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Fallout: Beyond Equestria, 105: Origin Story (Part 22)

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  1. [2014-10-08 13:03:34] <Mare-Do-Well> 3The room is smaller than the other chambers, circular, with sunlight pouring into it from a crystal-studded chimney above. Water flows through the chamber, diverted off the underground stream, creating a moat around a raised alter. Sunlight reflects off the water, casting shimmering light on the blue-stoned walls.
  2. [2014-10-08 13:03:42] <Mare-Do-Well> 3At many points, the stones have crumbled, and plants have grown through. Before the alter is the lever that Golden_Dream is looking for, poking out from a scattering of white bones. On the alter itself is a chest, locked with heavy chains.
  3. [2014-10-08 13:04:08] <Mare-Do-Well> 3The circular stones radiate a faint magic, little more than the barest trace. The cutlass, however, has a magical aura that is considerably stronger.
  4. [2014-10-08 13:04:26] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Bookwright shivers. "That cutlass is... savage. It is named 'Ukatili, Cutlass of Cruelty'." He turns his attention to the circular stones. Why are they magical?
  5. [2014-10-08 13:04:35] <Mare-Do-Well> 3As best Bookwright can tell, the minor enchantment on the stone may be there to cause them to levitate back into place after they've been removed. Or maybe the magical aura is just there to allow someone to see them with the proper senses?
  6. [2014-10-08 13:04:47] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Golden_Dream brushes her chin. "Noble, what are ghosts made out of?"
  7. [2014-10-08 13:05:20] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Noble_Heart flicks her ear. "We are uncertain of the details. it is not something that We have ever had a chance to study. Until recently it was not something We were even aware existed except in very rare cases created through use of megaspells."
  8. [2014-10-08 13:05:33] <Mare-Do-Well> 3She shook her head. "We doubt that anyone has had enough time to study them to know that. Save perhaps the reapers."
  9. [2014-10-08 13:05:45] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Golden_Dream bites her tongue. Yeah, she wasn't going to be taking RD back to Sleipnir. Gramma Sleipnir was a nice lady, but she would still see her as an abomination. "... Maybe if we can find th' tree of life, maybe they'd get her back t' normal."
  10. [2014-10-08 13:05:52] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Golden_Dream looks around, looking uneasy. "... Somewhere, she can get better."
  11. [2014-10-08 13:06:03] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Bookwright offers, "Maybe she should go try floating inside that barrel of green herb tincture?"
  12. [2014-10-08 13:06:09] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Noble_Heart taps her chin. "The tree might help her. We have no idea."
  13. [2014-10-08 13:06:22] * Mare-Do-Well 3takes Bookwright's advice and floats off towards the barrel.
  14. [2014-10-08 13:06:34] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Golden_Dream gulps. "It's better than no answer at all. Now, Get needs to get on that chest I saw in that room. Unless y' feel like lettin' me blow th' lock off."
  15. [2014-10-08 13:06:52] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Bookwright lets the magic fade. "Hum." He swipes up the gold coins from the compartment they lay in and drop them into his backpack.
  16. [2014-10-08 13:07:02] <Mare-Do-Well> 3CopyCat bites her lip as she tries to remember something. "Mare-Do-Well said something about the ghost glowing... perhaps there is something in this place which would help Dash?"
  17. [2014-10-08 13:07:11] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Bookwright says, "Hey, that's not a bad thought!"
  18. [2014-10-08 13:07:21] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Golden_Dream loads two shell into Blood and gives it back to Shatara. "Better than no hope at all."
  19. [2014-10-08 13:07:26] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Shatara recieves shotgun.
  20. [2014-10-08 13:07:37] <Mare-Do-Well> 3CopyCat nods. "But first the chest, yes. Get Lost is good with locks and mechanisms, and she might fit where myself and Shatara cannot. Perhaps she can open it?"
  21. [2014-10-08 13:07:44] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Golden_Dream sits on the corner and looks at Mare-Do-Well, thinking back to stuff she didn't really want to think about.
  22. [2014-10-08 13:07:53] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Mare-Do-Well disappears off into a barrel.
  23. [2014-10-08 13:08:05] <Mare-Do-Well> 3...
  24. [2014-10-08 13:08:29] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Fallout: Beyond Equestria, Session One Hundred and Five: Origin Story (Part Twenty-Two) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SSUQxGjZZ4
  25. [2014-10-08 13:08:45] <Mare-Do-Well> 3--- Session Begins ---
  26. [2014-10-08 13:13:22] <Mare-Do-Well> 3The chest is bound in heavy chains. Three locks -- two on the chains and one on the chest itself -- hold it closed tightly.
