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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>>186795Kira tilts her head. "Well, wherever the Kostroma is, we've got some things we need to do to get ready, then we're going to go to the Kostroma to take out the Traveler/Entity thing. Why don't you come with us? You can help lead us to the Commissar, and he can help us with taking it out."
>>186795>On the other side of the island and the bays."Very well."
She turns to the group
"It looks like we are on the wrong side of the island. We should hurry up to the airship."
>>186796She steps forward a step, and tilts her head.
“How to kill it? I studied it. It is stronger than you may imagine.”
Ayo, what's up my ziggers?
>>186799Hello!
The party has found a plane crash. A different one.
>>186799Yay! A Dust!
>>186798Kira: "Well, I don't know. I mean, anything can be killed, I suppose, or at least I haven't ever heard of anything outside of gods being invulnerable. Silver's more of the leader and plan maker in the group, so I imagine he would know better. You should talk to him, tell him what you know, ask him to help with finding the Commissar."
>>186801Yes.
>>186802The mare sighs
“There are no gods. But that thing must be one of what inspired the old stories.”
>>186803I left off woth Broe is walking toward the sounds, and he took 3 shots now. Still approaching ....
>>186799We found a downed airship. Not the one we're looking for though. There is one communist left in the airship. She speaks English.
>>186803Kira tilts her head. "But if gods aren't real, how did the world come to exist?"
Silver, after waiting on hearing something from Kira or Posey, trots up to the plane and calls out into it. "Is everything okay in there?"
>>186805>>186800TWO crashed airships? In THIS economy?
>>186802wavesI suppose Dust is waiting off to the side. I wonder if there's any grass....
>>186807They don't seem to have any treasure.
"This mare is not one of the ponies we were looking for. Let us leave soon."
>>186803Since the noise appears to have been some
bullshit nonsense inexplicable phenomenon, brie is
ready to shoot somepony on alert, defaulting to a listen check
[1d20+10 = (1+10) = 11] Does anypony have anything else they want to ask or do here before we go to the other airship?
Do we want to take this nare with us?
>>186810Let Silver talk with her a bit before we figure out where to go next
>>186811Try to be quick about it this time
>>186812I won't make any promises about quickness, but I won't dilly dally.
>>186811We already know where we are going though.
>>186807Reeeee don't listen to Posey! It's not an airship. It's a four engine, fixed wing maritime patrol bomber. Basically a PB4Y-Privateer. See the description in
>>186704 and
>>186618.
>>186782Looking through, Posey can see that there are marked spots on the wall for parachutes, two rafts, and what was labelled as a "survival kit..." all missing, evidently previously removed. There are a couple smaller tools, like a screw driver. A hatchet is still present. A cabinet with food seems to have that removed. There is one medical kit still present. The plane itself seems to be pretty well intact, though according to the gauges, the fuel and the engine oil has drained out. The radios likely work but with the source of power dead, and it seems that
someone had attempted to modify the wiring on the radio system to accept an alternate electrical input. There is still a torpedo there, and multiple heavy machine guns. A nautical map has been left behind, as well as one sextant.
>>186809Brie hears the sound of the wind moving past his ears. And that ever-present tinnitus... And that muffled sound? It would be easy to say the tinnitus is from earlier loud sounds, and that the muffling sound is from the wind moving past his hearing protection. But Brie knows better than that. This is new. And that muffled sound... is that the wind, or so many thousands of whispers all placed together?
The island is fucking with him.
>>186806"Heh. The world has always existed. There is no 'coming to exist'"
Kira is subjected to this until Silver arrives
[Read more] >>186815Brie's hoof strays toward a hoof grenade
>>186814Well, maybe. Let's hear what the mare has to say as it might give us alternate optional objectives, and also I'd like for Posey to reanimate the leviathan skeleton since we're basically right nextdoor.
>>186815Hearing Silver call out into the airplane fuselage helps save Kira from having to debate the world's origin. She goes back to the door she came through, and helps Silver climbs up into the plane. "She's from the Kostroma. She knows where the airship and the Commissar is, and she wants to help save the Commissar. Can we?"
Looking at the mare in her tin foil hat and with her beaker cutie mark, Silver speaks to her. "Ты ученый из Костромы, да? Как тебя зовут?" -
"You are a scientist from Kostroma, right? What is your name?" >>186817Brie involuntarily makes a gesture of "Really?" At the sky, as Silver goes back into Severanyan.
Didnt this bitch speak ponish 2 seconds ago?
>>186807Yes. There is grass.
