The Railtank Party

[18:49] <~Echelon> The two of them trot out onto the platform overlooking the many tracks in the main section of the Capital, below is the railyard still filled with either cars or railtanks. Several in  particular look like they are about to leave, including a Praetorian railtank.
[18:50] * Proverb is sitting on top of it, her Dragunov slung over her shoulder.
[18:50] * Tallie looks up at Echelon. "Puhleeeez tell me we get to ride in a railtank."
[18:51] <~Echelon> Like hell Proverb is sitting on top of a Praetorian, FNG's don't engender that much love. Echelon looks down at Tallie, he is smiling under his mask, "Oh... perhaps."
[18:51] <Proverb> ( :P )
[18:52] * Tallie prods him. "That better be a yes, or imma have to break the rules and take one myself."
[18:52] * Echelon smirks. "You going to take one yourself?" he chuckles.
[18:53] * Tallie nods. "Yup."
[18:54] * Echelon chuckles. "No need, but we must go now to catch a ride to Arsenal." he trots quickly to a flight of stairs that is flanked by two guards, they don't stop him.
[18:54] * Tallie follows close behind, grinning. Gonna ride in a raaail tank~ gonna ride in a raaail tank~
[18:55] * Proverb is actually standing outside the railtank, asking one of the other soldiers if she can tag along.
[18:55] * Echelon trots up to the officerpony who is clearly in charge of all the preparations and starts talking to him. the overall setup is a Praetorian followed by two subway carts and finally an armored endpiece.
[18:56] * Tallie 's tail swishes in excitement.
[18:56] <~Echelon> The soldier she is talking to is random, he points Proverb to the officerpony and Echelon.
[18:57] * Proverb nods, and the small mare slips over to where Echelon and the officer are, waving shyly at Tallie. "Uhm, hi."
[18:58] * Tallie waves. "Yo."
[18:58] * Echelon chuckles and nods a few times before saluting the officer and motioning to Tallie and then blinking at Proverb, FNG ahoy!
[19:00] * Proverb squeaks, kind of smiling. She looks up at the officer, and asking very politely if she can come.
[19:01] <~Echelon> The officerpony snorts, and points to Echelon. "Talk tah' the sergeant."
[19:02] * Tallie keeps herself occupied by looking around. railtankrailtankrailtank.
[19:02] * Echelon trots to Tallie, "Alright, slightly bad news and then good news."
[19:03] * Proverb looks up at Echelon. "Uhm, can I come along too please, sir?"
[19:03] * Tallie looks up at Echelon and pouts. "Badnews?"
[19:04] * Echelon holds a hoof up as in to motion for Proverb to wait a sec. He says to Tallie, "We can't ride on the railtank going to Arsenal, we can coming back."
[19:04] * Tallie pouts. "Awwww..."
[19:05] <~Echelon> "However. We get to ride gunner crew on the flanktank."
[19:05] * Echelon points to the open topped machine gun platform at the back of the column.
[19:05] * Tallie claps. "Yay!"
[19:06] * Echelon smiles and turns to Proverb. "Alright, what is it?"
[19:06] * Proverb blinks. "Uhm, I was wondering if I could come along, sir."
[19:07] * Echelon frowns a bit under his mask. "I am not a 'sir' NG. Check the ranks." he points to his chevrons and rockers as proof.
[19:08] * Proverb sadfaces. "Oh, sorry..."
[19:08] * Echelon chuckles. "But yes, you can."
[19:09] * Tallie puts  her hand up. "Dibs on gunner!"
[19:09] * Proverb smiles. "Th-thanks!"
[19:10] * Echelon turns and trots to the back railcar, it has four machine guns placed on it with armored plating welded to each stand, sand bags piled might behind a rail to prevent them from topling, a table is set in the middle with ammo and a radio.
[19:11] * Tallie follows~
[19:11] * Proverb blinks, and follows them, not really knowing where else to go.
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[19:14] * Echelon was kicked by Blackout ([email protected]) Reason (.)
[19:14] <~Blackout> Echelon hops over the tall pile of sandbags and takes a seat near one of the machine guns.
[19:14] * Blackout is now known as Echelon
[19:15] * Tallie does so too and gets in the gun facing forward. "Whee!"
