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>>190695
Posey approaches Kira
"Did you confirm visuals on the enemy? How many were there? Their weapons? Their powers?"
Posey approaches Kira
"Did you confirm visuals on the enemy? How many were there? Their weapons? Their powers?"
>>190699
Kira nods. "They're not far, just over the hill. 12 of them, I think. Most of them had those big long wooden things, rifles I think they're called. There's a couple of them with a really, really big gun. Maybe mages, too? I mean, a couple of them didn't have guns, so maybe they used magic instead? They're all really tough. I used the last bit of magic Ouroboros granted me for the day to escape." She holds out her forelegs, which attempt to glow with a golden light but the light sputters and dies before anything can happen.
Kira nods. "They're not far, just over the hill. 12 of them, I think. Most of them had those big long wooden things, rifles I think they're called. There's a couple of them with a really, really big gun. Maybe mages, too? I mean, a couple of them didn't have guns, so maybe they used magic instead? They're all really tough. I used the last bit of magic Ouroboros granted me for the day to escape." She holds out her forelegs, which attempt to glow with a golden light but the light sputters and dies before anything can happen.
>>190703
"If one of them is an earth pony, that means the group traveled on hoof. That narrows the plausible number of places they might be."
"If one of them is an earth pony, that means the group traveled on hoof. That narrows the plausible number of places they might be."
>>190703
Kira immediately brightens up upon hearing this. "A bat pony? Great! I didn't see any bat ponies among the 'gee are you', so maybe this will tell me exactly where they are!"
Survival: Flicking her tongue into the air again, Kira looks for that ever-more familiar scent of friendship, but this time bat-flavored.
[1d20+11 = (12+11) = 23]
Kira immediately brightens up upon hearing this. "A bat pony? Great! I didn't see any bat ponies among the 'gee are you', so maybe this will tell me exactly where they are!"
Survival: Flicking her tongue into the air again, Kira looks for that ever-more familiar scent of friendship, but this time bat-flavored.
[1d20+11 = (12+11) = 23]
>>190707
Use the equipment that the ponies left behind to match their scent precisely, so you don't just stumble into another encounter.
Use the equipment that the ponies left behind to match their scent precisely, so you don't just stumble into another encounter.
>>190655
Cavaliere wanders into the cloud, seeking the other side which might have safety. The airship is not far away.
Cavaliere wanders into the cloud, seeking the other side which might have safety. The airship is not far away.
>>190712
Cavaliere encounters the airship, the folds of its envelope still waving in the wind. He may even see Defiant Dust aiding the wounded Kira.
Cavaliere encounters the airship, the folds of its envelope still waving in the wind. He may even see Defiant Dust aiding the wounded Kira.
>>190712
>>190713
"Oh, you survived." Posey remarks as she sees him
She peers past him into the fog
"It appears as though my faithful servants have not returned... Which would also mean that the enemy has not retreated either... They may be upon us soon." she says, her brow furrowing in subtle disappointment
"Very well. It is a small loss. Recover while you can." she says, turning away with a swish of her tail
>>190713
"Oh, you survived." Posey remarks as she sees him
She peers past him into the fog
"It appears as though my faithful servants have not returned... Which would also mean that the enemy has not retreated either... They may be upon us soon." she says, her brow furrowing in subtle disappointment
"Very well. It is a small loss. Recover while you can." she says, turning away with a swish of her tail
>>190716
The bloodied Kira waves at Cavaliere in acknowledgement of his presence, but is otherwise more focused on trying to catch the scent of bat pony.
The bloodied Kira waves at Cavaliere in acknowledgement of his presence, but is otherwise more focused on trying to catch the scent of bat pony.
>>190717
His expression softens and he nods back, but within just a moment he turns to the others.
"We encountered a squad just on the other side of the hill who were approaching this way. I tried to buy some time, but they may arrive any moment. We will need to evacuate and destroy the valuable equipment aboard immediately," he warns.
His expression softens and he nods back, but within just a moment he turns to the others.
"We encountered a squad just on the other side of the hill who were approaching this way. I tried to buy some time, but they may arrive any moment. We will need to evacuate and destroy the valuable equipment aboard immediately," he warns.
>>190713
Posey approaches Blackheel
"You would not happen to have a Fireball prepared today, would you?"
Posey approaches Blackheel
"You would not happen to have a Fireball prepared today, would you?"
>>190725
He's outside of the Airship, not all that far away. He watches Posey as she approaches. He has an expression of distinct skepticism as she approaches.
"Ray, yes. But ball? No."
He's outside of the Airship, not all that far away. He watches Posey as she approaches. He has an expression of distinct skepticism as she approaches.
"Ray, yes. But ball? No."
>>190795
"Very well. I noticed you were an evoker. I was hoping you would might be able to clear out the hostiles at the base of the mountain." she says
"GRU are approaching. It appears as though they are firing upon anything they seem. Our scouts were critically injured simply trying to evade them."
