Somber #11

[18:39:51]	Somber	The companions had arrived in Bayleaf, the bayou community. Mama Fortuna had mixed up a cure for Shimmershy's poison and proved to be vague, confusing, and maddening insightful. Particularly her ability to bop a changling out of her hidden form. The black earth pony mare had traded a few barbed wits before finally letting them leave and get some rest. The
[18:41:02]	day arrived a little cold and foggy, the air smelling of swamp and ocean. The fifty or so inhabitants of Bayleaf went around their work, but many of them seemed sickly and more then a few had clear mutations with their faintly waxen expressions and features.
[18:44:31]	Edna_Stonetalon	mumbles a bit, sleeping under Night_Winds wing
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[18:45:53]	Shimmershy	was back to her normal(?) self, a charcoal grey unicorn who had a resemblence to both Velvet Remedy and one of the Pie sisters. Though it was doubtful much of any pony would recognize the latter, and few in Appleanta would recognize the former.
[18:58:58]	=-=	Mode #FalloutEquestriaPnP2 +v Wanderlust by Somber
[18:59:07]	=-=	Mode #FalloutEquestriaPnP2 +v Edna_Stonetalon by Somber
[18:59:14]	=-=	Mode #FalloutEquestriaPnP2 +v Swamp_Shadow by Somber
[18:59:25]	Edna_Stonetalon	mumbles a bit, sleeping under Night_Winds wing
[18:59:42]	=-=	Mode #FalloutEquestriaPnP2 -v Xavicorn by Shimmershy
[19:04:32]	Somber	The companions do their morning business, culminating with Shimmershy getting a flat bottom boat for travel through the bayou. Otherwise it would take days to navigate the swamp and the Gossamer Net. The fisherpony lets Shimmer barrow it for 10 caps and a promise not to sink it. It's big enough to hold everypony except for Night_wind... who will have to
[19:04:37]	stay back till they return.
[19:05:44]	It's a sound little boat. The guide gives them a few suggestions for avoiding radgators and the like and then heads off to buy some moonshine till they return.
[19:06:23]	Edna_Stonetalon	stands at the bow of the boat, posed dramatically with one talon tucked into her jacket
[19:07:26]	Shimmershy	carefully climbed into the boat near the back. Keeping her head down and looking off into the swamp with a bit of worry. After yesterday's attacks by giant, poisonous snakes, the fight with the radigator in the sunken raptor and the actions of Swampu
[19:07:33]	Shimmershy	Swampy's aunt, she was clearly not feeling confident.
[19:08:55]	Swamp_Shadow	"Ya think Ah don't know how to avoid radigators?" Swamp Shadow jokes with the guide before carefully stepping into the piro.
[19:09:24]	Somber	The boat didn't have a motor... that was a surefire way to get chomped. Too noisy. Nope, this boat uses poles to get around... and while it wasn't fast it was certainly the safest means of travel.
[19:09:42]	Wanderlust	snickers at Edna's silliness, but pays more attention to Shimmershy. Just because she looked better didn't mean the venom didn't have any lingering side effects.
[19:10:47]	Swamp_Shadow	looks over the group. "Everypony got themselves a good weapon? The secret to killing a radigator is to aim for the soft spot on the back of their head and putting a bullet or bolt through their brain."
[19:11:22]	Swamp_Shadow	"Just because they're ornery and stupid doesn't mean they don't need a brain to live."
[19:11:25]	Edna_Stonetalon	giggles and takes up one of the poles "Lets get moving." blink blinks "Where the hell were you the other day?"
[19:11:41]	Edna_Stonetalon	"Could of used you in that damn raptor"
[19:11:59]	Shimmershy	keeps her head low at Swamp Shadow's question, curling her tail around her he hooves nervously. "... I don't like fighting..."
[19:13:36]	Swamp_Shadow	gives Shimmershy a cocky smile. "No worries little dragonfly, we'll fight. But here," she says, wrapping her tail around the silenced pistol in her back boot, "You might have to defend yourself so take this. It's quiet and has almost no kick."
[19:14:58]	Edna_Stonetalon	pat pats Shimmershy "Just remember to flip this switch here and point it what ya want to shoot. I'll teach ya how to use it proper when we get back."
[19:16:31]	Wanderlust	"With any luck we won't have to fight anyway. We're out her looking for herbs after all." He knows he's full of it, its a miracle they havent been attacked by abomination of nature already.
[19:16:42]	Somber	The four friends pole off into the swamp. A hundred feet from Bayleaf and the village is gone from sight. The huge cypresses rise up on all sides; their dark canopy casting a gloom on the party... at first. When eyes adjust there's a strange sort of beauty in this swamp. The moss hangs like emerald tapestries over the low, dank water. They actually see
[19:16:44]	Shimmershy	blinks and looks down at the weapon as it lands near her, carefully taking it and stowing it away the way someone might handle a live grenade. Or possibly something particularly repugnant or terrifying to them. Giving a nervous smile to Swamp Shadow.
[19:18:36]	Somber	flowers... delicate pink flowers on vines and large white waxy water lillies. In places the waterways widen enough for shafts of sunlight to penetrate and illuminate the watery channels. There were bushes and herbs and grasses nestled on the muddy hammocks. Perhaps it was just luck, but Shimmershy happened across the first of their herbs. Swamp shadow
[19:20:17]	manuvered them around the mire without getting lost or stuck in the channels. Edna spotted still more. It was quite possibly the best day they'd ever had in Appleanta... till Edna spotted the log beside the boat... only it wasn't a log. It was a radgator... one of the biggest gators they'd ever seen before. Easily five or six times the size of their boat.
[19:21:41]	It moved as silently as their own little boat... it's legs barely making a ripple as it passed by... but the friends didn't make a sound. By mid day they'd found half the herbs they'd been looking for, and found a place to take a break. It was a large metal derrick in the middle of the swamp. Rusty, sure, but it was solid ground. The entire structure was
[19:22:29]	draped in greenery and growth... almost like an impromptu garden. "atural gas w ll #21, Solaris Ind." was rusting on the side.
[19:23:23]	Edna_Stonetalon	shivers "Damn that was a big gator"
[19:27:17]	Somber	It wasn't the only one either, but radgators were ambush predators normally. They rarely chased prey. The natural gas platform was safe for the moment.
[19:29:03]	Swamp_Shadow	"Yeah. The one Ah killed to get me this hat was half that thing's size... and I had the drop on it," Swamp Shadow says, adjusting her hat nervously as she rests on the natural gas platform.
[19:30:35]	Edna_Stonetalon	notices something up in the trees "We got company. Somethin up in the trees just moved. Don't think it was one of them snakes though." and she takes out her rifle just to be safe
[19:32:44]	Wanderlust	pulls his pistol free and gets to his hooves. He couldn't see exactly what Edna was looking at but it certainly didn't hurt to be cautious.
