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Fallout: Beyond Equestria 143: The Last Free Town (Part 20)

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  1. [2015-07-15 13:15:30] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Previously…
  2. [2015-07-15 13:15:38] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Kid shoots daggers with her eyes at Bookie very briefly before returning her gaze to Sleipnir. "Um. A-a-alright. So, um. What else can it do?"
  3. [2015-07-15 13:15:52] <Mare-Do-Well> 3The shadows in the room deepen and seep. They melt and grow, connecting together like drops of water that get too close. Soon, the room is nothing but darkness, like everything has been painted black. The lights from PipBucks refuse to light more than a few inches of the appendages to which they are attached.
  4. [2015-07-15 13:16:02] <Mare-Do-Well> 3In the darkness, images appear, figures of ponies and others... like mirages in the black. One image is a zebra waving a crooked staff adorned with feathers, the crook like a dreamcatcher with a black sapphire woven into the center. The zebra chants through the staff, waving it over powders, and the powders change color, darkening.
  5. [2015-07-15 13:16:18] <Mare-Do-Well> 3A small grey unicorn with muddy-colored hair and a pair of scissors on his flank cases a spell, forming a ball of black, crackling energy. A sea-green pegasus swoops high through the air then dives... faster and faster... faster still as the air distorts around her. Glimpses of colors form and are bled black as she goes faster still until... >>>BOOOM<<< ...
  6. [2015-07-15 13:16:27] <Mare-Do-Well> 3...the sky explodes around her, darkness rippling out in an expanding black ring. And everywhere below, life withers and dies.
  7. [2015-07-15 13:16:50] <Mare-Do-Well> 3>> We are the source. Or, I should say, /a/ source of the power of death. Mortals are the channel. When a mortal becomes a necromancer, a part of their soul is... changed... so that our power may flow to them. A conduit. But it is the mortal's soul, and the mortal's inherent magical nature, that shapes the power... gives it... form. <<
  8. [2015-07-15 13:16:56] <Mare-Do-Well> 3...
  9. [2015-07-15 13:17:21] <Mare-Do-Well> 3CopyCat shakes her head, to clear it of these errant doubts. "Grandma Slippy, we are on a journey into zebra lands to find a megaspell. It may be the key to helping countless ghoul lives back in Equestria. We also seek a lost Element of Harmony, which may itself be the key to saving somepony who dearly deserves saving..."
  10. [2015-07-15 13:17:27] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Bookwright shivers. "It feels so strange to hear somepony say it out loud again. 'We're looking for a megaspell.' Eeesh."
  11. [2015-07-15 13:17:29] <Mare-Do-Well> 3...
  12. [2015-07-15 13:17:36] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Bookwright is aghast. "Wait, what? Open portals? What do you mean? Can the Griffin's Goblet do that?"
  13. [2015-07-15 13:17:42] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Shatara nods. "Indeed. With a blood sacrifice..."
  14. [2015-07-15 13:17:51] <Mare-Do-Well> 3...
  15. [2015-07-15 13:17:58] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Get_Lost notes, "well, this thing looks awfully similar to that reactor by new futures... this could imply some potential complications. it is probably filled in radiation, i guess that they have more death by leukemia than actual action in battle..."
  16. [2015-07-15 13:18:05] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Mitzi looks to Get_Lost with a smirk, "We Hellhounds eez not as weak tu radiation as ponees. Like aleecorns, we were made frum taint."
  17. [2015-07-15 13:18:12] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Golden_Dream rolls her eyes. "Well, yeah. But how th' hell are we gonna knock it down-" And then she remembered something. She whispered something in Noble's ear.
  18. [2015-07-15 13:18:18] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Get_Lost warns, "whatever we do, we cannot damage the reactor if we don't plan to go down in a blaze of glory. or go up, or... well, go everywhere in a range of miles. at the same time"
  19. [2015-07-15 13:18:25] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Mare-Do-Well says, "Well, that would definitely take out the ship." She thinks aloud, "The Leviathan is powered by a megaspell? One made from Discord-like magic?"
