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Fallout: Beyond Equestria, 96: Origin Story (Part 13)

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  1. [2014-08-06 13:20:32] <Kkat> 3As Bookwright moves closer, the turret jerks hesitantly to life, a little light blinking.
  2. [2014-08-06 13:20:46] <Kkat> 3Bookwright stops moving. "Um... Anyone wanna handle this?"
  3. [2014-08-06 13:20:54] <Kkat> 3Noble_Heart tilts her head to one side. "We can attempt to deal with it. Though that may involve simply destroying it."
  4. [2014-08-06 13:21:00] <Kkat> 3CopyCat bites her lip. "Oh dear. Is it like those net launchers we found before?"
  5. [2014-08-06 13:21:08] <Kkat> 3Noble_Heart looks up at it and flaps her wings in a bit of a shrug. "We are not certain." She approaches the turret with her shield up, to see how it responds. It might not even be properly functional, after all.
  6. [2014-08-06 13:21:15] <Kkat> 3The multiplas rifle in the turret is considerably less peaceful than the net launchers. However, the turret seems to be operating on a motion sensor with a degraded range. Once Bookwright stopped moving, it seemed to lose him... although it's alert now.
  7. [2014-08-06 13:21:23] <Kkat> 3Golden_Dream looks up from her scrolling and ponders. "Part 'a me wants t' try t' sneak it by movin' real slow through it. Part'a me just wants t' shoot it n' be done."
  8. [2014-08-06 13:21:29] <Kkat> 3Bookwright "Um. Uh. I don't want to get shot by that. Um. Wow."
  9. [2014-08-06 13:21:35] <Kkat> 3Noble_Heart frowns. "We can try to take care of it." She charges her magic as lightning crackles up and down her horn a moment before motioning forwards and letting the bolt leap from the air infront of her shield.
  10. [2014-08-06 13:21:40] <Kkat> 3The turret frizzles, shorts... then explodes.
  11. [2014-08-06 13:21:44] <Kkat> 3Noble_Heart trots up past the turret to look further down the tunnel. "Perhaps someone should see about claiming what they can from the turret. Doubtless we will need weaponry for what is to come."
  12. [2014-08-06 13:21:54] <Kkat> 3Bookwright asks, "Can I move now?"
  13. [2014-08-06 13:22:00] <Kkat> 3Golden_Dream stays present for a little while to watch the embers. Eventually, she just moves on to loot the crates. "Sorry, RD, gotta do somethin' real quick."
  14. [2014-08-06 13:22:06] <Kkat> 3Golden_Dream eventually perks up. "Oh! Good work, Corolla."
  15. [2014-08-06 13:22:12] <Kkat> 3Bookwright starts walking again. Over his shoulder he calls, "Don't be too long about it, Golden Dream! I wanna keep moving."
  16. [2014-08-06 13:22:17] <Kkat> 3Shatara prods his bayonet at the smouldering turret, and checks over some of the crates.
  17. [2014-08-06 13:22:22] <Kkat> 3CopyCat stands frozen in the pose she has maintained since the turret was revealed to be dangerous. Only her eyes move, looking from one thing to the next. "Is it over?"
  18. [2014-08-06 13:22:27] <Kkat> 3Bookwright is still walking. "Yes, it's over CopyCat. C'mon, if you come with me I'll show you how to make charcoal rubbings of glyphs!"
  19. [2014-08-06 13:22:33] <Kkat> 3CopyCat claps her hooves together. "Oh goodie!" She bounces down the corridor after Bookwright.
  20. [2014-08-06 13:22:39] <Kkat> 3Bookwright looks for some prime Glyphs to Charcoal Rub.
  21. [2014-08-06 13:22:46] <Kkat> 3There are six crates near the smoking remains of the turret, and not far beyond is the remains of a small "base camp", including a table holding a radio and the corroded remains of a zebra terminal (non-functional). There are a hoof-full of books, written in zebra glyphs, all ruined beyond salvage.
  22. [2014-08-06 13:22:53] <Kkat> 3Bookwright "I wonder when this was installed. Sometime during the war, I suppose?"
  23. [2014-08-06 13:23:00] <Kkat> 3Noble_Heart frowns. "Likely by the zebras in Daring Do's book."
  24. [2014-08-06 13:23:09] <Kkat> 3Golden_Dream rummages through some crates. One of them is trouble. "Anypony got a prybar or a gumption t' try and pick this lock?"
