[FO:E] The Southern Wasteland of Equestria 2

[MCerberus]

Fillydelphia

Finder just sort of flops down on the couch, letting the colts take the beds. He's not used to one anyway. Hopefully, however, the couch doesn't fall apart from being flopped on. You can never be too sure with decades old furnishings. Also on the hope list, Elestre knows what he's getting into eating griffin food. That's a disaster they may not be able to wake Finder up to deal with.

[Luka]

[Fillydelphia]

The pegasus colt couldn't care less about the two mercs, all he could do is slowly enter the room, almost like if it was some jail cell.

Inside he does.... Nothing, maybe waiting for the others to claim stuff, then grab whatever woul be left; he just kind of go to a bed after Finder claims the couch, preferably the farthest one.

[Drowlord]

Fillydelphia

Elestre sort of half-followed Luka, then stopped and sighed. He felt a similar pain to the other colt's. The young pony wished he could just talk to him, but Eletre was unsure if Luka would respond well to that. So he silently stood there and closed his eyes.

New Appleoosa

Sparky moved towards the bar, 'accidentally' brushing up against the griffon. "Oops! Sorry, sir. Didn't mean to bump into you like that. Good afternoon, by the way!"

He gave the griffon a bright and genuine smile.

[Tychris1]

Ponyville

Lamia finally spots the two. He was starting to get a little worried, which is worrisome in and of itself due to the idea that he's growing a more developed concious. The horror.

In any event, he lands down infront of them, further tired and sweaty from not only getting into an intense fight but then flying around for a good bit right afterwards. He pants inbetween words as he says "I'm done doing the thing with the mare Eledwhen. I'm a bit sad you didn't watch, your going to have to learn how to do it eventually," He looks at Pineapple and winks "Don't worry, i'll get around to you eventually. You look experienced enough at it and it'd be good for Eledwhen to observe. Hmm, should probably get to Razoreye aswell. Though it'll be different considering size difference, talons, two sets of wings, and the whole structure of his body making grappling that much harder. Eh, haven't done it with a griffin yet anyway. Should be a new experience." Throughout the entirety of that he retains a normal, nonchalant face that is completely oblivious to the implications that Pineapple has for what he's doing.

[TAG Blade, DEB]

Southwestern Equestria- The desert above the facility. 5:48 PM

Maul glances back at the warrior as he continues forward, trying to muster what little real courage he had to say something. Eventually he gathers himself as best he can, and begins to speak, almost choking on the words from the amount of strain he puts into trying to get the question out "So, w-what happens to me if the water is restored?"

[TAG Benson]

[Luka]

[Fillydelphia]

The colt wouldn't do much immediately, he would just... approach the farthest bed's side, get on, then let himself drop and flop over the matress looking away.... ignoring his surroundings, kinda sulking there. Maybe Elestre could approach.

[BladeofObliviom]

Ponyville

The word you're looking for is probably conscience.

In any case, Pineapple's reaction to that abomination of an unintentional innuendo, for the sake of keeping this silly going a bit longer, is... ...shocked, to say the least. She blinks. Twice. Then resolves to pretend that she heard nothing.

"I'm... ...not going to dignify that with a response."

This has the side effect of taking Pineapple's attention off of Eledwhen, mostly because she's trying to suppress SO MANY IMAGES BRAIN BLEACH AUGH.

[Tychris1]

Ponyville

Lamianos just raises an eyebrow and mutters "Yeesh, didn't know you were a pacifist." Shaking that away he smirks and says "Well, while I was flying around I spotted Razoreye carrying some food on his shoulder. You should go see him if you want fresh meat. I'll just go rummage through Raider corpses." He begins to trot away, grabbing onto the first corpse he finds and dragging it away into the nearest intact building.

[Benson]

New Appleoosa

Sparky moved towards the bar, 'accidentally' brushing up against the griffon. "Oops! Sorry, sir. Didn't mean to bump into you like that. Good afternoon, by the way!"

He gave the griffon a bright and genuine smile.