  20. [2015-07-15 13:18:32] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Mare-Do-Well ponders, "The explosion could rip a hole into a dimension where everyone was sock puppets. Or turn the entire forest blue."
  21. [2015-07-15 13:18:35] <Mare-Do-Well> 3...
  22. [2015-07-15 13:18:42] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Parlay works on translating... and swiftly succeeds. The glyphs are warnings. Mostly the expected ones regarding radiation and protective gear, but the largest simply says "Event Horizon Beyond This Point".
  23. [2015-07-15 13:18:49] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Noble_Heart sinks into the deck of the ship, surrounded be green flame, and is gone.
  24. [2015-07-15 13:18:56] <Mare-Do-Well> 3...
  25. [2015-07-15 13:19:05] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Stoicae, meanwhile, turns her head towards Parlay and shouts in zebra. The bot beeps pleasantly and dutifully translates in a voice much more calm and reasonable than Stoicae's own, "You have to kill her. Look at her conviction bands. She is a necromancer."
  26. [2015-07-15 13:19:14] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Bookwright drops the zebra. "She is a prisoner and can do nothing while unconscious. Furthermore, she just made /my friend/ sink through a wooden deck with her necromancy and I want to get her back intact and I can't /do that/ if she's dead!"
  27. [2015-07-15 13:19:20] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Bookwright finishes on the upward curl of hysterics. He jerks his head urgently at Get Lost. "Do you think you can keep this zebra alive? Magical energy wounds are beyond my simple skills."
  28. [2015-07-15 13:19:30] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Shatara freezes up. Too much was happening too fast. Noble disappeared. The one responsible is unconcious and choking to death, and another insisting it must be. Mitzi grumbles and growls. She hit her head on something. She had a thick skull, but it was still irritating.
  29. [2015-07-15 13:19:37] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Golden_Dream looks between them. Noble's gone. She's gonna find out where.
  30. [2015-07-15 13:19:43] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Golden_Dream begins to shout out commands. "Get, get on this here necromancer and find out if she's star necromancer, Sleipnir necromancer, or Lunar necromancer. Or changeling. I'm /really/ hopin' it's a changeling, so we can expose it for what it is."
  31. [2015-07-15 13:19:45] <Mare-Do-Well> 3...
  32. [2015-07-15 13:19:52] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Noble_Heart paused briefly and snorted. "What is it that is further down this corridor..? You've been here for weeks-" she cut herself off again and thought aloud, "what have you been eating?"
  33. [2015-07-15 13:19:58] <Mare-Do-Well> 3"Well, funny you should ask. They don't feed us down here. More like 'dump and forget'. The damned vault zebras sent half the caravan down here. Just me now. And the rotting ghoul." Gruesome Reminder chuckles again. "You're the first food I've seen in days."
  34. [2015-07-15 13:20:04] <Mare-Do-Well> 3“For, you know, limited qualities of the word 'seen'."
  35. [2015-07-15 13:20:06] <Mare-Do-Well> 3...
  36. [2015-07-15 13:20:13] <Mare-Do-Well> 3CopyCat adds, "I was there when we... um... distrupted the Leviathan's engine. When the ship imploded it seemed to vanish completely. Like a snake eating its own tail."
  37. [2015-07-15 13:20:36] <Mare-Do-Well> 3...
  38. [2015-07-15 13:20:48] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Shatara checks and preps his weapon. "So uh...what do y'all think of your necro-friend here...?"
  39. [2015-07-15 13:20:55] <Mare-Do-Well> 3One of the translators responds to Shatara. "The ship's medic? Roam trusted the Leviathan's spirit to reform her, like it did with so many other hopeless souls. But a necromancer is always a necromancer. Her soul is not entirely hers. Why should Roam take such a risk, put her in a position second only to the Admiral?"
  40. [2015-07-15 13:21:01] <Mare-Do-Well> 3The other translator adds, "I remember once, long ago, when such a decision would make me question the wisdom of Roam."
