FoE PNP G-Platypus Session 19

[18:24] <Mister_Clacky|GM> *****G-Platypus: The City of Broad Withers - Session 19*****
[18:24] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  History
[18:24] <Mister_Clacky|GM> It’s that thing that rears up out of the past to bite your ass when things start looking up.
[18:24] <Mister_Clacky|GM> All out wastelanders have a past. Ponies and zebras they’ve loved, loathed, and lost. Each has a tapestry woven on their souls. Threads of pain, sorrow, joy, and hope.
[18:24] <Mister_Clacky|GM> Some tapestries are darker than other.
[18:25] <Mister_Clacky|GM> *****Session Start*****
[18:25] <Mister_Clacky|GM> Our wastelanders, plus Slash, are on the move after escaping from the PEG compound. Nyota’s fur carries only a trace of it’s prior disguise.
[18:31] * Nyota takes up the front of the group, ears perked and she is on the alert, things inside the facility had hurt those whom she now considers family, in more then one way. Leading them westward, towards Railyard and the slavers camp. Out for bood, revenge..? She didnt really know anymore.
[18:33] * Mister_Clacky|GM Nyota is ready to move west,but North and Blackberry have been speaking at length with Scrap while Slash and Thunder_Strike wait near them.
[18:37] * Nyota looks back, the others wherent really moving, not time yet.. She hadnt really been part of the discussion, ready to move out, wanting to get this over with, hatred boiling, a filly had been taken by these slavers, done things to her..
[18:43] * Scrap resumes his story, "well, my father was mean, he tried his best to teach me stuff, but I had trouble. He would hit me when I screwed up, which I did a lot. He just thought I was stupid since I can't read well or even tell colors apart."
[18:44] * Snack_Cake is itching to get going. Anywhere is better than here! With its cinderwolves and crazy robots! And she still doesn't like Slash... who seems far too interested in hounding her for her liking. She needs some music... something nice and calming. She goes to switch over to the music station.
[18:44] * Nyota 's ears swivels around as she listenes to the story of Scrap.
[18:45] * North_Star takes out one of the sub-machine guns he had looted from the compound and began to inspect it's inner workings while listening to Scrap's stroy.
[18:45] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  Snack_Cake starts looking through stations, or trying to. First she has to get out of the menu she left it in. PEGCC Active, PICCC, P01CC, P02CC, P03CC Active, P04CC, S48CC...
[18:47] <Scrap> "He was the one that named me Scrap, 'useful, but not valuable.' After a while he finally gave up and said I was too stupid to learn anything. He tossed me infront of my mother and said I wasn't his son. I was allowed to live with her, but I had to live off the food that ponies around town would give me for a few weeks."
[18:48] * Snack_Cake wonders where all these stations are coming from... She tries to find the radio station in the gigantic mess of them!
[18:50] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  With some fiddling she manages to back out of the Prism Network. Her PipBuck menus return to normal and she can find an actual radio station. "Re! Spect! Trot~!"
[18:50] * Nyota turns around and slowly makes her way back towards the gathering of ponies... Sitting down a couple of steps away from Scrap. "... so, how did you escape?"
[18:50] <Scrap> "That's when I met him, the zebra that lived outside town. He was doing some business in the square that day, when I went up to talk to him. At first he was dismissive, but after several more times I was able to talk to him more."
[18:52] * North_Star can be barely heard, clicking, clacking, and other gun based noiseing away.
[18:58] <Scrap> "And, then my father found out. He hated the zebra, and decided that he could finally make me useful for something.  He had several of his friends grab me and take me to the town forge. He looked down at me as they held me down and said, 'if you want a zebra father, you should look the part.' That's when he forced the blacksmith to take an iron out of the fire and..." His voice trails off as he stares at the ground.
[18:59] * North_Star lowers the gun, looking at Scrap with as much empathy that his waste-worn face can muster.
[19:00] * Scrap begins taking off his armor.
[19:00] * Nyota sighs and looks down aswell. She digs at the ground with a hoof. "Please tell me you-" She stops herself and looks up as she sees Scrap taking of his armor..
[19:01] * Thunder_Strike listens to Scraps story.
[19:04] * Snack_Cake is too busy navigating her PipBuck's menus at first to notice what Scrap's doing, but when she manages to get to the radio station, she looks up to see what's going on...
[19:06] * Scrap when he get's it off and unties his cloak from around him, the meaning of burn on his nose becomes quite clear. On his back are three more burn in the form of stripes going part way down his sides. On each of his flanks is another that is a crude shape clearly meant to be reminisint of a glyphmark. His cuties mark, a pair of crossed hooves on a shield stand in startk contrast to the blackend skin around it. Even with the d
[19:08] * Blackberry_Jam watches him intently. She had always wondered what he was- "Oh. Is that all? Wonderful. Can we get moving now? This place is starting to make me antsy."
[19:09] <Scrap> Even with the damage being minimal, the effect is still evident. He was branded to look like a zebra. He stands still awaiting their judgment.
[19:10] * Blackberry_Jam has passed her judgement, turns about, and starts off towards their next destination. She lights a cigarette midstep, and says nothing more.
[19:11] * Thunder_Strike looks at Scrap. "Ouch." She says with a small shiver. Then gets up and starts to walk.
[19:14] * Scrap surprised and a little relieved that she's indifferent throws his cloak back over himself, ties it, and puts his armor back on. The rest can be told as they walk.
