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FoE PnP Group 3 Session 4

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  1. 17:04:04: <GMimezinga> 06 /me it's dawn in The Hole, the ponies living in the place are performing their daily routine and the group is still in the settlement's tavern and general storre; a couple of ponies arrive galloping from the north, both seem quite in a hurry
  2. 17:05:55: HighCaliber gallops into town, running short on breath.
  3. 17:05:58: Desert_Lightning relaxes on a tiny cloud in the corner
  4. 17:06:19: patchwork gets up and yawns "Alright gang. We've got to make tracks if we want to be on time to meet Molten Gold at Nightmare Falls on time."
  5. 17:06:37: Light_Seeker gets up
  6. 17:06:43: Cataclysm rushes down the path towards The Hole, kicking up a huge cloud of dust in her wake. She was going to be late if she didn't hurry, and this job had a pay off worth ten normal chances! No way was she passing up an opportunity like this. Panting as she skids to a halt, just over the line into the town, "Now if I were an over-loaded ghoul on a mission where would I go..?"
  7. 17:07:06: GMimezinga 06 the wholee group but buddy, the foal went out for some very important stuff and still has to come back
  8. 17:07:53: HighCaliber looks around for a group of adventures, but can't seem to find them
  9. 17:09:14: Light_Seeker jumps onto Jackies back
  10. 17:09:29: <GMimezinga> 06 as soon as the two running ponies arrive at the town's border, a gouard with a large rifle steps in front of them "stop right there or i'll soot!"
  11. 17:09:48: <GMimezinga> *shoot
  12. 17:09:54: HighCaliber skids to a halt, panting as he tries to recover his breath.
  13. 17:09:54: JackHammer is finishing off her drink and preparing to look around for the possibility of better quality ponyshoes when the sound of hoofbeats prompts her to turn her head towards the approaching dust cloud. "What in the hay?"
  14. 17:10:08: <patchwork> 12 "Desert are you going to be our eye's in the sky while we travel?"
  15. 17:10:54: <Desert_Lightning> "Yeah,apparently."
  16. 17:11:06: <Light_Seeker> "I got map..."
  17. 17:11:46: JackHammer glances back at her passenger. "Good work, kid."
  18. 17:12:17: <patchwork> 12 "Well hopefully we shouldn't get lost then."
  19. 17:12:20: Cataclysm scrambles a few moments in a mad attempt not to collide with the guard, which mostly just results in her spilling all over the ground face-first, rolling up a great big cloud of dust which overtakes her a moment. The hacking cough from within dieing after a few moments, "What? What'd I do this time!?"
  20. 17:12:53: <Light_Seeker> "Patchie should we stop and buy stuff now or later?"
  21. 17:13:08: Desert_Lightning hears the ruckus outside and has a peek outside
  22. 17:13:19: HighCaliber glances over to the mare covered in dirt. "Quiet. I'd prefer to NOT get in trouble."
  23. 17:13:40: <GMimezinga> 06 the guard looks at both the ponies, apparently relaxing a bit now that they are not charging anymore "normal ponies don't rush in town running as if they were chased by a manticore.... who are you two and what's your business in the Hole?"
  24. 17:14:45: JackHammer looks to the pegasus. "Can you see what that commotion's all about?"
  25. 17:15:10: HighCaliber brushes the dirt off of his barding. "Well you see, good sir, I was told to meet a group of travelers here. And... you see... I was a bit late. I hope I didn't miss them already..."
  26. 17:15:18: Cataclysm slowly climbs back to her hooves, shaking dust from her mane and tail, "Well. I don't know about him, but I'm here looking for a ghoul." she tilted her head to one side to shake some dust out of one of her ears, "I heard he came out this way, so I came as fast as I could to catch up."
  27. 17:15:43: HighCaliber glances at Cataclysm. "You too?"
  28. 17:15:49: Desert_Lightning looks at the guards and their big guns nervosly. "Think they'll shoot?"
  29. 17:15:50: patchwork scratches his chin "Best to resuply here. Don't know exactly when we'll reach Nightmare Falls. It'd be a good idea to plan ahead for the worst case scenario."
  30. 17:17:23: <Light_Seeker> "Desert Come down here and i think you'll be fine"
  31. 17:17:39: Cataclysm sortof peers side-long at HighCaliber, "Oh? More ponies out looking for fame and fortune?" she sighs quietly, "Guess it was too much to hope for that I'd get to keep it all for myself. But, help is always welcome. Can't move a mountain all on your own, after all!"
  32. 17:17:52: JackHammer is still in the tent. "Think who will shoot? What do you see, DL?"
  33. 17:18:34: HighCaliber looks back at the guard. "So uh... can we get through?"
  34. 17:19:11: patchwork pokes his head out of the bar and takes a look at the commotion.
  35. 17:19:21: Desert_Lightning starts tapping hooves together. "Well when I came in last night it was dark and their weren't alot of gaurds on the streets and those guns make me nervous and I want to fly away." hes says in a rush
  36. 17:19:26: <GMimezinga> 06 the guard looks at the couple of ponies, pondering for a moment, then points at the tavern/general store "you're lucky, there is a group of adventurers right there, and you only missed the ugly one... oh well, i guess it's a bit late if you were looking specifically for the ghoul, but the others were with him whn they arrived, maybe they know someething"
  37. 17:20:25: HighCaliber shakes the guard's hoof. "Thank you for the information, soldier. Now if you'll excuse me..."
  38. 17:21:06: <Light_Seeker> "It'll be find and if they shoot i will teleport us away"
  39. 17:21:10: <GMimezinga> 06 the guard avoids phisical contact and steps aside to let the two ponies pass "have a niuce day and spend some caps..."
  40. 17:21:11: Cataclysm gives a nice big smile to the guard, "Why thank you. It's always nice to find helpful ponies. Don't see enough of those out here." trotting past him as she adjusts her hardhat just a little. Amazing it managed not to come off in her near-crash experience. Tavern, that sounded good, maybe she could get a drink! ... If she weren't broke. Dammit.
  41. 17:21:43: JackHammer waves a hoof. "Don't worry, DL. You're with us. They shouldn't shoot you as long as you aren't on your own."
  42. 17:22:01: HighCaliber follows the questionable mare into town. "I don't believe we've been properly introduced."
  43. 17:22:09: Desert_Lightning looks at the guards and new ponies. "They're coming this way, tow of them."
  44. 17:22:26: <Desert_Lightning> *two*
  45. 17:22:43: <patchwork> 12 "I don't think the gaurds will give us any trouble, but those two are unknown. We should tred carefully."
  46. 17:22:51: <Light_Seeker> "I think it would be wise for you to get down"
  47. 17:23:02: Cataclysm raises a hoof to her muzzle at the mention of introductions, "Oh. Pardon me. Where are my manners?" turning to look at HighCaliber, "Cataclysm." offering him a hoof, "A pleasure, I'm sure."
  48. 17:24:11: HighCaliber takes the mare's hoof. "A pleasure, indeed. Now allow me to return the favor. My name is High Caliber, and I look forward to getting to know you better."
  49. 17:24:37: Desert_Lightning rolls off his low cloud and lands gracefully on his hooves.
  50. 17:25:09: Light_Seeker gets off jackies back and gets on DLs back
  51. 17:25:52: Desert_Lightning turns around to look at Light Seeker. "So, wanna try flying?"
  52. 17:26:01: <Light_Seeker> "Sure"
  53. 17:26:20: patchwork does a head count. "Any of you see where buddy ran off to?"
  54. 17:26:36: Desert_Lightning elaborates. "Outside, when we're away from the guards and those big scary guns!"
  55. 17:27:00: <Light_Seeker> "No i did not must still be sleeping"
  56. 17:27:25: Cataclysm smiles to Caliber, "Ooh. Well, I'm sure we'll get to know eachother just fine." looking up at something. Suddenly she waves a forehoof towards the building with a nice big friendly grin, "Ohoh! Secret admirers already? Today really must be my lucky day." starting to head in that direction again.
  57. 17:28:04: JackHammer finishes off her drink as she begins scanning the general store looking for better quality stompy shoes. "Two, huh? Both stallions, right? Or a married couple?" She's just about to call for the proprietor when a distinctly non-male voice is heard. Trying to hold in her hope, she casually...spins around and nearly knocks a steam gauge assembly off a shelf with her tail. "Oh,
  58. 17:28:05: JackHammer hey! New ponies! I like meeting new ponies!"
  59. 17:28:42: <Light_Seeker> "DL they be coming this way we should take to the skies"
  60. 17:29:03: HighCaliber trots towards the tavern, hoping to take a rest.
  61. 17:29:40: <Desert_Lightning> "No, we shouldn't fly here, to many guns that could horrifically end Lightning airways!"
  62. 17:29:56: <Light_Seeker> "Then we need to sneak out"
  63. 17:30:47: Desert_Lightning starts humming an old Equestrian tune and moves to the back door.
  64. 17:30:53: patchwork gives Light and Desert a funny look. "We don't need to sneak out. Quit being silly."
  65. 17:31:40: Cataclysm is wearing a hard-hat with a pair of goggles across it, along with some comfortable workmare's clothes which seem to have been reinforced with bits stolen from police armor, a sledgehammer hanging from one of her saddle bags in easy grabbing range. Perhaps not average, but hardly unthinkably odd.
  66. 17:32:43: Buddy_ looks up at Patchwork. "Why are they all sneaky sneaky? Can I play!?"
  67. 17:32:52: HighCaliber has an old Steel Ranger Initiate's barding on, along with a .50 caliber machine gun strapped to his back. Could be pretty intimidating.
  68. 17:33:22: Light_Seeker hangs onto DL and opens his bags
  69. 17:33:42: patchwork chuckles "Yeah you can play too buddy, but be ready we'll be leaving soon."
  70. 17:34:08: Desert_Lightning freezes, htrying to act like a statue, all while being highly visible and looking quite silly.
  71. 17:34:15: HighCaliber notices a small congregate of ponies inside the tavern, seemingly climbing all over each other.
  72. 17:34:42: Cataclysm trots onwards towards the general store, looking over those peering out at her with a nice warm smile. Best to make a good first impression, always helped with getting paid best! Quite the assortment too, it seemed. A pegasus, two foals, a unicorn and... A striped pony? Oooh. Now there was something she hadn't seen before!
  73. 17:35:05: Light_Seeker pulls out a landmine
  74. 17:35:18: patchwork trots over to the general store's merchant. "Do you have any food supplies for sale?"
  75. 17:35:33: <Desert_Lightning> "Oi, no explosives!"