  41. [2015-07-15 13:21:08] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Shatara nods, singing softly to himself. "One of these things, is not like the others~..."
  42. [2015-07-15 13:21:15] <Mare-Do-Well> 3The first stripeless translator adds, "If a zebra were to be so unpatriotic as to question Roam, that zebra might even ask why the Cult of LIV still exists if Roam has captured and converted one of its foul lot."
  43. [2015-07-15 13:21:22] <Mare-Do-Well> 3The second translator turns to the first and says (in zebra) what Parlay translates as, "Then that zebra would be stupid as well as wicked. You know why."
  44. [2015-07-15 13:21:28] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Shatara tilts his head. "Cult of LIV?"
  45. [2015-07-15 13:21:35] <Mare-Do-Well> 3"The cultores-stella who control Vault LIV," one of them supplies. The other stripeless, while not understanding the conversation, do turn to pay attention at the use of that word.
  46. [2015-07-15 13:21:38] <Mare-Do-Well> 3...
  47. [2015-07-15 13:21:43] <Mare-Do-Well> 3The claustritumus move to surround Noble_Heart, one of them gathering her weapons while the others form an escort. From the pointing of the spears and the prodding of a rifle, it is made clear that she should follow them.
  48. [2015-07-15 13:21:58] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Noble_Heart never being one to deny herself a heavily armed escort, she did her best to keep up and stay close to these zebras. Glancing around to see if she could tell where Ditzy Doo had gone. Doubtless, if they were taking her to their leader, the ghoul would likely not want to come along.
  49. [2015-07-15 13:22:00] <Mare-Do-Well> 3...
  50. [2015-07-15 13:22:08] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Mitzi, Bookwright, Golden_Dream and CopyCat (still appearing as Noble_Heart) have returned to the deck of the /Cutlass/. The Captain of the /Cutlass/ addresses "Noble Heart", with Mwana translating. "You have something which I wish to borrow. While it is my intention, I cannot promise its safe return."
  51. [2015-07-15 13:22:13] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Golden_Dream raises an eyebrow. "What do y' want?"
  52. [2015-07-15 13:22:19] <Mare-Do-Well> 3"Parlay."
  53. [2015-07-15 13:22:20] <Mare-Do-Well> 3...
  54. [2015-07-15 13:22:53] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Fallout: Beyond Equestria, Session One Hundred and Forty-Three: The Last Free Town (Part Twenty) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BigolJfoANw
  55. [2015-07-15 13:23:03] <Mare-Do-Well> 3--- Session Begins ---
  56. [2015-07-15 13:24:01] * Get_Lost is still drawing hoverbikes with the zebra nerd. yay techfriends
  57. [2015-07-15 13:25:18] * Golden_Dream gives him a flat, confused look. "Wut." Her mouth didn't even reach out to her brain for input here.
  58. [2015-07-15 13:30:29] * Bookwright "That's a mighty big favor you're asking us for you know."
  59. [2015-07-15 13:31:06] * Bookwright continues, "Not that it's my say or anything. It's really up to Get Lost. She's Parley's.... er. Guardian."
  60. [2015-07-15 13:31:22] <Mare-Do-Well> 3The Captain of the /Cutlass/ speaks briefly to Mwana, then turns her attention to the other zebras on deck, ordering them to swift work. The /Cutless/ immediately begins to come about, adjusting to a new course as the engines begin to rumble.
  61. [2015-07-15 13:31:39] * CopyCat tilts her head at the zebra captain's request. "For that We... um, /I/ will have to ask Get_Lost. Parley's... mother. Can you tell us why you need our floating plot-photographer?"
  62. [2015-07-15 13:32:02] * Golden_Dream looks around. "She could probably build you a new one. Why do y' need it?"
  63. [2015-07-15 13:36:35] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Mwana looks unconfortable. Then, in a low voice, "We need it to scout."
  64. [2015-07-15 13:37:36] * Mitzi looks to Mwana, assuming she was at least the striped pony her friends were on best terms with. "Scout wut?"