  27. [2014-10-08 13:14:41] <Mare-Do-Well> 3<< Locks: 2 hard (-20 to roll, 75 Lockpick required) and one slightly above moderate (-10 to roll, 50 Lockpick required) >>
  28. [2014-10-08 13:15:30] * Get_Rest frowns "wow, this one seems hard... i'l try but i can0tmake promises..."
  29. [2014-10-08 13:15:51] * CopyCat glances at the stone walls warily, and shudders. It had only been a few minutes since those same walls had meant to crush her and her friends. She sticks close to Bookwright and Shatara, looking a little shaken.
  30. [2014-10-08 13:16:11] <Get_Rest> 7me trots inside the tunnel, sits in front of the chest and starts working on the locks
  31. [2014-10-08 13:16:23] * Get_Rest trots inside the tunnel, sits in front of the chest and starts working on the locks
  32. [2014-10-08 13:18:13] <Get_Rest> 7me opens both locks on the chains "alright, i got the chest free from the ground... trying to open it properly now"
  33. [2014-10-08 13:18:56] * Get_Rest opens both locks on the chains "alright, i got the chest free from the ground... trying to open it properly now"
  34. [2014-10-08 13:19:59] * Get_Rest one last metallic sound tells that even the third lock was opened. the mare steshes her tools and turns towards the group 2can you levitate it outsIDE?2
  35. [2014-10-08 13:21:05] * Golden_Dream is not in a very good mood. She can't really describe how eating a little bit of a fucking ghost felt, but 'woogie' was the word that came to mind.
  36. [2014-10-08 13:21:53] * Noble_Heart gently placed a wing over Golden Dream, doing her best to be reassuring.
  37. [2014-10-08 13:23:01] <Mare-Do-Well> 3One by one, Get_Lost picks the locks. The chains fall free, then the chest lid pops open slightly.
  38. [2014-10-08 13:23:11] * Golden_Dream nuzzled the wing gently, eyes staying wide open. She ate a ghost. SHE ATE A ZEBRA GHOST. SHE JUST REALIZED HOW HORRIBLE THAT WAS.
  39. [2014-10-08 13:25:14] * Mare-Do-Well 3floats slowly back to the party, looking very translucent, dejected and wet.
  40. [2014-10-08 13:25:53] * CopyCat swallows and pretends to steady her nerves. She almost has herself beliving it! "Y-yes, Get_Rest. We'll do what we can." Her horn glows as she concentrates, trying to wrap her magic around the chest and bring it out so they could all see.
  41. [2014-10-08 13:25:54] * Bookwright "But, you're intangible. How is it that you look sopping wet?"
  42. [2014-10-08 13:26:38] * Golden_Dream shakes, standing on her tippy hooves. and trying to stay off of them. "Rainbow Dash! I just realized I ate a bit of that ghost!"
  43. [2014-10-08 13:26:41] * Mare-Do-Well 3mouths something that looks distinctly like 'I don't know.'
  44. [2014-10-08 13:27:13] * Noble_Heart crouches down and nuzzles Golden Dream. "It will be alright. We have all done things we regret."
  45. [2014-10-08 13:27:38] * Mare-Do-Well 3shudders at Golden_Dream's announcement and shrinks back just slightly.
  46. [2014-10-08 13:30:33] <Mare-Do-Well> 3CopyCat floats the chest into the room, setting it down amongst everyone.
  47. [2014-10-08 13:30:34] * CopyCat chuckles. "Oh don't worry Mare-Do-Well she doesn't bite... very hard. And the wet mane... wet hat thing looks great on you," she smiles.
  48. [2014-10-08 13:32:59] * Golden_Dream looks around, wild-eyed. WHY WAS NOPONY TRYING TO CONSOLE HER ABOUT THAT, IT'S THE MOST TERRIBLE THING EVER.
  49. [2014-10-08 13:33:46] * Shatara attempts hugging Golden_Dream?
  50. [2014-10-08 13:34:12] * Golden_Dream takes the hug and hugs back. The catbird can live.
  51. [2014-10-08 13:36:02] * Mare-Do-Well 3seems to look slightly more there (or so most notice).
