In the far-off, northern island of Mended Horn, the party there has learned that they face an enemy they have dubbed "The Traveller." They have decided to go to an old, abandoned village there in hopes of rescuing some communist sailors.
In Baltimare, Dark Star tries to get things in order, while Virgin Flame looks for her old friend.
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>>186729Peaking her head up, but low to the ground
"Y-yes."
>>186732Hes clearly not asking permission
>>186733Kira: "Oh, you do! Yay!" Kira releases her tail, and claps her hooves together happily while closing her eyes. Opening them again, she addresses the mare. "I'm Kira. What's your name?"
>>186732"Jumping at shadows, then?" Cavaliere shakes his head disapprovingly.
"It seems like fear has already gotten to you." He circles around to the empty spot being targeted, carefully inspecting the area.
>>186729That may not have been the best idea. Im open to Brie relenting on principle, before firing the shots, but he thinks there may be sometjing there, and Silver isnt gonna dissuade
>>186738Cavaliere raises a talon to his beak as he looks back briefly.
Reminder, Brie and Garv ran off after one po t, after which a rock and the ground turned into octopi.
>>186737That's fair, Silver's not trying to convince Brie that there's nothing there, he's just trying to convince him that shooting at something when they don't even know what it is they're shooting at is a bad idea.
>>186743>>186739Bully. It will probably mean nothing. But no sane pony in Brie's position wouldnt try
>>186743But lets make no mistake. Grt in front of Brie's barrel again, guess what happens. Period.
>>186747Reminder, Brie popped off 3 shots in that exchange, intended to draw fire
It looks like everything was posted right after I went to bed.
>>186704>That doesn't look like aluminum. That looks like hair. Blue hair, sticking out of what must be the left rear doorway. Like a tail.Posey examines this more closely.
>>186712"Oh, looks like we have a love one." Posey says, discovering the mare
"Congratulations, miss, you are being rescued."
She stares directly into her soul
"Do not resist."
She attempts to charm the mare with her gaze
DC 19 Will
[Read more] >>186717>I'm not a monster!"https://youtu.be/leGiWM11D-M?si=5ahG6RD4zPvgm4Lz&t=2m20s [Embed]>>186733"Oh good, you still have your head." Posey says, putting herself between the mare and the giant snake
After charming her, she asks questions
"Who are you? Where is the rest of your crew?"
She gestures to the torn doors
"Who or what tore off these doors?"
Why are niggers shooting blindly into the fog at what could be our charges?
>>186753Oh, youre criticizing for popping off? After silver and Rosey already unceremoniously announced their presence with an "Hello? Is anyone there?" I believe rosie is busy climbing to worry about what Brie is doing
>>186730"Yes, try not to kill our charges. We only get full price for them if we bring them back alive."
>>186730A discrrnable edge is growing in Brie's voice
"My good Griffon. As one who is no stranger to a firing range, are you concerned that I put a few rounds downrange? Are you concerned that I wasnt attentive to what I was firing at? Did you forget when the octopi literally materialized out of nothing seemingly?" Nrie waves his hoof as though to emphasoze that Garv, and Rosie, and whoever wants to say something smart, will be disregarded (and contemplated to be shot).
>>186753Probably because of the possibility of invisible or incorporeal enemies
>>186735She stands up and turns around, lowering her head to look back into the doorway, which otherwise would obscure her head. Posey and Kira are inside of the plane, which tilts downwards to its starboard side, towards the mare. Kira has presumably entered from the rear door near the rear side turret nacelles between the bomb bay in the center of the fuselage and the empennage, and thus is the first to see the mare.
The moves just a step back at Kira's words
"I-" Her voice is heavily accented. "Who are you if you speak Ponish?"
She sees Posey, then closes her eyes harshly as if she has a headache, shaking her head.
"Where did you come from?" She asks, briefly taking a moment to look behind her.
[Read more] >>186765"We came from off the island, from the formerly Equestrian mainland" Posey says
"Who are you, and where is the rest of your crew?" She repeats
As she looks about the cavern, her expression changes to slight concern
(which is in reality concern for her paycheck)".... Did they... Leave you for dead?"
Are there any blood splatters in the vehicle?
>>186765Kira: "Well, I'm a lamia. I know you probably haven't heard of us, I've only met a couple of ponies so far who have any idea what I am. One them is right here next to me, actually! I promise you though, I'm not some demon or monster that this stinky Traveler guy summoned. I'm from Zebrica, originally. Me and my friends heard the distress call your leader, I think he's called a Commissar, made over the radio and we decided to try to help."
>>186767Oh yeah, I have no idea of telling if the mare is successfully charmed, but I can make an opposed Charisma check to compel her to answer my questions if she is charmed, so here goes
[1d20+6 = (10+6) = 16] >>186767>>186768"They are- " Her eyes look behind her. "They went to look for... something."
She looks to Kira. "Lamia? I had heard of such thing, never seen one. What is traveler?" She lights up and moves a step forward "You heard call from Commissar?"
>>186770>Her eyes look behind her"What are you looking at? Was there something there?"
She squints into the dark (she has darkvision)
"What is your name? Are you one of the Airponies who mared this ship?"
Not waiting for a reply, Posey continues
"It is likely that your crewmates have been enthralled by the monster that resides on this island. Captain Shoal Waters hired us to retrieve you, and destroy sensitive equipment." she declares
"We are going to torch this ship, so gather anything valuable from it before you come with us. If it is too much to carry, just place it on the disk." she says, gesturing to the floating disk.