  25. [2014-08-06 13:23:15] <Kkat> 3Bookwright "I still can't get over how cool it is that the stuff in these Daring Do books /actually happened./ It's so freaking awesome."
  26. [2014-08-06 13:23:21] <Kkat> 3Two of the crates are empty. One holds zebra foodstuffs which lacked the necessary over-abundance of preservatives that was the trademark of Good Pony products, and thus have been reduced to inedible sludge in skanky jars. One crate holds a supply of MFCs (53). One holds a set of plates carved with zebra glyphs, each inset with a gemstone.
  27. [2014-08-06 13:23:27] <Kkat> 3The final crate is locked.
  28. [2014-08-06 13:23:38] <Kkat> 3Bookwright smiles. "Oh yes! Ammo! I really need ammo."
  29. [2014-08-06 13:23:45] <Kkat> 3Noble_Heart blinks and looks to Bookwright in some confusion. "The things in the Book of LittlePip happened as well. Is it so strange that one would wish to record the great actions of their life?"
  30. [2014-08-06 13:23:51] <Kkat> 3Golden_Dream blinks and takes the plates. Huh. Even in the Zebra lands, tableware is always pristine. "I wouldn't really go through the trouble myself."
  31. [2014-08-06 13:24:03] <Kkat> 3Bookwright "Yeah, but... /Book of Littlepip/ was published as an autobiography. The Daring Do books were published as adventure fiction."
  32. [2014-08-06 13:24:08] <Kkat> 3Bookwright swipes the MFCs and adds them to his pack.
  33. [2014-08-06 13:24:13] <Kkat> 3Golden_Dream starts pulling out the plates, and then starts to investigate the locked crate. "Anypony?"
  34. [2014-08-06 13:24:18] <Kkat> 3Noble_Heart tilts her head to one side. "We could attempt to force it open. But Get Lost is the most skilled in opening locks that do not wish to open."
  35. [2014-08-06 13:24:23] <Kkat> 3Bookwright nods
  36. [2014-08-06 13:24:48] <Kkat> 3Fallout: Beyond Equestria, Session Ninety-Six: Origin Story (Part Thirteen) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SSUQxGjZZ4
  37. [2014-08-06 13:25:04] <Kkat> 3--- Session Begins ---
  38. [2014-08-06 13:26:03] <Kkat> 3The burning basins cast flickering light and shadow across the hallway.
  39. [2014-08-06 13:31:09] * CopyCat turns to Get_Critical. "Get, sweetie, Golden has found a locked crate that could do with some of your charm. Could you take a look for us, please?"
  40. [2014-08-06 13:31:51] * Get_Critical nodnods, doesn't really emote very much because still a bit dazed by time displacement, doees her thing
  41. [2014-08-06 13:33:28] * Golden_Dream investigates the radio table for coordinates. Maybe if they had /something/ that would tell them where they could go next, maybe something on the radio? She tried to fiddle with it to turn it on.
  42. [2014-08-06 13:36:16] * Shatara flops in a corner and reads while the other pones do their things.
  43. [2014-08-06 13:41:44] =-= Kkat is now known as Mare-Do-Well
  44. [2014-08-06 13:41:56] * Get_Critical breaks a bobby pin. blames bedhead and tries again
  45. [2014-08-06 13:42:14] * Golden_Dream looks around. "Anypony know how t' work one 'a these radios? Maybe we can see if this thing still got a connection with any livin' someone out there?"
  46. [2014-08-06 13:42:46] * Get_Critical breaks a second pin, sighs "girls, i could use a coffe maybe?"
  47. [2014-08-06 13:43:09] * Mare-Do-Well 3finishes reading the latest pages of the Daring Do prequel. "So.... awesome..." She pauses, looking at the others. "Wait. Was that the same spirit monster thing that harassed CopyCat?"
  48. [2014-08-06 13:43:37] * Noble_Heart looks towards Golden Dream and her radio curiously. "It is very doubtful that anyone would be out there to receive us. Though perhaps that flying ship might."
  49. [2014-08-06 13:43:44] * Get_Critical scractches her head with a hoof, pauses and focuses a bit, then tries again
  50. [2014-08-06 13:43:48] * Mare-Do-Well 3blinks then sighs a ghostly sigh. "I miss coffee."
  51. [2014-08-06 13:44:06] * CopyCat trots over and gives Get_Critical a back rub. "Sorry, I think we're out of coffee."