[19:14] * North_Star tucks the gun back into his satchel and begins taking up the rear, as per the usual.
[19:15] * Nyota looks back at Blackberry_Jam for a moment, then back to Scrap. "..." She dosnt know what say, her face shifting between confusion and anger, settling upon disgust. She gets up, shaking her head. She had to process this, somehow. Turning around she gallops up next to Blackberry_Jam in the front.
[19:15] * Snack_Cake mutters a quiet, "Oh dear Celestia..." when she sees Scrap.It definitely doesn't look like it was pleasant.
[19:16] * Blackberry_Jam turns her head to look at Nyota. "Yes?" she mutters around her cigarette.
[19:16] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  Slash falls into line.
[19:16] * Nyota says nothing. Moving up even further to take the lead, westward.
[19:17] * Scrap walks alongside North_Star, "so, that's what I'm hiding."
[19:18] * Blackberry_Jam doesn't like that. She keeps pace with the Zebra. "Hey, Stripes. Wait up. I'm not going to let you bottle up your feelings any more."
[19:20] * Nyota flicks her tail, keeping quiet.
[19:20] * Blackberry_Jam furrows her brow. "Str- Nyota. Listen to me."
[19:21] * Nyota turns her head to give Blackberry_Jam a leveled look. "Yes?"
[19:21] * North_Star looks at Scrap. "Kid, I wouldn't judge you because your father decided to be a rat bastard."
[19:22] * Thunder_Strike opens her wings and takes flight she catches up to Blackberry_Jam and lands close by.
[19:22] * Blackberry_Jam returns the look. "I said, 'I'm not letting you bottle this up anymore.' The last thing we need is ponies avoiding each other, and avoiding their feelings. Spill it."
[19:23] * Scrap looking toward Nyota, "many do."
[19:24] * North_Star spits off to the side. "Yeah. And many are a bunch of assholes."
[19:25] * Scrap says nothing to that.
[19:25] * Nyota frowns. "There is nothing to say, the facility was a mistake."
[19:26] * Blackberry_Jam blows some smoke into the air. "That was something. Now let's hear something else." She gives Thunder_Strike a sideways glance.
[19:26] * North_Star rethinks his words. "Doc Scratch taught me a couple of things when we were together. One of them was something he called 'A dying virtue from the days of old'
[19:28] * Thunder_Strike looks back at Blackberry_Jam. "What?"
[19:28] * Blackberry_Jam shakes her head dismissively, as if to say 'Not yet.'
[19:29] * Thunder_Strike wing shrugs and follows.
[19:29] * Nyota glowers, flicking her tail. What good would this questioning do anyone. "Like what, do you wish me to comment upon Scrap's scars? Fine, he is not a zebra and he never will be, no matter how much of our language he speaks, how much he looks like us or how like us he can fight. He is unstable." The last sentence ends more as a hissing sound then anytihng else as she looks back at the pegasus."
[19:32] * Blackberry_Jam stands there for a moment, but eventually starts moving. "Actually, I wanted to know what you two were talking about before... You were crying, if I remember correctly." She winces a little and steps between Scrap and Nyota. "I don't care about his scars. I care about yours."
[19:36] * Nyota flicks her tail, again. "I needed to cry. I do not need to tell you all of my thoughts and feelings. I needed to cry because I had done a mistake."
[19:39] * North_Star looks ahead of the group. "He said nopony should judge by what makes them different, instead want makes them themselves."
[19:39] * Blackberry_Jam snorts a little. "Whatever you say, Stripes. Just make sure that it doesn't happen again, okay? I can see that we're all a little... shaken."
[19:40] <Scrap> "He said similar things to what my master said."
[19:40] <Nyota> "You wish me not to cry? Fine I wont. Is there anytihng else you wish me to do while you are at it?"
[19:42] * North_Star gives Scrap a friendly punch in the side. "If we ever managed to get him and Scratch in the same room, they would talk enough to fill an encyclopedia."
[19:42] * Blackberry_Jam shoots her a glare. "I need to know that you've got your head in the game, so to speak, okay? Sometimes it's fine to let it all out, just don't let it cloud your judgement."
[19:42] * Scrap manages a small chuckle, "from the sounds of it, yeah."
[19:43] * Snack_Cake feels like she has to do something... so she reaches into her bag and takes out a snack cake, offering it to Scrap. It's almost nothing... but she needs to do something for him.
[19:44] * Nyota glares back. "Fine." Then she looks away, acticly not taking eyecontact with Blackberry_Jam.
[19:45] * North_Star chuckles with Scrap. "Especially if pony anatomy was involved. One word on a dismembered limb and Scratch would talk a Hellhound's ears off."
[19:45] * Scrap is surprised by Snack_Cake's gesture, he smiles and takes the cake. "Thank you." Taking a bite, "these are really good too!"
[19:46] * Blackberry_Jam says, looking straight ahead, "We need at least -one- clear head running this shit show..."
[19:47] <Nyota> "My head is clear, we get to the slavers camp and we kill them all."
[19:48] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  There is a pop of magic in front of the group as a red-furred, green maned unicorn pops into existance a very short distance away. A flaming stick in her mouth. She gives her head a flick and tosses it at Blackberry's hooves. "Hello." A moment later there is a "Goodbye." spoken from behind them. A stick lands next to North_Star.
[19:48] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  In a flash of magic the second unicorn behind the group teleports them away.
[19:48] * Blackberry_Jam comes to a hard stop and blinks. "Hello... What?"