  76. 17:35:43: <Light_Seeker> "Aw"
  77. 17:35:51: JackHammer mutters to herself. "Okay, calm down, Jackie. Probably a married couple...or the daughter of an overly protective father with a huge gun...or a nun...something like that. So calm. Cool. collected. Just be natural." And then the two new ponies walk into view and Jackie races forwards...and trips knocking herself silly.
  78. 17:36:21: HighCaliber glances at the pony laying on the ground. "Uh... are you alright?"
  79. 17:36:23: <Light_Seeker> "But what if they attack?"
  80. 17:37:04: Desert_Lightning goes to greet the new comers. "We won't know till we at least say hi. If they attack, blow their brains out!" he says cheerily.
  81. 17:37:13: Buddy_ trots past the prone form of Jackhammer with a big grin on his face. "Hello big ponies! Are you adventurers too?"
  82. 17:37:21: HighCaliber pokes the mare with his hoof. Getting no response, he moves on to the others. "Hello."
  83. 17:37:24: <Cataclysm> Okay, a clumsy mare with stripes. She could still work with that! Trotting over towards the rest of the group, "Hey there! I hope we're not interrupting anything important. I'm looking for a ghoul by the name of Molten Gold. I don't suppose you've seen him, have you?"
  84. 17:37:33: <GMimezinga> 06 "hey hey hey! put away that thing, kiddo!" the voice of the store owner sounds quite worried from behind the bar's counter
  85. 17:38:07: Buddy_ raises his hoof. "Oh! I know Mt Gold. Pick me! Pick me!"
  86. 17:38:15: Light_Seeker keeps the landmine by his side just in case
  87. 17:38:24: Desert_Lightning tries to nudge Jackie into moving
  88. 17:38:50: HighCaliber glances down at the foal. "YOU know the ghoul we're looking for?"
  89. 17:39:24: Cataclysm looks down towards Buddy, raising a hoof to gently pat him on the head, "Oh? Do you know where he went?" kids talking to ghouls, that was a little unusual, had she been drinking this morning and it slipped her mind?
  90. 17:39:29: patchwork caughs to get the store clerks attention. "Do you have any food supplies for sale?" He grins asking again.
  91. 17:41:16: <GMimezinga> 06 the store owner nods and points at the sheves "surre, we have plenty, fixed prices, take what you need"
  92. 17:41:43: Desert_Lightning shakes his head and sedately moves towards the newcomers. "We are aware of the ghoul you seek. He's not far gone from this place, headed rough and ready towards that place." he says in his best tribal see'er voice
  93. 17:41:59: Buddy_ grins. "Yes! Well, no. He was here but then he had to leave. Oh! But we're going to meet up with him again at Nightmare Falls."
  94. 17:42:07: <Light_Seeker> "He left last night why do you want him for?"
  95. 17:42:20: <patchwork> 12 "Sweet, I'll be sure to get plenty for our trip then."
  96. 17:43:04: <HighCaliber> "Well, we were told to meet him. Something about 'Riches beyond your wildest dreams' and whatnot."
  97. 17:43:22: <Buddy_> "Are you two going on an adventure with Mr Gold too? Hurray!"
  98. 17:43:42: Cataclysm smiles happily at Buddy's answer. Ah, foals, always so delightfully direct and simple, "Oh really? Well. I guess that makes me going in the same direction you are!" her smile spreading into a grin as she looks up towards Desert Lightning, "And you're going to take another route to get there, then?"
  99. 17:44:12: Buddy_ holds out a hoof. "My name is Buddy! I'm pleased to meet you!"
  100. 17:44:22: Light_Seeker jumps off DL and tries to land on Cataclysm
  101. 17:44:59: HighCaliber holds an enormous hoof up to Buddy's. "Pleasure is all mine."
  102. 17:45:05: <Desert_Lightning> "Nah, I just fly above these ponies. Also Light, no jumping on the new ponies backs without introductions!"
  103. 17:46:11: Cataclysm reaches down to shake Buddy's hoof, only to suddenly have another foal land on her! Stumbling to one side from the sudden increase in weight, "Hey, hey! Warn a girl before you're going to do something like that!" thump over onto the ground, a soft huff at DL's comment to the kid, "It's alright. I'm used to being the magnet for disaster. Cataclysm, at your service." raising a hoof from the ground towards Buddy and DL.
  104. 17:46:21: Light_Seeker sticks out a hoof to Cataclysm "Nice to meet you, I'm Light_seeker"
  105. 17:47:11: Desert_Lightning raises a hoof. "Desert Lightning at your service."
  106. 17:47:32: HighCaliber decides to continue on with the introductions. "And I am High Caliber, at your service."
  107. 17:48:19: <Buddy_> "Catty Clysm... another kitty!"
  108. 17:49:44: <Cataclysm> "Another..?" Cataclysm was used to having nicknames, though most far less flattering than kitty, but who else would the foal be referring to? Then again she didn't really know much about these ponies, "Nice to meet you all." slowly climbing back to her hooves, Light Seeker still on her back, assuming he hadn't shoved himself off.
  109. 17:49:56: patchwork patch is busy rumaging through foodstuffs he plans on buying to bring on the trip. "Names, Patchwork."
  110. 17:50:04: Light_Seeker floats his mine away back into his bags
  111. 17:50:38: HighCaliber glances around. "So... this is everypony?"
  112. 17:50:39: <Buddy_> me gapes at Caliber. "And a Cali-Bear?! Yay!" said Buddy, as he bounces around the new arrivals.
  113. 17:51:35: Cataclysm peers back at Light_Seeker, "You should be careful with that. Explosives aren't playthings. It'll take a leg off if you use it wrong!" actually probably much worse, but no need to scare the kid too much.
  114. 17:52:13: <Light_Seeker> "Don't worry i already almost got hit by one"
  115. 17:52:57: Desert_Lightning looks at High Caliber. "Welcome to the group it seems."
  116. 17:53:47: <HighCaliber> "So who is the leader of this ensamble? Surly you can't just be running around clueless. Where is Molten Gold?"
  117. 17:54:23: <Buddy_> "He had to leave to take care of an important thing, Mr Bear."
  118. 17:54:25: Cataclysm just sortof peers at Light_Seeker a few long moments, "Really?" they were taking foals through minefields? Who WAS in charge of this mess? There was dangerous and then there was suicidally stupid!
  119. 17:54:51: <Light_Seeker> "Um i blame Patchie"
  120. 17:55:16: <patchwork> 12 "I had no part in that mess."
  121. 17:55:29: <patchwork> 12 "Right now though I'm in charge."
  122. 17:55:36: <Desert_Lightning> "We have no real 'leader', but mostly we have enough skill and knowledge between us to get through things."
  123. 17:56:02: <HighCaliber> "And how has that been going so far?"
  124. 17:56:22: <Light_Seeker> "I almost lost a leg"
  125. 17:56:29: <Desert_Lightning> "We're still alive."
  126. 17:57:46: Light_Seeker lays on Cataclysm "So are you both coming with us?"
  127. 17:57:53: <patchwork> 12 "Well that's all true, but as far as samantics go Molten Gold left me in charge before he left. Right now I'm trying to get the group ready for travel."
  128. 17:58:13: Buddy_ wanders off to buy food.
  129. 17:58:41: Cataclysm groans softly and shakes her head, "And a lot more. Landmines are not children's toys!" raising a hoof to her face, she was going to end up playing nanny to these kids wasn't she? Celestia say it wasn't so! Slowly nodding her head in agreement to Light Seeker, "Seems so. We're all going to the same place. And I've spent quite enough nights all alone lately."
  130. 17:59:16: HighCaliber glances at Cataclysm, an idea forming in his head...
  131. 18:00:33: <Desert_Lightning> "Light Seeker's the best we have with explosives."
  132. 18:00:46: <Light_Seeker> "I like them"
  133. 18:00:48: patchwork levitates most of his bits to the merchant. "I'll be buying all of this." He motioned a hoof to a pile of food he had collected.
  134. 18:01:05: <Light_Seeker> "Patchie no meat"
  135. 18:01:17: <patchwork> 12 "I didn't get any meat."
  136. 18:01:27: <HighCaliber> "Surly you must have better armament than a single mine."
  137. 18:01:44: HighCaliber motions at his .50 Caliber Machine Gun
  138. 18:01:50: <patchwork> 12 "I've got a gun and wrench."
  139. 18:02:21: <Light_Seeker> "No i haz two mines"
  140. 18:02:36: Cataclysm blinks at Desert Lightning's comment about explosives, "Really? Well, allow me to introduce myself properly." she reaches up to pull of her hard hat briefly, "Inevitable Cataclysm, professional demolition expert and rock breaker. Not as much call for it as I'd like away from home, sadly. Hard to find work out here." sighing whistfully, ah, the days when she could work iron recovery without worrying about getting shot or eate
  141. 18:02:39: HighCaliber shuffles back from Light_Seeker a few feet.
  142. 18:02:42: <patchwork> 12 "Mines are useful deadly little frisbees."
  143. 18:04:10: <HighCaliber> "Ha. You have tw-two mines? Tha-that's great! Uh... Just great!"
  144. 18:04:32: Desert_Lightning looks at the mare. "Inevitable Cataclysm?" He didn't like where this was going.
  145. 18:04:37: <JackHammer> "Gleble?" Jackie mutters as she slowly comes around. Okay, there are voices...but why is it so dark? Oh right, eyes. And why does her chin hurt? Wait, what do we remember? Breakfast...noise outside...new pony...mare! And...went to see her...no, ran to se her and...oh no... She cracks open her eyelids and...yep, the ground is awfully close today. *sigh*
  146. 18:05:09: Cataclysm should definitely be more concerned about having someone carrying mines laying on her back. A grin flashing across her muzzle for Desert Lightning, "Naturally. That's what you get when you've got lit dynamite, after all."
  147. 18:05:49: Light_Seeker hugs Cataclysm "So we both can make explosives sweet, also what should i call you?"
  148. 18:05:59: HighCaliber pokes Jackhammer with a hoof. "And who might you be?"
  149. 18:06:26: Desert_Lightning stares at her some more. "Rules, no throwing any at towards the group, no blowing your self up, no blowing me me up. Ok?"
  150. 18:07:42: Cataclysm scowls at Desert Lightning, "Please. I'm no amateur!" really, did he actually think she'd deliberately blow them up? How rude! "You can call me Cat, or Cataclysm. Whichever you prefer." still better than some of her nicknames.
  151. 18:08:49: Desert_Lightning stops staring intently and then smiles. "Good!"
  152. 18:09:06: JackHammer blinks more fully awake and looks up sheepishly up at the new stallion. "Ah...Jackhammer's may name and...honestly, I'm not normally that clumsy." She gathers her hooves beneath her then heaves herself up. "And...I guess I missed the introductions, huh?"
  153. 18:09:49: patchwork looks over Jackie. "You okay there?"
