FoE PNP G-Platypus Session 24

[18:15] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  *****G-Platypus: The City of Broad Withers - Session 24*****
[18:15] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  Boom!
[18:16] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  *****Session Start*****
[18:16] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  A rocket flies from a tall building about 400 feet distant and lands amongst the party gathered around Snack_Cake's PipBuck.
[18:20] * Blackberry_Jam was about to yell "Get the fuck down!" But only manages "Get the-" before the explosion.
[18:22] * Strawberry_Daiquiri dives for cover
[18:25] * Scrap jumps back, his armor takes the majority of the hit.
[18:26] * North_Star ends up being pushed back by the force of the explosion, he kept on his hooves, his ears were ringing, and boy was he pissed.
[18:26] * Blackberry_Jam cries out as she takes the direct hit. She's tossed to the side, and crumples in a heap.
[18:26] * Snack_Cake doesn't even have time to react, she shrieks in pain from the explosion. She stays lying where she lands, trembling.
[18:28] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  The voice on the PipBuck speaks. "Confirmed hit, continue firing?" A second voice. "Continue Firing."
[18:30] * Blackberry_Jam shudders, sputtering as she bleeds all over the place. She clutches her side, groaning in pain.
[18:31] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  A second projectile is lobbed from the building, it impacts Scrap directly and washes schrapnel over the rest.
[18:32] * Scrap this one knocks him back and off his hooves doing substantially more harm.
[18:33] * Thunder_Strike is blasted back a few feet by the first then knocked over bye the second. "What the fu..."
[18:34] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  The area around them is rubble-strewn, but not thickly enough to provide substantial cover. The eight story building the fire seems to be coming from is the primary landmark.
[18:34] * Snack_Cake cries out again in pain. Why do these terrible things keep happening!?
[18:35] * Thunder_Strike stands up groaning. "We gotta move!" She shouts.
[18:36] * Blackberry_Jam shudders a little more. "H-help..."
[18:36] * Thunder_Strike rushes to help Blackberry_Jam.
[18:37] * Blackberry_Jam 's side is looking pretty bad. She's losing a lot of blood, and she's shaking from the likely shattered ear drums.
[18:39] * Scrap taking Blackberry_Jam's advice he decides to help the others instead of rushing headlong at their attacker. He starts helping the others that need it to move. "We need to get to cover."
[18:43] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  There isn't a lot of cover around, there are some larger piles of rubble and a solitary wall from an old house standing near by, but that last shot was a grenade. They can probably lob it over cover if they are as high up as they seemed.
[18:44] * Blackberry_Jam grabs on to Thunder_Strike's collar. "In my bags..."
[18:46] * Scrap he did what she told him, he's thought about it. Staying here won't help them. He takes to the air and flys as fast as he can toward the shooter.
[18:51] * North_Star draws his carbine and got to his hind hooves. Bringing the scope up, he figures it best to figure out want was trying to kill them before rushing in.
[18:51] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  Scrap takes off like a bullet. He crosses the distance to the building. As he nears he can see two unicorns inside the fourth floor. One Green with a red mane, the other with her pallet reversed. The mortar team.
[18:53] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  One has a grenade rifle with a long barrel levitating up to a hole in the wall beside the window busted window she and her twin are looking out.
[18:56] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  North can see the Green mare has the grenade rifle in her magic. It is held up to a small hole beside the larger window she is looking out or.
[19:00] * North_Star lowers his rifle. "Shit..." Scrap could probably take them both on... But he didn't want that, not yet. "Thunder!" He shouted over his shoulder, slinging his carbine. "Get Berry on her hooves! I need to rein in our punchy friend." With that, he chased after Scrap, his tail drawing his revolver.
[19:02] <Thunder_Strike> "Alright! Becareful and use what cover you can." She shouts back
[19:02] * North_Star flicks his tail in aknowledgement.
