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Kelvin360
"Alright. I'll keep the lights dim for you. You sleep well." True to his word, the lights from his horn (and the artificial lights, if applicable) go down just enough to leave visibility, but not enough to keep one awake.
And coincidentally just enough to be able to continue work on those super-flashers.
Grubbs looked at Taylor and frowned, all tired like again. That pony was acting so weird...like not beating him. Pony couldn't be trusted...Grubbs...just has to keep his guard...stay vigilant around him not....
And Grubbs fell asleep again.
Meanwhile at BSPD head quarters, police captain's office
"Damnit...we've got nine officers M.I.A, not responding back to our transmissions for a roll call and now we have a report that there's a fire blazing past the west gate?! Luckily the fire department were dispatched but sheeze...what a night. Missing officers, a missing dead pony, missing criminals, and now a fire...The captain of the guard and police major going to have my head for this...and I was so close to tenure...urgh.." An older grey maned sand furred stallion slammed his hoof on his desk and then rubbed his temples with that hoof. He looked at the officer before him, the "camera" still focused on himself.
"Any word from the Guard yet about helping up security around Bridle Shores? If only those bastards did their job right in not letting in scum into the town, the police department wouldn't end up having to be neck deep in red tape when the time comes...damn soldier guards...lucky sons of a gun, not so restricted as we are...stupid bureaucratic nonsense...ugh..." He sputtered, looking like he was going to pass out from all the exertion he was letting out, his eyes looked tired, a little dazed.
"I'm afraid not sir, seems they are just as tied up having to deal with their own problems, their own missing soldiers. Seems this police/guard didn't work like it should have, both sides too busy caring about their own people to properly cooperate and coordinate with each other." An officer said in a blunt manner. Twas a light green unicorn stallion with a burnt olive mane and a shamrock cutie mark. "Perhaps, you would like to hear my idea, sir." He affably smiled, his orange eyes briefly glowing blue.
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TheAmishPirate
Sandy gave a wan smile to the rogue. "Thanks. That'd be much appreciated."
Sandy helped gather up the senseless ninja, probably leaving her on Zephyr's back. :smalltongue: "Right behind you, Cap'n."
Keeping things simple, Staccata adds, "Shall we?"
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Cirrus-Edge of the Not-Burning side of the forest
"Wow......we leave them for a couple of hours and this is what happens?" Gearstride watched the scene before her all slack jawed. She put her communicator to her mouth and stared at the Cirrus in the distance. "Rainbow...Hover? What's going on? Report."
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Rainbow
The sniper let out another blast of her tank cannon. "Sudden thunderstorm, Sir. Lit up a tree or two."
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Orzel
Rainbow
The sniper let out another blast of her tank cannon. "Sudden thunderstorm, Sir. Lit up a tree or two."
"A tree or two?....Its a really weird thunderstorm I hope you know. Chilling right above only the Cirrus....oy..........." Because things were going swell already ya know.
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Benson
"A tree or two?....Its a really weird thunderstorm I hope you know. Chilling right above only the Cirrus....oy..........." Because things were going swell already ya know.
"Rainbow, just open the door and maybe we can help speed things along..." Silverpine said, sighing and shaking his head.
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Benson
"A tree or two?....Its a really weird thunderstorm I hope you know. Chilling right above only the Cirrus....oy..........." Because things were going swell already ya know.
"Should I shoot it, sir?" rainbow's solution to everything.
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Orzel
"Should I shoot it, sir?" rainbow's solution to everything.
"Uh...no...I don't think that will do anything to a lightning storm," Gearstride shook her head. Maybe on Tuesdays. "Just ah...let us in...disable the security system, so we don't get killed." Zephyr hovered close with the group, with Meadow on his back, the ninja being held with his legs. He was wary of the spreading fire, naturally, he was scared of it. Miss M kept a composed posture and scanned the area with her night-o vision. Not that she needed it to spy a glowing dome in the area around the Cirrus.
"Vamponies..."
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Originally Posted by
Benson
"Uh...no...I don't think that will do anything to a lightning storm," Gearstride shook her head. Maybe on Tuesdays. "Just ah...let us in...disable the security system, so we don't get killed." Zephyr hovered close with the group, with Meadow on his back, the ninja being held with his legs. He was wary of the spreading fire, naturally, he was scared of it. Miss M kept a composed posture and scanned the area with her night-o vision. Not that she needed it to spy a glowing dome in the area around the Cirrus.
"Vamponies..."
With Sandy's eye for detail, he quickly spotted the glowing dome as well. "Cap'n! Over there!" He pointed to the odd dome of light near the ship. "Looks like some sorta spell shield. Can't quite make out what's under it from over here."
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"Hey Sandy," He would feel a tap on his shoulder and stared blankly at him. "Did you hear me all dramatically utter 'vamponies'? I wasn't sneezing....or was I?...Now I'm all self conscious about it...oh Luna..."
Gearstride disregarded the vampy. "If we're to believe our sneezing...ally, vamponies? Best stay vigilant." She spoke into her comm again. "Hey Rainbow, hear that?......por favor let us in."
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Benson
"Hey Sandy," He would feel a tap on his shoulder and stared blankly at him. "Did you hear me all dramatically utter 'vamponies'? I wasn't sneezing....or was I?...Now I'm all self conscious about it...oh Luna..."
Gearstride disregarded the vampy. "If we're to believe our sneezing...ally, vamponies? Best stay vigilant." She spoke into her comm again. "Hey Rainbow, hear that?......por favor let us in."
Staccata stays near the back of the group, looking up and trying to predict a threat. Her dagger is, of course, ready for use.