[19:16] * Echelon smirks at Tallie, "Just a hint, choose one facing the rear, trust me."
[19:16] * Tallie blinks. "Why's that?" she asks as she makes her way to the back.
[19:17] <~Echelon> "Because bandits and monsters never attack from the front of the rear car." he chuckles.
[19:17] * Tallie blinks and nods. "Right."
[19:17] * Tallie locks and loads the machine gun.
[19:18] * Echelon waits for Proverb to settle in.
[19:21] * Proverb unslings her SVD, and takes up a position near the rear where she had a clear line of sight.
[19:22] * Tallie bounces in her seat. "Lessgolessgolessgo!"
[19:23] <~Echelon> Two more soldiers trot up and hop on the remaining two machine guns as the radio crackles to life. "Everyone ready? Alright then, welcome aboard, taking a trip to Arsenal, should be smooth sailing until we hit the Central, we ready. I'm lieutenant Crackle, and I'll be your flight attendant. Welcome aboard." the radio dies and the trains starts to lumber forward.
[19:24] * Echelon snickers shaking his head.
[19:24] * Tallie flails. "Yaaay!"
[19:24] * Proverb cocks her head at Tallie.
[19:25] <~Echelon> The airlock slides open as the train chugs past it, outside the tunnels are decent looking and lit with ponies walking along the side of the tracks in both directions as the train lumbers along, slowly gaining speed.
[19:28] * Tallie waves at the ponies around.
[19:30] * Echelon looks to Proverb. "You are the new Corporal yes?"
[19:30] * Proverb nods. "Yeah."
[19:31] * Echelon nods slowly. "Try not to die up here in a minute and you will gain respect. What you've been experiencing is all to test you and try to break you. All to make sure that this place doesn't."
[19:33] * Proverb nods. "O-okay. I won't die, I hope."
[19:34] <~Echelon> The train is now at top speed, chugging at a decent pace. The radio crackles. "Alright, approaching the switch here in a minute, after this we are off the beaten path. Stay sharp."
[19:35] * Tallie aims down sight, popping her collar. "Ready!" She pulls her goggles down over her eyes.
[19:37] * Echelon stands. Just then the train shudders a bit as it switches tracks, soon enough it is rolling through another airlock, the tunnel beyond is very dark and very creepy looking, dead bodies in various states of decomposition can be seen every now and then.
[19:37] * Proverb clicks her safety off, twisting the eyepiece on her scope slightly.
[19:38] * Tallie does the same, pulling the bolt on the machine gun back. She glances at the bodies. "ew... poor guys..."
[19:40] * Echelon nods, he flips a switch on his machine gun, a floodlight blinks to life below it, piercing somewhat into the darkness behind them. "Indeed, I pray their souls moved on..." he actually sounds concerned about that.
[19:41] * Proverb knows what he's talking about.
[19:42] * Tallie doesn't. She doesn't ask though, more looking out over the area. "I don't think I could look more badass right now. Well, maybe with a cigar, but ma would murder me."
[19:44] <~Echelon> With a wooshing sound the area around them opens up to a massive constuct, the room they are in is massive, and there are countless ancient metro trains around them, with many tunnels converging here. The train slows to a crawl as it moves through. "Welcome to the boneyard..." he says tensely, and quietly. Moving his machine gun back and forth, scanning.
[19:45] * Tallie does the same. "Why do they call it that?"
[19:45] * Proverb is swppeping her scopes back and forth across the area.
[19:46] * Echelon motions around him. "All the derelict trains... and bodies. Those too." there are shapes just out of view jumping between cars.
[19:46] * Tallie watches. "Mm."
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[19:48] <~Echelon> The motion is getting closer to them, hell there is motion everywhere. "Tallie, just know that right now this is very real, in every way..." he says quietly.
[19:48] * Tallie nods slowly. "I got movement..." She gulps.
[19:49] * Echelon nods. "The flying ones are all around us... I would put in ear plugs right now."
[19:50] * Tallie finds some and shoves them in her ears.
[19:50] * Proverb puts in earplugs too!
[19:51] <~Echelon> There is the sound of sliding metal as the windows on the two middle carts are shut tight. Just then an unequine roar is heard clearly all around them. "Oh boy, the horde is hungry today."
[19:51] * Proverb takes a deep breath. "Here we go Proverb..." She says to herself.