  65. [2015-07-15 13:38:45] * Golden_Dream winces when it dawns on her what they're actually asking. "They need it t' scout wherever th' hell it is they're goin' with th' Goblet."
  66. [2015-07-15 13:39:47] * Mitzi looks to Golden_Dream, "Goblut?"
  67. [2015-07-15 13:40:12] * CopyCat stage-whispers towards her friends, "The Goblet's not just for drinking fancy?"
  68. [2015-07-15 13:41:01] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Mwana nods to Golden_Dream. "Look, the other Families are certain we're going to use the Griffin's Goblet to beat it before the Imperials take over, and we ain't looking to take them all with us. But they're not /too/ worried just yet because we've convinced 'em that the Goblet's useless without a gateway."
  69. [2015-07-15 13:42:03] <Mare-Do-Well> 3"The Griffin's Goblet only opens passages, doesn't create them. And doorways to other worlds aren't exactly common." He pauses, "I mean, there's the Orcus Pit, but nobody wants to go /there/."
  70. [2015-07-15 13:43:03] * Mitzi raises an eyebrow, "Uther wurlds?" She looks totally lost
  71. [2015-07-15 13:43:24] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Mwana looks upwards and away, in the direction where the Leviathan disappeared. "Of course, if you lot just /created/ a new portal that nobody else knows about yet..."
  72. [2015-07-15 13:43:48] <Mare-Do-Well> 3"I mean, the wreckage had to go /somewhere/ right?"
  73. [2015-07-15 13:45:03] * CopyCat idly wonders if they should tell the zebras about the glimpse of sock puppets...
  74. [2015-07-15 13:45:49] * Bookwright "I... See. I hadn't considered that. Hmmm."
  75. [2015-07-15 13:51:51] * Golden_Dream 's ears shoot up in alarm. "Do you /wanna/ go to th' place with th' sock puppets?!"
  76. [2015-07-15 13:53:36] * Mitzi has no idea what socks are, or why they are made into puppets
  77. [2015-07-15 13:55:38] * Bookwright blushes slightly. "Yes, I kind of would. But that's neither here nor there."
  78. [2015-07-15 13:58:39] * CopyCat bites her lip in a very un-Noble Heart like manner and sends Get_Lost a telepathic message. [Get_Lost, the meeting with the other pirate captains went well but now our friends on the /Cutlass/ have a favor to ask of you. They wish to use Parlay to scout through a portal they're trying to open with the Griffin's Goblet. No one is quite sure what will happen.]
  79. [2015-07-15 13:59:55] * Get_Lost perks up her head, taking a look around "what?"
  80. [2015-07-15 14:05:40] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Mwana looks at Golden_Dream in surprise. "Sock puppets? Have you... seen what's on the other side?"
  81. [2015-07-15 14:07:20] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Shatara, meanwhile, has been informed that the medic has woken up. He has a prisoner to talk to.
  82. [2015-07-15 14:08:32] * Golden_Dream looks between Copycat and Mwana. "Um. No, but, well. I talked to th' chaos spirit what made th' reactor happen in th' first place. Anything on th' other side of that portal, if it even exists, is guaranteed to be pure 100% unadulterated nuts."
  83. [2015-07-15 14:09:30] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Mwana nods. "That's why... the Captain wants to send something through that can send us back images of what's on the other side. Make sure it's safe."
  84. [2015-07-15 14:11:30] * CopyCat blinks. "Oh, I didn't see sock puppets, but I'm pretty sure I /tasted/ some."
  85. [2015-07-15 14:14:46] * Get_Lost is still standing still "can you elaborate?"
  86. [2015-07-15 14:17:47] * Bookwright "It was a window into a realm of pure chaos. If the only thing that happened is that CopyCat tasted socks, then we should consider ourselves getting off lightly."
  87. [2015-07-15 14:20:03] * Golden_Dream stomps her hoof. "We need a portal to wherever th' hell Noble is. Can you make one with th' goblet?