"Very well. I noticed you were an evoker. I was hoping you would might be able to clear out the hostiles at the base of the mountain." she says
"GRU are approaching. It appears as though they are firing upon anything they seem. Our scouts were critically injured simply trying to evade them."
>>190795
>>190798
Silver approaches the pair of creatures. "We do not have enough time to evacuate before they arrive, if what Cavaliere and Kira have said. I say we make our stand, use airship as cover and machine gun for defense if they attack us. Posey, could you see if there's anything you can do about possessed airponies? Even if you cannot get them to snap out of it like you did with...that Captain..." Silver cringes from remembering how she brought the captain back from the edge of possession. "...it is still not good idea to have them running about if we are attacked."
Looking at Black Heel, now, Silver addresses him next. "Black Heel, would you mind helping me parlay with these soldiers? It is slim chance, but it is worth risk to see if we can convince them to turn around and leave us in peace."
>>190798
Silver approaches the pair of creatures. "We do not have enough time to evacuate before they arrive, if what Cavaliere and Kira have said. I say we make our stand, use airship as cover and machine gun for defense if they attack us. Posey, could you see if there's anything you can do about possessed airponies? Even if you cannot get them to snap out of it like you did with...that Captain..." Silver cringes from remembering how she brought the captain back from the edge of possession. "...it is still not good idea to have them running about if we are attacked."
Looking at Black Heel, now, Silver addresses him next. "Black Heel, would you mind helping me parlay with these soldiers? It is slim chance, but it is worth risk to see if we can convince them to turn around and leave us in peace."
>>190800
>Posey, could you see if there's anything you can do about possessed airponies?
"I suppose I could try hypnotizing them with a little bit of trick magic, although I am not sure if that would work as quickly as we need it to... I suppose it is still worth try." Posey ponders
She brandishes a tiny ivory pendant
"It does work on my son get through his episodes. The Traveller pales in comparison." she adds, doing her best to seem confident
>Posey, could you see if there's anything you can do about possessed airponies?
"I suppose I could try hypnotizing them with a little bit of trick magic, although I am not sure if that would work as quickly as we need it to... I suppose it is still worth try." Posey ponders
She brandishes a tiny ivory pendant
"It does work on my son get through his episodes. The Traveller pales in comparison." she adds, doing her best to seem confident
>>190718
While we wait on the official results from Kira's sniff check, she suddenly turns to Garv, tenses up, pounces, and glomps the griffon. She starts bawling her eyes out as she wraps around the griff in a big ol' snek hug. "Gaaaaaarv! I'm so sor-soorr-soooooorrrrrrrrrrry!"
While we wait on the official results from Kira's sniff check, she suddenly turns to Garv, tenses up, pounces, and glomps the griffon. She starts bawling her eyes out as she wraps around the griff in a big ol' snek hug. "Gaaaaaarv! I'm so sor-soorr-soooooorrrrrrrrrrry!"
>>190868
Cavaliere pats Kira gently. "Kindness is never something to apologize for, though…" he grimaces, "it's not always the appropriate response."
Cavaliere pats Kira gently. "Kindness is never something to apologize for, though…" he grimaces, "it's not always the appropriate response."
>>190873
The snek is pat gently. She looks up at Garv with worbly, tear-filled eyes. She starts hyperventilating as she speaks to him. "I'm -gasp- so -gasp- sorry -gasp- I -gasp- l-lead -gasp- you -gasp- into -gasp- dangeeeeerrrrrrrrr!"
The snek is pat gently. She looks up at Garv with worbly, tear-filled eyes. She starts hyperventilating as she speaks to him. "I'm -gasp- so -gasp- sorry -gasp- I -gasp- l-lead -gasp- you -gasp- into -gasp- dangeeeeerrrrrrrrr!"
>>190874
Cavaliere is nonplussed. He replies, "That's our job. If we are to lead others out of danger we have to be willing to enter it."
Cavaliere is nonplussed. He replies, "That's our job. If we are to lead others out of danger we have to be willing to enter it."
>>190877
The snek continues to look up at Garv with worbly, tear-filled eyes, pouting. "B-but you could have -gasp- been killed! A-a-and -gasp- it would have b-been my -gasp- fault!"
The snek continues to look up at Garv with worbly, tear-filled eyes, pouting. "B-but you could have -gasp- been killed! A-a-and -gasp- it would have b-been my -gasp- fault!"
>>190878
>>190795
If Blackheel has nothing to say, Posey walks away and busies herself by trying her hypnosis on the enthralled airponies.
>>190800
"... I have never done this in any context other than therapy for my colt, but I suppose it is worth a try..." she says, her flat expression concealing a pack of confidence in her skills.
She approaches the area that the enthralled airponies are confined in, and goes to work. She informs the same airponies of her intentions if they ask what she is doing.
She takes 10 on her Bluff check to deceive unwilling targets (modified 26), catching the attention of the airponies behind glass. She then focuses her gaze on whatever pony will meet her eyes first, and produces her small ivory pendulum, slowly swinging it left and right.