[19:52] * Tallie trains her machinegun on the closest moving object.
[19:53] <~Echelon> Just then a screech is heard that shatters the glass of the trains nearest them. Figuers start to pour from the windows around them, Echelon and the three soldiers open up. Starting to pulp monsters.
[19:53] * Tallie does the same, firing her machinegun. The power felt awesome. "Whee!"
[19:55] * Proverb opens fire as well, her SVD not firing nearly as fast as the MGs, but was far more accurate. She puts multiple high-velocity rounds into the monsters, dropping several that the MGs missed.
[19:56] * Tallie is having a hell of a time gunning down baddies.
[19:57] <~Echelon> Just then several leap from the top of the train carts and land in the opentopped caboose they were riding in, snarling and very ugly. ( http://calmdowntom.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/metro2033-enemies.jpg )
[19:58] * Tallie pulls her assaultrifle off her back and shoots em. "Die, ugly bastards!"
[20:00] * Proverb whips around, putting 6 rounds into one at point blank
[20:00] * Tallie smacks one with the butt of her rifle, shoves the barrel into its chest and pulls the triggar. "YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!"
[20:00] * Echelon is pulping everything in sight... then his machine gun runs empty. And more are still jumping in. He drips the weapon and draws his pistol, shooting them as they jumped in.
[20:01] <~Echelon> One monster nails Tallie in the back and knocks her over before sprawling on the floor. Snarling and trying to bite her face.
[20:01] * Proverb drops her empty mag, slamming in a new one. She empties it into the Monster attacking Tallie
[20:02] * Tallie squeals and tries punching the monster in the face.
[20:02] <~Echelon> The monster is now pinned Tallie down, and it's damned heavy. Blood leaking from it's mouth.
[20:02] * Tallie squirms. "ECHELON!"
[20:02] <~Echelon> Several monsters rush Proverb now, pouncing her.
[20:03] * Proverb screams! Her empty SVD falls from her hooves as she scrambles backwards, fumbling for her pistol.
[20:05] * Echelon draws a large combat knife and starts hacking his way through the horde towards the nearest thraetended soldier, Proverb. He sticks his knife through the pressing monsters head and decapitates it, blood covering his face in the proccess. The two other soldiers off their guns and using their hooves and weapons. Clubbing monsters.
[20:06] * Tallie squirms and wriggles under the monster. "Help me!" she screams
[20:06] * Echelon throws the monster atop Tallie aside and picks Tallie up. Stabbing another intruding monster in the face in the process.
[20:07] * Tallie picks up her gun and empties a mag into the monster. "You cunt! fuck you!"
[20:07] * Proverb finally gets her pistol out, firing half-a-clip into the nearest monster's face before bucking it.
[20:08] * Echelon grabs a box of ammo and starts reloading a machine gun frantically, drawing his pistol in between and shooting.
[20:08] <~Echelon> The monster Tallie was shooting at vaporizes somewhat.
[20:09] * Tallie "That's what I thought, ya ugly sumbitch." She hops back on to her machinegun and opens fire.
[20:09] * Proverb empties the other half of her clip into another monster, bucking it off the train. "Yah!" She grabs her SVD, reloading it.
[20:09] * Echelon grabs Proverb and places her on the now reloaded machine gun. "You. Shoot."
[20:10] * Proverb nods, slinging her SVD and taking control of the MG. Ratatatatatatatat!
[20:10] * Tallie stops firing, grabs her rifle, and fires a grenade into a large mass of baddies.
[20:10] <~Echelon> One of the other soldiers is being dragged off the cart by a monster. "No! Nonono! Halp!" he cries as he is dragged away, Echelon literally jumps off the cart after the soldier.
[20:11] * Tallie reloads. "Cover him!" She yells, firing at the monster doing the draging with her AR.
[20:11] <~Echelon> Tallie makes baddies explode good~ Proverb is pulping quite a few.
[20:12] * Echelon is runnign out of time, he throws his knife at the monster and actually hits it, dropping the monster.
[20:12] * Proverb provides covering fire with the MG.
[20:12] * Echelon grabs the greviously injured soldier and starts to huff it back to the train cart with a ton of monsters on his ass.
[20:13] <~Echelon> Hot lead zips into the horde, vaporizing quite a few, casings spilling on the floor from such sustained fire.
