/vx/ - Videogames and Paranormal

So, should I pick back up investigating the claim of terroristic sabotage, or do we want to move on somewhere else?

>>119781
Spark can continue, yes

>>119780
He lowers his voice a little
“I thought... I thought the residents were in the central atrium...”

>>119782
Iron nods.
"I think so, too, but I want to make sure we are in the same page."
He ponders for a bit.
"Is there any noteworthy individuals you know of that could be currently in that room?"

>>119783
“There are several creatures, I just do not know where they are. I would not be surprised if they are going back and forth”

>>119782
"Does this happen often?"
Spark continues to observe the surroundings.

>>119784
Iron nods yet again.
"Noted. Could you describe them? See if Skies remembers taking down at least one of them."

>>119785
“Yes. Fairly regularly”

A cloud looms further over the horizon, and what looks like guards if a sort move around on top of the higher ground above the mine, while more inside seem to move over to workers, shouting to them. A few machines, power shovels, front-end loaders, and trucks that seem to be military style logistics trucks with dump truck beds added to the back, move around. Many more do not. Rumbling sounds come from a plant off to the side of the mine. A cold wind blows, and the leaves of the trees above the kind move with it. Beneath those trees, the remnants of forest appear dark.

The pony before him still appears worried

>>119787
"Then you should have records of this happening, right? You must have written down and reported this. Got a copy I can look over?"

>>119788
“There are... records, yes. In the trailer.”

>>119786
“Well... there is one well dressed grey colored griffin who comes around less often, a red feathered one who usually wears a cap, but he doesn’t come around often either. There is a brown one, kind of stern, who comes around more often and would give us work”

>>119789
"Let's have a look. Maybe we can catch them in their next act."

>>119789
Nodding, Iron glances at Skies, wondering if she caught or saw one of three griffons described.

>>119791
“Might just be the priest. Or the soeaker, anyways. And could the other be Maakie? The third one I am not sure I have seen or heard of before”

>>119790
“If you are staying through the night, maybe.”
He starts to walk to the trailer office

>>119792
Iron cocks his head.
"Who is Maakie, exactly?"

>>119792
"I better before they decide to hurt somepony."

>>119793
“Did you not read the dossier with the others?”

>>119795
Iron shrugs.
"No need to tell me every single detail. I only need to know how important he is, since all this getting stabbed and crackdown has left my memory a bit fuzzy."

>>119796
“A smuggler or possibly gangster from Skyfall. Very important, probably the leader of the whole operation, wanted by multiple governments, and very bad”

>>119797
Iron nods.
"Good. Hopefully he is in that room."
I'll nod off for today.

>>119797
Iron nods looking at both Mala and Skies.
"Do you two know how many exits these griffons in the central room have?"

>>119800
Mala
“I’m... not sure, really”

Skies
“That area hasn’t been scouted”

>>119801
Iron nods.
"That is something to be done first."
He looks at Skies.
"Have you noticed any signs of the griffons being alerted?"

>>119802
“They definitely noticed the heat being turned off. As for any later patrols, I am not sure. But they’ve been moving about the building”

>>119803
Iron hums slightly.
"We seem to have some time to scout out and block the exits, it looks like."

>>119804
“Time or not, we have to do it if you want to tackle them while they are still here”

>>119804
>>119805
Silver breaks his silence. "Only question is how, then."

>>119806
>>119805
Iron hums slightly.
"Furniture of any kind, most likely. Maybe we can get some metal tubes and wrap it around the door handles to close them."
He scratches his chin.
"...was that how they worked?" he asks himself.

>>119807
>>119806
“You can try to block the doors, certainly. I thought you were going to suggest one of you goes to the doors”

>>119808
Iron nods.
"I need to know how many doors before I can suggest that. A single pony cannot be able to hold more than one door, specially if the doors are across the room."

>>119801
"I'll go scout it."

>>119809
>>119806
“What exactly are you all going to do when the doors are dealt with?”

>>119811
"Presumably, it is to prevent their escape once we engage."

>>119811
>>119812
Iron nods, confirming Silver's assumptions.

>>119810
“Should I come with you?”
She asks

>>119814
"You can."

>>119815
Alright, Dark Star can go out to try to scout

>>119816
He does so.

>>119817
The hallway goes in two directions, left and right

>>119813
As Dark Star and Blue leave to scout the central room, Silver leans towards Iron and whispers, "So, how was it? Everything you hoped for?"

>>119819
Iron's ears flicker as he glances at Silver puzzled.
"What do you mean?"

>>119820
"You know what I mean..." His eyes look towards Sands.

>>119818
"Let's go right."

>>119821
Iron cocks his head, confused
"I am afraid you have to be a little more specific than that, Silver."

>>119822
She follows him to the right
“I think there is some whiskey still left in the bathroom. They poured a lot of it away”

There is the door to the stairwell, then a corner in the hallway

>>119824
He peeks around the corner

>>119823
Silver rolls his eyes. "Okay then: you had sex with Sands. How was it?"

>>119826
Sands:
“No we didn’t!”

>>119825
Further down, a griffin moves from a recessed area to the right, to the left

>>119826
>>119827
Iron straightens his ears up and widens his eyes slightly.
"Woah there. No need to be so hasty."

>>119827
>>119828
Silver just gives them both a knowing smile.

>>119829
Iron gives him a deadpan look.
"Was that private conversation with Sands so lewd you immediately thought we would copulate in the middle of a danger zone?"
He strokes his chin as he eyes Silver suspiciously
"What were you talking about with Sands?"