/vx/ - Videogames and Paranormal

>>107503
Unfortunately, I am not a ghoul.

>>107506
But I can cancel the boop if I have no snout!
Just watch me!
>>107507
Be sure to put some rubbing alcohol and you'll be fine.

>>107517
HAH!
I HAVE NO SNOUT, SILLY CREATURE!
I HAVE WON!

>>107519
Boops your skull

>>107521
...darn.
I GUESS I HAVE TO COMMIT.
START THE CUTTING HEAD OFF PROCESS!

Am back home now

>>107546
herro

>>107546
Nice to see you.

>>107546
Henlo

Alright, let’s see if anything can be done in the next hour. What does everyone want to do next?

>>107551
Stahp

>>107553
I know the Baltimare gang is going to the spa, get their looks changed for the mission as well as relax a little.

>>107553
I am not quite sure of Iron's fate, but he did manage to break some ice and a spare 20 I wanted to use to grab on the ice again.

>>107554
Hmmmm... So Silver will be relaxing?

>>107562
Honestly, I don't know. Dark Star's asked him to help with something ASAP when Silver's got a dozen other things that need done.

>>107563
I mean... Silver can do those dozen other things

>>107566
He probably will tell Starry boi and Skies that he's going to, if Dark Star is even still here.

>>107567
I know he wants to finish the book job. Anything else?

>>107570
Well, there's getting Father Maren's help for putting Curwhinny to rest, getting the money for the catacombs job, getting the wealth of dirty, damaged, or dulled weapons he has ready for use, and getting some new saddlebags and other sorts of bags, belts, and bandoliers.

>>107572
Well, that's quite a number of things, and things he could do without any other players needing to be on. What is this about weapons?

>>107573
Silver's got a Lavender Rifle, a Canterlot Sword, a combat knife, and a Colt .45 pistol that need with cleaned, fixed, or sharpened. The rifle and the pistol I've got plans to give to some others who lack a ranged weapon.

>>107574
Is Silver intending to become a sword wilder once again?

>>107575
I don't think he's completely stopped being a sword wielder yet. It's just a lot easier to trust melee combat against opponents that can't potentially kill you with a single strike.

I wonder: what would a Tommy gun made for ponies look like?

>>107606
Just like a Tommy Gun, but with a bigger trigger guard to be able to fire it.

>>107606
During the first exploration of the catacombs the Equestrian submachine gun found on the floor by either Onyx or Dark Star was intended to be a Thompson Submachinegun. That seemed undesirable, because the Thompson has a very high rate of fire, a high caliber, and is also ridiculously expensive to manufacture. Later I thought of setting the Sten gun as the Equestrian standard, and that works better for a number of reasons, especially balance, and faithfulness to adapted historical circumstances

>>107609
Think Onyx has that one, but I don't know what he did with it.

>>107611
I'm betting he still has it with him or something.

>>107622
I'm sorry to hear you're bummed out. What's wrong?

>>107622
Wubs in the background intensifies
I honestly don't blame you for your current state. It's quite frustrating to have to juggle three different stories, specially one just for one PC and one where the entire group is absent for months on end.
I honestly wouldn't blame you if you want to kill Iron now and make me roll a new character. It should alleviate your struggles.

>>107622
Awwwwwww. Are you still up for playing tonight?

>>107625
Maybe

>>107623
bored and kind of sad

>>107626
Again, that sucks to hear. Not sure how to fix that, but I hope it does get fixed soon.

>>107626
Bored?
Oh yeah, the con ended and you're probably going back.
So, what's keeping you down?

>>107628
You probably just asked and answered your own question

>>107630
Probably, but sometimes the one who wants to vent wants to say it in order to... you know, vent.

Who wants to play and when?

>>107633
I'm ready to play whenever.

>>107633
I want to.

>>107633
If you feel up for it, sure. Last action was Iron trying to grab the once again to try and get out or break more dice depending on the roll

>>107634
Well, I guess Silver can do an action

>>107635
Spark is trapped in the back of the cart with the two changelings

>>107637
He continues petting, hoping they are too distracted by it to do anything to Spark.

