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TheAmishPirate

2012-11-08, 10:06 AM

Advanced Vampony Fracas

[Sandy]

The flaming earth pony grunted as Sandy tried to corkscrew it. Getting weaker by the fire, the earth pony knew he was done for. This was it, he took comfort knowing he died for the sake of his Master. Oh so he felt like he needed to believe that. He took this moment as he was stabbed in the midsection to send off a whispered prayer to Luna, princess of the night. He fell to the floor on his back as his black blood rushed out his mouth. "Hurry....up...I did all I could..."
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[Staccata]

Unicorn #1, sluggish from the fire, but not quite completely snail paced. He opted to bite on her cloak as they flipped over in order to flip her over again and land on him. His goal of course, was to try to set her on fire.

His last words fell on deaf ears; Sandy jabbed the stake in his heart once more, heedless of the vampony ichor spurting all over him. His blood and glamour-tinged eyes swept the battlefield, finding the nearest enemy. Nearby, that rogue and a unicorn vampony were tussling; perfect.

With the vampony going sluggish, he'd be easy prey for the engineer. In a flash, he'd rammed horn-first into the flaming enemy, stabbing, slashing, and even biting away at his midsection. Although one could think that he was taking advantage of the fact that his magic could easily douse flames and his combat armor was strictly non-flammable, judging by the manic energy behind his attacks, such thoughts were not foremost in his mind.

(tldr: Sandy horn-rams the flaming unicorn flipping Staccata, then goes into a frenzy of slashes, stabs, and bites to its midsection.)

PurityIcekiller

2012-11-08, 10:36 AM

"You planning to throw up? Bush is that way," Lemongrass said, before eyeing Night Jewel. "Found something you like? We don't normally keep trophies... Captain hates that, so you're welcome to anything before we clear the mess up. Please don't tell them I said you can loot the bodies... or whatever that is left here."

"Trophy? No, this is a little more than that." Night Jewel held up the metal proudly. "It's a piece of whatever that metal was they were using. Now I can figure out more about it!"

"Of course." She says quietly in her best 'tucking in baby squirrels' voice. "I'll get you nice a- hey!" She shoots upright and gapes at what one would assume to be some sort of epiphany. "I'm conscious this time!"

"But, ah. That's a later-thing, not a now-thing."

"Well, that's mighty- Eh?" Blades shook her head. "Now ya're gettin' me confused."

"Well..." She begins slowly, mulling it over while also trying to figure out how to move Blades. "How long has it been since you ate or drank anything? Besides lava. Wait, can you even drink lava? I mean you-you, not ponies-you, although I suppose..."

Semi-victory apparently equals time for tangents.

"I... suppose that makes sense. I have not needed food or drink for centuries now. I must have forgotten." Flare smiled. "Oh well, that should be remedied easily enough.

"As for your other question, I have never attempted to drink lava. I am still not completely heatproof, and I suspect it would be fatal."

Benson

2012-11-08, 11:32 AM

Elsewhere

While the defenders were sent out to battle to essentially die, along with others on their way, in another area of the underground temple, there was a small gathering of the rest of the clan. Twenty in all here in this group, divided into two groups. Five in one, and the rest in the other. The Master stood at the center with Worry Wart at his side and the pegasus mare from way earlier who I don't think I named.

"...We should probably cut our losses, Spectre. We haven't even made a real dent in those eight and you've already lost the majority to all the fruits of your efforts. Ptt. Your little experiment to create an army...hah...laughable when it proved no more helpful as a crippled blind foal." A white maned pegasus mare with a blue coat stood in front of the group of five said and glowered at this Spectre.

It is not my fault Zippity Do.They weren't ready, I did not have the time to properly assimilate them, to refine the process. There was an annoyed grunt from the vampony. Not when I had those blasted wannabe heroes on my ass!

"Yes well, perhaps you shouldn't have tried to attack that unicorn with the odd blood."

"Because I knew he had powerful allies right who would start interfering with my plans right?"

"I don't know, you tell me, you're the one who has been around for almost a millennium, surely there's some experience you picked up." Zippity Do snorted and nickered angrily.

"So what? You're telling me you're going to leave? After how far we've gotten?"

"There's nothing past this. Your attempts to rebuild our race's past glory will only fail, again. I no longer wish to be a part of it. We vamponies are a dying race and you should accept that. Our time is over and we should just be content to live out our immortality with what we have, who we have.

I only stuck with you for so long because you were my big brother. But no more, not when I see you so willingly content with sending out your children to slaughter. Tell me, how many have you lost in this single night? And for what real reason?"

My means will justify our ends.

"Only those who don't really know what they're doing say that. Well I will not be having my children die anymore. Losing Scouter and Flash Step tonight was bad enough, and right now Honor Guard is fighting for something pointless, and I don't want him to die for that."

"So what, you're just going to leave? Denounce our alliance after all this long? The enemy won't let you just simply pass you know? Your hooves and fangs are stained just as well, you are no innocent party here and that's all they will see. Just another "evil" vampony that needs to be put down."

"...Perhaps I may die....but if I stick with you, then my children and I are guaranteed to die."

Grif

2012-11-08, 12:34 PM

Violet just remains silent there, unconciouss and everything.
Still he would be able to notice something new: It would seem like if there was a spiky ball-shaped small explosion around the stab area, producing some internal damage and bleeding, Arvadraa could have stoped some of it though....

Idle Chat- Clinic

"I know...why...though...what do they want?..." He softly whispered.
Snowflake shook her head slowly. "I don't know... but they just hurt another innocent..."

Meanwhile, the doctor continued to repair the wound with precise burst of healing magic. Slowly, ever so slowly, the damage was undone. By the end of it, the wound was but a shallow gap in the coat. The doctor wiped errant beads of sweat off his brow, before stepping off to let his nurses handle the rest. "She'll be fine. Just needs rest and observation for any of those side effect from... whatever caused this."

"Trophy? No, this is a little more than that." Night Jewel held up the metal proudly. "It's a piece of whatever that metal was they were using. Now I can figure out more about it!"
"Huh. That would be helpful." Lemongrass filed away the factoid for later. Captain might want to know.

"Well, that's mighty- Eh?" Blades shook her head. "Now ya're gettin' me confused."

"I... suppose that makes sense. I have not needed food or drink for centuries now. I must have forgotten." Flare smiled. "Oh well, that should be remedied easily enough.

"As for your other question, I have never attempted to drink lava. I am still not completely heatproof, and I suspect it would be fatal."

"Eh wha...? What is all this about lava?" Lemongrass interrupted, scratching his head.

Orzel

2012-11-08, 01:20 PM

"Yea, I guess, I'll do my darnest...mmmmm, unrelated, but sometimes, it just feels like there's much on my plate I need to do, I don't really know what I'm doing....I'm just so...mentally taxed." Ember sighed and leaned to his left and frumped on the couch's side arm.

"Ah know. Ah know." The kelpie laid down on Ember's side. She petted him and frowned. "This be a hard thing to do. There be no rush on when ye act but ye have to secure your resources. Just do that. Donnae have to think lon term. Just meet the folk."

MCerberus

2012-11-08, 01:45 PM

Vampony Bowl-Down

Sandy's gone pretty mad hasn't he. With the vampony slowing down from the pain, it seems Staccata has options for dealing with it. Her cloak... hopefully it can be put out before it's completely gone since its enchantment would put it back. There is a more pressing concern though.

Either to make sure Sandy isn't stuck with a vampony kabob or to make sure the flaming vampony goes away from her, the mare bucks away unicorn #1. Because she hasn't quite learned her lesson about kicking the things.

Benson

2012-11-08, 02:36 PM

"Ah know. Ah know." The kelpie laid down on Ember's side. She petted him and frowned. "This be a hard thing to do. There be no rush on when ye act but ye have to secure your resources. Just do that. Donnae have to think lon term. Just meet the folk."

"I...okay Lochbed......and thank you," He lifted a hoof and leg and laid it over her side.

Orzel

2012-11-08, 05:49 PM

"I...okay Lochbed......and thank you," He lifted a hoof and leg and laid it over her side.

"Ah be pact bound take help ya." Lochbed smiled. "We go this afternoon?"

Kelvin360

2012-11-08, 06:09 PM

Daniel

"Neat a trick as that'd be, I'm not actually going to kill you. Re-kill you. Whatever. Matter of fact, I aim to douse you in a vat of mook-be-gone, make you what you used to be.

That is to say, sentient and not a mindless drone. Figured you ought to know, even though you're probably still going to fight for your drone-dom. Don'tcha just love mind control?" He nabs two more arrows and triple-fires into whatever weak spots he can find, preferably far enough apart to force his opponent to pick and choose just one to block, if at all.

"Oh, and 'tag'."

(tl;dr - explain explain triple-shot into the chinks witty comment)

([Normal Arrows Left: 11 (immediate)]
[Fire Arrows Left: 1 (immediate)])

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Zaros

"Then it seems you are fortunate to have the greatest healer of the previous generation staying here. My father can provide assistance for the time being."

"When I find him." He mutters.

--

Arvadraa

"Trophy? No, this is a little more than that." Night Jewel held up the metal proudly. "It's a piece of whatever that metal was they were using. Now I can figure out more about it!"

"Oh, that's-"

Oh, let her have her fun.

"Well, that's mighty- Eh?" Blades shook her head. "Now ya're gettin' me confused."

"Bad luck in fights recently, remember? I guess practice does make perfect."

"I... suppose that makes sense. I have not needed food or drink for centuries now. I must have forgotten." Flare smiled. "Oh well, that should be remedied easily enough.

"As for your other question, I have never attempted to drink lava. I am still not completely heatproof, and I suspect it would be fatal."

"Easily enough, yes." She spots a nearby bird and chirrups at it. It flies off hurriedly. "There we go, they don't exactly do muffins but you should have a snack at least when we get back."

"Eh wha...? What is all this about lava?" Lemongrass interrupted, scratching his head.

"Semi-code devised by our part of the merchants guild. More of a series of in-jokes, really. She's a new recruit from a mining operation near Stalliongrad..." She assures Lemongrass patiently.

Stalliongrad? What?

Work with me, here.

"As part of our magical goods apprenticeship program. 'Lava' is what they call burnt orange juice and hay fries down there..."

Hay fries? Now I know you're messing with me.

I know, I know.

"And, well, I guess that's part of the reason she signed up!" She laughs charmingly while Horne busily prays that Flare and Blades stay as quiet as possible.

Benson

2012-11-08, 07:07 PM

Advanced Vampony Fracas

[Silverpine]

The pegasus shot up into the air avoiding the buck and sucked in her breath before springing out the shrapnel in her body back at Silverpine.

[Rainbow]

"Fascinating! Is that with two w's or one?" She asks blocking her hoof and pushing Rainbow down by her own hoof. "Though, you can't really introduce me since when this is over you're to be dead or something and stuff, ya know?"

[Sandy/Staccata]

And so that earth pony died. Moving on. The rabid Sandy, a frightening halfling beast attacks a burning unicorn. The unicorn stumbles backwards and twists, falling on his stomach with a shallow wound where Sandy's horn struck. The bloody flaming mess of a unicorn is literally trying to crawl away having had seen a real monster to strike fear. He soon finds himself with a buck to the head and death coming behind him.

From above the hamster ball of doom appears out of nowhere aimed for Sandy and Staccata.

[Daniel]

"Trick? I know not what you mean." The earth pony replies and super jumps behind the boulder by passing the arrows. Though that's not to say the arrows are wasted, they're there somewhere to be found and reused again. "I do not fight under their Master's orders." He said punching a piece of the boulder with his fore hoof and sending an avoidable large chunk of rock at Daniel.

[Miss M/Zephyr]

The red unicorn pushing herself off the pillar jumped at the pegasi's beating up Zephyr tackling them both to the ground as Zephyr himself fell toward the ground from the exhaustion of the beating he took.
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Ember & Lochbed-Morning

"This afternoon? Sure...I think....I still got to talk to Big Bruce.....but...it...could be a thing." A thing he wasn't really ready for.

Kelvin360

2012-11-08, 07:17 PM

Daniel

"So you're trying to kill us for no particular reason other than that's what you do?" He rolls and fires another arrow, this one at the sword's handle. "Not making yourself especially save-able, or whoever's yanking your leash, either. If you didn't know we aren't firing to kill, then that one is basically throwing you into what they think is the fire.

Which means, your boss? Not even remotely better than this 'Master'. Kind of puts things in perspective."

MCerberus

2012-11-08, 07:32 PM

Vampony Bowl-down

Reflex save! Jump away! Well that was a seemingly logical move. If Staccata knows her insane bloodthirsting beserkers, Sandy's in danger of not knowing he should run away. However, personal running is the first order of business. Plans can wait until she knows where the ball will roll.

[Staccata ran away. She bravely ran away!]

PurityIcekiller

2012-11-08, 08:32 PM

"Huh. That would be helpful." Lemongrass filed away the factoid for later. Captain might want to know.

"It would, wouldn't it. I'll be sure to share my findings." After all, the more trustworthy I look to you, the easier it'll be to talk my way out of trouble.

"Bad luck in fights recently, remember? I guess practice does make perfect."

"Oh, right. I'm glad one of us is doin' better, at least."

"Easily enough, yes." She spots a nearby bird and chirrups at it. It flies off hurriedly. "There we go, they don't exactly do muffins but you should have a snack at least when we get back."

"Good. I do not want to inadvertently starve myself on my first day."

"Semi-code devised by our part of the merchants guild. More of a series of in-jokes, really. She's a new recruit from a mining operation near Stalliongrad..." She assures Lemongrass patiently...

..."As part of our magical goods apprenticeship program. 'Lava' is what they call burnt orange juice and hay fries down there..."...

..."And, well, I guess that's part of the reason she signed up!" She laughs charmingly while Horne busily prays that Flare and Blades stay as quiet as possible.

Flare twitched her ears. "Do you really expect... I'm an earth mage, so the lava is literal."

Blades didn't add anything, fortunately.

Interesting story. I wonder what the penalty for bringing a living apocalypse into town is? If she has to lie like that, I'd guess it's not something you get away with easily, but I'm nowhere near as familiar with this legal system as I am with my homeland's.

Orzel

2012-11-08, 09:30 PM

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[Rainbow]

"Fascinating! Is that with two w's or one?" She asks blocking her hoof and pushing Rainbow down by her own hoof. "Though, you can't really introduce me since when this is over you're to be dead or something and stuff, ya know?"

"How about I introduce you to the Grim Reaper before I go?" Rainbow kicked her hindleg upward and flicked her wrist. Her intention was to fire a bort right through the mare's heart. She fired.

Ember & Lochbed-Morning

"This afternoon? Sure...I think....I still got to talk to Big Bruce.....but...it...could be a thing." A thing he wasn't really ready for.

The kelpie was puzzled. "Want meh to come with ye?"

Grif

2012-11-08, 10:09 PM

Zaros

"Then it seems you are fortunate to have the greatest healer of the previous generation staying here. My father can provide assistance for the time being."

"When I find him." He mutters.

"I'm sure we're most fortunate to have him..." Tyrol remarked dryly. He most certainly wasn't aware of a renowned healer in town. He'd have to check back on the long list of ponies who recently wandered into town. Though to be fair, they weren't exactly in urgent need of healers. There was that crazy teched up medic from three weeks ago... and assorted mages and stuff.

"Semi-code devised by our part of the merchants guild. More of a series of in-jokes, really. She's a new recruit from a mining operation near Stalliongrad..." She assures Lemongrass patiently.

Stalliongrad? What?

Work with me, here.

"As part of our magical goods apprenticeship program. 'Lava' is what they call burnt orange juice and hay fries down there..."

Hay fries? Now I know you're messing with me.

I know, I know.

"And, well, I guess that's part of the reason she signed up!" She laughs charmingly while Horne busily prays that Flare and Blades stay as quiet as possible.

"It would, wouldn't it. I'll be sure to share my findings." After all, the more trustworthy I look to you, the easier it'll be to talk my way out of trouble.

"Oh, right. I'm glad one of us is doin' better, at least."

"Good. I do not want to inadvertently starve myself on my first day."

Flare twitched her ears. "Do you really expect... I'm an earth mage, so the lava is literal."

Blades didn't add anything, fortunately.

Interesting story. I wonder what the penalty for bringing a living apocalypse into town is? If she has to lie like that, I'd guess it's not something you get away with easily, but I'm nowhere near as familiar with this legal system as I am with my homeland's.

Lemongrass rolled his eyes. "Now you're just pulling my tail, yes? I know what lava is." Apparently, Lemongrass wasn't as dumb as he liked ponies to think. That and he was suddenly grateful for his geology teacher for making him stand through all her classes. "Now, let's try again. What was this about lava?"

Advanced Vampony Fracas

[Silverpine]

The pegasus shot up into the air avoiding the buck and sucked in her breath before springing out the shrapnel in her body back at Silverpine.

Too slow. Far too slow. For Silverpine. His momentum carried him way past his intended target, and by the time he managed to turn around to face his target, he was greeted by another faceful of shrapnel. He reflexively dove again to the ground to avoid the worst of the sharpnel, but pain lanced his sides as the metal fragments dug in. "Nngh, come back here!" he yelled, diving into the air to try and drag the pegasus back down. Probably not the smartest decision with regards to vamponies, but then, Silverpine wasn't exactly thinking straight at this point.

Kelvin360

2012-11-08, 10:36 PM

Luka

2012-11-08, 10:42 PM

Southern gate
The armored colt just tried helping Silent up a bit, but then after that just went behind some wall.

Most likely nopony would notice, but the armored colt's just sitting on his haunches, somewhat dejected

TheAmishPirate

2012-11-08, 11:08 PM

Advanced Vampony Fracas

[Sandy/Staccata]

And so that earth pony died. Moving on. The rabid Sandy, a frightening halfling beast attacks a burning unicorn. The unicorn stumbles backwards and twists, falling on his stomach with a shallow wound where Sandy's horn struck. The bloody flaming mess of a unicorn is literally trying to crawl away having had seen a real monster to strike fear. He soon finds himself with a buck to the head and death coming behind him.

From above the hamster ball of doom appears out of nowhere aimed for Sandy and Staccata.

The unicorn would not have long to fear. Sandy drove the stake through his middle so hard, the sand-hardened tip cracked the rock beneath him.

His hyper-alert senses told him of the hamster ball long before he looked up. A derenged grin stretched across his face, twisted by the shattered angle of his broken jaw. Was that all? Just a little, tiny layer of magic between him and two of the enemy?

The unicorn stood ready and tensed his legs, summoning up a thick layer of sandy grit around each hoof. His blades took point above him, flanked by two stakes on either side. His horn bled magic, all restraint swept away in his battle-lust, and the weapons spun into a blur. The sand on his hooves flashed with magic at the same moment his spring-loaded muscles all fired, sending him screaming into the air. Behind his makeshift drill, the mad unicorn clutched his last stake between his bared teeth, foreleg outstretched like the insane Superpony he was.

[tldr: Sandy is the drill that will pierce the hamster ball. That, or get wrecked like a chump. Both might happen!]

(Note: I'm perfectly okay with Sandy losing/merely breaking even on this exchange, it's just...I''ve been picturing the guy's on PCP or something. He's going to ram that thing. :smalltongue:)

Benson

2012-11-09, 01:05 AM

Advanced Vampony Fracas

[Daniel]

"Its complicated, the relationship between my mistress and the other's master. Details, I cannot understand. Maybe I'm wrong, maybe I am being mind controlled after all." He did a twist, the sword held in his mouth, though it did not hamper his speaking, and smacked the arrow, splitting it. "I do not know how to explain this feeling that I have free will but at the same time know I must fight you to the death, maybe its not free will, maybe its an illusion, I don't know. And if your group are not firing to kill, then they are failing." And cue a choking scream from Sandy's new victim.

[Sandy and Staccata]

And the unicorn died, his ichor staining the ground, Sandy. Staccata made her tactical retreat while Sandy with victories under his sandy belt felt he could take on the murder hamster ball.

"Sh**...bastard killed Provolone....he owed me a pizza," Bonita dead panned and brought more wind to her thrust. "Harden the shield, we're squashing this Ranbo wannabe!"

"Aye babe!" Clod grunted and shot out another spark of his horn adding an extra layer. It came down and did not break, make of that what you will.

[Silverpine/Gearstride]

The pegasus mare seemed to mock Silverpine and move just out of his reach and flapped her wings to hit him with a gust of wind. Meanwhile, Gearstride, grunted in pain and blood loss and crawled to pick up her knife. It may not have been a bomb, but she still did know how to aim. With a flick of her neck and remnants of her strength, she flicked the knife towards the jeering pegasus and stuck her in the wing.

The pegasus grunted and dipped too long trying to shake it off, leaving her low enough for Silverpine to reach.

[Rainbow]

The mare was not blind, these were lenless glasses afterall. She simply power hopped over to the side. "Grim Reaper? Is that a band? Ooh...that's a great name for a band. Not sure about a manestylist name though. Maybe a motorcycle gang name!" She was likely gearing to be an annoyance.

[Miss M]

And so she and the two pegasi began to fight what seemed to be the equivalent to dog fighting, it leaned more toward the bestial visceral side. A whole leg even flew over landing near Rainbow, thankfully it wasn't a red one.
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Ember and Lochbed

Ember looked at the kelpie for a moment an puckered his lips in thought. ".....yea...I want you to come."
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Southern Gate

Silent hurt all over and tried to survey what was going on exactly right now and seeing who was fighting who.

Kelvin360

2012-11-09, 01:26 AM

Daniel

"Here's a rule of tip - if you want to do something but feel like you should do something else, odds are either you're being mind controlled or are a conformist. Which is really the same thing." Because bards can't be lawful. "Also, 'complicated' doesn't work as a great excuse when you're trying to explain away, oh...mindrape and mass-murder. I'm just saying."

He's either decided to not be a moron or is enjoying the conversation too much, because he nocks two more arrows but fires neither. Yet.

([Normal Arrows Left: 2 (nocked) 9 (immediate)]
[Fire Arrows Left: 1 (immediate)])

Orzel

2012-11-09, 06:36 AM

Rainbow

This is bad. She lacked the physical strength to overpower this vampony. And shooting this close is impossible with the might difference. "So are you into rock music? Reggae? Jazz? You seem like a rock type." Rainbow said as she snaked her tail around the vampony's left hind leg, hoping for a trip.

Lochbed

She kissed the puckered lips and then laid down against the colt-stallion. "Och. How be ye boss? Be he nice or malicious?"

Grif

2012-11-09, 06:41 AM

Arvadraa

"No, I'm not pulling your tail, but don't worry, it sounded strange when I heard it, too. Though, ah..." She comes closer and leans in to hold a quieter conversation.

"I didn't want to bring it up in front of her - I'm sure you know how episodes can be after a traumatic event...but she was imprisoned. Deep underground. I don't know whether it was fanatics, or slavers, or something else, but they...well, they played with her mind. Her only friends down there were herself, a magic cell, and some lava pools. She has a history with my friend, so we freed her and now we're offering her a home. If that isn't allowed, please tell me now so we can make arrangements." It might be less convincing if she wasn't technically telling the truth, too.
"Well... hmm... not to say that it's not allowed... but it's quite irregular..." Lemongrass racked his brain for the relevant legislation that might answer this question. He came up blank. Well, Tyrol was always the brains of the pair, though he seemed to be busy at the moment. "... perhaps we'll just stop by later when you guys sorted the paperwork," he ended lamely.

Zaros

"Mm, but words are free. Belief is more important. And I expect nopony to believe simply because I say so." Is that the barest hint of a smile? Naahhh.
Tyrol just tilted his head in response, not quite sure what to make of the answer.

[Silverpine/Gearstride]

The pegasus mare seemed to mock Silverpine and move just out of his reach and flapped her wings to hit him with a gust of wind. Meanwhile, Gearstride, grunted in pain and blood loss and crawled to pick up her knife. It may not have been a bomb, but she still did know how to aim. With a flick of her neck and remnants of her strength, she flicked the knife towards the jeering pegasus and stuck her in the wing.

The pegasus grunted and dipped too long trying to shake it off, leaving her low enough for Silverpine to reach.
Never one to miss an opportunity, Silverpine launched himself into the air again, aiming to tackle the pegasus down to earth and start actually doing some damage.

Southern Gate

Silent hurt all over and tried to survey what was going on exactly right now and seeing who was fighting who.
Tyrol, seeing Silent awake, went over to help him up as well. "You okay, Silent?" He glanced around to see where the living suit of armour went.

TheAmishPirate

2012-11-09, 08:46 AM

Advanced Vampony Fracas

[Sandy and Staccata][/I]

And the unicorn died, his ichor staining the ground, Sandy. Staccata made her tactical retreat while Sandy with victories under his sandy belt felt he could take on the murder hamster ball.

"Sh**...bastard killed Provolone....he owed me a pizza," Bonita dead panned and brought more wind to her thrust. "Harden the shield, we're squashing this Ranbo wannabe!"

"Aye babe!" Clod grunted and shot out another spark of his horn adding an extra layer. It came down and did not break, make of that what you will.

The sudden, crushing impact flattened Sandy against the bottom of the hamster ball, wrenching and twisted his outstretched foreleg and sending him through his own weaponry. The stakes bounced harmlessly off his armor, but the knives drew long gashes in his already-injured foreleg before he could wrangle them under his control again.

Needless to say, the drugged stallion was a little bit steamed by this development.

Roaring and frothing like a crazed animal, the engineer pounded the force field with his bloody leg. Either by luck or by some nugget of sense still functioning, the blows started him sliding along the sphere, smearing the ball with his own blood and taking him off-center for the imminent collision with the ground. The good news was that this desperate play meant he wasn't about to get squashed. The bad news was that it'd probably end up launching him off somewhere across the battlefield, where there were plenty of walls, pillars, and enemy vamponies to squash against.

[tldr: On hitting the hamster ball, Sandy's foreleg takes some considerable damage. He manages to shift himself off-center enough on the sphere to prevent a complete squash. The impact with the ground, coupled with the high winds behind the ball, will still launch him in a random direction across the battlefield.]

Luka

2012-11-09, 09:34 AM

Tyrol, seeing Silent awake, went over to help him up as well. "You okay, Silent?" He glanced around to see where the living suit of armour went.

He could see the armored colt somewhat behind the Booth, leaning onto it's wall with his head low, mostly seems to be trying to get out of sight or something.

MCerberus

2012-11-09, 10:11 AM

Vampony Bowl-Down

For her part, Staccata can at least use herself to try and push the hamster ball off of Sandy. She jumps towards the thing and pushes at it, hoping to give Sandy the extra little chunk of room he needs to escape.

Benson

2012-11-09, 11:01 AM

Advanced Vampony Fracas

[Daniel]
"I wasn't using it to explain away those things, I think. I believe its more perhaps......curses...I am at a loss of where I was going with that," He chuckled and punched out another rock, though it suspiciously shot waaaaay over Daniel's head. "I think...its something more of pity. Though that neither is an excuse. Sans the Master's presence, she's not a total monster, someone worth following."

[Rainbow]

"Mmm, I'd say swing, I always enjoyed swing music and dancing to it," She said grabbing Rainbow's forelegs as Rainbow tried to trip her up with her tail. The result would be some sort of wrestle swing dancing...or something.

[Silverpine/Gearstride]

"Ack, what are you doing you little crud!" The vampony tried to kick Silverpine down. Gearstride threw the vampony leg that sailed over here at the pegasus vamp. It hit the vampony with a squish noise who blanched and missed her kick on Silverpine letting Silverpine take a tackling hold on the flyer.

[Sandy/Staccata]

"Cruds, that worked!" The pegasus said in a daria-like tone.

"Did ya think it wouldn't have?" The unicorn asked gasping for breath, heaving and panting.

"Eh...well no." Bonita replied back.

"I love you too babe." Clod replied with deadpan similar to hers.

The hamster ball proved to be to heavy-ish for Staccata as the pegasus mare grimaced at her and added extra opposing force just to spite her. Though I don't think the ball is on Sandy.

Sandy gets le tossed like a dirty diaper towards the entrance of the temple, or rather where they came from.

[Miss M/Zephyr]

Miss M is joined by a somewhat recovered Zephyr as the two fought two rather tough pegasi. Oh hey is that another leg?...Oh...that's a blue-ish one...

Sigh. Of course
---------

Ember

He smiled at the little kiss and ran his hoof down her mane. "Yea, he's a pretty nice pony, a good pony."
---------

Southern Gate

Silent looked at Tyrol and nodded his head as he let out a grunt, the most sound he could make with his throat.

TheAmishPirate

2012-11-09, 11:57 AM

[Sandy - Tossed like a diaper...is that a short joke?!]

The stallion madly flailed and stabbed at the quickly-receding form of the hamster ball. His horn lit up, trying to push himself back towards the ball to attack it more, but it was like trying to stop a thrown bowling ball with a twig; the best he could do was slow himself slightly. Behind him, the hard, unforgiving temple wall loomed...

[Entrance of the temple]

After the ball hit, Daniel and the vampony soldier might catch a glimpse (or hear the maddened growling of) the flying Sandy, just seconds before he hit the wall. Perhaps just enough time to do potentially do something about it.

[tldr: Sandy gets bodily flung to the temple entrance. Daniel has a chance to do something about it, but so does the vampony soldier, arguably.]

Kelvin360

2012-11-09, 03:31 PM

"Well... hmm... not to say that it's not allowed... but it's quite irregular..." Lemongrass racked his brain for the relevant legislation that might answer this question. He came up blank. Well, Tyrol was always the brains of the pair, though he seemed to be busy at the moment. "... perhaps we'll just stop by later when you guys sorted the paperwork," he ended lamely.

"Of course. We'll have some muffins, too, for whoever comes by."

Tyrol just tilted his head in response, not quite sure what to make of the answer.

Zaros, enigmatic as ever, doesn't elaborate. He does, however, apparently decide to end the conversation in its tracks and walk behind the booth.

He sits down next to Luka, silent, waiting for him to speak first.

