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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>>115734>>115733Iron nods, then takes a big breath.
"I cannot stop thinking these griffons are better than pegasi these days!" he says loudly to Midnight.
"They can fly, use claws and have way stronger bodies than puny pegasi! They are no match to them!"
Let's see if I am a good Skies reader. >>115734>>115735Silver nods. "We are trying to put end to what these griffons are doing on civilian government's orders. Your perspective on what they have been doing would be invaluable to that objective. In exchange, we would do best we can to get you normal life."
>>115735>>115737He walks forward, and almost between the two. In most of the time talking, he has been kind of physically assertive with his body, coming rather close. At this point, he nears the end of his tether, which is stretched out to the bed
“... Alright” he sounds skeptical, but accepting
>>115736Hmmm...
>>115738Silver nods at him, and pulls out his survival knife, using the seration to cut the tether.
>>115738Ds extends his hoof for a hoof shake slowly and non threateningly.
i don't know how much longer i can stay awake. >>115738>>115733I'll just spout out more Skies-angering words just to add some more bait on the table."Unlike those pegasi weaklings, the griffons are some of the toughest, bravest winged folk I have had the pleasure of meeting! I bet even the strongest pegasi would rather fly away in fear before facing the mighty griffon head on!"
Maybe another post or two, but I am going to sleep soon
>>115740He hesitates for a moment, then shakes paws with Dark Star
>>115739He lifts the rear leg up slightly, and sort of flinches, but the tether is cut and his paws return down
>>115741Iron shall face the consequences of his words soon enough
>>115742How about I make it
worse?"Pegasi are the most distrustful ponies I have ever seen! Once, they hit me in the neck after being severely wounded and ran away! Only cowards would dare strike opponents unawares!"
I'm surprised no one has come out yet.
I expected peeps to be less busy.
I've got a thing I need to do today around 4, yeah.
>>115745>>115744Hey fellas. i fell asleep last night my bad.
>>115746Is good. Nothing else happened last night.
Although Iron's really playing with fire right now. All for a good cause, of course. >>115748Heyo GMo
Ready to beat this iron into a sword?
>>115752Nothing really substantial, just waiting on Dark Star to get ready to continue.Silver takes a deep breath, wincing as he feels his broken rib.
>>115747Hmmmmmmmm>>115742"I Hope we Can be Friends for a long time mala."
Dark Star shakes back
>>115754>>115755Mala takes a ragged breath, then responds
“But the others. They are around, or should be back from their rounds soon”
>>115749Uh
>>115756You mean
zero sight from Skies?
I'd assume she'd at least pretend to be
so into it if griff, lure him into an alleyway and then asking what the
bleep was that specist remarks all about?
>>115756"Oh we caged them already."
>>115759"You mean the other gnolls right? they had a kirin in a cell earlier. we got her out of there and locked them up."
>>115760“Oh... okay... you say you are from the government?”
>>115762“Are they okay? What will happen to them?”
>>115763Back, sorry
"They Atacked us. so we fought back. the female almost died, so my friend here gave her a potion and now they're locked up."
>>115763>>115764Silver points to his back. "She bit me good. Might have even broken rib, from way it feels."
>>115765Dark Star motion to the hole the spear left.
>>115765He looks over at the bite wound
“That must have been Mohlokomeli. She really got you there... I’m surprised you got this far.”
>>115766He looks at the hole
“That one looks as if partly healed. Did you take that a while ago?”
>>115767"yea around the same time that silver got bit. i got stabbed, i drank a potion that helps wounds heal."
>>115768“Oh... Who is Silver?” He asks
>>115766>>115765“There were more of us, but the army stormed the building upstairs a while back... They did not survive”
>>115767"I have gotten worse. I will live." He motions to a sightly older wound on one of his rear legs where it looks like somepony took a chunk out of his leg with a hoof. It hasn't healed yet, but it's not bleeding anymore.
>>115769Silver raises his hoof. "That would be me."
>>115769""I'm sorry to hear that."
Dark Star looks at him knowingly
"were they all like the other 2?"
>>115770>>115771>>115772Mala comes closer, probably uncomfortably closer, and extends his muzzle towards Silver. He is sniffing Silver. And Mala himself seems to exude some odor that is probably unique to that creature
>>115772“If you mean they were strong and trusted, yes. One of them was Crocuta, like Mohlokemeli and Mohlabani, while one of them was Kaftar, like me.”
>>115773>uniqueYou mean smelly?
Onion smelly or lemon smelly?
>>115773Silver seems curious and maybe just a little weirded out, but he lets him. "Part of your culture, I suppose?"
>>115775“No.... It’s not infected. But that one on your back might”
>>115773"Were you friends with them?"
>>115777“They were, but they survived”
>>115776Silver raises an eyebrow, and turns his head around to look at the wound.
>>115778"They survived? where are they now?"
>>115780He is silent for a second, and then says
“Oh. I misunderstood. You meant the two that died. I was kind of more of... comrades? Coworkers? I don’t know about ‘friends’ with them”
>>115779It’s still untreated, and pretty bad, showing bad on Silver’s back
[1d20+7 = 19]>>115781Heal: While there's a lull in the action, Silver gets out his medical supplies, and attempts to treat the wound.
