almost obligated to learn how to sneak around."

* Artifica looks from the zebra picture to Milia and back.

* Cerberus takes a look at milia "ah... please be careful, okay?"

* Milia sighs, she smiles a bit nervously at Cerberus and Artifica. "Y-yeah, I'll try my best."

* Milia is clearly recalling how large and imposing the big brother bot guarding Sweetie Belle was. The only small comfort to be gleaned from that was the fact that at least that one didn't seem to want to kill her because of her species.

* Artifica smiles.  "It should be fine.  Maybe nothing here will recognize you.  After all, you look nothing like a real zebra."

* Artifica winks

<uSea_a_GM> There does not seem to be an option for Short_Fuse to paint everything puce, unless he re-enters every single other colour code to puce.

* Short_Fuse shrugs and starts switching them all. There didn't seem to be a huge call for his services at the moment

* Cerberus "okay okay, whe should be fine untile the foal, that is me, looks safe and the zebra, that is milia, kees ssome distance from the foal, me..."

* Milia chuckles. "Hey, you're right! There's no sinister, everpresent shadows following me around or anything, so I think I'm probably safe."

<uSea_a_GM> "Personalisation complete, beginning demonstration." The door at the end of the corridor opens.

* Milia watches anxiously as the door opens.

* Cerberus "ooookay, so who is scared about this?"

<uSea_a_GM> The second showroom is large and circular, featuring a track around the outside and open space in the middle. The outer track runs through a metal playground, with a see-saw, a spinning wheel and a slide. On the other side is a diorama of a sitting room with board games spread out on a table.

<uSea_a_GM> Opposite the entrance is another pod like the ones in the boutique. There are several consoles beside it.

* Milia shoots up a hoof.

* Cerberus "i... i have an idea, i am the foal, i'm the one supposed to be safe, right? i go first and see what happens, okay?"

<Price-Signal> "What's the worst that could happen? Besides horrible death."

* Artifica hates letting Cerberus go first into something that might be dangerous.  But...  "We don't know anything here is dangerous, right?  After all, who created this place?"

* Cerberus there's just a problem with the plan. toys "WEEEEEE!" the foal is already ridint the wheel

* Milia isn't gonna argue with that logic! "Y-yeah, sounds good to me. Hey, pooch, be careful, yeah?"

<uSea_a_GM> Trotting around the track are one of the Big Brother bots (although a fair bit smaller than the one in the boutique) and a little filly who looks exactly like Cerberus.

<Milia> "...well then."

* Cerberus actually, since she can't reach the wheel, she is staring at the plying berry

* Milia looks over to Artifica. "...I think I'm seeing double."

<Cerberus> *playing

<Artifica> That's.... really cute.

* Artifica looks to Cerberus and whispers, "Isn't she cute?"

<uSea_a_GM> Two hundred years of walking has indented the metal floor with the big robot's steps. It steps into each mark perfectly as the pair make their way to the play ground.

<uSea_a_GM> Two hundred years of walking has indented the metal floor with the big robot's steps. It steps into each mark perfectly as the pair make their way to the play ground.

* Milia trots ahead to get a better look...well, it looked automated and contained to the track, so that was a good sign. She figures it's safe enough to enter.

* Cerberus goes watching too; it could have been interesting, then an idea hits her "hey... that's some sort of foal bot it... it could hace a core..."

<Cerberus> *have

* Milia swallows nervously. "Yeah, you're right. I just don't look forward to trying to get it..." she says as she eyes the big brother bots.

<uSea_a_GM> Unblinking, the foal bot sits on the (reinforced) see-saw. The Big Brother pushes the other end up and down with a hoof.

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* Milia glances over to Artifica. "Hey, uh, Art...what kind of unicorn are you? Magically speaking, of course. The heal-y kind? Shield-y kind? Something tells me if they shoot anyone, it'll more than likely be me."

<uSea_a_GM> "As you can see, the Big Brother bot makes the perfect playmate for your foal!"

<uSea_a_GM> The filly bot moves on to the spinning wheel. The big robot spins it slowly.

* Cerberus "okay, this is both... boring and annoying... I want to be the one on the wheel!"

* Artifica blinks at the prospect of getting a core from the Cerberus-bot.

<uSea_a_GM> After a minute or two they leave the playground and enter the sitting room. Excercise books marked: 'Homework' are on display.

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* Cerberus "that's it i'm getting my share of fun, supidbots or not!" tries to jump the rail, butr as soon as homeworks appears, she has second thoughts... "well... maybe we let the robots demonstrate, yes?"