[20:13] * Tallie fires at them, then turns her mg, firing it over Echelon's head.
[20:16] * Echelon lobs the soldiers into the railcart before hauling himself in. Just then the train is exiting into another tunnel.
[20:17] * Tallie fires more. "Diediediediediediedie!"
[20:18] * Proverb is panting. She is firing in controlled, accurate bursts with the MG.
[20:18] <~Echelon> The monsters do not follow them as they exit into the confined tunnel. Echelon collapses panting.
[20:18] * Tallie keeps firing down the tunnel.
[20:18] * Proverb lets up on the trigger, moving to Echelon. "A-are you ok?"
[20:21] * Echelon nods. He is clutching his chest with a hoof. "Aaall... good.:
[20:22] <~Echelon> Tallie's gun runs dry.
[20:23] * Tallie clickityclickityclicks. "Shit... outta juice..."
[20:23] * Proverb nods, picking up her SVD again. She points at the MG she had been using. "T-that one's still loaded."
[20:23] * Echelon looks at his hoof, blood... wait... blood. Huh... "Don't worry, they don't follow."
[20:24] * Proverb looks back at Echelon. "You sure your ok? Y-you don't look too good."
[20:25] * Echelon nods. "Yeah... all good..." he fumbles for his medical kit.
[20:25] * Tallie opens her machine gun and lets the smoke clear.
[20:29] * Echelon gets out a healing potion and gulps it down, breathing heavily.
[20:32] <~Echelon> The radio crackles to life. "Well... that was shittier than expected, how is everyone doing?"
[20:32] * Tallie looks over at Echelon. "I better not be taking you back to mama in a box."
[20:33] * Echelon shakes his head. "You'd better not if I die." he stands and trots to the soldier who was injured and starts administering first aid. "Someone hop on that radio and tell the LT we are all accounted for."
[20:34] * Tallie "Why's 'at?"
[20:35] * Echelon talks to Tallie as he works. "Why's what? Also Proverb, tell him we are good please."
[20:35] * Tallie "Why won't I be bringing you back if you die?"
[20:35] * Proverb nods. She picks up the radio. "We're all good back here sir, all accounted for."
[20:36] <~Echelon> "Because it would break her I think, tell her I ran off, tell her I disappeared, but never present her with my tags or a body bag."
[20:36] <~Echelon> The radio responds. "Roger, we are ten minutes out from Arsenal, good shooting. Over."
[20:37] * Tallie frowns and looks at the ground. Surely she'd want to say goodbye..."
[20:38] * Echelon looks up at Tallie. "I would rather be hated and thought of poorly than cause Deft that kind of pain. Does my thoughts make sense?"
[20:39] * Tallie didn't actually say that, just quotation marks being stupid. She sighs and looks up at Echelon. "I guess."
[20:41] * Echelon returns to the machine guns after aiding the soldier and starts to reload each one.
[20:41] * Tallie sits and watches.
[20:42] * Tallie picks up the head of one of the monsters and punts it over the side. "Thanks for flying Tallie Airways!"
[20:42] * Echelon looks to Tallie. "I think I might have made mistake bringing you here, you shouldn't have had to do any of that." he looks a little sad.
[20:43] * Proverb reloads her pistol, sliding it into its holster. She takes up a position again, watching around the train through her scope.
[20:43] * Tallie looks over at Echelon. "I'll probably have nightmares, sure, but I can handle it."
[20:43] * Echelon frowns. "It is still horrible mistake on my part, you could have died."
[20:44] * Tallie nods. "I could have, but its too late now."
[20:45] * Echelon sighs. "I'll deal with the repercussions later." He starts tossing bodies over the rails.
[20:45] * Tallie nods, dragging a body over to the side.
[20:46] * Echelon looks to Proverb, "And you are still alive, more points to your account."
[20:47] * Tallie dumps it over.
[20:48] * Proverb kinda smiles, keeping her focus on anything that might jump out at them.
[20:48] <~Echelon> The train is losing speed now, and more tracks can be seen converging next to them, ponies walking along the tracks.
[20:48] * Tallie sits next to the table
[20:49] <~Echelon> The train rumbles to a halt, and an airlock can be heard screeching open ahead of them. Along with boots stomping along the tracks towards them
[20:52] * Tallie watches.