[Daniel]
"I wasn't using it to explain away those things, I think. I believe its more perhaps......curses...I am at a loss of where I was going with that," He chuckled and punched out another rock, though it suspiciously shot waaaaay over Daniel's head. "I think...its something more of pity. Though that neither is an excuse. Sans the Master's presence, she's not a total monster, someone worth following."

His eyes follow the rock to wherever its hitting behind him, letting his peripheral vision take care of sudden movement alerts. "Sounds like something's going for her, then. She must know that we're her absolute best shot at getting out of this alive by now. Start one coup, and not only are we there to make it succeed, but if she's as good as you say she is..."

He motions towards the blurs of Zephyr and Miss M, (un)living proof that they do in fact show mercy to the occasional vamp. "Then she and her loyalists get to walk away.

Now, here's my question to you. Are you going to stay here and essentially crush her chances of leaving in anything but a thimble because she didn't know to side with us? Or are you going to go warn your leader about a huge tactical advantage that all but ensures not only her survival, but also that of whoever's with her?" He shrugs.

[Entrance of the temple]

After the ball hit, Daniel and the vampony soldier might catch a glimpse (or hear the maddened growling of) the flying Sandy, just seconds before he hit the wall. Perhaps just enough time to do potentially do something about it.

[tldr: Sandy gets bodily flung to the temple entrance. Daniel has a chance to do something about it, but so does the vampony soldier, arguably.]

He follows the flying pony with a classically comedic 'just the head moves without surprise to look at the flying individual' method. "...Yeah. You think on that. Either way, I'm going to appeal to your honor by ditching my weapon and calling a break in the fight so I can go help my friend." He drops his bow and runs to Sandy's aid. Probably after he hits the ground (because he's not a pegasus, after all) but hey, take what you can get.

Luka

2012-11-09, 04:17 PM

Zaros, enigmatic as ever, doesn't elaborate. He does, however, apparently decide to end the conversation in its tracks and walk behind the booth.

He sits down next to Luka, silent, waiting for him to speak first.

He just lifts his head a bit and is able to hide the surprise of suddenly having a giantly armored paladin right next to him, doesn't see his head though, not really remembering having seen him with the fight.

"...I shouldn't have come here, I got you all in trouble, I brought them, they surely came for me and the others."

...Why do always good-aligned characters feel guilty of everything? :smallconfused:

Grif

2012-11-09, 06:28 PM

Advanced Vampony Fracas
[Silverpine/Gearstride]

"Ack, what are you doing you little crud!" The vampony tried to kick Silverpine down. Gearstride threw the vampony leg that sailed over here at the pegasus vamp. It hit the vampony with a squish noise who blanched and missed her kick on Silverpine letting Silverpine take a tackling hold on the flyer.

"Making sure..." Silverpine tackled the mare bodily and aimed a punch at the face. "... you stay down!"

Southern Gate
Silent looked at Tyrol and nodded his head as he let out a grunt, the most sound he could make with his throat.

"Good to hear it. C'mon, let's get you to the infirmary. Or the clinic, since it's nearer." Tyrol offered a hoof to support him.

Kelvin360

2012-11-09, 07:05 PM

He just lifts his head a bit and is able to hide the surprise of suddenly having a giantly armored paladin right next to him, doesn't see his head though, not really remembering having seen him with the fight.

"...I shouldn't have come here, I got you all in trouble, I brought them, they surely came for me and the others."

...Why do always good-aligned characters feel guilty of everything? :smallconfused:

"Do you remember what I told you, before? About my past? This 'Doth'...I have seen in him a reflection, in his methods. In his lead. I used to be him. And with this knowledge comes a clarity that I hope no pony shall ever realize themselves. If any know him, I do." He puts a hoof on Luka's shoulder. Heavy, steadfast, reassuring.

"This conquerer...in this place, he sees a target, regardless of inhabitants. A stronghold, perhaps, or simply an obstacle. Eventually, he plans to rule all in his path. And for now, his path leads here.

You are not at fault, Luka. You are not the reason they came. You are a savior.

You are the reason they will leave."

Luka

2012-11-09, 08:04 PM

Southern gate

He kind of smiles back as gratefulness, but he's still kind of down

"But did you see those? those were way stronger than the ones that attacked the valley, and they were most likely sent for me; they could have been holding back and had enough strength to overpower me.... If I hadn't got here the town would have been safer and less others at risk"

Meanwhile

The little tentacles on the ground would get lava'd, they seem to burn down, but then others would start appearing farther :smalleek:

Orzel

2012-11-09, 08:06 PM

Rainbow

Spin Spin. The sniper spins around when the vampony wrestling with her. "Oh you liking dancing? So let's dance." Rainbow spins away from the attacker. Then she returning with a dancey balletish kicking move.

[B]Lochbed

"That be nice." She purrs and smiles. Her tiny fangs appear unglamoured. "Should Ah dress up fo ye partner in business?"

(Should we fast forward to the afternoon?)

MCerberus

2012-11-09, 10:26 PM

Vampony Bowl-Down

And there goes Sandy. Oh, and Staccata's still next to the doom ball (tm). What's that? Running time again already? The mare makes her way towards the engaged Rainbow. She may not be able to help this turn with crazy acrobatic stabs, but it's decently away from the doom ball (tm).

Kelvin360

2012-11-09, 10:55 PM

Southern gate

He kind of smiles back as gratefulness, but he's still kind of down

"But did you see those? those were way stronger than the ones that attacked the valley, and they were most likely sent for me; they could have been holding back and had enough strength to overpower me.... If I hadn't got here the town would have been safer and less others at risk"

"If you had not been here, not only would they still be, but I would have had to battle three at once. Not that it would have been particularly difficult. That they fled when they had an advantage in numbers says enough about their 'strength'.

'Holding back' may have been an excuse...before half of them became incoherent with rage."

PurityIcekiller

2012-11-09, 11:39 PM

Luka

2012-11-09, 11:44 PM

Southern Gate

Now he just looks more concerned than dejected

"Yeah they did, those 2, but did you see the last 2? their armor was a lot stronger, their army could be getting stronger with time, and they most likely were sent here because of me, to get me and possibly whoever has got a glimpse of me; they're now possibly going to get a lot stronger than they would hadn't I just escaped this direction, and if they attack, they could possibly be an even greater danger and more would be threatened and at risk...I'm sorry"
He just leans back onto the booth's wall, if the paladin could feel the crusader's "aura/power/whatever field" they would notice how it just dimishes a lot.

The Night Jewel appears there too!
"At least gone I wouldn't have pinned them onto a town like this, and they would have kept themselves on the wilderness instead of this.... What I could do to make things right is just go away, so they go away, and the townsfolk could be safer...

Meanwhile tentacles!

She would pull it away... And it would turn out that the patch would have expanded more than they would think, she pulls out also roots from the ground, possibly having expanded the size of a small house block, and when she throws it away... Well, it evolves and BIG tentacles (approx 2-4, dunno, possibly the height of a tree and width of a sewer grate appear as the boulder flies away, they would look black and formed out of... Black; Flare would have got that trouble away from them... But now what would happen with the spot where that boulder lands? :smalleek:

Kelvin360

2012-11-10, 12:46 AM

Zaros

"That is a self-defeating argument. If they increase in power on a linear time scale, then they would be just as strong whether you were here or not. And for that matter, why would they not attack were they so capable? Captured land is good land, and the easier to obtain - in example, land without you in it - the better.

And, if you brought this down, then your siblings almost certainly would as well. Would you consign them to wander the wildness simply for the sake of solidarity? Or will you accept the symbiosis that comes with giving and accepting help with problems that are not yours alone and never will be?"

Enter Night Jewel.

"She speaks the truth better than I can." He says, nodding.

--

Arvadraa

"Right!" Once again, her surprising strength helps her in her daily life. Though, this case probably isn't as common as others. After only a few paces, though, she stops and looks back at the 'Stalled' trio.

"Should we ask if they're coming with us?"

Grif

2012-11-10, 01:12 AM

[The Gates]

Night Jewel trotted over to Luka and smiled. "You know, if you'd gone elsewhere, you'd be dead, and you might have caused even more destruction. You were pretty much bound for trouble anyway. At least this way, we've all survived.

"Now, I've done some things that I probably shouldn't have in my past, and they were far worse than inadvertently endangering the town. Even now, I've recently done something that will probably have a lot of backlash, and I'm not sure what kind of trouble might be already after me..."

~

Far away, Knight Commander Blueshield felt rather strongly offended.

~

"...but I don't have regrets. You make a mistake? As long as things turn out all right, you can just learn from it and move on. So stop just feeling guilty and actually work on doing things right, okay?"

Nearby, Flare decided about a new approach to the dark tentacles. She uprooted the ground they were growing from, combined it into one boulder, and flung said boulder off out of sight. Those things would be someone else's problem for a time.

"I do not intend to be of too much concern. I simply intend to live my life and repay my debt to these fine ponies."

"That's nice. Now would ya be a dear 'n help Arvadraa 'n I get back to the shop?"

"Oh. Right." Flare headed over and stooped down to help Arvadraa lift the metalworker.

Southern Gate

Now he just looks more concerned than dejected

"Yeah they did, those 2, but did you see the last 2? their armor was a lot stronger, their army could be getting stronger with time, and they most likely were sent here because of me, to get me and possibly whoever has got a glimpse of me; they're now possibly going to get a lot stronger than they would hadn't I just escaped this direction, and if they attack, they could possibly be an even greater danger and more would be threatened and at risk...I'm sorry"
He just leans back onto the booth's wall, if the paladin could feel the crusader's "aura/power/whatever field" they would notice how it just dimishes a lot.

The Night Jewel appears there too!
"At least gone I wouldn't have pinned them onto a town like this, and they would have kept themselves on the wilderness instead of this.... What I could do to make things right is just go away, so they go away, and the townsfolk could be safer...

Meanwhile tentacles!

She would pull it away... And it would turn out that the patch would have expanded more than they would think, she pulls out also roots from the ground, possibly having expanded the size of a small house block, and when she throws it away... Well, it evolves and BIG tentacles (approx 2-4, dunno, possibly the height of a tree and width of a sewer grate appear as the boulder flies away, they would look black and formed out of... Black; Flare would have got that trouble away from them... But now what would happen with the spot where that boulder lands? :smalleek:

Zaros

"That is a self-defeating argument. If they increase in power on a linear time scale, then they would be just as strong whether you were here or not. And for that matter, why would they not attack were they so capable? Captured land is good land, and the easier to obtain - in example, land without you in it - the better.

And, if you brought this down, then your siblings almost certainly would as well. Would you consign them to wander the wildness simply for the sake of solidarity? Or will you accept the symbiosis that comes with giving and accepting help with problems that are not yours alone and never will be?"

Enter Night Jewel.

"She speaks the truth better than I can." He says, nodding.

Tyrol overheard enough just to drop one last comment. "Hey, buddy. You're a part of us now. Your problems are our problems, like it or not." With a wink, he limped off with Silent.

"You guys don't take too long now, ya'hear?" Lemongrass called, before fluttering after Tyrol and Silent.

And ahead of them, comes another group of NPC guardponies rushing to secure the gate. Including a certain Flameshield with the foal on his back. :smalltongue:

Benson

2012-11-10, 01:59 AM

Advanced Vampony Fracas

[Sandy/Daniel]

"I'd like to warn her, but I'm suppose to fight kill you,. I've been stalling and trying to think of a loophole, it just may be mind control after all with no revised orders. Pardon the rocks in the meanwhile while you attend your beast." The earth pony soldier said and punched another large rock from the boulder as it again was overshot. "Whoops. Guess I'm rusty. I'll have to try again." Another rock was over shot.

[Silverpine]

The pegasus vamp arched her head back to lame up his punch and then tried to bite Silverpine's hoof...off.

[Rainbow]

"Eh, I find ballet too stuffy, let's capoeira instead!" The fake glasses wearing vampony rocked back and forward on her hind legs with her fore legs out. Her right fore hoof stopping Rainbow's 'ballet kick' as with her other hoof she pushed Rainbow's leg to make her spin and fall, or so that was the attempt. It was as if the vampony was trying to have some fun before having to end it. "This is fun, thank ye."

[Staccata]

She runs over to Rainbow. Bonita and Clod suddenly fall sans hamster ball of doom.

"What the crap Clod?"

"Aaah crappers...that move we did killed my juice for the shield sphere!"

"Fuu...come on.....let's go hide and deal with this stat!" Aaand dustball of runningawayness.

Ember & Lochbed

There was something cute about those fangs. Anyways. ember rubbed his chin in thought. "Uh, I think the dress you're wearing is fine, its, pretty on you." And of course Ember didn't know what she was wearing under her cute dress.

[Sure, we can fast forward]

Southern Gate

Silent nodded again and was grateful for the assistance here. Craziness be happening up in here.

TheAmishPirate

2012-11-10, 10:50 AM

[Sandy - Not His Fault This Time!]

Sandy slammed into the stone wall and fell to the ground in a crumpled heap, his weapons dropping and clattering against the rock around him.

Through a haze of swirling red, the engineer's eyes darted wildly. Where was the enemy? Where was the fight? That ball...yes, he was fighting that ball. No, the enemies in the ball. But if he couldn't see the ball, how could he see the enemies?! No matter, he had no time to sit, had to keep moving. Move or die, move or die. He'd find the ball. He'd find the enemies. And the enemies would die like the others. Die at his knives. Die at his stakes. Die at his horn. Die at his teeth. They could not stop him. They would not stop him.

Had to stand up. Legs...legs not moving right. But legs feel fine. Nothing wrong with legs. Not trying hard enough. Try harder. More strength. More energy. More power. More fury! Stand up. Get up. Start walking. Start running. Find the ball. Start fighting. Fight enemies. Kill enemies.

Fight.

Kill.

********************

As Daniel rushed over, he'd find Sandy panting like a bellows, head raised and twitching around madly. Perhaps looking for something? A gash on his head bled down his face, starting to cover one of the lenses on his reflective goggles. His jaw hung at an awkward angle, blood trickling out from his crimson-stained mouth. Aside from those, most notable was his right foreleg, sporting two long gashes and a twisted, discolored hoof. Finding anything more would require an actual examination, which would be tricky in the best of battlefield circumstances. Sandy's legs twitched and shook with insane energy as they lifted him back to his hooves. If Daniel let him get that far, he'd take a step with the twisted hoof, and wouldn't even flinch as it hit the ground.

[tldr: Sandy smacks into the wall, incurring a head injury of sorts at the least. After falling to the ground, he starts getting to his hooves again to search for enemies, ignoring his injuries entirely.]

MCerberus

2012-11-10, 12:11 PM

Vampony Bowl-Down

You know how tempting it is to do a terrible one-liner or pun? Luckily Staccata suppresses the urge as she arrives at Rainbow's location. She takes a couple of swipes at the seemingly distracted vampony, hopefully saving the day.

Mindfreak

2012-11-10, 12:49 PM

Grif

2012-11-10, 12:55 PM

[Silverpine]

The pegasus vamp arched her head back to lame up his punch and then tried to bite Silverpine's hoof...off.

Silverpine thought he knew pain. This was on another level altogether. Slowly, painfully, he wrenched what was left of his mangled hoof off the vampony and winced. A brief glance told him that the entire thing was now hanging off a slender piece of flesh and bleeding rather profusely. But no time for that. Fighting through the pain, he tried to headbutt the vampony instead.

Mindfreak

2012-11-10, 01:30 PM

Town!
A purple mare with a green mane and red eyes iswalking towards the town of Bridle Shores. The strange thing is...her hooves don't seem to be making the sound you'd expect as she walked! Instead of the usual clopping sound, there's the sound of something...soft hitting the dirt.
Anyhooves, the mare walks towards the gate, her cutie mark hidden underneath a bit of dirt.
She really needs a bath, though that's to be expected when you've been on the road for a while.
((Interaction, anypony?))

PurityIcekiller

2012-11-10, 03:11 PM

[The Gate]

"Nah, we can let 'em find their way- Oh, hey!" Blades spotted the newcomer. "Looks like we've got another arrival! 'N I thought we only had a couple!"

"It looks like I could control her with my powers, what with all that dirt."

~

"Yep. Whatever the case, it's too late to change anything now. You're with us, for better or for worse."

Night Jewel glanced over at the tentacle-infested boulder. "So, could you light-using types kind of... purify that thing or something? It looks pretty bad."

Mindfreak

2012-11-10, 03:23 PM

Gate
The mare kept walking forward.
"Excuse me, is this where I give my papers to enter the town?"

Kelvin360

2012-11-10, 04:57 PM

Daniel

Oh hey look, Deadpan Daniel is back! "...Am I going to have to buck you out again? Because I'd hate for that to be a running gag for us."

He looks back at the war-guy. "Let's do a checklist. First off, are you supposed to be killing me specifically, and more importantly, has she told you specifically not to warn her?"

Back to the transplanted rabid dire badger. "Alright, you look like roadkill. Sit down and fix yourself, that's an order."

--

Arvadraa

"I suppose so, but...

Wait, you need papers to enter town?" She instantly looks 20% more abashed.

--

Zaros

"...Unless you want me to smite it, I don't-

...

...I'll be right back."

He charges at the infested area, but doesn't draw his sword. Instead, he leaps up (with an expression positively screaming 'this will never work', natch), aims an invisible(?) sword slam at the ground, and for the third time -

"AURORA!"

What looks like a shard of pure sunlight (brightness and all) appears in his hooves and slams into the ground like a hot knife through butter, pulsing radiant energy from the sword, his power, the smite, and the power of his armor (which for the briefest moment is gold again).

The basic effect is pretty much like an explosion of holy sunlight pounding in an aura straight into the tentacles.

After everypony has their vision back, he casually walks back over to the gate (with the sword nowhere to be seen), black armor smoking.

"I think I could use a pie." He says dryly to Jewel and Luka.

--

Taylor

Taylor, for his part, suddenly looks rather woozy and keels over, unconscious.

Orzel

2012-11-10, 05:29 PM

Rainbow

The magenta mare was pretty fed up. She hates this song and dance. But continue she must. "Your hoofwork is nice up how abut your leaps. No wings." She punctuates her remark with a flying front flip kick.

Lochbed

The pair rest at home until the noontime chime of a clock chirps. "Time to go?"

Heavy Ale

The dark cream stallion was oddly not on his way.

Luka

2012-11-10, 06:07 PM

Aero
Aero has no idea what that means!
He looked over at Aisis.
"Madam, will you join me for a nice picnic lunch?"
One of his chains, infused with chi, removed the bouquet of roses from his saddlebag and offered it to Aisis.

Aisis just blushes and accepts the roses, she giggles a bit and nods with a smal smile, she's kind of too awkward to talk though...

---------------------------------------------------------------

Southern gate

The tentacles are dissapeared in an explosion of awesome! the boulder could still be there if the blast only got the darkness there

the crusader's still full of guilt though
"If the town didn't have me they wouldn't see a need to bring as much strength as they would... and if Aisis and Mile were the problem, I would just try pinning their trouble to me and go away so they can live safely too... You don't get it? I brought their entire army towards here and a lot more lives could be at risk now! they were way too strong for me and now are even worse; they would have tried to conquer this place but now because I'm here they would want to repeat what happened in the valley!"
Really, even his armor's shine fades, and Dawnstrider would also feel the crusader's aura-thing fade away too if he even feels it
"If it's irremediable then that would be even worse, I.... I just got to go so the others don't go down because of me.......Sorry for bringing them here........" he slowly tries to "unlean" from the wall and goes to grab his sword.

Kelvin360

2012-11-11, 02:15 PM

Zaros

"How will your death solve anything? Make no mistake; vultures will follow should you strike out alone. I have seen many go down this path, Luka. And it is not a fate I wish on anypony. Please, heed us. Here, we all have a chance to stop this. Divided, or alone...I may as well throw my sword in the lake now."

Mindfreak

2012-11-11, 02:47 PM

Aero
Aero smiles and he goes into the kitchen and gets the picnic basket. Walking back he gestures for Aisis to follow him out the door.

Benson

2012-11-11, 11:22 PM

Advanced Vampony Fracas

[Daniel/Sandy]

Welp, Daniel just spoke to Sandy, that part if beyond my control in terms of interaction!

The soldier pony, really can't find himself having a conversation here anymore, not when there was that murderous dwarf who killed his allies just over there. He backed away and gritted his teeth with a nicker.

[Silverpine/Gearstride]

The pegasus vampony grunted and spat as Silverpine head butted her face. Her nostrils were filled with blood and it was very nice, two ponies in close proximity with loads of blood for the drinking, it was hard to concentrate a little.

Gearstride groaned and bit down on her lip with a whimper, the pain hurt so much...but then...something caught her blurry sight...was that an arrow? Next to some rubble was a wooden arrow, probably one of Daniel's. She was surprised that he would miss his targets...ah well...this was good....

She began to limp toward it hoping she could get to it in time for Silverpine.

Meanwhile, the pegasus vampony growled and looked down at Silverpine. She bared her teeth and licked her lips. "You little crap...you're going to be tasty." She head butted him back to throw him against the ground to try to dizzy him up a bit for her next move..

[Rainbow/Staccata]

The fake glasses wearing mare smiled and grabbed Rainbow's kicking hooves again and moved her so that Staccata's slashes would hit them instead of her.

She bounced hopped backwards and smirked, from what was a seemingly friendly smirk was just some sorts of twisted. "Double teaming? Well that's not fair, I don't have myself a tango partner."

[Miss M/Zephyr]

Oh well, he didn't need that leg anyway, he could still move with wings. "Oooooowwww.....nnngh....owie....owie owie.....aaah...." Zephyr whined as he dodged a blow from an enemy pegasi.

"Don't be a baby, yours will grow back," Miss M chastised as she did a leg sweep as another exchange of blows was made between the two.

--
However then four new vamponies showed up. A brown and tan pegasus stallion, a white and black pegasus mare, an orange and pink unicorn stallion, and a pink and black earth pony mare with droopy eyes.
=========================================

Ember and Lochbed

"Yes, let head over to the hospital," Ember said moving off her after spending time resting at home and snuggling and sharing the kisses. Aubade herself had long already left the house and had walked into downtown mainstreet to the cafe she and Heavy Ale had agreed upon.

Aubade-Downtown-Cafe

The yellow pegasus waited at the cafe and waited some more. She sighed a bit as she watched the few ponies in here chatter and drink away. It was on the empty side, much like the town, apparently something weird happened during the middle of the night, something the guards and the few police were keeping hush hush about, oh well.

PurityIcekiller

2012-11-11, 11:54 PM

[The Gate]

Blades grinned to the newcomer. "Well, hi! I don't think paperwork's that big a deal, but ya might want to ask the guard-fellows a bit. The name's Blades!"

Night Jewel, meanwhile, watched in awe as the tentacles vanished. "Wow. You really are a paladin, aren't you."

With the next few statements, she simply laughed. "Come on, despairing won't do you any good. And running off won't do any good either, since the metalworker has some of the stuff they're after now. You might as well just stick it out and see how it goes." She winked at Dawnstrider. "But if you do decide to throw your sword into the lake, I call dibs on retrieving it."

TheAmishPirate

2012-11-12, 12:03 AM

Daniel

Oh hey look, Deadpan Daniel is back! "...Am I going to have to buck you out again? Because I'd hate for that to be a running gag for us."

He looks back at the war-guy. "Let's do a checklist. First off, are you supposed to be killing me specifically, and more importantly, has she told you specifically not to warn her?"

Back to the transplanted rabid dire badger. "Alright, you look like roadkill. Sit down and fix yourself, that's an order."

The crazy little wolverine stopped dead in its tracks.

Or...der?

The word cut through the blood-soaked rage frothing from his brain. Yes...yes, orders. He followed them. Somepony nodded. He breathed. Somepony talked. He moved. Somepony pointed. He killed. Easier that way. What were the orders? They made no sense. He needed no fixing. This bloody leg was not his. Couldn't be his. Blood was pain. He felt no pain.

To demonstrate, he started gnawing at the injured leg.

See? No pain. Not his.

Advanced Vampony Fracas

However then four new vamponies showed up. A brown and tan pegasus stallion, a white and black pegasus mare, an orange and pink unicorn stallion, and a pink and black earth pony mare with droopy eyes.

Sandy's head jerked up, honing in on the sound of the approaching hoofsteps like a bloodhound. His breath picked up, tail twitching and shaking with unstable energy as his weapons slowly skidded along the ground towards him.

The enemy was coming.

[tldr: At the word "order", Sandy stops. He seems confused, and proceeds to gnaw on his own injured leg. As the reinforcements come, he looks ready to charge off again, but confusion seems to be holding him back still.]

(Note gleaned from Benson: Daniel and Sandy can interact more than one time per round if the actions are minor/the words are few. They may get interrupted soonish as well.)

Orzel

2012-11-12, 12:05 AM

Rainbow

Fortunately , Rainbow has crossbows strapped to her hooves. These weapons deflect Staccata's blades but it does leave her peeved. The blades popped a string. ""You're the rogue. I'll leave the quip to you. I'll be back-up. She says as she raised her undamaged bow.

Lochbed

"Goodie. Ah'm ready and will git a cab." Lochbed hops free and canters through the door to whistle for a taxi.

Heavy Ale

The dark cream stallion trotted up behind Aubade, hat held against his chest. "For give me for meh tardiness, Miss Aubade. A surprise to my schedule took longer that I expected. And considering I did nae expect it." The stallion trotted to the other side of the table. Then he reached into the mouthing of his magical bag. "And to truly say sorry, a gift."

And in his hooves was a book. "From the Halls" the title. Aubabe may recognize the novel. It was a famous book of the exaggerations of a maid and butler sibling duo life in a scandalous noblehouse. Its reputation is of it being a page turner and doorstopper.

Kelvin360

2012-11-12, 12:09 AM

Arvadraa

Desperate for a change of subject, she may as well follow Blades' lead.

"And I'm Arvadraa. Pleased to meet you." She flashes the new pony a friendly smile, though it's a bit strained from her physical exertion.

--

Zaros

"Mm, yes, that should give you a vague indication of Moonshine's capabilities. Though I should note that a majority of that was my father's doing, not my own."

His face registers another 'kind-sorta-but-not-really' smile. "I might suggest a water breathing apparatus, were that your intention."

--

Daniel

"Right. Hold that thought." He looks back to make sure he's not getting jumped, and frowns.

"I'll take your lack of answer as a 'no'. You have a choice here, whether you want to take it or not. If you want to put it in terms of honor, going after a pony - the only pony, far as I can tell - who wants to help you and your friends is black and white as it gets."

Back to badgerman.

No.

All resources.

He's not a resource, he's a pony.

Moony would agree with me.

Moony would fall if she agreed with you. And would you stop making me have an internal battle with myself? Sheesh.

"Yeah no. Buck it. I'm a better field commander than that vampire dirt-biter what sends her children to death at least.

Put down your rage and listen to me
It's time to let the leaves fall
It's time to be free.

Enough with the fire
Enough with the death
Enough with the frothing
It's time for a rest.

Rest, little pony
It's how you can help
I will watch over
Until you're yourself. Rhythm push: Either get a hold of yourself or go to sleep.

(tl;dr - Daniel gives all the vampires a 'take that', tunes Sandy a mad skillz remedy of control or sleeping, and creates a new planet with his awe-

Wait, that last doesn't happen.)

Benson

2012-11-12, 12:27 AM

Lochbed

"Goodie. Ah'm ready and will git a cab." Lochbed hops free and canters through the door to whistle for a taxi.

She would find no answer. Ember lived in the more suburbs area, southern Bridle Shores where farther south of him passed two rows of houses was a cemetery. Last time the pair went out they had to walk something good before seeing the more busier part of town to spy taxi wagons.

Heavy Ale

The dark cream stallion trotted up behind Aubade, hat held against his chest. "For give me for meh tardiness, Miss Aubade. A surprise to my schedule took longer that I expected. And considering I did nae expect it." The stallion trotted to the other side of the table. Then he reached into the mouthing of his magical bag. "And to truly say sorry, a gift."

And in his hooves was a book. "From the Halls" the title. Aubabe may recognize the novel. It was a famous book of the exaggerations of a maid and butler sibling duo life in a scandalous noblehouse. Its reputation is of it being a page turner and doorstopper.

Aubade-Downtown-Cafe

Aubade gave him a small polite smile and accepted the book. "Ah, thank you for the gift Heavy Ale...uh...I wasn't waiting that long." Don't fib Aubade, it was 20 minutes! You had your earlier herp about lying, so don't fib! She smiled at him.

MCerberus

2012-11-12, 12:43 AM

Vampony Bowl-down

Oh battle banter. "I'm thinking of using that 'double-team' remark to call her a skank, but she's not worth the effort."

Battle plan, Staccata tries to slowly advance on the vampony, getting it away from the ranged attacker. Any opening for the stabs will be taken, and she'll dive away if Rainbow has a shot.

TheAmishPirate

2012-11-12, 01:24 AM

(Sandy isn't taking much action here, but I figure we're rapidly approaching the end of this particular round)

Sandy stood rooted to the spot, transfixed by the lyrics. The soothing words pressed in around him, gently caressing his mind and body. Instead of noise, broken fields of combat, and the deaths of his foes, the engineer thought of his lovely engine room, hanging out with the crew, even his home before the Joke hit. Ever so slightly, his heartbeat slowed, stymieing the advance of the stimulants through his blood. Later, he'd swear in his delirium that he felt a firm leg drape over his back and hold him tightly, like a mother comforting a foal fresh from a nightmare. Whatever really happened in that mix of drugs and magic, it gave him the tiniest opening to claw back into control.

And claw he did.

The animal urges to keep fighting found themselves roughly shoved back, and Sandy fought his way to the driver's seat of his out-of-control body. Slowly, and with a great, rattling breath, his head turned, as if taking stock of the temple for the first time. "Huh? Wha...where..." A great energy continued to ripple through him; just standing still made him dizzy. He reached a foreleg up to steady his head, only to find it twisted and bleeding. The little unicorn gaped at the wound. "How in the-it...that can't be...I don't feel it!" His weapons, seemingly with nothing else better to do, flew back to his side where they stood ready for action.