  88. [2015-07-15 14:21:14] * Bookwright "Well, we can't /make/ one with the goblet. But the goblet can, er change the destination of a portal. Possibly to where Noble Heart is."
  89. [2015-07-15 14:22:24] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Mwana looks confused. "It can? How would we make it do that?
  90. [2015-07-15 14:23:54] * CopyCat tries to explain to Get_Lost as best she can. [Our friends on the /Cutlass/ want to try and open a portal where the Leviathan was sucked into itself. However, they are worried that the portal might just lead to a realm of pure chaos so they wanted Parley to go inside and take pictures before returning. Then they could see if it was safe to go through.]
  91. [2015-07-15 14:24:57] * Bookwright "Well, maybe it can't. But even so... Noble Heart was transported right in front of our eyes. I'll bet the Goblet can re-open that portal."
  92. [2015-07-15 14:31:36] * CopyCat also mentally sends Get_Lost a summary of their conversation with Mwana and the Captain, so she knows what's been talked about.
  93. [2015-07-15 14:33:27] * Get_Lost frowns "i... i don't know... she is... so young and ebthusiast... if i'll ask her, she'll do it for sure, but... what if something happens to her? she believes in me, if i betray her faith in me, what will she learn?"
  94. [2015-07-15 14:34:06] * Get_Lost "i'm aware that the zebras want to be safe, but i could program and modify a common spritebot for them in a day"
  95. [2015-07-15 14:34:08] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Mwana considers. "Only if your Captain was sent to another dimension or world, I think. But if she was, then that should work."
  96. [2015-07-15 14:37:05] * CopyCat nods, which would mean very little to the ponies, zebra, and hellhound around her as she telepathically replies to Get_Lost. [Do you have the parts for such a thing already? Or might we need to return to the Silos before you could create a spritebot for them?]
  97. [2015-07-15 14:39:25] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Shatara, meanwhile, has been informed that the medic has woken up. He has a prisoner to talk to.
  98. [2015-07-15 14:41:29] * Get_Lost "i have something, but they have a lot of maintenance bots themelves... i assume they'll give me the robot and the parts"
  99. [2015-07-15 14:42:26] * CopyCat smiles. [Then I will inform our zebra friends, Get_Lost.]
  100. [2015-07-15 14:46:56] * CopyCat draws herself up to Noble Heart's full height and turns to Mwana and the zebra captain. "We are reluctant to send Parley on such a risky assignment, however Get_Lost is fully capable of creating another spritebot, or modifying a maintenance bot to suit your needs. We saw many robots at the Silos which she could use."
  101. [2015-07-15 14:54:02] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Mwana listens. "The Captain won't want to make a trip back to The Silos first. She's afraid the other pirates will figure out what we are doing if we don't act fast. But if Get_Lost can modify one of Kifaa's assistant bots to do it, then that would be great!"
  102. [2015-07-15 14:56:10] * Mitzi leaves the discussion of magic and portals to the ponies, who understood such things. Although she keeps looking to Golden_Dream. She wanted to know what her friends had been up to while she was away
  103. [2015-07-15 15:00:00] * CopyCat nods. "We have faith in Get_Lost's abilities and in her love of challenges. We are sure she will find a way to make the Science work."
  104. [2015-07-15 15:00:41] * Golden_Dream 's mane starts to stick up on end near the back. This wan't how it was supposed to go. Noble was supposed to go home with her and she'd bake them all pie and Cottonwood would be dead and they'd all live happily ever after. None of this was how it was supposed to go!
  105. [2015-07-15 15:01:43] * Bookwright "Golden Dream, are you okay? Because if I ever needed to put a picture next to the dictionary definition of 'not-okay', a still of your face /right now/ would be exactly what I needed."
  106. [2015-07-15 15:02:07] * Get_Lost "if they have a bot, i can try working on them even now. i will use parlay's basic scout programming to accelerate the thing, but it will obviously be unable to take complex decisions, not being an A.I."