[19:03] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  The burgandy smirks and blows a kiss to Scrap outside.
[19:04] * Snack_Cake pretty much hasn't moved at all. She's trying to press herself as close to the ground as she can, and pretending that she's not going to die.
[19:06] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  The red mare's magic grabs a pair of grenades off the windowsill and tosses them past Scrap. They detonate behind him.
[19:06] * Scrap is only irritated further by the kiss as he closes in.
[19:07] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  The grenades detonate behind him, catching him in their area of effect while sparing the red mare.
[19:08] * Scrap 's irritation is pushed aside however as he grenades fly a bit past him and go off.
[19:08] <Scrap> The*
[19:09] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  The green mare levitates up a 40mm round to her Grenade Rifle and sends a round down range toward the group.
[19:11] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  The green mare's smirk disappears as her grenade launcher jams. She brings it down to eye level to unjam it.
[19:13] * Strawberry_Daiquiri charges to the base of the building, and attempst to get cover reletive to the shooters
[19:14] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  The mare fiddles, the round ejects smoothly. A dud.
[19:16] * Blackberry_Jam bleeds. A lot. She slowly climbs to her hooves, shaking off the daze of impact and stumbles towards the building, tripping a little as her survival instincts take over.
[19:21] * Strawberry_Daiquiri high tails it to the low wall
[19:21] <~Blackberry_Jam> "C-come out... where I c-can see ya..." she goads, still a little hazy.
[19:35] * Snack_Cake isn't even paying attention to what's going on around her. She's too busy being scared out of her mind! She gives a quiet whimper, covering her face with her hooves and keeping her head down.
[19:41] * Scrap 's flight was disturbed by the explosion and crashes through the window. He quickly recovers to attack the red one with the same measured brutality he used on Thunder_Strike. These two know things.
[19:42] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  That would be a plan if he successfully crashed through the empty window. Instead he encounters some kind of magical resistance.
[19:45] * Scrap very confused, quickly moves a few feet to the side of the window away from the hole the green one is shooting out of to get out of their lines of fire and figure out what the hell to do next.
[19:48] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  The small hole is only about a foot in diameter, there are other windows around, but they are mostly boarded up sloppily.
[19:49] * North_Star continues on his charge forward, keeping his eyes trained on the path ahead.
[19:51] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  The green unicorn, having cleared the dud round and seated a new one, levitates her grenade rifle up to the hole.
[19:57] * North_Star slides to a stop just outside the door, poking both his head and revolver barrel inside.
[20:01] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  North_Star doesn't see anything suspicious or dangerous, just an normal looking (for the wasteland) lobby.
[20:02] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  There is a large desk straight ahead, Elevator doors behind that are open explosing empty shafts, and doors to the sides.
[20:03] * North_Star steps inside. Keeping his eyes on a sweep around the room, firstly for booby traps, secondly for stairs.
[20:04] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  There is a sign for stairs pointing to the right down a hall behind the desk. There are a few doors for some offices to either side, but they are closed.
[20:08] * North_Star trots to the hallway, pistol raised and eyes to the floor.
[20:12] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  The Green mare lines up a shot, dropping a grenade behind Strawberry_Daiquiri's cover. She's peppered with shrapnel, but doesn't take the full force of the blast.
[20:13] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  The red mare tries to get a look at Scrap, but can't see him. She continues to keep her guard up.
[20:13] * Strawberry_Daiquiri charges the rest of the way to the building
[20:14] <Strawberry_Daiquiri> and tries to get cover reletive to the shooters
[20:15] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  Strawberry_Daiquiri can make it into the building, North_Star is a little ways ahead of her.
[20:16] * Strawberry_Daiquiri and with any remaing AP Draws her pistol with her tail.
[20:17] * Blackberry_Jam stumbles into the building, panting and still bleeding. Slumping into a corner, she digs into her bags for a potion.