"Oh...heya..its no problem," The griffon replied with a rather relaxed tone and tired smile as he put down his mug on the counter and wiped his beak. "Good afternoon to ya too." He lightly ran his talons through his head feathers.

Behind the bar counter was Apple Martini casually wiping clean the mugs.

Southwestern Equestria- The desert above the facility. 5:48 PM

Maul glances back at the warrior as he continues forward, trying to muster what little real courage he had to say something. Eventually he gathers himself as best he can, and begins to speak, almost choking on the words from the amount of strain he puts into trying to get the question out "So, w-what happens to me if the water is restored?"

[TAG Benson]

"You will be brought before the people and they will decide your fate." He replied with a grim tone.

[PurityIcekiller]

Lamianos just raises an eyebrow and mutters "Yeesh, didn't know you were a pacifist..."

With that, there was a cut to a (relatively) pacifistic pony.

The trio of bandits had thought they'd found an easy target. A lone unicorn, well-dressed and seemingly unarmed, was bound to be a good target with little risk.

Naturally, things did not quite go as planned. The fight had barely started when their guns stopped working, and it went downhill from there.

"So," said Night Jewel, "I think I should be thanking you. After all, you have really been..." She twisted a bandit's leg back and forth with her magic, causing him to cry out in pain. "...quite good test subjects."

"How is... What do you want?" The bandit leader asked.

"Oh, I'm just looking for information. Your usefulness to me depends entirely on how much you can tell me."

"Are you going to-"

"Torture you? No, no, not for information." She smiled. "If you can't tell me anything, I'll simply let you go. If you can tell me, though, I'll let you go and give a bit of compensation for your troubles."

~

A short time later, she continued on her way, naked and out of money. Those bandits drove a hard bargain, it seemed.

[New Appaloosa]

Bright Eyes arrived to find Mags alone. "Aw, don't tell me. They've gone off somewhere without me. Are some ponies ever impatient!"

[Benson]

[New Appaloosa]

Bright Eyes arrived to find Mags alone. "Aw, don't tell me. They've gone off somewhere without me. Are some ponies ever impatient!"

"Oh hiya!" Mags said cheerfully as she packed up her pieces of paper and charcoal, for drawing on the road of course!

"They went to look for the griffon fellow they think is here. I was told to wait in here in case you returned earlier than them." The filly said as she now was folding her blankie to take with her.

[Dark Elf Bard]

Ponyville

Eledwhen stands there, bewildered.

Maybe we can all do it together!

[MCerberus]

Ponyville

Meanwhile, far away from innuendo-land... Razoreye's starting up a barbecue. His talons also make a convenient tool. Hey evolution is a wonderful thing, now if only somepony needed a wolf pelt.

[PurityIcekiller]

"Oh hiya!" Mags said cheerfully as she packed up her pieces of paper and charcoal, for drawing on the road of course!

"They went to look for the griffon fellow they think is here. I was told to wait in here in case you returned earlier than them." The filly said as she now was folding her blankie to take with her.

"I see. Well, they'll probably be back soon." Bright Eyes nodded.

"So you're into art? That's nice! Not a lot of ponies care about that side of life any more. You're helping revive tradition!"

[Benson]

"I see. Well, they'll probably be back soon." Bright Eyes nodded.

"So you're into art? That's nice! Not a lot of ponies care about that side of life any more. You're helping revive tradition!"

The filly beamed at Bright Eyes' words. "I like drawing pretty pictures...oooooh....lemme draw you!.....You can be model, and your so pretty."

[Tychris1]

Southwestern Equestria- Desert above the facility 5:49 PM

Maul smirks "Well that's a cheery piece of news..." And with that he remains quite for the rest of the walk, hopefully Tough Stomp was back in town.

[TAG Benson]

[PurityIcekiller]

The filly beamed at Bright Eyes' words. "I like drawing pretty pictures...oooooh....lemme draw you!.....You can be model, and your so pretty."

"Why, thanks! That's quite an honour!" Bright Eyes struck a majestic pose. "Is this good?"