  154. 18:10:16: HighCaliber helps the mare to her hooves. "Well, miss Hammer, you may call me High Caliber. Or Cal. Whichever serves the situation best."
  155. 18:11:14: Cataclysm trots up towards Jackhammer as she finally starts recovering, "Are you alright? That was quite a nasty fall." hardhat back on, yep. Also adorable unicorn colt on her back.
  156. 18:15:08: Light_Seeker pulls out map
  157. 18:15:41: JackHammer glances back at Patchy rubbing a hoof through her mane. "Ah heh...yeah, sure. Just...didn't see that...really big chunk of concrete..." *cough* Refocusing on the newcomer, she nods. "Okay Cal. Well, my friends call me Jackie, and anypony with that kind of firepower..." She points to the .50 cal. "...is somepony I prefer to have as a friend." About that time Cat trots over
  158. 18:15:42: JackHammer and Jackie turns to greet her, "Oh sure, sure. Heh...hard head." She taps her skull with a hoof and chuckles.
  159. 18:16:15: Buddy_ , with his mastery of inappropriate timing, poking his head between the two mares. "Yay! Tiger has finished her nap. Tiger, this is Ms Kitty, Ms Kitty, this is Tiger."
  160. 18:16:29: <GMimezinga> 06 the shop owner is merrily counting the caps that the group is spending annd doesn't even dream to tell them to go talk somewhere else
  161. 18:17:19: Cataclysm blinks at the sudden interjection by Buddy, before suddenly breaking down laughing at the exclamation's details, "A pleasure to meet you, Tiger." offering a hoof to Jackhammer with a smile, "I'm Cataclysm."
  162. 18:17:53: HighCaliber looks at the foal. "And apparently I'm a bear."
  163. 18:19:33: patchwork walks over to the group. "Jackie want me to check you over to make sure you didn't get a concussion?"
  164. 18:20:06: JackHammer smiles down at Buddy and tousles his mane. "Good to know, Buddy." She looks up in time to see the hoof already held out to her and quickly grasps it giving it an overly vigorous shake in her poorly suppressed excitement. "Pleased to meet you, Miss Cataclysm. My name is Jackhammer, but I really hope you want to call me Jackie, or J, or anytime."
  165. 18:20:52: JackHammer does not intentionally ignore Patchy, oh no. She's just...a bit focused at the moment...like a laser.
  166. 18:21:31: <Cataclysm> "Hmmm... Anytime?" Cataclysm pauses to ponder that after the shaking of her hoof, "Well, only if you say so." turning about on her hooves to trot fro the door, "It's a tad crowded in here. Why don't we go talk outside? Shouldn't waste too much time waiting around in town if we don't have to." yes, yes, yes! Don't say anything stupid today.
  167. 18:22:46: <Light_Seeker> "Yes we should go out and get ready"
  168. 18:23:26: <HighCaliber> "Onward to glory!"
  169. 18:24:03: Desert_Lightning looks outside. "To freedom, to the skies, TO FLIGHT!" Desert Lightning yells.
  170. 18:24:25: patchwork shakes his head. "I'd rather avoid glory. Glory tends to get people killed in messy ways."
  171. 18:24:38: <patchwork> 12 *ponies
  172. 18:24:40: <Light_Seeker> "Um DL can i ride on you're back?"
  173. 18:25:04: <Desert_Lightning> "Sure, hop on."
  174. 18:25:43: Light_Seeker jumps onto DLs back "I'll navigate while you fly"
  175. 18:25:45: Buddy_ 's eyes widen at the sight of an enourmous Plushie in the corner of the room. It seems to have been forgotten there, still sealed in a plastic bag. Buddy runs over and jumps on top of it.
  176. 18:26:13: JackHammer grins and nodnodnods enthusiastically as her eyes take in the sight of a truly cute mare, all sweet and supple curves beneath her dusty outfit. Oh, but it would be nice to help her clean up a bit... "Oh, right, outside. Outside is good." All thoughts of purchasing new spiked ponyshoes are temporarily set on the back burner. This time she manages not to stumble over any
  177. 18:26:14: JackHammer obvious imperfections in the road.
  178. 18:27:29: Cataclysm oofs as Lucky leaps off her, well at least the kid was having fun. Kids should have more of that, especially out here. Trotting back towards the middle of the town, "So your flying friend is going to lead the way then and we just follow them? Or are they going to get us horribly lost and eaten alive?"
  179. 18:27:54: <GMimezinga> 06 "hey hey hey! don't break anything! first you buy, then you can touch it!" the shop owner yells at buddy
  180. 18:28:30: Buddy_ looks up with enourmous, teary eyes. "But... but..."
  181. 18:29:10: HighCaliber goes to the owner. "Excuse me, but how much for the doll?"
  182. 18:29:46: <Desert_Lightning> "We have a map, or at least Light does."
  183. 18:29:55: <GMimezinga> 06 the shop owner looks at buddy, then at high caliber "it's a faithful image of Princess Luna, it's not a doll but a holy image... i can't part from it for less than one hundred"
  184. 18:30:11: JackHammer ponders the other mare's question...with the 15% of her brain not pondering what the mare looks like under her outfit and how best to find out empirically. "Um, a little of column A, a little of column B?"
  185. 18:30:25: Desert_Lightning charges Buddy
  186. 18:31:14: Desert_Lightning tackles Buddy in a hug.
  187. 18:31:23: HighCaliber puts on his best charm face.
  188. 18:31:41: <Light_Seeker> "You follow me which i'll be on DL"
  189. 18:33:23: patchwork facehoofs. "We don't have much time for tomfoolery hurry up so we can get on the road."
  190. 18:33:28: <HighCaliber> "Well, you see, fine proprietor of this establishment, this young foal here is awfully alone. Hardly a friend in the world! With no parents, he has no one to talk to, no one to confess. And in these tough times, don't we all need a little help from our moon goddess?"
  191. 18:34:15: Buddy_ hugs Desert_Lightning back.
  192. 18:34:43: Cataclysm could probably help the haggle, but she wasn't really paying much attention to the discussions in the shop right now, "Oh. Sounds exciting." looking Jackhammer over curiously, she was a big one, no doubt. Well built, definitely pretty, "So why does the little one call you Tiger?" it was a simple enough question, at least.
  193. 18:34:51: <Light_Seeker> "Patchie can we have some tape?"
  194. 18:35:25: Desert_Lightning starts dancing, hopefully distracting the young buck. He tries to communicate this fact to Caliber that they don't need the doll
  195. 18:36:34: patchwork looks at the choas, and shakes his head. "I'll be waiting outside." he sighs as he walks out of the shop.
  196. 18:36:35: <GMimezinga> 06 "yeah, sure, we all have a sad story to live with. my only friend was eaten alive by wild dogs while he tried to save my sister from them. I'm sorry but i can't bo under eighty caps..."
  197. 18:37:13: <HighCaliber> "Sorry, fellow gentlecolt, but that is a bit to steep for my group here."
  198. 18:37:35: JackHammer chuckles and rubs at her mane again. "Oh, that? Probably the stripes. Not sure where he learned about tigers in the wasteland - probably some pre-war book, but I guess I do kinda have the look."
  199. 18:38:05: Buddy_ is entranced. He's not sure whats going on, but he likes it.
  200. 18:38:36: Desert_Lightning starts heading to the door with Buddy in tow
  201. 18:38:47: <Desert_Lightning> "Let's move out everypony!"
  202. 18:39:04: Cataclysm raised her eyebrows a little, oh, stripes? Really? How interesting indeed. her smile spread wider at that, "Oh? Well I guess that's understandable. I'm sure they make you quite exotic under all that barding." Finally a good day! Maybe her luck really was turning around! A new job, someponies to travel with. Yes. "Looks like it's time to go."
  203. 18:39:41: HighCaliber nods to the owner. "I guess our business will be taken elsewhere. I bid you good day."
  204. 18:39:56: HighCaliber follows the group out of the store
  205. 18:40:31: Buddy_ , easiliy distracted as ever, trots out after Desert_Lightning
  206. 18:41:54: <GMimezinga> 06 the shop owner shrugs and watches the ponies trot away, doesn't seem that sad that they didn't buy the doll, maybe he liked it fir real
  207. 18:42:33: HighCaliber turns to the rest of the group once outside. "Ok team, where to now?"
  208. 18:42:55: JackHammer grins and shrugs at Cat. "Maybe you could find out sometime?" Oh yeah, smoooooth operator. XD
  209. 18:43:50: Cataclysm smiles, tossing her messy tail just a little, "Ooh. Well. I'm sure we'll get a chance to share a room someday." looking up to make sure she keeps vision of Desert_Lightning, better not get lost!
  210. 18:43:55: HighCaliber tries to hide the fact that he is hearing this conversation and his face is reddening slightly.
  211. 18:43:57: <GMimezinga> 06 checking the map, it seems that past the Hole, there is a town named broccoli
  212. 18:44:32: <patchwork> 12 "Off to broccoli, and then to Nightmare Falls."
  213. 18:45:28: Buddy_ suddenly seems agitated. "We should leave now so we get there before dark!"
  214. 18:45:50: <HighCaliber> "Whats the matter, kid? Scared of the dark?"
  215. 18:45:52: <Desert_Lightning> "Okay, everypony around me, don't want to be shot by the guards."
  216. 18:46:09: Light_Seeker hangs onto DL
  217. 18:46:56: <Cataclysm> "Are the guards really THAT prone to shooting ponies leaving town?" Cataclysm trotted along below Desert Lightning, she was fine to keep going and find this other town. But getting shot was not on her agenda for today.
  218. 18:47:42: <Desert_Lightning> "Pegasus, inside city, with gaurds that may or may not hold a grudge."
  219. 18:48:03: <Desert_Lightning> "And last time being shot was a real danger."
  220. 18:48:16: <patchwork> 12 "Right then we'll walk out of town and then you can take flight."
  221. 18:48:17: HighCaliber looks at Cataclysm and DL. "Don't worry. If they attack you, they'll have to go through /me/ first!"
  222. 18:48:25: HighCaliber flexes.
  223. 18:48:35: Buddy_ tries to sound brave. "I'm not scared of the dark, it's just that..." Buddy leans closer to Cal and whispers (loud enough for everypony to hear) "There's a ghost!"
  224. 18:48:38: Light_Seeker looks at Cal
  225. 18:48:41: JackHammer has her little pony dancing for joy like Twilight Sparkle in her head. Share. A. Room. Yesyesyesyesyesyesyesyes! "Let's call that a plan," she says grinning at Cat. "And don't worry about the guards. They're decent ponies. DL's just a little...well, he hasn't had the best luck with town guards."
  226. 18:48:42: patchwork begins walking down the road headed out of town.