[19:49] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  ~Boom~
[19:52] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  The two sticks of long-fused dynamite detonate. One damaging the three at the front, the other the three at the back.
[19:53] * Snack_Cake doesn't even have time to parse what's going on. All she knows is one moment she's giving Scrap the cake... and the next she's in pain.
[19:53] * Blackberry_Jam gives a loud, pained cry as she's tossed from her hooves into the air. "Fuck! Fuck! Fuck!" She lands in a smouldering heap, shakily rising to her hooves.
[19:54] * Scrap cries out as he goes for a second bite and gets knocked back.
[19:55] * Nyota yelps and cries out getting blown of her hooves, rolling over the ground before comming to abrupt halt.
[19:58] * North_Star is blasted to the ground. He ignores the ringing in his ears and draws his revolver, quickly looking around for their assailent.
[20:01] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  Snack_Cake and Nyota are too tossed about to notice much of anything. The others notice three things in quick succession.
[20:01] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  1) Slash isn't there.
[20:01] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  2) There is the sound of a chainsaw in the distance, there is a hovel about 200 yards in that direction.
[20:01] <Mister_Clacky|GM> 3) The hovel just exploded.
[20:02] * Scrap snaps his head toward the hovel explosion wondering what the hell is going on.
[20:03] * Blackberry_Jam 's head is on a swivel, and she watches the hovel explode, not entirely sure what exactly was happening. "Son of a bitch!" She shouts, her own voice stinging her eardrums.
[20:04] * North_Star looks off in the direction of said explosion, then looks around the group. Putting two, two, ow fuck my head, and two together, a thought clicking in his head. "Shit, Slash!" He yells out, scrambleing to his hooves as best as his tossed around self can.
[20:05] * Blackberry_Jam shakily rises, looking at North_Star. "Hot Shot... gah fuck... What the fuck is going on?"
[20:07] * North_Star wasn't listening. Somepony was in danger, on his watch. He rushed to the hovel, his head ringing, his vision slowly focusing back to the norm, his tail itching to shoot some sombitch in the face.
[20:07] * Scrap jump to his hooves as soon as his ears stop ringing enough for him to think.
[20:08] * Blackberry_Jam stumbles after him. "Stop! Wait!" She cries, tripping over herself a few times as she follows him.
[20:08] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  The hovel is burning.
[20:08] * Scrap runs after him.
[20:08] * Snack_Cake is extremely dazed. She tries to sit up... since when was she on the ground? She doesn't remember... And it hurts. "Ow! Ow ow ow..."
[20:09] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  It is also 200 yeard (600 feet) away.
[20:12] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  Scrap can't make much out through the smoke, But as North_Star and Blackberry_Jam move toward the hovel they can see two unicorns standing several dozen feet from the now enveloped house. North_Star could swear he sees the green one wink at him before her horn lights and they blink out.
[20:13] * North_Star grit his teeth. His heart was pounding, his rage was seething. Adrenaline overcame exaustion as he continued to run for the hovel, hoping for the best. If there was a best.
[20:14] * Blackberry_Jam keeps charging forward. "North! North! Stop!" She shouts, but she can't really tell how loud she's shouting, with the constant ringing in her ears.
[20:15] * Scrap runs next to them, he's tired of going out ahead only to get scoulded for doing so.
[20:15] * Nyota groans and gets up on her hooves. Shaking herself to get the ringing out of her head.
[20:15] * Blackberry_Jam is scanning the area for corpses, explosives, or unicorn mares that she can stomp.
[20:16] * North_Star kept running, revolver gripped in his tail as the hovel drew closer still.
[20:18] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  The group with North making the run toward the hovel are about halfway there. Part of the remaining structure collapses.
[20:19] * Blackberry_Jam is shouting for North and praying for Slash as she sprints towards the burning husk of a building.
[20:20] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  At the 100 foot mark a chunk of wall goes flying. A pony on fire crawls over the lip of the wreckage and rolls out.
[20:20] * Scrap just focuses on following North_Star, his vision is bad enough without adding smoke.
[20:20] * Nyota slumps down, blinking hard.
[20:20] * Snack_Cake isn't even paying attention to what's going on. All she knows is her everything hurts, and she's terrified for her life.
[20:20] * Blackberry_Jam skids to a halt and kneels down by the burning pony. She pours a bottle of water on him and checks the pony over.
[20:22] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  Slash's roll down to where he lays pretty much extinguished the fire clinging to him. Shrapnel and burns cover him.
[20:22] * North_Star slides to a stop near Blackberry_Jam and the pony, looking over him as the rush of, well, exploding starts to die off.
[20:23] * Scrap stops as well and stands by ready to help if needed.
[20:23] * Blackberry_Jam rolls him in the dirt to put out anything else. "Oh fuck... fuck... Slash! Slash! I'm here for you! Just lie still!"
[20:24] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  Slash coughs up some smoke and tries to roll.
[20:24] * North_Star looks back at the group still recovering from the blast. "Scrap, stay here and help Jam," He said, sternly compared to the lighthearted conversation earlier, as he turned to head back.
[20:25] <Scrap> "Got it."
[20:25] * Blackberry_Jam looks to Scrap and barks, "Hold him still! We need to get this armor off him."
[20:26] * Scrap holds him as instructed while trying to not damage him anymore than he already is.
[20:26] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  "Oy, fuck." He tries to wave Scrap off. "I'm fine, Doc. Yeah? Jes lemme up."