>>107636
And where do you think you can go from there?

>>107638
Distracted, or enticed? Also, it's damned cold, even if the cart gives protection against wind

>>107639
We will soon find out. He continue petting, hoping that petting generates warmth.

>>107639
The ice grind or actually getting out with Cauldron's. Remember that I still have that 20 I accidentally rolled.

>>107641
Hmmm...

I'm not really sure what to do with Spark in one place

>>107642
Well, the thing is that when Iron tried to place his hooves on the ice and pull himself up, the ice cracked and largely broke

>>107637
"...Черт." Silver lets out a sigh as he turns to Blue. "As much as I would like to join you two in partaking of spa's services, I really should get to list of things I need to do. You will tell me how trip went, yes?"

>>107644
"Sure" she says, nodding and smiling

>>107645
"Great, thank you! I will see you after, with all books successfully delivered."

How many books are left in his cart to bring in?

>>107643
If the problem is reaching the ice again, I will use the 20 to go to the edge of the ice again. Then I can go again, right?

>>107643
I'm still trying to think of what to do. I was hoping for others to be around to travel on towards our doom... er... objective.

>>107646
I would imagine he left half of them in

>>107647
You can try. The issue is hat the weight is so heavy, he can't really swim. It's basically like standing on land, with the buoyancy of the water made up for by the weight

>>107648

The ragged furred yellow stallion looks on with gritted teeth outside, then turns away

>>107649
Well, let's see how long it takes him to finish taking them inside.

>>107650
It's a simple task. If it is not completed in one trip, it is completed in two

>>107651
Simple enough. Once he's finished, he hooks himself up to his cart and heads back to the catacombs. "Hmm. That mud bath does sound nice, though. Hope they have fun."

>>107652
It’s a bit of a trek, and it’s kind of hard to see in the twilight, but he does so

Hi hello yes it is I the resident rock.

Ignore the missing flag, but what's Onyx up to?

>>107653
Once more into the darkness, maneuvering his cart to the burned library. "Shame what happened here. So many books lost." Silver begins to put as many recoverable books as he can into the cart. Curiosity gets the better of him as he peaks into a couple of the volumes.

>>107649
Aw... I really, really want to keep all of them...
I'll compromise.
Iron, looking at his pots with intense desire and hesitation, unties 2 of the pots off of him and leaves them be in this spot.
(If no pots ever reach Cauldron, then I have failed. I cannot waste anymore time, or she might have her eyes bloodied by the time I get out, or worse, I die.)

>>107654
*Startled pony noises*

For a number of minutes, Onyx was trapped at the bottom of a set of stairs in a cheap apartment building, not fully heated. Brie disappeared upstairs with his two... foals, and Spark stayed with Onyx. Waiting. The yellow ragged furred "stallion" watched over them, as did another. They left out the front door shouting some alien language when a third pony came to see them, leaving Spark and Onyx to themselves. After some time, Brie came down stairs. So too does Spark leave back to the carriage. Spark placed himself in the back, and was eventually joined by the two little "foals." He'll be foal sitting for most of the trip. But at least, he is sheltered from the elements. Onyx on the other hoof... It's fairly windy, and that lowers the temperature still further. It's too dry to snow, but it's the right temperature for it. The carriage is still there, waiting for onyx to pick it up, and pull it off deeper into enemy territory

Looks like Onyx remains alive, kind of free, and still has most of his limited love reserves. So far

>>107659
>Limited
Extremely limited

"This place sucks. Spark? Brie? Now what?"
He heads toward the carriage, wondering what they'll get him into now.

>>107660
Spark hears this from inside the wagon and waves to Onyx. There are changelings in his lap.

>>107655
If Silver had to take a guess, most of the books here are not, in fact, unique, but rather were likely academic books in the time of Curwhinny. Some of them were likely banned. But it's the smallest category of books that is the most interesting.

One book is entitled "Practical Potion making," another "The Mapping of Non-Euclidean Spaces," still another is in an unknown language with the only recognizable part being a reference to the old Empire of Tambelon, and another about the customs of the Mareya ponies. There are a few more as well, but most books are pretty well damaged here

>>107661
Onyx's good eye joins his bad one as it glazes over, as the pony steps into the carriage.
"So... Do we have a plan?"