  227. 18:49:30: HighCaliber whispers to Buddy. "Don't worry, kid. I'm here. No scarries are gonna get to you with me around."
  228. 18:50:34: <Light_Seeker> "um ghost or no ghost we should hurry before night"
  229. 18:50:48: <Buddy_> "But the ghost eats you if you've been naughty! And... um... sometimes I eat more Apple Bombs than I'm supposed to..."
  230. 18:51:31: <HighCaliber> "Welp, enough lollygagging! Let's get this show on the road!"
  231. 18:51:32: Cataclysm frowns a little, "Well I've been chased out of a few towns myself. Usually they at least yell at you BEFORE they open fire." a laugh at that. Was... Was she really joking about potentially getting shot at? "And I'd call it more than a plan. How about a promise?" That sounded like a good idea, yep. Wait, what was Buddy upset about? "Aww. It'll be okay. I'm sure the ghost won't be angry about that. You're a good little pony, r
  232. 18:52:20: <Light_Seeker> "DL if you would lead the way please"
  233. 18:52:39: HighCaliber raises a brow at Cat while they're walking. "A promise?"
  234. 18:53:12: Cataclysm smiles to Caliber, "Just something between me and Jackie. Don't concern yourself about it."
  235. 18:53:26: Buddy_ trots alongside the big strong Bear, eye's glancing left and right in case of poltergiest activity.
  236. 18:53:51: JackHammer follows Patchwork...though she does hesitate to make sure Cataclysm is following along as well. "Pfft. Who would chase a sweet mare like you out of town?" She suddenly has a thought as she considers her luck. "You are sweet, right? Not a crazy axe m-" *glances at the sledgehammer* "...hammer murderer or something, are you?"
  237. 18:54:14: Desert_Lightning starts along the road, waiting till the group is sufficaintly distant from the town to start flying
  238. 18:54:15: patchwork looks back at the group. "Are we leaving town or are we just talking about it? Come on getty up ponies!"
  239. 18:54:33: HighCaliber scoops up Buddy and tosses him on his back. "Let's go, friends!"
  240. 18:54:54: Light_Seeker gets out map and reads it while on DL's back
  241. 18:55:30: Cataclysm frowns, "No. Ofcourse not." just slightly insulted by the insinuation, "Just... I'll tell you about how I left home sometime. Sabotage is never pleasant." Yes, sabotage. That had to be it. No way she could have made a mistake like that.
  242. 18:56:02: Buddy_ cheers. "Yay! First I was Tiger cavalry, now I'm Bear cavalry! One day I'll be all the cavalry!"
  243. 18:59:24: JackHammer relaxes...mostly. It occurs to her that a hammer muderess would not likely admit to it unless she was really, really crazy. On the other hoof...there are worse ways to go if she could have a decent night first. "Oh, ah, right. Sure. I mean, I know something about homes that can't be returned to, so...yeah... Oh! And yes, definitely a promise!"
  244. 19:00:49: HighCaliber turns back to the two mares. "If you don't mind, ladies, we should save the promises of 'alone time' for later and really get a move on to our next objective."
  245. 19:01:57: Cataclysm waves Caliber's concerns off, "Yes, yes. Relax. We have a long day of travel ahead of us. There's no reason we shouldn't enjoy the trip, is there?" she wasn't in a huge hurry now, at least. Following along at the standard travel speed for the group. Her mind working on what Jackie had said, "Really? You'll have to tell me about it sometime."
  246. 19:02:24: <GMimezinga> 06 the group trots along the big 52 not leaving the highway for almost half a day; a little past nnoon, the two young ponies start feeling the first telltale signs of hunger and tummies start complaining
  247. 19:02:40: JackHammer is moving - she's totally following Patchy...at exactly the same pace as Cat. Nope, not in a hurry exactly...though, oh my, was it always this effortless to trot?
  248. 19:03:18: Buddy_ announces loudly, "Snack time!"
  249. 19:03:23: HighCaliber looks up to Buddy on his back. "What's the matter, bud
  250. 19:04:22: JackHammer glances at the younger members of the group. "Heh...I think the kids might want something for their bellies. I suppose I could stand a snack too."
  251. 19:05:00: HighCaliber looks in his food-barren saddlebags. "Yeah... about that..."
  252. 19:05:35: Buddy_ rummages around in his saddle bags and produced a box of Apple Sugar Bombs.
  253. 19:06:10: Desert_Lightning dips low, looking for a suitable spot to preform a high speed landing. Mostly to look cool.
  254. 19:06:27: <patchwork> 12 "I've got food covered for three days."
  255. 19:06:35: Cataclysm looks up as the day passes towards afternoon, mmm, snack did sound nice. But she was a little short on spare food, or spare caps, right now. Curses. Just have to carry on till tonight, right? Surely they could get something to eat wherever they stopped, "Guess that's not too surprising. It's quite a long walk out here, after all."
  256. 19:07:24: Buddy_ seems surprisingly prepared for one so abscent minded.
  257. 19:07:45: patchwork levitates some pre-war food out to every pony.
  258. 19:07:57: <Light_Seeker> "I'll try to stay strong for a few days"
  259. 19:08:09: JackHammer pats the fluffy one on the shoulder. "Good job, Patchy." Wasn't she planning to buy some food and...hmm...ponyshoes, yeah...buy those back in town...half a day back the way they came. Oy...
  260. 19:08:12: Buddy_ frowns. "I'm sorry Mr Bear, but they didn't have any pots of honey in the shop."
  261. 19:08:23: <patchwork> 12 "Here eat up. I bought food stuff for everypony."
  262. 19:08:33: HighCaliber looks at the free provisions. "Oh no... I possibly couldn't take advantage... of your... generosity..."
  263. 19:08:42: HighCaliber 's mouth waters a little
  264. 19:08:46: Light_Seeker takes it and starts to eat "Thank you Patchie"
  265. 19:09:00: <patchwork> 12 "I bought it for the group it's not a problem."
  266. 19:09:43: HighCaliber bows. "Then thank you, fine gentlecolt. This act of kindness shall not be forgotten."
  267. 19:10:01: Cataclysm bows her head a bit at Patchwork's offer, "Thank you very kindly. It's always so nice to meet a gentlebuck willing to give a lady what she needs." hooray, food! Food now, maybe booze tonight. Yes. Booze sounded good. But not while on the road. She didn't need to repeat that mistake!
  268. 19:11:27: JackHammer accepts the offered food with a grateful smile and starts crunching into a small box of Prance brand Peanut Butter Crackers.
  269. 19:11:37: Desert_Lightning trots over to the group. "What we got to eat?"
  270. 19:14:03: <patchwork> 12 "Pre-war food. Here you go."
  271. 19:14:22: patchwork levitates Desert some food.
  272. 19:15:08: Desert_Lightning eats with gusto
  273. 19:16:03: Buddy_ 's ears perk up. "Do you hear that? It must be the ghost! She's coem out early!"
  274. 19:16:14: Cataclysm collects some food for herself, hanging around close to Jackie as she munches on lunch. Yay lunch with some new friends. Ear flicking a little, what the heck was that sound? Looking up into the air in confusion, "What is that sound?"
  275. 19:16:31: Light_Seeker looks at where the sound is coming from
  276. 19:16:52: Desert_Lightning looks around. "What sound, I hear no sound."
  277. 19:17:12: HighCaliber continues munching on food. "I donph phear anyphing."
  278. 19:19:21: Light_Seeker puts the map away and pulls out his gun
  279. 19:19:34: JackHammer looks around in confusion but her eyes keep drifting back to the mare, an actual, honest to goddesses, unattached mare who seems, dare she dream?, to be interested in her!
  280. 19:22:13: Cataclysm stares up, the buzzing was beginning to- Ohno, that was bad. "Bloatsprites!" leaping to her hooves all at once, "We've got to move right now." prodding Jackie with a hoof, "Get the others up and moving. If we leave right now maybe they won't attack us!"
  281. 19:23:19: <patchwork> 12 "I recgonize that sound. . . Bloatsprites. . . We need to be careful how we leave we don't want to disturb there nest any further."
  282. 19:23:46: <Light_Seeker> "Could i teleport us far enough away?"
  283. 19:24:13: <HighCaliber> "What are you all afraid of?"
  284. 19:24:22: JackHammer blinks away thoughts of sexy happy fun times and jumps to her hooves as well. "Right, which way?"
  285. 19:24:24: <HighCaliber> "Bloatsprites? Really?"
  286. 19:24:35: Buddy_ stops looking scared. "So it isn't the ghost?"
  287. 19:24:49: <HighCaliber> "Nope. Just a bug
  288. 19:25:33: <patchwork> 12 "Big nasty bugs, that will eat you if given the chance."
  289. 19:25:38: <Buddy_> "Oh I know about bugs! You just got to roll up a newspaper and squish 'em!"
  290. 19:25:50: Cataclysm waves a hoof around, "Any way. Just not here." this was just her luck. Finally meet a nice mare, get something to eat, have a chance at a fortune, then bam! Ambushed by monsters. Argh. But at least she had a chance to get away this time without being mauled, "We should get out of here before they wake up. There's a whole nest of them somewhere around here." trotting nervously in place. She wanted to take off running again, b
  291. 19:27:05: JackHammer tries to clean out her ear, digging in it with a hoof. "I mean where are they and how many? One or two and we're fine, but they can be nasty in groups."
  292. 19:27:42: JackHammer belatedly registers the latter part of what Cat said. "A NEST? Okay, exiting now!"
  293. 19:29:44: JackHammer makes a grab for Buddy to toss him on her back. "We ought to get going now unless we want to be pin cushions. Their aim isn't that great and they don't hit too hard, but a nest could be a real problem. Get enough attacking at once and you're almost certain to get hit."
  294. 19:30:29: HighCaliber flexes
  295. 19:30:57: <HighCaliber> "Not a problem, if you ask me."
  296. 19:31:09: Buddy_ finds himself on the Tiger's back.
  297. 19:31:22: JackHammer rolls her eyes. "We're going to fight, huh? Okay, fine. Just don't shoot me. You ready, Buddy?"
  298. 19:31:57: Cataclysm doesn't particularly want to have to fight that many at once, "Are... We really going to fight a whole next of bloatsprites for no reason..?" this seemed like such a bad idea to her. But she still wasn't willing to just run off and abandon Jackie and company to them either.
  299. 19:31:57: <Desert_Lightning> "How about you all run away whilst I distract em."
  300. 19:32:17: <patchwork> 12 "Their just bloatsprites we can take em."
  301. 19:32:33: HighCaliber pulls his gun off of his back.
  302. 19:33:25: Light_Seeker pulls out some landmines
  303. 19:33:34: Desert_Lightning facehoofs. "What if we need the ammo we're about to use to kill something really nasty, like one of those Alicorn things or perhaps a Yaogui?