[19:33:09]	Shimmershy	nervously climbed up out of the boat, shuffling her hooves as she moves along the platform. She didn't want to move too far from the boat. Loking up at Edna's call she couldn't make anything out, instead just trying to remain as hidden as she could. Not wanting to end up eaten. "... why do we keep going to dangerous places?..."
[19:33:10]	Swamp_Shadow	notices them too and knows who they are. "Zebra tribals. They really don't like ponies. Especially Bayleaf ponies."
[19:33:53]	Edna_Stonetalon	sighs "They hostile or just unfriendly?"
[19:34:10]	Swamp_Shadow	pulls out her crossbow and makes sure it's still loaded. "Be careful, they use poison and like to use ambush tactics."
[19:35:08]	Swamp_Shadow	"Hostile. I'd say they want to rob and kill us, probably for our herbs and guns."
[19:35:55]	Shimmershy	lets out a nervous squeak, trying to find somewhere out of sight to hide. She couldn't change in the open, after all...
[19:36:00]	Wanderlust	shakes his head. "It doesn't look like it, at least not if this is to be believed." He waves his pipbuck.
[19:36:15]	Edna_Stonetalon	groans
[19:36:57]	Swamp_Shadow	"Whatcha talking 'bout, Wander? Those zebras are constantly attacking us for just about any reason they can get. Sometimes without none."
[19:38:17]	Edna_Stonetalon	"You lot ever try talking with em?"
[19:40:14]	Wanderlust	shrugs. "I don't know anything about the goings on around here, but if my pipbuck says they aren't hostile then they're not hostile. Or they're damn good at masking it."
[19:40:34]	Swamp_Shadow	stops and thinks. "Now that you mention it, I don't think so. Usually they attack us, we attack them... I don't know who started it... But I don't trust that wrist thingy of yours, Wander. I've had some bad run ins with those stripes in the past."
[19:41:04]	stays on edge, keeping her crossbow at the ready and her eyes and ears focused on the zebra tribals.
[19:41:26]	Edna_Stonetalon	shrugs "Lets try talking for once. Never know what mite happen"
[19:42:19]	Swamp_Shadow	gumbles. "Don't come crying to me if they shoot ya full of slitherer venom," but doesn't try to stop her companions.
[19:43:10]	does, however, pull out some of the slitherer jerky she made earlier and begins to chew on the end of a strip nervously.
[19:43:26]	Wanderlust	rolls his eyes at Swamp. "Well, if you're right, you have permission to say 'I told you so' after."
[19:43:38]	Somber	There was about fifty feet of land between the platform and the trees. Close enough to shout.
[19:44:39]	Edna_Stonetalon	"Hey! Come out and talk! We wont do nothin if you don't!"
[19:45:55]	Wanderlust	keeps his pistol ready but moves closer to Shimmershy. If something did start he didn't want to risk her being attacked. She's been through enough the past couple days.
[19:46:47]	Shimmershy	didn't move for the gun. either out of fear or out of unfamiliarity. Or maybe she just didn't want to look threatening if it came time to talk. Or something... She did her best to keep her companions between herself and the zebras.
[19:47:13]	Somber	For a moment, nothing happens. Then a portion of the tree moves, the fronds parting to reveal a striped stallion's face. Draped head to hoof in camoflague and bodypaint, it was astonishing that anyone saw him in the first place. He looked coolly across the water and then calmly as you please began to walk on the water towards the platform. His distrustful
[19:47:58]	eyes looked up at the four. "You are a long way from your village," he said calmly in a thick accent.
[19:48:28]	Edna_Stonetalon	slings her rifle "We're not exactly from around here"
[19:49:37]	Edna_Stonetalon	"And we're not looking for trouble."
[19:50:23]	Somber	The zebra just stared, his dark green eyes gazing at the four as if pondering if there was a point. "Well. That... is good."
[19:51:14]	Shimmershy	stared out towards the zebra nervously. Briefly considering the prospect of disguising herself as a zebra before talking to him. But after the way Swamp Shadow's aunt saw through her disguise, and the way he was walking on water, and the weirdness of this place she wasn't sure it would be any help. Slowly approaching the zebra despite her nervousness. "W-we came from the
	north. F-further into the crater. We were looking for herbs which could help stop somethig horrible which was being done to ponies. W-we don't want to hurt anyone..."
[19:51:50]	Swamp_Shadow	"I'm just their guide, stripey. They didn't want a fight so I ain't fighting unless you start it, got it?" Swamp Shadow replies around her strip of jerky.
[19:54:07]	Edna_Stonetalon	blink blinks "How are you standing on the water anyway?"
[19:54:36]	Somber	"I will be careful not to sneeze then," he replied to Swamp. "I know how eager ponies are to 'defend' themselves." He looked back at Shimmershy. "I would not search deeper into the swamp. It would be dangerous if you intrude on our territory." He looked at Edna with an expression that put that in the 'stupid question' category.
[19:54:42]	Swamp_Shadow	"Zebra voodoo and alchemy probably," Swamp Shadow grumbles before biting through the strip and swallowing.
[19:54:45]	-->|	Thunderbird ([email protected]) has joined #falloutequestriapnp2
[19:55:17]	=-=	Thunderbird is now known as Night_Wind
[19:55:32]	=-=	Mode #FalloutEquestriaPnP2 +v Night_Wind by Somber
[19:57:21]	Edna_Stonetalon	facetalons "Right stupid question."
[19:58:59]	Shimmershy	fidgeted nervously. "W-well... We don't want to intrude. Um. Maybe... Maybe you could help us find what we need? Then we wouldn't have to go any further into the swamps..." She gave a hopeful smile to the striped pony, then sighed and sank her head a little. "But I guess that's pretty unlikely."
	Wanderlust	turns to Shimmershy, who he was been staying close to. "Maybe they have the rest of what we need? I'm sure I'm not the only one that would be glad to put this swamp behind us."
[20:00:11]	Somber	"Ponies talking reason. Hard to imagine," he said quietly. "If you could help us slay a beast that threatens our people, we will provide you whatever herbs you desire.
[20:00:30]	Edna_Stonetalon	"What kind of 'beast'?"
[20:01:03]	Swamp_Shadow	"Yeah? What kinda beast?" Swamp Shadow repeats after swallowing the last of her jerky.
[20:02:14]	Somber	"A great, slithering mire worm. It has created a nest near by and will soon spawn if not slain. We have tried to move it away, but it refuses." He said as he stood on the murky water.
[20:04:22]	Shimmershy	taps her chin thoughtfully at that. "I don't like hurting things... B-but... But I guess in this case we kindof have to..." She sighs quietly and looks downwards, then back to her companions. "S-so do you think we can do it..?" She wasn't really sure. It sounded like something they might be able to do, maybe...