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Benson
"Hey Sandy," He would feel a tap on his shoulder and stared blankly at him. "Did you hear me all dramatically utter 'vamponies'? I wasn't sneezing....or was I?...Now I'm all self conscious about it...oh Luna..."
Sandy looked up sheepishly at the 300-year-old vampony. "Well, I were just pointin' it out, y'never quite said where them vamponies were at, an' I guess I meant I couldn't spy how many were under there, an' I really didn't think that were a sneeze, I just thought maybe somepony hadn't saw it an'...an' I think I'm just gonna shush now..." he trailed off and re-focused on the task ahead, ears drooping from general embarrassment.
Aaaaaaaaand there went all the coolness points he'd racked up this night.
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"Unlocking, Sir." Rainbow taping on the console. Beep oop beep beep beep. "Permission to shoot the vamponies, Sir."
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"Uh....sure..." Gearstride said as she looked over yonder and froze seeing the shield dome gone along with whatever was underneath. "Yes, yes yes, permission granted! Everybody get on inside."
"I hope you know I am capable of taking care of myself against some vamps, you know," Miss M said with a flick of her mane.
"Its not the vamps I'm fretting over right now. Its Rainbow trigger-happy Pepper who is to be made fret of."
"Oh. Gotcha." And so, Gear and all scurried to the front entrance.
"Youthreevamponieshavepermissiontoenterblah," She said quickly opening the heavy steel doors.
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Sandy downright sprinted into the ship. He'd gone thus far without sustaining terrible injury tonight, and he wasn't about to let ironic fate ruin that.
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Benson
"Uh....sure..." Gearstride said as she looked over yonder and froze seeing the shield dome gone along with whatever was underneath. "Yes, yes yes, permission granted! Everybody get on inside."
Gear and Sandy are right to worry. The sound from her open comm is a notable rhythmic breathing. Four steel arm jut down and root the hover tank into place. The barrel of the main cannon clicks.
Rainbow then fires. Then fires again. And again. Each blast following the last with less of a gap of time. The beams are not nearly as big as expected but there are many. She turned down the power... in order to snipe with a tank.
Pew!.... Pew!... Pew!.. Pew!. Pew!. Pewpewpewpewpewpewpewpewpew! "Adjustments will be calibrated in 30 more shots. 25. 20. 15."
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Benson
"Uh....sure..." Gearstride said as she looked over yonder and froze seeing the shield dome gone along with whatever was underneath. "Yes, yes yes, permission granted! Everybody get on inside."
"I hope you know I am capable of taking care of myself against some vamps, you know," Miss M said with a flick of her mane.
"Its not the vamps I'm fretting over right now. Its Rainbow trigger-happy Pepper who is to be made fret of."
"Oh. Gotcha." And so, Gear and all scurried to the front entrance.
"Youthreevamponieshavepermissiontoenterblah," She said quickly opening the heavy steel doors.
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TheAmishPirate
Sandy downright sprinted into the ship. He'd gone thus far without sustaining terrible injury tonight, and he wasn't about to let ironic fate ruin that.
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Originally Posted by
Orzel
Gear and Sandy are right to worry. The sound from her open comm is a notable rhythmic breathing. Four steel arm jut down and root the hover tank into place. The barrel of the main cannon clicks.
Rainbow then fires. Then fires again. And again. Each blast following the last with less of a gap of time. The beams are not nearly as big as expected but there are many. She turned down the power... in order to snipe with a tank.
Pew!.... Pew!... Pew!.. Pew!. Pew!. Pewpewpewpewpewpewpewpewpew! "Adjustments will be calibrated in 30 more shots. 25. 20. 15."
"Rainbow, you will hold your ******* fire until the crew has safely cleared the ******* blast zone! Ya hear me!" Silverpine yelled into the comm, as he followed closely behind. The stallion barely dodged a stray beam that struck the ground beside him.
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Dem Vamponies
The unicorn watched in ohmahgoddesses horror as he just maneuvered out of the way with his lady love on his back. Best was probably to maneuver him towards the fire with 'dem laser beams, trap him between a rock and a hard place, or in this case a rain of laser beams and a hot place.
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Grif
"Rainbow, you will hold your ******* fire until the crew has safely cleared the ******* blast zone! Ya hear me!" Silverpine yelled into the comm, as he followed closely behind. The stallion barely dodged a stray beam that struck the ground beside him.
"Aye sir." The hum of the tank's cannon slowly ends.
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Daniel listens intently as the hum of the cannon stops and then ends, and twitches when he hears the main door opening. Only one way to check; ask questions first, fire after.
He flicks back his monocle and draws two more arrows as he runs to the main entrance, nocking all three for more area coverage. He runs at a sprint and roll/slides into the area, aiming at the group and collecting Sandy's lost coolness points powerup style.
His instincts screamed at him to open fire, but he held off for the crucial second and a half and lowered his bow a few inches.
"Oh! Never thought I'd say the words, but thank Luna you all are alright." He grins at them, oddly enough including M and Zephyr in his group assessment. He slides away his bow and arrows and walks forward. "So, how'd it go? Got an army on your tails, angry nightmares trying to haunt you, huge bag of gold for the tales?"
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Kelvin360
"Oh! Never thought I'd say the words, but thank Luna you all are alright." He grins at them, oddly enough including M and Zephyr in his group assessment. He slides away his bow and arrows and walks forward. "So, how'd it go? Got an army on your tails, angry nightmares trying to haunt you, huge bag of gold for the tales?"