  304. 19:33:56: <HighCaliber> "Stomp on them."
  305. 19:34:03: <HighCaliber> "They're bugs."
  306. 19:34:10: Buddy_ draws his revolver and nods at the Tiger.
  307. 19:34:40: JackHammer sets herself. "Now which way are they? There's really only two ways to deal effectively with Bloatsprites. Avoid them or get in close as fast as possible and take them down."
  308. 19:34:42: <Cataclysm> "They can fly. And spit acid." Cataclysm just facehoofed a few moments, but she wasn't going to argue with the pony with the huge gun. Dragging her sledgehammer free of its loop. If they wanted to fight then she'd fight.
  309. 19:34:42: Light_Seeker puts away the landminies
  310. 19:34:48: <Desert_Lightning> "Fine, be tat way. Light, I'll need the Revolver I gave you."
  311. 19:35:15: <Light_Seeker> "How about we just leave?"
  312. 19:35:25: <HighCaliber> "Vote?"
  313. 19:35:41: Cataclysm raises her hoof at the idea of leaving. Now would be the time to do it, before things got worse.
  314. 19:35:53: <HighCaliber> "We should vote for whether or not we should fight. We are a TEAM after all..."
  315. 19:35:58: <Desert_Lightning> "No way. Absolutely not, don't want to fight em."
  316. 19:35:59: <Light_Seeker> "Vote it is"
  317. 19:36:52: JackHammer shrugs. "Hey, I'm fine with leaving. Not like they have anything we want."
  318. 19:37:11: <patchwork> 12 "Their bugs so it's not really worth it, but we could probably handle them just fine. I'm for whatever the group deciceds."
  319. 19:37:41: <patchwork> 12 they're*
  320. 19:37:45: <Cataclysm> "Let's just get out of here. Save the ammo for something worth shooting at." Cataclysm was still not very pleased at the idea of hanging around JUST to fight bloatsprites. It wasn't like there was anything here they cared about!
  321. 19:37:52: <Buddy_> "Flies are yucky and should be squished, unlike spiders which are nice."
  322. 19:37:56: <HighCaliber> "Fine. But next time we come across anything harmful, we take it out. Someone weaker than us could stumble across it after we do."
  323. 19:38:38: JackHammer eyes Buddy. "Er...I'm not so sure all spiders are nice, but...well, whatever."
  324. 19:39:09: <Light_Seeker> "DL can you take me up so i'm not down here?"
  325. 19:39:39: HighCaliber holsters his gun.
  326. 19:39:53: <patchwork> 12 'Wait HighCaliber has a point. We can't just leave them here they are a danger to unsepsecting travelers. It'd be a good thing if we wipe themout."
  327. 19:41:33: JackHammer blinks at that. "Okay, you have a point there. Wouldn't want someone all alone to get swarmed by them."
  328. 19:41:35: Cataclysm pauses, contemplating that a few moments. She didn't like the idea of somepony getting attacked by them. But they were also not their problem. But... Argh. "Fine... We can stop them if it means that much to you." she's a demolition expert. Maybe she can collapse their hive, keep any more from repopulating once these were gone.
  329. 19:44:30: HighCaliber pulls his gun out againg.
  330. 19:44:39: <HighCaliber> "Let's do this."
  331. 19:44:51: Light_Seeker pulls out landmines again
  332. 19:45:14: Buddy_ is still on the Tiger's back.
  333. 19:45:40: <Desert_Lightning> "Okay, fine, Light I need the .32, get your mines ready and lets get this show on the road."
  334. 19:46:01: patchwork levitates out his wrench.
  335. 19:46:08: Cataclysm looks around, trying to pick out where the bloatsprites would be coming from. That would be the best place to apply her skills, undoubtably. Couldn't be that well hidden, could it?
  336. 19:46:56: <GMimezinga> 06 now the whole group sees the bloatsprites, they are at no morre than 50 meters from the road, right behind a small mound
  337. 19:48:21: Light_Seeker hands Patchie a mine
  338. 19:48:27: Cataclysm drops her sledgehammer back in its hoop. A moment later she had dynamite out of one of her bags. The mound was their nest, no doubt. Get rid of it, maybe the rest would move on. Yes that sounded like a brilliant idea. But how was she going to get close enough to do the job? Ah, right! "Lightning? Can you keep them busy a minute? I'm going to blow that mound."
  339. 19:48:28: JackHammer grins as she FINALLY spots their none too intimidating targets. It's always less alarming when you know where the enemy is. "Ah, there they are! Okay, on a count of 3, I'm rushing them."
  340. 19:49:04: patchwork grasps the mine with his magic. "How do I turn it on?"
  341. 19:49:18: Desert_Lightning takes the .32 from Light seeker and some ammo
  342. 19:49:27: <Buddy_> "OK Miss Tiger!"
  343. 19:50:02: <HighCaliber> "No! Wait!"
  344. 19:50:09: <HighCaliber> "I have a plan..."
  345. 19:50:40: JackHammer glances at the explodey preparations and hesitates. Waiting might actually be a good idea...
  346. 19:51:39: HighCaliber looks at Light Seeker and Desert Lightning. "Ok, you two fly over the nest, and drop some explosives on it. Can you do that?"
  347. 19:54:07: Cataclysm readies herself to take off running once the area around the nest was clear. She'd need to get close enough to make sure she actually collapsed the nest properly. Just hurling dynamite at it all willy-nilly wouldn't help any at all.
  348. 19:55:23: patchwork Patch nods.
  349. 19:56:53: <HighCaliber> "Then Jackie, Patch, and I go clean up what's left. After that's done with, Cataclysm can be sure the nest is effectively destroyed."
  350. 19:57:16: Buddy_ looks around. "Are we there yet?"
  351. 19:57:20: Desert_Lightning takes off at a near vertical angle as fast as he can whilst Light is still clinging to him. Once at the top, Desert begins his dive, trying to give Light an optimal shot at the nest.
  352. 19:58:39: Cataclysm nods her head, dynamite held in her lips almost like one might expect a cigar, eyeing that mound of dirt over there. Almost enough to make her wish she had a firearm. Almost.
  353. 19:59:17: HighCaliber readies his large caliber machine gun. "Ok, you three, follow me..."
  354. 20:00:31: <GMimezinga> 06 the bloatsprites outside the nest seem to notice desert when he takes the flight, but they simply ignore it, maybe bacuse he's too fast, maybe because they are stupid, go figure.
  355. 20:00:43: patchwork get's ready to fling his mine.
  356. 20:01:11: JackHammer sets out after Cal with Buddy on her back. So far, so good by the looks of things over by the nest.
  357. 20:04:05: <GMimezinga> 06 the group moes silently enough, in a good position, noww everything is set
  358. 20:04:21: patchwork patch watches Desert for the signal.
  359. 20:04:29: JackHammer does however make sure she's just a little apart from Cal and Patchy in the direction of Cat...just in cast Cat needs help or somesuch.
  360. 20:04:31: Light_Seeker gets ready with the mine
  361. 20:04:32: HighCaliber looks up at Desert lightning and gives him the go ahead.
  362. 20:05:47: Desert_Lightning comes to the final part of the dive, his mind focused on the last minute adjustments, then it's all up to Light Seeker
  363. 20:08:03: Light_Seeker activates the mine and gets ready
  364. 20:14:45: <GMimezinga> 06 patches tosses his mine on the moon, the mine lands too far from the nest to activate by proximity and sits there ,active and undetonated. Light_Seeker mine instead hits the target and some seconds after it lands, the group can hear the distinctive sound of BEEP BEEP BEEP
  365. 20:15:22: Desert_Lightning pulls up at full speed, wings straining under the forces applied
  366. 20:15:35: patchwork patch ducks for cover.
  367. 20:17:41: HighCaliber smiles as his plan comes together.
  368. 20:18:34: JackHammer presses herself to the ground and hopes for the best.
  369. 20:18:42: <GMimezinga> 06 the mine explodes, exploding the nest in a ball of fire and mud shards, most of the creatures in the nest die istantly, the others are badly stunned, becoming ann easy target for the moment
  370. 20:19:15: Cataclysm flattens her ears at the explosion, wow. That was a somewhat more violent landmine than she expected. And a less durable nest. Well plus side was she didn't have to waste dynamite blowing it up!
  371. 20:20:09: HighCaliber starts to sight in the survivors on his .50 Cal.
  372. 20:20:34: Desert_Lightning turns around towards the remaining bloatsprites
  373. 20:20:38: JackHammer grins and leaps up, racing towards the dazed bloatsprites. "Stompin' time!"
  374. 20:23:12: patchwork Patch stands up "Careful there's another mine out there!"
  375. 20:24:25: HighCaliber glares at Patch. "I wonder how that got there."
  376. 20:28:51: Desert_Lightning closes on the the bloatsprites at a relatively sedate pace, bringing the gun around so that he can hit the nearest of the little things.
  377. 20:29:05: Desert_Lightning then fires 3 shots at the target
  378. 20:37:53: <GMimezinga> 06 Desert_Lightning fires at the surviving critters, but his aim is so bad that he doesn'tt hit anything
  379. 20:38:19: Desert_Lightning is unable to place a single bullet on the target, his shots going wide. With a great deal of shame, he lets Light make up for his failure
  380. 20:40:22: <GMimezinga> 06 on the second shot,m the pegasus jams his gun
  381. 20:47:22: Light_Seeker fires 3 shots at 3 of the bloatsprites one each
  382. 20:51:59: <GMimezinga> 06 Light_Seeker shots 3 times, hitting two of the grounded creatures and making them esplode in small puddles of green slime
  383. 20:55:49: JackHammer bolts across the ground between her and the stunned bloatsprites with Buddy on her back. As she drew near, she slowed down, noticing the sprites starting to revive and wanting Buddy to be able to shoot them since it didn't look like she'd make it too them before they took to the air again.
  384. 20:58:08: Buddy_ carefully aims at a nearby Bloatsprite and pulls the trigger... but oh noes! His gun jams!
  385. 20:59:04: <GMimezinga> 06 not only buddy's gun jams, bit it starts even doing a funny BEEP BEEP BEEP sound! no wait, that is the mine jackie stepped on!
  386. 21:00:34: <JackHammer> (O.O);
  387. 21:03:04: Cataclysm blinks as the beeping starts. Ohno! That nice stripy mare she just met was about to get exploded. Well she'd have to do something to stop that. Taking off running across the ground between them as fast as she possibly could. Had to get there in time!
  388. 21:18:00: HighCaliber aims his gun carefully at a paralyzed sprite. He fires a burst at it, the first two bullets successfully hitting it. The third bullet, however, causes his gun to jam.