[20:29] * Blackberry_Jam sips it down carefully, choking on it a little, she musters up enough strength to rise and follow the sound of North_Star's hooves, and, of course, light a cigarette.
[20:32] * Snack_Cake is shaking in terror. She hears the next explosion further away... she takes a chance to look up, and notices that the others have all scattered! She tenses, and starts crawling toward the nearest safe spot.
[20:39] * Thunder_Strike looks around then sees Snack_Cake. She moves over to her and pushes in the scaredy mares flanks. "Come. On Snacky. You need to move!"
[20:41] * Snack_Cake nearly jumps out of her skin from surprise! She glances over to see Thunder_Strike, a little relieved.
[20:43] * Thunder_Strike "don't make me carry you snack. Well be safer in the building." She says to her
[20:45] * Snack_Cake was already heading that way! She's just having trouble making her legs cooperate.
[20:47] * Thunder_Strike is pushing her along, then she sighs and decides to try and carry the mare. She's not gonna leave her.
[20:47] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  Thunder_Strike fails to get a good grip the first attempt.
[20:48] * Thunder_Strike groans and thinks to herself that she needs to seriously cut back on the cakes.
[20:49] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  Thunder_Strike gives another effort, still not able to lift the mare.
[20:50] * Thunder_Strike gives up and helps the mare to the building buy pushing her.
[20:51] * Snack_Cake probably doesn't need the help, but she's glad for Thunder_Strike's comfort.
[20:51] * Snack_Cake keeps moving forward with Thunder_Strike's help!
[20:55] * Scrap sees the others fleeing into the building and thinks it's a good idea to regroup instead of breaking in to get hit with another grenade. He flys down and lands in front of Blackberry_Jam.
[20:57] <Scrap> "Can you patch me up quick? I thought it through this time, I can take them out the same way I did Thunder_Strike and we can get info out of them, but I don't want to be so beat up and take another grenade."
[20:58] * Blackberry_Jam is clutching her side, blood trailing from her wounds behind her, and a little trickling from the corner of her mouth. She's still a little banged up. "Just... gimme a minute..."
[20:59] * Scrap is fairly bloody himself, but replies, "ok, just don't take too long because they're going to have time to set up traps or come after us."
[21:01] * North_Star turns and looks up the stairs, looking for anything that looks like it would try to kill him.
[21:02] * Blackberry_Jam takes a puff of her cigarette. "Yeah... right... sorry..."
[21:04] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  North can see the door to the stairwell is slightly ajar. Once he gets a bit closer he can see what looks to be a tripwire hidden in the jam. Opening the door further would snap the wire and, presumably, something bad would happen.
[21:05] * North_Star steps closer, carefully peeking into the door to see what exactly he's dealing with.
[21:06] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  whatever the trap is, it is behind the door. Pushing the door more open to look would snap the wire.
[21:09] * North_Star draws his knife, looking for a way to disarm the trap.
[21:11] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  North_Star gains no insights.
[21:11] * North_Star digs his knife into the wall instead. "Everypony clear out." He commanded, walking away from the door. He was going to do this the hard way, then.
[21:13] * North_Star walks up to Blackberry_Jam, dynamite in his mouth. "Lighter." He requsted, offering his tail.
[21:13] * Scrap looks over at North_Star when he calls out, wondering what he's doing.
[21:17] * Blackberry_Jam flicks it out, but hesitates. "What... for?"
[21:18] * North_Star nodded to the hall. "Booby trap. Can't disarm it, so I'll break it.
[21:19] * Blackberry_Jam shakes her head, but tosses it to him. She wasn't in any condition for logical thinking. She was feeling better, but not good.
[21:19] * North_Star catches the lighter and heads back to the door. He then starts to slide his stick of dynamite halfway into the ajar doorway.
[21:22] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  North_Star slips it in. It isn't getting a reaction.
[21:23] * North_Star , satisfied, lights the stick of dynamite and clears out of the hallway.