After the mad sprinting towards the ship, a certain purple mare is glad she keeps in shape with odd exercises that are useful when running for your life.
"I'm done with the for-profit game," Staccata states with a tone of distaste, like she's been insulted. "What caused things to escalate here?"
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"Real short story, that. Vampires show up, we open fire, I smoke 'em out, one of them tries some fancy lightning show, and then apparently they took a hike. Not sure whether they were scouts, spies, or a rescue crew. Not that I got a chance to ask them." He glances at Meadow and the ninja. "So uh...rescued, or more PoW's?"
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Originally Posted by
Kelvin360
"Real short story, that. Vampires show up, we open fire, I smoke 'em out, one of them tries some fancy lightning show, and then apparently they took a hike. Not sure whether they were scouts, spies, or a rescue crew. Not that I got a chance to ask them." He glances at Meadow and the ninja. "So uh...rescued, or more PoW's?"
"One is a .....I don't even really know what to label them, but the ninja was kinda a pain in the flank, on orders to save the vampony for her Lord. The one actually in ninja garb is the vampony, a real pain in the flank and really good at wasting someone's time," Miss M said bitterly.
Gearstride stayed back making sure everyone got in safely before shutting the heavy steel doors and re initiating the security system.
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Originally Posted by
Benson
"One is a .....I don't even really know what to label them, but the ninja was kinda a pain in the flank, on orders to save the vampony for her Lord. The one actually in ninja garb is the vampony, a real pain in the flank and really good at wasting someone's time," Miss M said bitterly.
Gearstride stayed back making sure everyone got in safely before shutting the heavy steel doors and re initiating the security system.
"Ninja usually are...that's not one, though. And this looks like a job for mildly-inescapable imprisonment! Speaking of..." Click. "Hey Taylor, figured I'd let you know we're not all dead."
"Shhh. Our guest is sleeping, not so loud or you'll wake him."
"Wh-...What are you, his foalsitter?"
"Yes."
"...There are no words." Click. "Sandy, you feel well enough to whip up some more sand chains for the new morons?"
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Kelvin360
"...There are no words." Click. "Sandy, you feel well enough to whip up some more sand chains for the new morons?"
"Aye, just let me grab a bit more sand," Sandy gave a curt nod and dashed down to the engine room, returning a few moments later with two saddlebags full of the stuff. "Two more sand-chain specials, comin' right up."
Once the prisoners were placed in whatever closets (probably cells right next to Grubbs', who knows) they were to be kept in, Sandy got to work. The ninja got the same sort of treatment as Grubbs, sand holding her legs down, with an additional band over her torso for extra security. Meadow got the remainder of the bag and a half of sand. Legs, torso, neck, muzzle, even enclosing the stake in her leg to keep her from pulling it out. This vampony wasn't going to talk, move, or even think of causing mischief.
After he was done, he trotted back to the others and threw Gearstride a salute, brow sweaty and panting slightly. "Prisoners restrained, Cap'n. They ain't gettin' out of that anytime soon."
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Cirrus - Staccata
The local rogue lets the crew take care of the prisoners in the way they desire, but there is something that's bothering her at the moment. "Well what do we do next, considering the swarm?"
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Miss M shrugged with one shoulder. "Ninjas, what can ya say really? Aside from its luckier to face hundreds of ninja instead of just one."
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Gearstride saluted back at Sandy. "That's good, make sure to confiscate whatever the ninja may be carrying on them. We don't want them having extra tricks do escape we didn't account for...."
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MCerberus
Cirrus - Staccata
The local rogue lets the crew take care of the prisoners in the way they desire, but there is something that's bothering her at the moment. "Well what do we do next, considering the swarm?"
"Swarm? Like as in the storm? Or do you mean it as a 'swarm of vamponies'?" Gearstride asked.
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Benson
Gearstride saluted back at Sandy. "That's good, make sure to confiscate whatever the ninja may be carrying on them. We don't want them having extra tricks do escape we didn't account for...."
Sandy saluted, then went back into the breifing room to frisk the ninja for any more tricks. He also made sure the muzzles on the two of them were tight; he didn't want them giving Grubbs any ideas. Once he was done, he'd report back, dropping off a small pile of whatever odds and ends the ninja was carrying.
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"Swarm? Like as in the storm? Or do you mean it as a 'swarm of vamponies'?" Gearstride asked.
"Well they're going to be mad about the foalnapping of one of them, and now all their enemies are in one location," Staccata observes.
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"Wouldn't that involve actually coming in here? As in, a privately-owned inside location for which they don't have permission to enter? Heh, I really love those mystical clauses.
Don't get me wrong, it's a problem if we ever want to leave, but for the moment we're safe for planning...or interrogation.
In which case my question is...how do we go about getting information? Smacking, bluffing, or sweet-talking?"
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MCerberus
"Well they're going to be mad about the foalnapping of one of them, and now all their enemies are in one location," Staccata observes.
"Well then, we're going to have to bolster our defenses so they can't physically make their way in, and get more dakka," Gearstride said striking a pose. 'If that turns out to be the scenario."
"But what if they don't?....What then?....We leave the town to them?...To have their way with as we hide in here?" Zephyr spoke up in a fretful worried manner, accompanied with more pawing at the ground.
"Uh...I...crap....that could be a thing too..." She then looked at Daniel. "I...don't really know, we turned out not to be particularly good with the interrogation ourselves...."
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Benson
"Uh...I...crap....that could be a thing too..." She then looked at Daniel. "I...don't really know, we turned out not to be particularly good with the interrogation ourselves...."