>>107656
Oh dear. Now what action to declare?

>>107664
Alright, time to try to get off this water and hold onto the ice again. Maybe Cauldron can help.

>>107663
"If we do, I haven't been told. As far as I know, we march into their land, plop them down somewhere, and head back before our untimely demise... as least ideally."

>>107666
C-checked in fear
"Yeah, I guess avoiding death is a good idea."
His eyes narrow at the little changelings
"Nice to see they're friendly towards somepony"

>>107662
"Practical Potion Making?" Silver grabs this book to take a look at its insides. "Is this type of beginner's guide, or does it need prior alchemical knowledge?"

>>107667
"As nice as they can be."
>>107664
More pets.

>>107669
"I'd imagine that would be 'not very'"
Onyx sits down, and stares out the window at the area around them.

>>107665
The pots sulk down on their ropes as iron tries to lose it, then immediately falls down when freed, briefly illuminated by the strobing blue electric lights that swept through the thin ice, before disappearing out of view. But there will be time to mourn the loss of the gold later (hopefully...) Iron must turn his head away, and back to the ice above.

Declare action, and roll for it

>>107668
It turns out, “practical” seems to be a term of art meaning “applied,” as in that portion of a science that pertains to putting theory into practice, rather than simple theory. The chapters Silver is looking at centers on the rate of diffusion of two liquids in a container where neither is soluble in the other and both have different heat capacities, when a heat source is applied below the container.

>>107669
Even the other, more reluctant creature accepts the pets

>>107667
Changelings? There are only pony foals here. The bat pony foal narrows his eyes back at Onyx, while the Pegasus foal looks over to onyx with big, cute, innocent eyes

>>107670
"Much nicer than the rest of them at least. So... should we wheel this thing around so the bat can jump in and join us?"
>>107671
Spark just can't stop petting.

[1d20 = 9]
>>107671
As I've said, it's ice grabbing time.
If needed, he moves closer to grabbable ice sheet.

>>107672
"Sounds like something I can actually be doing"
Onyx hops out and wheels the carriage around as Spark suggests.

>>107671
"Shame. Could have proven useful. Still, I imagine it would be useful for whatever alchemist reads this." He puts it in the cart with the rest of the books as he continues to pile them on.

>>107670
Onyx's carriage is in what is basically a makeshift "inspection station' ontop of a sidewalk past the entry point through the fence. the carriage has been pulled up so it does not block the way of the inspection point. The entry way and the wall itself runs down the middle of a street, and on this side of the wall, there are mostly single story shops, and three story small multi family units, mostly with shops on the bottom. Windows are often border or busted. More than one building looks as if it was hit with an explosion and never repared. All in all, this particular area is semi-urban, consists of diverse buildings of brick and stone and mortar with several wood, and most buildings look unused or abandoned, Some are clearly still occupied. On the balcony of an apartment above and a little over, a number of plants lay dead in pots.

The street continues, with buildings spaced a little further apart just further down. the streets seem to be just a little off from a grid pattern

>>107675
And so he does so

>>107672
At least they seem to like it. They look back at Spark with glowing eyes

>>107673
There's been better... roll for luck

>>107674
Onyx can hook himself up readily

[1d20 = 18]
>>107676
Rol...

>>107676
Silver continues until either there's no more room in his cart, or there's no more recoverable books.

>>107677
Hold. Iron can try to pull himself up

>>107678
He reaches both soon enough

>>107679
And back to the hotel he goes with his spoils. "I will be glad to be finished with this. It will be nice to have funds once again."

>>107679
>>107680
He does so.

>>107680
>>107682
One... last little hurdle. Roll constitution

>>107681
He takes it all back to the Grand Baltimare

>>107676
Onyx readily hooks himself up, and moves towards where he last saw Brie.

>>107683
And once again, he takes books from the cart to the offices. "Almost finished..."