[21:24] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  The longfuse dynamite burns.
[21:25] * Blackberry_Jam covers her ears.
[21:26] * Scrap waits.
[21:26] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  Above the green mare lines up a shot at the two ponies above. The ponies downstairs hear a boom as the grenade rifle misfires again, this time detonating the grenade in the barrel.
[21:26] * North_Star dives for the ground, having not cleared the hall yet.
[21:34] * Scrap looks up, surprised to hear an explosion above them.
[21:35] * Strawberry_Daiquiri goes to get cover from the TNT, and covers her ears with her hoves
[21:36] * Strawberry_Daiquiri still has her pistol in her tail.
[21:44] * Blackberry_Jam waits for the impending explosion.
[21:47] * Snack_Cake is making her way to the building, keeping her head down, with the help of Thunder_Strike. It hurts as she moves, but the alternative is unthinkable!
[21:56] * Thunder_Strike thinks this is taking to long, so she tries to carry Snack_Cake again.
[21:59] * Thunder_Strike she groans. Unable to grip the bigger mare properly. "Damn it Snacky." She says then tries one last time to lift her.
[22:01] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  Inside the building, the dynamite's fuse burns down. There is an explosion, then several more secondary explosions.
[22:03] * Snack_Cake feels a little uncomfortable each time Thunder_Strike grabs her. They're trying to run here! Not... whatever Thunder_Strike is trying to do.
[22:03] * North_Star looks up and towards the doorway with a smug smile. Man, that felt good."
[22:06] * Scrap looks back at Blackberry, waiting for her to patch him up.
[22:10] * North_Star walked back to the door, investigating the damage he just did.
[22:14] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  The door has been blown open. There is fire burning in places where some gelatinous stuff adheres to random surfaces.
[22:14] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  There is an empty sack hanging suspended from the ceiling.
[22:16] * North_Star admires his work before calling back out to the lobby. "Strawberry_Daiquiri! 'Ey! Greenhorn! You're with me!" He shouted, drawing his pistol again before looking up the stairs for further booby traps.
[22:16] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  The heavy door hangs on one hinge, leaning against the wall behind i.
[22:16] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  Greenhorn was left outside to be target practice for the bomb-lobbing baddies. She's a crater far as North_Star knows.
[22:16] * Strawberry_Daiquiri trots to North_Star location with pistol still in tail
[22:17] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  ( North_Star gets -1 Karma for changing nicknames without warning the GM )
[22:18] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  ( North_Star gets +1 Karma for throwing an interesting tantrum )
[22:19] * North_Star nods to Strawberry_Daiquiri, starting up the stairs. "Stick behind me. Don't put a hoof in front of me, at all."
[22:19] * Strawberry_Daiquiri nods head to show understanding.
[22:21] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  North_Star doesnt see any traps so far.
[22:29] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  Blackberry_Jam gets to her hooves and attends to Scrap, feeding him a healing potion.
[22:33] * Scrap can feel his wounds closing when he drinks it. "Thanks Blackberry." He flies after North_Star. "Hey, I'm going up outside and breaking into a window if I can. I'll bring them down without killing them so that we can get information."
[22:35] * North_Star looks over at Scrap. "Guess what that explosion up there was." he says, pointing up. "My guess, something important. We've got some time, wait for me to bust through, then we'll catch them in a pincer.
[22:36] * Scrap nods and then returns to the top by the window like before and risks a look inside to see if they're laying traps.
[22:37] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  The green mare has a different grenade rifle, this one without the range-extending barrel.
[22:37] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  She appears to have been watching Thunder_Strike and Snack_Cake  until you appeared.
[22:39] * Scrap after looking in, waits by the window out of sight for the others to come up the stairs.
[22:46] * North_Star heads for the first landing, looking around the corner, obviously for traps.
[22:52] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  This landing appears clear
[22:52] * North_Star proceeds up the stairs ever still, and he's just going to keep going until he stops/trips a trap.