[20:27] * Scrap continues holding him, "she's a doctor, she knows what you need."
[20:27] * Snack_Cake starts looking around after a few moments. She calls out, "...Berry? Thunder? What's going on!?"
[20:27] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  North_Star, looking about finds something near where he thinks the unicorns were. In the loose dirt is written '4 Days'.
[20:29] * Blackberry_Jam looks down at him with a frown. "Like hell you are. You stay put until you're not a charred pile of-" She stops, flicks out her knife, and starts slicing his barding straps off.
[20:29] * North_Star looked down at the dirt writing, then kicked it into nonexsistance, heading back to console the others.
[20:29] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  Slash moans. "I could take it off if you let me up, yeah? I'm going to have to fix tha'."
[20:30] * Blackberry_Jam rolls her eyes and continues slicing until it's all gone. "And I'm gonna have to fix you." She mutters around the hilt.
[20:32] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  Slash is peppered with about 4 frag mines worth of shrapnel, a lot of it stopped by his armor, the rest has buried itself into his hide. The incendiaries have blackened his exposed bits and burned the fabric over the mesh of his cloak.
[20:33] * Nyota gets up again, sways slightly. She trots up to Snack_Cake. "Hey, hey Stable pony, are you alright?" She puts a hoof on Snack_Cake's side.
[20:33] * Blackberry_Jam starts to work on the shrapnel, then.
[20:35] * North_Star finally makes in with in ear shot of the rest of the group. "Everypony okay?" He asks them collectively, his head's ringing finally ceasing the ringing.
[20:35] * Snack_Cake glances quickly toward Nyota when she puts her hoof on her side, wincing and muttering a quiet "Ow..." She glances around once more briefly before saying, "What happened...?"
[20:36] * Blackberry_Jam picks the small bits out with her forceps. "Alive? Yes. Okay... no."
[20:36] * Nyota looks up and over at North_Star. "I.. I think so, what is happening?!"
[20:36] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  Slash gives up trying to convince y'all to let him up, and instead lays there while Blackberry_Jam works. He kinda looks up toward North_Star. "Peachy."
[20:39] * North_Star looks back at the late-hovel. "Ambush. As hard as it was to believe, somepony wanted to remind us where we're supposed to be, not kill us.
[20:39] <North_Star> "At least. Not all of us."
[20:42] * Nyota grits her teeth. "We would be faster if they did not attack us!"
[20:44] * North_Star spits a small piddle of blood to the side. "They want to scare us. Scare you." He said, talking to Snack_Cake directly. "Scare you into selling out the Stable."
[20:44] * Blackberry_Jam uncaps her second container of burn salve and gently applies it to Slash's burned face. "Well, looks like I finally paid you back."
[20:44] * Thunder_Strike sits up having been knocked of her hooves and stunned by the blast. She groans and rubs her neck before looking around.
[20:45] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  Slash laughs. "Yeah, thanks Doc. Coulda walked if off though, rioght?"
[20:45] * Snack_Cake definitely doesn't like being attacked. She's shaking a little, tearing up a bit. "Why... why does it have to be me...?"
[20:45] * Blackberry_Jam waves a sizeable piece of shrapnel in his face. "Walked it off, right."
[20:46] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  Thunder_Strike was more buffeted by the blast than the others, but having come to her senses she can quickly fly the distance over to join the group near the still burning hovel.
[20:47] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  "Tha wee little thing? Nothin' to it, yeah? I think yer boyo can let me up now, yeah?" He looks up to Scrap.
[20:48] * Thunder_Strike shakes her self off groaning from shrapnel then lifts off and flies to the group landing by Snack_Cake. "H..hey, you ok?"
[20:49] * Blackberry_Jam helps him up, nodding to Scrap to let him go. She unfurls a Magical bandage and winds it around his torso, now that he's standing. "Let the salve sit for a few minutes, then I'll wipe it off."
[20:50] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  Slash waves a hoof, although it is probably futile. "Really am fine, Doc."
[20:52] * Blackberry_Jam ties off the bandage and sighs. "Aren't we all?"
[20:52] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  Slash smirks. "So are more fine than others, Doc."
[20:53] * Scrap stands quiet again after helping Slash up.
[20:54] * Blackberry_Jam gives the big idiot (not Scrap) a hug. "Don't ever do that again." She says, knowing it's just as futile as his refusal of treatment.
[20:54] * Snack_Cake doesn't feel okay. "N...no. No I'm not! I just... I don't know how long I can keep doing this..." She rubs at her eyes with a foreleg. "I hate it out here... e...everypony wants to hurt me... and wants me to hurt my friends... and hurt other ponies..."
[20:54] * Mister_Clacky|GM Slash blinks... or was it a wink?... eyepatch, so who knows.
[20:55] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  He also returns the hug, giving a reassuring squeeze.
[20:58] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  "Roight. We should head back to the other's, yeah?" He breaks the hug and looks over to Scrap. "Come on, Boyo." He starts the long walk to the others back at the ambush site.
[20:58] * Blackberry_Jam feels the pangs of her wounds and remembers there are others hurt. "Right. Let's get back to the others." On the way, she asks both of the stallions, "Did... did either of you see what happened? I saw this little mare..."
[20:59] * Scrap smiles at him as he starts following.