[20:04:35]	Edna_Stonetalon	"I knew I should of bought some grenades in Fillydelphia while we were there"
[20:04:38]	Swamp_Shadow	"You need help with a worm? Fine... We'll just kill the sucker, get our herbs, and be on our way," Swamp Shadow boasts, obviously cocky beyond belief, and rolls her eyes at the zebra.
[20:05:18]	Edna_Stonetalon	"Swamp Thang be nice."
[20:06:33]	Somber	"It lurks in a shipwreck to the east. You will find it there, or it will find you." He walked up on to the derrick and looked at Shimmershy. "Give me your list of herbs. We will be optimistic that your weapons will suffice where our poisons have not."
[20:06:44]	Wanderlust	realizes he still has his pistol out and holsters it. "How big exactly?" He asks, his imagination showing him a colossal worm far that put the monstrous radigator they had seen earlier to shame.
[20:07:31]	Shimmershy	dug into her bag and pulled out the list of ingredients for curing the infestation, offering it to the zebra with a faint smile. "I... Um... I hope you can find them. There's a lot of ponies depending on them."
[20:07:35]	Somber	"Large enough that we seek an outsider's assistance."
[20:07:58]	He looked at the list. "It will be trivial to collect these."
[20:10:07]	Wanderlust	shivers. "Wonderful..." he mutters under his breath. "Well, if it gets us out of here sooner its worth a try."
[20:11:00]	Night_Wind	Above, a flapping can be heard, and a blue form glides to perch at the top of the derrick and holler down, "There you are! I finished helping Auntie and have been hunting all over for you!"
[20:11:02]	Shimmershy	breathes a sigh of relief at that. "Then... Then we'll do whatever we can to deal with the worm." She wasn't positive she could help, but right now they needed to do something. Folding her ears back and staying low to the ground.
[20:11:52]	Edna_Stonetalon	jumps "Fumbles!? How the hell did you find us out here?"
[20:12:34]	Somber	In a flash, he had a blowgun out, but then the zebra gaped in amazement as Night_wind landed and muttered something in his native tongue. Putting the gun away, he turned and trotted back on to the lake. "We will be watching. We will know if you are successful."
[20:12:43]	Swamp_Shadow	looks up in surprise. "And how the hell did ya fly here without getting caught in the Gossamer?
[20:13:17]	Edna_Stonetalon	"Or hitting anything?"
[20:13:32]	Swamp_Shadow	pulls her crossbow as the zebra pulls his blow gun and keeps it trained on him, her eyes narrowing, until he puts his gun away.
[20:13:42]	Shimmershy	shuffles her hoof nervously, looking down. "I... I hope this isn't too bad..."
[20:14:26]	Somber	He trotted across the water and blended magically with the cypress trees, disappearing from sight.
[20:15:07]	Wanderlust	gives Shimmershy a gentle nudge. "Come now, we've been through worse on this trip than killing a giant worm." He does his best to smile.
[20:17:47]	Shimmershy	looks up to Wanderlust with a nervous shuffle. "Y-you think so..?" She wasn't sure it was accurate. These zebra tribals couldn't get the worm to move. But they were using poison. Maybe it'd be more tractable to bullets? She swallowed nervously and lowered her head. "I... I hope so..." Giving a quiet sigh.
[20:18:54]	Night_Wind	pants a bit as she rests at the top of the derrick. "I found a break in the trees and flew up above with my shield on so I wouldn't get caught by stray strands of gossamer. I'm pretty sure that wouldn't work for a thick net of it though. Then I listened for the sound of the boat and followed it, but I'm...kinda not very fast and when you stopped I lost track of where you
	were, so I've been searching and was just going to rest on this derrick, but here you are!"
[20:19:54]	Swamp_Shadow	notices a vine covered in flowers that she knows can help in creating an antivenom. Quickly, yet carefully picking them, Swamp Shadow stows them away for later.
[20:20:41]	Wanderlust	gives Shimmershy a quick squeeze. "It'll be fine, I promise!
[20:21:42]	Swamp_Shadow	"Alright y'all, let's go kill us a worm and get them herbs. I wonder if there's a worm hunting championship hat too?"
[20:23:20]	Edna_Stonetalon	"Good ears Fumbles, the boat isn't powered. Lets get this over with. We got us a monster to kill. A giant worm too"
[20:24:56]	Night_Wind	blinks and stares down at Edna. "Wait, it's not? Then what the hay was I listening to?"
[20:25:23]	Shimmershy	looks up to Wanderlust, giving a faint smile, then looking down again. "... don't promise things you can't control ..." Her voice very quiet before slowly standing up and heading back towards the boat. She climbed back down into it looking nervous. Hoping she hadn't just signed them all up to get eaten.
[20:25:46]	Swamp_Shadow	looks east with some apprehension. "Have y'all's weapons ready though. We're heading into the bad part of the swamps. Lotta mutants and radspawned critters out there."
[20:25:48]	Edna_Stonetalon	shrugs "Must of been my flank. You can't keep your eyes off it"
[20:26:31]	Somber	Going east, it's a trial for Night to keep hovering behind the boat as it moves through the trees. These cypresses were larger, but they were covered with strange growths and twisted limbs. Fat boils and gaping absesses gave the appearance of leering faces. Thorny, leafless vines clawed at their trunks like parasites. Something screamed in the distance,
[20:26:42]	Wanderlust	lets his smile fall. "Well... I tried." He sighs to himself and climbs back into the boat.
[20:27:24]	Night_Wind	blushes but doesn't try to deny the accusation. "It is a very pretty flank," she admits as she carefully flutters down to the boat.
[20:29:59]	Somber	only to be abruptly cut off. The boat scraped against submerged roots, rasping like hooves against the wood. The water here was slack, black, and lifeless. The air itself a stifling fume. And then they saw a rusting wall of metal wedged firmly between two twisted trunks. "Cyclops" was written across in chipped and rust streaked letters.
[20:30:19]	Edna_Stonetalon	giggles "It's just my magnetic personality. Now lets go kill us a worm"
[20:30:32]	Edna_Stonetalon	"Who's got the tequila?"
[20:31:08]	Shimmershy	keeps low in the boat, trying to stay blended in. Watching the distance as best she could and listening to the way things were unraveling around them. She looks up towards the metal wall, biting her lower lip nervously.
[20:31:25]	Wanderlust	facehoofs. "Why are you talking about alcohol at a time like this Edna?"
[20:32:00]	Somber	A deep groan booms through the trees around them, sounding like the swamp itself was moaning.
[20:32:22]	Edna_Stonetalon	facetalons "I'll explain later." and readies her rifle
[20:34:32]	Wanderlust	is left perplexed as he draws his pistol. He still didn't trust his rifle despite the repairs.