  52. [2014-10-08 13:36:22] * CopyCat was actively trying to avoid listening in on the torment going through Golden_Dream's mind. She was busy convincing herself that the walls /weren't/ about to start closing in again...
  53. [2014-10-08 13:37:00] * Shatara cant distribute enough hugs!
  54. [2014-10-08 13:37:19] * Shatara looks for a way to the next room that isnt tiny-sized.
  55. [2014-10-08 13:37:24] * Golden_Dream whines a little into Shatara. "Shatara, please promise me that you won't let me turn int'a some mad ghost eater. I think that's the worst thing I've ever done."
  56. [2014-10-08 13:37:33] * Get_Rest gets out of the tunnel ad goes cheking golden "so... i heard you ate ectoplasm... how are you feeling?"
  57. [2014-10-08 13:37:45] * Shatara nods to Golden_Dream, snugging her tightly under his wing.
  58. [2014-10-08 13:38:35] * Bookwright hugs Golden_Dream.
  59. [2014-10-08 13:38:37] * CopyCat answers Get_Rest, "Like the walls are closin' in, Doc!"
  60. [2014-10-08 13:39:29] * Get_Rest "oh well, the autopsy will tell us the rest..."
  61. [2014-10-08 13:39:44] * Golden_Dream responds to Get's emotional distance and curiosity with a whimper and a, "Ah feel a little woogie, Get."
  62. [2014-10-08 13:40:07] * Golden_Dream bites her lip. "Am I gonna turn int' a ghost eater, Get?"
  63. [2014-10-08 13:41:00] * Get_Rest "well, that's improbable... maybe you'll simply feel a little bleh for a bit, nothing special..."
  64. [2014-10-08 13:41:03] * Bookwright "Golden, you're not turning into a ghost eater anymore than Rainbow Dash is turning into a pony eater. Just don't shoot at a ghost with that shotgun again and you'll be okay."
  65. [2014-10-08 13:41:20] * CopyCat blinks at Get_Rest. "Will you put her back together again when you've finished the autopsy?"
  66. [2014-10-08 13:41:32] * Bookwright turns to Mare-Do-Well and whispers, "You're not turning into a pony eater, are you?"
  67. [2014-10-08 13:46:55] * Golden_Dream seems to get rather concerned rather quick. "Get, you mind, like, doin' one of them autopsies except y' keep me alive fer it?"
  68. [2014-10-08 13:47:21] * Get_Rest "sure, i can put her back as good as before... better than before! stronger, smarter, faster!"
  69. [2014-10-08 13:47:37] * Get_Rest "maybe a little zombier"
  70. [2014-10-08 13:48:01] * Mare-Do-Well 3blinks at Bookwright.
  71. [2014-10-08 13:48:06] * Bookwright manages to look both repulsed by Get_Rest's enthusiasm and intrigued by it.
  72. [2014-10-08 13:50:44] * Bookwright nods. "Good. If you were, that would have ruined my comparison just now. Also, that would be weird and frightening."
  73. [2014-10-08 13:51:28] * Golden_Dream cranes her neck to Noble and Bookie. "Since yer' gonna be th' two folk not gettin' distracted here, between Doc an' me workin' out if I'm gonna turn int' a ghost or makin' sure that Copycat feels good after gettin' scared half t' death, how about y' stop weirdin' out RD and see what's in th' chest?"
  74. [2014-10-08 13:52:24] * Bookwright pouts. "Fine. Ruin my fun." He eagerly pries open the lid that Get_Rest so helpfully unchained.
  75. [2014-10-08 13:53:28] * Get_Rest keeps inspecting golden dream to make sure she really IS ok
  76. [2014-10-08 13:54:42] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Examining the room, Shatara comes to the conclusion that the trap must reset in some way that raises the slabs over the doorways. Either there is a lever or some other mechanism in the other room that Golden_Dream and Get_Lost missed (unlikely, but possible behind all the vegetation), or magically triggered.
  77. [2014-10-08 13:55:21] <Mare-Do-Well> 3If the latter, it may be in relation to the circular stones. After all, the trap triggered the moment Bookwright started pulling one of them free from the wall.
  78. [2014-10-08 14:02:28] <Mare-Do-Well> 3The chest lid swings back to reveal a glistening, colorful assortment of gems, several coins of precious metals, and a smaller box.
  79. [2014-10-08 14:02:56] * Mare-Do-Well 3definitely looks less see-through the moment the chest opens.