  389. 21:18:38: <GMimezinga> 06 there's bloatsprite's mist everywhere
  390. 21:20:27: patchwork here's the mine beeping, but realises he can't make it in time to do anything helpful so instead he moves closer to the sprites nest and takes a carefully aimed shot at the final bloatsprite.
  391. 21:20:33: <patchwork> 12 hears*
  392. 21:25:00: <GMimezinga> 06 even patchie's pistol jams, and now the group will be victim of the blood lusting bloatsprites... only... they still don't move
  393. 21:35:25: JackHammer trots over to the remaining pair of bloatsprites, leaps into the air, and Pinkie Pie prances atop their twitching forms.
  394. 21:38:33: <GMimezinga> 06 the mine ezplodes, marking the end of the fight, the brave ponies have fought and overpowered a terribad swarm of unaware fliees, go go group 3
  395. 21:39:12: Buddy_ cheers. "Yay! Miss Tiger is super strong!"
  396. 21:39:16: HighCaliber unjams his gun. "Well... that could have gone better.."
  397. 21:39:45: Cataclysm skids to a halt as the mine detonates right infront of her, blasting her hair back and even leaving a little soot on her face, spending a moment coughing up a small black cloud, "Well... At least nopony was hurt." her luck really WAS turning around. Some one set off a mine and nobody got blown up! Amazing!
  398. 21:39:58: Desert_Lightning lands and drops the gun. "Why did it jam? WHY?"
  399. 21:40:01: patchwork looks at his jammed gun, then over to where the mine he threw went off. "Oops. . ."
  400. 21:40:35: <HighCaliber> "Well... we ALMOST went according to plan."
  401. 21:40:38: <GMimezinga> 06 after a rapid inspection, the nest doesnt' seem to need another dose od dynamite to collapse, it's already completely destroyed
  402. 21:40:45: JackHammer chuckles and reaches over her shoulder to ruffle Buddy's mane. "I thought it went well enough." (^.^)
  403. 21:40:47: HighCaliber glares at PatchWork
  404. 21:41:48: JackHammer glances back at the exploded mine...and spots a slightly scrorched pony. "You okay, Cat?" she asks trotting back to nudge her worriedly.
  405. 21:42:27: patchwork patchwork stares down at the ground. "I will not touch another explosive from here on out. At least no one was seriously hurt."
  406. 21:43:03: Cataclysm stands up, shaking more soot out of her hair, "What!? I can't hear you!" staring up at Jackie a few moments, before rubbing her ears, "I'M OKAY! WAS FAR ENOUGH TO NOT GET HURT!" wow, she's got some impressive lungs on her!
  407. 21:43:40: Buddy_ pops up from behind Jackie's head. "Silly Kitty has soot on her face!"
  408. 21:44:09: Light_Seeker walks up to patchie and hugs him
  409. 21:44:10: HighCaliber looks around at the team. "So how does everyone feel about our first combat experience as a whole team?"
  410. 21:44:57: Desert_Lightning picks the gun back up and heads towards the group. "We suck, that's what."
  411. 21:46:15: <Light_Seeker> "YOU IDIOT! YOU ALMOST GOT THEM KILLED!..... but i'm glad you're safe"
  412. 21:46:25: Cataclysm has, meanwhile, returned her dynamite to her bag. Well they didn't need any more controlled demolition. And her ears would stop ringing in a few minutes. She was pretty sure anyway. And this time she even came out of it without anything worse than a singed coat! Win-win!
  413. 21:46:36: JackHammer feels her mane getting ruffled by Cat's voice. "Oh, good, good!" she replies a bit louder than normal for the partially deafened pony. "Ready to go?"
  414. 21:46:37: HighCaliber shakes his head. "If there's one thing I've learned in the Rangers, it's that an unprepared team is an ineffective team. This was just practice for what's more to come."
  415. 21:47:22: <Cataclysm> "What!? Moving too slow? I came as fast as I could!" Cataclysm climbed back to her hooves, "We'd better go! We want to make town before night, right!?"
  416. 21:47:39: Buddy_ grins at Mr Bear. "We were great! I'll bet we could even fend off that mean old ghost!"
  417. 21:47:42: patchwork looks ashamed. . . "You're right. I-I. . ." his voice cracks a bit. "I'm sorry everyone that was almost a disaster."
  418. 21:48:36: JackHammer glances from side to side. "Ah...sure, Cat. Let's go. I personally think we did okay."
  419. 21:48:37: Light_Seeker pats patchie "It's okay as no one got hurt but next time throw it farther"
  420. 21:48:39: HighCaliber slams a hoof on Patch's back. "Just be more careful next time. We'll get there."
  421. 21:48:45: Desert_Lightning turns his head back towards the hive. Something catches his eye and thus he cautiously heads towards it.
  422. 21:49:17: HighCaliber scoops up Buddy. "And you didn't do to bad, either! Way to go, kid!"
  423. 21:50:15: Cataclysm rubs her ears again, finally starting to have the ringing go away, "Could have gone way worse. A nice hot bath, good night's sleep. We'll be good as new!"
  424. 21:50:29: patchwork shakes himself out of his slump. "Right we need to keep moving."
  425. 21:50:52: <HighCaliber> "Ok, who has the map?"
  426. 21:51:16: <Light_Seeker> "Me!"
  427. 21:51:18: Desert_Lightning starts scooping dirt away from the hive with his hooves.
  428. 21:51:23: <patchwork> 12 "I have one as well."
  429. 21:51:44: <HighCaliber> "Well, lets see how far we are from this... Broccoli..."
  430. 21:52:16: Desert_Lightning continues digging, his pace increasing at what he may have found
  431. 21:52:16: JackHammer breaks into a grin and pauses to rub her forehooves together. "Oooh...a bath. I like the sound of that. Need someone to wash your back, Cat?"
  432. 21:52:19: patchwork looks over at Desert with a raised eyebrow. "What are you doing? We need to get back on the road."
  433. 21:52:39: <Desert_Lightning> "I found something!"
  434. 21:52:53: HighCaliber wanders towards Desert. "What'd ya find?"
  435. 21:52:56: Light_Seeker comes over to look
  436. 21:53:09: <Desert_Lightning> "Dunno, still buried!"
  437. 21:53:14: patchwork patch wanders over to desert to watch. "Want some help?
  438. 21:53:16: Cataclysm ponders that as she trots past Jackie, running her tail along the larger mare's chin briefly, "Maybe. You're certainly good enough with your hooves." the sudden shout draws her attention away, ooh, something worth keeping maybe? Rushing in that direction to get a look at it.
  439. 21:53:16: <patchwork> 12 "
  440. 21:53:25: <GMimezinga> 06 Desert_Lightning is rapidly unearthing what seems large shiny black pony butt
  441. 21:53:34: <GMimezinga> 06 but metallic
  442. 21:53:36: <HighCaliber> "Here, I think I'm a bit stronger."
  443. 21:53:43: HighCaliber helps with the digging.
  444. 21:53:54: patchwork joins in
  445. 21:54:08: Cataclysm digs with her hooves as best she can to help the others. That's definitely an odd thing!
  446. 21:54:41: <Desert_Lightning> "that's som emighty fine armour."
  447. 21:54:43: Buddy_ looks down. "Miss Tiger, what did Miss Kitty mean?"
  448. 21:54:49: <GMimezinga> 06 in a matter of minutes, the group finally unearths the remainings of an englave pegasus, still cladded in her armor
  449. 21:55:34: <Light_Seeker> "DL you get awesome power armor"
  450. 21:55:42: HighCaliber hauls the pony out of the pit the team had dug, dragging it back to the surface.
  451. 21:55:46: <Desert_Lightning> "Hey, I've seen that sysmbol before, my Grandfathers one. What's it doing all the way out here?"
  452. 21:56:22: Cataclysm helps haul the remains out, "Do you suppose there's still somepony inside? Not.. Like alive... I hope? Could you imagine that. Being burried alive in armor and unable to escape for who knows how long?" she shudders at the thought.
  453. 21:56:22: JackHammer blinka-blink-blinks and gets a silly grin on her muzzle. "Oh yeah..." Bow bow! "Oh yeah." She isn't paying attention to much else other than following Cat's tail.
  454. 21:57:20: JackHammer blinks then glances at Buddy. "Hmmm? What did she mean about what?"
  455. 21:57:20: Light_Seeker taps Jackie
  456. 21:57:35: HighCaliber struggles at taking the armor off the pony, finally opening and revealing what was inside.
  457. 21:57:44: Buddy_ hops down from Jackie and looks at the groups find.
  458. 21:57:53: <Desert_Lightning> "This, this here, see it's armour of some kind, real fancy armour at that."
  459. 21:58:19: <patchwork> 12 "The armor is dead, but the magic energy rifle is still good."
  460. 21:58:38: <GMimezinga> 06 the helmet opens revealing a half decomposed corpse; the armor itself is badly damaged and the pony must have been under the hive for at least a month
  461. 21:58:41: <Light_Seeker> "Can you fix it pacthhie?"
  462. 21:59:45: Buddy_ agrees. "Yep, it's broke. No matrixy-thingy. Wires have been eaten. Armour seems to have been slowly melted by acidic dribble or something..."
  463. 21:59:45: <HighCaliber> "I can carry the armor... for now. At least until we can see if we can get it fixed. I think I'm the strongest one here, and it'd be a shame to let this go to waste."
  464. 21:59:46: patchwork looks at the armor carefully. "Maybe if I had the right parts a work bench and some time, but it would still need a spell matrix."
  465. 22:00:30: <HighCaliber> "And if we cant fix it, it's still worth caps as scrap."
  466. 22:00:37: Cataclysm suddenly has the intense desire to vomit. But doesn't want to waste her lunch. Instead settles for rearing back and rushing away from the decayed remains. Rotting flesh smells terrible, and looks worse.
  467. 22:00:50: <patchwork> 12 "And we can't get one of those unless we trouble Applejack's Rangers."
  468. 22:00:54: <Desert_Lightning> "Or we could make our own armour out of it."
  469. 22:01:07: JackHammer glances at Light_Seeker when he taps her then shrugs and glances at Cal. "Oh really? Wanna bet?" She grins challengingly at the stallion.
  470. 22:01:35: <HighCaliber> "That armor would be to heavy to fly in without it's matrix and servos powering it"
  471. 22:01:50: <HighCaliber> "Unless you make some serious modifications..."
  472. 22:01:51: Light_Seeker follows Cat
  473. 22:02:30: Cataclysm groans and sways on her feet, they couldn't seriously be considering wearing armor someone died and -rotted- in, could they? Oogh. The sheer thought almost made her stomach roll over right there, barely even noticing as Light came after her.
  474. 22:02:38: HighCaliber looks towards the group. "You may want to look away. I'm going to try to pull the...body out of the armor."