[21:00] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  Slash shakes his head. "Didn't get a good look. Unicorn popped in behind us, then I'm in a room, yeah? Jes get my saw out an I hear this beepi... Fucknuts!" He turns back to look at the hovel burning.
[21:00] * Thunder_Strike puts a hoof on Snack_Cake. "Who wants you to hurt your friends?" She says then adds. "And we told you that we aren't gonna let anyone do bad things to you." She said trying to be encouraging but clearly failed AT&T.
[21:01] <Thunder_Strike> At it*
[21:02] <Scrap> "I could only see you and North."
[21:02] * Blackberry_Jam frowns. "Yeah... seems like they've got some powerful unicorns with them... That's troubling. They're probably the same ponies that sprung our prisoner."
[21:03] * North_Star looks at Snack_Cake, with a sigh. He was a bit blunt in his words. "Doesn't mean we won't get back at 'em Greenhorn."
[21:04] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  Slash gumbles. "Don't 'spose you'd let me crawl in after my saw?"" The hovel collapses in a bit as he finishes his sentence.
[21:05] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  Snack_Cake's PipBuck beeps.
[21:05] * Snack_Cake turns and gives North_Star a glare. "I don't w..want to get back at them! I want everypony to stop hurting everypony!"
[21:06] * North_Star sighs. "You ain't the only pony, but..." He stops when he hears the PipBuck beeping, looking down at the device on the mare's leg. "You forget to turn your alarm off or somethin'?
[21:06] * Blackberry_Jam claps Slash on the back and shakes her head. "You can get another one."
[21:07] * Thunder_Strike looks at Snack_Cake. "Sugarcube. I think we all want that to happen. But it's not. Ponies will continue to hurt other ponies if it means they will survive." She says letting out a sigh.
[21:08] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  Slash grunts and turns away from the hovel. He picks back up the pace toward the other group.
[21:09] * Snack_Cake gives a curious look to her PipBuck to see what it wants now.
[21:09] <Mister_Clacky|GM> >>>Incoming Transmission: "PCI Network"
[21:09] * Blackberry_Jam keeps pace with him, ignoring the slight pain for now.
[21:09] * Scrap walks right next to Slash in case he needs help walking.
[21:10] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  >>>Accept?
[21:11] * Snack_Cake is confused. She hits 'accept'.
[21:11] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  Confirmed...
[21:11] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  Audio Opt-in Confirmed.
[21:12] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  "PipBuck readings indicate injury. Are you in danger?"
[21:16] * Snack_Cake glances over at North_Star, then Thunder_Strike, then Nyota. She says, "Not anymore... I think..."
[21:17] * Blackberry_Jam eventually arrives with the rest of the group. "All right everypony, triage. Who's bleeding?"
[21:17] * Snack_Cake is probably bleeding. She's not given herself a thorough inspection yet.
[21:17] * North_Star looks back at Blackberry_Jam. "Ah'm achin, but nothing's coming out."
[21:18] * Thunder_Strike is definitely bleeding.
[21:18] * Blackberry_Jam waves Thunder_Strike over. "All right, let's get you fixed up, then."
[21:19] * Scrap is bleeding, but they're only minor cuts and scrapes.
[21:19] * Thunder_Strike "again." She adds to that sentence and walks over to her.
[21:20] * Blackberry_Jam gives Thunder_Strike a faint smile as she starts cleaning and covering her wounds.
[21:22] * Thunder_Strike "why do you seem happy about that?" She asks curious.
[21:23] * North_Star walks closer to Snack_Cake, reading her PipBuck with her.
[21:23] * Snack_Cake is still sitting on the ground.
[21:23] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  Since the Audio Opt-in was initiated back at PEG, Tom responds verbally.
[21:26] * Scrap sits down and let's the others do what they need to.
[21:28] * Blackberry_Jam shrugs a little as she bandage's Thunder_Strike's neck. "Well, I figured you were making a joke."
[21:30] * Thunder_Strike "oh. Ok then." She says shrugging.
[21:31] * Blackberry_Jam gives her another smile. "But, that's my job. Destiny, even." She nods to her flank. She knots the bandage and looks to Nyota. "Stripes, you're next."
[21:32] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  >>>Accessing Surveillance Network at time stamp... Unauthorized Civilian Aggression detected... Flagging Perpetrators... Scanning...
[21:35] * North_Star sits down, still looking at the Pipbuck. "If I had to guess, your friend doesn't take kindly to explosions around his buddy."
[21:36] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  >>>Perpetrators located... Prism Accounting Services F18... Dispatch?
[21:37] * Blackberry_Jam flicks an ear. "Snack... what are you doing?"
[21:37] * Thunder_Strike nods. "Yeah I know." She says giggling.
[21:37] * Snack_Cake gives her PipBuck a confused look. "TOM... what are you talking about?"
[21:39] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  The screen turns to the inside of an office. Two unicorns are talking around a desk. "Perpetrators Located. Dispatch units on your clearance?"
[21:40] * North_Star scratches his chin. "You mean... Security units?"
[21:40] * Blackberry_Jam slowly trots over to Snack_Cake. "Snack... what's he dispatching?"
[21:42] * Snack_Cake frowns. "I don't know... TOM, I don't understand..."
[21:42] * Thunder_Strike sits there and starts to preen her wings.
[21:42] * Blackberry_Jam looks into the screen.
[21:44] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  The screen shows two unicorns, one which looks similar to the one who popped up in front of you, talking around a desk. "Perpetrators of Unauthorized Civilian Aggression have been located. Do you wish to dispatch units to engage?"