[20:53] <~Echelon> Ponies in uniforms different in design than Echelons trot to the end of the train looking up at them, they do however wear the same emblem as he.
[20:53] * Tallie still just watches.
[20:53] * Proverb shoulders her SVD, looking down at the ponies.
[20:55] <~Echelon> One of them is clearly an officer, he chuckles. "Dah... you all look like Shiet, way to weather the central. Hoorah!" he motions with his hoof and then train lumbers forward again. Soon they see the reason it had stopped was a massive cannon was pointed at the tank. It is stationary, and there are many guards milling about.
[20:55] * Tallie "ooooooooooh~"
[20:56] <~Echelon> The roll into the station, the railyard is large and filled to the brim with trains and ponies, the most immediate feature is the guns, and gunshops, and smiths, the are absolutely everywhere. Along with soldiers, they are everywhere too.
[20:57] * Tallie beams.
[20:59] <~Echelon> There are ponies and zebras just about everywhere, a few griffons sprinkled in. But the best thing is the sheer volume of goods and diversity of weapons and gear. Echelon chuckles. "Everything can be bought here."
[20:59] * Tallie bristles slightly
[20:59] * Proverb is staring at all the stuff.
[20:59] * Echelon looks to Tallie. "What is it?"
[21:00] * Tallie "...griffins..."
[21:00] * Echelon peers into the crowd. "Huh... those are Tailburn's Boys, they aren't a threat."
[21:00] * Proverb is now away - Reason : Auto-Away after 60 minutes
[21:00] ->> You have been marked as away
[21:00] ->> You are now known as TicTac|AFK
[21:00] * TicTac|AFK is no longer away : Gone for 1 hour 24 seconds
[21:00] ->> You are no longer away
[21:00] ->> You are now known as Proverb
[21:02] * Tallie "Old habits... they die hard..."
[21:03] * Echelon nods. "I understand, we'll just keep our distance alright?"
[21:12] * Tallie nods. "Thanks."
[21:13] * Echelon hops off the cart and trots to the LT standing nearby, chatting angrily with him.
[21:14] * Proverb is a little frightened at all the ponies, zebras, and griffons everywhere. They're all so big!
[21:14] * Tallie waits.
[21:14] * Proverb slips up next to Tallie. "Uhm, n-nice shooting back there." She says.
[21:15] * Tallie nods. "Damn right it was. You were good too."
[21:15] * Echelon is basically yelling atthe officerpony, and the pony is shrinking by the second.
[21:15] * Proverb blushes slightly. "Th-thanks."
[21:16] * Echelon endes the conversation with a salute and walks back to Tallie and Proverb. "Tallie, G, we have two hours here before departure." Proverb dropped another letter.
[21:18] * Proverb nods.
[21:18] * Tallie waves. "Then lets not waste time!"
[21:19] * Echelon takes off his mask. "So what's first? Parouse the guns,guns, and guns, or just explore?"
[21:20] * Tallie "Guns."
[21:20] * Proverb giggles. "Y-yes. Guns."
[21:20] * Echelon nods pointing to the shops. They reach up to ten feet from the tracks. "Off we go then."
[21:21] * Tallie nods and follows Echelon
[21:22] * Proverb trots off after Tallie.
[21:22] * Echelon trots into the shops. It's immediately clearly that Echelon was not kidding about having every gun imagineable, even pnuematic weapons! Squee!
[21:28] * Proverb eeps, staring at all the guns.
[21:29] * Tallie beams, staring at all the guns
[21:34] <~Echelon> There are assault rifles, pistols, machine guns, rocket launchers, etcetcetc.
[21:36] * Tallie is about to have a gungasm
[21:37] * Echelon smiles. "Oh the good times I had here when I was younger."
[21:38] * Tallie looks at Echelon. "Using guns?"
[21:38] * Proverb is practically drooling at the SV-98 she saw hanging on one of the walls.
[21:38] <~Echelon> "I was raised here before being a slave."
[21:40] * Tallie blinks. "You were a slave?"
[21:41] * Echelon nods. "I told you this, got me crucified too."
[21:44] * Tallie blinks again. "Oh... right... well, I didn't like you much back then. Sorry." She looks around. "GunZ! got ant explosive ones?!"
