The Trotting Dead - s2e019 - Deadly Dates

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[20:38]<LuckyLeaf>	The Trotting Dead - Season 2 - Episode #019
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[20:42]<LuckyLeaf>	Cambiance and Swift_Hurddle  stood before the corpse of the infected unicorn, both cadaveric and bloated, leaking black blood from where the rest of its head was. The hall was once again silent and the odd discoloration had disappeared.
[20:43]<Cambiance>	"Do you think there are more of them like that one?  Should we go tell the others?"
[20:44]?	Swift_Hurddle huffs and sholders his axe, leaning against a wall leaving a bloody stain from the gore on his back. "I dont know, but I do know we havent seen anything like it before and yes I think we should inform the others about it... what the buck was it even, was it doing magic? I mean we have seen the peagsus fly so I guess it makes sense but still..."
[20:46]<Cambiance>	"I know what you mean. It seems odd. Maybe not every unicorn can do magic like that?  I feel like we've seen other unicorn infected that were normal..."
[20:46]<LuckyLeaf>	Star_Spotter finished feeding Ice Bead the juiced food for now. They could only hope they would recover. Mr. Bill still peeked occasionally dissatisfied. Rosebee observed Raven writing on the first floor, and Mint helped Sugar around the coffee shop. Golden Leaf was not among them
[20:46]?	Star_Spotter goes searching for Golden Leaf
[20:47]?	Junette approches Star_Spotter "anything you need?"
[20:48]?	Swift_Hurddle nods, "For sure, but lets get a hoof on to tell the others... if this happens ot other unicorns it will be bad, worse if they arnt the only ones changing"
[20:48]?	Star_Spotter thinks for a moment. "Not at the moment Junette dear, unless you've seen where Golden Leaf went to?"
[20:49]?	Junette nods and hunts for Golden Leaf looking like an oversized cat with wings as she stalks though the building
[20:50]?	Cambiance frowns, running her own horn. "Yeah. I hate going back empty handed again, but..."
[20:50]<LuckyLeaf>	Star_Spotter and Junette spot Golden Leaf lying down on  a corner of the dusty basement.
[20:50]?	Star_Spotter moves to her. "Golden, are you quite alright?"
[20:50]?	Swift_Hurddle groans as he rights himsel up and pushes off the wall, "But this is important, so we should get moving"
[20:52]?	Cambiance nods. "Let's."
[20:53]?	Swift_Hurddle nods and leads the way back up stairs to the roof
[20:55]<LuckyLeaf>	Golden Leaf lifts her eyes at Star_Spotter. "I am breating and my heart is beating." She mutters.
[20:55]?	Star_Spotter nods. "But are you fine, not your body, you."
[20:59]?	Junette watches not getting too close
[21:06]<LuckyLeaf>	"It's nothing you need to worry about." She says with a defeated tone. It's a clear lie, whatever is in her mind is consuming her, and there is one thing you know that might be it.
[21:07]<LuckyLeaf>	Cambiance sees  a small flock of pegasi high on the sky
[21:08]?	Cambiance holds up a hoof. "Wait. I see a flock of pegasi up there. We might want to wait for them to pass. They might attack."
[21:09]<Star_Spotter>	"Are you..." She looks to Junette, gesturing her to leave them alone for a bit. "Are you still trying to save your child?"
[21:09]<Star_Spotter>	"Or at least worrying about it?"
[21:09]?	Swift_Hurddle stops at the door and ducks back inside, groaning in frustration he rubs his muzzle, "No telling how long that will take, just hope they are not ciriciling for some reason"
[21:10]?	Cambiance examines the flock again, looking for any reason in their motion.
[21:10]?	Junette does as she is told and stalks away from the room looking for a good Scify book  to read
[21:12]<LuckyLeaf>	The flock is moving, slowly but without a clear destination
[21:12]<LuckyLeaf>	"This is not how things are supposed to be..." Golden Leaf says
[21:12]*	You are now known as EchoesOfDeath
[21:13]<Star_Spotter>	"Then tell me Golden." She sits down next to her. "I want to be here for you, I want to be your friend."
[21:13]?	Swift_Hurddle huffs and taps his hoof as he waits
[21:14]?	Cambiance frowns. "I can't tell if they mean to move on or not. At this pace, we might as well keep on scouting. We can't get back unless they leave."
[21:16]<EchoesOfDeath>	"What  is the point? There is nothing you can do, or that I can do. Nopony can undo this." Golden sighs and presses her eyes close
[21:16]?	Swift_Hurddle nods, "I guess so"
[21:17]?	Cambiance turns around. "Let's get going then. See if we can find anything."
[21:17]<Star_Spotter>	"Maybe we don't need to undo things." Star says sadly. "Maybe we need to push on through all of this and survive for those... who didn't."
[21:19]?	Swift_Hurddle nods and follows, "Lead the way"
[21:19]?	Cambiance goes back to the downed unicorn infected, and glances at her options forward from there.