  52. [2014-08-06 13:44:21] * Golden_Dream nods, looking very, very uncomfortable. "I'm thinkin' that." She looks awfully sure. "Bookie, we got any coffee for me t' make in th' near future?"
  53. [2014-08-06 13:44:52] * Bookwright shakes his head. "Sorry, all out.
  54. [2014-08-06 13:44:53] * Get_Critical "i will also accept a gentle but strong stallion..."
  55. [2014-08-06 13:45:41] * CopyCat nods at Mare-Do-Well. "Yes, that description matches the spirit which noodled me from behind."
  56. [2014-08-06 13:47:19] * Get_Critical shrugs and tries again "mph... unf... blblbl..." the lock opens but her sentence is forever lost
  57. [2014-08-06 13:50:08] * Golden_Dream looks kind of sad, but then perks up. "Hey, I get told I make a good Istanbull style coffee, if I get the right sorta ingredients t' make it. You know they add anise and cardamom to that stuff? They say that coffee should be black as hell, strong as death, and sweet as love over there."
  58. [2014-08-06 13:51:33] * Bookwright grimaces and sticks out his tongue. "Yuck. I prefer mine without any additives, thank you."
  59. [2014-08-06 13:51:37] <Mare-Do-Well> 3The lock clicks and the crate pops open. Inside, disassembled, is a backup turret, this one armed with twin zebra rifles.
  60. [2014-08-06 13:52:19] <Mare-Do-Well> 3The turret is designed to be mounted on the ceiling.
  61. [2014-08-06 13:53:15] * Get_Critical spits the pin in the bag "hey look, some point defense for our ride"
  62. [2014-08-06 13:55:27] * Shatara perks up and comes over to take a peek
  63. [2014-08-06 13:57:31] * Get_Critical or you can make some pretty awesome double assault rifle if you're strong enough to handle it
  64. [2014-08-06 13:58:18] * Get_Critical "with a couple of modifications i think we can make a pretty stormbolter out of this thing"
  65. [2014-08-06 14:00:39] * Bookwright nods, "Yeah, but I thought green was best?"
  66. [2014-08-06 14:02:31] * Get_Critical lets shatara play with the new toy
  67. [2014-08-06 14:02:50] * Get_Critical "if you need assistance, just ask"
  68. [2014-08-06 14:09:02] * CopyCat leans over shoulders to look in the box. "Ooo, fancy."
  69. [2014-08-06 14:15:17] * Shatara picks up one of the dismounted rifles, checking its action and function. He'd often read the zebras often enchanted their weapons, so he checks it for any apparent magicy-bits as well.
  70. [2014-08-06 14:18:41] * Mare-Do-Well 3ohs. "Almost forgot... I was scouting outside and my keen eye picked up on what I cleverly deduced was clues of a struggle! (...take that, Twilight....)"
  71. [2014-08-06 14:19:17] * Noble_Heart looks further down the halls. "We wonder what exactly they might have tried to find here. Whatever was going on, they felt threatened to have installed automated defenses."
  72. [2014-08-06 14:20:56] * Bookwright "This is definitely a zigga-what, so maybe we should press further in? Assuming it hasn't changed shape again, Shatara and Golden Dream should be able to pick up the signal of Miss Doo's Element when we get close enough to it."
  73. [2014-08-06 14:23:54] <Mare-Do-Well> 3The rifles in the crate are designed for use in the turret, and lack some of the necessary parts to be used stand-alone.
  74. [2014-08-06 14:25:53] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Shatara quickly recognizes the zebra rifle design and enchantment crystals. These rifles are enchanted. Fire was by far the most common enchantment, but Shatara can't rule out other possibilities until testing one.
  75. [2014-08-06 14:27:47] =-= Mode #FalloutEquestriaPnP +v Goldy by Mare-Do-Well
  76. [2014-08-06 14:28:33] * Goldy looks around the radio once more for bits of information that she could find. Maybe she could find something for that little robot to read.
  77. [2014-08-06 14:32:35] * Goldy wonders out loud. "Bookie, what'd'ya mean it changed shape?"
  78. [2014-08-06 14:33:10] * Shatara continues inspecting the weapon. The stock and mouth-grip have been clearly removed, with the trigger replaced by a solenoid. He figures he could probably refit it, but it'd probably be more useful to just mount the turret to the wagon. He runs his claws over the enchantment gem almost reverantly, before putting it down and inspecting the other weapon in a similar fashion,
  79. [2014-08-06 14:33:10] * Shatara paying particular note if the gems appear any different between the two.