"There's mental conditioning," Staccata adds to that. "Innate, something to do with their lord or mistress, and pretty severe." On how to get out the mare needs to do some thinking. She could always do the sneaky rogue thing, but that would just be one pony getting out.
"Do you have any flamethrowers?"
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Benson
"Well then, we're going to have to bolster our defenses so they can't physically make their way in, and get more dakka," Gearstride said striking a pose. 'If that turns out to be the scenario."
"But what if they don't?....What then?....We leave the town to them?...To have their way with as we hide in here?" Zephyr spoke up in a fretful worried manner, accompanied with more pawing at the ground.
"Uh...I...crap....that could be a thing too..." She then looked at Daniel. "I...don't really know, we turned out not to be particularly good with the interrogation ourselves...."
"Hah, we don't need to worry about the town. At least, not for the moment. I'm thinking knowing their base would be nice, though."
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Originally Posted by
MCerberus
"There's mental conditioning," Staccata adds to that. "Innate, something to do with their lord or mistress, and pretty severe." On how to get out the mare needs to do some thinking. She could always do the sneaky rogue thing, but that would just be one pony getting out.
"Yeeeaaahhh. If we're dealing with some magic mind mumbo jumbo - dammit, coulda gone a bit further with that alliteration - my songs aren't getting us far, especially if it's a supernatural-yet-natural thing. Which means a silver tongue's our only shot...wait a sec." He sloooooowly turns to look at Miss M.
"Can a vampiric dominating gaze override another one? Or is this a sire thing?"
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Kelvin360
"Hah, we don't need to worry about the town. At least, not for the moment. I'm thinking knowing their base would be nice, though."
A porthole magically opened next to Daniel, giving him a clear view of the skies over the town. "In case y'haven't noticed," Sandy started as he came back from the briefing room. "them skies are empty. Earlier tonight, they were full of guardponies. An' y'can't quite see 'em, but th' streets are like a ghost town too. An' they used t'be filled with guards, police, ponies comin' back home, th' works." He shot the bard a hard glare, made a little less intimidating by both his size and the weariness creeping into his eyes. He'd already used up a lot of magic today, and that bit with the prisoners hadn't helped his reserves much. "Unless y'want more ponies t'be as good as dead, I think we dang better worry about th' town. As for th' base, we know it's in t'th' south, might be in th' old crypt."
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Originally Posted by
TheAmishPirate
A porthole magically opened next to Daniel, giving him a clear view of the skies over the town. "In case y'haven't noticed," Sandy started as he came back from the briefing room. "them skies are empty. Earlier tonight, they were full of guardponies. An' y'can't quite see 'em, but th' streets are like a ghost town too. An' they used t'be filled with guards, police, ponies comin' back home, th' works." He shot the bard a hard glare, made a little less intimidating by both his size and the weariness creeping into his eyes. He'd already used up a lot of magic today, and that bit with the prisoners hadn't helped his reserves much. "Unless y'want more ponies t'be as good as dead, I think we dang better worry about th' town. As for th' base, we know it's in t'th' south, might be in th' old crypt."
"I didn't say we shouldn't have concerns, just that they shouldn't be ours for a moment. Z's around too, and I can think of few ponies I'd trust as much or more with township defense. Consider him a backline. Meantime, we've got our own hayfries to bake.
If we know where they're hiding...what are we standing around for? Not to sound tactically deficient and a few shades of ignorant (though I'll sound it anyways), shouldn't we be more along the lines of 'arrgh, charge'?"
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Outside the Cirrus.
"Private. Do a few more patrols around the ship. I'm heading in to refuel." radios Rainbow. The massive hover tank heads inside the hangar and lands near the fuel lines.
After hooking up the tank, he straps her crossbows to her back and limbs. The distinctive click of the bow echoes through the halls and probably in Sandy's ear.
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MCerberus
"Do you have any flamethrowers?"
"One ridiculously oversize one you attached on your back, didn't bring it with us because sunnaofabithc weighs a lot."
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Originally Posted by
Kelvin360
"Can a vampiric dominating gaze override another one? Or is this a sire thing?"
"Sire thing, mental conditioning as your comrade referred to it as, centuries of mental conditioning all that."
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At this point, those other two vamponies were making their way away from Cirrus and back to town, they weren't going to stick around here. The two rascals should count their lucky stars for the talkative nature of PCs :smallwink::smalltongue:
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Originally Posted by
Orzel
Outside the Cirrus.
"Private. Do a few more patrols around the ship. I'm heading in to refuel." radios Rainbow. The massive hover tank heads inside the hangar and lands near the fuel lines.
After hooking up the tank, he straps her crossbows to her back and limbs. The distinctive click of the bow echoes through the halls and probably in Sandy's ear.
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Originally Posted by
Kelvin360
"If we know where they're hiding...what are we standing around for? Not to sound tactically deficient and a few shades of ignorant (though I'll sound it anyways), shouldn't we be more along the lines of 'arrgh, charge'?"
Sandy did hear the click, but they had more important things to worry about now. Namely, the mission at hoof. "Daniel's got a point, Cap'n. I don't see any reason we should stick around any longer 'n we have to. What're your orders?"
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"We lock and load." Insert aviator sunglasses.
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Benson
"We lock and load." Insert aviator sunglasses.
"Already did," Silverpine said, emerging from the doorway. A shiny new automatic shotgun was strapped to his back, along with a good old fashioned hunting shotgun which he held in his mouth. A firm believer in superior firepower, he was.
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"One ridiculously oversize one you attached on your back, didn't bring it with us because sunnaofabithc weighs a lot."
