The Baltimare group proceeds in their task of investigating a strange group of creatures, mostly Griffins, who seem to be involved in creature smuggling. Up on the Boulderfield,-Whinnysota line, the northern group settles in for a cold night along with their new friends and prisoners.
Soon to welcome our Swedish player and his character
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>>116478"So, it is true that they are foalnapping local ponies..." He looks over at Loputu. "Do you want out of here?"
>>116481“Yes” he says without hesitation
>>116479“ I do not know...”
>>116482Silver does not even wait for the queue to pull out his keys and start trying them in the cage door.
>>116484“..... No”
>>116483No, no, no, maybe? Let’s see if it fits.... No. No, no, no, Yes!
“Click”
>>116485He gladly opens the cage, and motions for Loputu to come out. "Come, little one. Let us get you back to your family."
>>116488He looks around from side to side, and slowly walks out, almost falling down when his rear left leg nearly collapsed under him. He comes out into the room
“Are you from the ghetto?” He asks the white mare towards the back of the room. She hesitates for a moment, but answers
“Yes, your parents sent me to find you”
He smiles and actually starts to wag his tail
>>116489"We take him with us. When we are finished here, one of us, probably me, will escort him back to his parents."
>>116490Silver turns to the otherwise silent griffin. "Who are you?"
>>116491"Yea but what about the danger of him being down here?"
>>116493"We do not have much choice in matter. He will have to stay back and let us handle it, if we come across any."
>>116492“Yo soy.... Volador Jubilosa”
>>116491>>116493“I can take you back, little one” says the unicorn mare standing behind Dark Star. Loputo walks past Silver towards her, limping slightly
“Are you with the elderly care? I’m trying to think of if I have seen you before”
“Yes, I am with the elderly care. I went out for an errand, and managed to find these ponies, who knew you were here”
>>116495"Hmm. Well, good to meet you, Jubilosa."
The colt's limping doesn't pass by Silver. "Hold up, little one. You are hurt. Let me take look."
>>116498Jubuliosa isn’t done with Silver
“Why am I here? What are you going to do with me?”
Loputo looks back to Silver
“Maybe a little...”
>>116497She smiles awkwardly
“I’m Helping.”
Khoi glares judgmentally at her, and Mala just observes
>>116499"We have couple questions for you, Jubilosa, do not worry."
Silver gets down low to be more at eye-level with Loputu. "I am healer, little one. I can help fix wound, make it not hurt. Would you like that?"
>>116499Dark Star Also Glares at the "Unicorn"
>>116500Jubliosa still presses forward wanting to talk, but Silver doesn’t have to hear it
>>116500He looks away from the white unicorn mare, and now to Silver, with his lavender eyes
“Okay...”
>>116501She now backs up a step, and looks almost embarrassed
“Grrr” Khoi bares her teeth and growls at her
Then the mare says
“Well, it looks like the other two ponies want to help you more now, if that is okay”
>>116502Silver makes it clear to Jubilosa that he has something he needs to take care of first, real quick.
Heal: [1d20+7 = 19] Silver is real careful to see what's wrong with Loputu, and do what he can to heal him.
>>116503Upon examination, the problem seems to lie in the lower half of the metatarsal bone on his left leg. There are two problems. First, the presence of a circular cut that wraps around the front half of that leg, maybe an eight of an inch wide and deep enough to let out blood. Second, the bone appears to be damaged, probably fractured - not that it’s possibkr to know for sure without an x-ray.
The best guess as to a course of treatment is to carefully apply an anti-biotic ointment, wrap a bandage around it, find a splint or some object to serve as one, and then tie the splint above and below the fracture and cut.
>>116504"There, any better?"
Sense Motive: [1d20+3 = 15] In line with the other discussion being had by the other members of the party, Silver looks for anything in pony-Zwolf's face that would suggest she'd harm the colt or his family.
>>116505>>116506She seems to be a caring enough member of the community
>>116507>>116506Silver smiles at her. "I do not see any reason why she shouldn't escort Loputu back to his family. She can even let them know what we are doing, ask if she can have their names and addresses for somepony to come later and question them about this ordeal for when she returns. I trust her."
>>116507"Khoi would you escort our friends to make sure they'll both be safe?"
>>116509She looks surprised at this
“To where?”
>>116508She nods, smiling
>>116511“I don’t either. But I don’t [i]know[i] where this kid’s parent’s house is”
>>116510With a nod, he turns back to Jubilosa. "Sorry about that. Now, where were we?"
>>116512he asks the colt
"Where do your parents live?"
>>116515“In the ghetto in the southern part of Red Heart. On Wipperwill street”
>>116513“What is going on here?”
>>116516"I suppose there is no point in hiding it. We are with civilian government of Baltimare. They tasked us to put end to activities at 33 Hoebuck."
>>116517“Baltimare... so that is where I am... You can help me?”
>>116518This gets him interested. "Help? So, you are captive, like others here?" He motions to the tether holding her to her position.