  80. [2014-10-08 14:03:13] * Golden_Dream 's eyes wander. Ooh. Shiny. Wait. WAIT
  81. [2014-10-08 14:04:42] <Mare-Do-Well> 3The smaller box has a lock of its own. (Very Hard, Lockpicking 100 required, -30 to roll.)
  82. [2014-10-08 14:05:30] * Golden_Dream 's mouth waters considerably. Oh. Oh, dear. That's, uh. That's a lot of money. That's a lot of money! THEY NEVER HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT AFFORDING FOOD AGAIN MONEY
  83. [2014-10-08 14:05:54] * Shatara blinks at Golden_Dream concernedly.
  84. [2014-10-08 14:07:03] <Mare-Do-Well> 3It will take some time to appraise all the gems and coins. But once she has done so, Golden Dream will determine the coins to be worth approximately 7500 bottlecaps.
  85. [2014-10-08 14:09:37] * Get_Rest takes the small box and starts toying with it "let's see..."
  86. [2014-10-08 14:10:05] * Bookwright "So! How filthy rich are we?"
  87. [2014-10-08 14:10:56] * Get_Rest a nice click can be heard not very long later
  88. [2014-10-08 14:10:57] <Mare-Do-Well> 3The gems, which considerably outnumber the coins, she determines the gems to be worth 170 beauty, including five gems with a rarity of at least eight.
  89. [2014-10-08 14:12:25] * Golden_Dream chuckles unevenly, almost madly. "Bookie, lemme put it this way. You know that one time when we was worryin' where our next meal was gonna come from, and hoped that th' water from th' snow peaks up there by the Crystal Kingdom were safe t' drink?"
  90. [2014-10-08 14:12:36] <Mare-Do-Well> 3The smaller box pops open, the lid swinging back on a spring. Inside are a few dozen seeds.
  91. [2014-10-08 14:12:55] * Bookwright "Not really, but go on."
  92. [2014-10-08 14:13:09] * Mare-Do-Well 3says, "Whoa" as she becomes completely opaque.
  93. [2014-10-08 14:13:40] * Shatara eeps as Mare-Do-Well suddenly un-fades
  94. [2014-10-08 14:14:15] * Golden_Dream continues. "That ain't never happening again with this sort of- Woah." WOAH. "Rainbow Dash! I can't see through you! Are you still a...." She raises her hoof and attempted to touch Mare-Do-Well.
  95. [2014-10-08 14:14:20] * CopyCat smiles and claps her hooves. "Oh, welcome back Mare-Do-Well!" She attempts to give the ghost a hug but... well, you know...
  96. [2014-10-08 14:15:07] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Both Golden_Dream and CopyCat feel an odd, vaporous chill as their hooves pass through where Mare-Do-Well stands.
  97. [2014-10-08 14:15:31] * Mare-Do-Well 3backs up in surprise, and immediately fades again, now barely there.
  98. [2014-10-08 14:15:46] * Shatara wats.
  99. [2014-10-08 14:16:44] * Mare-Do-Well 3blinks and moves forward cautiously. She regains a "healthier" (for a ghost) visage within about four feet of the chest. And unfades completely when right beside it.
  100. [2014-10-08 14:17:04] * CopyCat steps away in surprise, glancing at Golden_Dream to see if she felt it too.
  101. [2014-10-08 14:17:14] * Bookwright "What... is going on? Does anypony know what those seeds are?"
  102. [2014-10-08 14:17:18] * Golden_Dream 's eyes go wide. SHE FELT SOMETHING "Rainbow, I think these can get y' back t' life again." She looks at the seeds... And then she knew what they were. She gasped. Holy shit, this is happening.
  103. [2014-10-08 14:17:36] * Golden_Dream "I... I think those might be seeds from th' tree of life."
  104. [2014-10-08 14:18:19] * Get_Rest "there are quite... you know... A LOT of them"
  105. [2014-10-08 14:20:09] * Mare-Do-Well 3nods to Golden_Dream, backing off. "I... think you're right."
  106. [2014-10-08 14:20:19] * CopyCat gasps, looking into the box. "Oh my goodness."
  107. [2014-10-08 14:20:23] * Mare-Do-Well 3looks back towards the room she fought the ghost in. "I think that's where the pirate ghost came from. She wasn't created by Fluttershy's megaspell. She became a ghost when she died because she ate too much fruit from the Tree of Life."
  108. [2014-10-08 14:21:03] * Shatara nods a little. "So...this is powerful stuff then..."