>>115782Wipe the wound, a bit of painful rubbing alcohol... does Silver want to go through the trouble of stitches? Because he needs them
>>115783If the others can keep an eye on things, I suppose. It'll be unpleasant, but at least he has a bottle of whiskey with which to numb himself.
>>115783>>115784The real question is if it'll be another roll or if the previous roll will cover it.
>>115781"Who were you speaking about?"
>>115784>>115785Now enters Khoi Lua. She’s been silently, or mostly silently, emoting as the ponies in front of her experiment with an inclusive interpretation of ‘friendship.’ She was shocked to see the hyena, comfortable to keep a distance, disgusted by parts of the room and his evident meat eating, a bit afraid he may try something when he jumped out from under the bed, and remains suspicious of the new ‘friend.’ But she actively approaches Silver as Silver pulls out needles
“Let me help you”
‘Help’ sounds a bit like ‘hell’ in her accent, but with purple magic, she picks up the needles, and goes to Silver’s back
>>115786“... I’m confused”
>>115787Silver steels himself. "You have experience with this sort of thing?"
>>115789“I have done before, yes. To sisters in village”
>>115791This she goes about carefully placing a needle into Silver’s skin
“You have lot of fur” she says, seeming to have some difficulty, but proceeding nevertheless
>>115792"Yeah...winter coat..." He's trying to focus and keep from flinching.
>>115788And so ends that conversation unless Dark Star wants to add anything or do anything
>>115793She continues. It hurts. It already hurt, but now he can imagine what is going on, a small needle in his skin.
“Does it get cold here?”
>>115794That's it. im not sure what else to say to mala for now.
>>115794Being stitched up in the middle of a situation like this isn't new to him, though it is the first time in a long time someone else has done it for him. As he focuses on blocking out the pain, he tries his best to speak. "Here, no. Where my people are from, yes."
>>115796“Where you from?” She asks, trying to make talk as she does her work
>>115795Mala has a question for Dark Star
“So... what exactly do we do from here?”
>>115799"St. Petershoof, Severyana, to Northeast of Equestria. It can get very cold in winter, up there."
>>115799"Continue heading through the tunnels, to end the traffickers stealth-fully."
>>115801“End them?”
>>115800“Oh, I have never heard of it”
Almost done
>>115802Silver isn't focused on when it will end, only on keeping calm. "I miss my home. It has been lost for long time."
>>115803“I can understand...” she says. Softly. Sadly
>>115802"Yes, end them or their business. i'm fine with either. as long as the trafficking stops and the ponies of Baltimare will be safe from them."
>>115804Silver nods, letting Khoi finish up.
>>115805He nods, with a look showing that he expects the task to be challenging
“So what are you going to do with me?”
>>115806“Okay... and there. Let me wipe it again so it does not get infected.”
>>115807"Ah, thank you." He turns his head around to look at the results.
>>115809“What happens to me?”
He points to himself with his right paw
>>115808His fur is still bloody and messy, but she has sewed up a somewhat jagged line of white stitches across the deep bite mark. She soon adds a pad to try to cover it
>>115810He nods. Given the circumstances, she managed rather well. "Thank you Khoi. You did well."
>>115810"What ever you want to happen to you. you can roam Equestria or if you want you could come with us after e get out of here. or you might even be able to get a job helping the government."
>>115812“... What is the plan tonight?”
>>115811She places a hoof to her chest, and does a small bow
>>115813Silver copies the motion, trying to show her some respect.
>>115813"Well, we can always use more Hoov- er claws. im sure there are more hostile creatures ahead. how can you handle yourself in a fight?"
>>115815“I don’t know...”
He goes back to the bed, and pulls something out. Another moment, and he has what looks to be a... scimitar? In a sheath
“Is... this necessary for... what’s the word? ‘Amnesty?’”
>>115814She smiles at Silver, then gives an unpleasant look over at the gnoll with the sword
>>115816Silver puts a hoof on her shoulder. "Please, give him chance. He was victim of those two gnolls like you were."
>>115816"Nice Sword. You can bring it if you wish."
>>115818He looks at Dark Star, not entirely understanding how to ask the question he desperately wants to ask
“Do I have to fight?”
>>115817“No victim. One of them. They are no good in Zebrica, they are no good here”
>>115819"Well i suppose not if you don't wish to. i'm not sure how many hits silver can take though."
>>115819"So, they are from Zebrica?"
>>115820"I will be fine. It is probably best that I handle any fights we get into. I am much sturdier than other."
>>115821“So, what am I supposed to do?”
Asks Mala
>>115821“Yes. At least their kind is from Zebrica”
>>115822"Simple: we follow Dark Star's orders, we incapacitate any griffons we see, and we save any other captives."
>>115823He looks at Silver for a lament, blinks, and says
“And that will get me amnesty?”
>>115825“Okay... then I will help”
>>115825>>115820And with this, the ponies are presumably ready to go on to the next area
>>115826Presumably. Now to wait on Dark Star.
>>115828Across from their current position, and to the right
>>115829>>115827Dark star motions to the door
>>115832Dark Star has also not been immediately across. They came from the left
[1d20+5 = 22]>>115833Dark Star listens at the door