[Drowlord]

Fillydelphia

Elestre, after shaking off his hesitation, came over to the depressed-looking colt and quietly looked into his eyes.

"Luka, are you feeling it too?"

New Appleoosa

Sparky nodded approval. "Well anyway. We were hoping to find a certain griffon who takes medical supplies to a village. We, and two others, are fixing to join him and help him as we can. You wouldn't, by any chance, happen to know him, would you?"

[Luka]

Fillydelphia

Elestre, after shaking off his hesitation, came over to the depressed-looking colt and quietly looked into his eyes.

"Luka, are you feeling it too?"

The colt wouldn't move, his expression would be at most, blank, but there's still a barely noticeable, tiny frown

"....Feeling what?"
he would ask, his voice a bit cracked.

[BladeofObliviom]

Ponyville

Pineapple responds, a little too quickly, even as the embrassed blush upon her face fades.

"Yes, we can do it together. The scavenging, I mean!"

[Drowlord]

Fillydelphia

"That even though we tried to do something, it's just nothing or worse. That we're worthless, and we can't do anything to make this wasteland right. I..."

He took a ragged breath.

"Luka, we can't just give up. You still have to get to your father, and I've got a mission of my own. And... you're a good pony."

[Luka]

[Fillydelphia]

All the stable colt would do look away a bit more and making an inward, silent whimper.

"There's nothing to give up from....It's...Pretty much it, what I've been fighting against, look where you are.... It's done more good than maybe I ever will, and what if I keep going? I'm just gonna wither with my values and achieve nothing anyways, nothing will change if I'm gone.... You'd be better looking for her by yourself........I got no point, I'm not, I'm useles........
........I don't even know about why am I even looking anymore"

He would just kind of half-hide his face into the mattress/pillow

[Benson]

Southwestern Equestria- Desert above the facility 5:49 PM

Maul smirks "Well that's a cheery piece of news..." And with that he remains quite for the rest of the walk, hopefully Tough Stomp was back in town.[TAG Benson]

The sun was on its way to be setting as shadows cast themselves long towards the east, reaching and all that purple prose like descriptors. Anyways as they walked towards town, the warrior fellow, brother to the ex chief, dropped his angry expression, apparently having had been in thought.

Suddenly a unicorn stood in their path, Tough Stomp, he was shaking trying to put on a brave face. The ex slaver didn't know what he was doing, he didn't know what was going on really, all he saw was that warrior with a spear pointed at Maul in a threatening position. This stopped the warrior in his tracks along with the other one who then pointed his spear at Tough Stomp.

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"Why, thanks! That's quite an honour!" Bright Eyes struck a majestic pose. "Is this good?"

"Ooooooh...perfect!...You're really good at this," She beamed as she began to doodle a stick figure image of Bright Eyes and her pose. She stuck her tongue out a little bit wearing a for serious serious expression.

New Appleoosa

Sparky nodded approval. "Well anyway. We were hoping to find a certain griffon who takes medical supplies to a village. We, and two others, are fixing to join him and help him as we can. You wouldn't, by any chance, happen to know him, would you?"

"A griffon you say? I think I know just who you're referring to," He said with a small tired smile. He stuck out his right talon for a shake.

"That griffon would be me. Name's Gunther, a pleasure to met you."

[Dark Elf Bard]

Ponyville

Pineapple responds, a little too quickly, even as the embrassed blush upon her face fades.

"Yes, we can do it together. The scavenging, I mean!"

Eledwhen smiles and stares back at the bodies and her father.

[Drowlord]

[Fillydelphia]

All the stable colt would do look away a bit more and making an inward, silent whimper.

"There's nothing to give up from....It's...Pretty much it, what I've been fighting against, look where you are.... It's done more good than maybe I ever will, and what if I keep going? I'm just gonna wither with my values and achieve nothing anyways, nothing will change if I'm gone.... You'd be better looking for her by yourself........I got no point, I'm not, I'm useles........
........I don't even know about why am I even looking anymore"

He would just kind of half-hide his face into the mattress/pillow

"Luka, where would I be without you? Starving or dead in the sewers of New Appleoosa. You're not useless. I'm never going to give up on my friend."