  109. [2014-10-08 14:21:45] * Get_Rest "so... we feed this to ditzy and she will turn backto a pony?"
  110. [2014-10-08 14:21:48] * CopyCat nods beside Shatara. "And this must have been what made that ghost all glowy."
  111. [2014-10-08 14:21:54] * Mare-Do-Well 3nods. "The seeds are still alive inside. Their energy... it's a lot like being in the healing fields."
  112. [2014-10-08 14:22:24] * Golden_Dream looks back at the seeds. "I reckon they're also th' reason you ain't faded out yet. Yer' prolly gonna have t' stick close until we can figure out how we get one of these in you so that you don't... Y'know."
  113. [2014-10-08 14:22:26] * Mare-Do-Well 3looks to Get_Rest, "I... don't think so. I think it would just kill her."
  114. [2014-10-08 14:23:07] * Mare-Do-Well 3glances briefly at Golden_Dream as she says, "Necromantic energy and life energy... don't get along."
  115. [2014-10-08 14:23:43] * Golden_Dream looks Mare-Do-Well up and down. "I beg t' differ. Yer' lookin' really good right now."
  116. [2014-10-08 14:23:53] * Get_Rest frowns "that's a pity"
  117. [2014-10-08 14:24:20] * CopyCat ponders. "If we killed a seed... would that make a ghost seed?"
  118. [2014-10-08 14:24:22] * Mare-Do-Well 3nods to Golden_Dream, "That's because ghosts aren't necromantic."
  119. [2014-10-08 14:25:42] * Bookwright "And Rainbow here is a ghost in part because of that megaspell she got exposed to. That's probably why these seeds make her better."
  120. [2014-10-08 14:26:50] * Mare-Do-Well 3yeahs. "A /healing/ megaspell. Ghosts aren't trapped here because we're poisoned by death energy, like ghouls. We're trapped here because we're poisoned by life energy."
  121. [2014-10-08 14:27:50] * Bookwright cocks his head. "That's... huh. I never thought of it that way, but that makes a twisted sort of sense."
  122. [2014-10-08 14:28:29] * Mare-Do-Well 3says, "That's why necromancy and pink cloud crap /kills/ ghosts."
  123. [2014-10-08 14:30:01] * Golden_Dream looks back at the shotgun. "So that's why th' shotgun worked on the pirate ghost. And why Gramma Sleipnir really don't like you."
  124. [2014-10-08 14:30:10] * Bookwright "That's why that awful shotgun actually worked on the zebra ghost then... but why did it interact so badly and feed back into Golden Dream? You'd think that necromantic energy absorbing life energy would be same as normal, I mean, that's the purpose that horrible shotgun."
  125. [2014-10-08 14:30:18] * Mare-Do-Well 3also suspects, although she doesn't explicitly say it, that is why Blood hurt Golden_Dream when she shot a ghost with it.
  126. [2014-10-08 14:32:07] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Food poisoning.
  127. [2014-10-08 14:33:09] * Get_Rest "well, this makes sense... so, guys, be careful with the seeds of life unless yoou want a looooong stay in this place, okay?"
  128. [2014-10-08 14:33:31] * CopyCat nods very quickly.
  129. [2014-10-08 14:33:59] * Noble_Heart frowns. "Perhaps it is a result of the two fighting with one another."
  130. [2014-10-08 14:40:58] * Mare-Do-Well 3nods at what Noble_Heart said.
  131. [2014-10-08 14:42:02] * Golden_Dream blehs. "Well, it needs t' cut that shit out."
  132. [2014-10-08 14:42:46] * Golden_Dream very gingerly takes a seed. "... So, how do we get th' stuff in this seed back in you, Rainbow. I mean, unless y' wanna... Go."
  133. [2014-10-08 14:43:08] * CopyCat glances at the walls again, her eyes lingering on the sealed doors. "S-Shatara... d-did you manage to figure out a way to set us free?" CopyCat flinches as a small pebble of loose stone falls from the ceiling.
  134. [2014-10-08 14:43:42] * Get_Rest "i... i'm not really sure it works that way... probably she won't get her body back..."
  135. [2014-10-08 14:47:12] * Mare-Do-Well 3frowns. "I think... I should 'heal'... sort of... so long as I don't fall into requiem. But it will take a while. Weeks. Maybe months. And I won't be able to do much."