[21:45] * Blackberry_Jam puts a hoof on Snack's shoulder. "Snack... do it."
[21:46] * North_Star looks at Blackberry_Jam. "How do we know these 'units' still work?"
[21:47] * Blackberry_Jam shrugs a little. "We don't. But if we don't try, we won't know. Worst case? Nothing happens."
[21:47] * Thunder_Strike looks up having pulled a damaged feather out and it's still in her mouth. "I say dewit.
[21:48] * Snack_Cake glances at Blackberry_Jam, unsure. "But... I just want the fighting to stop..."
[21:48] * North_Star scratched his chin. "As much as I want them dead, we might be able to use this."
[21:49] * Blackberry_Jam looks back at her. "Well... consider this the first step. They attacked us, and they're not going to stop attacking ponies any time soon. Sometimes... only fighting can stop fighting."
[21:51] * Snack_Cake hesitates even longer, before finally saying, in a quiet, disheartened voice, "S...send them..."
[21:52] * North_Star blinks. So much for his plans.
[21:53] * Blackberry_Jam pats her on the back. "I'm sorry." She looks to North, shaking her head a little.
[21:54] * North_Star sighs. "Somepony isn't gonna be happy about that... We could've used something like this as leverage, give them a reason to let the mares go...
[21:54] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  >>>Connecting to PAS Network Node. Analyzing options... Void air? Seals not intact: No. Gas? 2-Chloroethyl chloromethyl sulfide @ 0%: No. Activate Ponitrons? Ponitrons not responding: No.
[21:56] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  >>>Turrets? Turrets Responding: Activating.
[21:56] * Blackberry_Jam frowns. "Well, there's your worst case. Nothing happens. Maybe now that we -know- it's useless, I think it's-"
[21:56] <~Blackberry_Jam> "Or not..."
[21:56] <North_Star> "You might want to look away, Greenhorn."
[21:56] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  On the screen a turret pops down from the ceiling, firing on the mares, they scramble. One darts to a nearby terminal, typing frantically.
[21:57] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  >>>Perpetrators attempting access... Overloading.
[21:57] * Snack_Cake 's eyes widen, and she looks away, squeezing her eyes shut, holding the PipBuck away from herself. She doesn't want to see this.
[21:58] * Blackberry_Jam grits her teeth. "Cripes... they're smart..."
[21:58] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  The terminal explodes, sending the mare falling back, the other blasting at the turret. The turret eventually sparks and fails. The mares pause, catching their breath.
[22:00] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  >>> Epsilon level options exhausted, Turrets active... surveilling
[22:02] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  >>> Location of Perpetrators marked: Waypoint set.
[22:03] * Scrap sits a bit away, he can get the gist of what's going on from the audio.
[22:04] * Blackberry_Jam rests a hoof on her shotgun.
[22:04] * North_Star sighs. "Well. It scared the shit outta them at least.
[22:05] * Blackberry_Jam sighs too. "If we had threatened them with useless weapons, I think we'd be in a bit more trouble, if I'm honest."
[22:07] * North_Star nods a bit. "At least we have something. If those mares are as useful to those slavers as they act, we might have something to use against them."
[22:08] * Blackberry_Jam scratches her neck a little. "Two unicorns that can teleport somepony like Slash wherever they please? Seems like a pretty valuable asset to me."
[22:10] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  One of the mares on the screen touches her ear, her lips moving.
[22:10] * North_Star looks at the screen. "Greenhorn. Any chance we can listen in?"
[22:11] * Blackberry_Jam lights a cigarette and stands up slowly. "Earpieces too... this is one hell of an operation."
[22:11] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  >>> Outgoing Transmission Detected... Breaking Encryption... "...ble pony is with them. They are moving. Holing up in an office building. Security system went haywire, but this room seems fine."
[22:14] * Snack_Cake can't help but look back at the screen when she hears them start talking.
[22:15] * Thunder_Strike sits there starting to nod off.
[22:16] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  Slash looks at the gizmo on Snack_Cake's hoof. "Roight. So like, it set a waypoint, yeah? Can it, like, show the map?"
[22:16] * North_Star watches the screen, listening to the conversation.
[22:20] * Blackberry_Jam looks up towards Slash. "Well... if we feel like taking another detour."
[22:21] * North_Star looks up. "And risk another ambush?"
[22:21] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  "What d'ya think, Doc? Which you want?"
[22:23] * Snack_Cake glances at Slash and goes to pull up the map.
[22:23] * Blackberry_Jam closes her eyes and lowers her head. "I... don't even... maybe... We could use them as leverage... -if- we can capture them."
[22:26] * North_Star shakes his head. "Having them captured is more trouble than it's worth. We might be able to lock them in a facility, but that damned teleportation..."
[22:26] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  Slash looks at the map and out at the wastes. Their escapade in PEG brought then closer to some of the more intact large buildings. There are several 'small' skyscrapers in sight, but a fair distance away.
[22:28] * Blackberry_Jam mutters something about surgically removing horns, but doesn't conclude her thoughts. "Right... unless anypony has any objections, we'll live and let live."
[22:29] * North_Star nods. "For the time being. We'll keep tabs on them, and threaten to turn them into cheese when the time comes."
[22:29] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  Slash shakes his head. "I'm going after them, yeah? Blew me up, broke my saw. I'll meet ya at Slaugherhouse, roight?"