>>186771Kira leans over, and whispers in Posey's ear.
"Uh, Posey? I think she's from the Kostroma. Also, this is a crashed airplane, not an airship.">>186770Kira then nods at the mare. "Yeah, but we don't know where he is though. We found some of your friends holed up in an abandoned village being attacked by some Abomination. They should be just outside with the rest of our group. They have the same kind of funny foil hat that you have!"
>>186772Wait, what? Fuck!
Since when to kostroma ponies speak ponies? I thought we were tracking the airponies.
>>186771I might like to strike that part....
>>186771It's not a matter of darkness. The mare is outside of the plane and Posey is inside and above her. Where the Mare is has light. Posey can't see very effectively behind the mare because of the angle of the plane's tilt meaning that the doorway and the ceiling are in the way of Posey's field of view.
"I, uh, no?" She looks back towards Posey with her red wine eyes. I do not know this 'Shoal Water'. Monster? The uh, the same monsters, or are there more?" She tilts her head. "Torch this aeroplane? Why? Uh. Okay..."
>>186772"Oh, yes yes. Have you seen Black Heel?"
>>186774>Posey can't see very effectively behind the mare because of the angle of the plane's tilt meaning that the doorway and the ceiling are in the way of Posey's field of viewPosey moves to see where the mare is looking.
>Shoal Water>Torch this aeroplane? Why? Uh. OkayCan we pretend I didn't just say that? I thought this was the airship we were looking for...
>>186774Kira shakes her head sadly. "Just some soldiers who were with him. I don't know if they know what happened to him. One of the possessed ponies we managed to capture looked a bit like an officer, though. Maybe that's him? I don't know how many officer-like ponies were with you guys on the ship."
>>186773Kira smelled the scent of pony, but it looks like the scent was from this mare.
>>186776I guess this pony isn't what we're looking for then. Let's see if she's any use to us before we leave.
>>186775Posey would basically have to cross the width of the fuselage (not very far at all) and exit the vehicle on the opposite side she entered. None of it is hard but it means leaving the vehicle.
How do you confuse a fixed wing, four engine aircraft with a giant blimp?>>186776"You have captured possessed ponies? Uh, Black heel is near the edge with a small group, he was looking for the rescue party. You are not them, are you?"
>>186778>howA combination of reading the past 200 posts at either 11:00PM, or 7:00 AM.
Posey realizes that this isn't one of the ponies that she's looking for, and decides to search/loot the cabin, starting with the area that the mare was staring at.
"What tore off these doors?" She asks
>You are not them, are you?"We are... Oh, what is the politically correct term these days? Swashbuckling treasure hunters? I still prefer to say dread pirates."
>>186779"Air, I think?" She is silent after that.
Anything in particular Posey is looking for? Roll search.
>>186778Kira: "He's on the coastline? Uh...do you remember what part of the coastline? It wouldn't happen to be the North Bay, would it?"
>>186780>Anything in particular Posey is looking for?Wonderous items, potions, magic armor, magic weapons, crystals, anything valuable.
Search
[1d20+5 = (7+5) = 12]She's also looking for any ghosts/monsters the mare may have been staring at.
Spot
[1d20+7 = (1+7) = 8] >>186781"No. To the southern end. He was going to summit of hill, but then fog came, so he went to southern end. I stayed here to look for explosives or long-range radio."
>>186783Nothing comes of shooting into the fog, does it?
>>186783Kira: "Oh, that's good! I didn't catch all that was said because it was in Severyanan, but from what Silver said after it sounds like his distress call was picked up by some group called the Defense Intelligence Agency, but then their acronym is 'GRU' apparently which doesn't make any sense since none of those letters are in 'Defense Intelligence Agency'. Anyways, apparently they're here to kill everyone on the island and take that thing you guys had on the Kostroma back to the mainland."
>>186784Not that Brie can see, no.
>>186785She blinks. Twice.
“What? Kill us? Could you uh, speak more slowly?”
>>186786Thank you, Ive been waiting for that
>>186786Kira blushes, and resumes rubbing the end of her tail between her forehooves anxiously. "Oh, right, sorry...um...why don't you come with us? We're going to try to kill the Traveler, that thing your guys have on the Kostroma. Silver can fill you in on all of the details, he's Severyanan too. Along the way we can see if we can find and save the Commissar too."
>>186786Is there anything to be gleaned from the sound of the hoofsteps? Otherwise Brie has nothing to do unless prompted
>>186786"Did you see another airship land here? A blimp?"
She looks across the airship, looking for any lootable items
"I wonder what magic kit a Stalliongrad airship comes with....?"
>>186789Brie has not determined the source, no.
>>186788“What is Traveller?” She tilts her head. “The entity?”
“I may come, but… I should find the commissar.”
>>186790She looks over to Posey
“A blimp? The Imperialist blimp that was following us?”
>>186791Kira: "Yeah, the entity! We just started calling it that because that's what all of the possessed ponies call it. 'Our Fellow Traveler'. It sounds like the Commissar is probably on the way to the Kostroma. We could find him together, because it kinda sounds like we'll need all the help we can get."
>>186792“No, that is where we fled from. That is overtaken by the Entity.”
>>186794“It is…” she looks back towards the plane. “Over… there? I cannot see in the fog. On the other side of the island and the bays.”