  80. [2014-08-06 14:33:23] * Bookwright "The Element of Laughter. Did you think that the Elements were always PipBuck shaped?"
  81. [2014-08-06 14:33:58] * Goldy blinks. "I uh. I admit, I don't rightly know what they always looked like."
  82. [2014-08-06 14:36:19] * Mare-Do-Well 3notes, "First time I saw them, they were big, heavy stones."
  83. [2014-08-06 14:37:24] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Parlay boops occasionally, scanning as much of the ruined books as possible.
  84. [2014-08-06 14:38:56] =-= Get_Critical is now known as Get-Lost
  85. [2014-08-06 14:39:00] * Goldy seems a little offput by that. "Why would somethin' that kinda represents stability change shape?" She shook her head. "At any rate, Get, come'ere and help me with the radio. Maybe we can find someone out here." She knew she wasn't going to get anyone on the desk radio, so she tried her Pipbuck.
  86. [2014-08-06 14:39:05] =-= Get-Lost is now known as Get_Lost
  87. [2014-08-06 14:39:42] * Noble_Heart tilts her head slightly at Goldy's question. "Because while the nature of friendship does not change, the world that friendships inhabit does." She peers off into the dim hallways with a frown.
  88. [2014-08-06 14:40:25] * Bookwright "Also, because rocks are kind of unwieldy."
  89. [2014-08-06 14:41:36] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Just as Goldy gives up on the desk radio, she hears a voice in the static.
  90. [2014-08-06 14:41:48] * Shatara checks the crate to see if it came with any ammo
  91. [2014-08-06 14:42:22] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Shatara finds the crate sadly lacking in ammo.
  92. [2014-08-06 14:45:04] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Shatara suspects the lack of ammo may be related to why this turret was never assembled and used.
  93. [2014-08-06 14:47:52] * CopyCat smiles at Shatara. "So do you have a plan for those weapons?"
  94. [2014-08-06 14:48:55] * Goldy leans in and listens to the voice. "Shh! C'mere!"
  95. [2014-08-06 14:50:00] <Mare-Do-Well> 3"...northern corridor. No sign of imperial..." The voice fades into static.
  96. [2014-08-06 14:50:36] * Shatara shrugs a bit. "Sadly, they're just fancy paperweights without ammo. Shouldn't be hard to strap the turret to the wagon though..."
  97. [2014-08-06 14:56:09] * CopyCat chuckles. "How about strapping the turret to a pony?"
  98. [2014-08-06 14:56:50] * Goldy ponders the altogether terrifying implications of an alicorn in power armor.
  99. [2014-08-06 14:57:15] * Shatara chuckles dismisively at the silly idea, but stops mid-chuckle, and rubs his chin pensively, looking over CopyCat.
  100. [2014-08-06 14:57:52] * Noble_Heart tilts her head and moves up towards the radio. She frowns slightly. "It seems that someone is using radio in the valley." She took an interest in trying to tune the radio better. Repairs were likely impossible, but basic tuning might still work.
  101. [2014-08-06 14:58:36] * Get_Lost doesn't take part to the conversation, deciding instead of going back to her own projects
  102. [2014-08-06 14:59:38] * CopyCat turns briefly to face Goldy. "It would have to be stylish, of course," she says, apparently unprompted, before turning back to Shatara.
  103. [2014-08-06 15:01:17] * Goldy seems a bit more perturbed, adjusting the radio signal with the ferocious swiftness of a not quite squashed ant.
  104. [2014-08-06 15:02:59] * Bookwright is eager to find out more.
  105. [2014-08-06 15:08:58] * CopyCat looks deeply into Shatara's eyes. "I like what you're thinking, but if it hangs down like that then I'd look like I had a giant pair of udders which dispensed hot lead instead of milk."
  106. [2014-08-06 15:10:18] * Shatara blinkblinks and blushes. "Uh..."
  107. [2014-08-06 15:10:27] <Mare-Do-Well> 3 Goldy re-acquired the staticky voice. The voice is that of a mare, speaking in Equestrian but with a heavy zebra accent. "...scouts. Something's riled up the ahools at the northern temple."
  108. [2014-08-06 15:12:04] * Bookwright closes his eyes and fantasizes for a moment about what CopyCat just said, before belatedly remembering that she can hear his thoughts.