  136. [2014-10-08 14:47:58] * Mare-Do-Well 3says, "Until then, the only way I'll be able to talk to you or really even be here with you... is when I'm close to those." She points at the seeds.
  137. [2014-10-08 14:48:19] * Bookwright "I guess we should take them with us then."
  138. [2014-10-08 14:49:13] * CopyCat tries to smile at Mare-Do-Well. "W-well at least you won't have to leave us then."
  139. [2014-10-08 14:50:05] * Shatara hugs CopyCat. "I think it's some kind of puzzle...I dunno if I'm very good at puzzles..."
  140. [2014-10-08 14:50:24] * Mare-Do-Well 3nods. "Just... keep them away from necromancy. They're seeds. They've lived over two hundred years, but it won't take much necromantic energy to kill them."
  141. [2014-10-08 14:52:10] * CopyCat tenses at Shatara's touch, but she quickly hugs him back. It seemed like she needed it.
  142. [2014-10-08 14:53:52] * Get_Rest "i don't want to oplay the black cat, but it is quite possible that we will fall into some necromancy filled place sooner or later... should we leave the seeds in a dsafe place?"
  143. [2014-10-08 14:55:00] * Golden_Dream frowns at Mare-Do-Well. "I'm gonna help you get back t' how you was, Rainbow. We're gonna find th' tree, we're gonna pump y' full of that magic, and then yer' gonna get t' hug Fluttershy until th' hurt stops. Y' hear me?"
  144. [2014-10-08 14:56:35] * Bookwright "I think we should probably stick the seeds into a safe compartment on the firewagon."
  145. [2014-10-08 14:57:56] * Golden_Dream sighs, then looks at the rest of the party. "Anypony got a bit of string and a rag I can use?"
  146. [2014-10-08 14:59:00] * Get_Rest "i do" takes her sewing kitv and offers it to kid
  147. [2014-10-08 14:59:31] * CopyCat nods at Golden_Dream and Bookwright from over Shatara's shoulder. "That sounds like a good idea. Could we bring a small amount with us in a pouch? Enough so that Mare-Do-Well could come along and talk to us at least."
  148. [2014-10-08 15:00:17] * Bookwright "You know, there's probably enough seeds here for everypony to have a little pouch on a string of them, enough for us to be able to see and speak with Rainbow Dash."
  149. [2014-10-08 15:03:00] * CopyCat pulls away from Shatara, muttering the last thing he had said. "Puzzle... puzzle... Bookwright, the doors closed when we disturbed those stones. If we moved them back then perhaps the way forward will open again."
  150. [2014-10-08 15:03:07] * Golden_Dream takes her sewing kit and makes a small pouch that she can hang around her neck. She then drops the seed into the pouch and then hangs it around her neck. She then passes the kit to the pony on the left. "There. Rainbow, please don't strain yerself by getting too far away until we can get you healed again."
  151. [2014-10-08 15:05:09] * Bookwright "Are you sure? I thought it was the zebra ghost that triggered the trap. She was doing it before. I guess I could put them back, but first... there are bodies in those niches. We should take them out and lay them to rest."
  152. [2014-10-08 15:12:59] * Get_Rest takes a look around "so... do we have a plan to get out or i must start putting together some wall melting goo?"
  153. [2014-10-08 15:13:48] * Bookwright begins to remove skeletal remains from the niches and place them gently in the center of the room. He falters as he comes to the niche with the small skeletons.
  154. [2014-10-08 15:15:22] * Golden_Dream starts scooping gold and gems into her bad. Okay, she felt bad about scooping all this into her bags right next to a literal pile of skeletons, but she had to get them into her bag somehow!
  155. [2014-10-08 15:17:35] * CopyCat assists Bookwright, taking great care as she does.
  156. [2014-10-08 15:17:38] * Mare-Do-Well 3floats next to Golden_Dream
  157. [2014-10-08 15:18:09] * Golden_Dream gives Mare-Do-Well ghostly nuzzles.
  158. [2014-10-08 15:22:19] * Golden_Dream "Y' think I'm bein' heartless about this?"
  159. [2014-10-08 15:22:49] * Shatara shrugs. "they're not using it anymore..."
  160. [2014-10-08 15:24:24] * Noble_Heart stands quietly and looks around a few moments.
  161. [2014-10-08 15:26:41] * Golden_Dream blows a strand of her hair out of her heterochromic eye and patchy discoloration on her fur. "Meant about not helping him move th' bones." She responded. "I figure that th' bones helped us live since they was there tellin' us folks got trapped in those alcoves and died here.