[21:45] * Echelon shrugs. "Look around, I'm sure they do."
[21:45] * Echelon is currently browsing Pnuematic Weapons.
[21:46] * Tallie goes looking for booms.
[21:46] * Proverb is looking at an SV-98 and a VKS.
[21:47] <~Echelon> Tallie finds booms, grenade launchers and rockets and... BOOM!
[21:47] * Tallie actual explosion? Someting went off?
[21:48] <~Echelon> (no. Boom.)
[21:49] * Echelon turns to a salespony. "I want a test fire yes?" the pony nods.
[21:49] * Tallie grins and drools at all the explosives. "Dear (pony equivilent of santa). I'd like that. That. That. This. That. That. This. Aaaaaaand that." she mumbles, pointing at each.
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[21:53] * Echelon turns to Tallie. "Want to test fire any of them?"
[21:53] * Proverb carefully puts the SV-98 back, cradling the VKS. She flies down near where Echelon and Tallie were.
[21:54] * Tallie nods a lot. She picks up an RPG. "This one!"
[21:54] * Echelon looks to the salespony. "Is that testable?" the salespony nods.
[21:56] * Tallie beams.
[21:56] * Proverb moves to the salespony, placing the VKS on the counter. "Excuse me, h-how much for this?"
[21:57] <~Echelon> The salespony opens a side door and Echelon trots inside.
[21:57] * Tallie follows Echelon carrying an rpg.
[21:58] <Tallie> (need to go to the post office. BBS.)
[21:59] <~Echelon> (kk)
[22:01] <~Echelon> The salespony looks to Proverb, "Three grand hon."
[22:06] * Proverb nods, nosing into her bags and pulling out a bag of 3000 caps. She slides it onto the counter. "A-and how much f-f-for the ammo?"
[22:07] <~Echelon> "Five hundred hon..." the salespony blinks.
[22:09] * Proverb nods, pulling out a bag of 500 caps. She had about 1500 left.
[22:09] <~Echelon> The salespony throws in a few mods for free. "Have a good day!"
[22:11] * Proverb smiles. "You too." She gathers her purchases and trots outside the shop, sitting down on a bench and started loading the 12.7x54mm rounds into clips.
[22:42] <Tallie> (Back.)
[22:42] <~Echelon> (k)
[22:42] * Tallie follows Echelon into the firing range while Proverb does her purchases.
[22:43] <~Echelon> In the back room is a heavily reinforced firing range for explosives.
[22:44] * Tallie grins and slings the launcher over her shoulder. It looks a little big for her.
[22:44] <~Echelon> The salespony fits a rocket into the tube, "Is reduced in power for safety reasons."
[22:45] * Tallie pouts. "Awww."
[22:46] * Echelon nods. "Indeed, I am glad of this, would kill all of us if not."
[22:47] * Tallie "Darn."
[22:47] * Tallie picks up the launcher. "Wheeeeheeheehe."
[22:47] <~Echelon> There are several coltequins set up at the end of the shooting gallery.
[22:49] * Tallie points the launcher down range and gets down on one knee with a grin. She looks down the sight and flicks off the safety.
[22:50] * Echelon and the salespony stand to the side because backdraft kills.
[22:51] * Tallie "Firing!" She yells, then laughs. She launches the rocket.
[22:52] <~Echelon> The rocket sails down the range and obliterates the targets in a small fireball.
[22:54] * Tallie fist pumps. "Whoooooooooeeeee!!!"\
[22:55] * Echelon snickers watching Tallie all happy like.
[22:57] * Tallie giggles and hops up and down. "Wan' another rocket!"
[22:59] <~Echelon> The salespony shakes his head. "Nope, one is set limit, you havetah' buy it or put it back."
[23:00] * Tallie looks at Echelon. "Echelon! I can haz? I mean, can I haz? I mean, will you buy it for me?!"
[23:01] * Echelon wonders how much it is. "How much for the acquisition of this piece?" The salespoy looks over. "Two grand sir."
[23:02] * Tallie looks hopeful.
[23:03] * Echelon considers. "Eighteen hundred and we have deal." The salespony seems to consider a long while.
[23:04] * Tallie gives the salespony the kitten eyes and purrs slightly.
[23:04] <~Echelon> The salespony nods slowly.