[22:32] * Blackberry_Jam looks Slash in the eye and frowns. "If you die... I'll bring you back to life so I can kill you myself." She looks over the rest of her comrades and kneels down next to Snack_Cake. "Hey, need some bandages.'
[22:33] * North_Star looks to Blackberry_Jam, then to Slash. "Are you positive about that? You're severely underarmed than you were a few minutes ago."
[22:34] * Snack_Cake glances at Blackberry_Jam and nods, muttering a quiet, "Thanks..." She shifts so Berry can get a better look, wincing a bit. "Ow..."
[22:37] * Blackberry_Jam gives a reassuring smile. "Hey, that's not so bad. Here, stay still." She fishes out a magical bandage and winds it around Snacky's tummy.
[22:38] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  Slash smirks. "They already gave it their best try, roight? Ain't got nothin' on me." He looks to North_Star. "I co-own a weapon store, I don't just carry one." He reaches into his bag and pulls out a coiled, bladed, chain. He smirks and starts to trot toward the cluster of buildings, stopping at Snack_Cake. "Yer gettin' tougher, DW. Stay alive." He gives a final wave and starts trotting off. "Later, Doc
[22:38] <Mister_Clacky|GM> ."
[22:39] * Snack_Cake shies away from Slash. It'll take a long time of him being nicer for her to stop being afraid of him.
[22:40] * Blackberry_Jam chuckles a little as she fixes the bandage to Snack's torso. "Later..."
[22:40] * North_Star tips his hat to Slash, "Raise some hell for me, old clod."
[22:43] * Blackberry_Jam gives him a longing, slightly hopeful last glance.
[22:45] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  Blackberry_Jam carches him glance back too. He turns back to the road.
[22:45] * Thunder_Strike is sitting where she was having nodded off.
[22:46] * Blackberry_Jam rubs her shoulder, right above the tattoo. "Right... Hot Shot.. Kamikaze, either of you hurting bad?"
[22:48] * Snack_Cake feels somewhat better after Blackberry_Jam's treatment. At the least, she feels like she has less to worry about.
[22:48] <Scrap> "No, you wasted enough on me after the cinderwolves."
[22:48] * North_Star looks over himself. "Ah've got a burn or two. I would walk it off, but you want to look at it anyway, don't you?"
[22:48] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  It is starting to edge toward night proper.
[22:48] * Blackberry_Jam sighs and gives them both slight grins. "Right, get over here. And somepony wake Featherduster up."
[22:51] * North_Star walks over, slipping off the barding on his right side, where he took most of the blast. "Have at it, Doc."
[22:51] * Blackberry_Jam slaps some bandages on there, nothing too complicated. "If I might make a suggestion."
[22:53] * North_Star looks up at Blackberry_Jam. "Shoot."
[22:54] * Blackberry_Jam pulls his barding back down. "We should make a pitstop in Railyard. I could use more supplies, and I think we'd all like some rest in real beds."
[22:57] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  >>> Surveillance Alert.
[22:57] * North_Star rolls his shoulder a bit. "I'm sure you know what I'm going to say about that."
[22:58] * Blackberry_Jam nods a little and waves Scrap over. "Absolutely?"
[22:58] * North_Star shakes his head. "No."
[22:58] * Scrap knows better than to argue. He walks over to let her take a look.
[23:00] * Blackberry_Jam sighs. "Look, Hot Shot." She says, peeling Scrap's armor off and bandaging him up. "I'm low on bandages, out of salves, and hefting 100 lbs of extra crap around. We've got four days left, right?"
[23:01] * Snack_Cake checks her PipBuck again.
[23:02] * North_Star nods. "We've also got a hit squad bearing down on us. As much as I like to think those mares don't have the guts to swing at us in Railyard, I'd rather not take that chance."
[23:04] * Blackberry_Jam crosses her hooves as gives Scrap a nudge. "North, please. If you want me to keep pulling bullets out of you all, you'll let me at least stock up on supplies."
[23:04] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  The PipBuck still shows the office. An empty office.
[23:05] * Scrap quietly says, "thank you." Before getting up and moving back to where he was.
[23:05] * Snack_Cake frowns. "Berry...? They're not there anymore..."
[23:05] * Blackberry_Jam jerks her head up. "Ah... shit. See if TOM can figure out where they went... Anything!"
[23:06] * Thunder_Strike starts to lean in her sleep. Eventually she falls over and jumps awake. "Huh? What, a where isay huh?" She says looking around frantically. She then takes a deep breath when she realises what happened.
[23:06] * Snack_Cake nods slowly. "TOM? Where did they go?"
[23:07] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  >>> Reviewing Timestamp..
[23:09] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  The screen freezes then shows the two mares. One walks guardedly toward the door. She opens it slowly with her TK, only for the door frame to splinter as bullets start to impacting it. She gives a 'Fuck this place' look to the other unicorn. Their horn lights, and they pop away.
[23:11] * Blackberry_Jam sighs. "Fucking unicorns..."
[23:11] * North_Star nods. "See what I mean?"
[23:12] * Blackberry_Jam looks in her slowly emptying med-pack. "I... just..."
[23:14] * North_Star looks off in the direction of Meatlocker. "But... I suppose it'd be better than giving some slavers our caps." He then gives Blackberry_Jam a nod. "If they try anything in Buckago, I'll make sure they're in the ground."
[23:15] * Thunder_Strike slowly walks back to the others. "Why'd you guys let me fall asleep?"
