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Please, for the love of god, can you two come to an agreement for the good of the game, the party, and the GM?
>>187577I think that everyone has agreed they are
not going to try to salvage the warhead, or the machine guns, and they aren’t going for the leviathan skeleton.
>>187578
No, I am so fucking pissed off at this bullshit. For fuck's sake, I never had a problem with OOC posts until now. You two are aware we are going to fight a fucking god, right?
>>187580Oh, Im aware, I laid the groundwork. He doesnt have to llay mice with me even, he just has to pretend his character is
>>187579Wha? I thought I could go to the skeleton after the commissar and the airponies. Was I mistaken?
Oh well.
>>187577I'm confused. What agreement?
>>187582
Yes, but Brie and Garv wont assume to be able to.move heavy equipment unless Rosie offers that she can make that happen. Digging in your heels is still fighting
>>187580Yes. While you suggested the warhead plan
and the GM forcefully hinted at the machine guns, the actual logistics of bringing them, and the opportunity cost of the time spent, raises a lot of challenges. If we all stay at the plane we risk losing the Commissar and the airponies. Splitting the party can accomplish both objectives, but at greater risk. The GM suggested that maybe there could be a workaround but I don't know what that could be.
>>187580You have not one, but
two player characters. You are the only one to have two. And neither of them give a shit enough about the bomb, the machine gun, or the scroll to put a hoof down and refuse to progress until this concern is addressed.
If your characters don’t care, just play your respective characters. If playing your characters true means they sleep walk into oblivion, as you seem to think they are, then let them do so.
>>187583No, but no one knows what anyone’s plans are after going to the commissar. Actually, based off of statements from you and or Posey, it seems like that’s abandoned and you all are going to the airship.
>>187586Unless something is said, Brie will be staying with the party, Ive just been illustrating the possibilities
>>187586I was under the impression that GM didn't want me to reanimate a giant flying skeleton, so I decided not to talk about it until there was an actual opportunity.
I was also under the impression that people didn't want to handle the skeleton stuff until we found the airponies, so I was waiting until after that.
I do want to do the skeleton thing though.
I don't actually need to do it with a whale skeleton, btw. I just need a sufficient amount of bones, maybe from ~6-9 medium sized creatures.
>>187585I wanted to split off to reanimate the monster while the party handled other matters, but I was told that wasn't desirable.
Silver: "We are not being stupid about this. There are MGs that those we have rescued can use to fend off Abominations, there is torpedo that can be turned into explosive device to try to kill Traveler, and you have scroll you still have not explained what it even does. We are not going to march straight to our deaths unprepared."
>>187589It wasnt desirable for you to run off not saying anything but "trust me".
Be as vague as you want, but pretend Rpsie is a LITTLE bit of a team.player, given the open discussion of extracting the 1/4 ton explosive, and the heavy machine gun(s?)
Unless you WANT brie tagging along ;3
>>187590>you still have not explained"I already told you that I intended to use it to conjure an ally that could help us with the battle."
>>187592Silver looks over at Posey. She notices that his face has become rather stern. "Good, what kind of ally? Describe him."
Last chance. You get ur skeleton, we get bombs and guns.
Brie looks back at the plane, reservations forming in his mind. "While ordinarily not one to out too much stock in such extreme levels of ordinance, I have a sinking feeling we might benefit from both the torpedo and the machine guns. It seems a shame to let them go to waste, if only we had a way to move them,...."
>>187589In-character, no it's not desirable. You can split off at any point (you are not compelled to stay with the party) but it will raise even more questions. I think GM's objections were regarding the stats of the giant flying skeleton, but I don't recall these objections being resolved. Transporting the warhead is a perfectly fine way of using that creature, and otherwise we would need a harness and a team to move it.
>>187590"I agree, but let's get the logistics of these weapons squared away. How will we move them, and can we ensure our charges will survive by the time we reach them?">>187592"It's a conjuration scroll? That's useful. Why didn't you explain what it did sooner?" Mala sits back and watches like a child whose parents are fighting.
>>187593"You can never really be sure what it is until it appears, but I had in mind something large and durable, that also flies." Posey replies
"I was looking to use my masters scroll for something to carry me to the top of that mountain, where I could make an appeal to the spirits of the north to send us something to fight alongside us."
>>187595>You can split off at any point (you are not compelled to stay with the party) but it will raise even more questions.That's what I was originally going to do, but people got mad so I didn't.
>I think GM's objections were regarding the stats of the giant flying skeleton, but I don't recall these objections being resolved.Yeah. I want to know if it's allowed before I go there to do it.
>onjuration scroll"Not quite..."
>Why didn't you explain what it did sooner?"I did explain it though."