"Sire thing, mental conditioning as your comrade referred to it as, centuries of mental conditioning all that."
"We need to get going then. We're out of options tonight other than 'the old fashioned way'," Staccata replies to the general feeling that the group should get moving. Of course, she doesn't see any reason to not add a witticism to M's assessment of the vampony bond.
"You'd rather I call it brainwashing?"
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"Alright. Opening tactics, captain?" Despite being chaotic he seems to enjoy the prospect of being ordered into battle. Or maybe just the prospect of fighting. "Or should I just pick a place at the back and make it rain?"
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Grif
"Already did," Silverpine said, emerging from the doorway. A shiny new automatic shotgun was strapped to his back, along with a good old fashioned hunting shotgun which he held in his mouth. A firm believer in superior firepower, he was.
Gearstride smiled, he looked so dashing all prepared to shoot vamponies and take names.
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Originally Posted by
Kelvin360
"Alright. Opening tactics, captain?" Despite being chaotic he seems to enjoy the prospect of being ordered into battle. Or maybe just the prospect of fighting. "Or should I just pick a place at the back and make it rain?"
"We're the Cirrus crew, we will make our way and then give them hell. Send them straight to Tartarus to stay dead.....Anyways, naturally, long range folk, stay in the back to provide cover support."
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"We need to get going then. We're out of options tonight other than 'the old fashioned way'," Staccata replies to the general feeling that the group should get moving. Of course, she doesn't see any reason to not add a witticism to M's assessment of the vampony bond.
"You'd rather I call it brainwashing?"
"Mmm, no, brainwashing is not quite the right word, but you're not cold either."
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Somewhere deep within the Crypts
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Twisting passages, a dark light-less labyrinth amongst self, closed off chambers from centuries of neglect. New passages opened up from fallen debris. Bridle Shores, a magnet of trouble and the weird, had many secrets still unknown to her people. Even those explorers from earlier who found themselves a prisoner down here in her fiery prison, knew not of the reaches this crypt extended to. Home to many creatures before and some that still should never be stirred, for now, it plays host to some vamponies and their machinations.
Through out the night, numerous vamponies were flying in/running in and out carrying with them bodies, dropping them off within like packages. One particular pegasi vampony though flew in without anything as she navigated her way through the passages, instinctively knowing where she was going through the maze. Eventually the mare reached a large chamber where her Lord took for his own.
She knelt before a stallion with yellow eyes that shone. "My lord, I have found where Tough Stomp was killed, in apartment building south east of Mane Street. There was no body, so its safe to assume he was staked in the heart."
"Mmm, I see. Its a shame, he was a good soldier. Still hurts every time I feel one of my children die, his true death will not be in vain. Were there any witnesses?"
"No, which was odd, considering the massive amounts of damage done in the interior of the lobby where the staircase was done. So I double-checked, and as it turns out, they were glamored. Perhaps it were that vampony who was spying on us earlier?"
Their lord laughed. "Mmm, so she did decide to play against us afterall, lovely. I will enjoy finishing that old job from long ago."
"Any whom, we should prepare ourselves anyway, before I lost my connection with Grubbs, seems those mortal ponies from before fancy themselves vampony hunters. They may try to come after us with their fancy tech if that monstrosity of an airship can gauge what else they may possess. Pass the word to be on alert..............Oh and yes, before I forget, any word on the whereabouts of Miss Meadow Spring?"
"Ah, no, last time I spoke with Clover, he told me he saw her walk off with some noble smelling pony who also reeked of lust and spirits."
"Sigh, I am grounding that young missy. Anyways, speaking of Clover, any word on his plan?"
"Oh yes, that, yes, he told me was going to be sending the skilled thralls our way."
"Mmmm, good. Oh dependable Clover, if only he were my real son." The vampony put a hoof over his chest and sighed proudly.
A moment later a smaller framed unicorn vampony in a coat entered the chamber and knelt before his lord next, kneeling next to the pegasi mare. "My lord, we have met the quota. We can prepare for the next stage, if you would please come with me."
"Oh goody, how exciting." The vampony lord lowly chuckled. "Tonight, will be the greatest night in vampony history before our curse. Le sigh, tck, we indeed are the cure, mortality being a disease." He got up from his makeshift throne and walked up to the coar wearing unicorn. "Lead the way my good sir." He then paused and looked at the pegasus mare. "Oh yes, don't forget, spread the word of alertness."
"Right away my lord," With that she stood up and flash flew away. The two soon disappeared as well as the scene faded to black.
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"We're the Cirrus crew, we will make our way and then give them hell. Send them straight to Tartarus to stay dead.....Anyways, naturally, long range folk, stay in the back to provide cover support."
"Fantastic. I assume we're going for the heart, not the eye?"
((I'm wondering; should we move this to the misc. adventures thread on a different timescale than the main, so those who've already ended the day'll have something to do until this wraps up?))
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"Fantastic. I assume we're going for the heart, not the eye?"
"Yes, we have seen first hand the true effectiveness of a stake rammed right through the heart, not that easy of a target spot, but when it hits home, it hits home."
"Yea...the heart, not the eyes...or the privates," Came a small whimper.
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"We lock and load." Insert aviator sunglasses.
"Sounds good t'me, Cap'n," Sandy said with a salute and a grin. The little unicorn dashed off to buckle on more stakes, not even bothering to disguise them as knives this time. He couldn't waste any more magic like that. Once he was all kitted up, he made his way back to the others, likely arriving the same time as Rainbow. He gave the sniper a quick smile, doing a little jog in place to showcase his lack of injury.