[22:56] * Blackberry_Jam shakes her head a few times, finally regaining her sense of the situation. Seeing that North and Strawberry are nowhere to be seen, she grunts a little and heads off after them. Sure, just leave her behind. It's fine, really.
[22:58] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  She finds them in the stairwell past the exploded door and splotches of burning goo. They are a flight of stairs up on the first landing.
[22:59] * Blackberry_Jam taps North on the back, lit cigarette in her mouth. He could probably smell her before he could see her. "Hey."
[23:01] * North_Star grunts in response, focused on not getting blown up. "Keep your eyes peeled, the more the merrier."
[23:01] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  North_Star leads them up the stairwell until he spots something on the 3rd floor landing. There is a mine hidden among the debris.
[23:03] * North_Star raises a hoof, "Mine." He says as he approaches it, slowly.
[23:03] * Blackberry_Jam steps back. "Yep... all yours."
[23:04] * Scrap uses the wait to look around at the other windows hoping one of them wouldn't have the force field. He did fully think this part through...
[23:04] <Scrap> Didn't*
[23:04] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  The mine starts beeping quickly. Beep. Beep. Boom.
[23:06] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  It explodes. the incendiary device sending flame in all directions. North_Star is burned, but the fire doesn't catch. The others had stepped back around the corner and were protected from the blast.
[23:07] * Scrap stops and listens, he's not sure if that was them breaking in or a trap going off.
[23:07] * Blackberry_Jam can't believe she just saw that.
[23:07] * North_Star rubs his face, getting the dust out of his eyes. "Fuck! Luna damnit all!" For the next few seconds, all he said were explisitives.
[23:08] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  Scrap can see boarded up windows along this side of the building. The ones on the 4th floor are slightly better, but still wouldn't stop him.
[23:08] * Blackberry_Jam rubs her face too, but for a different reason. "Mother of Celestia... you didn't listen to a word I said back there, did you?"
[23:09] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  The green mare, a different grenade rifle taken from nearby, sights and fires a round at Snack_Cake and Thunder_Strike
[23:10] * North_Star waves a hoof. "I'm fine, I'm fine. Fuck." He assures, wiping the charred bits of his coat away. "Better I take it than one of y'all do."
[23:10] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  The green mare drops a grenade right on Snack_Cake
[23:11] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  The red mare does nothing.
[23:12] * Blackberry_Jam seriously doubts that. "Right. Don't do it again, please?"
[23:13] * Snack_Cake shrieks. The blast knocks her right off her hooves. She's bloody, battered, and in horrible pain.
[23:13] * North_Star nods. "Alright. We need to pick up the pace." He said, noting the sound of the grenade outside. "If I see another trap, I'm just shooting it down.
[23:14] * Scrap looks back and notices Snack_Cake and Thunder_Strike, he had forgotten about them. He flys in front of the hole, upset with himself, to try and block the shots.
[23:15] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  Scrap can see the green mare slide another round in, but she isn't ready to fire.
[23:15] * Strawberry_Daiquiri follows North_Star up the stairs
[23:16] * Blackberry_Jam nods, following the toehr two. She doesn't like him taking point when she has the advantage in close quarters, but doesn't object. She blows a puff of smoke into the air.
[23:31] * Blackberry_Jam just waits for North to disarm the enxt trap with his face instead of letting their mechanic do it.
[23:35] * Snack_Cake whimpers in pain, trembling. She feels dizzy, and when she tries to stand, her entire body hurts. It takes time, but she manages to sit up again without falling. "Thunder...?" She looks around, but the tears in her eyes are making it hard to see. Her whole body is shaking. She can see the blood, and she's terrified. "Thunder!? Where are you...?"
[23:39] * Thunder_Strike coughs a few times and starts standing, "Kotumba!" She shouts then looks at Snack_Cake. "I'm right here. Just keep moving." She says moving to assist her again. She can tell that snack can't take another hit.
