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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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>>118126Iron nods to himself, before coming over to their shower space and moving off the curtains to see how spacious it really is.
>>118127Something like 6 meters by 3 meters
>>118128Iron hums to himself, before grinning.
"Alright, try to tackle me from here."
>>118126Dark Star walks back over to the group with mala
>>118131It’s a strange situation, as not everyone in the group is made fir combat, nor can they be hid easily. The possibility if some creature stumbling upon Meadows, for example, standing in the hallway, is rather high
>>118130"I want you two to tackle me from there to ensure that more than one pony can succeed in coming out ready to dish out the pain from your position."
Iron shrugs as his deep stab is apparent on his side.
"I will be fine. Do not worry."
Hmmm..., do the ponies want to do anything?
>>118148Yeah, but our group can't exactly advance with only one player.
>>118150I mean, Iron kind of did. If nothing else, maybe some planning, exploring, or interactions
>>118149We’ve been over this a thousand times.
No. >>118151>>118152Silver looks at what Iron is trying to do in the bathroom. "Hiding in stalls would be better option, though they have even less space."
>>118133Skies blinks, Sands stands steady
“Are you serious”
>>118151Iron glances at Silver.
"While that may be true, it does not hurt to try more spacious spaces, especially since we have bigger ponies to hide."
>>118154Iron nods with certainty
"I do not wish to take the chance that more than one pony inside this space may trip over eachother if they try to pounce on the target at the same time."
>>118155Skies still looks unsure. Sands however... lunges forth at Iron
>>118156With a grin, Iron readies his body against Sands' lunge with the slightest changes to his posture.
>>118157And so, Iron readies himself, presumably by spreading his legs a little further apart.
If Sands had a little more weight to her, greater speed, possibly a height advantage, or more of an element of surprise, she may well have knocked Iron off his hooves. Yet none of that is present here. She hits Iron like a solid wall. Her forehooves spread over his pack, she lands on him with an “Uph!” Then kind of twists around, and falls off.
For Iron, it’s like being beaten with a very large pillow
>>118158Dark Star stifles a laugh
>>118158Iron extends a foreleg to soften Sands' fall, making her land safely on the ground.
He nods approvingly, smiling.
"That was quite good. Now go back to the showers, please."
He turns to Skies.
"I want both you and Sands to attempt the tackle. I want to see if there is any issue from charging from the shower space at the same time. You can start the countdown if you so desire to have a better flow."
>>118159She frowns back at Dark Star
>>118160Iron extends a hind leg out to under where Sands falls. Her rump lands on this hind leg, which bends a little under the weight, and Sand’s ingloriously staffers and stands back up. She looks back with vague offense at the directive “back to the showers,” but seems to do so nevertheless
>>118160“Because I’m so excited to have a part in
that... anyways, I think the curtains would be more of a hinderance, getting in the way, possibly being torn down, and blocking the view of the target
>>118161Iron nods.
"If you are not going to do it, it is alright. You do not have to go into the showers again, Sands. Good job, by the way. I am pretty sure I would have been swept off my hooves if I had not seen it coming."
He ponders for a bit, walking towards Sands and giving her a stroke on her mane as he thinks.
"I see the issue. However, we can easily position either Silver, Mala or I on the stall closest to the door and cut off any escape, and I do not think a scream in here is going to be heard that much."
>>118162Sands giggles lightly at the “swept off my feet” remark, then let’s Iron stroke her mane. It’s a little messed up
>>118162>>118159>>118153Blue Skies:
“So.... is your plan to capture some griffins, tie them up, and leave them in stalls for Immigration to find later?”
>>118164Iron nods while he takes out the pick Skies gave him for to clean up Sands' mane from the nassty, messy and unruly hairs.
"The more the merrier. Not to mention it decreases the amount of griffons we have to take out later."
>>118164"That could work. i was thinking we put them out of their misery though."
>>118165“I mean, what kind of attack exactly do you intend to make?”
>>118166“.... just so long as you know what you intend to do”
>>118167"Overrun any griffon you attract here, hopefully the strongest first. Damage their overall strength. If we can take them alive for questioning, it is a plus in making things easier to prosecute and stop."
Iron turns his attention to the mean hairs, combing the messiness out of her hair.
>>118167"I Intend to burn this place down."
>>118168Sands closes her eyes as Iron does his work. Thankfully the hair is mostly still straight from the last time he did it, and her hair comes down in her flowing red mane
“Alright...”
>>118169“That’s kind of hard to do, when it is is brick and stone”
>>118170Iron smiles warmly, with the usual shade of red on his cheeks, staring intently
(I just want to nuzzle that smooth, soft mane of hers.)
He glances at Skies with a dreamy gaze.
"If you want to kill them, you can do that."
>>118170"i'll find a way."
Dark Star looks determined
>>118171It's not as red as her bright but light red mane
"I wasn't saying that either. Maybe you'll get some good information out quickly, just be ready for risks like them alerting others, or being found later."
Sands smiles back at him in a very warm way, and party lowers her eyelids. She leans her head slightly into his hoof
>>118172Skies lowers her head slightly and looks up to Dark Star with her sly grin, a grin that carries even more malice in her griffin body
>>118173Dark star matches her grin with one of his own.
>>118174"Just be sure to never use deadly force on mere aliens or petty criminals. If the government wanted this place blasted to the ground, they'd have the navy shell it"
>>118175"these are far more than just petty criminals."
>>118176"Well... even now, no one knows that except us... Us and Them... If the Principality uncovered anything like this.. If They were even doing this back then... They sealed it away. The State just thinks its mundane creature smuggling"
>>118177"they'll see after they look at the evidence we have got."
>>118178"What exactly do you think is going on here?"
>>118179"All sorts of smuggling,Foalnapping, and a host of other degenerate activities,im sure."
>>118179Silver speaks up. "When we first entered, Dark Star managed to intimidate pair of gnolls who then let slip name of their organization: Intercontinentals."