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Daniel holds up a few arrows and pulls more from his pack, demonstrating his lack of need for more wooden pointy things, but attaches another strap duo to his forehooves anyway.
"I'll bring out the flamers, on the off chance that I miss. Figure I'll give a halting song a shot if we come across any thralls, too."
"Going somewhere?" Taylor appears in a nearby doorway and leans against it casually.
"Yeah, we're just gonna go fight a ludicrously dangerous fight."
"Alright, just don't die too quick."
"Pah. Like I'd do anything anticlimactically."
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Later, In The Wee Hours Of The Morning
Dawnstrider lifts his head and stares out any entrance he can find, catching glimpses of the far-off sun just starting to rise. He looks back over at Jewel, as well, making sure she's still there and in one piece.
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Le Shop
At some point during the busy night, Stellar decided that she'd 'enough had this work of ing ufts' and stumbled off to sleep, but Horne's been kicking all the while. He spent the majority of the time drawing up plans and making a list of ingredients, a few sketches and ideas here and there...now, though, he's just wrapping up the latest part.
"Now...let's see if I have the physical spectrum just right...If you recall my explanation an hour ago, I need to tune this shadowblade to strike at a target casting a living shadow, or a creature with life force. Thus, if I did this correctly, the blade should slide through armor and stand both until it strikes something living. In theory." Leave it to the Doc to give a long-winded explanation for 'I'm gonna hit it and see what happens'.
A wisp of shadow breaks apart from his shadowskin, coalescing into an orb, then slowly growing longer, becoming thinner, gravitating towards his outstretched hoof. Soon, he holds what looks to be your standard dagger, but pitch black and shimmering.
Slowly and carefully, he slides the tip into the armor and then past, then through it, until his hoof lightly bounces off the front. Then, with a lightning-quick movement, he pulls it out and strikes three more times in rapid succession, each one phasing through. He glances at the blade and raises a brow, then quietly nicks his own hoof with it. The shadowskin blocks the damage from a sharp object, of course, but unlike with the armor, it didn't phase.
"Of course, this requires a great deal of concentration, and I'm not sure how an infusion will work. So far, however, I am impressed with the progress. I tire now, and your friend wishes to speak with you. Thus, till next we meet, farewell..."
He blinks, then yawns a bit, blinking a few times. "Mm, oh, hi Blades. How did everything go?"
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I‘ll just come right out and say it; Daniel came into existence because I thought to myself one day ‘hey, I think a Scottish accent sounds pretty cool, let‘s put someone with that accent on the team!’.
Of course, I couldn‘t let some generic guy just fly in and hang around, no. He did appear kind of suddenly, but I came up with his personality very quickly. This was a point in time where the rest of the team was feeling the sting from some losses and fighting a (losing) battle, so I thought ‘hey, we need some optimism in here‘. Thus, Daniel‘s main feature is good cheer.
It‘s also noteworthy that I got most of his inspiration from Sebastian Vael, though it‘s not so much a total inspiration as a ‘hey, the scot with a bow thing is cool, let‘s do that‘. Like with Kathrine‘s inspiration, if you put Daniel and Sebastian in a room together, they‘d be…pretty much nothing alike. Though Danny‘s a better shot. By far. That‘s his second main feature; he‘s an archer, and a really good one.
Halfway through his character development, I realized that through his personality and charisma, I‘d accidentally created a near-perfect bardic archetype, so I kind of rolled with it. His music doesn‘t come up often, but it‘s a bonus when it‘s needed. ‘In-Team‘ Daniel doesn‘t have as much versatility as this Daniel does, though. Despite three song effects being hardly versatile.
For some reason or another, I came up with Taylor‘s ‘Daniel, I am your father‘ reveal in sort of a split-second decision. Danny‘s reaction was more or less ‘Oh yeah, I know, I was waiting for you to figure it out‘, but without Taylor‘s influence in that role, he probably wouldn‘t be as strong (both physically and in the strong will sense) as he is.
Also, Daniel was one of the first Teammates to be the product of a Ship, though in this case I didn‘t actually consider the ship (Pinkie/Taylor) until after the reveal, whereas with some others it basically defined their personality. Obviously this isn‘t canon in our FwM universe, so Daniel (like Starbeam, Stellar, Thunderbolt, Golden Shore, oh Celestia I could go on) is fine with the ‘single-parent-semi-orphan‘ backstory.
If I had to give Daniel an alignment, I‘d go with strongly good (fruit doesn‘t fall far from the tree), and chaotic of course. Now that I think about it, he‘s fairly well suited to a Robin Hood personality and career path, but-
”Sure, sounds great, except the part about being in the forest. And robbing? Ugh. I‘d rather charm the pants off the rich and get the money that way. Actually, I married into a noble family, so I don‘t even need to steal to give to the poor. Go me!”
….Uh. Oh yeah, and he‘s also Genre Savvy to the point of Medium Awareness.
”Medium?”
Get out of here! Ahem. Medium with a side of breakage. Though, this won‘t always come across right, since I (the player) am not nearly as Genre Savvy as Daniel (the character) should be. So if he‘s spontaneously Genre Blind, that‘s my fault.
”Ah, is it too late to give my dissertation on-”
Yes! Geez, people! Get outta here already, let me pick up the shards of the Fourth Wall in peace, sheesh.
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"Yes, we have seen first hand the true effectiveness of a stake rammed right through the heart, not that easy of a target spot, but when it hits home, it hits home."
"Yea...the heart, not the eyes...or the privates," Came a small whimper.