[21:20]<EchoesOfDeath>	There is an open office door from where it was, and a closed one on the other side, as well as another staircase leading to street level
[21:22]?	Swift_Hurddle looks around, "so clear out building then move down?"
[21:23]?	Cambiance draws her machete and heads to the open door. "Sounds good. Be ready incase anything's still here."
[21:23]<EchoesOfDeath>	Golden Leaf sighs but Star_Spotter can notice some energy returning to her. She gets up. "That is all we can do, isn't it?"
[21:25]?	Star_Spotter smiles and nods, getting up with her. "It is, in memory and honor of them, if not for anything else." She says smiling. "I was thinking we could try and start a garden around here,  maybe on the roof or something, do you think you could help with that? It'd help our food supply issues some."
[21:25]?	Swift_Hurddle readies his axe with a nod
[21:26]<EchoesOfDeath>	Cambiance is met with a rotting smell. The office has a handful of cubicles and a separate area for the manager, just like the first one.
[21:27]?	Swift_Hurddle wrinkles his nose at the smell
[21:28]?	Cambiance scrunches her nose. "Ugh, that smell! Let's make this quick then and start looking."
[21:28]<EchoesOfDeath>	"It's not a bad idea. I guess we cound do that." She paces. "We will need dirt"
[21:28]<Star_Spotter>	"Well you had a store around here, wheres the best place we could find soil?"
[21:31]<EchoesOfDeath>	"My shop had some, but it's a good walk from here. Dangerous too." Golden says
[21:31]?	Swift_Hurddle sucks in a breath of air as he moves in to search the place, "No argument from me"
[21:31]<EchoesOfDeath>	Swift_Hurddle
[21:34]?	Star_Spotter nods. "Perhaps Junette and I can head out there sometime, and pick up some seeds from plants." She says.
[21:35]<EchoesOfDeath>	Swift_Hurddle quickly spots a rotting corpse of a pony, with remains of their chewed guts all around it. Some of the drawers contain some few snacks
[21:37]?	Swift_Hurddle notes the office snacks and calls out "Hey Cambiance, have some munchies over here. Looks like somepony raided the break room before everything whent to tarturus". Stepping near the body he pokes it with the head of the axe.
[21:38]<Cambiance_>	"Well, that's better than nothing. Pack it up."
[21:39]<EchoesOfDeath>	The corpse doesn't seem to move at all
[21:40]?	Swift_Hurddle nods as he stuffs his jacket pockes with snack cakes and potato crisps, "On it, we about ready to move on to the next room?"
[21:40]<EchoesOfDeath>	"We do need some, but it could be dangerous"  Golden says
[21:41]<Cambiance_>	"Yep. Hopefully it isn't as pungent..."
[21:43]?	Swift_Hurddle snickers as he moves to the door with full pocket, "Ya, next time we do this we should bring a mask or something, ya know? Heck if we ever make it back to school we could make out with some of those nice ones from the chemestry room"
[21:43]?	Star_Spotter nods. "I understand that, but we have mouths to feed, especially with that starved pony my students brought in." She says. "We should leave now, I recomend you stay behind unless you're sure you can suport yourself with us."
[21:45]?	Cambiance_ grins. "Goodness, then we really would be living in a horror movie. Two masked ponies walking around with gardening tools as weapons."
[21:47]?	Swift_Hurddle laughs more, "Hey I think I was the one who suggested we go to a theather actually, then we could have really seen some horror. Seen some stuff that put these shamblers to shame"
[21:48]?	Junette does wingups as she reads a book about a sexy Griffin Captian exploreing space while her logical Unicorn Science officer tried her best to get in the way of sweet lovin.
[21:50]?	Star_Spotter trots to find Junette. "Well hello." She says looking over and glancing at what she was reading
[21:50]?	Cambiance_ smiles again. "Let's just go check that closed door and then get to ground level. Although... Do you think the theaters still work?"
[21:50]?	Junette shows Star_Spotter the book and gets to her paws streching "hi~"
[21:51]?	Star_Spotter chuckles. "I assume you're getting cabin fever from staying in, am I wrong?"
[21:52]?	Swift_Hurddle ponders, "Ummm... well, I dont think it would be to hard to figure how to work one, right?"
[21:53]?	Junette nods "I want to fly... I know thats a bad idea... I have been keeping up with my streaches and preening... dont worry most of the stories of Griffins with Cabin Fever going on rampages are mostly untrue" she beems
[21:54]?	Star_Spotter nods. "well we need to go out and get soil and seeds from Golden's shop, I figure it'll give us a chance to get out and help."
[21:54]?	Cambiance_ thinks. "That is true. We should try and clear a path to a theater then. I've never been much of a movie mare, but I wouldn't complain about one now."
[21:54]?	Cambiance_ then sticks her tongue out in jest.
[21:55]?	Junette smiles "good! I am starting to run out of books with sex in them..."
[21:55]?	Swift_Hurddle grins, "What can I say? Its my favorite place for a date"
[21:56]?	Star_Spotter winks and whispers. "Then maybe we should write our own."