  109. [2014-08-06 15:12:07] * Goldy looks at the radio. Shit, did it have a microphone? "Hello? Can you hear this?"
  110. [2014-08-06 15:13:03] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Parlay gives a satisfied bleep. ((Parlay's Speech skill has increased by +5% for translating zebra!))
  111. [2014-08-06 15:14:45] * CopyCat tilts her head. "I had not thought to combine it with lingerie, Bookwright. I'm not sure if it would be practical."
  112. [2014-08-06 15:14:53] * Bookwright blushes deeply.
  113. [2014-08-06 15:15:07] * Mare-Do-Well 3gives Bookwright an odd look.
  114. [2014-08-06 15:15:15] <Mare-Do-Well> 3"Seriously?"
  115. [2014-08-06 15:16:00] * Bookwright "What? What? Don't tell me that you can read my mind too!"
  116. [2014-08-06 15:16:54] * Goldy scrambles to find a microphone of some sort. "This is Crimson Caravan #25, please respond, over!"
  117. [2014-08-06 15:17:11] * Mare-Do-Well 3says "no" in a tone that clearly implies "and thank Celestia".
  118. [2014-08-06 15:18:07] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Goldy finds the microphone, and after a moment the voice responds, "... Who is this?"
  119. [2014-08-06 15:19:17] * Noble_Heart blinks in some surprise at Goldy's choice to contact the unknown group. This... Might not end well.
  120. [2014-08-06 15:20:40] <Mare-Do-Well> 3The voice follows up with, "...Where are you?..."
  121. [2014-08-06 15:21:50] * Goldy looks around. No, she's not going to reveal location. "Repeat, we are Crimson Caravans #25, please identify, over."
  122. [2014-08-06 15:22:51] * Goldy thinks, screw you guys, I'm not going to reveal location unless I know who you zebras are.
  123. [2014-08-06 15:24:45] * Bookwright will totally leave speaking stuff to Goldy because she's a trader!
  124. [2014-08-06 15:25:56] * Get_Lost perks up an ear, mumbles
  125. [2014-08-06 15:26:36] <Mare-Do-Well> 3There is a long pause before the voice speaks again, "This is salvage ship Cutlass from The Silos. Who the pony are the Crimson Caravans?"
  126. [2014-08-06 15:27:21] * CopyCat waves her hoof at Goldy. "Oh oh, tell them we had a slight weapons malfunction!"
  127. [2014-08-06 15:28:09] * Get_Lost "parlsay, i need you to do me a biiiig favor. tune on the same frequwncy of that radio, then fly around the pyramid, but stay low. i need you to take measurement of the strenght of the signal from the 6 corners of an hexagon in a radius of 250 metres from here, please"
  128. [2014-08-06 15:30:09] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Parlay boopbeeps happily and flies off.
  129. [2014-08-06 15:32:54] * Goldy frowns, then responds. Let's keep this vague. "Crimson Caravan #25 to Salvage Ship Cutlass, We're an exploratory caravan from Equestria. What the pony is The Silos?"
  130. [2014-08-06 15:33:48] * Shatara makes frownyface at Goldy. Thinks at CopyCat 'didnt somepone warn us to avoid them?'
  131. [2014-08-06 15:34:09] <Mare-Do-Well> 3"Seriously? You're ponies?" There is a pause, then a laugh at the other end. "You must be Equestrian if you don't know The Silos!"
  132. [2014-08-06 15:34:40] * Noble_Heart taps her chin and tilts her head to one side. "Is that not where we're heading? Or were we warned about them?" She frowns. "We cannot recall. It has been a long journey."
  133. [2014-08-06 15:38:44] * Goldy lets out a long exhalation. She was getting tired of the polite talk. "Please identify th' durned silos."
  134. [2014-08-06 15:43:37] <Mare-Do-Well> 3The voice responds, "The Silos, kid, is only the best damn free city left!"
  135. [2014-08-06 15:52:03] * Goldy returns the snark. Okay, she knows this kinda talk. "Any other places around?" She was getting ready to break comms. She didn't want this tracked back.
  136. [2014-08-06 15:53:55] <Mare-Do-Well> 3The voice replies, "Not north of The Silos, kid. All that's up here are jungles and dragons."
  137. [2014-08-06 15:54:35] * Get_Lost mutters "and frigid guys"
  138. [2014-08-06 15:55:02] * Bookwright "Wait, did he say dragons?"
  139. [2014-08-06 15:56:25] * Goldy frowned gravely, blanching to hear that. "Dragons, over?"