  107. [2015-07-15 15:03:58] * CopyCat sends Get_Lost the message. [They do not wish to delay by returning to the Silos. Our friends would like you to try and modify one of Kifaa's assistant bots. Shall I fly you over to their ship?]
  108. [2015-07-15 15:06:42] * Get_Lost "sure thingg, i'll try something immediately. only, somepony else will have to entertain the ghoulies"
  109. [2015-07-15 15:11:49] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Soon, CopyCat has flown Get_Lost to the /Cutlass/. Kifaa (somewhat grumpily) gives up one of her worker bots to the cause.
  110. [2015-07-15 15:13:35] * Get_Lost "oh, don't worry! i will just destroy it..." the mare quickly connects the robot to her cybernetics and starts copying large parts of the basic scouting program she wrote for parlay, then changes everything connected to parlay's free decision with a simpler if/then flauchart
  111. [2015-07-15 15:20:23] * Get_Lost "now, please understand that this is a bit rushed, i didn't have the time to install a lot of protocols and the thing has nearly zero safety protocols, but it whould do its job... and just that"
  112. [2015-07-15 15:20:31] <Get_Lost> *should
  113. [2015-07-15 15:22:32] * CopyCat nods along, pretending she understood even half of what Get_Lost was doing.
  114. [2015-07-15 15:22:53] * Golden_Dream seems angry. Like she's got a knot in her chest and she just wants to pull it free but it just snags and feels worse. Eventually she lets off a gasp of air. No. No, I'm not alright. My best friend is gone, and I don't know where, except that it's bad. "Yeah. Yeah, I'm fine." She mutters.
  115. [2015-07-15 15:24:00] * Get_Lost the mare quickly gets some sort of sticker from a bag and stamps in on the side of the thing. it's a solaris logo. where or when she got it, is a different story
  116. [2015-07-15 15:24:02] * Bookwright raises an eyebrow. "If you say so."
  117. [2015-07-15 15:26:48] * Bookwright cracks his neck. "Ooh. I don't know about the rest of you, but I've been burning a lot of magic and I'm kind of... burnt out, really. I need a nap. Is there anything else you guys need me for?"
  118. [2015-07-15 15:26:56] * Mitzi picks up Golden_Dream and hugs her tightly
  119. [2015-07-15 15:28:27] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Get_Lost goes to work. It takes a while, before evening, she has transformed the worker bot into a scout.
  120. [2015-07-15 15:29:42] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Kifaa watches intently. The Captain occasionally takes a peek in, but doesn't linger, not wishing to interrupt. And the task is done before she feels compelled to ask about progress.
  121. [2015-07-15 15:30:42] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Mwana nudges Golden_Dream. "H-hey... can we talk? Someplace away from the others?"
  122. [2015-07-15 15:31:51] * Bookwright has found a particularly comfy piece of floor to nap on and has been snoring gently.
  123. [2015-07-15 15:32:29] * Golden_Dream seems to simmer a little while before answering. "... Yeah, yeah we can. Sure." She starts to plod heavily up to Mwana, following him wherever with this distant look in her eyes. She's been trying to think of ways to go get Noble for a while now, to very few results.
  124. [2015-07-15 15:33:18] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Mwana leads her to the side of the ship. He puts his forelegs up on the railing, letting the breeze blow through his mane.
  125. [2015-07-15 15:35:11] <Mare-Do-Well> 3"If there is a portal up there, and Get_Lost's scout robot does bring back good news..." he begins, "I know that's a lot of 'ifs', but if all that does work, then we'll be leaving. Probably tonight."
  126. [2015-07-15 15:39:05] * Golden_Dream hangs her head and decides to remove her helmet. "Is it wrong that I kinda want that place t' jus' be inhospitable?"
  127. [2015-07-15 15:43:01] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Mwana frowns. "I... yes, but I know how you feel. I want to go. I have to, if we do. But..." He turns and looks at Golden_Dream. He brushes her mane from her eyes. "I like you. A lot. I don't want to lose you so soon."