>>107685
It’s not many more books her. That library was damaged badly, and so most books were either lost completely or damaged ti done degree or other

[1d20+1 = 2]
>>107683
nervous anticipation
At least I have a +1

>>107687
Big F

>>107686
"I wonder if Blue Skies is still around to pay out Bits for job. Or if she told somepony else here about it."

>>107687
F. You will be missed.

>>107687
It's been a while since Iron went under, struggling to get back to the surface, walking forward, and trying to swim up once more. At the end of his rope, Iron places a hoof up on the ice. He gets a grip. He pulls down, it holds. But as he pulls himself up... he reaches the end of his line, and inhales water.

Iron still has a card left to play. Roll luck

[1d20 = 7]
>>107692
If you want me to die, dice, then do your worst!

>>107684
Presumably, Brie comes out, sits on the top of the wagon in the driver's seat, and mushes Onyx onwards, towards the highway out of town

>>107693
Cauldron pulls onto Iron, but can she pull enough? Roll another die

[1d20 = 6]
>>107695
Cmon, Cauldron. You can do it!
You can reach a better future!

>>107694
Onyx is not sure how he feels about being mushed. But he complies.

[1d20+3 = 14]
>>107696
Uh...

She tries to cut off the rest of the pots

>>107697
Onwards! They go further, and see that still many of the buildings are empty. further, they come to a closed theater. One screen, it says, plays the Moon Valley Serenade, while another plays extended screenings of Citizen Mane.

Past this, however, is life. ponies are together. Crowded together in a number of houses, denser in this area than others. And on the streets are, perhaps unsurpisingly, undisguised Changelings. Buggy little creatures in brown uniform. They eye the passers by suspiciously, while the ponies sometimes look on themselves with weary expression. A strange congregation of ponies stay in line outside of the Hawk Thorne Middle School, with several more of the changelings guiding ponies outside.

The road in front of Onyx, hoever, continues straight, and what ponies tale the road in front of him continue going straight and straight only, not looking to their side. Not long past the border, two stray and mangy dogs start to follow the group, often traveling off to side to side

[1d20+3 = 14]
>>107699
>>107696
Cut. Now strength

[1d20 = 14]
>>107696
>>107700
Iron has lost consciousness, but Cauldron pulls him up

Resuscitate

>>107703
Cauldron pulls Iron Iron, trying to knock the water out of him. He is weak, and still coughing up water. It is cold, and colder than it was before he stepped on the lake About 20% cooler

>>107691
Skies is not there. Dusty is

>>107699
Do the changelings take any note of their new suroundings, or are they too distracted right now?

>>107705
They say some things in an alien language, and look outside. They look very happy to see undisguised changelings around ponies. Like they have been liberated. In a veil of green fire, they too, loose their disguises inside of the cart

>>107704
Then Silver would like to speak with him, when he's finished bringing the books in.

>>107707
Dusty looks up at Silver with his tired old eyes. He does not speak

>>107704
In his tired and water-filled stage and inbetween coughs, he groggily starts to stand up.
(Must... keep going)

>>107710
And this is important to understand - it's cold. Very cold and windy. This was not that much of an issue earlier, because the temperature was higher, and both Iron and Cauldron had some fur. That fur is now wet, and freezes quickly in the howling night wind

>>107711
(No time to think about cold)
He starts to do a tired run towards any edge of the lake in front of him.
(Must go.)

>>107706
Spark is a bit surprised at this and a tiny bit disappointed they aren't as soft as before.

>>107709
"That job given to me by Blue Skies has been finished."

>>107714
As if in a daze, he rides over closer to teh edge. the wirrary remains as silent guardian. Cauldron gallops with him. Her black stripes are greyed by her own ice and frost

>>107715
"The collection of ancient tomes and histories?"

>>107714
Well, he'll have to try to do something about it. If he can

>>107716
He tries more petting.

>>107699
"I'll be out of here soon"
He continues on

>>107716
Iron, feeling lost, cannot for the life of him know where to go. As he shivers, he looks over to the fallen plane
"Wirraway... Will you help me, Wirraway?"
He starts walking over there.
"Wirraway... Lend me a hoof, Wirraway."
Clop by clop, he approaches it.
"Wirraway... Protect me, Wirraway..."