[Read more] >>187598Silver: "Large, durable, flies, okay. How strong is it? Could it carry explosive, MGs, and ammunition?"
>>187600"I would not know. I have never tried it before. It is my master's magic, not my own. But...."
Posey unfurls her scroll and squints at the spooky glowing sigils running across it
"...I think so?"
She pauses
".... It would probably expend my entire scroll to produce a minion that huge though..." she adds, slightly disappointed
"I will just bill Captain Waters for it."
>>187589>>187598You can split off any time. What you can’t do is find the party again.
I asked “how will posey find the party again?” Twice. The first time the question was dismissed as irrelevant, and the second time I was just outright ignored. I thought that she could do some extremely basic shit like saying “hey, can we meet at this place or time?” Or taking one of the two-way radios so that they can keep in communication… But no, you didn’t want to do this. This did not please me and I wasn’t going to allow a party split when players
refuse to acknowledge very obvious, basic, serious, and ultimately easily resolved logistical problems.
>>187601>>187599Silver then turns to Brie. "Would that be enough to satisfy your logistical requirements?"
>>187596Kira slithers over to the poor boy, and gives him some ear scritches.
>>187602>how will posey find the party again?” Twice. The first time the question was dismissed asIf she were at the top of Mended Horn, wouldn't she be able to see the Kostroma from there? That's what I said last time.
>“hey, can we meet at this place or time?”I mentioned meeting at the Kostroma
>Or taking one of the two-way radios so that they can keep in communication…Oh wait, I forgot we had those. That's a good idea.
>But no, you didn’t want to do this. This did not please me and I wasn’t going to allow I thought you just didn't want me to make a flying whale monster, so I low-key just gave up on it and stopped thinking about the logistics.
>>187604>>187595Silver: "If it flies, you will be able to attach explosive, MGs, and ammunition and fly with alongside it back to us. We will give you two-way radio so you can maintain communication, and agree to meeting point, likely near Airship. Perhaps Cavaliere can be convinced to stay with you as well, both to provide backup and to work on MGs while you work on explosive." Silver turns to Cavaliere, expecting an answer.
>>187601Mala raises a paw.
“Uh… I can carry things…”
>>187609Silver: "That would require Cavaliere to speak to them. As far as I know, none of them speak Ponish. It is good idea however."
>>187610Kira: "Hehe, I know you can! Just look at all of those muscles under your fur!"
>>187610"Good. Carry those guns then."
>>187605Hey, if the bone lurker flies above the fog, I could use the stars above to tell which direction is which.
>>187611"Ahhhhhhhhhh. You are correct, Griffonian and Severanyan sound so similar when youre unfamiliar. Then yes, it seems that this might work out after all. The 5 of you," Brie casts a squinty eye at Mala, "... maybe 4,... we'll see what Cavaliere thinks, may be able to depart post haste, as he can do the translating and we can do the dissection. I'm far less familiar with large-calibur weaponry, but I'm confident that I can dissect the torpedo in as long as it takes him to extract one of the guns, after which I could then assist if at all on the second. With the walkie, we can status when we are finished, and decide where to recconnoiter."
>>187615Silver: "Good. We will first go to Commissar as it is closest, see if he needs rescuing and recruit him to our growing army. Then we will go to leviathan whale skeleton so Posey can summon her ally."
Mala smiles, and his tail moves side to side
“I can also make the prisoners do things if you need them to, and to watch over them.” He holds up his shot gun with evident pride. “I have experience as… as a - as a jailer.”
>>187617Brie raises his hooves in a shrugging gesture to the party, as if to ask "Did somepony else know this?"
>>187617>“I can also make the prisoners do things if you need them to, and to watch over them.” He holds up his shot gun with evident pride. “I have experience as… as a - as a jailer.”"Oh, really? So do I. Enhanced Interrogation is one of my specialties. I do not think that is necessary yet though."
>>187616"I would prefer to go to the skeleton alone, or at least use my master's scroll with some degree of privacy."
>>187619Silver: "We will not split up any further than this, but we can provide you with privacy if it is necessary when we get there."
>>187619Mala’s tail stops moving side to side, but stops midway, and then slowly moves down. His lips, likewise, slowly move down at the edges as his smile fades.
“Oh…” his head sinks down. “Okay…”
"Are we ready to see the commissar yet? What are we still here for?"
Brie turns to Garv and with a respectful nod to Mala who all this time he thought was a valet or some sort. "Gentlecreatures (none of them ponies, technically), shall we to business then?"
>>187621Silver goes over to Mala, and gives him a much deserve headpat. "How about you, Mala? Are you staying with Brie and Cavaliere to help them out?"