<uSea_a_GM> "It can even help with school work! Yes, the Big Brother bot truly is a foal's best friend."

* Short_Fuse finishes the pucificating and rejoins the filly and zebra. "Do you think maybe the little foal bot there has the part we need?"

* Milia shoots Cerberus a perplexed look. "What, are you gonna try to cheat off of their work or something?"

<Price-Signal> "Geez, even I'm starting to want one of these suspiciously cheerful robots."

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* Milia shudders. She was supremely creeped out by the brotherbots. "I sure as shit don't..."

* Cerberus "as long as thete is something marked as work on that side, i'm sitting exactly where i am!"

* Milia then nods to Fuse. "That's the theory, anyways..."

* Milia clops her front hooves together. "Okay! Anypony else up for beating the shit out of that brotherbot? You know it's not gonna like us messing with the Cerberbot."

* Artifica waves a hoof.  "I sense this is the droid we are looking for."

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* Cerberus "okay, so do we have a plan? i mean, as soon as we open fire, they'll react and probably the whole station will turn hostyle..."

* Cerberus "we should try doing this with some brain... maybe we let the demonstration end and then we track the small bot and open it..."

<Cerberus> "if the thing doesn't work, e make the whole thing start over again and go medieval"

<uSea_a_GM> The giant bot and the little bot begin the last leg of their journey, towards the pod at the back of the room.

* Milia smirks. "Looks like that's that, then." She looks down to the filly. "...hit it until it stops moving isn't a plan? Don't these places usually have a security station that can override lockdowns or something?"

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* Price-Signal gave a strange stare, "Not to inconveniently interject, but is it neccesarily worth it risking life and limb to take a part from a robot to give it to another robot?"

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* Cerberus "well.... one of those robots freely decided to sacrifice herself to save the other... how i see things, they are more deserving to live than a lot of other 'real' ponies"

<uSea_a_GM> "But what if your foal was ambushed by sneaky Zebra insurgents?"

* Cerberus "moreover, maybe also the zebrabots will have a core to take... my only fear is that the whole thing will turn on us and the big brother in the sweetie's room will attack us if we trifgger the defences on us"

* Milia stays silent for a few moments. She can't help but recall what Artifica had said about Raribot's sacrifice. "...considering what they've been through, yes it is, Price. Robot or no."

<uSea_a_GM> A motor can be heard, and what what once a bunch of fake-Zebra targets is lifted up... although they've been completely shot to pieces.

* Cerberus "but hey, price, you can totally disagree, this is a free group... you can refrain from shooting or simply go outside the station and wait there... hell i'll be generous, you can also get lost"

* Cerberus "or, you can help us with this clearly easy task and feel a better pony for it"

* Milia doesn't have a good feeling about this next part of the demonstration. She lets out a sigh of relief, strangely, as the zebra targets shoot up. "...I'm glad it wasn't as personalized as I was worried it would be..." she mutters.

<uSea_a_GM> The Big Brother bot turns, a light machine gun sprouting from its side, and makes a lot of clicking noises. It seems to be out of ammo.

<Price-Signal> "Well, you apparently don't need that much help anymore."

* Cerberus "hey... it could be easier than expected..."

* Milia laughs. "Well THAT'S a good sign."

<Price-Signal> "It seems like it."

* Cerberus "every little bit helps, price... hang with us, usually it's worth it"

* Cerberus "hey Artifica, what are the chances that if we make a mess here we won't be welcome anymore on the boutique floor?"

<uSea_a_GM> The foal bot climbs into its pod, which closes shut. The big robot stands in front.

* Cerberus "okay, her's the plan: i jump inside, probably the bot wil ltry to get me and take me away, i'll try to give it a hard time and gain some minutes... in the meantime, you go to the pod ass soon as it's not seeing us and steal the core..."

* Milia curses. "No dice, looks like it's giving the same treatment the big one upstairs gave Sweeetie Bot's pod. Foal's best friend, indeed."

* Cerberus "could it work?"

* Cerberus "or... we could proceed and see if there's a storage with spar parts"

* Milia snerks. "It's surprisingly close to the plan I had. The only difference being that I figured I'd be the one to run out there. What brotherbot could resist such a tempting zebra target?" she says with a grin.

* Cerberus "with a big difference: it's harder that it will try to hurt me"

* Artifica frowns.  "I'm not sure," she answers.  "And I'd hate to risk making big brother above hostile.  That wouldn't help the sister-bots at all."