>>107716
He nods. "All have been set down inside offices. Veritable library's worth of tomes. As I understand it, Blue Skies and Dark Star have left to prepare for new mission."

>>107719
It's cold, but the wirraway is right there. There's an opening in the back, a set, if anything

>>107720
"I've heard, vaguely. Let me see the books"
he goes to the office, and inspects the books
"Is this all of them?"

>>107718
On the other side of the middle school, other ponies stand. But they do not look to be fully pony. They hang as if half dead. Zombie. More seem to be on the otherside of the fence that surrounds the middle school's play yard, as if in a pin. And still the Changelings watch Onyx pass by. They are not many of them, but there are several, at least five in total around the school house. they do not say anything. Beyond this are more houses, mostly single family homes on an eighth of an acre of property. Most of these seem to have an inhabitant. A changeling officer comes by seeming a pair of ponies on a porch, and tells them they must vacate soon. Curfew starts shortly after nightfall. But Onyx has no real need to stop at night fall, and may ride on

>>107718
It's like touching a June bug. A beetle. A cockroache=.

>>107722
Weird, but Spark is committed to the pets. He can't back out now.

>>107722
(It offers its body as protection.)
He lets Cauldron enters first in case it only accepts one of them, then prompty enters said opening.

>>107722
"Of those that could be recovered. You will notice there are some which have been burned. There were others which were burnt further to cinders, to point of being unrecoverable."

>>107695
>>107724
It’s an open top with a clear cover that has been pushed far forward. The seat is black, a little torn, and has broken pieces of glass on it, besides snow. Cauldron pushes some of the glass away with her hoof, and tries to get in. Iron can try to get in, but only by pushing up against Cauldron

>>107725
He nods, simply
“And I guess you want payment?”

>>107726
No way I'm hurting zebra waifu.
Iron helps Cauldron up with his body weight and height to get inside.
"Come on, Cauldron. The Wirraway will help us."

>>107727
Silver nods in turn. "If it can be arranged, naturally."

>>107728
Do eeeeet.
Snuggle with your zeebfu for warmth in the Wirraway.

>>107728
Wait, is he going in after Cauldron or not?

>>107730
He leaves, and comes back, with a number of bank notes
“1000 bits, was it?”

>>107732
Yes. Cauldron goes first. She needs the shelter more than Iron does for now.
Wait, is she already in, cozy enough for Iron to enter?
If so, Iron prompty follows suit.

>>107732
"If my memory serves me, she said 4000, and I have already been given 1000."

>>107735
He raises an eyebrow
“4000? I was told it was 2000. Maybe 3000.”

>>107733
Cauldron hops in, almost tripping. She gets in, her butt a little high, and her shoulders and neck bending a bit in the cramped quarters. It’s a bit small for two ponies

>>107736
Crap.
After Iron ogled a bit at Cauldron's compromising position until she enters fully, he explores the rest of the plane for an alternative or if the opening can be closed for added warmth.

>>107737
It does not seem it can be closed. There is more than one seat, and they are not together but separated one behind the other

>>107736
The benefit of being a terrible liar is that it's obvious when he's telling the truth, such as now. "I do not know exactly what you were told, but I remember her telling me 4000 when I accepted this job. Even if I could, it is not in either of our interests for me to lie about what was said to me then."

>>107738
Iron, seeing the opportunity, enters the other available position in the plane.
"Wirraway..."
He slowly strokes the plane.

>>107740
This one also has a pushed forward cover, and broken glass on the shredded seat. It’s still smooth to the touch in areas

>>107739
I’ll... look into this

>>107741
Iron lazily swats away the glass off of the seat, inspecting the cover presented.
"I thank you, Wirraway... "
He shivers.

>>107743
It’s still cold, windy, and the lightning rolls on

>>107722
Onyx heads on, humming a low tune as he plods on through the changeling territory.

>>107744
Iron shivers some more.
"There must be something else here. Something to cover the tops of Wirraway. Come on."
He plunders his spot for anything to cover the place up, while also inspecting the seat's material.