[20:35:54]	Somber	The channel was a dead end. They'd have to climb up the ten foot high wall of rusty metal to proceed further.
[20:37:08]	Swamp_Shadow	readies herself, looking up at the sunken boat with a grin. "Alrighty then folks, all ashore that's going ashore. You don't wanna fight nothing in a boat if you can help it. A piro might have a shallow bottom, but it'll still tip over."
[20:37:42]	Night_Wind	nervously hangs near the back of the boat, her low flying skills being tested to their utmost while still avoiding getting too close to the water. Visions of giant gators linger in the back of her head, but she tries to avoid whining too much. "I really would like it though if next time we could get a bigger boat..."
[20:37:45]	Shimmershy	whimpers a little, laying her ears flat as she shakily moves towards the wall. Staring up towards the heights. "Um. Uh. Um. M-maybe someone should stay here... T-to keep the boat safe..?"
[20:40:29]	Edna_Stonetalon	fly's up the rusted wall and stands on top looking for this giant worm
[20:40:57]	Swamp_Shadow	"It's alright, we'll just tie her up," Swamp Shadow says, tying the boat to a cypress stump, before nimbly climbing up the ten feet to the top of the shipwreck.
[20:42:04]	Night_Wind	flaps along in Edna's wake because, you know, she just wants to follow that flank. Naturally. "Anyone need a ride to the top?" she asks.
[20:42:44]	Swamp_Shadow	"Nope, but Wander and Shimmer might," Shadow says as she summits the wall.
[20:44:01]	Somber	This wasn't a wall... it was the stern of a ship... a big ship. A hulking funnel streaked in thorny vines and rust poked up towards the skies. Beyond it was a massive heap of superstructure. This was easily as big as anything in Bayleaf. Bigger, even! The metal was rusted and pitted, with gaping rusted holes the size of one's hoof where the magical
[20:44:24]	protection had faded and entropy had set in.
[20:44:28]	Shimmershy	swallowed nervously and waved a hoof half-heartedly. She'd need help getting up, but she wasn't really wanting to try and climb it herself. Especially with the promise of giant killer worms on the other side...
[20:44:29]	Wanderlust	shakes his head. "I think I'll take my chances climbing after the last time you gave me a lift..." He starts heading up the wall on his own.
[20:45:03]	Edna_Stonetalon	"Oh hey we're here! Keep an eye out. That thing is supposed to be round here"
[20:45:52]	Night_Wind	eyes the two wingless unicorns, her face falling at Wander's reminder. "Awww...well, you still trust me, right, Shimmer?"
[20:46:22]	Swamp_Shadow	"I'll keep a sharp eye, y'all use those wings to help them two out," Shadow says, pulling out her crossbow and keeping it at the ready.
[20:47:35]	Shimmershy	shuffled nervously a moment then nodded her head to Night Wind with a nervous smile. "Yeah... I trust you. I'm just... I don't think I'm going to be able to help much."
[20:47:41]	Wanderlust	yelps as he loses his footing and plummets into the water. He flails in the water for a few seconds before grabbing the edge of the boat and scrabbling back onto it, gasping and spluttering. He looks like a drowned rat. "M-Maybe I'll take you up on that ride Night..." he mutters, face red in embarrassment.
[20:51:35]	Edna_Stonetalon	giggles at Wanderlust
[20:52:42]	Night_Wind	smiles and easily floats first Wander up to the top then reaches down and gently lifts Shimmershy as well. "Don't be silly, Shimmer. If nothing else, I think you're our good luck charm."
[20:53:22]	Somber	The water was impossibly foul and oily. Bereft of oxygen, it was utterly lifeless and disgusting. The ship had to be at least fifty feet across... who knew how long it was or where their quarry could be found.
[20:55:03]	Wanderlust	mumbles a disgruntled 'Thank you' to Night as he attempts the impossible task of combing the smell of the water from his mane. 'What did I do to deserve this? I smell like Night after those cans of beans.' He thinks to himself.
[20:55:17]	Shimmershy	sighs quietly as she stands on the deck, keeping her head low. "I don't feel very lucky. We've been attacked by a radigator, came into a poisoned valley. N-now we're trying to hunt a giant worm to help save some ponies from horrible infestation. A-and risking being attacked by Zebras if we fail and survive. A-and... And..." She stammers a few moments and lowers her head.
[20:55:18]	"... and everyone knows what I am..." her voice quiet and uncertain with herself, whimpering a little before slowly trying to compose herself again.
[20:57:09]	Night_Wind	trots over and pets Shimmer briefly. "And yet, here we are, alive and well, right?"
[20:57:12]	Swamp_Shadow	"Hey. Don't get down on yourself. I don't care that you're a dragonfly pony. I think you look down right cute with your little wings."
[20:58:40]	Wanderlust	resists the urge to hug Shimmershy. Mainly because he smelled terrible and didn't feel like adding nausea to her list of things bothering her. "We know, and we're still very happy to count you as a friend. You're a good pony. Err, changeling."
[20:59:06]	Shimmershy	swallows nervously, rubbing a forehoof against the other foreleg. "I know..." She stares down and took a deep breath. "W-we should keep looking."
[20:59:50]	Swamp_Shadow	blinks. "Oh! So you're called a changeling!"
[21:00:04]	Edna_Stonetalon	"Oh shit Wander! You reak!"
[21:00:41]	Swamp_Shadow	catches a wiff of Wanderlust and somehow turns greener than she already was. "Ah Think Ah might go scout ahead a little."
[21:02:12]	Wanderlust	feels his face turn even redder and he groans pitifully. "You're all horrible..." he mumbles as he wishes desperately to be back at Olives with its showers.
[21:02:28]	Somber	Moving forward, the superstructure loomed at their side. Half of it was a home for the swamp's growths, while half defied its spread. Then, as Swamp passes by an open hatch...
[21:02:30]	Edna_Stonetalon	"You know you love it Wander."
[21:02:36]	Night_Wind	pats Shimmer one last time. "As far as I'm concerned, regardless of your form, you're a pony at heart." With those words she trots a little ways ahead looking to see if there is any sign of this... "You said it was a worm we're looking for?"
[21:03:06]	Shimmershy	looks up towards Wanderlust with a smile. "If... If it's any consolation... You still feel like friendship to me..." She lowered her head again then sighs at the pat with a smile up to Night Wind, nodding her head and following along towards the rest of the ship. "A giant worm."
[21:05:52]	Somber	A large bloated pony charges Swampy. It's hide was a bulbous black; and as it opened its mouth impossibly wide a half dozen barbed tendrils lashed out at her.
[21:06:39]	Wanderlust	plods along behind the group far enough to keep the smell away. Hesticks his tongue out at Edna before returning Shimmershy's smile. "Thank you, it really does make me feel better." He says as she turns to Night.