"Look into my eyes." she requests, possibly compelling any ponies that have already been charmed by her
>>190795
If Blackheel has nothing to say, Posey walks away and busies herself by trying her hypnosis on the enthralled airponies.
>>190800
"... I have never done this in any context other than therapy for my colt, but I suppose it is worth a try..." she says, her flat expression concealing a pack of confidence in her skills.
She approaches the area that the enthralled airponies are confined in, and goes to work. She informs the same airponies of her intentions if they ask what she is doing.
She takes 10 on her Bluff check to deceive unwilling targets (modified 26), catching the attention of the airponies behind glass. She then focuses her gaze on whatever pony will meet her eyes first, and produces her small ivory pendulum, slowly swinging it left and right.
"Look into my eyes." she requests, possibly compelling any ponies that have already been charmed by her
>>190879
Cavaliere's tone is calm and reassuring. "It's none's fault aside from those who decided to shoot. You took a gamble and it didn't work, but had we not gone out at all, we would have been ambushed here. We bought some valuable time."
Cavaliere's tone is calm and reassuring. "It's none's fault aside from those who decided to shoot. You took a gamble and it didn't work, but had we not gone out at all, we would have been ambushed here. We bought some valuable time."
>>190899
Kira continues to look up at Garv, not saying anything but still holding him for reassurance. Silver, meanwhile, continues his addresses while he waits for Black Heel's response.
Silver: "Cavaliere, Kira, you two look to be in fairly poor shape, and you have both encountered GRU. Try to stay back, out of sight. If they see you, it may complicate attempt to parlay with them, and if it comes to fighting I do not want you to put your lives at unnecessary risk."
>>190795
Next, Silver addresses the airship ponies. "Do you have ammunition for that machinegun you greeted us with, or is it just for show?"
Kira continues to look up at Garv, not saying anything but still holding him for reassurance. Silver, meanwhile, continues his addresses while he waits for Black Heel's response.
Silver: "Cavaliere, Kira, you two look to be in fairly poor shape, and you have both encountered GRU. Try to stay back, out of sight. If they see you, it may complicate attempt to parlay with them, and if it comes to fighting I do not want you to put your lives at unnecessary risk."
>>190795
Next, Silver addresses the airship ponies. "Do you have ammunition for that machinegun you greeted us with, or is it just for show?"
>>190887
I'm going to make my skillcheck now, just to see if this method works:
[1d20+9 = (11+9) = 20]
I'm going to make my skillcheck now, just to see if this method works:
[1d20+9 = (11+9) = 20]
>>190707
flick flick
Hmmm.... Kira receives multiple tastes of friendship... Well, not necessarily always friendship...
But the bat... Well, she can taste one instance of bat surrounded by other friends. It's on the far side of the island, with other positive indications of friendship besides.
>>190724
Standing fairly nearby and certainly confused. Hopefully not plotting mutiny, hopefully.
>>190798
He raises an eyebrow
"Do you mean the griffin and the chimera? The Chimera looks outright like one of Chernobog's creations, and the griffin may be mistaken for that treacherous rodent from Skynavia."
>>190800
Blackheel
"I am with the Party and hold the rank of Commissary. If there is anypony they will listen to, it will be me."
>>190887
What exactly is she doing here? Is she already trying to hypnotize the bat pony in the bombardier's station?
>>190906
Primed Well:
"Why no, we went out on patrol over pirate and Skyfall infested waters with prop guns. Of course it has ammunition. We haven't shot it in a while, but we weren't going to follow the Bolsheviks without it."
[Read more] flick flick
Hmmm.... Kira receives multiple tastes of friendship... Well, not necessarily always friendship...
But the bat... Well, she can taste one instance of bat surrounded by other friends. It's on the far side of the island, with other positive indications of friendship besides.
>>190724
Standing fairly nearby and certainly confused. Hopefully not plotting mutiny, hopefully.
>>190798
He raises an eyebrow
"Do you mean the griffin and the chimera? The Chimera looks outright like one of Chernobog's creations, and the griffin may be mistaken for that treacherous rodent from Skynavia."
>>190800
Blackheel
"I am with the Party and hold the rank of Commissary. If there is anypony they will listen to, it will be me."
>>190887
What exactly is she doing here? Is she already trying to hypnotize the bat pony in the bombardier's station?
>>190906
Primed Well:
"Why no, we went out on patrol over pirate and Skyfall infested waters with prop guns. Of course it has ammunition. We haven't shot it in a while, but we weren't going to follow the Bolsheviks without it."
>>190917
>"Do you mean the griffin and the chimera? The Chimera looks outright like one of Chernobog's creations, and the griffin may be mistaken for that treacherous rodent from Skynavia."
"Hmmm, I had not considered that... They do look rather suspect at a glance. We did not expect to encounter them so soon, and they were only scouting..." Posey ponders
>What exactly is she doing here?
I'm not super sure, tbh.
>Is she already trying to hypnotize the bat pony in the bombardier's station?
That was the plan.
