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>>140726"Some are....
firmer. Some, more nice."
>>140725The assistant machine gunner goes over, and looks though a cabinet
"These are shot to pieces"
Then another. He pulls out a decorated bottle.
"Here we go. Brandy."
>>140727"Thank you."
Silver takes it, and offers it to the machinegunner.
"Here. Take only small drink, to dull pain."
While he does so, he investigates the wound. Is it all the way through, or is the bullet still inside? Is the wound bleeding profusely?
>>140728He takes a sip. Then another sip. Then another, much longer sip.
It looks like the bullet is still inside. There is much blood, although less than you may think from looking at the wound
>>140727"Are they currently here'" Iron proceeded to ask.
>>140731"I am curious about them in general," Iron offered the waitress. "I am quite fond of other species."
>>140732"Well... I'll leave you to that."
She has a half-smile, which is better than the last several exchanges
>>140733A round of applause, ladies and gentlecolts!"Do not forget the water, please," Iron would remind the waitress before turning to Sands, awaiting the moment of privacy in order to start their eventual talk together.
>>140734"And your chardonnay " Sands adds. The waiter says "Right." And walks away. Sands watches her as she goes, before turning to Iron.
>>140729"Do not take too much, you will affect your aim."
He continues to examine it for a couple seconds, before he looks up at the machinegunner.
"Alright, here is what I can do. I can either try to pull bullet out with my magic now, which will hurt like hell but let it start to heal properly, or I can just patch you up until our medical officer is up again and can take proper look."
>>140736"Uh... how good are you with that?" He asks
>>140735"I feel like they are definitely coming to meet us anytime now," Iron commented in a half-whisper. "What do you think?"
>>140738"Do they know it's us yet? If we move now, they won't know."
>>140739"So we go directly to their table and kick their flanks there?" Iron would ask instead in a hushed manner.
>>140740"Uh... I don't know" She answers
>>140741"I see. What about table hopping to scout them out instead? See what sort of battle we have in store."
>>140742"If they don't know what we look like, we should try to find them first."
>>140743"Then let us commence our execution," Iron declared as he figured out the potential paths to take in order to reach the esteemed "back" the waitress was talking about.
>>140744There are three doors in the back (not counting a fourth off to the right that must link outside). It's easy to see one is probably a kitchen (steel doors), leaving two, one on the left in a corner, and another on the side opposite the entrance, more towards the left. The latter looks like it's more likely an entryway into an open area, with beige walls
>>140737"I have plenty of experience with performing first aid in field like this."
>>140747"Alright. Just in case, you may want to bite onto something."
>>140748His eyes go wide, and he picks up a leather pouch used to hold stripper clips
[1d20+5 = 13]>>140749"Okay. Three, two, one..."
Heal: Focusing his magic around the bullet, Silver attempts to carefully extract it from the machinegunner's flesh.
>>140750"AAAHHH!"
Some blood comes out. Silver doesn't feel like he is pulling flesh, or anything important, so that is good. but he either didn't get the bullet, or didn't pull it out.
>>140751"That is why I said to bite down. I almost have it..."
>>140745Iron believes that the latter door that could potentially leave him to an open area to be the more likely place where the group might be currently eating, so he plans out a route to get there.
>>140752There's a slight whining sound
>>140753The door is not very far away at all. Going closer to the left will, presumably, make it easier to look into - and be seen from - inside the room, while walking from the right along the line of booths may be a little harder to see from inside.
The door isn't far from the entrance of what is presumably the bathrooms.
[1d20+5 = 6]>>140754"Come on..."
Heal: Silver tries again, hopeful that he can succeed without causing his patient much more suffering.
>>140755Okay, more blood. A lot more blood. Oh Celestia, why is there so much blood?
[1d20+5 = 16]>>140756Heal: Silver hurriedly tries to keep the machinegunner's blood inside of him.
>>140754Sensing it'd be best to head right, Iron soon added that to his scouting plan.
>>140757Silver forces a table cloth inside the machine gunner (one with few glass shards or bits of wood or paint, fortunately), and stops the outward bleeding. Hopefully it coagulates and stops bleeding inside. Hopefully.
"AAAHHH"
He bites down on on the leather bag. He also puts less weight on his left foreleg
>>140758Alright, time to proceed with the sneaky (unless Sands is involved)
>>140759"Well...fuck. Sorry about that. You may want to take rest of that brandy."
>>140761He removes the leather bag still wincing, and starts drinking
>>140760Figuring it wouldn't hurt, Iron would tell Sands his secret plan to scout them out and come back here to properly discuss how to approach them.
>>140763"Do you have a reason for being so close and so curious?" Sands asks
>>140764"I, uh," Iron trailed off for a bit, unsure of what to say. "I am curious about their body parts?"
>>140762He pats his uninjured foreleg before going to pick up the deceased corporal's SMG and the spare ammo and magazines for it.
>>140765Sands narrows her eyes, scrunches, and pulls both ears down. The left one flops a bit.
>>140766It's not the prettiest gun, but it works. 3 full magazines of 32 rounds, and one that is about half full in the gun.
>>140767"Bad line," Iron concluded with a nod. "How about I am curious about their culture?"
>>140768"Possible... I don't know how much they'll like it, but it's plausible."
>>140767Silver takes them, so he can properly support his soldiers in close quarters.
With this done, he goes to the bedroom to see if the ponies assigned to that window are still there.
>>140770The pony in the smaller bedroom is gone entirely. The best guess is, he was the “buddy” of the pony assigned to link up with the other section.
>>140771Silver checks the bathroom, then.
>>140772This little pony has come out of the bathroom, and is trying to be with the remaining ponies.
>>140769Iron hummed for a second before presenting a potential third option. "How about 'I am interested in your stories from afar.'?"
>>140773Silver announces to the three remaining ponies.
"Alright, I am going to investigate Telephone Office. Remember to ask me code phrase when I get back, in case something happens."
>>140774“I’m... not sure what that means, but maybe?”
She places both elbows on the table, and pulls her hair out of the way
“The thing is, stealth isn’t quite what you think. You’re not hunting animals in the forest. You don’t have to hide yourself because it doesn’t matter if they see you. They see ponies and whatever other creatures every day. It’s just another part of the scenery. Stealth is about hiding an
intent. So long as they don’t suspect you have a hotline motivation, you are fine, mostly. So unless you actually want them to answer your questions - and maybe you do - what matters is that they really believe that is why you are back there, and you didn’t just go on a rampage by the seashore.”
>>140775“Yes sir.” Says one
“Should somepony go with you?” Says another