[21:13:22]	Swamp_Shadow	gets caught off guard and barely has time to jump away from the monster pony's charge. Running back towards the group, eyes wide, she takes two shots with her crossbow in her tail, but they miss. "Monster pony!"
[21:14:23]	Somber	And then the wiggling tenticles slash out and the barbed ends bite deep into her back and shoulders. The entire creature's body writhed and wiggled.
[21:14:54]	Edna_Stonetalon	"Oh shit! Kill it!"
[21:14:57]	Swamp_Shadow	gets bit on the back. "Augh!"
[21:16:49]	Night_Wind	cries out and backwings away from the monstrosity, "We see it! Die abomination!"
[21:17:38]	Edna_Stonetalon	brings up her rifle and takes a shot at the thing
[21:19:50]	Somber	The gunshot blows out a reeking massive spray of bloated flesh. Something in the foul flesh burns everyone in point blank range.
[21:21:33]	Swamp_Shadow	"Ow! Ow! Ow! It's skin and blood burns, dammit!"
[21:26:39]	Somber	The two shots make the black gore spray out in a cloud around it. It's like its insides are pressurized with rotten gas.
[21:27:49]	Swamp_Shadow	"Damn it!" Swamp Shadow coughs as she tried to back pedal away from the mass of bloated pony flesh.
[21:31:58]	Falling back further, Swamp Shadow lines up a shot and fires, hitting the creature square in the chest with one of her bolts. "Gotcha!" she cries, and she quickly reloads with her tail and goes on the defensive.
[21:32:45]	Shimmershy	goes wide eyed on spotting the freaky worm-infested pony-thing. Immediately beginning her primary defensive maneuver... Run away! She dives for a nearby section of metal, some old machine now perforated with tiny holes from rust and age, trying to do her best to not be noticeable. Blend in, then maybe she could use that gun to do something mildly useful, maybe.
[21:41:18]	Night_Wind	flapped frantically away from the awful creature then hurriedly dropped level again to bring her battle saddle to bear, but the horror of seeing those awful, spikey...tentacle things rip into Swampy made her clamp her jaw down on the bit too soon, narrowly missing the creature's head. Frustrated, she overcompensated and shot the deck well in front of the abomination.
[21:41:19]	"Celestia scorch it all!"
[21:42:42]	Somber	The bloated, swelling, stinking thing moves towards the other, it's mouth tendrils lashing and slashing. they bite deep into edna and Swampy and both immediately feel a contamination violating their bodies.
[21:43:19]	Swamp_Shadow	"GAH!" Swamp Shadow screams before she falls to her knees, feeling sick and violated.
[21:44:37]	Edna_Stonetalon	jumps back swearing "FUCK! What is this thing!?" and aims her rifle at it once more
[21:51:27]	Wanderlust	cringes as the creature strikes both Edna and Swamp, and both look like they're in more pain than the injuries suggest. He runs to Edna's side and starts casting a healing spell. "Don't worry, I've got you." He mumbles, hoping his skills were actually up to the task.
[21:53:21]	Swamp_Shadow	pushes herself back to her hooves and continues to try to dodge, fire, reload, and move. She's hoping against all hope that she could actually avoid this thing's attacks at least once.
[21:53:30]	Shimmershy	nervously poked her head out from around her cover, staring at the horrible monster thing before finally building up the courage to line up her weapon and bite down on the bit. Once, then again. She wasn't exactly accurate, not even remotely accurate. But she was trying! The faint 'pfft-thmp' of the weapon drowned out by the clamor of combat.
[22:01:19]	Somber	With the zaps of energy, the gas inside ignites. Finally, with a wet tear, the body explodes and sprays rotten organs and writing black flesh everywhere. Thank goodness Swampy wasn't adjacent to it...
[22:02:52]	Swamp_Shadow	collapses again, blood dripping from the multiple bites lacerating her back. "I feel like I'm going to throw up."
[22:03:52]	Edna_Stonetalon	reloads her rifle "Good shootin Fumbles. Wander go help Swampy. I doubt that was it"
[22:04:22]	Night_Wind	imagines the way her Enclave drill seargent would've chewed him out for that pathetic show of marksmanship and forces himself to calm down. Breathing deeply, he executes a proper tactical withdrawal, sets himself, and looses a carefully aimed shot. A second, hastier shot flies wide, but it doesn't matter as he watches the first shot burn squarely into the monster's chest,
[22:04:23]	dropping the reeking thing. "Yes! That's how they do it in the Enclave!"
[22:04:47]	Swamp_Shadow	"Woulda been nice if those fucking zebras had warned us about the fucking worm ponies," Swampy Shadow curses under her breath.
[22:04:54]	Wanderlust	blinks in amazement as the creature explodes, his expression quickly going sour as he looks at the squirming bits of flesh. He had definitely seen that before... Swamp's comment snaps him out of his thoughts and he hurries to her side. "I really hope I'm wrong..." he mumbles to himself as he starts to heal her.
[22:07:50]	Edna_Stonetalon	"From how you talked about em, talking at all is an improvement"
[22:08:29]	Shimmershy	whimpers a little and slowly slinks out of cover, looking down at her weapon, which was now looking more than a little hurt by the way she had fired it. Dropping the weapon at Swamp Shadow's hooves. "I... I don't... I don't think I can use this..." She looks up to the mare apologetically. "I think... Um... Maybe this is where Sweet Tea found the eggs..?" She looks towards
	the ship nervously.
[22:08:54]	Somber	The body rapidly putrifies and dissolves into a pool of foul smelling goop.
[22:09:35]	Edna_Stonetalon	groans "Son of a bitch it is the same thing."
[22:10:16]	Swamp_Shadow	shudders as Wanderlust's healing magic mends some of her wounds. Slowly getting to her hooves, she gives him a tip of her hat and a cocky smile. "Thanks Wander, well, Ah guess we both smell like shit now, huh?
[22:10:53]	Somber	The ship lets out a long, low groan of centuries of strain.
[22:11:17]	Edna_Stonetalon	"Back to the boat!"
[22:11:31]	Somber	The ship wasn't breaking up
[22:11:35]	Swamp_Shadow	picks up the pistol with her tail and regretfully slides it into her back right boot. "I guess not," she sighs to Shimmershy. "Guns aren't everypony's thing I guess."
[22:11:44]	Somber	Just... groaning...
[22:11:54]	Edna_Stonetalon	[redact]
[22:11:59]	Swamp_Shadow	"Ah think our quarry's awake now," Swamp Shadow mumbles.
[22:12:39]	Edna_Stonetalon	groans "I knew that wasn't it. Everyone watch out and keep ready"
[22:13:36]	Night_Wind	blink-blinks and looks around, a hoof to her head. A slightly confused expression crossed her face followed by a slight tint of mauve in her cheeks, but thankfully none of her friends seemed to have noticed, each with more important concerns. Speaking of which... "Is everyone okay? Er, relatively speaking?"