"If in this whole mess there's one piece of good news is that the whole will be able to reconsider after we take away the leadership," Staccata adds going against the general assumptions about fighting crime leadership. She had made the mistake of applying mortal thinking.
"So let's at least give lip-service to not just killing them all." The mare is available and will participate in all arming montages, slow walks towards the camera armed, or team poses.
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Dawnstrider lifts his head and stares out any entrance he can find, catching glimpses of the far-off sun just starting to rise. He looks back over at Jewel, as well, making sure she's still there and in one piece.
Night Jewel was up and about, and appeared to be in fine condition. "Good morning! Your town looks spectacular in the daytime, doesn't it. How was your sleep?"
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At some point during the busy night, Stellar decided that she'd 'enough had this work of ing ufts' and stumbled off to sleep, but Horne's been kicking all the while. He spent the majority of the time drawing up plans and making a list of ingredients, a few sketches and ideas here and there...now, though, he's just wrapping up the latest part.
"Now...let's see if I have the physical spectrum just right...If you recall my explanation an hour ago, I need to tune this shadowblade to strike at a target casting a living shadow, or a creature with life force. Thus, if I did this correctly, the blade should slide through armor and stand both until it strikes something living. In theory." Leave it to the Doc to give a long-winded explanation for 'I'm gonna hit it and see what happens'.
A wisp of shadow breaks apart from his shadowskin, coalescing into an orb, then slowly growing longer, becoming thinner, gravitating towards his outstretched hoof. Soon, he holds what looks to be your standard dagger, but pitch black and shimmering.
Slowly and carefully, he slides the tip into the armor and then past, then through it, until his hoof lightly bounces off the front. Then, with a lightning-quick movement, he pulls it out and strikes three more times in rapid succession, each one phasing through. He glances at the blade and raises a brow, then quietly nicks his own hoof with it. The shadowskin blocks the damage from a sharp object, of course, but unlike with the armor, it didn't phase.
"Of course, this requires a great deal of concentration, and I'm not sure how an infusion will work. So far, however, I am impressed with the progress. I tire now, and your friend wishes to speak with you. Thus, till next we meet, farewell..."
He blinks, then yawns a bit, blinking a few times. "Mm, oh, hi Blades. How did everything go?"
Blades had passed out from exhaustion at the forge partway through the night. Even she could only work so long. However, she stirred awake at the sound of Arvadraa's voice.
"Oh, good mornin'! It's still a work in progress, but I'm sure we'll get it done. So how's it been? Not too pleasant gettin' pushed aside by Horne, is it? Oh well, how goes that aim-trainin' ya were doin'?"
[Subterranean Ponyism]
Their time speeds away. They should be halfway done by now. It won't be long until they return.
They can't forget this. Surely they aren't heartless. Surely they wouldn't doom their town to destruction, and condemn me to countless years in this inferno. They have some mercy. They will have to at least return to kill me...
Right?
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Night Jewel was up and about, and appeared to be in fine condition. "Good morning! Your town looks spectacular in the daytime, doesn't it. How was your sleep?"
"I find most things to look spectacular in daylight. My heavy bias aside, my 'sleep' was as normal. I assume you have plans today?"
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Blades had passed out from exhaustion at the forge partway through the night. Even she could only work so long. However, she stirred awake at the sound of Arvadraa's voice.
"Oh, good mornin'! It's still a work in progress, but I'm sure we'll get it done. So how's it been? Not too pleasant gettin' pushed aside by Horne, is it? Oh well, how goes that aim-trainin' ya were doin'?"
"It's only unpleasant when I don't ask." There's a vague 'don't pursue this topic' edge to her voice. "I think we have a basic idea of how to do this. But it'll take time. Even with all of us brainstorming, something like this isn't easy like gathering honey. But I had some time to think in between dozing.
I need two things: A shield from Stellar, and an entrance from you. I've waited too long to ask, and this is bigger than me and my problems. I need to know where and how to get underground.
It's time to save this town."
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"Alright, roll call on all who is actually going to go and who is going to stay behind and deal with the fire, in the forest," Gear declared, ready with her flash bombs restocked and even a couple of stakes of her own strapped in place where she would normally keep her combat knife. So far Gearstride knew of Silverpine, the two vamps, Daniel, Sandy, Staccata, and Rainbow, she was on the fence with the remaining others.
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Meanwhile, briefing room I suppose.
"MmmMmmgmgmgmm mfmgmmgmoommmmoo," Came the muffled cries of a newly awakened Meadow, her eyes darting around as the suddenly feeling of gravity working against her, the pain in her body returning, reminding her of a stake essentially embedded in her leg.
This stirred Grubbs who made a face as he woke up. "Oh...heys...itsa youse....youse don't look so goods."
"Mmpph!mmmp!" Was the reply, and frankly, she did not, she now only looked partially ghoulish than from her previously all ghoul look.
"Don'ts worrysh, master gunna rescue me, he gunna rescue you too!"
"Mmmpphhff!"
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"Alright, roll call on all who is going to go and who is going to stay behind and deal with the fire, in the forest," Gear declared, ready with her flash bombs restocked and even a couple of stakes of her own strapped in place where she would normally keep her combat knife.
Sandy stepped forward, throwing a neat and tidy salute. He'd re-donned his armor, complete with reflective goggles and neck guard, and added another two belts worth of stakes. He still had his knives, but they weren't likely to get much mileage tonight. "Ready t'finish what we started, Cap'n. Let's put 'em back in th' graves they crawled out of."