>>107745
Past this, the houses thin out more until it is agricultural fields. Some are fallow and snow covered, some have clover, hay, or winter wheat. And strangely, it looks as if some fiend have high concentrations of plows besides them, while others are empty. Fences are in area taken down, while new ones are erected near the road side

>>107746
It’s either leather, or fake leather. One of the two. Roll for search

[1d20-1 = -16]
>>107747
Come on, come on
Sadly, it has a -1

>>107748
Now that’s a good roll

There’s a large green thing in a back pack hanging out

>>107749
He gently pulls it out, trying to contain his shivering.

Okay, I need to sleep now. At least I know where every pony is

>>107751
night

>>107751
Sleep well!

>>107751
Cya later

The Wirraway will save us all.
No more wars, just Wirraway.
It's the true answer to life.

>>107762
The Wirraway is of great and ancient wisdom. May it lead us all to safety and profit

>>107764
Amen, my fellow person.

>>107764
Praise be the Wirraway.

HAIL THE WIRRAWAY!

>>107777
HAIL!

>>107777
Mega-checked.

>>107778
You sure do have a lot of cats.

>>107812
Makes sense.

>>107814
Yeah, d00d.
It's, like, cats are life, too.
Cats love to sleep in small spaces, like plane cockpits.
Cats are prophets of Wirraway, man.

>>107815
If only we could all have the Wirraway's blessing as cats and Iron do.

>>107816
It would be quite funny for Iron to make a massive 180 into having a mindwipe, increasing his wisdom score to 20 or more while keeping his other stats, and suddenly turn into a Wirraway Cleric, focused on the magic of... whatever that plane has.

>>107818
Hello hello.

>>107825
GM did an oopsie.

>>107826
What, with the name? That's like when I post on the main board while forgetting to clear the name field. Admittedly I sometimes also delet my posts when that happens...

>>107827
Yep. That is exactly it.
It's better than accidentally posting rolls tbh.

>>107829
Eh, it happens.

I've done that once, but I don't think it's that bad.

>>107820
Oh, and I'm not sure if you're still here, but Silver's unfortunately had to excuse himself from the spa group. So, it's down to just you and Blue.

Together.

Alone.

A couple.

In a steamy spa.

Have lots of fun, you two. *winks at camera*

>>107842
Hmmmmmm i see
Im Totally sure that nothing agaisnt the spa rules will happen.

>>107843
Who says Unicorns can't fly?

>>107844
Oh absolutely. That would be just terrible, wouldn't it?

....

>>107848
>>107846
>>107845
No.

>>107848
Again, no idea what that means.

>>107849
Okay then. Nice to see you, GM. You ready to start, or do you need some time before you're ready?

>>107849
If unicorns can hold things with telekinesis, then they can easily prop themselves up with enough experience and practice.
Keep in mind no mere recruit in the army can do it. Only expert mages could do it with massive effort on their part.
>>107850
Place the exact words in the last post and use Google, my dude.
You can use either Fly, Psionic or Nomad Power List if you want. I have a lot of tabs open currently so I can't directly link it to you.

>>107850
Sure

>>107853
I wanna jump in!

>>107853
Alright. I think last time you were looking up if Blue had indeed promised 4000 Bits to Silver. I can try to see if I can find that post, if you want.

>>107855
Uh...

>>107854
The green fabric gives way to white, as it slowly comes out. It is very thin. The wind continues blowing, and Iron is freezing over

>>107856
Found it: >>81603 →
>"4000 bits, you don't ask questions, I take all of them, and you open up about your wife and children to me later"

>>107856
Iron musters his voice up for Cauldron to hear.
"I found a cover-thing!"
He tries to extend it to its maximum distance inside his spot to see how much it covers.

>>107845
it would be just dreadful.

>>107859
Well then, better not keep your marefriend waiting for your extra special, totally rule-abiding spa trip.

>>107857
Well..... Okay then. Dusty Outback gives a "well fuck me then" look, and counts out bills for a while, ultimately paying over the remainder of what Skies owes Silver

>>107859
I'm not done with you

>>107858
After ten or so feet, hopefully Iron realizes that is a bad idea, as it is huge, and more to the point, getting caught in the wind.