  162. [2014-10-08 15:27:20] * Bookwright doesn't mind.
  163. [2014-10-08 15:28:11] * Get_Rest "want to see something hearthless? look at that chest" points at a skeleton and snickers "well, usually riches make ponies kill each other, so... i think they already died once for these money, we're just getting the problem on our shoulders"
  164. [2014-10-08 15:32:08] * Bookwright "I can see why the trap would be set off by removing a stone circle... the passage to the treasure chest is behind one. But how did the stone circles get put back in place after these poor souls triggered the trap and got trapped themselves?
  165. [2014-10-08 15:36:38] * Golden_Dream thinks. "There's probably a reset after a while.
  166. [2014-10-08 15:38:35] * Get_Rest "or when there are no more vitals in the room... you know, magic... when ev erypony dies, the trap sets itself again..."
  167. [2014-10-08 15:38:50] * Golden_Dream hefts her bags with just the coins in. "There. Around seven gal-durned thousand caps o' goodness in that there bag. Whoof."
  168. [2014-10-08 15:39:49] * CopyCat leaves Bookwright after the remains were respectably gathered and trots over to sit beside Noble_Heart.
  169. [2014-10-08 15:40:15] * Noble_Heart gently extends a wing around CopyCat. Lowering her head sadly. Something seemed to be bothering her more than usual.
  170. [2014-10-08 15:45:42] * Bookwright begins to replace stone circles, stuffing the scattering of gold coins he found in one of the niches in his bags as he does so.
  171. [2014-10-08 15:48:34] * CopyCat nuzzles Noble_Heart's cheek. "What is troubling you, Sister?" She cocks her head. "That is what we call each other, isn't it? 'Sister'?"
  172. [2014-10-08 15:51:40] * Noble_Heart frowns quietly a few moments and sighs. She flattens her ears at the word 'sister'. "That is what we call one another, yes. We wonder how much you actually remember. And how the you who was would feel about the you who is."
  173. [2014-10-08 15:54:37] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Once all the stone circles are replaced, a grinding rumble reverberates through the room as the slabs lift up from the doors and the wall slides firmly back into its original place.
  174. [2014-10-08 15:57:59] <Mare-Do-Well> 3There is little more to explore of these ruins. The one hallway not traveled turns left (yet again) before opening up into a vacant chamber covered in (now non-threatening) plants -- including a wall of flowering vines -- and bearing a ceiling mosaic depicting the construction of obelisks surrounding a huge stone fortress.
  175. [2014-10-08 15:59:16] * CopyCat looks down at her hooves. "I remember a warm feeling. Of belonging. Of family." CopyCat closes her eyes, and smiles. "I remember the murmur of a hundred voices in my head. I would never have to be lonely again. Until..." She swallows and her smile falters.
  176. [2014-10-08 15:59:18] <Mare-Do-Well> 3There is nothing else in that chamber to explore, and the final hall off of it turns left and connects back to the original chamber with the skeletons of dead animals.
  177. [2014-10-08 16:00:34] * Noble_Heart frowns. "Then you do not remember the one above all? She who gave us orders? Against whom our desires and wishes were as nothing but a sandcastle before a hurricane?" She sighed quietly and shook her head. "Perhaps that is for the best."
  178. [2014-10-08 16:00:51] <Mare-Do-Well> 3This leaves two ways out of the ruins. Either back up through the small hole in the ceiling of the first chamber, or out through the pirate's den below.
  179. [2014-10-08 16:02:07] * Get_Rest "well, that was an interesting story to tell... where are we going next?" then smiles at copy and noble "so, you both were into domination? seems like fun"
  180. [2014-10-08 16:03:28] * CopyCat nods quietly with Noble_Heart. "I think you may be right. But... I do know that the 'me who is' has friends," she smiles. "I think the 'me who was' would be happy."
  181. [2014-10-08 16:05:40] * Noble_Heart sighs quietly and smiles a little to CopyCat. "Then We are glad for that at least." She shook her head and reached a wing up to wipe a tear from her cheek. "We must apologize. The presence of the ghost here, and Goldy's unhappiness must be infectious."
  182. [2014-10-08 16:08:47] * CopyCat chuckles at Get_Rest as they start to leave the chamber. "Well it's not quite like that..."