[23:16] * Blackberry_Jam cracks her neck. "Glad you see things my way." She turns to Thunder_Strike and blinks. "Kamikaze, I told you to-...  Nevermind. Sorry, Thunder. It won't happen again."
[23:17] * Snack_Cake stands up and stretches her legs a bit. "So... what do we do now?"
[23:19] * Blackberry_Jam sits up and starts sprinting off towards Railyard. "Slaaaash!" She shouts.
[23:19] * Thunder_Strike hugs Blackberry_Jam. "It's alright. After what I did. I expected something like that to happen."
[23:20] * Blackberry_Jam returns the hug before running off, duh.
[23:20] * Scrap stands up, "why is she running?"
[23:22] * North_Star stands up. "We head back, resupply, then make our-" He watched Blackberry_Jam run off. "That mare is something else..."
[23:23] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  Blackberry_Jam can see Slash meandering toward the cluster of highrises, but he doesn't seem to hear her yet. She's catching up though.
[23:23] * Scrap looks at North_Star then takes flight to chase after her.
[23:24] * Blackberry_Jam gallops at full speed after him. "Hey, idiot!" She shouts. Maybe -that- will get his attention.
[23:25] * North_Star decides to chase after Blackberry_Jam.
[23:25] * Snack_Cake glances back toward Thunder_Strike, Scrap, and Nyota. "We should... follow them?"
[23:26] * Scrap has already given chase.
[23:26] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  The stallion continues oblivious.
[23:27] * Blackberry_Jam skids to a halt next to him, panting. "Sweet Luna, you're as deaf as... something that's deaf..."
[23:28] * Scrap catches up and lands a couple seconds later.
[23:29] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  cracks a grin. "Maybe I just like the sound of you chasing me, yeah?" His side bumps against Blackberry's.
[23:29] * Thunder_Strike shrugs back at Snack_Cake. "I guess so."
[23:30] * Snack_Cake nods and heads after them as fast as she can manage. Which is very slowly.
[23:30] * Blackberry_Jam bumps him back. "So... we're heading back to Railyard, and I promised Slag I'd bring you back alive. So that's where I'm taking you. No questions."
[23:31] * North_Star trots up to Slash's other side, hiding a smirk when he hip-checks Jam.
[23:31] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  Turns his good eye to Jam. "Doctor's orders then?"
[23:32] * Blackberry_Jam smirks around her cigarette. "Doctor's orders."
[23:33] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  He gives a nod. "Roight then. Guess that's the way it is."
[23:34] * Thunder_Strike helps Snack_Cake along.
[23:34] * North_Star nods to Slash. "That was easier than expected.
[23:36] * Blackberry_Jam chuckles a little, happy that something was easy for once. "Yep."
[23:43] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  The group makes their way back to Railyard, arriving late in the night.
[23:43] * Blackberry_Jam knocks on Dr. Splotche's door, whether or not it was open. "Hey Splotches... you in?"
[23:44] * North_Star sperates from the group, checking to see if everyone's favorite odds n' ends store owner is still in shop.
[23:44] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  Splotches soon comes to the door, wiping his eyes. "Didn't expect you back so soon... Trouble?"
[23:44] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  The shops are currently closed.
[23:45] * Blackberry_Jam shakes her head, then pauses. "No more than usual... need a place to crash tonight..."
[23:45] * North_Star instead slips right into Sploches' place, tired as all hell and aching for find his sleeping chair.
[23:46] * Thunder_Strike wonder if slag is awake. But decides she need rest more than anything and she can't really do much with a bandage muzzle so she follows Blackberry_Jam
[23:46] * Snack_Cake definitely joins Blackberry_Jam at Dr. Splotches' place. At the least, he's a friendly face she'd be glad to see again.
[23:46] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  Splotches opens the door to the group. Slash looks nervously around when they enter Railyard and heads to Sleepers instead of Slash and Slag's.
[23:47] * Scrap brings up the rear, he's near nodding off after the day's events.
[23:47] * Blackberry_Jam collapses in her hammock, just barely tossing her gear off before falling asleep. "Thanks Splotches... saved my flank again..."
[23:49] * Scrap collapses in a corner and is out almost immediatly.
[23:50] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  Splotches nods. "Any time, Jam. A little tight fit is fine for friends."
[23:50] * Thunder_Strike "thanks doc." She says waving a wing to him, thanking him for the hospitality.
[23:51] * North_Star flops into the same chair he took up last time, dumping his satchel, guns, and barding off to the side before muttering "'Preciate it, Doc"
[23:51] * Snack_Cake doesn't go off to sleep right away, instead asking, "Has everything been alright since we've been gone...? It feels like... ages since we left..."
[23:52] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  Splotches smiles. "It's hardly been any time at all. It's been the same as always, 'cept Slag hasn't opened shop since you left."
[23:53] * Blackberry_Jam mutters. "That might change soon..."
[23:56] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  Splotches gives a yawn. He smiles and looks over the mostly sleeping group. "I think they have the right idea, Miss Cake. I think I'll turn in as well. Good night."
[23:56] * Thunder_Strike giggles. "I bet slash will have that leash...." She quickly blushes an shuts up.
[23:56] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  *****Session End*****
[23:58] <Mister_Clacky|GM>  1000 XP. Snack_Cake gains 2 karma for resisting ordering the mechanical execution of slavers. Snack_Cake loses 2 karma for eventually ordering the mechanical execution of slavers.