  475. 22:02:59: <patchwork> 12 "We'll we could take the metal off of it and with some wonder glue have at least some plate sheilding of bullets.
  476. 22:03:00: Light_Seeker hugs Cat
  477. 22:03:03: <Desert_Lightning> "Was thinking if we can't get it going again, strip it down and make some combat vests or the like."
  478. 22:03:20: Cataclysm reaches down with one hoof to pat Light on the head, "You doing alright? Something bothering you?"
  479. 22:03:22: <Buddy_> "What body?" asks Buddy as he pokes a hoof through what was once an armoured wing.
  480. 22:03:39: <Desert_Lightning> "Or we could try to find a replacement Spell thing."
  481. 22:03:52: HighCaliber turns Buddy away. "Not something you wanna see, kid."
  482. 22:04:10: Desert_Lightning thinks back to what his grandfather said. "I got no idea where or how to find one though."
  483. 22:04:14: <Light_Seeker> "We should at least bury her."
  484. 22:04:16: <GMimezinga> 06 when touched, from the armor varoius gasses and oozes formed durring a corpse decomposition squeeze out
  485. 22:04:39: JackHammer nudges Buddy. "It's just a dead body in a suit. Hey, want another tiger ride, Buddy?"
  486. 22:04:44: HighCaliber puts a hoof over his muzzle.
  487. 22:04:45: Buddy_ leaps back in horror. "The SMOOZE!
  488. 22:04:57: Desert_Lightning finally notices how rank the smell is and proceeds to vomit
  489. 22:05:09: <patchwork> 12 "We should probably burn the corpse. If for no other reason that it's a little close to the road and would attract wild animals."
  490. 22:05:22: <patchwork> 12 than that it's a*
  491. 22:05:32: HighCaliber turns to everypony. "You may want to look away. This may not be pretty."
  492. 22:05:52: JackHammer is just far enough away (nort having taken part in the excavation) that she only catches a whiff. That's enough for her to back away with her muzzle wrinkled in disgust.
  493. 22:06:15: Cataclysm nods her head in agreement with Light Seeker, "Yeah... She deserves that much at least. Nopony should just be left out here like this." Ugh, made her feel awful. Standing off to one side trying to avoid thinking about the remains.
  494. 22:06:15: Buddy_ climbs up Jackie, ending up half on her head.
  495. 22:06:20: <patchwork> 12 "Here I can use to strip the corpse."
  496. 22:06:28: HighCaliber struggles with the armor's release, finally getting the suit open.
  497. 22:07:09: <GMimezinga> 06 the suit is filled with various insects that are feasting with what's left of the corpse, the inside is iin really bad conditions
  498. 22:07:13: JackHammer gallops away from the corpse towards the road to put some distance between them and the corpse as well as giving Buddy a fun ride.
  499. 22:07:26: patchwork levitates the magical energy weapon into his saddle bag, and then begins to strip the corpse.
  500. 22:07:54: <HighCaliber> "What's on the body?"
  501. 22:08:31: Desert_Lightning looks at the body, feeling nauseous at the sight. "Say, if one landed crashed here, what's there to stop another as well?
  502. 22:09:19: <GMimezinga> 06 while working on the decomposing corpse, PatchWork finds a metal necklace with the usual military tags
  503. 22:09:36: <Cataclysm> "Nopony shooting at them?" But it was a decent question. She wasn't sure she wanted to go digging up the whole desert searching for dead pegasi, though. That seemed... Wrong. "THe body was probably what attracted all the bloatsprites to begin with."
  504. 22:10:01: patchwork levitates those too into his sadle bags.
  505. 22:10:31: <Desert_Lightning> "But the spell thingy keeps it repaired right? So if the spell thingy was still working then there would be no smell or nothing."
  506. 22:10:52: HighCaliber motions at the corpse in the armor. "Uh Patch, do you think you could... you know... take care of the body?"
  507. 22:10:55: Desert_Lightning notes the tags being levitated. "Can I look?"
  508. 22:11:07: <patchwork> 12 "Private Sunny Smiles. . . She was only 19. . . We should give her a proper funeral."
  509. 22:11:39: Light_Seeker gets on Cat's back "If you need to stop and rest i under stand"
  510. 22:11:48: <patchwork> 12 'Yes I can, but I'd need to start a fire."
  511. 22:12:34: <HighCaliber> "Well, Desert, theoretically, the armor should be able to repair itself, but only once it's matrix is back online. And for that to happen, we would need another set of functioning armor or a working PipBuck. I see neither here."
  512. 22:13:17: <patchwork> 12 "I have a Pipbuck, but I don't have the tools to get the spell matrix activated here."
  513. 22:13:34: Cataclysm shakes her head, "I'll be okay. I just... Don't want to be here." beginning to trot off after Jackie, she wasn't as fast as the other mare. But she was glad to be away from that impromptu grave-site.
  514. 22:13:36: <HighCaliber> "And Patch, can you at least get the body out of the armor? I don't want to leave this valuable piece of technology just laying here..."
  515. 22:15:18: patchwork nods his head. "I can that's not an issue, but the armor will need to be cleaned first or the smell will attract wildlife."
  516. 22:15:59: <HighCaliber> "Anyone got a rag?"
  517. 22:16:03: Light_Seeker stays on Cat's back in case anything happens
  518. 22:16:10: JackHammer isn't going anywhere special - just circling a largish rock that's off a ways from the icky proceedings - so it's not hard for Cat to catch up.
  519. 22:16:33: Cataclysm gallops on towards Jackie and Buddy, carrying Light with her. For the moment just glad to get away from that mess. Breathing the nice relatively clean wasteland air.
  520. 22:17:08: <Buddy_> "Weee!" says Buddy, enjoying even the simple movement around the rock.
  521. 22:18:16: Light_Seeker lays down and rests on Cat's back
  522. 22:18:37: JackHammer slows down to a trot but puts a bit more bounce in her step so that Cat can keep up but Buddy woon't get bored.
  523. 22:18:39: patchwork stips the armor of the body as carefully as he can, but the corpses decomposing flesh has fused to it. "This is going to be messy, can't we burn the corpse inside the armor? The metal would remain undamaged.
  524. 22:18:45: <patchwork> 12 strips*
  525. 22:18:53: <patchwork> 12 off of*
  526. 22:19:29: JackHammer glances over at the other pony-with-passenger. "Doing okay, Cat? You looked a little green for a moment there."
  527. 22:19:30: Cataclysm trots along near Jackie, "Are you doing alright? I'm sorry I wasn't fast enough to stop the mine. Just... Glad you got out okay." flattening her ears a little, it would have been just her luck for things to turn out different.
  528. 22:19:48: <Desert_Lightning> "I have a Knife if you need it."
  529. 22:19:55: JackHammer laughs as they both talk over each other.
  530. 22:20:17: Cataclysm blushes a little at that, laughing as well, "I'll... I'll be okay."
  531. 22:20:23: <patchwork> 12 "Yes that would work give it here."
  532. 22:21:58: <HighCaliber> "Does anyone have a rag? I think I'm going to start... cleaning up..."
  533. 22:22:30: JackHammer grins and nods back. "Same here. And I think the kids are fine too. Don't worry about the mine. I'm usually pretty fast, so at least I was able to get away in time. Our group just needs to hone its cooperation a little so there's no mines for me to stomp. No biggie." (^.^)
  534. 22:22:42: Buddy_ talks excitedly with Kitty. "And did you see when Miss Tiger was all like, RAWR! And they bugs were all like, splat! And then she won!"
  535. 22:22:54: Desert_Lightning passes the kinfe to patch, looking closely at the armour. "I think burning is a bad idea."
  536. 22:23:31: patchwork gets to work using the knife to carefully scrape away the decomposed tissue. "Well then this will take awhile. Someone should keep watch for wildlife."
  537. 22:23:52: Light_Seeker falls into a deep sleep
  538. 22:23:53: HighCaliber keeps watch of the group.
  539. 22:24:34: Cataclysm giggles a little at Buddy's enthusiasm, "Oh yes. I saw. Well... Until the mine exploded. Then I was a little harder to see." smiling to Jackie happily at that, "I'm glad. Would be just my luck, meet someone new and horrible things happen." laughing again at that, "I think this little one is okay. Taking himself a nice nap."
  540. 22:25:22: JackHammer climbs atop the rock with a little effort and settles down atop it to watch towards the ponies working on the suit. "Cat, you wanna come up here and watch the road?"
  541. 22:25:59: Cataclysm ponders that a moment, "Sure." carefully climbing up on the rock and settling down next to Jackhammer, staring back out towards the road again, "Something bothering you in particular?"
  542. 22:28:36: JackHammer shakes her mane out and edges over just a bit to press flank to shoulder with Cat. Mmmm...nice! "Nah, just noticed that it looked like those guys would be at it a while, so I figured we could get comfy while we watch for trouble. Aaaand I figured you didn't want to watch the boys, so...you get the road side of things."
  543. 22:30:19: <GMimezinga> 06 from atop the rock it's possible to see in the distance the farms surrounding broccoli, it doesn't seem that far away
  544. 22:30:55: Cataclysm blushes a little, "Thanks." It was true, she really didn't want to think about the corpse over there, but thinking about the pony she was right here with? THat felt pretty good. Mmm. Nice to have another pony close enough to feel them who wasn't angry with her for a change. Maybe tonight she'd get the chance to have some actual alcohol with her new friend. That sounded wonderful. Peering off into the distance, "Is that the t
  545. 22:32:18: <Cataclysm> "Is that the town we're heading for?"
  546. 22:33:08: Buddy_ sticks his tongue out. "Urr! Broccoli!"
  547. 22:35:33: JackHammer was rather enjoying her new position too, and she smiles as she murmurs, "No problem, sweet shanks." Prompted by her fellow rock-warmer, she turns to find that indeed they are closer than she expected. "Huh, yeah, I think we could get there easily by tonight. Well, as soon as the boys finish...ick...don't look..."
  548. 22:37:56: Cataclysm was definitely not looking! But she did nod her head, "Yeah. A good swift gallop I bet we could make it fast enough." grin spreading across her face, "Ohoh? That's a mighty fine thing to say to me. I'm sure a great big strong mare like you must get lots of attention, though."
  549. 22:38:28: <patchwork> 12 "It'll take the rest the day at the rate we're going. . . We might as well set up camp here for the night. One of us needs to inform the girls."
  550. 22:38:34: HighCaliber trots towards the two mares while Patch cleans up the armor.
  551. 22:39:01: <HighCaliber> "How's it going... up... there?"
  552. 22:39:51: Cataclysm looks down towards Caliber as he approaches, "Hm? Not too bad. Comfy, even. Well, for a rock in the middle of nowhere. Just admiring the view." looking back up towards the farms, if only as an excuse to lean slightly further towards Jackie.