  183. [2014-10-08 16:08:58] * Bookwright indicates the stretched out rows of skeletal remains. "We need to give these ones proper burials. Or at least, bury them. I don't actually know what zebra burial rituals are..."
  184. [2014-10-08 16:13:07] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Bookwright has a dozen coins but no idea of their value.
  185. [2014-10-08 16:13:50] * Bookwright "Golden Dream, you're a mercantilism-inclined kind of pony. You have any idea what these are worth?" He shows them to her.
  186. [2014-10-08 16:20:43] * Get_Rest looks at the bones, then takes her faithful showel and offers her pickaxe to the first volnteer "i don0t know their rituals, but back in my place we buried them... and this is the only thing i can think of, so... let's get digging"
  187. [2014-10-08 16:21:28] * Bookwright "Let's get them outside first. Noble Heart, Copycat, can you two lend a horn and help me get these poor souls out of here?"
  188. [2014-10-08 16:22:01] * Noble_Heart looks at the bones and frowns sadly. "We shall help. A container would be useful. Floating so many individual objects at once is taxing."
  189. [2014-10-08 16:25:44] * CopyCat nods at Bookwright. "I'll do what I can."
  190. [2014-10-08 16:31:28] * CopyCat assists Bookwright and Noble_Heart in bringing the remains somewhere they could bury them.
  191. [2014-10-08 16:35:34] * Bookwright works with CopyCat, gingerly moving the remains up the hole they originally came down.
  192. [2014-10-08 16:39:01] * CopyCat glances over at the coins every now and again. Shiny!
  193. [2014-10-08 16:40:20] * Mare-Do-Well 3floats next to Shatara and acts ghostly.
  194. [2014-10-08 16:40:46] * Shatara blinkblinks at Mare-Do-Well.
  195. [2014-10-08 16:45:59] * Mare-Do-Well 3blinkblinks back and smiles.
  196. [2014-10-08 16:50:53] * Shatara tilts his head quietly.
  197. [2014-10-08 16:52:48] * Bookwright "Okay, Copycat, please give me a lift up the hole."
  198. [2014-10-08 16:53:12] * CopyCat nods and lifts Bookwright through the hole.
  199. [2014-10-08 16:55:37] * CopyCat calls up. "Can you do the same for me, Bookwright? My wings will not fit through there while flying."
  200. [2014-10-08 16:57:42] * Bookwright "Um, I can try. Um." He strains, and manages to get CopyCat a few inches off the ground before his telekinesis fails and she drops. "Ah, maybe not."
  201. [2014-10-08 16:59:22] * Mare-Do-Well 3slips towards Golden_Dream a bit just to make sure she can be heard, then tells Shatara. "You looked a little lonely. I know lonely. It's not fun."
  202. [2014-10-08 17:01:32] * Shatara nods back to her a bit.
  203. [2014-10-08 17:02:36] * Mare-Do-Well 3seems to be trying to think of something more to say. "Hey, did you know I once asked Twilight to transform me into a griffin with her magic?"
  204. [2014-10-08 17:02:59] * Mare-Do-Well 3adds, "I thought it would be cool to be a griffin." Then, "She wouldn't though."
  205. [2014-10-08 17:04:07] * Shatara chuckles a little, trying to imagine the rainbowpone as a catbird. He reaches out and tries to pat her shoulder, but it doesn't really work.
  206. [2014-10-08 17:05:46] * CopyCat gets an idea. She wraps herself in her own telekinesis, rendering herself weightless. She lacked skill or knowhow to move herself as well, but... "Bookwright, try pulling me up now!"
  207. [2014-10-08 17:06:25] * Bookwright covers CopyCat's field of telekinesis with his own. "Hope this works." He lifts.
  208. [2014-10-08 17:07:10] * Bookwright strains. Nothing happens. "Um. I guess it's not."
  209. [2014-10-08 17:08:40] * CopyCat drops her magic, and whinnies. "Aww..."
  210. [2014-10-08 17:12:21] <Mare-Do-Well> 3With time and effort, Bookwright is able to get all the bones out and buried.
  211. [2014-10-08 17:13:11] <Mare-Do-Well> 3With the difficulties CopyCat encountered, it becomes clear that the easiest way for the party (or, at least, for CopyCat and Noble_Heart) to leave is out through the cave.
  212. [2014-10-08 17:14:47] <Mare-Do-Well> 3(Although that decision will be left for next session.)
  213. [2014-10-08 17:14:55] <Mare-Do-Well> 3--- End of Session ---
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