Kelvin360

2012-11-12, 02:03 AM

Grif

2012-11-12, 02:29 AM

[Silverpine/Gearstride]

The pegasus vampony grunted and spat as Silverpine head butted her face. Her nostrils were filled with blood and it was very nice, two ponies in close proximity with loads of blood for the drinking, it was hard to concentrate a little.

Gearstride groaned and bit down on her lip with a whimper, the pain hurt so much...but then...something caught her blurry sight...was that an arrow? Next to some rubble was a wooden arrow, probably one of Daniel's. She was surprised that he would miss his targets...ah well...this was good....

She began to limp toward it hoping she could get to it in time for Silverpine.

Meanwhile, the pegasus vampony growled and looked down at Silverpine. She bared her teeth and licked her lips. "You little crap...you're going to be tasty." She head butted him back to throw him against the ground to try to dizzy him up a bit for her next move..

--
However then four new vamponies showed up. A brown and tan pegasus stallion, a white and black pegasus mare, an orange and pink unicorn stallion, and a pink and black earth pony mare with droopy eyes.

Stars exploded in Silverpine's eyes, the earth pony falling back with a silent cry of pain as he struggled to piece together the shattered remnants of his consciousness. Yet he persisted, using his hindlegs to kick the vampony back, trying to buy himself more room and time to at least recover a semblance of balance. Twas' a losing battle indeed.

Benson

2012-11-12, 03:59 AM

Advanced Vampony Fracas

[Silverpine/Gearstride]

Gearstride closed her eyes and whinnied in pain as she picked up the arrow and looked back at Silverpine. She was losing a lot of blood, she was getting very dizzy. But she had to fight this. For Silverpine. She was not about to allow herself or Silverpine die on the night they admitted their feelings for each other. If she were to die, it would be on her own terms, not these blood suckers'.

The vampony came upon Silverpine with deadly intently, she really did seem like a stereotypical irredeemable vampony where whether she was being mind controlled to do this was questionable. She moved back a little from Silverpine's kick but seemed to shrug it off and moved in for the kill, a nice life sucking bite into his neck. But then...Silverpine would see the pegasus 'gack' as a wooden arrow lodged itself in her neck, poking in through the opposite end as they staggered. It left Silverpine with enough time to recover his working shot gun to blast their head off.

[Rainbow/Staccata]

"Why is it that other females was always call each other horrible names like that? Its always that or sl** or wh*** and what not. I'll have you know I've never done anything related to be called that," The vampony mare frowned at Staccata's comment. Her focus seemed solely on Staccata, as if though she pitied the mare and her need to rely on hurtful words like that. She also dodged her swipes and attempted to cripple her mouth.

Rainbow had her shot though afterwards one of the new vamponies, the pink and black earth pony mare with droopy eyes would come up from behind to try to buck her head.

[Daniel/Sandy]

"Hey...please do not ever call my mistress a dirt biter or speak ill of her at all!" The vampony soldier growled and flashed an angry glower at Daniel. He nickered angrily.

The orange and pink unicorn stallion that appeared with the other four magick'd a lightning bolt at Sandy before hiding behind a pillar. The white and black pegasus mare sent a gust of wind to Daniel to try to knock him down as she stayed forty feet in the air and forty feet away.

[Miss M/Zephyr]

The brown and tan pegasus stallion flew after Miss M and Zephyr, making it three enemy pegasi fighting the pair. Zephyr threw his leg at the new one. The one with a missing leg threw hers at Zephyr. Miss M punched her head off. Alright, there were two enemy pegasi fighting the pair now, nevermind. The other pegasi bit her on the neck. Fight fight fight go!

Kelvin360

2012-11-12, 05:01 AM

Daniel

(What's the progress on Captain Jelly?)

He rides the wind current backwards into Sandy, knocking them both back and away from the lightning bolt. "Wasn't talking about that one, bucko. Now you've engaged my curiosity, what is it? Is it vanity? Hopelessness? What makes you so unwilling to really help a pony that apparently you take offense to being targeted by percieved slights? The clock's ticking. Where do your loyalties lie?"

Orzel

2012-11-12, 06:16 AM

Benson

2012-11-12, 10:29 AM

Lochbed

The mare frowned. "Och. No cab. We two have ta walk. Hurry." she called out to Ember.

Heavy Ale

"Oh I am grad I didnae make you wait to long." His smile was nervous. The anxiety caused him to hurry and call a waitress."So how has the service life been treating you?"

Ember-South Bridle Shores

"Huh?...Cool...I mean, alrighty...lemme just...ahah!...key.." Ember plucked his key from the saddle bag and locked the door to the house. He smiled at Lochbed and walked besides her.
--

Aubade-Downtown-Cafe

"Hmmm? Oh, its been treating me fine, I enjoy it, its helps to have a kind master like my own," She said with a small smile and took a sip from her previously ordered coffee.

Mindfreak

2012-11-12, 10:38 AM

Gate
"Hello, I'm Gabriella Alvuenza Kelatora. Nice to meet you!"
She extended a hoof for the pony to shake!

TheAmishPirate

2012-11-12, 10:52 AM

Daniel

"'Ey-'ey-'ey there. Just calm down. Deep breaths. We're not out of the woods yet, but come to grips first, yeah?" He steps in front of Sandy, turns, and takes up a defensive posture. Two arrows flash into position, but nothing flies just yet. Instead, the warrior finds himself facing determination incarnate, and a face that says all it needs to without speaking a word.

"R-r-r-right," Sandy replied shakily, gulping down air in large gasps. Come to grips. His peripheral vision was crap, he could hear nearly everything going on in the battle, but it all came in like it was a hundred feet away, apart from a boundless, raging energy driving his heart, he felt nothing, and he swore there was...something going on in his head. A voice, constant and droning, urging him to give up control to the energy. And that all wasn't even covering the bat-

Advanced Vampony Fracas

[Daniel/Sandy]

The orange and pink unicorn stallion that appeared with the other four magick'd a lightning bolt at Sandy before hiding behind a pillar. The white and black pegasus mare sent a gust of wind to Daniel to try to knock him down as she stayed forty feet in the air and forty feet away.

Daniel

(What's the progress on Captain Jelly?)

He rides the wind current backwards into Sandy, knocking them both back and away from the lightning bolt.

"Ack!" The unicorn was bowled over by Daniel, just as a bolt of lighting missed his muzzle by a hair. The proximity was enough to make his mane creep.

Training took over, and he rolled with the landing, managing to scramble up to his hooves. Right; self-assessment could come later, once they weren't in mortal peril. Just had to ignore that voice, tell himself it wasn't getting any louder, stay focused on the battle. His horn flared to life and sandy grit from the floor rose to cover his leg in a raw, probably unsanitary bandage. It'd stop the bleeding for now, and he could get it cleaned up later.

Now, the battle; two ranged opponents, and a melee fighter who wasn't engaging them. This...wasn't exactly his expertise. Time to -kill- to play support. His magic kicked up a blast of dust at the vampony behind the pillar, hoping to blind him and potentially make him stumble into the open for Daniel to finish him off.

(tldr: Sandy patches himself up with a sand-cast-bandage thing. He also kicks up a blast of dust at the lighting-unicorn, hoping to blind him. Bonus points if he stumbles out of cover.)

MCerberus

2012-11-12, 11:57 AM

Vampony Bowl-down

Luckily Staccata wasn't being too aggressive and can get out of the way before broken bones and all that. A glancing blow from a vampony on an already-existing gash still hurts though. The mare dives out of the way while dodging, hopefully the sniper will kill miss 'but I'm not loose, I swear it'.

In any case, this leaves her more open than normal to attack and unable to respond to Rainbow's newest attacker.

Grif

2012-11-12, 12:16 PM

Advanced Vampony Fracas
[Silverpine/Gearstride]

Gearstride closed her eyes and whinnied in pain as she picked up the arrow and looked back at Silverpine. She was losing a lot of blood, she was getting very dizzy. But she had to fight this. For Silverpine. She was not about to allow herself or Silverpine die on the night they admitted their feelings for each other. If she were to die, it would be on her own terms, not these blood suckers'.

The vampony came upon Silverpine with deadly intently, she really did seem like a stereotypical irredeemable vampony where whether she was being mind controlled to do this was questionable. She moved back a little from Silverpine's kick but seemed to shrug it off and moved in for the kill, a nice life sucking bite into his neck. But then...Silverpine would see the pegasus 'gack' as a wooden arrow lodged itself in her neck, poking in through the opposite end as they staggered. It left Silverpine with enough time to recover his working shot gun to blast their head off.

Silverpine could sense the vampony looming over him, his vision still blurred after that nice smack on the head. He prayed that his end would at least be quick and painless. Hah. At least he confessed his love just not a few hours prior.

Then arrow through the neck. Silverpine blinked. Was he hallucinating? Then the sight of Gear staggering off from the vampony caught his eye. Gearstride. How she managed the strength to shove the damned thing into the neck, he would never know. But Silverpine knew a chance when he saw one. He quickly scrabbled for his shotgun, which incidentally lay just not three feet behind him.

With a speed that would impress his former instructor back in military, he picked up the fallen weapon, fumbled for a shell off his bandolier and chambered it. If the vampony still had not recovered by then, he would raise his shotgun and snarl, "Good night, b****." Boom.

Benson

2012-11-12, 12:43 PM

[Advanced Vampony Fracas]

[Daniel/Sandy]
Well, Daniel said 'her' and to the vampony's knowledge, there was only one 'her', so there was clearly only one he could be talking about, to the soldier. "My loyalties lie with my mistress...and curses I'm trying to override this command...I can't answer all your questions, you expect too much during combat--" He said as he himself was bucked by a vampony ally, the pegasus.

"Honor Guard, what the hell are you doing? We're supposed to be killing them as per orders, not chatting them up!" Barked the black and white pegasus mare. She shot him, Daniel and Sandy a glower and bared her fangs. She then twisted and turned incredibly fast that in a feat of pegasus and vampony...magic I suppose, she became a swirling mass of picked up debris and wind with a vague pony shape. It was weird.

Nothing came out from behind the pillar, whether Sandy's sand attack worked was to be seen, just not at this moment.
--

[Rainbow/Staccata]

Rainbow was bucked, but her aim hit, going through the back, the bolt pushing through the earth vampony's heart. She glanced down and frowned. "Well this stinks." And then the thing that happens, happens.

Anyways, Rainbow get bucked in the head a second after she pulled the trigger where two seconds later Staccata would feel a side kick to her side.
--

[Silverpine/Gearstride]

The vampony with the poisonous wooden arrow in her neck glurked and tried one finally lunge bite at Silverpine to kill him, but she was met with a boom head shot. Her brains everywhere, and the wooden arrow still nicely intact.

Gearstride wanly smiled before collapsing.

Orzel

2012-11-12, 02:07 PM

Rainbow

And Rainbow is knocked down. She falls down dizzy. Her legs are all sprawled out in every direction. "Quick. Take a picture of that truck that hit me."

Lochbed

So the kelpie waited for Ember then walked with her. It was a nice walk. The sun was bright and a few birds chirped in the trees. So by the time the pair met the busy street, Lochbed was all smiles. "Och. Look. TAXI!!!"

Heavy Ale

"Yes you are lucky to have such a nice master." Heavy Ale then turned to the approaching waitress. "Yes, a Hoofdurain roast with heavy creamer and a plate of sweet buns. Thank you."

TheAmishPirate

2012-11-12, 03:12 PM

[Sandy - Advanced Vampony Studies 201]

The wind whipped at Sandy's blood-soaked mane and tail. The dirt and pebbles, carried by the wind, clacked against his reflective lenses; yet another reason to be thankful for the goggles. Little did he realize that his legs were getting blasted with a multitude of tiny cuts and bruises. Just another thing for the pile when the stimulants wore off.

Sandy lowered his head against the wind, horn - ready to skewer - glowing with yet another spell. Sandy and dirt came from all around; the walls, the floor, the recently-created rubble, everywhere. It rose into the air and - sharpened to cruel, twisting points - flew into the maelstrom. With any luck, if there was still a pony in there, they'd be having quite a bit of trouble aiming their windstorm. If not...well, he'd - slaughter - think of something.

[tldr: Sandy directs the dust and dirt in the area into the pony-storm. Right now, he's just seeing if it'll have an effect on the vampony.]

Benson

2012-11-12, 05:22 PM

Lochbed

So the kelpie waited for Ember then walked with her. It was a nice walk. The sun was bright and a few birds chirped in the trees. So by the time the pair met the busy street, Lochbed was all smiles. "Och. Look. TAXI!!!"

Ember flagged it down as it moved backwards to the pair. Ember escorted Lochbed on and told the taxi wagon puller to make to the hospital...clinic...thingy place. He gave Ember a nod as then Ember climbed aboard himself and sat next to Lochbed.

Heavy Ale

"Yes you are lucky to have such a nice master." Heavy Ale then turned to the approaching waitress. "Yes, a Hoofdurain roast with heavy creamer and a plate of sweet buns. Thank you."

"I take it you also, went out of your way as part of your delay, to get me this book eh?" She commented with a small lopsided smile.

MCerberus

2012-11-12, 05:40 PM

Vampony Bowl-down

Staccata gets control of her own momentum and slides to a stop just as Rainbow starts seeing little birdies fly around her head making cartoon noises... or whatever is going on there. With no additional weirdness (right now) and no hamster doom ball, it may be time to attack. She goes in slicing at the vampony, keeping it off Rainbow until she recovers.

Kelvin360

2012-11-12, 06:33 PM

Arvadraa

Both forehooves being occupied, shaking is a little difficult. But, clearly, the motion is returned in spirit. "Well, welcome to Bridle Shores. Um, such as it is." Her smile briefly forms to an expression or worry looking about at the signs of carnage.

--

Daniel

"What, you can't fight, process numerous complex series of thoughts, avoid lethal physical contact, perform advanced diplomacy, and resist mind control at the same time? What are they teaching here, poker?" He closes one eye and lets the magic monocle take care of the rest of the storm. And other things, too. He unhooks the arrows, flicks it to magic detection, rehooks them, and charges at the pillar. Now, if the unicorn is using any magic at all, he has a precise location.

And said unicorn gets two arrows to the face as he side-jumps and fires action movie hero style. Oh, and he looks completely insane doing so, owing to that weird rhyming thing.

"Duck and tumble
Rock and roll
Nock the arrow
Aim and pull!

You can't dodge
So wear a frown!
Teamwork's magic
And you're going down!"

(tl;dr - Insult, detect, charge, rhyme to give him extra distance and set back the unicorn's dodging capability, dive around the pillar, boom double face-shot)

(Oh, and is that Cube here yet?)

Luka

2012-11-12, 06:44 PM

Aero
Aero smiles and he goes into the kitchen and gets the picnic basket. Walking back he gestures for Aisis to follow him out the door.

Aisis just followed him, kind of half curious and able to not blush

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Southern gate

The crusader just sighs and lifts his head, more just standing uo because he has to than because he's motivated to, so his aura would be pretty low.

"Alone or not, the still would be way too strong... And I should have remembered that Blades has those, so the town would be in danger now because I planted it" He says after picking up his sword and slowly sheathing it back "That just proves I made things worse"

Orzel

2012-11-12, 08:48 PM

Ember flagged it down as it moved backwards to the pair. Ember escorted Lochbed on and told the taxi wagon puller to make to the hospital...clinic...thingy place. He gave Ember a nod as then Ember climbed aboard himself and sat next to Lochbed.

Lochbed leaned onto Ember's side throughout the ride. Eyes closed was she. The kelpie was attempting to enjoy thing moment instead of being stimulated by the sights.

The stopping of the cab opened her eyes. The clinic was small and she could see clearly into the building through the glass. "This be where ye keep ye healers? Where be the healing herbs?"

"I take it you also, went out of your way as part of your delay, to get me this book eh?" She commented with a small lopsided smile.

"Actually, I obtained the book shortly after departing your home last night. I saw it and thought of you. And believed you deserved it." Heavy smiled and then turned as his coffee was delivered. "Another for the lady, please. Thank you." he said to the departing waitress. Then he sipped his drink. "The delay was supernatural in origin. You've dealt with fey. They are most... illogical. Dealing with them for so long drives my desire to spending some quiet time with a pure and honest pony like yourself."

Grif

2012-11-12, 09:21 PM

[Advanced Vampony Fracas]
[Daniel/Sandy]

[Silverpine/Gearstride]

The vampony with the poisonous wooden arrow in her neck glurked and tried one finally lunge bite at Silverpine to kill him, but she was met with a boom head shot. Her brains everywhere, and the wooden arrow still nicely intact.

Gearstride wanly smiled before collapsing.

Silverpine held the shotgun steady for a moment more, aimed squarely at the vampony despite its lack of shells. The vampony seemed surprised at the sudden loss of an important part of its anatomy. Then the headless body tottered to the ground without so much a word. Silverpine blinked. He didn't expect it to end so quickly.

The sound of Gearstride collapsing to the ground caught his attention. "Captain!" he cried weakly, as the pain returned with a vengeance. Shotgun gripped in mouth, he cantered... or rather slowly limped towards the fallen xanadu mare. He nuzzled her gently, blood from their wounds making a nice dark red pool on the ground. Belatedly realising the fact that she was bleeding from a horrible mangled stump on her left hind leg, Silverpine dropped his shotgun and began to fumble for some bandages. Anything.

Benson

2012-11-12, 11:05 PM

Advanced Vampony Fracas

[Silverpine/Gearstride]

There was Gearstride's uniform and his own to tear into strips to use as a wrap for her and his own wound. "Lieutenant...you did it...ya killed that monster.." She glurked a bit and smiled at Silverpine. So much blood, so much warm blood from these two...

[Staccata/Rainbow]

The pink and black earth pony vampony mare with droopy eyes just smacked her lips and hopped back avoiding the slices from Staccata. "This is so...laaaame." She lamented in a very lethargic tone of voice despite her quick movements. She snuck in a pony upper cut and tried to connect it with Staccata's chin to send her flying.

[Miss M/Zephyr]

The first enemy pegasus flew up into the air and then twisted and turned and shot down like a torpedo. Miss M grunted and braced herself as her horn lit up and then...it tapped the incoming pegasi missile on the head as the pegasus's eyes went wide and their body limp as it found itself reliving all its memories. Miss M's eyes went wide themselves as she watched their life and undead life flash in her own mind.

Zephyr took this as an opportunity to try to kill the vampony after throwing his leg at the other enemy pegasi who got hit in the face with it and was thoroughly grossed out. Zephyr flew over and swung punched his hoof at the enemy's neck.

"Zephyr...no wait...!" Miss M cried out, but it was too late. Zephyr's hoof made it through the neck, effectively decapitating the vampony.

"Huh? Wha? Oh...crud...I...I'm sorry...I didn't..." He lowered his ears trying to figure out why she told him to stop. But it didn't matter right now, the other pegasi, the brown and tan stallion growled and charged after Zephyr, yelling profanities and tearing up.

[Daniel/Sandy]

The dust and dirt Sandy aimed at the pony shaped storm flew at it and was whipped up in the swirling debris, feeding it, strengthening it, giving it more offensive and defensive capabilities. Think of it as a mix of classic vampire transform into a mist ability and pegasi weather control antics, combined together.
-

Honor Guard grunted as literally from out of nowhere, he felt...off. New orders. Withdrawal. He blinked for a moment and tried to kill Daniel but found himself not particularly wanting to lop off his head with his sword in a single move. He smiled.

"New orders for me. I think I'll take that available option, please...don't blame my allies here...for most of them, its not their fault.." He said with a wan tired smile and disappeared off into the middle passageway.
-

Just as the unicorn tried to fire off another lightning bolt only to end up with arrows in his face. He cried out because, they both went into his eyes. Oh mah retinas!
============

Ember and Lochbed

"Oh what? No...its not like that," Ember coughed into his hoof. "No we use medicines and doctors who have healing abilities, very nice, very useful. If they did use herbs too...they'd have them in a supplies closet." He then stepped off the taxi wagon and walked over to go pay the puller.
==

Aubade-Cafe-Downtown

"I see," She said in regard to the book thing. She shifted the straw in her coffee and swirled it a bit.

"Hmm, what did get you to start dealing with the fey if you don't mind my asking?"

PurityIcekiller

2012-11-12, 11:49 PM

"Hello, I'm Gabriella Alvuenza Kelatora. Nice to meet you!"
She extended a hoof for the pony to shake!

"And I am known as Obsidian Flare, or to some as 'Susan' for reasons I will not go into detail about." Flare nodded politely.

Blades grinned. "Pleased to meet ya... whatever ya said yar name was! I'd shake, but my legs are retirin' for the day."

The crusader just sighs and lifts his head, more just standing uo because he has to than because he's motivated to, so his aura would be pretty low.

"Alone or not, the still would be way too strong... And I should have remembered that Blades has those, so the town would be in danger now because I planted it" He says after picking up his sword and slowly sheathing it back "That just proves I made things worse"

"And it also proves that it's too late to change things. Unless you want me to break into her place, take everything that isn't nailed down and hide it somewhere in the woods, but I doubt you'd approve of that." Night Jewel laughed.

"Anyway, my point is that you've got to deal with it now. You can't go running off to get killed. It's too late for that. What would really help is you sticking with us and helping fix things."

His face registers another 'kind-sorta-but-not-really' smile. "I might suggest a water breathing apparatus, were that your intention."

"That would depend on how far you can throw compared to how deep I can swim." Night Jewel winked. "I'll keep it in mind, though. I know better than to push my limits."

TheAmishPirate

2012-11-12, 11:52 PM

Advanced Vampony Fracas

[Daniel/Sandy]

The dust and dirt Sandy aimed at the pony shaped storm flew at it and was whipped up in the swirling debris, feeding it, strengthening it, giving it more offensive and defensive capabilities. Think of it as a mix of classic vampire transform into a mist ability and pegasi weather control antics, combined together.

That...didn't quite go quite how he planned. He was hoping for more - blood, tearing - along the lines of "augh, sweet Celestia, my eyes!" Not giving the vampony steroids.

The engineer stood his ground against the whirling tornado. True, his opponent may have shed its physical form - like a mewling whelp, waiting for his jaws to feast upon - but he hadn't earned his cutie mark for nothing. Again his horn lit up, this time grabbing hold of the sand and dust within the storm. With a grunt of exertion, he tried forcing them inward. Maybe, if the winds refused to let go, the vampony would...implode in on itself? Not his best plan, but what else could he do? Try and stab the winds to death?

Yes! Enough of these games! DO IT NOW.

The unicorn winced as his vision blurred under another barrage from his own primal instincts. Not enough to make the spell fail, but enough to give the wind-vampony a clear shot.

Orzel

2012-11-13, 01:18 AM

Rainbow

Groggily she got up. Her eyes are blurry for a split second. On the first moment of focus, a hoofful of dust is flung into the face of the closest non-Staccaata pony which is followed by a rolling shot of a crossbow bolt.

Lochbed

"Och." She exited the cab and headed for the door. Which opened on it's own and spooked her into a dramatic leap.

Heavy Ale

Heavy sipped his coffee. "Survival and love of life. I took one wrong step and said yes to the wrong question in a moment. Of and a magic bag. Hehehe."

Kelvin360

2012-11-13, 02:12 AM

Zaros

He raises a flawless eyebrow at Jewel. "I have always wondered...do ponies actually ever nail anything down?"

--

Daniel

One hoof grabs the arrow in the unicorn's left eye while he spins around to grab the entire head with another. Daniel pulls the blind vampire's head into position and yanks on the arrow, not enough to dislodge it, but hopefully enough pain to force a reflexive lightning bolt.

Why yes, of course Daniel's using his position to aim the horn at Dr. Maelstrom. Lightning ahoy!

(tl;dr - Daniel tries to force another lightning bolt via pain out at the pegasus, assuming the unicorn would shoot out another with that sudden shock at whoever it thought was grabbing)

Benson

2012-11-13, 07:26 AM

Lochbed

"Och." She exited the cab and headed for the door. Which opened on it's own and spooked her into a dramatic leap.

Ember chuckled and walked up behind his faefriend after she made her dramatic leap. It was cute. "Haha..its just a pair of auto-magic doors, it has got magics that open the door when ponies enter and exit, pretty nifty."

Heavy Ale

Heavy sipped his coffee. "Survival and love of life. I took one wrong step and said yes to the wrong question in a moment. Of and a magic bag. Hehehe."

"I see, so like initially buffooning your way through it?" Aubade said with a small short laugh.

Grif

2012-11-13, 08:36 AM

Mindfreak

2012-11-13, 09:03 AM

Gates
"You can just call me Gak, everypony does."
She bowed.
"Did something happen around here?"

---

Aero
Aero continues walking until he leaves town and makes it to a hill with a large oak tree at the top. He climbs up the hill until he reaches the tree and sets down the picnic basket. Opening it up, he takes out the blanket and spreads it out and sets the basket on it.

Orzel

2012-11-13, 09:25 AM

Ember chuckled and walked up behind his faefriend after she made her dramatic leap. It was cute. "Haha..its just a pair of auto-magic doors, it has got magics that open the door when ponies enter and exit, pretty nifty."

Lochbed examined the door. She normally could not enter a building but there was no odd feel about this one. This was because it was a public place. "Ye ponies have some oddities within ye world."

"I see, so like initially buffooning your way through it?" Aubade said with a small short laugh.

"Yeah. Something like that." He nervously smiled and rubbed the back of his head. "But enough about me and meh crazy dealings. Let's talk about you. Have any skill other than housework aaand..." He blinked his eyes with turned born for a moment. A rush of information passed through his mind. Every memory and detail he had for a week past. And there he saw a packet of seeds. "... gardening?"

MCerberus

2012-11-13, 10:42 AM

Vampony Bowl-Down

Rainbow would likely get up just in time to see a purple mare fly right by her face. Comidic flying from being kicked not withstanding, that hurt. Staccata slowly gets back on her hooves. Now is not a good time to not have that many hitpoints to begin with.

Kelvin360

2012-11-13, 05:43 PM

Arvadraa

"Um. Well. Actually we just finished fighting I-don't-know-who, and it was this huge production with lots of violence. But apparently this doesn't happen often. I think. I hope." She's trying more to reassure herself than Gak at the moment, but does her best to keep on the no-big-deal face regardless.

Benson

2012-11-13, 10:36 PM

Advanced Vampony Fracas

[Sandy/Daniel]

Sandy would find himself dealing with a tug-..push of war of his inward force and the vampony's outward force, there was...resistance as the swirling elemental thing...came toward him. Pushing against his push.

There was a pained whimper from the unicorn in Daniel's hold as a lightning bolt flashed and struck toward the whirling thing that was once that pegasus. It seemed to just add the lightning bolt to its whirling mass-ness. Sweet, an electrical dust and debris storm! You should totally make it a fiery electrical dust and debris storm next, that would be, hot.

[Rainbow/Staccata]

"Urhk....my mane...dust...ew.." The black and pink pony dulled on as dirt hit in her face. Her ears caught the clink of the crossbow so she turned and twisted to protect her vitals, getting herself a bolt to the hind leg. "Siiiiiigh...owww....not cool...whatever...urk." She power jumped fifteen feet backwards and tried to get the bolt of her leg.

[Miss M/Zephyr]

"Zephyr...just...just go help their Captain and her companion," Miss M ordered as she moved to deal with the brown and tan pegasi who was trying to go after Zephyr. Zephyr nodded hesitantly and flew out of the way as Miss M delivered a body blow to the upset tan and brown pegasi, keeping him from attacking Zephyr.

[Gearstride/Silverpine]

Indeed hideously vulnerable were those two. Anyways, Gearstride let out a small pained whimper as Silverpine attended to her. She faintly smiled at him, ready to pass out. "T-thank...you...Lieutenant.."

"Oh...how cute...kinda like us babe, except not, also...they smell really nice" Said a male voice.

"I guess...meh.." Replied a female voice. "Eh...whatever, I got dibs on them." And with that a pegasi appeared, that mare from the hamster ball of doom. She flew into the air and bucked the ceiling to dislodge and force a large slab of stone to fall down.

It looked like it was about to crush them when suddenly a pair of blue wings umbrella'd over the bleeding couple. Zephyr shielded Gear and Silverpine as the slab smashed against his back causing him to buckle. "ow.."
===================

Ember

"Oh? Are there any other things you consider oddities?" Ember asked with a playful poke to her side.
--

Aubade-Downtown-Cafe

"Mmm, well, I fancy myself a good cook, if that's what you're meaning here," Aubade replied to Heavy le.

Kelvin360

2012-11-13, 11:04 PM

Daniel

All right. Let's add something...heavier to the pile.

Keeping the horn pointed towards the hamster ball, he knock-down drag-outs the unicorn as close to the center of the windstorm as possible, and boots him in. At the very least, it should give a very scientific lesson about ponies + blenders.

MCerberus

2012-11-13, 11:11 PM

Vampony Bowl-down

After getting her head straight, Staccata decides now is a good time for anger. The enemy vampony is injured and distracted. Plus the rogue is going to conveniently forget about the whole non-lethal thing. Rushing forward, the vampony better hope something quickly finishes her before Staccata applies flame-dagger.

TheAmishPirate

2012-11-13, 11:27 PM

Advanced Vampony Fracas

[Sandy/Daniel]

Sandy would find himself dealing with a tug-..push of war of his inward force and the vampony's outward force, there was...resistance as the swirling elemental thing...came toward him. Pushing against his push.

There was a pained whimper from the unicorn in Daniel's hold as a lightning bolt flashed and struck toward the whirling thing that was once that pegasus. It seemed to just add the lightning bolt to its whirling mass-ness. Sweet, an electrical dust and debris storm! You should totally make it a fiery electrical dust and debris storm next, that would be, hot.

Sandy staggered, nearly overcome by a sudden bout of vertigo. The storm gobbled up every spark of magic he sent into it, and only pressed harder against his mind with each passing second. Raw magical strength had always been his shortcoming, and he was up against a pony with potentially centuries of experience under its belt. Not good odds.