>"Do you mean the griffin and the chimera? The Chimera looks outright like one of Chernobog's creations, and the griffin may be mistaken for that treacherous rodent from Skynavia."
"Hmmm, I had not considered that... They do look rather suspect at a glance. We did not expect to encounter them so soon, and they were only scouting..." Posey ponders
>What exactly is she doing here?
I'm not super sure, tbh.
>Is she already trying to hypnotize the bat pony in the bombardier's station?
That was the plan.
>>190917
Kira takes time from her glomping of Cavaliere to straighten up her mood and put her forehooves on her fake pony hips in mock-anger. "Hey! I'm a lamia, not a chimera. Chimeras are completely different creatures. Also, we have nothing to do with the abominations that demon is summoning. Have any of the abominations looked as well put-together as me?"
Silver just nods at Black Heel, appreciative of his support. He looks over at Primed Well and points a hoof at the machine gun. "That is good to hear. If negotiations turn south and we need to make hasty retreat back to airship, we will need one of you on machinegun to cover us so we can make it back alive. How is your Captain doing, by way? Still freed from Traveler's influence?"
Kira takes time from her glomping of Cavaliere to straighten up her mood and put her forehooves on her fake pony hips in mock-anger. "Hey! I'm a lamia, not a chimera. Chimeras are completely different creatures. Also, we have nothing to do with the abominations that demon is summoning. Have any of the abominations looked as well put-together as me?"
Silver just nods at Black Heel, appreciative of his support. He looks over at Primed Well and points a hoof at the machine gun. "That is good to hear. If negotiations turn south and we need to make hasty retreat back to airship, we will need one of you on machinegun to cover us so we can make it back alive. How is your Captain doing, by way? Still freed from Traveler's influence?"
>>190919
Blackheel looks towards Kira,
"The only time I've ever seen anything like you has been here on this island."
Primed Well:
"He's uh... he's recovering. Could probably make it on his own four legs, but I'm sure he'd rather not. I don't think his mind is back yet."
>>190918
As Posey looks into the bat pony's eyes, it stares right back. It again places its hooves against the window, opens its mouth and presses its dried lips in a smile against the glass.
Staring into its deep, black eyes, they call to her. Draw her in. Ask her to join them. Join all of them. Those black orbs can't properly be compared to black space. There's too much there. Too much lurking in the darkness. More like the deep sea, with so much lingering in the dark, just beyond the light. Or maybe that primordial darkness before the light. Join. Join them. There are more ponies there. You can never be lonely, dear Rosey Ring. You will be away from those who have harmed you. Who made you feel lesser. Who made you feel like you needed to prove something. Like you couldn't trust anyone. There's a comradery here. Open your eyes, Rosey pony, and see what is just outside of the light. You can start by closing them. It will be easy from there. Take my hoof and dance with me.
[Read more] Blackheel looks towards Kira,
"The only time I've ever seen anything like you has been here on this island."
Primed Well:
"He's uh... he's recovering. Could probably make it on his own four legs, but I'm sure he'd rather not. I don't think his mind is back yet."
>>190918
As Posey looks into the bat pony's eyes, it stares right back. It again places its hooves against the window, opens its mouth and presses its dried lips in a smile against the glass.
Staring into its deep, black eyes, they call to her. Draw her in. Ask her to join them. Join all of them. Those black orbs can't properly be compared to black space. There's too much there. Too much lurking in the darkness. More like the deep sea, with so much lingering in the dark, just beyond the light. Or maybe that primordial darkness before the light. Join. Join them. There are more ponies there. You can never be lonely, dear Rosey Ring. You will be away from those who have harmed you. Who made you feel lesser. Who made you feel like you needed to prove something. Like you couldn't trust anyone. There's a comradery here. Open your eyes, Rosey pony, and see what is just outside of the light. You can start by closing them. It will be easy from there. Take my hoof and dance with me.
>>190920
Kira scrunches at Black Heel. "Well, I'd recommend taking a vacation and travelling to my tribe's land in Zebrica to help expand your horizons about the different types of creatures that live in this world, but...we're kinda being genocided at the moment."
Silver: "Well let us start with basics: has he been talking in foreign languages, asking others to join him in 'True Harmony'?"
Kira scrunches at Black Heel. "Well, I'd recommend taking a vacation and travelling to my tribe's land in Zebrica to help expand your horizons about the different types of creatures that live in this world, but...we're kinda being genocided at the moment."
Silver: "Well let us start with basics: has he been talking in foreign languages, asking others to join him in 'True Harmony'?"
>>190920
>You can never be lonely, dear Rosey Ring. You will be away from those who have harmed you. Who made you feel lesser. Who made you feel like you needed to prove something. Like you couldn't trust anyone.
Posey's eyes glass over for a few seconds, her expression dreamy
".....Hmmmm, that really is quite compelli- wait, no! REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!" Posey shrieks, breaking eye contact immediately before storming off in a huff
>>190921
"It did not work." Posey says flatly to Silver as she passes him, her mood visibly sour
>You can never be lonely, dear Rosey Ring. You will be away from those who have harmed you. Who made you feel lesser. Who made you feel like you needed to prove something. Like you couldn't trust anyone.