>>187622head is pat>>187625“I…” his head turns in a circular motion as he holds the syllable. “Think so?” His head and eyes move back up and lock on Silver. But he closes his eyes and smiles as Silver pats his head.
>>187627pat pat patSilver: "I am sorry that I have not been giving you attention as I should. You are my friend, I should not be ignoring you so. I could say that this mission has had me distracted, but it sounds more like excuse than anything."
>>187628Mala smiles, closes his eyes, and stretches out his neck as he moves both his head and his big, furry neck closer to Silver
>>187629Silver moves to giving Mala some neck scritches. "I will not lie, I would appreciate having you by our side."
I'm going to go to bed soon.
>>187630neck is scritchedMala rivals Silver for fluffiness.
He opens his eyes and tries to look back towards Silver, with one of his big, triangular ears making its way past Silver’s foreleg and standing up. He leans towards Silver, and Silver can feel Mala’s moving tail hit his back.
“Where do you want me?”
>>187631pets ze Posey >>187632Damn, that's pretty fluffy. Silver smiles as he can
feel Mala's happiness. "I would like you to be with us."
>>187633Silver feels Mala’s neck raise slightly as Mala moves a step forward. He can also feel Mala’s tail hit him again.
“I can go, if you don’t need me to watch the prisoners or… work on the torpedo.”
>>187634Mala repeats to Brie,
“I can carry things.”
>>187635Silver: "Heh. But if you come with us, maybe you could see what those monster starfish actually taste like."
>>187636Mala’s head turns towards Silver, and with a more plain expression.
“We’ll be fighting more of those things as we go?!”
>>187637Silver nods simply. "Possibly at some point, yes."
>>187302Suddenly, Vir just straight up back
handshoofs the bap.
"Nye heh heh heh," Vir chuckles. "I know another naughty bap who could put to use a sweetie's, like yous' lil' bap wings into good money. Heh heh heh."
"...I'm not naughty," the bap says but not with much force and she doesn't look up from the floor.
Vir slaps her again, this time with her pimp cane.
"Shud up! Don't talk back, wings don't do that."
Vir puffs a cloud of smoke from her cigar.
[Read more] >>187606"I can do that. Would you like to carry the camera? Otherwise, maybe Dust knows how to use it. Bøkli speaks Ponish, but I can ask him."He turns to the griffon followers.
"Would you like to stay here and help move some heavy equipment we're getting from the plane? Zou je hier willen blijven en helpen met het verplaatsen van de zware apparatuur die we uit het vliegtuig halen?" he asks, repeating the question in Feathesian to Sørvik.
Off to side, out of sight and out of mind, Dust sneaks a quick grass tasting in between his prayers.
Hopefully the next place his missions take him has better grass.
>>187691Kira comes over, wondering what her zeeb friend is doing so far away from the group. "Hey Dust! You're missing out on Silver talking about the group's plan." She tilts her head at his grass munching. "Are you hungry or something?"
>>187641Silver takes the offered camera, nodding at the griffon.
>>187644Silver: "We will take possessed ponies with us, so you do not have to worry about wrangling with them. It will also let us keep close eye on them."
>>187692Dust's eyes open as he looks at the lamia who has caught him slacking in his prayers.
"Hello Kira my lamia friend,
My prayers have just come to an end.
I am glad to hear that our group
Is coming to plans like a troup.
As I had nothing to say
I decided to come and pray"
He looks down at the grass and back at her
"I am currently fine
I can assure this is not hunger's sign
My tendancy is to roam and graze
Rather than take set meals and laze
I hope my snacking does not faze"
[Read more] >>187693>>187695Silver: "Do not worry, I am no so unfamiliar with camera. I appreciate concern, however."
>>187694Kira giggles. "No need to worry, Dust! Did you want to come over and hear the plan from Silver, so you're not lost about what we're doing?"
>>187698Breathing a sigh of relief, having picked up several coils of wasted film reel, Brie breathes a sigh of relief. In his mind, he was imagining trying to explain the Traveler to Captain Waters, with foiled evidence ;_;
>>187638“Uh, okay” Mala looks down to the right, then back up, then back down, then back up to Silver in quick succession. Presumably, Silver has stopped stitching her neck.
>>187641Bøkli:
“And what is the alternative?”
Sørvik:
“ Waar ga je heen met dit? Deze monsters zijn verschenen en deze soldaten, en we zien geen uitweg uit dit eiland - Where are you going with this? These monsters have appeared and these soldiers, and we see no way out of this island”
>>187644Mala:
“I can make the prisoners drag each other.” He answers
>>187691He’s had better, to be honest
[Read more] >>187698Dust smiles and nods. He stands to his hooves and follows his slithery friend over to the group.