[22:13:44]	Shimmershy	lowers her head. "I am sorry..." She looks up towards the groaning sound, biting her lower lip. "Um... W-we should be careful... Did... Did anyone bring explosives..? O-or something like the tea..? Maybe... Maybe we could poison it..?"
[22:14:58]	Edna_Stonetalon	pat pats Shimmershy "It's ok. Ol Eddie will teach you how to use a gun when we get back"
[22:15:14]	Shimmershy	looks up to Edna with a quiet sigh, nodding her head and moving with the others nervously.
[22:16:20]	Wanderlust	chuckles at Swamp's joke. "I guess so, and you're welcome. I'm not done with you yet though, you still look a little beat up." He casts another healing spell before he decides he's satisfied.
[22:17:37]	Somber	With Swampy taking point, she moves into the wheel house. The ship holds all the earmarks of being looted... but clearly the looters didn't get far. Rusty cans, foul soggy paper, and radroach dropping were everywhere. It's clear these were the quarters for the ships crew. There were arrows pointing to the bridge and captain's cabin above, the infirmary
[22:18:01]	and galley on this level, and the engine room below. Where would they go first?
[22:23:40]	Edna_Stonetalon	pokes around the wheel house looking for anything of use "We should hit up the captains cabin first"
[22:23:44]	Shimmershy	follows along with the others, keeping her eyes out. "W-we should probably check down in the storage area... That's... That's probably where it's hiding. That'd be where this would be the largest, right? All that space for carrying oil..?" She bit her lower lip nervously and looked around the wheel house area. "B-but maybe we should check somewhere else first. If... If we
	could somehow make the engines explode..."
[22:25:26]	Swamp_Shadow	simply nods, points towards teh Infirmary sign and sneaks towards the boat's med bay.
[22:28:02]	Somber	The infirmary wasn't far in. It wasn't a very large room. Two beds, a smashed autodoc, a terminal, and a locked safe marked 'medical supplies'. Mold and muck was splashed on the floor, deposited by a burst pipe overhead that trickled slowly.
[22:28:09]	Wanderlust	looks at the sign and follows Swamp without a second thought. If there was anything left it would certainly be useful.
[22:29:07]	Edna_Stonetalon	shrugs and follows Swamp_Shadow
[22:29:23]	Shimmershy	looked up at the pipe, wincing a little at the prospect of sloshing through the goo. She didn't want to risk getting even more phage contagion. Not that she was sure this place here would cause that. So far from the Appleanta center, and onboard this ship. Then again, who knew for certain? She swallowed nervously and glanced around up and down the halls. "I don't like it
	here." The groaning of the ship and the weird way the wind blew through the halls were unsettling.
[22:29:39]	Edna_Stonetalon	comes into the old sick bay and see the safe "Oh hey. Think I can get it open"
[22:31:52]	Somber	Edna manages to pop it open. Inside are four MoP healing potion, a bottle of Buck, two syrenges of med-X, a 9mm pistol in good condition and 24 rounds of 9mm ammo.
[22:33:04]	Night_Wind	smiles at the nimble-clawed griffon. "What would we do without you, Eddie?"
[22:34:17]	Edna_Stonetalon	giggles "You'd be lost. Dibs on the pistol"
[22:35:14]	Shimmershy	glanced up and down the hallway, at a loss for what to do with this place. She was so far outside her element you couldn't even see it with a telescope and a star chart at this point.
[22:36:46]	Wanderlust	walks over to see what Edna had found in the box, but stops as he notices a nasty looking cut half hidden under Night_Wind's wing. "Night, why didn't you tell me you were still hurt?" He says, feeling a little guilty for not noticing earlier. Without waiting for a response he starts casting another healing spell. The last thing they needed was someone going into a fight
[22:36:47]	already injured...
[22:39:37]	Edna_Stonetalon	takes all the chems and the healing potions "Hey Wander got a few healing potions here. Couple Med-X's too"
[22:42:10]	Night_Wind	having followed the others, she squeezes her considerable bulk behind the desk where the terminal rested. She hesitated a moment as Wander, having seen her wound when she fluttered her wings to sit down, now chastises her for not mentioning it. "We did not want to be a burden," she replies, ducking her head. "There are others far more important than us to take care of."
	Her gaze seems drawn over to settle on Edna. "As she says, we would be lost without her."
[22:42:56]	Edna_Stonetalon	"Fumbles you're doing the we thing again"
[22:43:38]	Wanderlust	sighs heavily. "You aren't a burden, and we'd all be mindless raging beasts or dead if it weren't for you. Tell me next time if I miss something. Promise me."
[22:44:37]	Somber	"Log in error. Contact your technical support immediately. Logging off. Powering down." Bewwwwwww....
[22:46:31]	Night_Wind	blinks at Eddie as she starts into the hacking routine. "We are? Oh, I...I guess I was." She goes to bang her head against the desk and hits the keyboard instead...and hears a series of error messages. "Crap! No! Nonononono! Fiddlesticks!"
[22:46:43]	Shimmershy	looks up and down the halls again, quietly moving down a little ways to check some of the other rooms. Maybe she could be useful if she could find something to help? Doing her best to keep her head down and not be noticed...
[22:47:17]	Edna_Stonetalon	pats Night_Wind "You'll stop eventually. Reminding you probably helps."
[22:50:45]	Night_Wind	sighs and leaves her face on the keyboard. "Yes, I suppose you're right, Eddie."
[22:51:00]	Wanderlust	sighs and casts another healing spell. "Just in case you hurt yourself doing that."
[22:52:03]	Night_Wind	chuckles as the healing washes over her, tingling nicely, and she lifts her face from the keyboard. "Well, that does feel better, thank you."
[22:52:11]	Shimmershy	continues down the halls, heading upstairs, looking for the captain's cabin. Doubting there was any sign of what was here there. But the engine room... She shouldn't go there alone, she was pretty sure.
[22:52:58]	Somber	Upstairs, there were several doors... 'communication', 'navigation', 'security', 'bridge', and 'captain's quarters'.
[22:53:27]	Edna_Stonetalon	"Don't go wearing yourself out Wander. We still gotta take down the big one"
[22:53:30]	Somber	The door to the captain's quarters was locked, unfortunately.
[22:53:44]	Swamp_Shadow	notices that Shimmershy has disappeared. Worriedly, Swamp Shadow looks outside the room and sees her muddy hoofprints leading up the stairs to the captain's quarters. The voodoo takes her and she finds her instantly. Standing right behind her, Swamp Shadow whispers, "Whatcha doing, Shimmer?"
[22:55:06]	Shimmershy	let out a surprised yelp before closing her mouth and holding her hooves over her mouth for a few moments, eyes wide, a moment later she had calmed significantly. "I... I'm just looking for anything useful I could do... I think... I think we should head to the engine room... B-but I don't want to go alone..."