  140. [2014-08-06 16:00:51] * Noble_Heart tilted her head to one side. "Yes. Dragons fought on the side of the Zebras during the war. It would stand to reason that many likely called the zebra lands home."
  141. [2014-08-06 16:01:26] * Bookwright "Oh. Right. Um."
  142. [2014-08-06 16:02:34] * Goldy has an incredulous look on her face. Fuck her! Fuck this job, fuck her life, fuck her luck! "I'll see you at th' silo then, over. Cutting comms." And then she turned off the radio.
  143. [2014-08-06 16:05:12] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Parlay swoops back in, relaying information to Get_Lost's "brainbuck". The signal is coming from the airship that Shatara spotted eariler, far to the south of the Basin. Only it's closer now.
  144. [2014-08-06 16:07:09] * Get_Lost "it's the ship, ant it's moving close"
  145. [2014-08-06 16:08:55] * Bookwright looks thoughtful. "I think... We should scout out this 'Silos' place. It sounds replete with local history!"
  146. [2014-08-06 16:13:33] * Goldy rubs her mane. "Shit. We gotta keep goin' forward. Th' Ahool's will keep them from totally bearing down on them, but that's just her. "We gotta get going now. Time just became of th' essence."
  147. [2014-08-06 16:16:01] * Noble_Heart blinks and frowns. "has it? The airship was already moving into the valley. It is unlikely they know where we were broadcasting from. More likely they are here on their own business."
  148. [2014-08-06 16:16:49] * Bookwright "The first we heard from them was their mention of us riling up the Ahools at this temple. They know where we are."
  149. [2014-08-06 16:17:56] * Goldy frowns. "I dunno. Seems too weird that they'd come towards a big ol' hive of angry unless they got provocation." She begins to move forward into the shadows, flicking on her flashlight. "Watch yer step. This place is loaded with traps."
  150. [2014-08-06 16:18:08] * Mare-Do-Well 3asks ghostily, "Were they using 'pony' as a curse word?"
  151. [2014-08-06 16:18:10] * Bookwright "However, they can't exactly get at us through the Ahools either. And we're stuck here until we can make a clean break for the wagon. We've got some time. Unless they've got a markspony of Calamity's caliber, with a weapon of Calamity's caliber, they ain't coming close."
  152. [2014-08-06 16:19:08] * Bookwright thinks for a second. "You know what arr-bee-dee? I think they were."
  153. [2014-08-06 16:19:24] * Goldy exhales. "You caught that too? Thinkin' they don't have too high an opinion of us. And granted they're prolly from a freeport, not likely that they have equine rights as a high priority."
  154. [2014-08-06 16:19:34] * CopyCat ponders aloud. "Airship trouble... If only I had some kind of turret pintle mounted to my undercarriage..."
  155. [2014-08-06 16:20:16] * Bookwright coughs loudly and thinks firmly of books. Dry, boring books.
  156. [2014-08-06 16:21:20] * Goldy riles her brow. "Would ya'll stop thinkin' about touchin' butts fer one hour? This place is /covered in traps./"
  157. [2014-08-06 16:29:38] * Bookwright has no interest in butts, only history.
  158. [2014-08-06 16:30:08] * Shatara has interest in butts, but butts have no interest in him.
  159. [2014-08-06 16:31:39] * Shatara also understands life-threatening situations take precidence over butts.
  160. [2014-08-06 16:31:42] * Mare-Do-Well 3has a totally ghostly butt, transparent and untouchable to all.
  161. [2014-08-06 16:32:23] * Get_Lost has little interest at all, lostas usual in her own world of numbers
  162. [2014-08-06 16:32:31] * Goldy wants to touch butts, but has priorities ahead of that.
  163. [2014-08-06 16:32:50] * Mare-Do-Well 3considers. "I could fly there really quick and give them a look."
  164. [2014-08-06 16:33:23] * CopyCat wiggles butt. "Goldy is right. We risked giant monkey claws to get in here so we should head in deeper and take a look around while we have the chance."
  165. [2014-08-06 16:33:32] * Mare-Do-Well 3adds, "I still can't believe slavery is a thing. In Equestria!"
  166. [2014-08-06 16:33:53] * Bookwright "We risked our butts getting here. I ain't leavin' till I seen everythin' here!"
  167. [2014-08-06 16:34:06] * Mare-Do-Well 3droops. "Even in a war-ravaged wasteland, I just can't imagine ponies... falling so low."