The thundering tornado advanced on him, he could feel the electricity all over his body from here. If he couldn't even collapse it, what hope did he have of stopping it?

Charge it. Feel the rush of your steel sinking into its insolent form...

Urgh...no, that's stupid an'...an' dumb...

This vampony mocks you. Taunts you. Take his wings and let him choke on them...

I...I can beat this...gotta beat this...promised Rainbow...

Then GO. Give up this useless magic. Taste its blood. Fight! KILL!

...give...up...magic?

That wasn't a half-bad idea.

In a last-ditch effort, Sandy suddenly hurled himself to the side at the same moment he let go of the spell. Without him pushing inward to meet the vampony's outward force...well, it was anypony's guess what would happen now.

[tldr: Sandy suddenly drops his spell, hoping the vampony will over-balance and spin itself out of control]

Grif

2012-11-14, 06:15 AM

Advanced Vampony Fracas
[Miss M/Zephyr][/I]

"Zephyr...just...just go help their Captain and her companion," Miss M ordered as she moved to deal with the brown and tan pegasi who was trying to go after Zephyr. Zephyr nodded hesitantly and flew out of the way as Miss M delivered a body blow to the upset tan and brown pegasi, keeping him from attacking Zephyr.

[Gearstride/Silverpine]

Indeed hideously vulnerable were those two. Anyways, Gearstride let out a small pained whimper as Silverpine attended to her. She faintly smiled at him, ready to pass out. "T-thank...you...Lieutenant.."

"Oh...how cute...kinda like us babe, except not, also...they smell really nice" Said a male voice.

"I guess...meh.." Replied a female voice. "Eh...whatever, I got dibs on them." And with that a pegasi appeared, that mare from the hamster ball of doom. She flew into the air and bucked the ceiling to dislodge and force a large slab of stone to fall down.

It looked like it was about to crush them when suddenly a pair of blue wings umbrella'd over the bleeding couple. Zephyr shielded Gear and Silverpine as the slab smashed against his back causing him to buckle. "ow.."

"Don't... don't mention it... Gear..." Silverpine whispered. His nonmangled hoof squeezed of hers.

Breath. That's it, Silverpine. Focus. Don't let the darkness get you yet. He dimly aware of the sound of rocks falling... and bones breaking. Fighting the dizziness that was threatening to overcome, he dragged the shotgun which lay nearby and began, ever so slowly, to reload yet another shell. If he was going to go down, he was going to go down fighting.

Orzel

2012-11-14, 12:03 PM

Rainbow

The sniper is running low on armor and has nothing loaded. She rolls away for space to reload.

Lochbed

"So many things. Ah didnae thin ye had day time for meh take list'em. Like that." she said while pointing to a wheelchair.

Heavy

"Well, thank you for inviting me to dinner. What time?" he asked with a wink.

Benson

2012-11-14, 12:50 PM

Advanced Vampony Fracas

[Daniel]

Hamster Ball? What? There's no hamster ball. Anyways. Daniel boots the hapless unicorn vampony into the eye of the mini storm elemental thing....whatever. "Waaah...aah...please no...n..!" He yelps as he is sucked in and shredded up and zapped upon hitting the center. Well, good thing Sandy was on the relative outskirts of this mess previously. Out flies a bleeding skinned and slashed up unicorn.

[Sandy]

And then!...Sandy played tug of push and let go of his external force. The vampony elemental had been pushing as much force against him as he was exerting to it. It flew wildly upon itself, its only energy and force being used against itself, collapsing on itself. The pegasus and vampony magic used by the black and white mare dissolved on itself showing that crumpled on the ground mare. She grunted with a strain, trying to pick herself up.

[Staccata/Rainbow]

The vampony casually nips at the bolt with a sigh forcing her body to push the foreign object out of her body. As Staccata approaches with her flamey dagger of flame striking, she casually thrusts out a hoof at Staccata to hit her mouth around the dagger and heavily sighs in a droopy manner.

[Miss M]

The angry tan and brown stallion lashed out at Miss M for getting in his way of attacking Zephyr. She continued to strike with non lethal blows and dodging his lethal blows to lop off her neck. "I'm..sorry *duck* that happened....please...*duck* just...*duck*.." There was no getting through to him.

[Silverpine/Gearstride/Zephyr]

Gearstride's breathing was shallow, her tourniquet and bandages quickly seeping with blood. Zephyr grunted as he rolled to the side and into their blood puddle, it was so unsanitary. His eyes caught glance of Gearstride's hoof and Silverpine's as without thought he spit onto his own hoof and moved to hoof to wipe it over Gearstride's hoof but then..

he was side tackled by Clod and stabbed with his horn. "Nope! My lady has dibs on these two, I ain't gonna let you ruin her fun!"

Bonita looked down and smirked a little at her love's antics. Be still my heart. She then turned her attention on the mortal couple and bucked more stone slabs their way.
===========

Ember

"The wheel chair? Heh...ya know, I had to use that the other day for a while...but it was just too bulky for me." Ember said with a small smile.

Aubade-Downtown- Cafe

"I beg your pardon? How awfully forward of you, what makes you think I'll be having you over for dinner?" She asked with an playful smile and stirred her drink a little. She probably didn't even realize her accidental flirting going on.

Orzel

2012-11-14, 01:15 PM

Rainbow

Locked and loaded, Rainbow was ready. She...

charged at the vampony at a sharp angle to trip her up.

Lochbed

The kelpie hummed in understanding.

The receptionist giggled at Lochbed's words and called out. "Can I help you?"

Heavy

The stallion bit into a bun. He smiled a tiny bit. "I know a pure and lovely lady like yourself would not be rude and mention her great cooking and not offer an invitation. So what time?"

TheAmishPirate

2012-11-14, 01:33 PM

Advanced Vampony Fracas

[Daniel]

Hamster Ball? What? There's no hamster ball. Anyways. Daniel boots the hapless unicorn vampony into the eye of the mini storm elemental thing....whatever. "Waaah...aah...please no...n..!" He yelps as he is sucked in and shredded up and zapped upon hitting the center. Well, good thing Sandy was on the relative outskirts of this mess previously. Out flies a bleeding skinned and slashed up unicorn.

[Sandy]

And then!...Sandy played tug of push and let go of his external force. The vampony elemental had been pushing as much force against him as he was exerting to it. It flew wildly upon itself, its only energy and force being used against itself, collapsing on itself. The pegasus and vampony magic used by the black and white mare dissolved on itself showing that crumpled on the ground mare. She grunted with a strain, trying to pick herself up.

Sandy dragged himself up from where he lay, body twitching and shaking erratically. Part of him was dimly aware that his tactic had worked. The rest of him? All too aware that the vampony was no longer in that pesky, immaterial form.

[I]Perfect...

Without even looking, a pair of stakes lifted off the ground and dove towards her torso, trying to pin those pesky wings to her body. Another stake he gripped in his teeth. He staggered and stumbled towards her, every step feeling like twenty with the effort of holding the rage back. It was just...so hard...to keep it up. It'd be so easy to cut loose, go wild on this good-for-nothing, sack of manure vampony. Make her suffer...make her pay for what she'd done...b-but he was Cirrus! They were...were supposed to be better than this. He couldn't disappoint the Cap'n...but...but this was war. Things happened...his life or hers...who would blame him if he was...thorough...

With his eyes blocked by the goggles, his expression was difficult to read. The little unicorn alternated between a flat, pained frown through gritted teeth, and a mad, bloody grin of insane anticipation. Still he shambled forward, not once taking his goggle-eyes off the fallen mare, slowly raising, tilting his head, readying the stake...

[tldr: Sandy is struggling to keep himself under control. He sent two stakes at the tornado-mare to pin her wings to her torso and keep her weak. Now he's shambling towards her, torn between ending her quickly, or taking out his rage on her undead hide.]

Benson

2012-11-14, 02:34 PM

Ember-Clinic-Hospital

"Oh...hello ma'am...we're to visit a Miss Sweet Victory," In which he hoped to also see Big Bruce there.
--

"Mmm....perhaps I am to be rude? Did that ever occur to you that perhaps I said that to be a little mean and not invite you over afterwards?" She answered with a question and playful smile.

Kelvin360

2012-11-14, 04:41 PM

Daniel

"Right. First rule of counterspelling." He remarks dryly. He runs towards the fallen pegasus, stops, takes aim with an arrow at Clod. At least, a distraction gives Zephyr a temporary advantage. At best, free wound!

He spins to make sure his opponent is downed, and then...

Sandy.

He slides his bow across his back and approaches softly, gently taking the stake in Sandy's mouth out, putting a hoof across his shoulders, squeezing him into a soft hug. "Not this time, Sandy. I'm sorry."

Then he plunges the stake deep into the pegasus - right in that cluster nowhere near the heart where all the other goodies are.

(tl;dr - One arrow at Clod's torso, taking away of Sandy's stake and nonlethally [well, not lethal to a vampire, anyway] incapping Dr. Maelstrom with it)

([Wooden Arrows Left: 8 (immediate)]
[Fire Arrows Left: 1 (immediate)])

MCerberus

2012-11-14, 04:53 PM

Vampony Bowl-down

Somepony seems to have her confused with a blind-raging berserker that's too stupid to know what they're doing is stupid (no offense 20 seconds ago Sandy). Staccata jukes to her right and comes in from another angle, oblivious to Rainbow's loaded status.

Orzel

2012-11-14, 07:00 PM

Ember-Clinic-Hospital

"Oh...hello ma'am...we're to visit a Miss Sweet Victory," In which he hoped to also see Big Bruce there.

The mare in white flipped through pages of a large book. "Room 201. Take a visitor's pass." the receptionist/nurse responded.

The room would have two beds and a window. The patient nearest to the door wasn't Sweet Victory. The pony was too small and the bandages were to many. The old mare who sat in the room continuously stroked the stallion's mare with her wrinkled hooves.

Big Bruce was noticeable from the doorway. He was unshaved and gruff. Visible bag hung under his eyes.

--

"Mmm....perhaps I am to be rude? Did that ever occur to you that perhaps I said that to be a little mean and not invite you over afterwards?" She answered with a question and playful smile.

Heavy Ale's eyes stayed fixed on Aubade. The stallion slowly chewed then swallowed. "It did pop into mind. But that isn't the case. You don't seem the type."

Grif

2012-11-14, 11:05 PM

Advanced Vampony Fracas
[Silverpine/Gearstride/Zephyr][/I]

Gearstride's breathing was shallow, her tourniquet and bandages quickly seeping with blood. Zephyr grunted as he rolled to the side and into their blood puddle, it was so unsanitary. His eyes caught glance of Gearstride's hoof and Silverpine's as without thought he spit onto his own hoof and moved to hoof to wipe it over Gearstride's hoof but then..

he was side tackled by Clod and stabbed with his horn. "Nope! My lady has dibs on these two, I ain't gonna let you ruin her fun!"

Bonita looked down and smirked a little at her love's antics. Be still my heart. She then turned her attention on the mortal couple and bucked more stone slabs their way.
===========

Shell into chamber. Lock shells in place. Always target the centre mass. His training was the only thing keeping him going now. In slow motion, he lifted his shotgun.

Stone slabs. Crap.

He reflexively blasted the slabs out of the sky with two precise blasts of his shotgun. But uh oh. There was that reload again. Dang. Also blood loss and pain. Intense. Pain.

Luka

2012-11-14, 11:21 PM

(:smalleek: I keep forgetting to reply, sorry)

"And it also proves that it's too late to change things. Unless you want me to break into her place, take everything that isn't nailed down and hide it somewhere in the woods, but I doubt you'd approve of that." Night Jewel laughed.

"Anyway, my point is that you've got to deal with it now. You can't go running off to get killed. It's too late for that. What would really help is you sticking with us and helping fix things."

He sighs again
"ok..."
then walks again, leaning close to the wall, possibly having forgot what he was even doing there
-------------------------------------------

Aero
Aero continues walking until he leaves town and makes it to a hill with a large oak tree at the top. He climbs up the hill until he reaches the tree and sets down the picnic basket. Opening it up, he takes out the blanket and spreads it out and sets the basket on it.

Aisis would follow, when the blanket's spread out there, she just slowly approaches, unsure if sitting on it or what :smalltongue:

PurityIcekiller

2012-11-14, 11:50 PM

He sighs again
"ok..."
then walks again, leaning close to the wall, possibly having forgot what he was even doing there

I wonder what Knight Commander Blueshield would have to say about him, thought Night Jewel. From what I know of her, it would most likely be creatively worded and not at all polite.

He raises a flawless eyebrow at Jewel. "I have always wondered...do ponies actually ever nail anything down?"

"Not that I know of. And in any case, they don't nail the nails down."

"You can just call me Gak, everypony does."
She bowed.
"Did something happen around here?"

"Um. Well. Actually we just finished fighting I-don't-know-who, and it was this huge production with lots of violence. But apparently this doesn't happen often. I think. I hope." She's trying more to reassure herself than Gak at the moment, but does her best to keep on the no-big-deal face regardless.

"What she said," said Blades. "There was a bunch of nasty magical types tryin' to attack the gate guards. If there's one thing ya can say about this town, it's that it's never dull!"

Benson

2012-11-14, 11:54 PM

Advanced Vampony Fracas

[Rainbow/Staccata]

The bored vampony feinted a fall from Rainbow's attack just as Staccata came to attack her to let her hit Rainbow. She rolled out of the way and sighed and siiiiiiiiiiighed again.

[Sandy/Daniel/Zephyr]

Clod gets in an arrow right in the butt cheek. Clod grits his teeth and then yelps as Zephyr forces himself up and bucks Clod across smacking him into a pew.

Goodies, sounds nasty. Well Daniel stabs her with a stake near the useless goodies. She grunts in pain and nickers/snarls as she tries to fight this pain, orders after all to fulfill.

[Silverpine/Gearstride]

The stone slab shatters into smaller debris, a large chunk still falls, toward Silverpine's head. Gearstride throws herself to push Silverpine a way, it hits her flank, hurts a bit, but it could be worse.

Bonita watched Clod get bucked, growls and decides to murder Zephyr's face. She flies toward him.
===

Ember-Clinic-Hospital

"Big Bruce?" Ember called out to the pink stallion with fretful eyes.
-

Aubade-Downtown-cafe

"Do I now? Why don't I seem the type to you?" She asked, still smiling.

TheAmishPirate

2012-11-15, 12:55 AM

Daniel

He spins to make sure his opponent is downed, and then...

Sandy.

He slides his bow across his back and approaches softly, gently taking the stake in Sandy's mouth out, putting a hoof across his shoulders, squeezing him into a soft hug. "Not this time, Sandy. I'm sorry."

Then he plunges the stake deep into the pegasus - right in that cluster nowhere near the heart where all the other goodies are.

(tl;dr - One arrow at Clod's torso, taking away of Sandy's stake and nonlethally [well, not lethal to a vampire, anyway] incapping Dr. Maelstrom with it)

([Wooden Arrows Left: 8 (immediate)]
[Fire Arrows Left: 1 (immediate)])

Sandy whinnied inarticulately as the stake was plucked from his mouth, rammed deep into the mare, and then...that was it? A little spurting of blood, a little pain, and no more?!

...yes, it was enough.

Before the wrath could respond, he slammed the door shut in its face, buying him a few precious moments of (relative) clarity. The little unicorn sucked in huge gulps of air, letting them out in long, rattling sighs. "Okay...I'm okay...she's down...down...I'm okay..." he repeated to himself. Screwing his eyes shut, he nodded fervently to the bard. "A-a-alright, y'can point me at th' next one now...I'm good..." Not even a lick of shame or regret entered his voice. And why should they? All he felt was relief to be back in control. It was almost as if something was surgically removing all the guilt and negativity he might be feeling. :smalltongue:

With his leg around his shoulders, Daniel would feel the engineer's pulse thundering away. How fast his heart was racing could be anypony's guess; the beats just seemed to blend together into a constant hum of lifeblood. That, and every muscle in his neck vibrated with raw energy.

Daniel had grabbed hold of a living, breathing ball of violence and murderous rage. Now all that remained was to figure out what to do with it.

[tldr: Sandy struggles briefly, but seems to get control of himself. Oddly enough, he's not feeling any guilt over his desires to messily kill the helpless vampony. He asks Daniel to point him at the next target, keeping his eyes shut so as to not be tempted further.]

Kelvin360

2012-11-15, 04:54 AM

Zaros

"Hnn. Questions within questions whenever I question you." He stumbles more than moves forward, shaking his head. "Though, I should refrain...is now an appropriate time to pass out?"

--

Arvadraa

"It isn't? There go my prospects of planting a garden in old age, I suppose." Her wit seems to be back.

--

Daniel

"Woahhh no." He shakes his head vigorously, taking out an arrow and stabbing the pegasus in the eye with it like he's off-hoofedly making tea or something. "You stay right there until whatever juice you've got in you dissipates. If you have any medical equipment, use that too. And deep breaths. Deep breaths are good."

He runs towards Clod, Bonita, Silverpine and Gearstride with two more arrows already nocked. "And feel free to disregard all that if I'm about to die!" He shouts over his shoulder.

([Wooden Arrows Left: 2 (nocked) 5 (immediate)]
[Fire Arrows Left: 1 (immediate)])

Orzel

2012-11-15, 08:00 AM

Rainbow

Rainbow senses the motive of the droopy eyed vampony's action. And since she isn't all that fast, the snipe has enough time and distance to slide and slow her movement. Now if Staccata is just doesn't stab her....

Lochbed/Bruce

"Ember? Glad you came. She's resting but Victory should wake soon." The bid pink stallion got up and hugged Ember tight. "Who is this lovely mare by your side?"

Heavy

"Well you have a face of honesty and I overall doubt a servant of your position would have a rotten core. No, your fruit be still a sweet one." Heavy looked down into his coffee as he spoke. "Care for a spike to your drink?"

Grif

2012-11-15, 08:38 AM

Advanced Vampony Fracas
[Silverpine/Gearstride]

The stone slab shatters into smaller debris, a large chunk still falls, toward Silverpine's head. Gearstride throws herself to push Silverpine a way, it hits her flank, hurts a bit, but it could be worse.

Bonita watched Clod get bucked, growls and decides to murder Zephyr's face. She flies toward him.

Seemed like they were in a very precarious situation, yes? Silvepine noticed none of that though, only dimly aware that they still had an enemy to fight and she had just flown off. He could feel... see the darkness creeping in at the edges of his vision. He merely grunted as he was pushed, a little annoyed by the fact that it thrown off his reloads. Nonetheless, it was but a minor blip and the lieutenant grimly shouldered his shotgun again, tracking Bonita and firing.

Benson

2012-11-15, 10:36 AM

Ember-Hospital

Ember grimaced from the hug and made a buggy eyed look. His own injuries from the day before were still healing, the pain pills could only do so much. "Nnggh...this is Lochbed...she's my..fillyfriend."

Aubade-Downtown Cafe

Aubade cocked a brow and held her drink possessively, keeping a small smile on her face. "Depends on what the spike is. I am a picky alcohol drinker." She even had her own precise drink the one time she went to the bar...I can't believe Benson remembers this when it happened a year ago... Anyways! In the background an older, disheveled mare with bags under her sad eyes walked into the coffee shop with a saddle bag full of what appeared to be flyers.

Luka

2012-11-15, 10:45 AM

(...Also forgot to answer to Snowflake and Idle, sorry)

Clinic

Violet would just be healed and possibly safe already, but she was still unconciouss, so she would possibly do need some rest.

Orzel

2012-11-15, 01:16 PM

Bruce/Lochbed

The big guy released Ember and clamped onto Lochbed. "Please to meet you. Great to finally meet you. Ember has said so much about you."

Ember would see and notice Lochbed's unglamoured fang and she hrgggked from the hug. "Pleased ta meet ye as well. Wat has Ember beensaying about meh?"

"You know. Good things." Big Bruce released the mare.
"Come sit."

Bruce then moved to Sweet Victory's side and tapped her shoulder. "Vickie, wake up. You have visitors."

Heavy Ale

"Whiskey or course. Distilled by yours truly." The stallion dug into his bag and come out with a flask. "Scents and flavors. My specialty."

Benson

2012-11-15, 01:46 PM

Ember-Hospital

Darn that cute little fang. Anyways. Ember chuckled a little at Lochbed's squeeze hug.

Ember glanced over at Sweet Victory and smiled and turned back to Lochbed. "You remember Sweet Victory right Lochbed? I...think you met her once before." He walked over to the side of the bed and looked at Sweet Victory.
----

Aubade-Downtown Cafe

"You make your own whiskey?...Hopefully legally. I don't think I want to be drinking coffee spiked with illegal whiskey," She commented, still playfully.
=============

Clinic

Idle Chat gave a sigh of relief. "....I think...she'll be alright..." He said to Snowflake with a relieved smile.

Mindfreak

2012-11-15, 02:41 PM

Gate
Gak looks kinda surprised.
"Oh. That's surprising."0-0
She has no other answer to that!
In fact, now she just feels awkward.

---

Aero
Aero plops down on the blanket and opens the basket!

TheAmishPirate

2012-11-15, 03:27 PM

Daniel

"Woahhh no." He shakes his head vigorously, taking out an arrow and stabbing the pegasus in the eye with it like he's off-hoofedly making tea or something. "You stay right there until whatever juice you've got in you dissipates. If you have any medical equipment, use that too. And deep breaths. Deep breaths are good."

He runs towards Clod, Bonita, Silverpine and Gearstride with two more arrows already nocked. "And feel free to disregard all that if I'm about to die!" He shouts over his shoulder.

([Wooden Arrows Left: 2 (nocked) 5 (immediate)]
[Fire Arrows Left: 1 (immediate)])

At least Daniel had the decency to (presumably) turn him away from the fallen vampony. Sandy stayed upright, watching the bard run off to battle. He briefly considered lying down, but he feared something would surely rupture if he sat still. Plus, that struck him as an incredibly stupid move for the middle of a battle. "R-r-r-right. Deep breaths...deep breaths..." he repeated, sucking down air in a vain attempt to slow his breathing. So long as he just kept his gaze locked ahead, tried not to listen too hard for the sounds of battle and injury, and kept breathing, he could keep this under control, no sweat. Medical care would have to wait; Rainbow usually kept track of the first aid supplies. For now, just had to stand here and stay focused...stay focused...

MCerberus

2012-11-15, 04:14 PM

Vampony Bowl-down

Luckily Staccata doesn't lose her balance after failing to hit the bored slippery vampony. She goes off to the side and then starts circling around to get a better attack. Oh yes, next turn she'll be in a position to finish off the annoying one.

Benson

2012-11-15, 04:20 PM

Advanced Vampony Fracas

[Daniel/Sandy/]

The vampony pegasus whinnies upon getting casually stabbed in her eye and recoils. Daniel leaves and heads over to the pews north in the temple, Sandy is where he was previously. She tries to fight this and remove the arrow from her eye, she must...still fight...<yes, this was the one pegasus mare found regularly at the Master's side, and was one of the new arrivals..>

The flayed skin vampony unicorn laid there looking dead, his body struggling to regrow his flesh.

At the pews Clod picked himself up and growled but then quickly went wide eyed seeing Daniel heading his way. His horn sparked as he put a dome shield around him.

[Silverpine]
Bonita was too far up, the most the shot gun did was make her fly higher and shoot a glower at Silverpine.

[Zephyr/Gearstride/Silverpine]

Zephyr grunted and glurked a little trying to force his gouge to heal. He crawled back over to Gearstride and Silverpine. "Here...take...my spit....put it over your wounds...it should help..close them."

[Rainbow/Staccata]

Siiiiiiiiigh. "I rather...be sleepin'.....this is sooo.....boooring.......ugh.....siigh..." She sighed and seemed to be moving in a lazy drunken master manner in avoid their attacks and moves.

Orzel

2012-11-15, 04:42 PM

Hospital

Big Bruce releases his vice grip and links into the corner to watch this side of the room.

This gives the kelpie time to catch her breath. She coughs softly. "Ah remember she. She came ye house recently." Lochbed said.

Then a soft weak whisper comes from Victory. "Em..bar... Did Bruce... call.. me Vickie?"

Cafe

The stallion's brow rose. "Och. Are you calling me a moonshiner? Do I give off that impression? I fancy myself the look of a rumrunner. Or better yet a speakeasy bartender." Heavy's posture then took a smooth and suave manner.

Grif

2012-11-15, 04:51 PM

(...Also forgot to answer to Snowflake and Idle, sorry)

Clinic

Violet would just be healed and possibly safe already, but she was still unconciouss, so she would possibly do need some rest.

Snowflake would linger awhile in the clinic while the doctor fussed over Violet, then turns to leave when it was clear she was no longer in danger. There was still work to do after all. Idle may or may not follow her. :smalltongue:

[Silverpine]
Silverpine just nodded wordlessly, dabbing the spit onto Gearstride's mangled leg first, then onto his own hoof. His own breathing came in rapid and shallow.

TheAmishPirate

2012-11-15, 05:09 PM

Advanced Vampony Fracas

[Daniel/Sandy/]

The vampony pegasus whinnies upon getting casually stabbed in her eye and recoils. Daniel leaves and heads over to the pews north in the temple, Sandy is where he was previously. She tries to fight this and remove the arrow from her eye, she must...still fight...<yes, this was the one pegasus mare found regularly at the Master's side, and was one of the new arrivals..>

The flayed skin vampony unicorn laid there looking dead, his body struggling to regrow his flesh.

Sandy's stimulant-enhanced ears perked up, hearing her struggles. Forcing himself not to look, the unicorn reached out with his magic for his sand-tipped stake embedded near her flank. He tried not to enjoy the sound of it squelching deeper into her flesh. Just keeping her docile and under control. Nothing more. Nothing less.

As for the other vampony, almost-corpses didn't make much noise. Perhaps the skinning had actually finished the vampony off. He certainly hoped so; two still-breathing, incapacitated vamponies...he gritted his teeth, shoving the dark thoughts from his head.

[tldr: Sandy holds his ground, not looking at either of the downed vamponies. He completely ignores the flayed unicorn, and ensures the flank-stake (badum tish) is firmly embedded in the pegasus.]

PurityIcekiller

2012-11-15, 05:35 PM

"Hnn. Questions within questions whenever I question you." He stumbles more than moves forward, shaking his head. "Though, I should refrain...is now an appropriate time to pass out?"

"And leave me to drag your big, armoured body to safety all by myself?" Night Jewel laughed and shook her head.

"It isn't? There go my prospects of planting a garden in old age, I suppose." Her wit seems to be back.

Blades nuzzled Arvadraa if possible. "Aw, c'mon, I'll keep ya safe!"

Gak looks kinda surprised.
"Oh. That's surprising."0-0
She has no other answer to that!
In fact, now she just feels awkward.

"Yeah. Things are calmin' down, though, so we were headin' back to the shop. Ya like weapons? Ya like armour? Orders might be slow for a bit, but we're still takin' 'em!"

Benson

2012-11-15, 05:45 PM

Hospital

Big Bruce releases his vice grip and links into the corner to watch this side of the room.

This gives the kelpie time to catch her breath. She coughs softly. "Ah remember she. She came ye house recently." Lochbed said.

Then a soft weak whisper comes from Victory. "Em..bar... Did Bruce... call.. me Vickie?"

"Yes, do you want me to bop him on the head for that?" Ember replied with a warm playful smile.

Cafe

The stallion's brow rose. "Och. Are you calling me a moonshiner? Do I give off that impression? I fancy myself the look of a rumrunner. Or better yet a speakeasy bartender." Heavy's posture then took a smooth and suave manner.

"Oh...so you fancy yourself the look of a criminal?" Aubade said with a tilt of her head and smirk.

Kelvin360

2012-11-15, 06:00 PM

Zaros

"I presume you will be forgiving if my thoughts are illogical. Should go...Civic Center...two coming?" Well, at least he's relatively coherent.

--

Arvadraa

She giggles softly and returns the nuzzle, nodding happily to Gak. "Even if not, I'd love to have you along. Muffins will be involved." She adds tantalizingly.

--

Daniel

Despite the shield, he keeps on charging. Just in front of the shield, he raises his forehooves, slides to a controlled pace, and leaps off of it.

Aim....fire.

Bonita is either paying attention or is a dual pincushion.

([Wooden Arrows Left: 5 (immediate)]
[Fire Arrows Left: 1 (immediate)])

MCerberus

2012-11-15, 06:34 PM

Vampony Bowl-down

Alright, so she seems to be very defensively oriented. Maybe some goading will help. "What's wrong, too afraid to do anything then?" Staccata is slinking around to flank. If the vampony is being passive, flanking bonus! If the vampony attacks, she might be easier to hit.

Orzel

2012-11-15, 09:44 PM

"Yes, do you want me to bop him on the head for that?" Ember replied with a warm playful smile.

"Twice." she replied.

Lochbed was speechless. Her attention was snatched by the IV bag so much so that she saw no one else. "A loch in a bag?"

"Oh...so you fancy yourself the look of a criminal?" Aubade said with a tilt of her head and smirk.

Heavy Ale brushed his mane back and grinned. "You know what they say about bad boys."

Luka

2012-11-15, 10:08 PM

Aero
Aero plops down on the blanket and opens the basket!

Aisis also plots down on the blanket, just more carefully and stuff.
"...That's full of food, isn't it?"

---------------------------------

[Southern gate]

The colt just stays leaning on the wall

Also, the little tiny colt on Flameshield's back would be too scared to look around, still cowering on his back.

Clinic

Violet would be just taken to a room or something!
She's still unconciouss and could be having some twitchy breathing, but other than that she may be ok

Benson

2012-11-16, 01:46 AM

Advanced Vampony Fracas

[Silverpine/Gearstride]

Silverpine and Gearstride would soon find their wounds healing. The flesh patching over Gearstride's stump, and Silverpine's hoof patching itself. New flesh didn't grow back, it was more like...cauterized. Bleeding would stop. Zephyr warmly smiled at the couple until his attention was stolen by Daniel and his shenanigans. He gave the couple a nod and flew off.