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Zephyr himself smiled his goofy little bashful-gung ho smile rearing up before coming down. "You know, when this is all over, I think I will go and try to start a real relationship with Blitz, an gard'dun honest real relationship." He turned to the Cirrus crew, particularly Sandy and gave him a salute. "Consider me your stalwart protector, I will do my best to return that favor."
Miss M in the meanwhile took a moment to inhale in a zenful manner. This was going to be a fight she had to mentally and physically be prepared for. Tonight would be a big step on her road to fixing her wrongs of centuries past.
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Zephyr himself smiled his goofy little bashful-gung ho smile rearing up before coming down. "You know, when this is all over, I think I will go and try to start a real relationship with Blitz, an gard'dun honest real relationship." He turned to the Cirrus crew, particularly Sandy and gave him a salute. "Consider me your stalwart protector, I will do my best to return that favor."
Sandy grinned and saluted right back. "Thanks fer that. Knowin' my luck, I'm gonna need th' help," he said with a wink. "An' I wish you two th' best of luck. Blitz could use a little happiness for all th' trouble we put him through." In the heat of the moment, it slipped his mind that his fillyfriend, whose relationship could be best described as "on the rocks" at the moment, was standing not three paces behind him.
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This is about the time when Hover Heart strolls in the room. He mace swing back and forth from the leather strap in her mouth. "Dang. You ponies are too loud. A filly can't get any beauty sleep."
"She need it too." said Rainbow. She popped out of nowhere as usual, spooking somepony.
"Haha. Funny, but I am doomed with this attractiveness. Cursed to be the target of lecherous leers and naughty gazes." mumbles the pilot. "Anyway I am staying. You know how I dislike undead."
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"Alright, roll call on all who is actually going to go and who is going to stay behind and deal with the fire, in the forest," Gear declared, ready with her flash bombs restocked and even a couple of stakes of her own strapped in place where she would normally keep her combat knife. So far Gearstride knew of Silverpine, the two vamps, Daniel, Sandy, Staccata, and Rainbow, she was on the fence with the remaining others.
"There's a fire? Wait, of course there's a fire. I'm not much for anti-heat, but I'll see what I can do in between entertainment. You all have fun."
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Zephyr himself smiled his goofy little bashful-gung ho smile rearing up before coming down. "You know, when this is all over, I think I will go and try to start a real relationship with Blitz, an gard'dun honest real relationship." He turned to the Cirrus crew, particularly Sandy and gave him a salute. "Consider me your stalwart protector, I will do my best to return that favor."
Miss M in the meanwhile took a moment to inhale in a zenful manner. This was going to be a fight she had to mentally and physically be prepared for. Tonight would be a big step on her road to fixing her wrongs of centuries past.
Daniel opens his mouth and Taylor cuts him off. "Resist the urge to snark. Though, I'll add something in." He turns to M and Zephyr and his smile instantly dies to be replaced by the serious-est of the serious. "I'll hold you to your oath. If any of these fine ponies do not return due to your negligence, I swear by Celestia's sun I will dust you myself." To add weight to his statement, he starts forcibly exuding more sunlight than normal - not enough to cause re-death, but it might sting a little.
To add bonus disconcerting points, he smiles again when the effect fades after a moment. "Nighty-night!" And heads back to the briefing room.
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Someplace
The ninja tossed a little. Then she spit up a little. "My..looo"
Outside the Cirrus
Rainbow clears her thtoat. Then she enters drill mode. "Private First Class Hooves, douse that fire! Hurry up! Must I tell your soon to be wfe of how poorly you squirt that water hose! Move it Move it Move it!"
The Cirrus
Blaze sighed and got on it.
He hated being bossed around as so. :smallamused:
((Sorry for being gone. My Internet has been gone for a bit >~<))
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To add bonus disconcerting points, he smiles again when the effect fades after a moment. "Nighty-night!" And heads back to the briefing room.
Staccata being a rogue would never resist the snark chance. "Say what you want about sun-wielders, paladins, and the like, they do know how to make a show of being stuck-up."
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This is about the time when Hover Heart strolls in the room. He mace swing back and forth from the leather strap in her mouth. "Dang. You ponies are too loud. A filly can't get any beauty sleep."
"She need it too." said Rainbow. She popped out of nowhere as usual, spooking somepony.
"Haha. Funny, but I am doomed with this attractiveness. Cursed to be the target of lecherous leers and naughty gazes." mumbles the pilot. "Anyway I am staying. You know how I dislike undead."
Naturally, it was Sandy who got spooked. He really should get used to that sorta of thing by now. But at least his leap of surprise showed he was uninjured. "Ack! Rainbow!" He held a hoof to his racing heart. "Thank th' fates yer on our side. Are y'comin' along too?"
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"I find most things to look spectacular in daylight. My heavy bias aside, my 'sleep' was as normal. I assume you have plans today?"
"Oh, indeed. I intend to explore the town, meet some ponies, set up a workshop, learn to forge the metalworker's writing, and then... Well, basically, I've got a lot I can do." Night Jewel grinned. "How about you?"
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"It's only unpleasant when I don't ask." There's a vague 'don't pursue this topic' edge to her voice. "I think we have a basic idea of how to do this. But it'll take time. Even with all of us brainstorming, something like this isn't easy like gathering honey. But I had some time to think in between dozing.
I need two things: A shield from Stellar, and an entrance from you. I've waited too long to ask, and this is bigger than me and my problems. I need to know where and how to get underground.
It's time to save this town."
"Into the caves? There's multiple ways. For one, the crypt's got a passage, although there's the little issue of a ghost along the way. Then there's various caves 'n crevices 'n general 'C' words, but ya get the idea. What were ya thinkin' of?"