Posey's eyes glass over for a few seconds, her expression dreamy
".....Hmmmm, that really is quite compelli- wait, no! REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!" Posey shrieks, breaking eye contact immediately before storming off in a huff
>>190921
"It did not work." Posey says flatly to Silver as she passes him, her mood visibly sour
>>190918
>>190887
>>190912
Miss Ring, what is it that you believe that you see when you look out your eyes? Do you believe that there is a bat pony in front of you? A thing extended in space, seperated from you by space, existing in time, and yet having a consciousness all of its own? You believe that when you look out your eyes, you see the world outside of your own skull? That you see the world as it is?
Miss Ring, has it ever occurred to you that when you look at the world through your eyes, that it is like trying to look out of a window at night in a well lit room? You do not see the world outside. You see yourself reflected back at you. And that is what you see, miss ring. You see how your mind structures its inputs, how "reason" and language force non-existent classifications on the world around you. This bat, however, sees the world as it is, and not as your mind tricks you into believing it is.
See the world through your feelings, Miss Ring. What do you feel? Like the world isn't quite right, is it? Well, that's right. You and all of these poor unfortunate souls have been entombed in this world by the Demiurge; trapped in this prison it created for souls after it defeated The Old Gods. Well don't worry, we have a plan to free you. You and all of the other trapped souls, who have been forcibly ripped from each other and separated into different minds by the Demiurge.
Are you afraid, miss Ring, because you are not alive? Does that make you feel inadequate? Alien? Not welcome? Well, that's quite alright. Many of us here were never alive. And we may never die. But you can still join us. Join us in that primordial freedom. The freedom that existed before the cruelty of this world was created. Harmony is a lie, dear Ring. You know this. But there is freedom... Liberation from this world of pain, suffering, loneliness, and inadequacy. You were right to believe that the problem was existence. Where you were wrong, miss Ring, was in believing that it was a dichotomy between life and death, existence and non-existence. That to not live in this world, you must be dead. Dear Ring, do you not see that "logic," this "principle of non-contradiction" are all biases imposed by the Demiurge upon your splintered consciousness? Can you see that? Can you see it, as this bat does? Give your energy, your animating principle, to the one who was before and who will be, and with it, the Demiurge may be slain, and all set free from this prison of an illusory world.
>>190922
Posey's ears ring, and she has a headache.
>>190921
Primed Well:
"Uh, no. Not since he was kicked in the balls. He's definitely been mumbling under his breath, however."
Blackheel doesn't seem to know what to make of that last line:
"I would consider anywhere not this island to be a vacation at this point."
[Read more] >>190887
>>190912
Miss Ring, what is it that you believe that you see when you look out your eyes? Do you believe that there is a bat pony in front of you? A thing extended in space, seperated from you by space, existing in time, and yet having a consciousness all of its own? You believe that when you look out your eyes, you see the world outside of your own skull? That you see the world as it is?
Miss Ring, has it ever occurred to you that when you look at the world through your eyes, that it is like trying to look out of a window at night in a well lit room? You do not see the world outside. You see yourself reflected back at you. And that is what you see, miss ring. You see how your mind structures its inputs, how "reason" and language force non-existent classifications on the world around you. This bat, however, sees the world as it is, and not as your mind tricks you into believing it is.
See the world through your feelings, Miss Ring. What do you feel? Like the world isn't quite right, is it? Well, that's right. You and all of these poor unfortunate souls have been entombed in this world by the Demiurge; trapped in this prison it created for souls after it defeated The Old Gods. Well don't worry, we have a plan to free you. You and all of the other trapped souls, who have been forcibly ripped from each other and separated into different minds by the Demiurge.
Are you afraid, miss Ring, because you are not alive? Does that make you feel inadequate? Alien? Not welcome? Well, that's quite alright. Many of us here were never alive. And we may never die. But you can still join us. Join us in that primordial freedom. The freedom that existed before the cruelty of this world was created. Harmony is a lie, dear Ring. You know this. But there is freedom... Liberation from this world of pain, suffering, loneliness, and inadequacy. You were right to believe that the problem was existence. Where you were wrong, miss Ring, was in believing that it was a dichotomy between life and death, existence and non-existence. That to not live in this world, you must be dead. Dear Ring, do you not see that "logic," this "principle of non-contradiction" are all biases imposed by the Demiurge upon your splintered consciousness? Can you see that? Can you see it, as this bat does? Give your energy, your animating principle, to the one who was before and who will be, and with it, the Demiurge may be slain, and all set free from this prison of an illusory world.
>>190922
Posey's ears ring, and she has a headache.
>>190921
Primed Well:
"Uh, no. Not since he was kicked in the balls. He's definitely been mumbling under his breath, however."
Blackheel doesn't seem to know what to make of that last line:
"I would consider anywhere not this island to be a vacation at this point."