  168. [2014-08-06 16:34:44] * Goldy perks an ear up. "It ain't too big a thing anymore. Not since the NCR started rolling around."
  169. [2014-08-06 16:35:19] * Bookwright grimaces at Mare-Do-Well. "There are a lot of things about the wasteland that you just don't know."
  170. [2014-08-06 16:36:46] * Goldy seemed... Oddly somber about bringing up the NCR.
  171. [2014-08-06 16:38:48] * Mare-Do-Well 3"lands" next to Goldy. "The NCR?"
  172. [2014-08-06 16:39:57] <Mare-Do-Well> 3The group heads deeper into the temple.
  173. [2014-08-06 16:41:38] * Goldy continues. "The New Canterlot Republic. Bringin' law t' th' lawless and feedin
  174. [2014-08-06 16:42:26] * Mare-Do-Well 3blinks. "Republic? No Princess?"
  175. [2014-08-06 16:43:06] * Shatara pipes up "Like gryphons!"
  176. [2014-08-06 16:43:25] <Goldy> ' th' hungry and kissin' babies, guided by Lil'pip's and Celestia's own hooves. All they do is good, and all what oppose 'em will be assimilated." She sarcastically stated. "Yeah, yeah. Started by Griffons, if you'll believe it."
  177. [2014-08-06 16:43:35] * Bookwright shakes his head. "Equestria was a constitutional monarchy. This is the same thing, except without the immortal head of state, and instead an elected one."
  178. [2014-08-06 16:43:48] * Mare-Do-Well 3blinks. "Gryphons?"
  179. [2014-08-06 16:44:01] * Bookwright "I'm pretty sure you know what a griffin is."
  180. [2014-08-06 16:44:13] * Mare-Do-Well 3just kind gapes for a while"
  181. [2014-08-06 16:44:59] * Get_Lost "it's mostly a group of towns struggling to give a foal a place where to play without the risk of tripping on a corpse."
  182. [2014-08-06 16:46:52] * Goldy rolls her eyes. "I ain't bein' fair. They're good folks, but they're not really thinkin' about individual cases. They're just snappin' up any folks that they can get t' try t' play government, and bringin' law when they don't understand what that law'll do."
  183. [2014-08-06 16:46:54] * Get_Lost "probably they won0t bring old equestria back, but at least they're giving a future to everyone"
  184. [2014-08-06 16:48:33] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Small insects scuttle across broken stones, and scurry into cracks in the walls as Shatara's light finds them. The light from the entrance is soon gone, leaving only the long hallway with it's monkey-like figures and glyph-carved walls.
  185. [2014-08-06 16:48:34] * Bookwright frowns. "And they're wiping out history in the process."
  186. [2014-08-06 16:49:27] * Mare-Do-Well 3frowns, listening silently.
  187. [2014-08-06 16:49:32] * Goldy raises her eyebrow. "Those'r tribal markings, ain't they, Bookie?"
  188. [2014-08-06 16:50:43] * Bookwright "These? They're probably zebra tribe markings of some kind."
  189. [2014-08-06 16:51:07] <Mare-Do-Well> 3CopyCat is following Shatara when the floor stone she steps on sinks. There is an ominous click, then a mechanical growling sound.
  190. [2014-08-06 16:52:54] * Goldy is curious. "They're not yours?" AND THEN THINGS WENT WRONG. "... Shit."
  191. [2014-08-06 17:07:47] * Goldy gives CopyCat a wild look. "Shield! Now!"
  192. [2014-08-06 17:09:04] <Mare-Do-Well> 3CopyCat throws up her shield just as three circular stone blades shoot from holes in the wall. They bounce harmlessly off of the magical alicorn barrier.
  193. [2014-08-06 17:09:29] * CopyCat Shield! Now!'s
  194. [2014-08-06 17:09:46] * Bookwright collects the stones. "Cool! Ancient zebra booby trap!"
  195. [2014-08-06 17:09:53] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Get_Lost eeps and jumps as the floor beneath her slides open and flame shoot up from the gap, barely singing her tail.
  196. [2014-08-06 17:10:10] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Another panel opens directly above Bookwright, who is showered with bones.
  197. [2014-08-06 17:11:00] * Bookwright "Cool! Bones!"
  198. [2014-08-06 17:12:19] * Goldy powerfrowns. "This is a bad place! The folks that built this place were bad folks!" She said, between a fire tailed Get_Lost, a nearly perforated Copycat, and a bone-covered bookie.