[21:56]?	Junette turns bright red
[21:56]?	Star_Spotter stretches her own wings. "Well we should go now before it gets dark." she says, moving to get her gun.
[21:57]?	Junette nods and gets her gear together
[21:57]?	Cambiance_ grins slyly. "Of course, you player. I haven't dated too much. Not that I'm... Strictly opposed to the idea."
[21:59]?	Swift_Hurddle continues to grin as they check the other door, "Always a good first step"
[22:02]<EchoesOfDeath>	The door is locked.
[22:03]<Cambiance_>	"Wonderful. Another locked door."
[22:04]?	Swift_Hurddle looks at the door, "Should I buck it?"
[22:05]<Cambiance_>	"Be my guest. Show off those muscles."
[22:06]?	Swift_Hurddle blushes a bit as he clears his through and gets in position, "Heh, sure thing"
[22:08]?	Swift_Hurddle bucks the door
[22:09]<EchoesOfDeath>	The door snaps open into the office
[22:10]?	Star_Spotter starts to head upstars
[22:10]?	Cambiance_ sashays into the room. "Nice job big boy. Now let's see what we find."
[22:10]?	Swift_Hurddle grins, "After you ma'lady"
[22:15]?	Junette follows close behind Star_Spotter
[22:16]<EchoesOfDeath>	The rooftops look fine, even though some stray infected can be seen on the streets
[22:17]?	Star_Spotter looks back. "We should alert someone to let us in with a codeword or something
[22:17]?	Cambiance_ examines the office room.
[22:17]?	Junette writes a note and leaves it inside "there"
[22:18]<EchoesOfDeath>	The office has the same layout, but this one looks untouched. Piles of papers are stacked on several cubicles and there is a safe under one of the desks
[22:18]?	Star_Spotter rolls her eyes and nods. "If we get eaten because no one let us in I'm blaming you." She says as she takes flight, remembering where Golden's shop was
[22:19]?	Junette cracks a smile and dashes off the roof, makeing a suspect sound of plesure at spreading her wings in the open air.
[22:19]?	Cambiance_ kneels by the safe. "Hmm... This looks interesting, but I'm not certain if it would have anything useful. Let's search the room like normal, and look in the safe if we find a key or combination or something."
[22:20]?	Swift_Hurddle nods
[22:20]?	Swift_Hurddle "Good idea, and hey worse comes to worse we know somegriffin who might be able to open it"
[22:21]?	Cambiance_ laughs. "That is true. She'd probably get a kick out of it."
[22:22]?	Swift_Hurddle sticks out his tounge, "Or a *Pick* even"
[22:24]<EchoesOfDeath>	 Star_Spotter and Junette hear a low wing whistling.
[22:24]?	Cambiance_ groans. "That's awful."
[22:24]?	Star_Spotter glances around for the source of the sound
[22:24]<EchoesOfDeath>	 Swift_Hurddle finds a note with a series of numbers scribbled under the boss desk
[22:25]?	Swift_Hurddle chuckles, "It was, but hey if it makes you feel better I think I found the combo
[22:25]<Swift_Hurddle>	"
[22:25]<EchoesOfDeath>	Star_Spotter sees five infected pegasi flying directly towards them.
[22:26]?	Star_Spotter sighs as she flies. "Five z's on our tail."
[22:26]<Cambiance_>	"Crack it open then. I hate to be looting something as personal as a safe, but... It could have something useful."
[22:27]?	Swift_Hurddle nods and bends, entering the code and trying to open the safe, "Somehow if no pony has claimed it yet I dont think its going to be, at least not anytime soon"
[22:28]?	Junette gets her crowbar out and gets into a higher altitude
[22:29]<EchoesOfDeath>	The safe opens... revealing a huge pile of bits and property papers!
[22:30]?	Swift_Hurddle rolls his eyes, "Oh nice, now we can retire to the Marebeian"
[22:31]?	Junette looks at the ground, then tries to draw the attention to her as she falls back slightly.
[22:32]?	Cambiance_ giggles. "Yeah, that's what I thought. Unless the infected ponies have an allergy to bits, that won't be very useful."
[22:32]<EchoesOfDeath>	The fliers converge towards Junette.
[22:33]?	Junette flaps up before leading the group into a nosedive holding back the screach of the hunt from reaching her beak.
[22:34]?	Swift_Hurddle stands and stretches, "welp, this room looks clear... SO, street or back to the roofs?"
[22:35]<Cambiance_>	"I think we should at least check the street out.  See if we can find some more substantial supplies."
[22:36]?	Swift_Hurddle nods, "No more safes though"
[22:44]?	Star_Spotter quickly flies up to try and strike down lightning on the zombies during Junette's manuver
[22:45]<EchoesOfDeath>	Junette dives in a bold manuever, being followed by the infected. Just as one is about to tackle her down, Star_Spotter's lightining shoots it away. Junette pulls away while the infected smash against the concrete.
[22:46]?	Star_Spotter sighs and looks to Junette. "That was pretty risky, let's keep going."
[22:46]?	Junette flaps her wings and smiles at Star "good idea" she keeps an eye out and flies after her.