Gearstride turned to Silverpine and tiredly smiled at him, still in relative pain. "Such bravery my dear Lieutenant. You were pretty badflank."

[Sandy]

The vampony pegasus glurked at Sandy's machinations and continued to try to move and crawl away even if she was better just laying still, but her mind kept telling her to move and go.

[Daniel/Zephyr]

Bonita gets hit with an arrow she dips, but is tackled by a flying Zephyr sending the two fifteen feet away from Daniel.

"Bonnieeeeeeeeeeeeee!" Clod yells out, his shield disappearing as he carelessly charges over to her, punching Zephyr off of her.

"ooomf..ow.."

[Miss M]

She's still in the same combat, its hard trying to subdue him without accidently killing him with your punches.

[Rainbow?/Staccata]

"Afraid? Your question is siiiiiiiiiiigh...stupid....siiigh...and laaame....like this gaaame..." She never stopped moving as she spoke, swayed this way and that in an unpredictable manner. When it seemed Staccata had an open shot to attack, it would seem the mare was barely avoiding the attacks. But, it sorta stopped being a coincidence and seemed like the mare was hiding more about herself than she let on.
--===========----------

Ember-Clinic-Hospital

Ember flashed a smile at Lochbed and shook his head. "Not quite Lochbed." He then walked over to Big Bruce and hovered up above him and winked.

He then very lightly bopped him on the head. "Ma'am, Big Bruce has been bopped."

Aubade-Downtown-Cafe

"That our fathers should always warn their young daughters about them? That bad boys are but a load of trouble? I could go on, Mister Heavy Ale?" She replied with a twinkle and still present coy smile.
=====================

Idle Chat- Clinic

Idle would stay behind and watch over her, bugging nurses once in a while to let him help.

Orzel

2012-11-16, 06:45 AM

Advanced Vampony Fracas

[Rainbow?/Staccata]

"Afraid? Your question is siiiiiiiiiiigh...stupid....siiigh...and laaame....like this gaaame..." She never stopped moving as she spoke, swayed this way and that in an unpredictable manner. When it seemed Staccata had an open shot to attack, it would seem the mare was barely avoiding the attacks. But, it sorta stopped being a coincidence and seemed like the mare was hiding more about herself than she let on.
--===========----------

Rainbow sees her chance. She struts into a flanking position with Staccata and goes for a simple leg sweep.

Ember-Clinic-Hospital

Ember flashed a smile at Lochbed and shook his head. "Not quite Lochbed." He then walked over to Big Bruce and hovered up above him and winked.

He then very lightly bopped him on the head. "Ma'am, Big Bruce has been bopped."

Bruce winked back and fell down dramatically. Tongue out and derpy eyed.

Victory smiled. "Good.... The pain... drugs have... me too wobb..bly"

Lochbed poked the IV bag. "Drugs? Sweet Victory, where are your druidic healer?"

Aubade-Downtown-Cafe

"That our fathers should always warn their young daughters about them? That bad boys are but a load of trouble? I could go on, Mister Heavy Ale?" She replied with a twinkle and still present coy smile.
=====================

"Exactly why are we talking about my criminally good looks... I mean I do not mind... but there is a beautiful mare to talk about in our presence. Two actually." He then turned to the mare Benson mentioned earlier. "Ma'am, may I be of assistance?"

Grif

2012-11-16, 07:34 AM

[Southern gate]

The colt just stays leaning on the wall

Also, the little tiny colt on Flameshield's back would be too scared to look around, still cowering on his back.

Clinic

Violet would be just taken to a room or something!
She's still unconciouss and could be having some twitchy breathing, but other than that she may be ok

(I'll leave Violet to when she wakes up. Idle is staying behind anyway.)

Flameshield craned his neck to glance at the foal riding on his back. "Hey, little guy. Where's your mommy? I can take you there."

Advanced Vampony Fracas

[Silverpine/Gearstride]

Silverpine and Gearstride would soon find their wounds healing. The flesh patching over Gearstride's stump, and Silverpine's hoof patching itself. New flesh didn't grow back, it was more like...cauterized. Bleeding would stop. Zephyr warmly smiled at the couple until his attention was stolen by Daniel and his shenanigans. He gave the couple a nod and flew off.

Gearstride turned to Silverpine and tiredly smiled at him, still in relative pain. "Such bravery my dear Lieutenant. You were pretty badflank."

Silverpine snorted. "Don't mention it. But this is one of those time when I feel pretty much outmatched." He lifted his mangled hoof before eyeing Gearstride's stump. Nasty piece of work, the both of them. Remembering he still had his shotgun on hoof, he again began reloading the weapon, noting with slight dismay he was only left with four shells.

Benson

2012-11-16, 09:51 AM

Bruce winked back and fell down dramatically. Tongue out and derpy eyed.

Victory smiled. "Good.... The pain... drugs have... me too wobb..bly"

Lochbed poked the IV bag. "Drugs? Sweet Victory, where are your druidic healer?"

"I think she may be referring to a doctor, if you're confused, Sweet Victory," Ember said rubbing the back of his head.

"Exactly why are we talking about my criminally good looks... I mean I do not mind... but there is a beautiful mare to talk about in our presence. Two actually." He then turned to the mare Benson mentioned earlier. "Ma'am, may I be of assistance?"

The elder haggard looking mare with the bags under her eyes had been going table to table asking for help and giving out flyers. Most ponies politely accepted the flyers with the intention to throw them away later. Not all liked having their afternoon coffee and tea disturbed.

When she got Heavy Ale's and Aubade's table she had a desperate look in her eyes. "Sir...please...sniffle...I'm looking for my daughter...she's been missing since last night...she didn't come home from her outing with her friends. They don't know where she's at either." Her voice broke as she levitated a flyer, one for both Heavy and Aubade.

The flyer had an photo image of a young unicorn, maybe in her early twenties. She was a pretty little thing with cute smile. She had a silver mane and khaki colored fur.

"Her name is Songbird, and she has a Nightingale cutie mark. She really loved music, it was..sniffle her world, sniffle like she was mine...please...if you see or find her...sniffle..."

Orzel

2012-11-16, 11:07 AM

Hospital

Big Bruce sprung up from his false unconscious state. "I'll go fetch the doctor."

"Aren't you... supposed to... be knocked out." squeaked Victory.

A hoof tapped the colt's shoulder. "Ye better get the druid, Ember."

Cafe

Heavy Ale called the elder mare over and pointed to a seat. Another hoof waved for a cup and fresh coffee. "Madam, come have a seat and a sip. Everything will work out. Dry your eyes. I will not only look out for your missing daughter I will spend my free time actively searching for her. Equestria should not lose one of her beautiful voices."

TheAmishPirate

2012-11-16, 11:15 AM

Advanced Vampony Fracas

[I][Sandy]

The vampony pegasus glurked at Sandy's machinations and continued to try to move and crawl away even if she was better just laying still, but her mind kept telling her to move and go.
[I]

Next verse,
same as the first,
a little bit more,
and you'll end up in a Hearse.

Sandy continued to hold position as he held that stake in place, likely preventing her from moving all that much. Unless something caught his attention or otherwise distracted him, that's what he'd keep doing.

Benson

2012-11-16, 11:38 AM

Hospital

Big Bruce sprung up from his false unconscious state. "I'll go fetch the doctor."

"Aren't you... supposed to... be knocked out." squeaked Victory.

A hoof tapped the colt's shoulder. "Ye better get the druid, Ember."

"Oh?...Alright...you three behave....I'm going to go get the doctor...actually...wait, what am I getting the doctor for again?" He asked snorting back some mucus in his nose.

Cafe

Heavy Ale called the elder mare over and pointed to a seat. Another hoof waved for a cup and fresh coffee. "Madam, come have a seat and a sip. Everything will work out. Dry your eyes. I will not only look out for your missing daughter I will spend my free time actively searching for her. Equestria should not lose one of her beautiful voices."

"I..can't...I have to keep passing out these flyers...I can't stop...but I do sniffle thank you for your kind words, I am grateful." She said wiping her eyes with a napkin.

Aubade frowned and gestured for the mare to please sit down with them. Aubade could sympathize, after all, she just lost her entire family when they were executed through beheadings for their loyalty to the Sol family to the very end. Actually, being reminded of this made made her feel ill in her stomach. She thought she would able to lock these feelings and memories away and be strong, for Ember.

Orzel

2012-11-16, 01:16 PM

Hospital

"The doctor said to call him when she woke up. The pain medication she took was strong and Victory needs to be monitored."said Bruce.

Cafe

The stallion took up his bag and put a few coins on the table. "Here are bits for three or four drinks. Sit and rest a second. Staying agitated will make you miss something and feel worse. Now where did Songbird say she was going?"

MCerberus

2012-11-16, 02:27 PM

Vampony Bowl-Down

With Rainbow moving into attack, Staccata goes in for an attack of her own. The vampony being all angsty and sad is of little relevance right now. The mare goes in to attack high, so hopefully the vampony won't be able to dodge both high and low attacks.

Benson

2012-11-16, 02:46 PM

Hospital

"The doctor said to call him when she woke up. The pain medication she took was strong and Victory needs to be monitored."said Bruce.

"Oh, right...on my way!" ...and so Ember dashed out the door...and then walked walked over to the nurses' desks/hub for this area of the clinic/section of the patient rooms. "Hiya....I was told to get a doctor for when a Miss Sweet Victory if she woke up, well, she woke up, so yea." He told a nurse. Though, that sounds like a nurses' job to do, oh well!

Cafe

The stallion took up his bag and put a few coins on the table. "Here are bits for three or four drinks. Sit and rest a second. Staying agitated will make you miss something and feel worse. Now where did Songbird say she was going?"

"S-she...and her friends were going to a bar, sniffle, in that district with all the bars and clubs," She said, having to force herself to sit down and accept his kindness for a drink, presumably coffee,

Kelvin360

2012-11-16, 07:33 PM

Orzel

2012-11-16, 08:34 PM

"Oh, right...on my way!" ...and so Ember dashed out the door...and then walked walked over to the nurses' desks/hub for this area of the clinic/section of the patient rooms. "Hiya....I was told to get a doctor for when a Miss Sweet Victory if she woke up, well, she woke up, so yea." He told a nurse. Though, that sounds like a nurses' job to do, oh well!

The purple earth pony nurse tossed a folder across the desk. Her mane was slightly frizzled. "Oh thank you. We've been so swamped lately. We don't have the horspower to monitor patients not in critical or serious conditions. Page, page Dr. Wrap."

The red unicorn nurse behind the purple earth pony nodded. Then a stack of papers crumbled into a pile. Her face scrunched with stress. "Oh shoot. Dr. Wrap, Miss Victory is awake."

"The doctor will see Miss Victory soon."

Meanwhile, Lochbed poked and batted the IV bag more. Victory was in to much of a daze to stop her.

"S-she...and her friends were going to a bar, sniffle, in that district with all the bars and clubs," She said, having to force herself to sit down and accept his kindness for a drink, presumably coffee,

"Aubade, will you come with me downtown to search? An extra pair of eyes and all." Heavy Ale then unscrewed his flask and poured some in his coffer. He then shaked the flask offering some to both mares.

Benson

2012-11-16, 09:30 PM

Advanced Vampony Fracas

[Gearstride/Silverpine/Daniel]

"I know what you mean....I feel so..exposed without my bombs...I really wish I had them," She frowned and stared at her stump. Sure it wasn't bleeding, but it still hurt something fierce. She looked at Silverpine and then back at herself. They both needed a bath and how!

And then Daniel!

Gearstride stared at him, sitting in her blood and wanly smiled. She picked up her combat knife and stood up with a limp and tried to balance herself. "I'll....go..assist...I am the captain...it is my duty to see to my ship mates.."

[Zephyr]

The blue pegasus was left to himself to deal with these two. He clocked Clod but was clocked by Bonita who yoinked out the arrow in her and struck Zephyr with it. He yelled. It hurt.

[Miss M]

Duck duck buck. The brown and tan stallion was bucked against the temple wall where then Miss M went to bite him on the neck to drain him of his vampy blood and tire him out to lethargy.

[Sandy]

"Let me...go...you damn pony...or I'll..k-kill you..." Well she was going to try to kill him otherwise. She then began to flap her wings and hit him on his back. But the hits were weak, like a kitten beating a tassel.

[Staccata/Rainbow]

The vampony glanced to her side, finding herself in between two ponies. She sighed, and ducked Staccata's attack, allowing herself get leg swept by Rainbow just so that she could try to kick Staccata in the crotch, just because, siiiiiiigh.
===============

Ember-Clinic Hospital

"Oh, thank you very much ma'am," Ember flashed the nurse a cheerful smile. Smiles, there was a motivational poster on the wall about smiling and brightening one's day.
--

Aubade-Downtown-cafe

Well this was a change of things, what was to be but a background thing, became a thing thing!

"Of course, I would happy to help. Perhaps we can also split up the flier work to get the word out?" Aubade offered. She then pushed her coffee over to Heavy Ale indicating she would like a bit of whiskey.

The tired, worried mother of Songbird shook her head, declining the offer of alcohol.

Kelvin360

2012-11-16, 09:57 PM

Daniel

With a flash of legs and a few seconds, a certain bard closes a certain distance.

He slides to a stop, and aims once more.

Two headshots: One for each hostile.

I hope Bonita and Clod have aspirin.

([Wooden Arrows Left: 4 (immediate)]
[Fire Arrows Left: 1 (immediate)])

Grif

2012-11-16, 10:04 PM

Daniel

Now that he needs to worry more about conserving ammo, Daniel fires another arrow, this one at Clod, hoping it'll be enough to give his ally an edge.

He runs over to Gearstride and Silverpine and gathers two arrows on the ground that weren't used to incapacitate for love. His head moves around very quickly, assessing the entire battlefield.

"Whichever one of you is the least wounded, go help Sandy. 'Bad place' doesn't begin to cover it."

Beat. :eek:

"Erm. I mean, if uh...that's ah...appropriate at this time. Sirs."

([Wooden Arrows Left: 2 (nocked) 4 (immediate)]
[Fire Arrows Left: 1 (immediate)])

Advanced Vampony Fracas

[Gearstride/Silverpine/Daniel]

"I know what you mean....I feel so..exposed without my bombs...I really wish I had them," She frowned and stared at her stump. Sure it wasn't bleeding, but it still hurt something fierce. She looked at Silverpine and then back at herself. They both needed a bath and how!

And then Daniel!

Gearstride stared at him, sitting in her blood and wanly smiled. She picked up her combat knife and stood up with a limp and tried to balance herself. "I'll....go..assist...I am the captain...it is my duty to see to my ship mates.."

"Never a better time," Silverpine said dryly. He helped to steady Gearstride, while standing up himself. "You go on and help Sandy. We'll finish the job here." The lieutenant limped over towards Daniel, watching for opportunities to help out. After all, Daniel can expect retaliation.

TheAmishPirate

2012-11-16, 11:37 PM

[Sandy Shores - Like Poking a Sleepy Bear]

The little stallion started shaking anew under her assault. She...she was still up. She could still fight. He had to stop her. Teach her a lesson. Let her taste fear. Inflict her penance in blood. Had to...had to...deeeeeep breaths. He had to just keep taking deep breaths. He magically pulled the stake in and out, in and out, trying in vain to subdue her. "S-s-s-stoppit. Y'don't...don't...don't try me..." he gasped out through gritted teeth.

With his heart racing so, the scent of his blood hung thick and heavy in the air around him. Even with its earthy, odd smell and funky odor of the stimulants, and even with just his legs and face exposed, to a bleeding, weakened vampony? It may just smell like a bit of stinky heaven. But neither Sandy or this narrator knows that for sure.

[tldr: Sandy keeps jabbing the stake in her, in an attempt to get her to stop. He's barely holding the rage back.]

Orzel

2012-11-16, 11:46 PM

Advanced Vampony Fracas
[Staccata/Rainbow]

The vampony glanced to her side, finding herself in between two ponies. She sighed, and ducked Staccata's attack, allowing herself get leg swept by Rainbow just so that she could try to kick Staccata in the crotch, just because, siiiiiiigh.

"Watch your pony parts!"

===============

Ember-Clinic Hospital

"Oh, thank you very much ma'am," Ember flashed the nurse a cheerful smile. Smiles, there was a motivational poster on the wall about smiling and brightening one's day.

On the way back to thee room, Ember would run into what seemed like a mummy wearing scrubs.

--

Aubade-Downtown-cafe

Well this was a change of things, what was to be but a background thing, became a thing thing!

"Of course, I would happy to help. Perhaps we can also split up the flier work to get the word out?" Aubade offered. She then pushed her coffee over to Heavy Ale indicating she would like a bit of whiskey.

The tired, worried mother of Songbird shook her head, declining the offer of alcohol.
Fortunately background things tend to be solved quick.

"Brillance must be a special skill of yours, Aubade." Heavy left bits on the table. His magic bag owned up and gobbled up half the posters. "We'll take these and start searching, Madam."

MCerberus

2012-11-16, 11:56 PM

"Watch your pony parts!"

Vampony Bowl-down

Doing so would involve Staccata not exactly landing gracefully. She just hits the stone and rolls a bit. Meanwhile, her trademark cloak is cinders. Lovely. The rogue won't be able to attack this turn, but hopefully the leg-swept vampony will stop being bored of life...

via Rainbow's crossbow.

Benson

2012-11-17, 12:41 AM

Advanced Vampony Fracas

[Daniel/Zephyr/Silverpine]
"Baby...!" Clod took both of the shots, out running the speed of the arrow for Bonita in a moment of adrenaline. He stumbled forward grunting with three arrows in him, a wheezing gasp let out his mouth.

"Clod...sh-" The pegasus mare swooped high up into the air out of range for things that were not arrows and bolts, and huffed, gritting her teeth. Zephyr himself grunted and focused on removing the arrow on fore leg with his teeth.

[Sandy/Gearstride]

If only the mare could stop. "I won't, can't...I will, have to kill you.." She continued to try to stand, and began to count to herself the seconds between each pull out of her before he stabbed her again, and more useless wing beating.

And then Gearstride!

The Captain limped over on three hooves with pained grunts, trying to adjust to walking all hobbled. "Sandy...Sandy Shores....Daniel...says you need...help...now...I couldn't pay attention to the battlefield...so tell me..what is...the matter?"

[Rainbow/Staccata]

Siiiigh. The earth pony continued to move even on the ground and quickly stood up doing a back flip fifteen feet away and lazily moving in an evasive fashion. She seemed distracted, but her senses were taking in her opponents the whole time. Studying them, watching, learning their patterns, keeping ahead of them, figuring out just what direction to move to evade by an inch.
===

Ember-

"Waaaah...ah..ah...oh...sorry..you scared me for a moment.." He admitted taking a moment to note, it was not a mummy.
-----

Aubade-Downtown-cafe

Indeed, and by solved, it means a fruitless search.

Aubade wanly smiled at his compliment and took in her half of the fliers and put them in her saddle bag which she put on after getting out of the booth.

"Thank, you so much...?"

"Aubade, ma'am. You can call me Aubade." Heavy can take care of his own introduction.

TheAmishPirate

2012-11-17, 01:16 AM

Advanced Vampony Fracas

[Sandy/Gearstride][/I]

If only the mare could stop. "I won't, can't...I will, have to kill you.." She continued to try to stand, and began to count to herself the seconds between each pull out of her before he stabbed her again, and more useless wing beating.

And then Gearstride!

The Captain limped over on three hooves with pained grunts, trying to adjust to walking all hobbled. "Sandy...Sandy Shores....Daniel...says you need...help...now...I couldn't pay attention to the battlefield...so tell me..what is...the matter?"

To say there was no pattern was a bit of an understatement. Sometimes it was one second, sometimes it was a few, sometimes he didn't even pull out all the way (that didn't come out right...), other times he twisted the stake deeper inside her. It was just another thing to focus on that wasn't the howling instincts within.

And then Gearstride arrived! As far as obvious injuries went, one of his legs was almost completely coated in a sand-cast, some of the grit staining red from the wounds underneath, and the hoof looked to be twisted. His head wound had been bleeding for quite some time; without somepony to point it out, he hadn't even noticed.

Anyhow, Sandy shut his eyes tight, sweat mixing with the blood oozing out of the gash on his head. "C-c-cap'n...Rainbow...she injected...nghh...stimulants...c-can't...can't f...fo...cus..." A deep, guttural growl cut off further speech, and the little engineer shuddered. Slowly, shakily, his head turned to the assaulting vampony. His tongue, stained blackish red from drinking all that blood, licked his lips hungrily, a rictus grin stretching out his cheeks. Oh, that ripped flesh of hers. He could already see his knives carving it to pieces, then it all would grow back, just to start all over again. He shambled closer to her. He could just taste the sweet justice...he...he had to taste it...

[tldr: Sandy is advancing on the vampony, looking awfully hungry...]

Kelvin360

2012-11-17, 01:19 AM

Daniel - Unfortunately Far Away From Vampires vs. Zombies

He covers the rest of the distance, shouldering his bow (he does that a lot) and grabs the arrow in Zephyr with both forehooves, ripping it out none too gently (thanks, stress).

"Hit the deck until that heals!" He nearly shouts, sounding...worried? Then again, he has no idea if that arrow wound will have a horrendous effect, but he's totally concerned. Aww.

The effect is ruined when he makes to grab Clod around the neck, pointing the arrow like another stake at his heart. "Come down and surrender. I shouldn't need to add an 'or else'."

Hookay, let's see if I'm still any good at Xanatos Speed Chess.

PurityIcekiller

2012-11-17, 01:36 AM

"I presume you will be forgiving if my thoughts are illogical. Should go...Civic Center...two coming?" Well, at least he's relatively coherent.

"That sounds good to me. Maybe a little later, when you're less out of it, we can discuss something. Just don't expect me to carry you."

She giggles softly and returns the nuzzle, nodding happily to Gak. "Even if not, I'd love to have you along. Muffins will be involved." She adds tantalizingly.

Blades nodded. "Always nice to have friendly faces about, whatever the case."

"You seem surprisingly enthusiastic for someone who recently took a bolt of pure magic head-on," Flare remarked.

Kelvin360

2012-11-17, 02:39 AM

Zaros

"Few can at all. Discussion...good. Later. Apologize...for grog. Groggy. Grogginess. Is that a...proper suffix-enhanced adjective? Hn." He looks back idly at a particular area that was recently nova-cleansed.

"Worth it."

--

Arvadraa

"Oh, it'll take more than a no-I'm-not-pronouncing-any-more-impossible-words-today magic thingy to get Blades down. In either way.

Oh, and some of the most recent faces tried to kill us, so friendly is much better."

Grif

2012-11-17, 04:22 AM

Orzel

2012-11-17, 09:07 AM

Rainbow

""Staccata. Do you have a spare melee weapon? I'm not wasted ammo on this one. Rainbow shifts to the rogue's side and points her bow at the enemy.

The Hospital

"BlAAAUGHGHAUAAGHAGUH!" The "Mummy" was surprised as well "Oh my boy. You startled me. I am on my way to a patient's room. She has just awoke. Smashing news. Just Smashing." "The mummy" doctor said. He trotted over to Sweet Victory's room. "Afternoon All."

"Oh Doctor. Victory is awake." Bruce announced.

The Cafe

Heavy Ale leaped to his hooves and took a running stance. "Aubade, How strong are your wings? We must hurry Downtown."

MCerberus

2012-11-17, 11:18 AM

Vampony Bowl-down

Well... in a couple of days she'd have so many melee weapons. You can't rush quality. "Currently have my backups under construction," the mare states while circling around for another go. Staccata's not going in... force the vampony into action before she strikes.

Mindfreak

2012-11-17, 11:26 AM

Blades nuzzled Arvadraa if possible. "Aw, c'mon, I'll keep ya safe!"

"Yeah. Things are calmin' down, though, so we were headin' back to the shop. Ya like weapons? Ya like armour? Orders might be slow for a bit, but we're still takin' 'em!"
Gates
Gak shook her head.
"No no...I'm not the fighting sort of pony. I'd rather let other people fight than me..."
And then: muffins.
Gak looked a bit embarrassed!
"I'd take you up on your offer, but I'm afraid that I can't eat muffins. I'm highly allergic to grains." :smallredface:

---

Aero
Aero nods.
"It wouldn't be much of a picnic without some grub, right?"
He reaches in and takes out a tupaware container.
"Like some good old, veggie stir fry! Still hot from the restaurant!"
But Aero, that doesn't make any sense. You took that basket out of the fridge.
Unless...
You were sneaky >>

Benson

2012-11-17, 12:50 PM

[Sandy/Gearstride]

"Get..ahold of yourself Sandy Shores! You're strong than some damn drugs. You've done enough!...I don't think that mare is going anywhere," She said firmly, putting a good hoof on his shoulder.

[Daniel/Silverpine/Zephyr]

"No baby...its a trick...they're gonna kill you too moment..ya get close," Clod said with a wan pained smile. Having two arrows gouging at your brain was not pleasant.

"Sh...Clod...but.." Bonita looked down and tensed her body. Sure, she was maybe a criminal, but even some criminals had loved ones. She shook her head, closed her eyes and flew dashed away to the furthest pillar from them and hid.

[Staccata/Rainbow]

The vampony kept a lazy eyed watch on Staccata, her other senses out for the multicolored mane one. She was the one the vampony deemed the bigger threat between the two of them, with that knife of hers and all. Evade, evade evade. She was going to let these two tire themselves out, they wouldn't last very much longer and then...

=================

Ember-Clinic Hospital

Ember followed and walked over to Lochbed's side for a quick nuzzle. He then watched the scene before him with Sweet Victory, Big Bruce and the mummy doctor.
--

Aubade-Downtown- Cafe

"Uh...I can move at a respectable speed with my wings," She replied taking a loooooooooong sip of her spiked coffee. She unfurled her wings for a stretch.

Kelvin360

2012-11-17, 02:09 PM

Daniel

"Tch. I can't tell who's being more ridiculous. Him for thinking we'd off a surrendering pony when we've got walking proof we don't do that or her for thinking otherwise and still leaving her lover to be killed." He shakes his head.

"Well, wishes are poppy. Silver, go for it." He holds up a hoof, though, indicating to wait just a moment in case this is the camel's straw.

--

Arvadraa

She raises her eyebrows. "Oh! Well...we do still have fruits and such, plus vegetables on call. Though, I'd advise staying out of the kitchen area without a mask in that case. Lots of flour floating around in there."

Mindfreak

2012-11-17, 02:22 PM

Gate
Gak looks embarrassed still.
"I'll be fine. I'll just eat my jello.":smallredface:

TheAmishPirate

2012-11-17, 03:36 PM

[Sandy/Gearstride]

"Get..ahold of yourself Sandy Shores! You're strong than some damn drugs. You've done enough!...I don't think that mare is going anywhere," She said firmly, putting a good hoof on his shoulder.

Sandy halted, that one hoof on his shoulder like a leash about his neck. "But...but Cap'n," he moaned. "She's th' enemy...she was tryin' t'kill me. I gotta...gotta show her who's in charge...keep her subdued...sh-she'll just try it again if'n I don't..." Why wouldn't the Cap'n let him do his job? That's all he wanted, all he needed, just one more go at her. She'd never hurt another pony again when he was through with her, and he'd try his very very hardest not to kill her. Maybe just a leg or two, those grew back. The engineer bit his lip so hard he drew blood. Yes...the legs would be the first to go...

PurityIcekiller

2012-11-17, 09:10 PM

"Few can at all. Discussion...good. Later. Apologize...for grog. Groggy. Grogginess. Is that a...proper suffix-enhanced adjective? Hn." He looks back idly at a particular area that was recently nova-cleansed.

"Worth it."

"That wasn't even that complicated a word," chuckled Night Jewel. "Well, there's the price of being flashy."

"Oh, it'll take more than a no-I'm-not-pronouncing-any-more-impossible-words-today magic thingy to get Blades down. In either way."

"Ya said it! I'm not gonna lose it 'cause of a lil' magic."

"We'll see about that in the time it takes you to regain use of your legs."

Gak shook her head.
"No no...I'm not the fighting sort of pony. I'd rather let other people fight than me..."
And then: muffins.
Gak looked a bit embarrassed!
"I'd take you up on your offer, but I'm afraid that I can't eat muffins. I'm highly allergic to grains."

"Aw, what a pity. I make the best weapons around, 'n the best muffins. Oh well, let's go back to the shop."

With that, unless there were further comments to be made, both groups would be on their way.

Grif

2012-11-17, 09:40 PM

[Sandy/Gearstride]

"Get..ahold of yourself Sandy Shores! You're strong than some damn drugs. You've done enough!...I don't think that mare is going anywhere," She said firmly, putting a good hoof on his shoulder.

[Daniel/Silverpine/Zephyr]

"No baby...its a trick...they're gonna kill you too moment..ya get close," Clod said with a wan pained smile. Having two arrows gouging at your brain was not pleasant.

"Sh...Clod...but.." Bonita looked down and tensed her body. Sure, she was maybe a criminal, but even some criminals had loved ones. She shook her head, closed her eyes and flew dashed away to the furthest pillar from them and hid.

Daniel

"Tch. I can't tell who's being more ridiculous. Him for thinking we'd off a surrendering pony when we've got walking proof we don't do that or her for thinking otherwise and still leaving her lover to be killed." He shakes his head.

"Well, wishes are poppy. Silver, go for it." He holds up a hoof, though, indicating to wait just a moment in case this is the camel's straw.

Silverpine smiled grimly, and pressed the barrel of the weapon against the neck of Clod. "You don't have to do this, you know," Silverpine said, almost gently, as he began to squeeze the trigger.

Bonita might still be able to save him.

Orzel

2012-11-17, 09:44 PM

Rainbow

"You should focus on me. I am the one with the bolt aimed at your heart." Rainbow whispers. She isn't going to fire it but she hopes the threat would split attention for a sneak attack. The sniper instead goes in with a lazy leaping axe kick.

Lochbed/Bruce/Victory/Some Mummy Doctor

(I might need prof help when I mix a pony, a doctor, a mummy, and Nigel Thornberry)

Lochbed accepted the nuzzle. But the sight of the doctor had a hold on her attention. ""Are all ye druids bandaged? Fey druid usually cover themselves wit mud."