  553. 22:39:53: Buddy_ waves down. "Hello Mr Bear! I'm the king of the castle!"
  554. 22:40:57: <HighCaliber> "Well, I'm just here to inform you that I guess we're spending the night here, and are going to try to make it to Broccoli tomorrow. I'm supposed to help keep watch. Is there room for one more up there?"
  555. 22:41:17: JackHammer shakes her head and shrugs, the motion rubbing her right shoulder against Cat's right flank. "You might think that, but for some reason I can't seem to...well, I just can't get lucky," she chuckles ruefully then looks down towards the stallion. "Doin' fine, Cal. You know the town isn't far off, right?"
  556. 22:41:51: Light_Seeker wakes up screaming
  557. 22:42:26: <HighCaliber> "Well, it's going to be a long job cleaning that armor, and I don't think it's best for the team to travel at night."
  558. 22:42:27: Cataclysm flattens her ears at the sudden screaming from Light, "What? What!? What happened??" glancing around in slight panic before realizing that Light was just waking up, "Nightmares..?"
  559. 22:42:56: Buddy_ tumbles off Jackie. "Is it the ghost?!"
  560. 22:43:02: Light_Seeker is to panicked to hear
  561. 22:43:08: Desert_Lightning flies off looking for more salvage but doesn't find anything, instead he begins patrolling the skies.
  562. 22:43:52: Light_Seeker looks around to try to figure out where he is
  563. 22:44:02: JackHammer likewise winces as Seeker screams. "Hey, whoa, what's wrong, kid?"
  564. 22:44:41: Cataclysm tries to crane herself around far enough to see what Light was screaming about. But given that he was on her back, that proved extremely difficult, "Is he okay, Jackie? Not hurt or something is he??"
  565. 22:44:57: <Light_Seeker> "I don't know about you guys but i'm going to the town now."
  566. 22:45:39: JackHammer shrugs again. "I don't see any blood or discoloration on this side of him."
  567. 22:45:56: Desert_Lightning quietly decends down to the rock.
  568. 22:46:16: Light_Seeker slides down the rock and starts galloping towards the town
  569. 22:46:18: <Buddy_> "Can I come with you? I don't want to spend the night outside."
  570. 22:46:29: Cataclysm flattens her ears, "Then we should continue on today, before the sun goes down. Not leaving a kid alone to try and cross the desert." rising up slowly, stretching her legs and leaping down from the rock.
  571. 22:46:54: JackHammer climbs to her feet. "Hey, wait up, kid! We should move on together!"
  572. 22:47:11: Light_Seeker is moving as fast as he can go trying to get to the town
  573. 22:47:17: Buddy_ calls after the other foal. "Hey wait!"
  574. 22:47:40: Desert_Lightning shoots after Light
  575. 22:47:41: Cataclysm kicks up to a gallop, trying to catch up with Light. Letting him rush off alone seemed like an absolutely terrible idea!
  576. 22:48:40: JackHammer grabs up Buddy then turns and leaps down after Cat, calling back to the guys, "Light_Seeker ran off to the town. Cat and I are following."
  577. 22:48:40: Buddy_ turns to Jackie. "We need to follow them Miss Tiger!"
  578. 22:48:59: Desert_Lightning closes the gap on Light Seeker, his hooves open wide to try and catch the foal.
  579. 22:49:23: Light_Seeker tries to dodge his follower
  580. 22:49:26: <patchwork> 12 "Well this put a damper on things. What the buck got into him?"
  581. 22:49:49: Desert_Lightning sees through the dodge and continues the persuit.
  582. 22:49:52: JackHammer races off at a gallop after the rest, gradually gaining on the slower ponies.
  583. 22:50:04: HighCaliber runs back to the camp. "Foal got scared or something... I don't know."
  584. 22:50:39: Cataclysm is hardly the fastest pony in the wastes, but is decently quick. Trying her best to close with Light Seeker. Didn't want him to get too far away, or worse get lost.
  585. 22:50:59: <patchwork> 12 "Well damn it. . . We can't just leave this here. . . Which on of them is running?"
  586. 22:51:21: HighCaliber shakes his head. "Everyone but you and me."
  587. 22:51:40: Desert_Lightning puts everything he has into a single burst, his hooves open wide he attempts to catch Light once more
  588. 22:51:53: Light_Seeker keeps trying to dodge
  589. 22:52:44: patchwork stops cleaning the armor. "Just you, me, a corpse, and the wasteland. Weshould follow them if don't want to be attacked out here on our own."
  590. 22:53:20: JackHammer slows down as Desert_Lightning lives up to his name, swooping in and scooping up the unicorn. "Nicely done!"
  591. 22:53:32: Desert_Lightning captures Light in the most ungraceful maneuver the party have ever seen. Rolling over Desert Lightning tumbles over in the process.
  592. 22:54:03: <HighCaliber> "I'm not going to leave this armor here in the wastes. That's highly irresponsible. You go if you must."
  593. 22:54:13: <Desert_Lightning> "What. Has. Gotten. Into. You!" He all but shouts at Light Seeker
  594. 22:54:20: Cataclysm huffs for breath as she slows down once LIght is no longer fleeing quite so fast, "Are you alright?" Directed at... Well, pretty much everyone it seems.
  595. 22:54:29: Light_Seeker is still scared
  596. 22:54:37: Desert_Lightning hugs Light
  597. 22:55:00: Light_Seeker awakens from his scared daze "What huh?"
  598. 22:55:25: <patchwork> 12 'We'll wait a few minutes they might catch him, and return,but we can not affordto stay here on our own."
  599. 22:55:44: JackHammer is fine and says so with a brief brush of her nose against Cat's flank as she trots up beside her. "I think we're okay. Not a bad day at all, actually."
  600. 22:55:51: <HighCaliber> "How long is it going to take you to finish that armor?"
  601. 22:56:04: Desert_Lightning motions to Jackie and Cat. "Go back and get the others, tell them to pack up, help where needed. I'll get Light back into some semblence of normality."
  602. 22:57:06: Light_Seeker notices hes hanging by his neck "Can you please put me down?"
  603. 22:57:25: patchwork looks at Caliber. "Most of the rest of the day."
  604. 22:57:55: Desert_Lightning lets go of Light neck, but pins his tail with a hoof. "What happened? You just took off screaming."
  605. 22:57:59: Cataclysm breathes a sigh of relief as Light_Seeker finally begins to calm down, blushing at the sudden nose on her flank, "Ah. Y-yeah." breathing deep, "I wonder if the other two will catch up with us..."
  606. 22:58:30: <HighCaliber> "Well then, I'll just take the armor with me: sludge or no sludge."
  607. 22:59:11: Light_Seeker shrugs "Bad dream?"
  608. 22:59:33: <patchwork> 12 "Fine, let me dig a grave for the corpse then. It's the least we can do after defiling her remains."
  609. 22:59:48: Desert_Lightning shakes his head. "Bad dreams don't make normal ponies run off screaming like that."
  610. 23:00:19: <HighCaliber> "Sounds like a plan."
  611. 23:01:18: <Light_Seeker> "There was a giant raider and it looked like patchie and was killing everyone, and made me watch."
  612. 23:02:45: Desert_Lightning hugs Light again, then, gently, makes his way towards the others by flying real low. "It's okay, nothing bads gonna happen here, you're safe."
  613. 23:02:47: Cataclysm breathes deeply and shakes her head, "They're still back there. DO you suppose they'll follow us? Or are we going to end up having to stop for tonight?" She was so hoping to sleep in an actual bed tonight, that would be really nice.
  614. 23:03:25: <Light_Seeker> "Can i walk?"
  615. 23:03:46: patchwork gets to work digging a shallow grave.
  616. 23:03:56: Desert_Lightning places Light on the ground. "Sure, just thought you needed a hug."
  617. 23:04:18: Light_Seeker takes a second to stop and catch his breath
  618. 23:04:19: HighCaliber watches over Patch, keeping an eye out for anything and everything.
  619. 23:06:36: Cataclysm trots up next to Light_Seeker, gently nudging him with a hoof, "Just don't go running off alone, okay? You're safer with all of us than you are on your own."
  620. 23:07:35: HighCaliber lifts the armor onto his back, trying to ignore the putrid smell.
  621. 23:08:17: Buddy_ hops down off Jackie and trots next to the other foal, something seemingly on his mind.
  622. 23:08:25: Light_Seeker looks at the town
  623. 23:08:34: <Mimezinga> 06 cleaning the armor and making the burial takes an hour, rthn the group is ready to go, but nao HighCaliber stinks
  624. 23:08:42: patchwork lowers the body into the grave once it is deep enough to cover the body. Then he gathers what loose rock a metal he can find and covers the remains. Finally after finishing that he grabs a small piece of wood off of one of the over turned wagon and carves the mares name into it placing on the head of the grave.
  625. 23:09:02: <patchwork> 12 and metal*
  626. 23:09:06: Light_Seeker nudges buddy_ "Race ya to the town?"
  627. 23:09:26: HighCaliber and PatchWork make our way to the others.
  628. 23:09:46: Desert_Lightning looks at the grave, then at the sky and salutes the same way he saw his grandfather do it.
  629. 23:09:57: Desert_Lightning then follows the others
  630. 23:10:19: Light_Seeker gets ready and starts galloping towards the town
  631. 23:10:22: Cataclysm stares down at Light_Seeker in disbelief, didn't she JUST say not to run off alone? Ugh, this figured, "Guess we're moving at a gallop. Full speed towards town!"
  632. 23:11:11: <patchwork> 12 "We'll need to if we want to make in time to get through the gate.
  633. 23:11:13: <patchwork> 12 "
  634. 23:11:21: Desert_Lightning flies lazily behind them, not having to go full tilt and watching out for any bad ponies. At least till they reach the town.
  635. 23:11:48: <Mimezinga> 06 the group moves rapidly towards the town and when the last lights of the day disapear, they finally reach the first farms surrounding broccoli... acres and acres of fields of broccoli and cabbages, what a wonderful view!
  636. 23:12:19: Buddy_ although distracted follows along soon enough
  637. 23:12:37: HighCaliber motions to the produce. "Oh, the wonderful taste of vegetables. Don't you agree, Buddy?"
  638. 23:12:54: Cataclysm stares out at the fields as the sun sets far in the west. Celestia Above, what a beautiful view. So much food, green growth and life here! Not at all like the parts of the wasteland she had seen before. Simply amazing. NO time to stop and linger, though, rushing onwards after Light_Seeker.
  639. 23:18:21: Buddy_ gives the slightly taller foal a hug.
  640. 23:21:43: <Mimezinga> END OF SESSION FOR GROUP 3
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