>>187699"Ay,..." Stern-face, even through mask, "We have a job to do. No dying until then, not without orders," Brie says, as deadpan as he can
>>187700Silver resumes scritching Mala's neck. "So, how about it? Want to come with us?"
>>187701Kira leads the zeeb back to the group, who has gathered around near the plane. Silver looks over to Dust, and smiles. "Good to see you are still with us, Dust. Did you hear plan, or do you need to be filled in?"
>>187704Dust nods to Silver
"I must confess the plan I have not heard
However it would be nice to hear before we move forward"
Dust takes a seat as he waits to be filled in on the details.
>>187707Silver nods at Dust. "Cavaliere and Brie will stay here at plane with rescued griffons, getting machine guns and explosive we will need for our fight against Traveler. Rest of us are going to Commissar, saving him if needed, and recruiting him and his soldiers to our growing army. After that, Posey has scroll she can use to summon ally using that leviathan whale skeleton we found at whaling village. She will use it to create or summon whatever ally she has in mind, it will fly back here to plane to pick up guns and explosives, and then we all will meet back up at airship."
>>187710Brie nods turns toward the torpedo, pulling out his thieves kit. He misses his masterwork set, but they were too hard to replace.
>>187700I will wait for a prompt from you about what to do with the torpedo, not knowing which skill you would have me start with.
>>187710Dust listens carefully. He betrays a small twitch at the mention of Posey summoning, but does not say a word
"Of the plan I think it sounds fair
Before we beseige the Traveler's lair.
I shall plan to travel with you
And hopefully see this mission through."
>>187712Silver: "Good. We will desperately have need of you coming up. It is good to have you with us."
I had to work all day, and I have a poor headache. Did Dust address Posey in this thread? Where is that post.
>>187712>He betrays a small twitch at the mention of PoseyPosey smirks
"Is there something on your mind, ~Dusty? Any questions?"
>And hopefully see this mission through.""Excellent. I am sure Captain Waters will compensate us for performing above and beyond call of duty."
>>187710"Silver. I would like to carry one of those two-way radio thingies."
>>187719>>187700Hmm...how many two-ways did they get?
Oh, I found out a way for the party to meet up again if they split up: if you cast Light on a pebble, and sling it 250 ft in the air, it's a bootleg flare. This way the party can reveal their location to characters across the island.
Also works with an arrow, which can be shot 500 ft in the air.
Dust has Light prepared, iirc.
>>187719Mommy Vile temptress.
The zebra hisses through his teeth
"I have no other questions for now
We'll all find our way somehow."
>>187723I do infact have light and a sling
>>187700On the subject of radios, I was very sure we had one to coordinate with captain waters by. There is no "two radios"
>>187725Brie wanted to take that radio, but Silver was VERY insistent
Sorry. Gonna emohasize a quick point
Have we even radioed Captain Waters ffs?
>>187728Be nice or you're getting flirted with next
>>187729No one said anything my guy, chill
"The fuck you think the radio was for? Military grade backup. Amateurs!"
>>187724>We'll all find our way somehow"That is the spirit!" Posey says, with a wink
>I do infact have light and a slingPerfect. I can rely on you.
>>187720I thought GM said we had two yesterday, since he mentioned it as one of the possible ways for the party to meet again.
I could be mistaken. Idk.
>>187730He's just jelly.
>>187730You literally volunterred to communicate with Captain Waters via the radio. And?
>>187731>>187732Well, first off, no, Brie can't just deft hands the radio away. Second:
Silver: "Radio is for calling for extraction. Entire point of us being here is to avoid starting war. That all goes out window if we call for troops, planes, warships, or whatever."
>>187733That's what I had intuited as well.
>>187734Followup, already stolen, cuz Bries modifier is high enough.
"Mayday, mayday pirate bay CQ Captain Waters"
>>187735The fuck he cant? He knobbed y'all earlier
>the radio is for extractionOh right. Cuz the military isnt gonna wanna hear about the FUCKING GOD YOU KNOB
>>187734????? My guy are you having a stroke? I don't, nor have I ever, have any of the radios. I don't even know who captain waters is, much less have I volunteered to contact him.
>>187739Sorry. Everyone has a green id this time
>>187710Theres the one
>>187735"We
could inform Captain Waters about the Eldritch demigod and the mind controlled thralls and the summons and whatnot, and ask him to confirm that he would be willing to compensate us for all of the extra efforts. I believe it could make or break our team's morale to know if we found out whether or not we are doing this for free."
Before anyone actually does anything, let's just wait for GM pone, because we're gonna need him to adjudicate this whole new ordeal.
>>187739Captain Shoal Waters is the pony from the New Mareland Navy who gave us this mission. Not to be confused with Light Water, the scientist on the Kostroma who kickstarted this whole disaster.