[23:04] * Tallie beams.
[23:06] * Echelon follows the salespony outside and begins dishing out the required caps for purchasing ammo and weapon, around two thousand in all.
[23:07] * Tallie grins, hugging her new launcher.
[23:07] * Echelon tosses Tallie a bundle of rockets to boot.
[23:08] * Tallie catches them and slings them over her back. She stops once they're in place. "Well that was dangerous."
[23:08] <~Echelon> "Nope. safety pins are still locked in dear."
[23:09] * Tallie nods. "Good."
[23:13] * Tallie looks around. "Where's that other soldier.... uhhh... Probert."
[23:14] <~Echelon> "Proverb? Ah yes, G! Where are you?"
[23:14] * Proverb is still outside on the bench, now making some adjustments to the VKS's scope.
[23:14] * Tallie "That one."
[23:15] * Echelon checks his watch, "Huh... time is running short."
[23:15] * Tallie "disregard time, acquire launcher."
[23:16] * Echelon chuckles. "Mission accomplished Tallie."
[23:17] * Tallie nods. "Damn right." She reloads her launcher.
[23:18] * Echelon blinks. "Just... leave the safety in."
[23:19] * Tallie nods. "Done and done."
[23:19] * Echelon sighs. "You remind me of the heavies a lot in the rangers." he chuckles a bit.
[23:20] * Tallie tilts her heaad. "Heavies?" she looks down. "I'm not that heavy... you calling me fat?"
[23:20] * Echelon shakes his head. "No silly, the heavy weapons specialists."
[23:21] * Tallie blinks. "Oh. Cool."
[23:24] * Echelon nods. "Impressive ballistics suits they wear, big time firepower there."
[23:25] * Tallie hmmms. "Need to get me whatever that is."
[23:26] * Echelon snickers a bit. "You're a tad small to be a heavy Tallie."
[23:27] * Tallie pouts. "Says who?"
[23:27] * Proverb is now attaching a bipod to the VKS.
[23:28] * Echelon smirks. "Uh... the experienced soldierpony standing before you?" he chuckles. "When you are a bit bigger maybe, who knows. You can do just about anything you want."
[23:28] * Tallie beams. "Damn right I can."
[23:29] * Echelon checks his watch again. "What do you want to do when you are older anyways?"
[23:29] * Tallie shrugs. "No clue. Be badass."
[23:30] * Echelon chuckles. "That's broad... and we should be leaving soon. Proverb, get ready to saddle up."
[23:31] * Tallie nods.
[23:31] * Proverb nods. She sticks the exrtra clips into her tac vest, sliding a fresh one into the VKS and slinging it next to her SVD.
[23:32] * Echelon turns and starts to make his way back to the railtank.
[23:33] * Proverb trots after them, looking over Tallie's new RPG. "That's c-cool." She says, offering a smile.
[23:34] * Tallie follows. She looks at Proverb and smiles. "Iknowright? Nice rifle."
[23:34] * Proverb giggles lightly. "Heh, thanks."
[23:35] * Echelon approaches the Praetorian railtank and hops up onto it, trotting along the side.
[23:35] * Tallie scrambles up. "Can I be gunner again?"
[23:36] * Proverb flies up after them.
[23:38] * Echelon motions for them to wait as he drops inside the tank
[23:38] * Tallie does wait.
[23:38] * Proverb stands next to Tallie.
[23:40] * Echelon pops back out. "Ok! We are clear, come on in!"
[23:40] * Tallie dives in
[23:41] * Proverb follows, abliet much more slowly. She didn't like tightly enclosed spaces.
[23:41] <~Echelon> The inside is the same as last time, four machine guns, two seventy five mm cannons, and a one hundred mm for armament.
[23:42] * Tallie mans the BIGGEST gun!
[23:42] <~Echelon> Tallie mans a machine gun then, they almost /never/ use the cannons.
[23:43] * Tallie they will today. That's for certain.
[23:43] <~Echelon> No.
[23:44] <~Echelon> Assuming they want to live, they sure as hell won't fire one in a tunnel.
[23:44] * Tallie takes one of the smaller guns then.
[23:44] * Proverb just takes up position at one of the gun slits.
[23:45] <~Echelon> The LT is sitting in the commanders chair. "Ok, we move now, scheduale to keep, yes!"