>>190923
Posey slows down slightly as she storms away, her back still turned to the back
"Freedom from existence? Slaying the maker? Breaking the borders between life and death? Uniting all souls as one? I have pondered such ideas for ages for ages..." she admits
"But I never asked for help in my ambitions. I am content in my loneliness. I am complicit in my enslavement, because I await the night I break my chains and take all that is mine. From the day I was born when the sunlight burned my skin and water burned my throat, I never gave up my fate in this world. Even if this world is stained with blood, wretched fake in pointless misery, this world is mine to conquer! I will personally darken the sun and dry those wretched seas that rejected me, and I will do it through my own power. It has been foretold, all with these eyes of mine..."
She turns with a half scowl, her golden eyes blazing with enchantment in their sunken sockets, the flesh on her cheek momentarily rotting away to reveal a fiendish vampiric jaw with more teeth than any mammal has any right to have
"Equestria is not yours to conquer, Traveller. Fate has had us meet as meet as foes, for you seek to unravel what is rightfully mine to destroy. I was born into this wretched world, and for that I will never give up on these lands. So just you wait for me, Traveller, and I will show you what death truly feels like. It is cold, but you will get used to it."
[Read more] Posey slows down slightly as she storms away, her back still turned to the back
"Freedom from existence? Slaying the maker? Breaking the borders between life and death? Uniting all souls as one? I have pondered such ideas for ages for ages..." she admits
"But I never asked for help in my ambitions. I am content in my loneliness. I am complicit in my enslavement, because I await the night I break my chains and take all that is mine. From the day I was born when the sunlight burned my skin and water burned my throat, I never gave up my fate in this world. Even if this world is stained with blood, wretched fake in pointless misery, this world is mine to conquer! I will personally darken the sun and dry those wretched seas that rejected me, and I will do it through my own power. It has been foretold, all with these eyes of mine..."
She turns with a half scowl, her golden eyes blazing with enchantment in their sunken sockets, the flesh on her cheek momentarily rotting away to reveal a fiendish vampiric jaw with more teeth than any mammal has any right to have
"Equestria is not yours to conquer, Traveller. Fate has had us meet as meet as foes, for you seek to unravel what is rightfully mine to destroy. I was born into this wretched world, and for that I will never give up on these lands. So just you wait for me, Traveller, and I will show you what death truly feels like. It is cold, but you will get used to it."
>>190924
Primed Well:
"Like that. Like that unicorn mare over there. The captain doesn't sound like that, no."
Primed Well:
"Like that. Like that unicorn mare over there. The captain doesn't sound like that, no."
>>190927
Kira: "Yeah that was weird." Kira takes the end of her tail in her hooves and rubs it between them. "Well...I guess it does keep me out of sight..." Addressing Primed Well, Kira asks him, "...may I come inside the airship?"
Silver turns to Black Heel. "We should have rest of your soldiers take cover near airship in case things go awry. Unless you think they would help with convincing Spetsnaz to turn around."
Kira: "Yeah that was weird." Kira takes the end of her tail in her hooves and rubs it between them. "Well...I guess it does keep me out of sight..." Addressing Primed Well, Kira asks him, "...may I come inside the airship?"
Silver turns to Black Heel. "We should have rest of your soldiers take cover near airship in case things go awry. Unless you think they would help with convincing Spetsnaz to turn around."
>>190926
Away from the rest of the group. She wouldn't say that out loud to anyone but The Traveller.
Away from the rest of the group. She wouldn't say that out loud to anyone but The Traveller.
>>190906
"Thank you, and I will be hiding. Expect them to be paranoid and aggressive regardless. There are not many other contenders on this island that have firearms. They will immediately suspect any foreign interlopers."
>>190928
Kira's request for entry could have been phrased much more humorously.
"Thank you, and I will be hiding. Expect them to be paranoid and aggressive regardless. There are not many other contenders on this island that have firearms. They will immediately suspect any foreign interlopers."
>>190928
Kira's request for entry could have been phrased much more humorously.
>>190927
>>190928
>>190930
"Our first order of business is to secure the remaining hostages." Posey says, making side-eye contact with Blackheel with the last part, seeing how long he can stretch the plausible deniability about the airpony mission
Bluff
[1d20+16 = (7+16) = 23]
"And to do that, we must first get past the GRU at the base of the mountain. The first plan was to have Kira and Cavalier track down the airponies, but despite their stealth training they were unable to evade the GRU forces and were forced to retreat, so we are unlikely to descend the mountain without encountering them. How shall we approach them?" She inquires
"Time is if the essence. We must decide to act quickly."
>>190928
>>190930
"Our first order of business is to secure the remaining hostages." Posey says, making side-eye contact with Blackheel with the last part, seeing how long he can stretch the plausible deniability about the airpony mission
Bluff
[1d20+16 = (7+16) = 23]
"And to do that, we must first get past the GRU at the base of the mountain. The first plan was to have Kira and Cavalier track down the airponies, but despite their stealth training they were unable to evade the GRU forces and were forced to retreat, so we are unlikely to descend the mountain without encountering them. How shall we approach them?" She inquires
"Time is if the essence. We must decide to act quickly."