>>186818.50 cal
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kZ95uYIlgc&pp=ygUSaXQncyBhIG1hY2hpbmUgZ3Vu [Embed]>>186817"Да. Я научный ассистент пациента Пипетка." - "Yes. I am science assistant Patient Pipette."
>>186680Having likely beaten the information out of whoever necessary, the cow will now be heading (at a walking pace, the fly has to sleep) toward mended horn
>>186820"Насколько вам комфортно говорить на понише? Мои друзья здесь не так одарены в языке нашей родины, но если вы не уверены в своей способности говорить на понише, я пойму." - "How comfortable are you speaking Ponish? My friends here aren't as gifted in our native tongue, but if you're not confident in your ability to speak Ponish, I understand."
Ignore Google Translate, it doesn't know how to translate the word "Ponish".
>>186819Hey, Silver's gotta make sure which language she feels more comfortable speaking in.
>>186822"Yes... I learned Ponish at the International school, for speaking with Equestrian refugees, and for speaking with our" She pulls her lips back in an expression of disgust
"Hippogriffian comrades..."
>>186823Silver nods. "I did not know how comfortable you were with language. Figured I would give you option of which language to speak in. Now...are you alone out here, Patient Pipette? Were there any other ponies or other creatures here before our group arrived?"
>>186820What does that mean statistically?
"I wonder if this ship could still fly....?"
>>186825A lot
>>186824"Yes. There is another here, still hiding, and the Commissar has left in a small group for the ridge."
>>186826Hmmmm. Now Silver is a little worried that Brie might have actually shot that other pony, if he panicked and tried to run. "Do you know where this other pony is hiding?"
>>186827"In the bombardier's station. We were trying to modify the radio."
>>186827Dont you worry about what Brie did
>>186828Silver nods, and heads into the bombardier's station to look for the other pony. He calls out, "Это безопасно, вы можете выйти сейчас. Мы услышали сигнал бедствия Черной Пяты." -
"It's safe, you can come out now. We heard the Black Heel's distress call." >>186830A white maned head with grey ears pokes out of a whole near the flight engineer's station, then revealing a grey pony stallion.
Pipette says it is safe to come out in Severyanan.
>>186826Could my Dreads operate it?
Posey has her minions pick up one of the ones, one holding it steady stays behind the trigger.
>>186815Posey checks the nautical map, for any notes on it.
She takes the rafts and places them on the floating disk, believing that they could help with extraction.
She checks the survival kit and the medical kit, searching for any valuable items.
>>186831"Oh, another one."
"How many of you are there?" She asks Pipette
>>186831Silver smiles at the grey stallion, and offers him a hoof. "Как тебя зовут, друг?" -
"What is your name, friend?" >>186832While it's in the turret, yes but with a penalty. Outside of the turret... It's a size issue.
It would also have to be removed from the turret to be taken. Not impossible by any means, but not without effort
The map is a nautical map of the Rocky Seas, although this one also goes down further towards Albion. it shows shipping lanes, as well as what seems to be a flight plan that avoids Stalliongrad and Nova Griffonia.
>>186833"I think... six, in total." She answers, unsure
>>186834"Практический взгляд" - "Practical View"
[Read more] >>186835Silver: "Приятно познакомиться, Practical View. Я Silver Sword." -
"Nice to meet you, Practical View. I'm Silver Sword."Silver turns back to Pipette. "We are not only group to have heard Commissar Black Heel's distress call. Stalliongrad has sent GRU to kill all witnesses and bring Traveler - that entity that is on Kostroma - back home for study."
>>186836He comes out, and nods to Silver.
Pipette is silent for a moment, and then says
"How do you know that is what they are going to do?"
>>186804Cavaliere is also stuck in limbo, as he approaches the scene of Brie's targeting first. Is there anything there or will he go to catch up with the others?
>>186838There seems to be nothing there, but something is happening in, or on the other side of the plane
>>186839He climbs on top of the plane for a quick look around the perimeter before lowering himself in.
>>186840It would be a decent view but for the fog. Cavaliere can see the trail the plane left behind as it crash landed
>>186840Then he sees Silver with the two new ponies, including one mare who speaks Ponish
>>186837Silver: "It is GRU. They would not have sent GRU for simple rescue mission. Stalliongrad really wants to study that thing, consequences be damned, and they can not allow any potential survivors to spread stories that would make them look bad or cause international incidents. It is not good look to use eldritch extradimensional entity to forcefully spread communism."
>>186842Brie continues to surveil around the plane, content to let others determine what is gainful about the plane