  199. [2014-08-06 17:15:00] * Mare-Do-Well 3blinks uncomprehendingly at Bookwright.
  200. [2014-08-06 17:15:51] * Goldy facehoofs. "Bookie, get out of there before y' catch somethin'..."
  201. [2014-08-06 17:16:21] * Bookwright shuffles aside the bones. "I wonder if these were left over from Ahool prey animals?"
  202. [2014-08-06 17:18:26] * Bookwright steps past the bone pile, carefully avoiding the spots where CopyCat and Get Lost were stepping.
  203. [2014-08-06 17:19:00] * Goldy sighs. "Shatara, keep goin', everypony's safe." She moves ahead, definitely watching her step. "Bookie, Copycat, light things up, wouldy'?"
  204. [2014-08-06 17:19:17] * Bookwright warms up his horn and lights up the hallway.
  205. [2014-08-06 17:21:27] * Goldy is rather bright-eyed and bushy tailed at the moment. It isn't paranoia if stupid people who trap all their things actually do exist.
  206. [2014-08-06 17:22:25] * Bookwright grins cheerfully at Goldy. "Isn't this exciting? All these traps are still working! What marvelous engineering!"
  207. [2014-08-06 17:24:05] * Goldy gives Bookie an honest to Celestia glower. This glower seemed to have been made from Cerberus' own eyes. "Bookie. Let's focus on stayin' alive so we can get th' stupid super magic rock."
  208. [2014-08-06 17:24:24] * Bookwright is completely unfazed.
  209. [2014-08-06 17:26:19] * Goldy buckles her pith helm down harder and adjusted her mesh cloak. This was a stupid idea. This was a /really/ stupid idea. Why was she still here? Oh, right. Because she's stupid and lonely.
  210. [2014-08-06 17:30:47] * Goldy huffs. "Rainbow Dash? How do y' like yer coffee?"
  211. [2014-08-06 17:33:51] * Mare-Do-Well 3smiles. "I like..." the frowns. "Liked, rather... sweet. I liked sugar in my coffee. No cream though. Cream is for... well, not ponies like m."
  212. [2014-08-06 17:33:55] <Mare-Do-Well> 3(me)
  213. [2014-08-06 17:35:46] * Goldy corrects her. "Like. You're right the first time. Do you know what I'mma do for you if I get out of here alive? I'mma fix it that way for you again. I'mma fix it for you and then yer gonna drink it."
  214. [2014-08-06 17:36:28] * Mare-Do-Well 3sighs but smiles. "I'd like that. Thank you, Golden_Dream."
  215. [2014-08-06 17:37:05] * CopyCat still has her shield up while trotting merrily down the stone corridor.
  216. [2014-08-06 17:38:56] * Goldy 's breath shudders. "You know, because I think that you got a real raw deal. I want you t' feel stuff, too, 'cause if I were in your position, I would've gone crazy. I seen a lot of crazy ghosts. I been possessed by a crazy ghost. You ain't a crazy ghost. I think I admire that willpower."
  217. [2014-08-06 17:44:36] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Up ahead, Shatara stops, staring at a sudden change in the flooring. The hall ahead has a multitude of holes in the floor. The wall decorations likewise change, a mossy green in color with reliefs of red-eyed monsters with curved fangs.
  218. [2014-08-06 17:45:56] * CopyCat seems almost actively seeking traps to step in...
  219. [2014-08-06 17:46:07] <Mare-Do-Well> 3CopyCat approaches with a fanfare of /whup/ /whup/ /whup/ sounds as arrows fire from holes in the walls and bounce off her shield.
  220. [2014-08-06 17:46:51] * Shatara sighs and facetalons.
  221. [2014-08-06 17:47:11] * CopyCat smiles and claps her hooves together. She was good at this.
  222. [2014-08-06 17:48:12] * Goldy sighs. "Sharara, could y' fly me over this here minefield?"
  223. [2014-08-06 17:48:18] * Bookwright frowns. "Well, this is inconvenient!"
  224. [2014-08-06 17:52:28] * Shatara collects Goldy onto his back and attempts to convey her across the trapped area.
  225. [2014-08-06 17:54:34] * Bookwright "See if there's a way to turn these off. I can't believe the zebras would make a room like this with no way to turn off the traps."
  226. [2014-08-06 17:58:22] <Mare-Do-Well> 3--- End of Session ---
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