  128. [2015-07-15 15:43:11] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Mwana says, "I want you to come with us."
  129. [2015-07-15 15:47:43] * Golden_Dream looks at him. He looks... Beautiful right now. Handsome, a little dorky, but has an innocence to him, an optimism that wriggles it's way through a hugely cynical situation, like a lone gentle flower through concrete. She swiftly finds her eyes on the pith helm in her hooves. She turns it a little. "... I ever tell you why I came around here? Not fer' th' bomb or anything like that. The reason /I/ came here?"
  130. [2015-07-15 15:48:37] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Mwana shakes his head. "No. Why?"
  131. [2015-07-15 15:51:34] <Golden_Dream> ACTION choked on tears, but none flowed from her eyes. "One of my friends died. A ghoul named Crackpot, and I killed him because he one day jus' lost his mind. First, m' mom died. Then my dad. Then, I never did see m' brother again after he left. It feels like m' life has always been there t' lose folks. And it never, never gets easier. Time was, I jus' straight up killed m'self inside so I wouldn't feel anything at all. But that ain
  132. [2015-07-15 15:53:36] <Golden_Dream> But that ain't an option no more."
  133. [2015-07-15 15:55:39] * Mitzi is napping along with Bookwright, since it let her ignore that she wasn't on the ground
  134. [2015-07-15 15:55:58] <Golden_Dream> ACTION held her helmet up a bit, so that it cut line of sight between her and Mwana. "Truth is, th' whole reason I went on this thing was t' try t' claim back m'self, because I was jus' so tired a' feelin' nothin' at all. And I thought that I'd find revenge, maybe get somethin' of myself back from th' body of that one what killed m' dad. I think m' brother's tryin' t' do th' same fer' m' mom, tryin' t' cure cancer with them Followers
  135. [2015-07-15 15:59:34] * Golden_Dream 's hooves trembled. "'Cept that's not how it's goin'. First, some idjet went and decided t' leave on us after havin' did Get, and she ain't never really recovered from that. Then, we lost Mitzi fer' a while after me'n her reached an understandin'. Now Noble's gone after I finally got that stick up her flank out and she turned out to be decent folk. Again, again, again, folks jus' keep leavin' me. It never. Gets. Easier."
  136. [2015-07-15 16:00:31] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Mwana looks at Golden_Dream silently for a while. Then hugs her.
  137. [2015-07-15 16:01:02] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Mwana says, "You can't come with us. I understand. You have to find your Captain. She's important to you. I understand that too."
  138. [2015-07-15 16:03:32] * Golden_Dream starts to sniffle and clings to Mwana. "Please don't leave me t'day. I don't know how much more I can take." Her voice was scratchy and a little high pitched. Like something inside of her broke and let something vulnerable out, and it found it's pathway out through her voice.
  139. [2015-07-15 16:16:09] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Mwana sniffles. "I'll try. I have to follow my Captain. But I'll do what I can. Say whatever I can."
  140. [2015-07-15 16:23:27] * Golden_Dream holds him tightly. "I don't suppose I could talk t' her about takin' you back t' Equestria once this is all over? I promise, it'll be safe, I promise. After I get back and grab Noble, it'll all be safe. Just a trip away."
  141. [2015-07-15 16:34:59] <Mare-Do-Well> 3Mwana chuckles a little. "I... don't see her doing that. And besides, I really couldn't leave her." He whispers, "She's my mom."
  142. [2015-07-15 16:57:28] * CopyCat returns to the stealth ship while Get_Lost works, planning to join Shatara. She brings anyone who wants to return with her.
  143. [2015-07-15 16:58:42] * Bookwright shifts restlessly. For some reason this wooden deck is less comfortable than it looked a few hours ago.
  144. [2015-07-15 17:00:03] * Mitzi is content to return to the ship that belongs to her friends, even if the zebra called Mwana was their friend.
  145. [2015-07-15 17:01:19] <Mare-Do-Well> 3--- End of Session ---
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