[22:55:43]	Edna_Stonetalon	looks around "Hey where did Swamp and Shimmer go?"
[22:55:54]	Wanderlust	gives Edna an indignant look. "Thanks for the concern, but I know my limits. I still have plenty of healing in me."
[22:56:51]	Swamp_Shadow	smiles. "Good initiative. You had a good plan about trying to rig the thing to explode on the big ass worm. Why don't we check the bridge to see if we can flood the engine or something?"
[22:57:12]	Somber	From through the door to 'communications' came a faint noise. http://www.sounddogs.com/sound-effects/25/mp3/479517_SOUNDDOGS__to.mp3
[22:57:45]	Night_Wind	wriggles out from behind the desk then flexes her wings. "Okay, let's go see what else we can find...hopefully without breaking anymore terminals." (>.>);
[22:59:37]	Swamp_Shadow	holds her hoof up to her mouth to tell Shimmershy to be quiet and slides up to the 'Communications' door. She then places one eye up to the key hole and peers through.
[23:00:09]	Shimmershy	looks up towards the communications room, biting her lower lip and quietly heading that way, staying near Swamp Shadow, a short distance back from the doorway. Her ears folded back and looking ready to bolt at the first sign of real danger.
[23:01:32]	Swamp_Shadow	Grimacing, Swamp Shadow can't see anything so she carefully, and quietly, tries the door.
[23:02:09]	Night_Wind	glances down at Edna as she steps to the door out of medical. "Where do you think we should look next?"
[23:03:15]	Edna_Stonetalon	shrugs "Well they aren't dumb enough to go to the hold without us. I still want to try the captains cabin"
[23:03:45]	Somber	The door opens up to a radio terminal. This is one of the few dry rooms you've come across in the ship. An emergency magical battery barely keeps power to the equipment. A pony's skeleton was slumped over the desk, still wearing headphones with its hoof on the 'repeat' button. There was a dusky picture on the table next to it showing a dozen ponies in
[23:04:16]	Night_Wind	shrugs. "Sounds as good as anything," she replies and turns to head in that general direction.
[23:04:22]	Somber	uniform. "Communication's officer Call Back." was on a tiny plaque in front of the bones.
[23:05:36]	Wanderlust	follows them out, just now noticing that two of their group had disappeared during the debacle. He tries to keep his worrying to a minimum as he walks.
[23:06:13]	Swamp_Shadow	slowly approaches the dead officer. She gingerly picks the skeleton's hoof off of the repeat button with her tail and takes a moment to look over the picture.
[23:08:17]	Shimmershy	slips into the room after Swamp Shadow, taking a brief look around. "The battery might be good to help us with the engines, maybe..?" She looked at it then tilted her head to one side. "But I don't know anything about how we'd remove it safely without accidentally draining it or breaking it..."
[23:08:41]	Somber	The beeping scratching noise is replaced by soft static. The picture shows a number of officers. One was a pegasus who was giving 'bunny ears' to a grim faced stallion wearing a sthescope. The captain was a stern and humorless looking stallion wearing an eyepatch. When the three go upstairs they find the other two in the communications room.
[23:09:29]	Edna_Stonetalon	comes up to the com room "You two shouldn't of wandered off like that. Mite of been more of them worm things"
[23:10:23]	Shimmershy	rubs her forehoof against her other foreleg nervously. "I was being quiet and stealthy. Th-then Swamp Shadow showed up and scared me." She sighs and lowers her head. "I'm sorry. I just wanted to find something which might help. I don't think I'm going to do much good here."
[23:12:13]	Edna_Stonetalon	gives Shimmer a gentle hug "We'd still be lost without you. You stop us from getting ourselves into trouble... most of the time"
[23:13:04]	Swamp_Shadow	takes the picture and slides it into her saddlebags. Maybe Buckshot would want a pic of some old time local ponies in uniform. When the others arrive, she grins and says, "Found her."
[23:13:12]	Shimmershy	lowered her head and fidgeted a forehoof briefly, before glancing up to Edna. "Thanks. I think... Um. Is there any chance we could salvage some of the equipment here to make some kind of remote device for the engines..? Swampy suggested checking the control room to see if we could flood them somehow... Maybe righ them to explode from a distance?"
[23:15:54]	Wanderlust	cant help but sighing with relief seeing the pair okay. "That was still really dangerous... we need your cleverness Shimmershy, we can't risk you getting hurt." he says before something peculiar catches his eye. "That body was shot in the back of the head... like he was executed. Wonder what happened here?" He mumbles.
[23:17:05]	Swamp_Shadow	"Back of the head? Was this a mutiny maybe?"
[23:18:00]	Edna_Stonetalon	sighs "Now we gotta check the captains cabin. Don't ask me about mechanical or tech stuff."
[23:20:06]	Night_Wind	blinks at the sight of the old but not entirely unfamiliar equipment. "Huh, a SMA-32 wired into a variant of a TC-15 unit with standard input/outputs. I think...I think I can play back the last message." She pushes into the room and settles down in front of the equipment, adjusts a few dials, settles the headphones over her ears, then hits the repeat button.
[23:21:22]	Swamp_Shadow	"It's locked, by the way. Wanna try some of your magic, Eddie?" she asks as she tries to look through the skeleton's pockets, but the uniform practically disintigrates before she can do anything with it.
[23:21:51]	Edna_Stonetalon	shrugs and gets her lockpicking gear back out "I'll give it a try
[23:25:05]	Night_Wind	repeats aloud the message as she hears it. "To anypony on this frequency, this is the HMS Cyclops. There's been a catastrophic failure of the ships' navigation and we are dead in the water. I don't know what that flash was, but it's killed our steerage and we are drifting. Please notify the MoM and MAw immediately, our-" She blinks. "That's it. It just cuts off there and
[23:25:06]	repeats."
[23:26:11]	Somber	The door opens with no difficulty what so ever. As soon as the door opened, a small torrent of chill water pours down the hallway around their feet. The comfortable furnishings were long ago rotten by mildew and fungus. Despite the wet, there was still a flickering terminal on the desk and a safe in the wall. Clearly, the equipment of the Cyclops had been
[23:26:19]	reinforced for harsh conditions.
[23:27:52]	Swamp_Shadow	"How about you and Nighty take the Captain's chambers and we can check Security?"
[23:28:26]	Edna_Stonetalon	"Well then. Hey Fumbles got another terminal in here" and pokes around the room some before going to the safe
[23:32:38]	Night_Wind	follows the sound of Edna's voice to the captain's cabin. "Okay, this time we, er, I mean I! I won't make any mistakes!" She settles down at the terminal to try cracking it.