The mummy doctor, who was checking Victory's vital, laughed nasally "Mud would be rather unsanitary." His vision remained on Sweet Victory as he poked and prodded the mare's legs and face with his bandaged hooves. ""No infections. No more opened wounds. All unnecessary organs preserved in jars. All serious breaks are casted. Miss Victory will be O- GREAT PRINCESS TROUSERS! It's a Kelpie!"

The bandaged doctor leaped back. "Berry Anne, Fetch my anti-fey stick! You shall don't have my patient, monster!" he said with a threatening wave of the hoof.

Big Bruce jumped back as well. His face was somewhere between confused and shocked. "Wait? What?"

Heavy Ale

"Good. I can only gallop and it is ungentlecoltly to leave a lady behind during a run. You first, my dear." Heavy outstretched his hoof to indicate that Aubade start fly ahead of him.

Kelvin360

2012-11-17, 09:54 PM

Stellar/Arvadraa

The first thing Flare and Gak might notice about the shop is that it's occupied by a small purple filly with an explosion painted on her butt who appears busy organizing varous lethal instruments. She spares a glance over at the quartet and levitates the nearest remotely comfortable object for Blades to lay on.

"Blades. Brains."

Arvadraa sighs. "Why do you call Blades by her name, but never me by mine?"

"Because A, it sounds awesome, B, it's easier to remember and pronounce, and mostly importantly, you aren't at risk of stabbage if I get it wrong." Arvadraa subsides into grumbles and Stellar grins at the other two. "Welcome to Sharp Stuff R Us, what can we do ya for?"

"Be nice, Stellar..."

Mindfreak

2012-11-17, 10:12 PM

The Shop
Gak looks around, completely disinterested by the weapons and armor.
"Um, quick question, do you have a bathroom I could use? A long trip is kinda...yeah...I'm sure you get it."

Benson

2012-11-17, 10:29 PM

Lochbed/Bruce/Victory/Some Mummy Doctor

(I might need prof help when I mix a pony, a doctor, a mummy, and Nigel Thornberry)

Lochbed accepted the nuzzle. But the sight of the doctor had a hold on her attention. ""Are all ye druids bandaged? Fey druid usually cover themselves wit mud."

The mummy doctor, who was checking Victory's vital, laughed nasally "Mud would be rather unsanitary." His vision remained on Sweet Victory as he poked and prodded the mare's legs and face with his bandaged hooves. ""No infections. No more opened wounds. All unnecessary organs preserved in jars. All serious breaks are casted. Miss Victory will be O- GREAT PRINCESS TROUSERS! It's a Kelpie!"

The bandaged doctor leaped back. "Berry Anne, Fetch my anti-fey stick! You shall not have my patient, monster!" he said with a threatening wave of the hoof.

Big Bruce jumped back as well. His face was somewhere between confused and shocked. "Wait? What?"

[I laughed, finding myself reading it in his voice]

Ember quickly jumped protectively in front of Lochbed. "No..no..you got it all wrong..! She's a good kelpie, she wouldn't do you ponies wrong or hurt you, I wouldn't allow it!" Crap, this was no bueno.

Heavy Ale

"Good. I can only gallop and it is ungentlecoltly to leave a lady behind during a run. You first, my dear." Heavy outstretched his hoof to indicate that Aubade start fly ahead of him.

"Very well Mister Heavy Ale," She said with a nod before taking to the air and flying on ahead.

They should have maybe set a meeting point with that mare, but oh well! That's a problem for a later.

MCerberus

2012-11-17, 11:12 PM

Vampony Bowl-down

Staccata wouldn't advise another attack right now, but Rainbow appears to be going in. Since they have to start changing things up, the mare goes in with a feint. Instead of going in for the strike after though, she pulls to the right with a short dash. Double feint combo! to confuse the vampony for another attack later.

Benson

2012-11-18, 12:17 AM

Advanced Vampony Fracas

[Daniel/Silverpine/Zep]

Unfortunately, last time the pair were in a similar situation and Bonita chose to surrender, the cop with the chip on his shoulder shot them both dead. LOTS of paperwork that one there, lots of it. Though, they kinda deserved it, they weren't saints.

Clod kept to shallow breathing, the triple dose of poison going through him, weakening him. "Don't worry.....baby, these f*****s...you'll kill them for me...they'll pay....."

The mare pressed herself against the pillar and closed her eyes and covered her ears, gritting her teeth. "I'm sorry Clod." She whispered.

[Gearstride/Sandy]

"Sandy..!...She'll...pay for her crimes...but not in this way..desist your actions...... leave the arrow ......alone. Control...yourself..now..." Gearstride said through heavy breathing. She was physically exhausted and just fell down to her haunches.

[Rainbow/Staccata]

"Siiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiggh....no you don't...you only....siiigh..think you do.." She sighed and moved as she spoke because talking and standing still in combat was dumb and only asking to have your face murdered off. "Like...you think you got me with your two's sneak attack and feint." She swayed, waited, timed it all and power jumped right into the air and evaded.....again. Oh boy, when Staccata and Rainbow finally chanced to snag her right, I'm sure their wrath would be juicy.

[Miss M]

The pegasus struggled underneath the unicorn, kneeing her where it hurts whether you're a mare or stallion. "Nnngggh..."

Orzel

2012-11-18, 01:02 AM

Rainbow

"This one is too mobile. We got to get her to come to us." Rainbow plants her large crossbow on the ground starts to set it up. A baiting tactic.

"What the heck is a kelpie?" asked Bruce and Victory in unison,

The mummy doctor pointed fiercely past Ember to at Lochbed. "A rather wicked type of enchantress. She's enthralled the boy."

Lochbed was terrified and clung to Ember's hind leg. Her body shook. as a nurse walked in with a dark metallic rod. "No. No. Ah cannae intwall Ember."

"What's going on?" asked the older mare on the other side of the privacy curtain. "I'm trying to listen to ma stories."

Heavy Ale

"Following." Heavy Ale raced behind Aubade in a winding crooked sprint. Like a fast moving plastered drunk.

Kelvin360

2012-11-18, 01:05 AM

Daniel

He leans in to whisper to Clod. "I'm good at this sort of thing. She is. She does. And this? Don't remember this. Remember the good life, and remember that what comes after the storm is your choice."

He then knocks Silverpine's shotgun away and punches Clod hard in the face. Hopefully by this point it'll fully KO him with all that poison running around. He takes out his bow, nocks the arrow he's holding, and fires it straight at Lady Soon-Not-To-Be-So-Bored when she lands and while she's got her full and undivided attention on Staccata and Rainbow.

"Cover me, you two. We're ending this."

--

Somewhere in Canterlot

DJ Pon3 turns on a totally badass action-y rock theme. For no apparent reason.

Benson

2012-11-18, 01:18 AM

Lochbed

"What the heck is a kelpie?" asked Bruce and Victory in unison,

The mummy doctor pointed fiercely past Ember to at Lochbed. "A rather wicked type of enchantress. She's enthralled the boy."

Lochbed was terrified and clung to Ember's hind leg. Her body shook. as a nurse walked in with a dark metallic rod. "No. No. Ah cannae intwall Ember."

"What's going on?" asked the older mare on the other side of the privacy curtain. "I'm trying to listen to ma stories."

"Nothing ma'am!" Ember called out to the older mare on the other side of the privacy curtain.

Ember put a protective leg around Lochbed and held her close to him. "She's not wicked and I'm not enthralled." It would really be the other way around, wink. "And no, before anyone says "of course he'd say that! he's enthralled' that is not the case here. Don't hurt her."

Heavy Ale

"Following." Heavy Ale raced behind Aubade in a winding crooked sprint. Like a fast moving plastered drunk.

And so maybe after fifteen minutes of flight and running the two would hit that district where booze could be found rather easily. Heavy Ale was probably a regular here in this district. :smalltongue:

Grif

2012-11-18, 02:08 AM

TheAmishPirate

2012-11-18, 02:24 AM

[Advanced Vampony Fracas]

Sandy gave one last, longing look to the pathetic sack of manure he was forced to call a pony. "A-aye...Cap'n," he said slowly, deliberately. "She'll be left alone...for now."

And then snap. The stallion's head jerked up, as if suddenly waking from a deep slumber. He turned away from his prey, squinting at the xanadu form before him. "C-cap'n? Cap'n!" With incredible agility for one so injured, the engineer zipped to her side, lending his back as a makeshift crutch/support to lean against. "Just t-t-take it easy, Cap'n, here, don't p-push yourself none. Take it easy, take it slow, don't rush yourself." Sandy's body still thrummed with wild energy, but having a clear focus for it helped. Somewhat. For now.

PurityIcekiller

2012-11-18, 05:35 AM

The first thing Flare and Gak might notice about the shop is that it's occupied by a small purple filly with an explosion painted on her butt who appears busy organizing varous lethal instruments. She spares a glance over at the quartet and levitates the nearest remotely comfortable object for Blades to lay on.

"Hey, Stellar! ...Aw, thanks." Blades, with a bit of effort, managed to get herself comfortable.

"Blades. Brains."

Arvadraa sighs. "Why do you call Blades by her name, but never me by mine?"

"Because A, it sounds awesome, B, it's easier to remember and pronounce, and mostly importantly, you aren't at risk of stabbage if I get it wrong." Arvadraa subsides into grumbles and Stellar grins at the other two. "Welcome to Sharp Stuff R Us, what can we do ya for?"

"Be nice, Stellar..."

"I suppose you will end up calling me Susan or something as well," remarked Flare. "In actuality, my name is Obsidian Flare. My power is that of the planet itself."

"Well, names are just names. I haven't ever killed anypony for callin' me the wrong name. I mean, I have killed ponies that called me the wrong thing, but for other reasons."

Gak looks around, completely disinterested by the weapons and armor.
"Um, quick question, do you have a bathroom I could use? A long trip is kinda...yeah...I'm sure you get it."

"Oh! It's in the back, on the right."

Orzel

2012-11-18, 07:42 AM

"Nothing ma'am!" Ember called out to the older mare on the other side of the privacy curtain.

Ember put a protective leg around Lochbed and held her close to him. "She's not wicked and I'm not enthralled." It would really be the other way around, wink. "And no, before anyone says "of course he'd say that! he's enthralled' that is not the case here. Don't hurt her."

The visibly shaken fey clutched onto the security leg. "Ember, Am be scared"

Before Ember or Dr. Wrap. could speak more, Bruce stepped forward and whispered with force. "Hey. Now I do not know what is going on here. Or what you doctor have against this filly, but there will be no crazy commotion in this room as long as Vickie is here recuperating. I am not having it, you hear? Big Bruce will not let anything disrupt Sweet Victory's recovery."

Victory moaned and pulled up the covers. "Thank you Bruce."

"No bother. I wasn't too interested in putting an o' session of pugilism anyway." The doctor put away the iron rod. "Like I said, Miss Victory is in smashing health. Good enough to be dismissed. You may go to the front and procure a couch or ambulance to take her home. The nurse will be in with her prescriptions and other information. Stay off the fore left leg. and light work for a week. Tada." The doctor then went to the other side of the curtain to speak with the other patient.

And so maybe after fifteen minutes of flight and running the two would hit that district where booze could be found rather easily. Heavy Ale was probably a regular here in this district. :smalltongue:

"HEAVY!!!"

Of course Heavy was recognized by a couple hung over stallions leaning at a currently closed bar. "Where you been, Heavy?"
"And who is the babe? Hehehe."
"Ain't it too early for that. Heh?

"My friends, I'd appreciate you halt your tongues and do not speak in such a many around a lady. Suh talk is unflattering to the personalities I know during the happy hour." said Heavy Ale in a most dignified manner. His ever floating bag hovered over to the gentecolts and spit out a jar of clear liquid.

The jar was wrapped with one of the missing pony posters. "Remain civilized, be helpful and this one is no payment. Have you seen this mare?"

"Nope, I just woke up in the alley."
"He means last night, Gin. I think I saw this one. He was over at Huff's."
"He asked for a lady, ya loon. Can't remember anything from last nigh. It was wild. Should have been there. Woooooo!"

Heavy then turned to Aubade. "Let's go."

Kelvin360

2012-11-18, 12:54 PM

Heavy Metal

"Hey, Stellar! ...Aw, thanks." Blades, with a bit of effort, managed to get herself comfortable.

"Don't get too comfy. We've got a lot to go over."

"I suppose you will end up calling me Susan or something as well," remarked Flare. "In actuality, my name is Obsidian Flare. My power is that of the planet itself."

"Well, names are just names. I haven't ever killed anypony for callin' me the wrong name. I mean, I have killed ponies that called me the wrong thing, but for other reasons."

"'Susan?'" She asks incredulously. "I think you think too little of my namery. Let's see...I suppose this'd mostly depend on whether your planet-thing is seismic, manipulative, or straight-up telekinetic in nature, but buck it, Terra works for all three."

She glances over at Gak and raises a brow. "Uh...I dunno, 'Plaid'? 'Jim'? Eh, one-a-day's enough for me anyways."

As per usual, Arvadraa is simply facehoofing in the back.

Mindfreak

2012-11-18, 01:28 PM

Gak
Gak will walk to the bathroom and lock the door behind her. She takes off her clothing and saddlebags.
She'll then melt into the sink, turning the water on and letting it run over the puddle of goo that is now her. The dirt ran off of her and into the sink.
She then proceeded to climb out of the sink, becoming a pony yet again.
The water on her body, however, simply...vanishes. She puts back on her clothing and saddlebags.
She then unlocks the door and trots back out.
"Thank you."

MCerberus

2012-11-18, 01:30 PM

Vampony Bowl-down

Staccata makes herself scarce after Rainbow starts setting up some bait. She finds some nice cover to conceal herself and would follow along to keep within attacking distance of the vampony.

Benson

2012-11-18, 02:28 PM

Advanced Vampony Fracas

[Daniel/Staccata/Rainbow]

The uncanny sound of an arrow flying. The earth pony wasted no movements. She moved her head and caught the arrow with her mouth, no caring for the slice on her pony lips, sending it casually at Rainbow at equal speeds with a flick of her head.

[Daniel/Silverpine]

No, k.o, the criminal was made of some tough stuffs. Clod fell to the ground with a grunt and let out a strained curse at Daniel and snickered. "You'll regret this.....heh..." What he exactly meant was not as clear as it may have seemed or even meaning anything in the right now.

Speaking of storms! There was one quickly brewing behind the far off pillar where Bonita was hiding behind.

[Sandy/Gearstride]

"I am taking it slow...if I took it any slower I wouldn't be moving at all..." Gearstride said with a wan smile.

Miss M

"If anyone can spare half a wooden...something...that would be swell." The red mare said dragging over the brown and tan pegasi, who was awake but derped. "I can't have him...replenishing his blood."
-----

Ember-Hospital-Shenanigans

"Don't be Lochbed..I'll protect you.." He said with a whisper and small smile, nuzzling his fey fillyfriend.

He glanced at the others, glad the situation was diffused. "You hear that Miss Sweet Victory? You're gonna be all better." It did make him happy to see her recovering. That day when he found her all tied up and beaten, it was horrible.
--

Aubade-Downtown- Bars/Club cul-de-sac

Aubade raised a brow here at the shenanigans. She shook her head and approached the drunks.

"Well regardless, here, take a flier. If you ever come across this mare in your....free time, please, let Mister Heavy Ale." She then gave them a flier and walked over to Heavy.

TheAmishPirate

2012-11-18, 03:04 PM

Advanced Vampony Fracas
[Sandy/Gearstride]

"I am taking it slow...if I took it any slower I wouldn't be moving at all..." Gearstride said with a wan smile.

Sandy nodded his head so fast, his whole body started to shake. "Y-y-y-y-y-yes, yes, that's g-good, that's good. Take it easy. Sit still. Don't run about. Just sit tight. Everyp-p-p-p-pony else is handling it. We don't got to do anythin'. Relax, deep breaths, stay focused. Take it easy..." It quickly became clear he wasn't just talking for her benefit. If he could think that clearly, he'd be making a mental note to write a very strongly worded letter to the Backers regarding the side effects of their little batch of experimental drugs.

Miss M

"If anyone can spare half a wooden...something...that would be swell." The red mare said dragging over the brown and tan pegasi, who was awake but derped. "I can't have him...replenishing his blood."

Miss M would find one of Daniel's arrows skid along the floor to her, courtesy of the engineer's magic.

Kelvin360

2012-11-18, 04:11 PM

Daniel

"Pal, I was starting to regret helping your sorry backside while in the process of doing it." Stomp, stomp, stomp. "Shut up already."

"Silverpine, get over there and blow that wannabe ninja into pieces just large enough to survive. Maroon, stab that one, take Zephyr and contain that storm. I need to get to work on a highway."

Leaving his companions to various tasks, he runs back to the temple entrance and starts clearing the various bodies away from a main path so they don't get digested.

(tl;dr - Beatdown on Clod's sorry hide until he finally takes a nap, Orders: Miss M/Zephyr to Bonita, Silverpine to Staccainbow, then clearing a path for the cube)

MCerberus

2012-11-18, 05:43 PM

Vampony Bowl-down

Catching an arrow would be one of those heavy-focus things that might make it easier to land a blow on the vampony. Staccata sends her dagger flying at the vampony. The mare follows in her weapon's path, preparing to follow with a buck and then recover the blade.

Orzel

2012-11-18, 06:58 PM

Rainbow

The sniper tilts her head to the side taking her body with in in the dodge. The returning bolt catches her foreleg right in the fleshy part. This drops Rainbows as she pulls in from pain. It will not kill but it hurts like hell.

Lochbed

"Yes, that is great news." said Big Bruce.

Sweet Victory slapped both sides of her side. "Good. I can't wait to... get out this place."

Lochbed still clutched Ember's legs. But the shivering stopped "So ye be going home, Miss Victory?"

"No. My apartment is... a wreck... And I just-"

"She will stay with me for now." Bruce interrupted. " I'll contact your sister to come in town and you two can moe into a hotel room..."

"No. No need to worry Small."

Heavy Ale and Da Boys

"Of course, Miss. We will be lookin' out for her for you."
"Yeah. Our peepers will be open."
"No cranny un... unsearched."

"Right." Heavy announced flatly. "Okay then. Aubade, think we should try a bar?"

Grif

2012-11-18, 07:43 PM

Advanced Vampony Fracas

[Daniel/Staccata/Rainbow]

The uncanny sound of an arrow flying. The earth pony wasted no movements. She moved her head and caught the arrow with her mouth, no caring for the slice on her pony lips, sending it casually at Rainbow at equal speeds with a flick of her head.

[Daniel/Silverpine]

No, k.o, the criminal was made of some tough stuffs. Clod fell to the ground with a grunt and let out a strained curse at Daniel and snickered. "You'll regret this.....heh..." What he exactly meant was not as clear as it may have seemed or even meaning anything in the right now.

Speaking of storms! There was one quickly brewing behind the far off pillar where Bonita was hiding behind.

"Well, that was an anti-climax." Silverpine added another blow to the head with the butt of his shotgun. That ougtha knock him out if Daniel's effort still failed.

Daniel

"Jailstep, I was starting to regret helping your sorry backside while in the process of doing it." Stomp, stomp, stomp. "Shut up already."

"Silverpine, get over there and blow that wannabe ninja into pieces just large enough to survive. Maroon, stab that one, take Zephyr and contain that storm. I need to get to work on a highway."

Leaving his companions to various tasks, he runs back to the temple entrance and starts clearing the various bodies away from a main path so they don't get digested.

(tl;dr - Beatdown on Clod's sorry hide until he finally takes a nap, Orders: Miss M/Zephyr to Bonita, Silverpine to Staccainbow, then clearing a path for the cube)

"Of course." Silverpine wasn't exactly the fastest thing in the fight right about now, but he was still able to limp forward in good time. The lieutenant would arrive just in time to see Rainbow take another one for the team. Seeing as Miss Goth was pretty much pre-occupied with taking down Rainbow, he raised his weapon and fired. Twice. Aiming for her limbs.

PurityIcekiller

2012-11-19, 02:50 AM

"Don't get too comfy. We've got a lot to go over."

"Eh? What's this about, then?"

"'Susan?'" She asks incredulously. "I think you think too little of my namery. Let's see...I suppose this'd mostly depend on whether your planet-thing is seismic, manipulative, or straight-up telekinetic in nature, but buck it, Terra works for all three."

She glances over at Gak and raises a brow. "Uh...I dunno, 'Plaid'? 'Jim'? Eh, one-a-day's enough for me anyways."

As per usual, Arvadraa is simply facehoofing in the back.

"That was the name given by that captain. I suppose you can simply call me Flare, however. It is even shorter."

Blades grinned at Arvadraa. "Try not to give yarself a concussion. I don't need ya out of commission too."

Gak will walk to the bathroom and lock the door behind her. She takes off her clothing and saddlebags.
She'll then melt into the sink, turning the water on and letting it run over the puddle of goo that is now her. The dirt ran off of her and into the sink.
She then proceeded to climb out of the sink, becoming a pony yet again.
The water on her body, however, simply...vanishes. She puts back on her clothing and saddlebags.
She then unlocks the door and trots back out.
"Thank you."

Blades took a moment to recall whether or not they'd actually installed plumbing. Then she remembered it had been part of the same upgrade that gave them the rather nice door.

Benson

2012-11-19, 04:04 AM

Advanced Vampony Fracas

[Gearstride/Sandy/Miss M]

"Sandy...its alright....you...you take that deep breath,,,,nnngggh..." Gearstride did her best to lead as an example for her ship mate. Miss M in the meanwhile stuck the arrow in the pegasus' neck. Her eyes looked to the pillar farthest from all.

"Trouble's brewing, literally."

[Daniel/Silverpine/Zephyr]

Jailstep? Ooh, someone's using out of character knowledge, tsk tsk and not even 'bard' will cut it. Anyways, Clod just laughed as he was stomped on, butted with a rifle, and even bucked by Zephyr. But he did not pass out. He survived megaton bucks from his lady on a regular basis, this was nuttin' for the ol' strong bodied clod.

[Staccata/Silverpine/Rainbow]

The earth pony glanced backward and prepared a buck to the hilt to send it flying off. She was preparing to buck Staccata when she was shot at on her legs. There was an actually change of expression on her face, one her 'aw crap' as she stumbled forward with shrapnel embedded legs. "...Really?...Sigh."
---

From one of the middle passageways on the left, seven vamponies appeared, among them was the earth stallion vampony Honor Guard. In front of them was a pegasus mare, blue in fur and white in mane, she had a severe look to her. Like if someone spat in her cheerios.
============

Ember-Hospital

"Well, we always have space in the parlor, there's a nice comfy couch," Ember offered, though he wasn't really expecting it to be taken up. He just figured that he should put that on the table.
-

Aubade-Downtown-Bar and Clubs District

"Yes...probably one that a young girl with her friends would go to...I suppose." She rubbed her chin.

Orzel

2012-11-19, 05:32 AM

Vampland

From the floor and full of pain, the magenta mare adjusts and fire the giant crossbow she set up earlier. "Kebab." is whispered as the giant bolt does to skewer multiple vamponies.

Hospital

"Yeah, stay wit meh an' Ember. We ladies can have fun. Fun." suggested the kelpie.

Sweet Victory waved off the offer. "No. No.... I'll just inconvenience one pony... And Bruce is it for calling me Vickie."

Downtown

"Hey, you're the expert at being the young girl." Heavy said as he knocked on the opened door of a bar in the middle of the block. "Knock. Knock?."

"HEAVY!!!"
"Come for a pint?"

"No.... *chuckle* No. Topped Off, have you since this girl" Heavy Ale's bag hovered and distributed fliers.

"Yeah, I think I saw that one." said the older breaded white stallion.

Grif

2012-11-19, 06:21 AM

[
[Daniel/Silverpine/Zephyr][/I]

Jailstep? Ooh, someone's using out of character knowledge, tsk tsk and not even 'bard' will cut it. Anyways, Clod just laughed as he was stomped on, butted with a rifle, and even bucked by Zephyr. But he did not pass out. He survived megaton bucks from his lady on a regular basis, this was nuttin' for the ol' strong bodied clod.

[Staccata/Silverpine/Rainbow]

The earth pony glanced backward and prepared a buck to the hilt to send it flying off. She was preparing to buck Staccata when she was shot at on her legs. There was an actually change of expression on her face, one her 'aw crap' as she stumbled forward with shrapnel embedded legs. "...Really?...Sigh."
---

From one of the middle passageways on the left, seven vamponies appeared, among them was the earth stallion vampony Honor Guard. In front of them was a unicorn mare, periwinkle blue in fur and light green in mane, she had a severe look to her. Like if someone spat in her cheerios.

"You vamponies are really something, you know that?" Silverpine remarked to Clod, after belatedly realising that the vampony was still conscious. The sight of seven more entering the room had him sighing. Two shells, which wasn't even that effective against vamponies, versus seven of them.

"Any chance we could— Aw, hayseed." He winced as Rainbow launched her giant bolt towards them. So much for diplomacy.

Luka

2012-11-19, 07:45 AM

Aero
Aero nods.
"It wouldn't be much of a picnic without some grub, right?"
He reaches in and takes out a tupaware container.
"Like some good old, veggie stir fry! Still hot from the restaurant!"
But Aero, that doesn't make any sense. You took that basket out of the fridge.
Unless...
You were sneaky >>

She just looks at the Tupaware container like... poker face
The look back at Aero and tilt her head, not exactly doing much

TheAmishPirate

2012-11-19, 09:13 AM

Advanced Vampony Fracas

[Gearstride/Sandy/Miss M]

"Sandy...its alright....you...you take that deep breath,,,,nnngggh..." Gearstride did her best to lead as an example for her ship mate. Miss M in the meanwhile stuck the arrow in the pegasus' neck. Her eyes looked to the pillar farthest from all.

"Trouble's brewing, literally."

From one of the middle passageways on the left, seven vamponies appeared, among them was the earth stallion vampony Honor Guard. In front of them was a unicorn mare, periwinkle blue in fur and light green in mane, she had a severe look to her. Like if someone spat in her cheerios.

Poor Sandy only gulped down a few calming breaths before reinforcements arrived. But with the Captain's continued presence - not to mention her weakened state - he managed to keep enough presence of mind to not immediately go charging at the group. His knives and remaining four stakes hovered close by his side, taking up defensive positions. "S-s-stay behind me, C-Cap'n," he ordered in a wavering voice.

Synchronized wincing with Silverpine as Rainbow shot her massive crossbow right into their ranks before they had a chance to speak. That...probably just made things more difficult.

Mindfreak

2012-11-19, 01:34 PM

Gak
"So um, what kind of wildlife is around here in Bridle Shores? Do you guys know?"
It's important for her to know!

---

Aero
Aero notices the look and puts away the container.
"Is something wrong?"

Benson

2012-11-19, 02:28 PM

Vampony Stuff, A few moments ago

"Good by Spectre I would wish you luck, but I do not want you to succeed." Zippity Do said looking away. It was a little more difficult to do than she thought.

Spectre glowered at the mare. "Well I hope your flank finds itself with the True Death." He wanted to kill her himself right here, right now, but not even the bastard could bring himself to kill his sister.

And so afterward Zippity Do and her five Children left. A few moments later they were met by Honor Guard.

"M-my mistress...I've spoken with one of the ponies. He is willing to...well to protect us and not kill us essentially..." He said and bowed before her before glancing back up. "I think...all we need to do is just talk with them.....I suggest we offer our assistance I'm sure he, they would like that gesture."

"Stand up Honor Guard," The mare took a moment from her severe look to softly smile at him. "So these ponies can be reasoned with. Perfect. Yes, perhaps we can strike up a truce and yes, perhaps they would take to our assistance. This is going to work out I'm sure."

And so they had continued down to meet the Cirrus crew and associates on friendly terms.
=========

Ember-Hospital

"I don't think we'll be inconvenienced and Aubade makes great french toast I must add," Ember said with a smile and nod, his thoughts drifting over to yummy french toast.
-----

-Aubade-Downtown

"Sometimes I feel more like an old soul rather than a young girl," She said with a wan smile as the pair then walked into the bar.

"You saw her? Where, where did you last see her sir?"

MCerberus

2012-11-19, 02:28 PM

Vampony Bowl-down
((edit- didn't realize the friendly vamponies were close to the other friendly vamponies that are too close to being murdered by hero-ness))

Staccata moves up to try and collect her dagger. At least the annoying vampony is temporarily injured and will be easier to take care of. Noticing the new vamponies, Staccata eyes her saddlebags and its explosive. They need to get out of the way fast, or at least before the new enemies aren't grouped up.

Luka

2012-11-19, 02:29 PM

Aero
Aero notices the look and puts away the container.
"Is something wrong?"

"What? no, just... Looking around"
She was actually looking at the area immediately close to them, possibly finding it cute for some reason

Kelvin360

2012-11-19, 06:26 PM

"Eh? What's this about, then?"

"Apparently you three got busy last night while I was out - the Doctor seems to have made a tidy bit of progress. And I think I might be close to something. The infusions I've tried still aren't working, but I might know how to stack magic, so to speak."

"That was the name given by that captain. I suppose you can simply call me Flare, however. It is even shorter."

Blades grinned at Arvadraa. "Try not to give yarself a concussion. I don't need ya out of commission too."

"Hmm...'flaare'....'ter-ra'...Well I guess so. Might make it easier if you routinely set things on fire or something." She looks at Flare hopefully.

"But no, really, please don't." Arvadraa adds in.

"Brains you are absolutely no fun." Stellar pouts.

Gak
"So um, what kind of wildlife is around here in Bridle Shores? Do you guys know?"
It's important for her to know!

Arvadraa immediately perks up. "Oh, all kinds! Bears boars bunnies badgers bees beagles beetles beavers bass bluejays bobcats bald eagles..." She rattles off, excited. "And those are just ones that start with 'B'!"

"Though," She adds. "Some of those might have just followed me around, rather than being indigenous."