* Cerberus "okay... then we need to find where the spare parts are... matybe in the next room, or there's a secret door leading to maintenance...."

<Milia> "Though this is the demonstration floor...I doubt they'd keep spare parts up here.  They'd probably be on the development floor...but hey, maybe we'll get lucky?"

<Price-Signal> ".....I can fly, by the way."

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* Cerberus "i mean, if the robots broke they needed a place where to keep stuff to make a quick fix... there should be a door somewhere...."

* Cerberus frowns "so... any idea?"

* Milia raises her eyebrow at Price. "...Was that ever in question? Either way, you remember what that terminal said? 'F-Type Core located in Product Demonstration'. The fact that they had to be so specific tells me they probably don't have a lot just lying around...and if they did, Raribot would have probably come and gotten one herself if it was that easy. In other words..."

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* Milia hops the railing, calling out back to her group. "We need to get the core from this one!" She begins to yell at the brotherbot and draw its attention as much as possible. "WoooOOOOOOooooOOOOooo! I'm here to steal your foals! Beware, beware, you pony folk!"

* Cerberus "i just want to get this straight... the sweetiebot is running on the rarity core, so we have to get a foal core to put everything in its place?"

* Cerberus stares surprised at milia "what the.."

* Short_Fuse blinks in confusion. He felt like he had lost some time for some reason

<uSea_a_GM> "PLEasE dO NOt TouCh tHe exhIBitS!" the robot rumbles as is stomps after Milia.

<uSea_a_GM> "SNeaKy zeBRA!" it adds

* Milia backs away, drawing it as far away as possible. "But I can't help it! After all, I'm a 'sneaky zebra'! It's in my blood to steal children and apparently live in constant darkness! Stand back or I might do an evil dance at you or something!" She continues to yell as she glances over to Artifica, gesturing to the pod.

* Cerberus sighs "ah... it's not donee like that... let me show you..." the foal sits on the farther side of the room from the pods, then takes the laser pistol and looks straight into the barrel, saying aloud "OOOOH! HOW DOES THIS THING WORKS?"

<uSea_a_GM> The robot turns towards Cerberus instead. "KeeP OUt oF REaCh oF CHildREN!"

* Cerberus keeps staring inside the gun "what is this triggery thing for?"

* Cerberus licks the barrel "mh, looks nommy...."

<uSea_a_GM> It stomps more quickly. "DAnGer choKING HazArd!"

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<Cerberus> takes the plank with a nail inside an starts running with it in her mouth... running! towards the spinning wheel! she is runnign with pointy stuff!

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* Artifica moans.  Oh, this is good.

* Milia balks as the robot turns away from her and heads towards Cerberus. "Oh come on! You call that acting?!...I'm a zebra! I've got stripes! I'm proably cursed or something ambiguous like that! I've...uh...I'll give your children hard liquor! I'm a BAD INFLUENCE." She pulls out her bottle of whiskey and waves it around, gripping its neck between her teeth and sloshing the liquid around inside the bottle.

* Milia is, of course, ignored.

* Artifica moves quickly, reaching out with her telekinesis to steal the core while the bot is distracted.

<uSea_a_GM> The poor giant walking tank tries to keep up, but Cerberus is quick and nimble. "Won'T SoMEPonY pLEasE ThiNK oF tHE ChilDRen!"

* Cerberus gives voice to Price_Signal

* Milia pouts quietly. "N-no fair...she's fun sized and adorable...how am I supposed to compete with that?!..."

* Price_Signal shrugged, lifted his hooves into the air, and decided to just go with the flow before turning to the large robot as well, adopting a fake accent that didn't match his normal speech at all "Yo dude! I'm just about to offer to give a ride in my chariot to a small filly who doesn't know me!"

<uSea_a_GM> Checking a terminal by the pod, Artifica can see an option for 'Remove Core'

* Short_Fuse is just enjoying the show

* Cerberus "ooooh mister winged pony, do you have some of thiose things called cigarettes and whiskey?"

* Cerberus waves a hoof at milia "hi miss zebra can you take me to your distant and scary land?"

* Short_Fuse cracks up

* Price_Signal smiled as if he were an aggressive drug dealer, "Awwwwww yeah. Of course I do, my young friend! I've even got a batch of dash that'll make it all better! And all you have to do is just work part-time at my perfectly innocent, non-illegal bar."

<uSea_a_GM> "LIquor iS BAd fOR yoU, StrIPEY POny!"