[23:32:45]	Shimmershy	shudders a little at the sound of sloshing water. Looking up towards the hallway again and nodding her head. "I... Um... I'll come for that." She gave a nervous smile, then looked to Night Wind. "That's really impressive! I guess... I guess the ship must have been stranded when the bombs hit..."
[23:34:54]	Night_Wind	frowns at the terminal. "If I had a tin of Mintals and a doctor that could cure me if I got addicted..." She shakes her head and sighs. "I'll need to think this one over."
[23:35:33]	Edna_Stonetalon	"Take your time Fumbles"
[23:35:52]	Somber	The door to Security was open, and the rusty racks of weapons were empty. The arms locker held enough for a dozen ponies, but clearly they'd been handed out. There was a repair table that was in workable condition. There was a service rifle in poor condition, a 10mm pistol in poor condition, and a suit of poor Trooper armor in bins beneath it. The
[23:36:52]	terminal on the desk was frozen on a screen that read "Distribute arms to all crew member and remain on high alert. Radio silence to be strictly enforced till we get underway again."
[23:37:38]	Swamp_Shadow	"Oh.... Call Back broke the rules..."
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[23:38:25]	Shimmershy	looked around Security briefly, biting her lower lip and shuffling her hooves nervously a few moments. She glances around the room anyway, taking some time to check about. She lowered her head at those rules. "I wonder how long they were drifting before Call Back decided they had to look for help... And why it was worth killing them for trying to..." she bit her lower lip.
	"These ponies weren't supposed to be here..."
[23:40:13]	Swamp_Shadow	"Yeah... Makes ya wonder how screwed up ponies really were back then," Swamp Shadow remarks before moving over to the weapons and armor. "We might be able to get some caps for this stuff."
[23:42:35]	Shimmershy	looks down at the armor, reaching out a hoof to pull it up. "Um... Can... Can I keep this..?" She bit her lower lip. "A-after everything which happened... I think... I think maybe I should wear some armor. Wh-when we're in dangerous places at least..." She looks down at the outfit again then lowers her head. "I-if it'll fit me..."
[23:43:22]	Night_Wind	mutters to herself as she taps at the keys. "Oooh, you're a clever one, huh? Oh, but I've seen that trick before. Got me the first time, sure. Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, not happening today. Hah! Suck on my Enclave expertise, muck-dweller!" she cackles only to abruptly stop, blink, and then raise a hoof to her muzzle and blush. "Er...I mean, I got in. yay!"
[23:44:10]	Swamp_Shadow	"Sure, Shimmershy. Better safe than sorry my mama always said."
[23:44:56]	Edna_Stonetalon	coughs and raises an eyebrow at Night_Wind "Muck dwellers? Guess I'll sleeping on my own tonight"
[23:45:01]	Shimmershy	smiles a little to Swamp_Shadow, taking another check of the armor before putting it in her bag. "I think... Um... I'll wait till we get back to town and I can clean it and things. B-before I start wearing it. I don't want to risk getting infected..."
[23:46:50]	Night_Wind	hangs her head. "Er...it...it doesn't apply to griffons," she mumbles knowing that doesn't exactly make it better.
[23:47:37]	Edna_Stonetalon	chuckles "We'll see. That thing open this safe at all?"
[23:48:33]	Shimmershy	sighs and gently drops the armor, lowering her head. "I think it might be too heavy for me, though. I just... I'll just have to run and hide. That works, right?" She gave a nervous smile to Swamp_Shadow. Before breathing a quiet sigh and looking back towards the others, trying not to think about the prospect of more combat.
[23:49:00]	Swamp_Shadow	"Hey Shimmer, wait!"
[23:49:43]	Shimmershy	blinks and looks up towards Swamp_Shadow, biting her lower lip nervously.
[23:50:19]	Night_Wind	peers at the screen. "Um...just a sec. There are lots of logs here...I think Shimmer and Wander should take a look. Oh wait, here's the control!" She selects the option labeled Open Safe and clicks it.
[23:50:20]	Swamp_Shadow	sheds her light, leather armor and offers it to the the gray unicorn. "Wear mine, until we get back of course, it should fit. I'll wear the nasty stuff."
[23:51:32]	Somber	The safe opens up. Inside were a few papers and a large wooden gun case.
[23:52:45]	Edna_Stonetalon	"Thanks Fumbles" and goes over to the safe checking it's contents, checking the wooden gun case first
[23:53:48]	Shimmershy	looks down at the armor, then up to Swamp Shadow's armor covered in the black ooze from the monster which had ambushed her. "I... Um... I'll take my chances with the security armor." She smiles nervously and slowly begins to pull the Trooper armor on. It didn't fit her great, but with a little work maybe she could get it set up so if she had to turn back to normal her
	wings would still stick through it.
[23:56:02]	Somber	er	Inside was a 10mm SMG in excellent condition, +5 to hit. It was black with gold leaf with a sea motif and had the name "Riptide" on it. There was also a box of 10mm ammo besides it and a little card that read 'to the best captain a marine could ask for'.
[23:56:21]	Swamp_Shadow	"Oh. Okay." Swamp Shadow says, feeling slightly defeated before she starts to put her armor back on.
[23:56:34]	Night_Wind	rubs the back of her head with her hoof. "Er, it was nothing, Eddie...really. So what did you find?"
[23:57:37]	Shimmershy	looks back in the direction of the captain's cabin. "You should take the weapons, though. I'm sure Edna will want them..." turning around and moving back down the hall towards the cabin, curious as to whether the others had found anything.
[23:57:38]	Edna_Stonetalon	whistles "Just a very nice SMG. And some papers." she stows the weapon and takes a look at the papers
[23:59:05]	Night_Wind	catches a glimpse of the gun. "That is a nice one, Eddie. The black and gold really suits your coloration."
[23:59:23]	Edna_Stonetalon	blushes a little
[00:02:19]	reads the papers "Well this don't sound good. This ship was supposed to dump something in the ocean. And it talked about contamination too. Almost willin to bet these worms are connected to it."
[00:04:03]	Night_Wind	nods and points to the computer screen. "This seems to corroborate that. It was something dangerous and apparently secret as well."
[00:05:28]	Shimmershy	looked up towards Edna's comment. "Um... I guess... I guess that explains why the radio blackout. And why they'd kill a pony for trying to contact someone for help." She shuffles her now-armored forehoof and looks to Night Wind with a smile, heading over to check what the files had to say. "I... Um... The worms might be from it. B-but I kindof think it might be more recent,
[00:05:29]	too. If it had been here all this time then the Zebras would have known about it for a long time." She looks down and shuffles a forehoof. "B-but it sounds more recent. But the things in the tanker which made the worm what it is, that might be from before."
[00:07:35]	=-=	Shimmershy is now known as Ilushia
[00:07:44]	Swamp_Shadow	"Y'all know that the plural of zebra is zebra, right?"