He put a hoof around the older colt and fell silent.

"A griffon you say? I think I know just who you're referring to," He said with a small tired smile. He stuck out his right talon for a shake.

"That griffon would be me. Name's Gunther, a pleasure to met you."

Sparky extended his hoof into the talon, shaking firmly.

"My name's Stormy Skies, but most call me Sparky. It's nice seeing another cloud-dweller down here."

[Luka]

[Fillydelphia]

"....Where are you going to be with me?......."

He would just simply say before hidding a bit more and trying to rest there.... Maybe he would fall asleep and wake up out of the nightmare....

[Benson]

Sparky extended his hoof into the talon, shaking firmly.

"My name's Stormy Skies, but most call me Sparky. It's nice seeing another cloud-dweller down here."

"Heh," He said as eventually he released the talon/hoofshake and took a sip of bhramin milk.

"Though, there's a bit of a need for correction on your previous sentence, alas I didn't take medical supplies to that village, I just gave them all my meds and food and helped by getting that message delivered here." He said with a small smile.

[Drowlord]

Fillydelphia

"Somewhere under the clouds, searching for peace."

Elestre sighed, heading to the other bed.

"Night, Finder. Night, Luka."

Luna, please keep us safe.

New Appleoosa

Sparky looked intently at the griffin. "Awful kind of you. Is there any info I should know about the trip there, to be safe?"

[MCerberus]

Fillydelphia

"Zzzzz"
It doesn't seem like Finder registered that.

[Tychris1]

Tough Stomp makes stupid decisions in the Southwestern chunk of Equestria

Maul Steel looked forward, his eyes beaming as he saw his bro stand up for him. Maul Steel raised a hoof to his eyes and proceeded to mock faint as he says "My hero!" Upon hitting the ground he lashed out one hoof towards the guards knee and proceeded to scamper away to the best of his ability.

Ponyville

Lamianos gets to scavenging! He begins looting a few bodies and buildings, even finding a cool leather jacket and a single spiked helmet. The leather jacket was only moderately bloody, must have been a stray bullet from his minigun. The helmet on the other hand had seen far better days, scratches lined it in such great quantity that little remained of the original color. However, this paled in comparison to the box he found after looting the third house.

It was locked, and Lamianos was about ready to just quit trying to ipen it up. But his stubborn nature refused to yield and so he took one of his fangs and proceeded to use it like a sharp bobby pin. Grace and tact aren't the best words one could use to describe his lockpicking. And if one claimed that all he did was try to break the lock, then they wouldn't be far from the truth. Still, it worked somehow, and the reward he reaped was great for him indeed. Contained within were several alcoholic containers, some emptied while others were full to the brim. He smiled, and turning his head he shouted over his shoulder "HEY! PINEAPPLE! Your gonna want to see this!"

[TAG Blade]

[Benson]

New Appleoosa

Sparky looked intently at the griffin. "Awful kind of you. Is there any info I should know about the trip there, to be safe?"

"Well ah...I mostly avoided a lot of the trouble using flight...but ah...I'd be weary of night stalkers....nasty creatures with an unpleasant bite. Lots of them thatta-way...wouldn't be surprised if the folks down in the village got sick because of those things," He said with a sad look in his eyes.

Tough Stomp makes stupid decisions in the Southwestern chunk of Equestria

Maul Steel looked forward, his eyes beaming as he saw his bro stand up for him. Maul Steel raised a hoof to his eyes and proceeded to mock faint as he says "My hero!" Upon hitting the ground he lashed out one hoof towards the guards knee and proceeded to scamper away to the best of his ability.

Right, standing up for him, he was totally not confused poopless.

The moment Maul Steel hit the chief's bro, the other one immediately whacked Tough Stomp on the side of his head knocking him down. "Nnngghh...I didn't evn----ow ow..ow ow.."

The chief's bro winced with a grunted and teetered forward on his fore legs as he threw his spear down in front of Maul's path.