[23:42] * Snack_Cake definitely needs Thunder_Strike's help to stand. It hurts too much for her to do on her own. But with Thunder_Strike's help, she can manage it.
[23:46] * Thunder_Strike "we're almost there Snacky. You can make it." She says trying to encourage her.
[23:49] * Snack_Cake is able to continue moving with Thunder_Strike's help. It feels like it takes forever... but soon enough she makes it to the door of the building. Once she's inside, she all but collapses to the ground, relief flooding through her. She's crying from the pain, but she made it. Soon Berry will take care of her... but for now, all she can do is lie down in the safety of the building, and cry her heart out.
[23:50] * Scrap looks back down and sees them make it inside. With no need to block anymore, he moves again out of the way to wait for North again.
[23:52] * North_Star looks up the final set of stairs, hoping the last trap, if any, will be easy to take care of.
[23:55] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  North_Star heads up to the 4th story landing, there is a tripwire across the second to last stair up.
[23:56] * North_Star calls over his shoulder. "Greenhorn!" While he waited for the mechanic, he looked to see what the wire was connected to.
[23:57] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  It looks like it will knock out a support and send some large pipes free to roll down the stairs.
[00:00] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  The red mare taps the green one on the withers. They turn from the window and slink into the dark of the room outside Scrap's field of vision.
[00:01] * Strawberry_Daiquiri moves carefully by North_Star and begins loooking at the trap.
[00:02] * North_Star looks up at the pipes to judge their size.
[00:02] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  2 inch walls, 8 inch diameter, look to be iron or steel.
[00:03] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  Strawberry_Daiquiri sees how it's set up. She quickly disarms it with ease.
[00:04] * Blackberry_Jam flicks her ears a little. "Oh fuck... I'll be right back!" She says, turning tail and bolting down the stairs.
[00:05] * North_Star nods, "Not bad, Greenhorn. Now Berry... Fuck." His ears go flat as he watches Blackberry_Jam leave. "... Did you say you can shoot, Greenhorn?"
[00:06] * Strawberry_Daiquiri has a pistol in her tail
[00:06] <~Blackberry_Jam> "Just... wait for a minute, okay?"
[00:07] * North_Star sighs. "We're kinda scrapped for time, Jam."
[00:07] * North_Star swears under his breath. "Sit tight, Greenhorn." he says, testing the door if it's locked.
[00:08] * Scrap wonders where the mares went and what they're planning.
[00:15] * Blackberry_Jam leaps down the stairs, skidding around the corners until she's at the first floor. She sees Snack_Cake and Thunder_Strike, but doesn't seem to concerned. She'd already had time to prepare herself for it on the way down. Without hesitation, she gets to work.
[00:17] * North_Star leans against the door, this tactic didn't work before, but it hasn't hurt to try. "We all know how this is going to play out, ladies. Why don't we talk this one out all nice-like?"
[00:17] * Blackberry_Jam is at Snack_Cake's side, gently holding her and administering a potion. "Snack? I'm here. Berry's here, everything's going to be, okay?"
[00:18] * Snack_Cake is hurting pretty bad. She looks up at Blackberry_Jam, still crying. "...Berry...? I... I'm scared, Berry..."
[00:19] * Blackberry_Jam nods, tipping the potion into her mouth. "I know, you must be. But you have to be strong. You have to hold on, and you need to drink this."
[00:20] * Snack_Cake nods slowly, and drinks the offered potion.
[00:26] * North_Star brings the hammer back on his revolver, "Come on, now. The silent treatment will get no pony nowhere. We can do this the easy way, or the hard way."
[00:32] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  Nothing but silence answers North_Star.
[00:32] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  *****Session End*****
[00:32] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  2000 XP
[00:32] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  Thunder_Strike gets +2 karma for staying with Snack_Cake and making sure she got to the relative safety of the building.