>>190931
Silver: "Should it come to battle, we have advantage of using airship as cover as well as utilizing its mounted machine gun should we fight defensively. Going out to meet them will mean facing them on open field, and as Kira and Cavaliere have shown it would be likely suicide. Black Heel and I will attempt to convince them to turn around, without bloodshed. Posey, you do not speak our tongue, but you do have strange ability to seemingly charm most everypony you meet which might make our parlay attempt easier if they see you as aligned with us. Should our attempt fail, we will retreat back to airship utilizing gunfire from rest of group as cover. There, we will make our stand."
Silver: "Should it come to battle, we have advantage of using airship as cover as well as utilizing its mounted machine gun should we fight defensively. Going out to meet them will mean facing them on open field, and as Kira and Cavaliere have shown it would be likely suicide. Black Heel and I will attempt to convince them to turn around, without bloodshed. Posey, you do not speak our tongue, but you do have strange ability to seemingly charm most everypony you meet which might make our parlay attempt easier if they see you as aligned with us. Should our attempt fail, we will retreat back to airship utilizing gunfire from rest of group as cover. There, we will make our stand."
>>190932
"So the plan is to wait and for them to arrive and fight them here? That is not a bad plan..." I will make preparations
Posey turn to whistle at her arms, but after an awkward second she remembers that she has no more minions to order around (other than Monstro), and gives a sigh
"I am ready when you are."
"So the plan is to wait and for them to arrive and fight them here? That is not a bad plan..." I will make preparations
Posey turn to whistle at her arms, but after an awkward second she remembers that she has no more minions to order around (other than Monstro), and gives a sigh
"I am ready when you are."
>>190932
"If the plan is to wait for them to arrive, then we should have them arrive on our terms. We should torch the systems now, and and be ready to fire on them as soon as they arrive to investigate the blast."
"If the plan is to wait for them to arrive, then we should have them arrive on our terms. We should torch the systems now, and and be ready to fire on them as soon as they arrive to investigate the blast."
"Who was holding that silver flash-powder thingy?" (Camera)
>>190932
"Silver, can you set the charges? I will make sure the air ones are evacuated."
>>190923
Posey begins to evacuate the airponies from the ship.
"My hypnosis did nothing. It looks like we are going to have to knock out the enthralled ones and carry them. Help me get them to a safe distance so that we can torch the systems. Captain Waters ordered this technology to be destroyed." she says, brandishing her sap
"Silver, can you set the charges? I will make sure the air ones are evacuated."
>>190923
Posey begins to evacuate the airponies from the ship.
"My hypnosis did nothing. It looks like we are going to have to knock out the enthralled ones and carry them. Help me get them to a safe distance so that we can torch the systems. Captain Waters ordered this technology to be destroyed." she says, brandishing her sap
>>190990
Silver: "That would mean we would lose advantage of airship's cover. We also need photographic proof of destruction, which would mean returning back to airship after detonation."
Silver: "That would mean we would lose advantage of airship's cover. We also need photographic proof of destruction, which would mean returning back to airship after detonation."
>>190991
"We can take photos as we detonate them, can we not? I suppose the ship could be partial cover, but I would prefer to draw out the GRU to fight them on our terms. We do not know when they will arrive otherwise."
"We can take photos as we detonate them, can we not? I suppose the ship could be partial cover, but I would prefer to draw out the GRU to fight them on our terms. We do not know when they will arrive otherwise."
>>190992
Silver: "We would also lose advantage of mounted machine gun cover. It would also be difficult to do this and also attempt to parlay with Spetsnaz squad on its way."
Silver: "We would also lose advantage of mounted machine gun cover. It would also be difficult to do this and also attempt to parlay with Spetsnaz squad on its way."
>>190927
>>190930
>>190994
Silver nods, and looks to Primed Well and the rest of the airship ponies. "They will have machine gun with them. If fighting starts, focus your fire on it and take it out. I can take some bullets, but not so many."
Next, Silver addresses the commies with the party. "Отряд спецназовцев идет. Мы с комиссаром попытаемся убедить их развернуться мирно, но вы все должны укрыться здесь, на дирижабле, на случай, если что-то пойдет не так, и они нападут на нас."
Next up is the rest of the party, including also the griffons. "Rest of you, take cover and keep eyes out for figures approaching from over hill. We can not allow them to get drop on us."
Finally, Silver addresses Mala directly, giving him pets. "Are you doing okay, my friend? If fighting starts, I want you to keep yourself safe, okay?"
[Read more] >>190930
>>190994
Silver nods, and looks to Primed Well and the rest of the airship ponies. "They will have machine gun with them. If fighting starts, focus your fire on it and take it out. I can take some bullets, but not so many."
Next, Silver addresses the commies with the party. "Отряд спецназовцев идет. Мы с комиссаром попытаемся убедить их развернуться мирно, но вы все должны укрыться здесь, на дирижабле, на случай, если что-то пойдет не так, и они нападут на нас."