>>116518"Of course we can. Thats what we're here to do."
Dark Star smiles at him
>>116519She nods while her beak hangs open in disbelief
“Si. Yes.”
>>116520She looks back to him
“So... you are a zebra with the Baltimare government? What is going on here?”
>>116522“Some Griffins told me I could leave Midoria for Aquelia onboard a freighter ship. When we got here instead some griffins took me and tied me up. They placed me on a boat and took me through a tunnel to here. I remember seeing her” pointing to Khoi
>>116523"These Griffins have been everywhere...so, want to help us put end to everything happening here?"
>>116524“.... What is happening here?”
>>116521"Im not really a zebra, im an earth pony."
>>116525"What does it look like? We are freeing captives, gathering evidence of wrongdoing, and dealing with those responsible for this organization."
>>116527“This is... Equestria, right? You are not with the Political Police, are you?”
>>116528"Black Hooves? Well, no, I am not. We are here on orders from goverment."
>>116530>>116531Jubiliosa appears confused but somewhat very relieved by Silver’s answer. That relief disappears when Dark Star speaks
>>116532"Do not worry about him. He is only very recent hire by Black Hooves, and they are not involved in this. This is just operation for local, civilian government."
>>116533“I have enough experience to know there is no such thing as ‘local government’ when it comes to the Colonists”
>>116534He shrugs. "Might be Equestria is different. I do not know, but they have kept out of most government business. Perhaps not for lack of trying, though."
>>116535“O-Kay?”
She says, relaxing and moving forward, but still looking worried
“I guess it wouldn’t be any different than it is for me now if you were...”
>>116536Silver uses his knife to cut her free from her tether. "You were trying to get into Aquieia, right?"
>>116539"I think we can arrange something for you if you help us out. Your side of story would help government in hammering last nail in coffin of those responsible."
>>116540She nods slowly, still untrusting
Fortunately, somepony trustworthy is around to help inspire confidence
The white unicorn speaks
“Allow me... Don’t worry, we have nothing to do with the Fascists. This one here is a bit... happy to have done something once he thought was cool. We are all either natives, refugees, or migrants. We are not of the Colonists, we have nothing to do with the colonists except sometimes receiving some help from them. We are here to stop a set of organized criminals. They were going to abuse you as they abused so many Others. And we are going to put an end to that forever”
She bates her teeth at the last part of that for emphasis, strangely holding up her lips as if she had fangs
>>116541>>116541I don’t know where every pony went
Well... Iron opened his way up into another room... odd shaped, no creature seems to be there
>>116542Life.Iron clips clops inside, exploring the room while his flashlight uncovers the darkness.
>>116542Silver nods, affirming her story.
>>116542dark star squints at the "Unicorn" again
>>116544>>116545The unicorn smiles and nods
“Yes, you could help us by providing information or even fighting. But I assure you we having nothing at all to do with the Colonist government.”
Jubliosa:
“Well... Perhaps...”
>>116546"That could be helpful i suppose."
>>116547The unicorn nods and smiles at Dark Star’s acknowledgement of how she’s helped
>>116548Dark Star still seems on edge around her but he slightly smiles at her.
>>116549Okay, so what is Dark Star trying to do now?
>>116550Can i roll another perception to find any hidden things?
>>116552OOF brb i ate some spicy gumbo and my intestines feel like they are being stabbed.
>>116554>>116553Door at the end, and some sort of door that looks most like a garbage chute
>>116556Back
Dark Star examines the Garbage chute.
>>116557For some reason, it’s either locked or rusted shut
>>116559It’s not budging. It should be worth mentioning that it’s a cast iron door with metal trim that slide upwards, approximately rectangular in shape
>>116560is there a keyhole?
>>116562"Maybe. come take a look."
>>116563>>116560Strength: [1d20+2 = 7] Silver comes over the the garbage chute door, and attempts to use his Earth Pony heritage to open the door.
>>116561You know what? Fuck it. The area opens to what looks like a small slender hallway with a door towards the end, and on the left something like a bread baking oven
>>116565anything inside the oven?
>>116565I'll assume this is for me.Iron walks over to the door, trying open the door in front of it.
>>116563Mala comes up to it, uncomfortable
“Let me see the keys”
>>116564It does not open
>>116567Iron is going to the door at the end of the hall?
>>116568Correct.
I want to see where it leads, then I'll check on the oven thing.
>>116568Silver doesn't understand why he's uncomfortable, but he does loan Mala the keys.
>>116566Dark Star does not see an oven
>>116572>>116570Mala sits down, breathing heavily and quickly, and with one paw holds the key ring while flicking through it in the other
>>116575in case anythings on the other side.
>>116576>>116570Mala is still messing with the keys, going back and forth
I'd like to leave my message after the beep.
>>116576>>116570A different door, however, opens over to their left
>>116578*beep*
Just in time
whispers >>116579Dark Star swivels towards that door.
>>116579So, what is the bat experiencing at the moment?