Advanced Vampony Fracas

[Gearstride/Sandy/Miss M]

"Sandy...its alright....you...you take that deep breath,,,,nnngggh..." Gearstride did her best to lead as an example for her ship mate. Miss M in the meanwhile stuck the arrow in the pegasus' neck. Her eyes looked to the pillar farthest from all.

"Trouble's brewing, literally."

[Daniel/Silverpine/Zephyr]

Jailstep? Ooh, someone's using out of character knowledge, tsk tsk and not even 'bard' will cut it. Anyways, Clod just laughed as he was stomped on, butted with a rifle, and even bucked by Zephyr. But he did not pass out. He survived megaton bucks from his lady on a regular basis, this was nuttin' for the ol' strong bodied clod.

[Staccata/Silverpine/Rainbow]

The earth pony glanced backward and prepared a buck to the hilt to send it flying off. She was preparing to buck Staccata when she was shot at on her legs. There was an actually change of expression on her face, one her 'aw crap' as she stumbled forward with shrapnel embedded legs. "...Really?...Sigh."
---

From one of the middle passageways on the left, seven vamponies appeared, among them was the earth stallion vampony Honor Guard. In front of them was a pegasus mare, blue in fur and white in mane, she had a severe look to her. Like if someone spat in her cheerios.

((O snap! My bad. :smallredface:))

Daniel, actually not so far away from where the newcomers came from, moves (well, semi-kicks, really) another unconscious vampire to the side before he spots them. His jaw drops ever so slightly and he immediately reaches deeper...

"I...stop, in the...stop...I...oh." His back legs give out, and both forehooves clutch his head and neck tightly in a fruitless effort to try and stop the pain of so much musical concentration.

Oh hey, there goes all my adrenaline, too. May as well, right? Wow, thought I had a lot less...broken...

(tl;dr - Daniel continues moving bodies until the lucky sevens come on to the scene. Then, he tries to sing-stop everyone, fails in a hilariously epic manner, and goes down like a sack of hay)

Next Turn - 'Cubes Gone Wild' and Hippie Vision Quest Mode!

Orzel

2012-11-19, 07:00 PM

Rainbow

The sniper remains prone. She is hurt afterall.

Aubade/Bruce/Victory

Sweet Victory shook her head. "No. No I won't. I'll stay at Bruce's until I am well until to move into a hotel."

"You will not stay in a hotel alone. You'll stay at my house until to either move back into your apartment or find a new one." Bruce's hooves stomped for punctuation.

Lochbed looked at Bruce. Then Victory. Then Brue again and finally Ember/ "Ember, is Miss Victory Mister Bruce's filly?"

The looks on those two's faces.

Heavy

The old bartender wiped down the bar with a rag a bit. He spoke wen he stopped. "Well her an her friends walked out hours before last call. A couple smooth gentlecolts walked out with her and her pals."

Heavy slowly rubbed the underside of his chin with a hoof. His eyes glowed gold once more, recalling all the ads and promotions he saw. "Interesting. They probably left after the half price hour ended. But Club Spider offers discount bottle service to groups over eight. Come, dearest Aubade." he sad with a leg pointing the new heading.

"Wait? You not staying for a pint?!"

Benson

2012-11-20, 02:34 AM

[Advanced Vampony Fracas]

And so, the new gang of vamponies arrived. Zippity Do opened her mouth to declare their non hostile intentions.

But then.

Rainbow decided to shoot a massive bolt at them. I don't blame her though, the only vamponies that came out of the passageways were ones that were trying to kill her and her comrades and she didn't really get familiarized with Honor Guard. She was too busy dealing with an annoyingly evasive mare.

"Mistress watch out!" Honor Guard jumped to action and shoved Zippity Do and his brothers and sisters away with his bulk. In his heroics he caught the brunt of the giant bolt as it hit his lower side, pierced through his flesh and poked out the other side. If only he wore full armor instead of just a chest plate. If one looked closely, his lower half was close to falling off, just one firm tug would do.

"Honor Guard!" Zippity Do yelled and then shot Rainbow a look of absolute hatred.

"Don't...be cross with them....Its our fault, ma'am, we should have announced ourselves...better.." He nnnghed and winced because this, what just happened to him felt like the pain of dying. And he might as well as been with a wooden bolt in him still stopping him from using his healing capabilities.

"...Identify....yourselves?" Gearstride called out to them with uncertainty and feeling she was doing something wrong with this part.

"Zippity Do and these are my children, we meant you lot....no harm.." She had returned to having the severe look on her face. A few of the other vamponies began the process of removing the nasty giant wooden bolt out of the body of their brother.
===

Ember-Hospital

"....I'm not quite sure," He then stared at the two adults. "Are you two an item?"
--

Aubade-Downtown

"Sorry...its a bit too early for that," Said the liar who had spiked coffee, apologetically as she followed after Heavy Ale. "Oh my, sounds like you know your way around this area, from the sounds of it." She said with a soft laugh.

PurityIcekiller

2012-11-20, 02:44 AM

((Say, who is Night Jewel waiting for? Since she's obviously waiting for someone.))

"Apparently you three got busy last night while I was out - the Doctor seems to have made a tidy bit of progress. And I think I might be close to something. The infusions I've tried still aren't working, but I might know how to stack magic, so to speak."

"Eh, infusin' magic isn't really appealin' to me right now." If she had the strength, Blades would have demonstrated by lifting a leg.

"Hmm...'flaare'....'ter-ra'...Well I guess so. Might make it easier if you routinely set things on fire or something." She looks at Flare hopefully.

"But no, really, please don't." Arvadraa adds in.

"Brains you are absolutely no fun." Stellar pouts.

"I can provide you with a continuous heat source, channelling magma up to the surface. Will that suffice?"

"So um, what kind of wildlife is around here in Bridle Shores? Do you guys know?"
It's important for her to know!

Arvadraa immediately perks up. "Oh, all kinds! Bears boars bunnies badgers bees beagles beetles beavers bass bluejays bobcats bald eagles..." She rattles off, excited. "And those are just ones that start with 'B'!"

"Though," She adds. "Some of those might have just followed me around, rather than being indigenous."

"Aw, that's my lil' nature-lover," chuckled Blades. "So... what she said."

Grif

2012-11-20, 05:36 AM

[Advanced Vampony Fracas]

And so, the new gang of vamponies arrived. Zippity Do opened her mouth to declare their non hostile intentions.

But then.

Rainbow decided to shoot a massive bolt at them. I don't blame her though, the only vamponies that came out of the passageways were ones that were trying to kill her and her comrades and she didn't really get familiarized with Honor Guard. She was too busy dealing with an annoyingly evasive mare.

"Mistress watch out!" Honor Guard jumped to action and shoved Zippity Do and his brothers and sisters away with his bulk. In his heroics he caught the brunt of the giant bolt as it hit his lower side, pierced through his flesh and poked out the other side. If only he wore full armor instead of just a chest plate. If one looked closely, his lower half was close to falling off, just one firm tug would do.

"Honor Guard!" Zippity Do yelled and then shot Rainbow a look of absolute hatred.

"Don't...be cross with them....Its our fault, ma'am, we should have announced ourselves...better.." He nnnghed and winced because this, what just happened to him felt like the pain of dying. And he might as well as been with a wooden bolt in him still stopping him from using his healing capabilities.

"...Identify....yourselves?" Gearstride called out to them with uncertainty and feeling she was doing something wrong with this part.

"Zippity Do and these are my children, we meant you lot....no harm.." She had returned to having the severe look on her face. A few of the other vamponies began the process of removing the nasty giant wooden bolt out of the body of their brother.

"No harm? That's a good start," Silverpine answered back, shotgun still pointed squarely at the nearest of the group. "Perhaps you could convince the lady behind the pillar to leave us alone before we continue this discussion?" He pointed to the pillar where Bonita still hid behind, presumably still lighting up with storms.

Orzel

2012-11-20, 06:19 AM

Hospital

"What? No. Bruce is just a very close friend." Victory answered.

Big Bruce laughed nervously telegraphing the lie. "We are just friends."

Downtown

"I am a whiskey maker so knowing my way around is a must." Heavy Ale then pointed at the red brick building with a black spider motif. "Sting? Sting? I need your help." he hollered as they entered.

A pony sized spider descended from the ceiling in front of the two ponies from a mighty spider strand. "Heavy. You here early. Who is this with you?"

"A friend. Now focus. Seen this mare." The bag floated up and displayed the flyer.

"Yes. Yes. Yes. She left when their bottle ran out. Quite drunk."

TheAmishPirate

2012-11-20, 10:27 AM

[Advanced Vampony Fracas]

Sandy refused to budge. If they thought he would be leaving his weakened Cap'n at the mercy of some monsters holding a white flag, then they had another thing coming. Six things, rather. All of them pointy and stabby. Whoops, nearly forgot to take the deep breaths there.

His attention was again shattered when Daniel went down. The stallion bit his lip, resisting the instinct to run over and help. Others....others will handle it...Rainbow is support...sh-she'll have him patched up soon...just stay calm...she's probably just geting out the bandages now...just take a quick glance and see her-

"Rainbow!!!" Sandy cried out, seeing his filly down with a bolt through her leg and a vampony close by, ready to drain the life from her... I-I-I...n-no...c'mon Shores...deep breaths...deeeeep... br...eaths....augh... SCREW THE DEEP BREATHS! Sandy Shores was off like a shot, blazing across the battlefield with knives and stakes whirling away. The gloomy vampony was dealt a rapid-fire six-stab-slash assault on his way past, in a mad effort to put at least one splinter of poisonous wood in her flank. Success or failure, he'd be at his filly's side, snarling and growling at anything that even thought about getting close to his Rainbow.

[tldr: Sandy flips out, seeing Rainbow apparently down for the count. He abandons Gear and races to her side, giving the gloomy vampony a rapid-fire series of slashes and stabs, hoping to stake-disable her. Anypony who approaches is getting the angry, over-protective dog treatment.]

MCerberus

2012-11-20, 01:09 PM

Vampony Ally-down

Alright, just get out of the way of that. Sandy seems to have gone a little crazy, and, hey that just might be what the annoying vampony needs. Staccata slowly backs away keeping an eye towards the continuing fight, bleeding, bruised, and smelling of burnt cloth.

Kelvin360

2012-11-20, 07:17 PM

((Say, who is Night Jewel waiting for? Since she's obviously waiting for someone.))

((Luka, maybe? All I know is that Big Z's waiting for her to get moving, and I don't think the guards are stopping them.))

"Eh, infusin' magic isn't really appealin' to me right now." If she had the strength, Blades would have demonstrated by lifting a leg.

"Right. What'd you do, go trolling for avalanches and win?"

"Actually we were attacked by some ponies that looked like they should be part of our...'old friend's' team. He helped us, though. Oh, and apparently he can create explosions of sunlight and is an ungodly level of handsome."

"Whaaaaat?!" Ignoring the entire rest of Arvadraa's explanation, she leaps on the most important thing. "You guys got into a fight and I wasn't there?! That's unconscionable!" Eh. Relatively important.

"I can provide you with a continuous heat source, channelling magma up to the surface. Will that suffice?"

"Sure! If we get lucky the grass or suitable area around the hole will combust and start a blaze that'll burn down the entire town! That would be so awesome!" It's hard to tell what is more disturbing: The words themselves or that they are being said without irony.

"...Um. I-I...no wildfires unless you can control them! That's the rule. Since right now. Officially."

--

Daniel

For some inexplicable reason, Daniel twitches on the temple's floor, moans, and sobs softly into his hooves. "No...no...please, no..."

His eyes open, just briefly, looking blurrily around. A pony collapsing, nearly torn to bits by a bolt. A storm forming, ready to exact vengeance. A pony falling elsewhere, while another charges forward with an anguished cry.

They shut once more.

Eyes open. Daniel gets to his hooves unsteadily, all parts of him shaking. He blinks tears out of his eyes and grits his teeth. Then...he runs.

(tl;dr - Daniel goes to nightmare world on the unconscious train and just starts crying and loses it. Then he goes back, wakes up, opens his eyes, closes them, wakes up again and beelines...

Towards Honor Guard. Without a weapon.)

Luka

2012-11-20, 08:41 PM

((Luka, maybe? All I know is that Big Z's waiting for her to get moving, and I don't think the guards are stopping them.))

((He's just leaning onto a wall, didn't think he's into any group at the moment unless he's approached))

PurityIcekiller

2012-11-20, 09:21 PM

"Right. What'd you do, go trolling for avalanches and win?"

"Actually we were attacked by some ponies that looked like they should be part of our...'old friend's' team. He helped us, though. Oh, and apparently he can create explosions of sunlight and is an ungodly level of handsome."

"Whaaaaat?!" Ignoring the entire rest of Arvadraa's explanation, she leaps on the most important thing. "You guys got into a fight and I wasn't there?! That's unconscionable!" Eh. Relatively important.

"What she said. It was a nasty fight, though. Full of cheatin' magic-types who didn't even have the guts to-"

"Calm down. Do not strain yourself. They will come again. Few leave their business unfinished. And when they return, they will be yours to destroy." Flare smiled. "Also, I made sure to bring that sword. You seemed to be making good use of it."

"Sure! If we get lucky the grass or suitable area around the hole will combust and start a blaze that'll burn down the entire town! That would be so awesome!" It's hard to tell what is more disturbing: The words themselves or that they are being said without irony.

"...Um. I-I...no wildfires unless you can control them! That's the rule. Since right now. Officially."

Blades looked somewhat intrigued. Flare, however, looked disdainful. "You threaten to destroy the town once and everyone expects you to burn everything all the time."

"Well, that's all right. Fires can be a bit hard to watch 'cause of all the smoke anyway."

Kelvin360

2012-11-20, 11:08 PM

Zaros

"Well then, we should move on. The earlier I can recover the earlier we can have a discussion." He waves Luka and Jewel along and starts (slowly) marching (plodding, really) into town (and beds!)

"What she said. It was a nasty fight, though. Full of cheatin' magic-types who didn't even have the guts to-"

"Calm down. Do not strain yourself. They will come again. Few leave their business unfinished. And when they return, they will be yours to destroy." Flare smiled. "Also, I made sure to bring that sword. You seemed to be making good use of it."

"They were using magic? Wow, I bet you're regretting my absence, too."

"We managed just fine without you."

"Uh-huh. How many times did you flip out?"

"Only-! ...Shut up!"

Blades looked somewhat intrigued. Flare, however, looked disdainful. "You threaten to destroy the town once and everyone expects you to burn everything all the time."

"Well, that's all right. Fires can be a bit hard to watch 'cause of all the smoke anyway."

"Wait, that was you?" She regards Flare more critically. "..I thought you'd be taller. With a deeper voice. And lightning coming out of your eyes. And this constant storm cloud thing just following y-"

"We get it."

Luka

2012-11-20, 11:47 PM

Zaros

"Well then, we should move on. The earlier I can recover the earlier we can have a discussion." He waves Luka and Jewel along and starts (slowly) marching (plodding, really) into town (and beds!)

The armored colt barely notices Dawnstrider waving at him, still in BSOD

Flameshield craned his neck to glance at the foal riding on his back. "Hey, little guy. Where's your mommy? I can take you there."

(:smalleek: forgot about this! sorry!)
The little colt would just raise his head a bit "I... Dunno" he still seems pretty scared

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Clinic

Violet would start moving a bit asleep, but then she would star groaning and seemingly trying to open her eyes, it seems the stab was tiring

Benson

2012-11-21, 02:16 AM

Kelvin360

2012-11-21, 04:38 AM

Zaros

Ah, the beauty of fatigue to the point of single-mindedness! Or hopefully that's the explanation for the continued walk.

--

Daniel

He skids to a stop and closes his eyes. "I can alter the laws of the universe. Brute force is going to end up tearing him in half, but I can set it on the mend. Please don't tell me I need a Daring Ploy just to administer healing."

"...Huh. That was oddly coherent. Go me." If anything he looks even worse than he did when he was a gibbering mess, but apparently some wacky dreamspace hijinks injected him with liquid determination or something.

(tl;dr - Diplomacy check!)

Orzel

2012-11-21, 06:36 AM

Rainbow

The mare sees something blue. Her vision is too blurry from pain to deal with looking at stuff.

Lochbed/Victory/Bruce

"Bruce, go set up the dismissal form. I... need a nap." Sweet Victory then pulled the thin cover over her head.

Bruce waved to Ember before exiting the room.

An then Lochbed's stomach growled. "This place be cold."

Heavy

The stallion poked the giant spider gently. "Sting, you are scaring me guess."

"Sorry." Then the spider slowly morphed into a black unicorn. A lacy cloth with a web-like design linked her mane, horn, and legs. Tiny spiders were visibly crawling over her. "Is this better?"

"I don't know."

Mindfreak

2012-11-21, 08:05 AM

Aero
"Oh."
He looked around as well befor taking out the veggie stir fry again.
He'll push one over to Aisis and grab his own container.

---

Gak
Gak's mouth waters a bit at all of the options.
"Oooooh! That's quite a variety!"
She blushes a bit.
"Sorry, bit of a zoologist.":smallredface:

Grif

2012-11-21, 09:49 AM

[Advanced Vampony Fracas]

Zippity Do glanced at Silverpine and then at the pillar with the brewing storm. She glowered, or rather glowered some more. "Bonita, desist with your stupid thunderhead or so help me I'll pierce your heart with the stake from your husband's head."

All she got was a thunderbolt from the rumbling thunderhead, and Silverpine got one directed at him because he was there. Zippity Do zipped *read hopped* to the side as the bolt hit the ground kicking up rock and debris and leaving a scorch mark. Silverpine should dodge, and also the temple rumbled dangerously again.

At the same time Sandy went crazy again. The vampony was actually trying to tactically retreat rather than drain the life of Rainbow, that would have come later. But the vampony earth mare was no good with funky shrapnel-tized legs. The vampony earth mare, on the ground, rolled and flopped herself out of Sandy's path only taking minor flesh wounds. There was an unmistakable sound of a sigh.

ALSO at the same Daniel goes crazy too in a special way. There must be something in the temple air, maybe it was all the new smell of ozone from Miss Bonita's brewing thunderhead. Anyways, however, Daniel comes off as hostile to the vamponies as Rainbow didn't leave a good impression herself. Three jump to protect Honor Guard with a look of determination in their eyes.

Miss M, Zephyr, and Gearstride are all confused here, like Benson, but heeeey.

Daniel

He skids to a stop and closes his eyes. "I can alter the laws of the universe. Brute force is going to end up tearing him in half, but I can set it on the mend. Please don't tell me I need a Daring Ploy just to administer healing."

"...Huh. That was oddly coherent. Go me." If anything he looks even worse than he did when he was a gibbering mess, but apparently some wacky dreamspace hijinks injected him with liquid determination or something.

(tl;dr - Diplomacy check!)

Rainbow

The mare sees something blue. Her vision is too blurry from pain to deal with looking at stuff.

Silverpine duly dodged the incoming bolt, having already half-expected some sort of retaliation.

"I think what our spoony bard was trying to say is that we mean no harm." Silverpine got up and sidled closer to the one called Zippity Doo. "You'll forgive us if we're a little wary. We just plowed through like two dozens of your kind and all of them seemed inclined to see us six feet under." He waved again at Bonita's small storm-like thing. "Just... take care of her or something, and maybe we can talk." He shouted at Sandy and Daniel, "You two. Stand down! We don't need another bloodbath on our hooves."

Meanwhile!
Flameshield raised an eyebrow at the small colt. "Well, since I don't either. I guess you're going back with me back to the guard house."

TheAmishPirate

2012-11-21, 10:39 AM

Silverpine duly dodged the incoming bolt, having already half-expected some sort of retaliation.

"I think what our spoony bard was trying to say is that we mean no harm." Silverpine got up and sidled closer to the one called Zippity Doo. "You'll forgive us if we're a little wary. We just plowed through like two dozens of your kind and all of them seemed inclined to see us six feet under." He waved again at Bonita's small storm-like thing. "Just... take care of her or something, and maybe we can talk." He shouted at Sandy and Daniel, "You two. Stand down! We don't need another bloodbath on our hooves."

Silverpine's plea was met with a dangerous snarl from Sandy. The engineer's blank, goggled gaze turned from him, to the new arrivals, to the sighing vampony on the floor, bloodstained teeth bared. All the while, he growled threateningly, low and deep in his throat as he circled around the fallen Rainbow. His weapons spun and whirled around him in readiness for combat.

Rainbow

The mare sees something blue. Her vision is too blurry from pain to deal with looking at stuff.

Sandy leaned down and nudged her face with his muzzle, whimpering questioningly. She was still alive, right? She had to be, she was...she was just alive a bit ago, she had to be alive now. If she didn't respond, he'd keep poking her face, giving her cheek a forlorn lick.

PurityIcekiller

2012-11-21, 11:25 AM

"Well then, we should move on. The earlier I can recover the earlier we can have a discussion." He waves Luka and Jewel along and starts (slowly) marching (plodding, really) into town (and beds!)

"Aye!" Night Jewel ran ahead, not really caring if Luka was still with them.

"They were using magic? Wow, I bet you're regretting my absence, too."

"We managed just fine without you."

"Uh-huh. How many times did you flip out?"

"Only-! ...Shut up!"

"I guess we could've used a bit more magic. Something to break that thing they had. At least I got that nice sword out of it."

"Wait, that was you?" She regards Flare more critically. "..I thought you'd be taller. With a deeper voice. And lightning coming out of your eyes. And this constant storm cloud thing just following y-"

"We get it."

"That's more of an air-type thing than an earth-type thing," laughed Blades.

"Hilarious. Just hilarious."

Gak's mouth waters a bit at all of the options.
"Oooooh! That's quite a variety!"
She blushes a bit.
"Sorry, bit of a zoologist.":smallredface:

"Oh, Arvadraa knows a lot about animals too. If ya know them, I'm sure ya'll have a lot to talk about!"

Flare looked a bit suspicious. "Has being carnivorous become standard?"

MCerberus

2012-11-21, 12:48 PM

Vampony Cleanup

The vampony may be sighing from the shrapnel and stake wounds, but you know what's maybe more than sigh-worthy? Being on fire from stabbings when you're weakened from previous attacks.

The new vamponies are oddly not trying to murder everypony, so Staccata goes in to silence her.

Orzel

2012-11-21, 03:51 PM

Sandy leaned down and nudged her face with his muzzle, whimpering questioningly. She was still alive, right? She had to be, she was...she was just alive a bit ago, she had to be alive now. If she didn't respond, he'd keep poking her face, giving her cheek a forlorn lick.

Rainbow feels the blue blur poking her. Being a sniper, she is not used to being shot. The pain, though not a terrible injury, takes her hard. "Ow. Need to dull the pain."

Kelvin360

2012-11-21, 04:06 PM

"Aye!" Night Jewel ran ahead, not really caring if Luka was still with them.

"I....hope...this event...has not...given...you...a less agreeable...viewpoint...towards this place." He mutters, losing more coherency with each step towards the center he takes. But hey, he hasn't dropped yet.

"I guess we could've used a bit more magic. Something to break that thing they had. At least I got that nice sword out of it."

"Or, y'know, beat them to death with a tree." Stellar says casually, telekinetically grabbing an unfinished dagger of hers off a shelf and fiddling with it over the flames of the forge.

"That's more of an air-type thing than an earth-type thing," laughed Blades.

"Hilarious. Just hilarious."

"Oh hey sweet, you were paying attention to our long-winded schpeel about elementalist evocation!"

"Or air-equals-lightning-and-clouds was just blindingly obvious."

"From a traditional standpoint, maybe, but logically speaking those are weather/fire and air/water, respectively."

"I- Wait, there's a weather type, now?"

"Well duh. Otherwise yon winged folk would be decidedly un-special."

Gak
Gak's mouth waters a bit at all of the options.
"Oooooh! That's quite a variety!"
She blushes a bit.
"Sorry, bit of a zoologist.":smallredface:

"Oh, Arvadraa knows a lot about animals too. If ya know them, I'm sure ya'll have a lot to talk about!"

Flare looked a bit suspicious. "Has being carnivorous become standard?"

"No, but single-interest tenacity is."

Arvadraa, meanwhile, brings in a basket of assorted fruits and vegetables that are surprisingly good-looking. "Courtesy of said animals, everypony, enjoy. And don't worry, I had a talk with them after that potato-fest, and cleaning them before delivery is standard."

"Ugh, thanks for mentioning that, now I can taste dirt again."

Benson

2012-11-21, 04:37 PM

Advanced Vampony Fracas

Coherency must be a your mileage may vary sort of thing. The vamponies just stared at Daniel as they removed the large bolt and tossed it towards Zippity Do.

Honor Guard himself glanced at Daniel himself. His body free of the wooden menace began to slowly heal and patch itself up. "Feel free to assist, perhaps it will heal faster this way." He simply said with a wince, just laying there on the ground.

Zippity Do briefly glanced Silverpine and nodded and grabbed the giant bolt in her forelegs. She then flapped her *wings and took off into the thunderhead, avoiding another bolt with the intent of killing Bonita.

Gearstride looked at Sandy with a pitying look.

Miss Sighs a-Lot popped off the shrapnel sending it flying towards Staccata as she stood up, as for the stake wounds, they were aesthetic and with no actual stake in her, they healed themselves up.
===================

Ember-Hospital

Ember put another leg around Lochbed. "Warm now?" He asked with a little smile. Clearly he needed to be reminded why he was here in the first place.
--

Aubade-Downtown

Aubade winced seeing the tiny spiders and continued to step backwards towards the exit and then dashed entirely outside.

*Benson remembered they were a pegasus and not a unicorn.

TheAmishPirate

2012-11-21, 04:56 PM

Rainbow feels the blue blur poking her. Being a sniper, she is not used to being shot. The pain, though not a terrible injury, takes her hard. "Ow. Need to dull the pain."

Words! Signs of life! The little unicorn excitedly licked and nuzzled her cheeks, heedless of her injury. Still, some fragment of her intent reached his addled brain. Fetch the fixing thing? He could fetch the fixing thing. He'd fetch the fixing thing, and she'd be fixed. Through a swirling technicolor haze, he nosed through Rainbow's bag, pulling out anything that looked like a fixing thing. Bandages, salves, bolts, spare bowstring...in fact, perhaps it'd be more accurate to say he was just emptying her duffel bag. Once done, he'd poke and prod at her mane; Rainbow sometimes kept things in her mane. Hopefully, none of them had their needles facing outward.

If anypony moved closer, Sandy would immediately drop what he was doing to snarl menacingly at the intruder. Nopony was hurting his Rainbow. Nopony.

[tldr: Sandy empties out Rainbow's duffel bag looking for something to help Rainbow. Dissatisfied, he moves on to her mane. None too carefully, so there is some risk he may end up accidentally injecting himself.]

Kelvin360

2012-11-21, 05:24 PM

Daniel

Rather than just try to bowl over the trio in his way, he decides to just push it right on through the wall. With a charming, upbeat tune, no less.

"Patching wounds is simple
Healing them is great
But time scales can be tricky
So I say why wait

It's not too much to realize
Some miracles before your eyes
From scratches to the biggest tear
With magic it's not too much to bear

So heal, heal, heal now
The fight's not over yet
We've all gone something left to do
But our winning's a sure bet

Just heal, heal, heal now
Patch yourself together
You'll sometimes fall
But when we stand tall
There's nothing we can't weather."

He spins on one hoof towards the other commotion, and pushes toward Rainbow next, but with more of a marching tune-esque tempo.

"Get up soldier, off the ground
Keep the world turning 'round
Keep the order
Keep the plans
Get up, soldier, while you can stand.

Heal those wounds
Ignore the pain
Fire those nerves
They're to blame.

But hurry up
'Cause we've got to move
Deal with it
Last part's on you."

And as a finale he shoots a withering glare at Silverpine. "I am not spoony."

(tl;dr - Double rhyming push: Ease of mending on Honor Guard's wounds, half-pain-resistance/half-healing-push on Rainbow. Oh, and a non-rhyming admonition on Silverpine (-2 morale penalty to snark checks :smalltongue:))

Orzel

2012-11-21, 08:37 PM

MCerberus

2012-11-21, 09:12 PM

Vampony Vamp-vamp

Meanwhile, Staccata would be still fighting madame LeSigh. Touching 'I care' healing moments are nice... but without somepony fighting they'd just get smashed to begin with.

Grif

2012-11-21, 10:11 PM

Benson

2012-11-22, 03:23 AM

Advanced Vampony Fracas

[Gearstride/Zephyr]
Something was going on in the thunderhead. It rumbled, the temple rumbled. Another chunk of debris fell over by Gearstride. She was assisted out of the way by Zephyr.

"Here, for the pain," He said biting his foreleg and offering it to her. She hesitated a moment before sucking down on his leg and drinking up some of his blood. It was groady.

"Thank you."
--

[Miss M/Sandy and by default, Rainbow]
Miss M carefully approached Sandy keeping within a safe distance from where he likely assumed his territory. "Mister Sandy...please...take control of yourself, this beastly creature isn't you."

--
[Daniel]

"That was incredibly cheesy..." Honor Guard said with a tired smile. Something had happened, the results just weren't going to be quite clear this round.
--
[Silverpine/Staccata]

Miss Siiiighs was having none of that, especially since the 'distracting' wasn't clear. Silverpine could be doing anything, like standing around posing, She didn't feel threatened by him and backflipped away from Staccata but not towards the others either, that would be silly.
--

In the meanwhile, the pegasus mare that was tortured by Sandy earlier forced herself to reach over to pull out the stake with her teeth. Lots of nnnghs and winces. Also, skinned unicorn who fired off lightning bolts before stopped bleeding and was showing signs of flesh of on his flank. But no one was around to see.
--

Meanwhile, Elsewhere

"I can't...believe that stupid bitch just betrayed me like that.....she just doesn't get it," Spectre snarled in his anger and then prompted bucked a hole in a stone wall, a three foot wide chunk of stone.

