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Dark Star, Silver, Iron, and Midnight continue their investigation and hopefully, the take down of a group of organized criminals who have taken up operations at an old fortress on the sea shore. They have already rescued a number of creatures and persuaded them to join in their efforts. Now, they most hope that they can strike with enough force, and quickly enough, to destroy the evil that has taken up residence there.
Up in the North, the ponies are waking up, ready for a new day
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>>117595"I see. You'll have to excuse me as - though it weren't obvious already - I'm not from around here. Is there an Inn or some such locale that I can wait for him at in the area?"
>>117596She giggles again, holding a hoof to her mouth
"Well, have you heard of Gone with the Whinny?"
>>117597She stares at him blank faced
"... Is.... I'm guessing it's not urgent? If it's urgent you can just walk to the South Mine and meet him. It's very close, less than a mile away. Would you like to talk to someone else maybe? His first assistant? Maybe Security?"
>>117599"No, this matter demands I speak to him directly. Though since you mention, what is your impression of his first assistant?"
>>117600"Would you like me to start out to the mine? I have nothing better to do yet."
>>117599Iron stares at Sands blankly, not even attempting to remember if he had heard of it, followed by a shake of the head but with renewed interest.
"Tell me about it!" he chirps out.
>>117600“... Are you with the PLF?”
>>117602Do I gotta describe a whole movie plot?
>>117603Brie smiles as though she has just said something she might not have wanted to. "If I were, I would have the good sense not to admit to it, wouldn't I?"
Bluff
[1d20+7 = 26]>>117601"You're right, we have other matters to attend to."
Back to the Yellow-mare "Thank you for your discretion. We'll try the mine then."
Hot damn, my rolls are ON tonight
>>117604I do not understand the bluff
>>117606It was a bluff to imply that yes he is part of the PLA, but is shrewd enough to not admit to it.
>>117604>>117607Alright. So he ends leaves.... presumably
>>117603Ya don't have to, ya goose.
Say the main themes of it.
>>117608Yes, they leave the office and head back toward the cart, undoing Fun's binds and bag and such, Brie removing his suit and cloak, stashing it in the cart, and then resuming the lead.
>>117610"Change in plan I assume?"
>>117611"What kind of bureaucrat
isn't sitting in a comfy office? Absurd! Still, we know the PLA has their hoof in whatever is going on here. Same plan, different location."
>>117610And so they presumably leave, heading onwards along the sane path
>>117613>saneOh heavens no, but along the path yes.
>>117615>>117613Sanity left this group long ago
>>117614Boops u
>>117614Reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
Heyo. Wanna fight it up against the griffs?
>>117618Yes, lets do it. its furnace time.
Looks like everyone from all gangs are here.
>>117619Coolio.
>>117567Silver! Get your butt moving and ready up your rump for more bullets!
>>117615>>117616They go onwards. A guard stares them down as they move, but does not act. They go onwards, past cookie cutter buildings, past a railroad track, and through a set of woods. The trees are not even a hundred yards thick before a clearing. This clearing leads out into what could be thought of as a stunning sight
Beneath and before them lies a huge black pit of rock and ore, with valleys all of its own, spanning hundreds of acres and possibly more than a square mile. 100 feet deep (deeper?) at parts and spanning, though perhaps not to the horizon, certainly a fine distance. Inside are dozens of diesel trucks with steel beds, ponies hauling carts, and steam shovels. With magic, diesel, probably explosives, steam and sheer horsepower, they rend the earth and move it likely towards the left side of the mine.
On the mine’s left side is the sand railway line, with a long train with dozens of open cars, and a steam locomotive billowing black smoke into the air. This is next to a large facility that must crush, sort, and clean ore, at the edge of the nine. Below, inside the mind, are a set of trailers and a few more ponies. Elsewhere are what seems to be pumps.
[Read more] >>117622Toward the trailers I think, though others are welcome to interject.
>>117623>>117622Nah, towards the trailers seems smartest to me
>>117624>>117623They go down, past a noisy facility, and down a slope where stallions pull carts up the slope, and make way for a diesel truck. There are three trailers down the slope at the bottom of the pit
>>117625I probably should have clarified earlier, but when you say trailers, can you be more specific? I mean are we talking mobile building trailers? Empty hauling trailers? Redneck RV trailers? Breaking Bad trailers?
>>117626For some reason it never occurred to me that not every one has been to a construction site and seen those mobile home like trailer- buildings they put offices in, or have seen the same used to hold classrooms in those schools where the population of children is far beyond that of the capacity of the permanent school buildings. I don’t know what those things are called and I can’t figure it out right now
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>>117627Thats what I thought you meant, I just wanted to make sure
>>117627Ayyy, I know those things.
>>117627>>117614>>117629So... ya want to start some of that combat stuff for the remainder of the day?
>>117625Onyx turns to Brie
"I'll take the cart so you can talk."
>>117631"Alright, but don't go anywhere. Once I've figured out which one is Otis, we may have a fight on our hands. Hopefully not." Brie retrieves his suit, his cloak, and all his paperwork should he need it and then knocks on the most apparently active trailer's door.
Spark takes a look around.
>>117630Yea, sorry my power was out.
>>117633Spark sees more or less this
>>117622. Of course, he's on the inside, but it's a black, rocky pit that strecthes for perhaps a mile with steam shovels dotting it, and far beyond, some grass and pine trees.
Close to sprak are three seperate trailers. Two are lined up almost, but kind of angled inwards, and one is a bit off yet almost parallel to one of the others. There are a couple ponies who seem to be roaming around, going to the units
>>117632A gruff voice answers
"What? Just open the door"
>>117635Brie does so. "Hello? I'm looking for a Mr. Steel Otis. Is that you?"
>>117636Brie opens the door. It looks like a lavenderish colored crystal pony is the one who responded. He has his winter coat loosen up, and lazily holds a steel mug in one hoof and a cigarette in the other. Inside he sees a few ponies and one changeling - who is as unenthusiastic to return to the cold as the ponies - sitting along a set of chairs, with a table in the center, mostly with coffee and or cigarettes
"No. This is the breakroom trailer. He'll be with the forepony over in the foremare's trailer"
>>117637"Ah, my mistake. Which trailer is the Foremare's? I don't know my way around here, but I must speak with him urgently."
>>117638He points the cigarette to the right
"That way"
>>117639"My thanks." Leaving the trailer, Brie wanders over to the cart. "He should be in that trailer there." He says pointing. "There's some rough looking ponies in that first trailer, so if things get hairy we're in for a bit of a brawl."
>>117640"Oh fun, this is just swell."
Onyx stands by the cart, ready to either fight or quickly leave depending on how this goes down.
>>117640"Ok... so, do you want us to help you there, or stay back here?"
>>117643"Stay here, I'm gonna try and draw him out. If you hear me scream its cuz he's beating the life out of me, but otherwise I should be able to lure him out of the trailer."
Brie goes and knocks on the indicated trailer
>inb4 there's more than one trailer in that direction
>>117641>>117631>>117630Khoi remains as she has, like a guard dog at attention by the door
"Somecreature's coming!"
>>117640A green unicorn walks by, and opens the door
"Alright, back to work. We're behind our quota already"
The crystal pony retorts
"Our machine isn't working"
"No way your shovel is down too. Do it manually if you have to, just get back to work"
[Read more] >>117645Well, there
are three in total. But no, there is only one that way
"Who is it?"