[23:48] * Tallie nods. "Yep!"
[23:48] * Proverb remains silent.
[23:49] <~Echelon> The tanks rumbles to life and revs up, starting to lumber forward down the rails.
[23:49] * Tallie watches as the cannons load. "Secondary cannons ready!"
[23:51] <~Echelon> The LT blinks. "Indeed, but I doubt we fire those."
[23:51] * Proverb meeps. "I, I hope we don't..."
[23:52] * Tallie blinks and looks up. "So... we're only using the MGs?"
[23:53] * Echelon nods. "Probably, unless we magically hit a Neighsie remnant. In that case maybe."
[23:54] * Tallie sighs. "Doine." she hops on an MG.
[23:54] * Proverb is very obviously not enjoying being inside the tank.
[23:54] * Echelon smirks at Proverb, "Lighten up G."
[23:55] <Proverb> "I, I, I don't like small, enclosed spaces..."
[23:56] * Tallie flutters her little griffin wings. "Not that bad."
[23:56] <~Echelon> "Welcome to the metro, you chose a shitty place to live G!"
[23:56] * Proverb eeps.
[23:56] * Echelon isn't totally hazing the newbie!
[23:57] <Proverb> "Th-the tunnels aren't so bad. I can fly in them at least..."
[23:57] <~Echelon> "Trust me, you want to be in the tank in the wild parts, like earlier."
[23:58] * Proverb flutters her wings. "I, I suppose you're right..."
[23:58] * Echelon nods. "Monsters would rip your wings off without a second thought, tank is much better."
[23:59] * Proverb meeps.
[23:59] * Tallie pulls the bolt back on the mg. "Lets goooooooooo!"
[23:59] <~Echelon> "How is your friend by the way? I hear he is in the capital." The train is already moving foward.
[00:00] <Proverb> "W-Willpower? I heard he's doing better. I, I hope I get to see him again soon..."
[00:01] * Tallie sits back and grabs her launcher, grinning and looking it over.
[00:01] * Echelon nods. "He was a damned good soldier, at least when I knew him, good pony overall."
[00:04] * Proverb nods. "It, it showed..."
[00:05] * Echelon headtilts. "Oh?"
[00:05] <~Echelon> The train is now exiting the station the same way it entered.
[00:06] * Tallie has her mg ready.
[00:07] * Proverb nods. "He, he understood what he was doing when he saved me, I, I saw it in his eyes."
[00:07] <~Echelon> It passes the checkpoint with the AT gun and plethora of soldiers. Echelon nods. "He went down happy then?"
[00:08] * Proverb nods. "Y-yeah."
[00:08] * Proverb sniffs. "He, he did."
[00:09] * Echelon smiles a little. "Us soldiers couldn't ask for more G, especially after waht happened to him, that's on honor."
[00:10] * Proverb nods weakly. "Th-thanks Sarge."
[00:11] * Tallie isn't listening. Rockets and tanks. Tis a good day.
[00:12] * Echelon pats Proverb reassuringly. "I think he will pull through, if at nothing else for you." The tank veers down a different path than the one it came from.
[00:14] * Proverb smiles, blinking as the tank turned a different way. "Where are we going?" She asks, peering out the gunslit.
[00:14] * Tallie aims down the sight of her mg
[00:16] <~Echelon> "The road more travelled by, as a poet once said."
[00:18] * Proverb nods. "Oh~"
[00:18] * Echelon sighs in relief. "Easy does it hopefully."
[00:20] * Proverb nods. She keeps her new rifle aimed out the gunslit though. She actually kinda wanted to try it out, see how powerful the 12.7x54 mm rounds were.
[00:23] <~Echelon> The trip back is uneventful, mostly because I'm extremely tired.
[00:25] * Tallie sits on her gunner chair, swinging her legs and humming a song.
[00:26] * Proverb is sitting against the side of the railtank, spinning one of the 12.7x54mm bullets on her hoof, staring at it.
[00:27] <~Echelon> The armored railcar rolls into the Capital, tiredtiredtired.
[00:27] <~Echelon> (Perhaps pause and continue later for best experience?)
[00:27] <Proverb> (Sure. I can log)
[00:28] <Tallie> (Sure.)
[00:28] <~Echelon> (Please do. Brain defunct)