"And where the Tartarus is Clover?!!"
--

Elsewhere again in semi familiar tunnels

"Urgh......this is....taking so damn looooong......" he aforementioned Clover said in exasperation. He stared up twenty feet ahead where a certain jelly cube with a pony skeleton just chilling in it was sloooowly making its away down the long passage that lead into the temple.

The vampony was ready to just throw himself into the cube, but he had his orders. Along with him were the ten or so police offers with their batons and tasers. As well as twelve or so civvy vamponies, free of their compromising stakes. All marching and being obediently patient in regards to the slow moving cube.
================================================== =========

Ember-Hospital

Ember flushed a little at Sweet Victory's words. "Oh right...I was going to ask Big Bruce about work today....though I'm gonna wager I won't have to go in today."
--

Aubade-Downtown Bar District

The pegasus mare calmed down as soon as she found herself not within sight of the spider mare and all her little ones. And then Heavy Ale appeared.

"I'm sorry...I just...couldn't be around in there anymore. I'm terribly afraid of spiders. Old foalhood incident. I know...it is..silly...but I just can't help it." She said with fearfulness in her tone.

Kelvin360

2012-11-22, 04:46 AM

Daniel

"Right. I'll just get to work on putting all that into an 'abracadabra'." He growls, wiping away the blood leaking out of his nose. "That's not a science, you know. Hang on..." He finally realizes that one vampire is trying to destroy the temple and the other is just fighting away.

He then proceeds to draw two arrows and fires at Ms. Sigh, muttering a rhyme. "Fly straight
Fly true
Obscured
From view

Twang to the side
Fight from the mind
Go for the empty
But strike in the hide."

"Gyahh! Nngh...hah...Hope your boss knows what she's do...doing..." Oh heeeey, he realizes, 2+2=4!

He starts to run at Bonita's pillar, shouting. "Don't kill her! Zippity Do, do not kill her!"

(tl;dr - He rhyme-pushes to make the noise from the arrows sound like they'll strike a few inches away from where they actually will so that if she does at all, Sigh will dodge/grab into them, and then proceeds to make himself look completely insane by trying to warn a pony who could literally eat him for breakfast to go nonlethal for..whatever reason.)

([Wooden Arrows Left: 2 (immediate)]
[Fire Arrows Left: 1 (immediate)])

PurityIcekiller

2012-11-22, 04:56 AM

"I....hope...this event...has not...given...you...a less agreeable...viewpoint...towards this place." He mutters, losing more coherency with each step towards the center he takes. But hey, he hasn't dropped yet.

"You think I'm getting scared off already?" Night Jewel laughed and shook her head. "That was the first fun challenge I've had since I got here!"

"Oh hey sweet, you were paying attention to our long-winded schpeel about elementalist evocation!"

"Or air-equals-lightning-and-clouds was just blindingly obvious."

"From a traditional standpoint, maybe, but logically speaking those are weather/fire and air/water, respectively."

"I- Wait, there's a weather type, now?"

"Well duh. Otherwise yon winged folk would be decidedly un-special."

"Well, lots of ponies know the whole elemental thing," replied Blades.

"I always wondered: Are unicorns supposed to be associated with water or fire? We have earth ponies for earth and those flying ones for air, do we not?"

"No, but single-interest tenacity is."

Arvadraa, meanwhile, brings in a basket of assorted fruits and vegetables that are surprisingly good-looking. "Courtesy of said animals, everypony, enjoy. And don't worry, I had a talk with them after that potato-fest, and cleaning them before delivery is standard."

"Ugh, thanks for mentioning that, now I can taste dirt again."

"Well, at least my tastes are not antiquated." Flare rapidly dug in.

"Ya're sure trainin' those animals well. Maybe ya could make 'em into an attack squad or something!"

Kelvin360

2012-11-22, 05:20 AM

"You think I'm getting scared off already?" Night Jewel laughed and shook her head. "That was the first fun challenge I've had since I got here!"

"If you...find...life-threatening situations...fun...then my...life...should...prove...endlessly amusing...to you."

"Well, lots of ponies know the whole elemental thing," replied Blades.

"I always wondered: Are unicorns supposed to be associated with water or fire? We have earth ponies for earth and those flying ones for air, do we not?"

"That's up in the air. Since I consider Earth ponies and Pegasi to be connected to nature and weather magic in the primary, respectively, I think it's safe to say that Unicorns are more connected to magic as a whole.

For example, all of us have telekinesis, which can manipulate anything regardless of its element or connection. And then later focus determines a specific area. And then you've got the showoffs who can do anything. Well, lots of very tiny things without belonging to any real school. Hunh. Posers.

That's just my long boring opinion, though."

"Well, at least my tastes are not antiquated." Flare rapidly dug in.

"Ya're sure trainin' those animals well. Maybe ya could make 'em into an attack squad or something!"

"Doubtful. Animals literally can't understand war or fighting without..well, with purpose, but a pony's purpose. Territory, mates, survival, sure. But the concept of an attack squad would get me a lot of confused looks."

"Isn't there a word for an animal that could fit in an attack squad? Oh, yeah, 'rabid'."

"Thank you, Stellar, stop helping me."

TheAmishPirate

2012-11-22, 08:31 AM

Rainbow

In Rainbow's bag, Sandy will find what Amish mentions. Bandages, medicines, and tape for binding wounds. Spare bowstrings, levers, and wooden parts for crossbow repair. A screwdriver for calibrations. Extra scopes. . And of course...

...a bottle of whiskey. She has a problem you know.

As for her mane, there is a syringe of painkillers. Another of that garlic based poison. And a granola bar in case she got hungry. The poking, licking, and nuzzling feel good until the movement shifts her body and agitates her wound. "Sandy. I'm fine. Are you wounded. I need.. the status.." the sniper whispers.

The soothing songs of Daniel closes his wounds with scabs and dulls some sensation. The tiny bit of relief give her a fool's confidence as Rainbow tries to stand but fails. The slip up sucks air through her clenched teeth. "Injury report."

Sandy cocked his head at her. Injuries? He had no injuries. She had injuries. He felt perfectly healthy. Better than healthy. She was the one who needed fixing, not him. The motion of his head sent drops of blood from the forehead gash scattering, some falling on the sniper's catsuit.

He nosed forward the pile of stuff fetched from her bag and bangs, nudging it in front of her face. Now she could take the fixing thing, fix herself, and she would be good again. He nudged her uninjured foreleg towards the pile, whining expectantly...

Advanced Vampony Fracas

[Miss M/Sandy and by default, Rainbow]
Miss M carefully approached Sandy keeping within a safe distance from where he likely assumed his territory. "Mister Sandy...please...take control of yourself, this beastly creature isn't you."

She suddenly found herself facing down Sandy, his hackles raised beneath his bite-guard. The drugged pony snarled and gnashed his teeth at the intruder, his injured foreleg pawing the ground as if preparing to charge. Should she keep advancing, his weapons would rise to his aid, slashing and stabbing the air in front of him.

[tldr: Sandy completely ignores Rainbow's plea for an injury report, instead motioning that she should do something with the stuff he got from her bag and hair. He stops to stare down Miss M, threatening her with violence if she should get too close to Rainbow.]

(OOC: Technically speaking, Gear and Zephyr were over by the two vamponies who are recovering. Also technically speaking, blood is super-groady, so it's understandable she may not notice. Thirdly technically speaking, the pegasus had an additional arrow in her eye. Significantly worse than the knee.)

MCerberus

2012-11-22, 01:01 PM

Vampony Vamp-vamp

Staccata would dive away from the arrows, then move into attack once we know the result of that attack. At this point it's just probability... eventually one attack will hit.

Orzel

2012-11-22, 09:46 PM

Rainbow Pepper

With her good forehoof, the mare scoops up a roll of bandages, a tin of salve, and a thin brush. She wanted the splint wood too but could not find it. Nor the cotton swabs.
She does it all by feel. An Equestrian sniper must train to do everything without taking her eyes off the target. Months of practice doing first aid and assembling crossbows blindfolded is paying off.
After cleaning her wound, Rainbow bites the excess wrappings. "Help me up."

Sweet Victory and Lochbed

Victory reached out with a stressed shout. "I don't want you in there alone. It's dangerous."

"Where be dangerous. Ah donnae want Ember ta be any place loch that."

Heavy Ale

"I can understand. Let's check somewhere else. The third times's charm" Heavy taped his hindhoof on the ground thrice. He they pointed to a bar across the street. "I doubt she went to a toughs bar like the Salty, but the bouncer there sees eerything."

Kelvin360

2012-11-22, 10:57 PM

Heavy Metal

"Well, if you two are gonna have a bunch of conversations involving animals and squeeing..." Stellar glances at Gak and is given a stepford smile by Arvadraa.

"Keep in mind that several of my friends are badgers before you finish that, Stellar. Very short-tempered badgers."

"That is completely acceptable and will not be met with any kind of complaints." She finishes dryly without missing a beat.

"Oh, fantastic." She wraps a foreleg around Gak's shoulders. "We'll get along splendidly, I can tell already. Where did you learn what you know about zoology, if I may ask?"

Grif

2012-11-22, 11:10 PM

[Silverpine/Staccata]

Miss Siiiighs was having none of that, especially since the 'distracting' wasn't clear. Silverpine could be doing anything, like standing around posing, She didn't feel threatened by him and backflipped away from Staccata but not towards the others either, that would be silly.
--

Silverpine wasn't exactly in his peak physical condition, but he rushes Miss Goth for a running tackle, this time opting for a more obvious distraction.

Benson

2012-11-23, 12:53 AM

Advanced Vampony Fracas

[Daniel]

"And why not?" Zippity Do demanded as she and Bonita plunged out of the thunderhead looking worse for wear, the two of them. They hit some pews with a force that caused a crater, Bonita pinned underneath Zippity Do all derp eyed. "This one nor her husband deserve your mercy."

[Sandy-Rainbow]

She didn't, as said, safe distance. "Sandy, stop being an idiot you damn pup. Acting like that you're going to end up hurting your own fillyfriend."

[Actually, about the 'no one to see it' stuff was in reference to flayed skin unicorn dude, he was flung out of the elemental tornado a little farther off. Anyways, acknowledged about the third point]

[Staccata/Silverpine]

Aaaand, she annoyingly ducked and backbended and pulled off the matrix letting the arrows miss and fly off elsewhere barely grazing her backside causing a small wince. Her eyes fell upon the charging Silverpine and grabbed his shoulders and flipped over him to let him run into Staccata. Damnit, just what were these ponies on? Surely they'd all fall exhausted, perhaps she underestimated these mortal ponies. Stamina, they had the reserves. She grunted and narrowed her eyes. Three opponents now, curses.

She was then almost caught off guard as a blue blur tried to tackle her. But her senses caught wind of the speeding pegasi and dodged him. Damnit, four opponents, girl had no break. She needed a nice smoke break.
===========

Ember

"Well, I wouldn't be alone, I'd have Lochbed...a-and my leg is feeling okay," He moved his bandage wrapped leg a bit and only winced a little. Though, he did forget to take his medicine.
---

Aubade

"You know, perhaps we should also ask about the stallions she was apparently seen with," Aubade offered taking a moment to let her nerves calm a little down.

TheAmishPirate

2012-11-23, 01:30 AM

Advanced Vampony Fracas

[Sandy-Rainbow]

She didn't, as said, safe distance. "Sandy, stop being an idiot you damn pup. Acting like that you're going to end up hurting your own fillyfriend."

[Actually, about the 'no one to see it' stuff was in reference to flayed skin unicorn dude, he was flung out of the elemental tornado a little farther off. Anyways, acknowledged about the third point]

Lies! Tricks! He would never hurt his Rainbow. And Rainbow would never hurt Rainbow. So that meant one of these ponies hurt Rainbow! Hurt her bad! He wouldn't let any of them lay a hoof on her. Any of them could've done it. Couldn't trust any of them. He snarled loudly and snapped in the red pony's direction. Show her not to get close. He'd get her. He'd get her good. Get her back for Rainbow. He'd-

Rainbow Pepper

With her good forehoof, the mare scoops up a roll of bandages, a tin of salve, and a thin brush. She wanted the splint wood too but could not find it. Nor the cotton swabs.
She does it all by feel. An Equestrian sniper must train to do everything without taking her eyes off the target. Months of practice doing first aid and assembling crossbows blindfolded is paying off.
After cleaning her wound, Rainbow bites the excess wrappings. "Help me up."

The sandy-maned unicorn perked up instantly. Rainbow getting up? Rainbow was fixed! He turned and licked her cheek excitedly. Fixed, all better, now she could-the intruder! He turned and snarled her way. Show her he wasn't afraid. He'd take her down. Rip out her legs and eat the-help Rainbow up! Put the weapons down, help her up, get her safe. Dropping his stakes and knives to the floor, he wriggled underneath her barrel nose-first and gently helped prop her up. Slowly, slowly, lift the heavy mare, get her-intruder! He snapped at the vampony. Stay back-slipping! Adjust the feet, more strength, get her up...

Whether or not she'd meant it, Rainbow provided an ample diversion for Miss M.

[tldr: Sandy wriggles under Rainbow's barrel and forelegs to try and lift her up. While he's doing that, he's occasionally snarling at Miss M. With Rainbow taking up most of his attention, he's rather distracted.

Hopefully, the style isn't too confusing. :smalltongue:]

Kelvin360

2012-11-23, 03:07 AM

Daniel

"You're probably right. Buck probably, you're near-certainly right. But as stupid as it sounds, I'd rather rest knowing that mercy gave them a chance rather than an execution. If they want to waste it, well...like I told him: What comes after the storm is their choice. But I've seen enough death in this princess-forsaken crypt.

Also they remind me a little too much of myself, so there's that."

Orzel

2012-11-23, 05:04 AM

Lies! Tricks! He would never hurt his Rainbow. And Rainbow would never hurt Rainbow. So that meant one of these ponies hurt Rainbow! Hurt her bad! He wouldn't let any of them lay a hoof on her. Any of them could've done it. Couldn't trust any of them. He snarled loudly and snapped in the red pony's direction. Show her not to get close. He'd get her. He'd get her good. Get her back for Rainbow. He'd-

The sandy-maned unicorn perked up instantly. Rainbow getting up? Rainbow was fixed! He turned and licked her cheek excitedly. Fixed, all better, now she could-the intruder! He turned and snarled her way. Show her he wasn't afraid. He'd take her down. Rip out her legs and eat the-help Rainbow up! Put the weapons down, help her up, get her safe. Dropping his stakes and knives to the floor, he wriggled underneath her barrel nose-first and gently helped prop her up. Slowly, slowly, lift the heavy mare, get her-intruder! He snapped at the vampony. Stay back-slipping! Adjust the feet, more strength, get her up...

Whether or not she'd meant it, Rainbow provided an ample diversion for Miss M.

[tldr: Sandy wriggles under Rainbow's barrel and forelegs to try and lift her up. While he's doing that, he's occasionally snarling at Miss M. With Rainbow taking up most of his attention, he's rather distracted.

Hopefully, the style isn't too confusing. :smalltongue:]

Advanced Vampony Fracas

[Sandy-Rainbow]

She didn't, as said, safe distance. "Sandy, stop being an idiot you damn pup. Acting like that you're going to end up hurting your own fillyfriend."

"Be careful of what you are doing." Rainbow's vision clears a bit. She scans the area as she is lifted to her feet. Then it fogs again from the pain of Sandy's rough movement.
For a second contemplations were made on giving Sandy the downers. But Rainbow saw his manic state more useful. Especially since she could not support her body and shoot a forward crossbow with one good foreleg. "Sandy, status of the others. Now."

Ember

"Well, I wouldn't be alone, I'd have Lochbed...a-and my leg is feeling okay," He moved his bandage wrapped leg a bit and only winced a little. Though, he did forget to take his medicine.

The zaftig mare point to the thinner one. "She a little lady. These are trained thugs. No. Don't go back to the shop without a bodyguard."

"A body guardian? Ah know one of these."

---

Aubade

"You know, perhaps we should also ask about the stallions she was apparently seen with," Aubade offered taking a moment to let her nerves calm a little down.

"Sounds like a plan." Heavy Ale trotted across the street, waited for Aubade before approaching the tattooed musclebound rugged bouncer. "Excuse me sir, I-"

"Hey there little man, only tough guys in this bar. How tough are you?" interrupted the tough.

"I donnae want admittance to your bar just information." Heavy said politely. Holding in the urge to fight with his toughness and stallionness challenged was difficult. He physically showed his struggle on his face.

"Only tough guys get that too."

"I am sorry but proving my toughness be not polite with ladies present."

"So."

MCerberus

2012-11-23, 11:22 AM

Vampony Vamp-vamp

Seeing the inevitable tackle throw about to hit her, Staccata jumps to get a good angle. The mare lets fly with her dagger, attempting to miss just ever so slightly so that the vampony's dodging will move into the dagger... hopefully one of the other ponies will attack while she's busy being hit by a Silverpine missile.

Grif

2012-11-23, 12:39 PM

[Staccata/Silverpine][/I]

Aaaand, she annoyingly ducked and backbended and pulled off the matrix letting the arrows miss and fly off elsewhere barely grazing her backside causing a small wince. Her eyes fell upon the charging Silverpine and grabbed his shoulders and flipped over him to let him run into Staccata. Damnit, just what were these ponies on? Surely they'd all fall exhausted, perhaps she underestimated these mortal ponies. Stamina, they had the reserves. She grunted and narrowed her eyes. Three opponents now, curses.

She was then almost caught off guard as a blue blur tried to tackle her. But her senses caught wind of the speeding pegasi and dodged him. Damnit, four opponents, girl had no break. She needed a nice smoke break.

Vampony Vamp-vamp

Seeing the inevitable tackle throw about to hit her, Staccata jumps to get a good angle. The mare lets fly with her dagger, attempting to miss just ever so slightly so that the vampony's dodging will move into the dagger... hopefully one of the other ponies will attack while she's busy being hit by a Silverpine missile.

Silverpine's eyes widened as his running tackle was deflected ever so deftly by the vampony. He did his best to slow his momentum before bowling right into the rogue. The two tumbled about in the dirt for a bit, with Silverpine finally coming out at the bottom, with the rogue on top.

The lieutenant groaned as the pain in his mangled hoof returned with a vengeance. Turns out using your injured limb would worsen it.

Benson

2012-11-23, 02:20 PM

Advanced Vampony Fracas

[Sandy]
Miss M rolled her eyes at Sandy's chihuahua antics that they threatened to roll out, figuratively speaking. Now had it been Zephyr, maybe not so figuratively. She then telekinetically took away his toys and bones knives and stakes the moment he put them down. She felt he really wasn't in the right mindset to be playing with pointy objects. She growled back at him and narrowed her eyes. "No. Bad Sandy." She needed a rolled up copy of Sunday's paper.

At least at the moment Rainbow seemed to have reeled him in to relative normalcy.
---

[Daniel]

"What then? You yourself robbed banks at gun point for kicks and shot folks in the process? I see, you're wanted for armed robbery as well." She replied stomping Bonita for a second. One got the feeling that they wanted to do that for some time.

[Staccata/Silverpine/Zephyr]

It was anticipated and she knew it was unavoidable, her own reflexes betraying her. But she had her plan. She let herself get stuck with the knife and hearing Zephyr come at her. She pulled the knife out in mid jump her body igniting in that spot and threw the knife at Zephyr hitting him in the chest as he ignited as well and missed hitting her entirely. She rolled away to stop drop and roll to quell the flames.

{Orzel, I'll get to the ember/lochbed/aubade/heavy ale stuff later tonight, I don't have enough time right now to reply to that stuff since I have to be away from my laptop for some time.}

TheAmishPirate

2012-11-23, 02:54 PM

"Be careful of what you are doing." Rainbow's vision clears a bit. She scans the area as she is lifted to her feet. Then it fogs again from the pain of Sandy's rough movement.
For a second contemplations were made on giving Sandy the downers. But Rainbow saw his manic state more useful. Especially since she could not support her body and shoot a forward crossbow with one good foreleg. "Sandy, status of the others. Now."

Sandy dutifully turned in a circle, carefully turning Rainbow around to get a panoramic view of the whole battlefield. "Ponies...fighting..." he growled out, his homey drawl sounding closer to talking with a mouthful of pebbles. He turned around and-

Advanced Vampony Fracas

[Sandy]
Miss M rolled her eyes at Sandy's chihuahua antics that they threatened to roll out, figuratively speaking. Now had it been Zephyr, maybe not so figuratively. She then telekinetically took away his toys and bones knives and stakes the moment he put them down. She felt he really wasn't in the right mindset to be playing with pointy objects. She growled back at him and narrowed her eyes. "No. Bad Sandy." She needed a rolled up copy of Sunday's paper.

At least at the moment Rainbow seemed to have reeled him in to relative normalcy.

Wha-his weapons! He needed those!

His horn lit ablaze with magic, but even with stimulants throwing aside his mental restraints, his opponent was a centuries-old vampony. She'd had years upon years to perfect her telekinesis. He had a few basic training courses. Miss M might feel the faintest tug on the weapons, if she felt anything at all.

He winced at her rebuke, but nothing more. He knew in his heart he was a good pony. He was taking care of his filly. This pony, she was the bad one! Stealing his weapons and threatening him! The engineer fixed his goggled eyes on hers, teeth bared. Taking care not to jostle Rainbow, he pulled himself up to his full height, lifting his head and neck to make himself as big as possible. His weight shifted forward to his front legs, readying for a leap forward. His muscles tensed for a fight, but, rather tellingly, he made no move to attack.

[tldr: Sandy moves Rainbow in a circle, giving her a view of the whole battlefield. When he turns back to Miss M, he tries to take his weapons back, but fails completely. He bares his teeth, growls, looks her in the eye, tries to make himself look big and intimidating, and all-around shows that he isn't afraid of her. Despite the body language, he makes no move to actually attack.]

Orzel

2012-11-23, 04:15 PM

Kelvin360

2012-11-23, 04:18 PM

Daniel

"Ughhh..." He clutches his head. "S-sorry...running on a short spark and snap judgement here...Not my choice to make." He shakes his head. "Not like it could make things worse, anyhow. Just...make sure to kill the husband, too. As in, immediately. Trust me, you do not want a veangeance fueled murder-pony on your back half your...uh...un-life."

"And...uh...could your friends maybe help on a takedown over there? I can't see particularly well, but I think half the team I'm here with are getting individual servings of de leur propres le plot."

MCerberus

2012-11-23, 06:12 PM

Vampony Vamp-vamp

Having been gored, slashed, bashed, and kicking a relative stone wall all evening, Staccata's not going to be getting up quickly. Without being pushed off, the mare would eventually roll down onto the floor with a groan.

Luka

2012-11-23, 09:42 PM

Aero
"Oh."
He looked around as well befor taking out the veggie stir fry again.
He'll push one over to Aisis and grab his own container.

She just grabs the one she's given, she seems distracted for a while, looking at a nearby tree while eating
Seems like scenery catches her eyes, somewhat at least :smalltongue:

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Clinic

Violet would just finish waking up, groaning a bit and looking to the sides, possibly seeing Idle, and if she does.... She yelps and kind of jumps back scared with eyes wide open :smallbiggrin:, then wincing and putting her hooves where the stab was.

TheAmishPirate

2012-11-24, 11:44 AM

Rainbow

Rainbow now sees the error of her judgement. Stimulated Sandy was not as useful as she thought. "Okay, Sargent Sandy Shores. Time for the narcotics." The sniper digs into her mane for the depressants.

If Sandy had heard her, he gave no indication that he cared, or even understood. He just kept up his threatening posture and growled away at Miss M. Grrrrrr.

(Reacting as a free action, yay!)

Grif

2012-11-24, 12:07 PM

[Staccata/Silverpine/Zephyr][/I]

It was anticipated and she knew it was unavoidable, her own reflexes betraying her. But she had her plan. She let herself get stuck with the knife and hearing Zephyr come at her. She pulled the knife out in mid jump her body igniting in that spot and threw the knife at Zephyr hitting him in the chest as he ignited as well and missed hitting her entirely. She rolled away to stop drop and roll to quell the flames.

Silverpine felt the room spinning. Like somepony had put the entire world through a tumbler. Or maybe that was just his head. He pushed Staccata off weakly and sat up blearily, rubbing the back of his head. Right. Vampony still on the loose. He got to his hooves unsteadily and looked around to see where Miss Sigh went.

Benson

2012-11-24, 02:17 PM

Advanced Vampony Fracas

[Miss M/Sandy/Rainbow]

Eye roll. Miss M wasn't much of a dog person anyway. She always found them annoying, especially the ones where you could be walking sixty feet away and minding your business...and there ya go, some damn mutt behind a fence barking annoyingly and you just want to tell them to shut up. Sandy was the mutt right now. A drug addled chihuahua trying to make themselves tough.

"Rainbow, drug his flank." Poor Sandy. Though actually, he may end up a danger to himself depending on how his body reacts to the new shiny drugs.

But then, she had another more important matter to attend to. She dashed away floating his weapons with her.
---

[Daniel]

Zippity Do only listened to half his words. She pulled out that bolt stake from somewhere and raised it over her head and nodded at her children to go assist. Anyways.

"Waah...don't...don't kill us.....maybe we want to turn over a new leaf? Get a new lease on life," Bonita said, laying on her back and putting her hooves over her chest. "And anyway, you're one to talk, what with all the innocent blood you've shed in the old past. Don't think..we I don't know those old stories." Whelp that seemed to create hesitation.
--

[Everybody else]

"Lieutenant..!" Gearstride hobbled after and towards Silverpine and leaned against him to support him.

Three of the vamponies dashed over to assist Silverpine and Staccata. The three of them trying to corner Miss Sigh.

Zephyr was on fire still. Miss M dashed over to his aid and put out the flames.
--

Ember-

Ember looked at Sweet and resignedly nodded. And then Lochbed! "Of the fey variety?"
--

Aubade

Aubade tiredly rolled her eyes and walked up to the bouncer. "You sir, will let us in. You don't know the meaning of tough, and I...have been dealt a sorry card hand in life, but I've emerged from it, because I am tough." She poked his chest three times for emphasis.

Kelvin360

2012-11-24, 04:25 PM

Daniel

"Oh are we playing that game now? We're playing a game...'s like a party, maybe. How the world runs on feeee-liiings. Ugh, wait, this has been worse.

Um. Yeah. Both of you please ignore that, I'm having issues. Though, if I'm supposed to tiebreak, here, I'd just like to point out that Zippity Do has proven decisively by kicking you (and not me) to the curb that she's on my side, whereas you have...oh let's go down the list.

Abandoned your husband when you had no reason not to think that we would kill him...tried to bring down the entire temple and not only suicide but betray YOUR boss by crushing his operation...attacked us in the first place, TWICE...oh, and your last-ditch attempt at guilt-tripping as well as your overconfident condescension earlier has made me reeeeeeeeeally not like you.

And I'm supposed to believe for half a microsecond that you've actually 'turned over a new leaf'? As if we're that stupid? Seriously? You'll stab us in the back the second we turn around and you'll feel great doing it! You've had chances. And now you only have one left, but not in this life." He approaches Clod, releasing the mechanism on his forehoof and popping out the stake, then nods to Zippity.

"May Luna have mercy on your tattered soul."

(tl;dr - Daniel gives the most epic 'the reason you suck' speech ever [because I am in no way biased], motions Zippity to just kill her already, and gets in position over Clod to FINISH HIM)

Orzel

2012-11-24, 05:16 PM

MCerberus

2012-11-24, 07:07 PM

Vampony vamp-vamp

The 'friendly' vamponies would find Staccata unconscious at this point. Nothing looks fatal, so she might be able to be brought-to. A couple of gashes and lacerations, lots of bruising, and the faint smell of burning... normal battle stuff.

TheAmishPirate

2012-11-24, 11:58 PM

Advanced Vampony Fracas

[Miss M/Sandy/Rainbow]

Eye roll. Miss M wasn't much of a dog person anyway. She always found them annoying, especially the ones where you could be walking sixty feet away and minding your business...and there ya go, some damn mutt behind a fence barking annoyingly and you just want to tell them to shut up. Sandy was the mutt right now. A drug addled chihuahua trying to make themselves tough.

"Rainbow, drug his flank." Poor Sandy. Though actually, he may end up a danger to himself depending on how his body reacts to the new shiny drugs.

But then, she had another more important matter to attend to. She dashed away floating his weapons with her.

The stallion gave a self-satisfied nod. He'd shown her good. That'd teach her to mess with Rainbow. If she ever tried that again, he'd tear her a fat, new mouth with-his weapons! He let out a frustrated whinny and stomped his hoof. The sneaky pony had made off with his weapons!

"I know. I know!" Rainbow bites the end cork off of the syringe held in one hoof. She hushes Sandy then goes in for a hug. The needle is slowly slipped into the stallion's neck. "At ease soldier."

Before he could roar at Miss M, a magenta hoof pushed his lips closed, a gentle voice caressing his ears. The wrath receded for a few precious moments. Goggles met emerald eyes, and he whined in confusion. He...he needed to go chase the naughty pony! Get his weapons back! Fight! Kill! Destroy!

And then a pair of foreleg wrapped around him, and pulled him into a curly, rainbow-colored wonderland. He caught one whiff of her mane, and his fight was over. The feral pony let out a soft nicker, wrapping her up in his forelegs and rubbing his muzzle in her luxurious locks. So delighted with the filly was he and so strong were the drugs, that he didn't even twitch as the needle pierced his neck. Shortly after the injection was snuck in, his affections grew sloppier, more sluggish, and Rainbow would hear the pleasured groans die out into gurgling sighs. His hind legs twitched and trembled, before finally buckling altogether, unable to hold his weight any longer.

Perhaps those stimulants were keeping him going a bit more than he let on.

[tldr: Sandy is about to chase after Miss M, when Rainbow distracts him as only his fillyfriend can. Caught up in the nuzzling and hugs, Sandy doesn't notice the injection at all. After the drugs are administered, he partially collapses in her forelegs.]

(Orzel: Are these new drugs an antidote to the stimulants, or really powerful depressants? It will actually make a difference on what happens next.)