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<uSea_a_GM> The robot now tries to intercept Cerberus and Price_Signal. "DAnGer LIttle PoNY, DAnGer!"

* Milia nods at Cerberus. She makes her voice sound creepy and gravelly. "Why yes, my little pony! Come with me and I'll teach you how evil your pony ways are. Your princesses are nothing but lying snakes! BeTtEr StRiPeD tHaN wIpE-HEY! Pony?!" She looks incredibly indignant and drops her act mid way through upon being mistaken for a candy colored horse. "Fuck you, dude!"

* Artifica goes for the "Remove Core" option.  Sounds like it might remove the core.

* Milia is seriously not impressed with this thing's programming. She was a zebra, dammit! Anyone could see that! Sure, she didn't really know anything about her own culture and grew up exclusively around ponies, but still!

* Cerberus sits down and claps her hooves "sure i can totally work and maybe i'll get some cool new tatoo all over me!"

* Cerberus "and a cutiemark, yay!"

<uSea_a_GM> Sounds of machinery can be heard within the pod. In a few moments it opens, the foal bot inside just as still as before. A small box is held up by a robotic grabber. The box is labeled: Foal-Type Core.

* Cerberus waits for Artifica to retrieve the core before disengaging the robot

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<uSea_a_GM> "nO, CHilD LABouR iS ouTLAwed! It IS tHE RighT oF ALL FOals tO PLaY AnD Be MerRY!"

* Artifica reaches out with her telekinesis and wraps it around the core.  She gently draws it to here."

* Cerberus sits down and waits for the robot ro reach her.... this should give arti and the other enough time for getting the core and trotting away then she'll follow

* Milia spots Artifica making progress. Just a bit more. "No nO, yOuNg OnE! iT's CaLlEd A gLyPh MaRk! AnD iT's ToTaLlY cOoLeR tHaN a StUpId CuTiEmArK!" she really lays on the creepo. "MaYbE yOu'Ll GeT oNe FoR uNdErAgE dRiNkInG aNd CaSuAl DrUg UsE! oR fOr CaNnIbAlIsM!"

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* Short_Fuse is surprised the robot hasn't blown a gasket by now or soemthing

* Milia spots Art grab the core. Okay, time to gallop! Which she does. She hops back over the railing with Cerberus.

<uSea_a_GM> The big robot reaches Cerberus, and seems to calm down. "Do not listen to hipster pony! Drink is bad! Drugs are bad!"

* Short_Fuse notes; "Mkay."

* Cerberus nodnods "okay i won't lissten him! you are so nice mister big brither!"

<Milia> ((misread, well, i still hopped back over the railing hehe))

* Cerberus "now i go to my mom bai!" the foal trots towards the exit with the others

* Milia did hop back over. But not with Cerberus because Cerberus wasn't doing that.

* Price_Signal didn't notice Artifice snatch the core, but he did notice Milia leave the scene. "Ah. I see. Well then, with my dastardly plot foiled, I shall leave the scene. Good day, sir."

* Cerberus "good day!" the foal trots outside

<uSea_a_GM> The Big Brother bot trots back over to the pod, ignoring everypony else.

* Short_Fuse remembers to grab the foal's pistol before rejoining the others. "That was some show you put on."

* Milia lets her mouth hang slightly agape. Man this thing was just all sorts of wrong. "Now I'm a hipster pony?...the hay is wrong with that thing?! Can robots get alzheimers or something? Because I think that guy had it!" she complains as she trots to the exit with her group.

* Cerberus gets back her gun once outside "the important thing is that it worked, let's go and fix the sisters"

* Short_Fuse nods; "Maybe robots are forgetful too."

* Milia refuses to admit she is a terrible actor. Her ego would shatter were she ever to admit it.

* Cerberus "i think that the ponies that made these robots used some brain, maybe... if every pony was like these ones, we wouldn't be living in this place..."

* Cerberus feels suddenly sad

<uSea_a_GM> The robot takes up its previous position, and waits.

<Milia> "Heh...yeah...well...besides the whole shooting at zebras on sight thing...I think that might have still rustled a few manes." she recalls the robot attempting to spray the zebra targets with hot lead.

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* Short_Fuse shrugs; "Different times, different precautions

<Short_Fuse> ."

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* Milia enters the lift with her group and presses 'Boutique'. "C'est la vie..." she mutters as the doors close.

* Cerberus as the session ands, the foal mutters "i hope there's a bathroom in the boutique, i'm holding it since we got inside..."

<uSea_a_GM> And waits.