Next up is the rest of the party, including also the griffons. "Rest of you, take cover and keep eyes out for figures approaching from over hill. We can not allow them to get drop on us."
Finally, Silver addresses Mala directly, giving him pets. "Are you doing okay, my friend? If fighting starts, I want you to keep yourself safe, okay?"
>>190995
The ponies have varied responses, but seem to have difficulty simply accepting the explanation:
И вы не будете атаковать их?Зачем прятаться?
Они здесь, чтобы помочь нам.Прятаться?
Нам нужно бежать!
The white griffin, Johan, responds, his wings coming out and perking up
"Take cover? From what? Where? Above the rocks" Looking above the airship
"What's causing the gunshots is approaching?"
Mala's eyes move between the fog that veils the view to the west and down the slope of the hill, and to the restless griffins and ponies, with his eyes focused on the ponies until Silver talks to him. Mala smiles and closes his eyes as Silver pets him.
"Yes" he answers simply. He looks up towards Silver
"Okay"
[Read more] The ponies have varied responses, but seem to have difficulty simply accepting the explanation:
И вы не будете атаковать их?Зачем прятаться?
Они здесь, чтобы помочь нам.Прятаться?
Нам нужно бежать!
The white griffin, Johan, responds, his wings coming out and perking up
"Take cover? From what? Where? Above the rocks" Looking above the airship
"What's causing the gunshots is approaching?"
Mala's eyes move between the fog that veils the view to the west and down the slope of the hill, and to the restless griffins and ponies, with his eyes focused on the ponies until Silver talks to him. Mala smiles and closes his eyes as Silver pets him.
"Yes" he answers simply. He looks up towards Silver
"Okay"
>>190996
Silver: "Мы не знаем, почему они здесь. Вот почему мы с комиссаром поговорим с ними лицом к лицу. Тогда мы узнаем наверняка. Это просто мера предосторожности."
Silver points in the direction of where Kira and Cavaliere went off in when they found the approaching Sptesnaz squad. "Stalliongrad's special forces, Spetsnaz, are approaching from that direction. They shot two of our group who had gone off to scout."
Mala's response is certainly deserving of more pets and ear scritches for the good boy and friend.
Silver: "Мы не знаем, почему они здесь. Вот почему мы с комиссаром поговорим с ними лицом к лицу. Тогда мы узнаем наверняка. Это просто мера предосторожности."
Silver points in the direction of where Kira and Cavaliere went off in when they found the approaching Sptesnaz squad. "Stalliongrad's special forces, Spetsnaz, are approaching from that direction. They shot two of our group who had gone off to scout."
Mala's response is certainly deserving of more pets and ear scritches for the good boy and friend.
>>190997
To some degree, Silver has placated the ponies... or at least the skeptical Steppe Eagle
Правильно.
Ну, если комиссар уходит, я ему доверяю.
Не стоит ли нам сбежать?
Johan, on the other claw, extends his wings all the way out:
"Then why are we staying here?!"
Mala sits down and moves his ears up towards Silver's hooves. But he opens his eyes, looking over towards the fog, eyes periodically darting to the ponies. When Johan speaks, however, he sits back up, and moves his shotgun back into a low ready position. He does not, however, move away from Silver's pets.
[Read more] To some degree, Silver has placated the ponies... or at least the skeptical Steppe Eagle
Правильно.
Ну, если комиссар уходит, я ему доверяю.
Не стоит ли нам сбежать?
Johan, on the other claw, extends his wings all the way out:
"Then why are we staying here?!"
Mala sits down and moves his ears up towards Silver's hooves. But he opens his eyes, looking over towards the fog, eyes periodically darting to the ponies. When Johan speaks, however, he sits back up, and moves his shotgun back into a low ready position. He does not, however, move away from Silver's pets.
>>190998
His answer to both the last skeptical commie pony and Johan is the same, speaking first in Ponish and then repeating it in Severyanan. "We have airship for cover. We have defensive advantage. And we have machine gun ready to fire." "У нас есть дирижабль для прикрытия. У нас есть оборонительное преимущество. И у нас есть пулемет, готовый к стрельбе."
His answer to both the last skeptical commie pony and Johan is the same, speaking first in Ponish and then repeating it in Severyanan. "We have airship for cover. We have defensive advantage. And we have machine gun ready to fire." "У нас есть дирижабль для прикрытия. У нас есть оборонительное преимущество. И у нас есть пулемет, готовый к стрельбе."
>>190990
"While I don't like to stay here, some of these ponies are not in a good condition to be moved until we figure out how to keep them safe. We also risk being caught in the open while burdened. No, we will have to make our stand here."
>>190998
Cavaliere responds to Johan, still clutching his chest but looking determined. "They have squads crawling all over the island. Running off alone is a death sentence. We need to stay together if any of us are going to make it."
"While I don't like to stay here, some of these ponies are not in a good condition to be moved until we figure out how to keep them safe. We also risk being caught in the open while burdened. No, we will have to make our stand here."
>>190998
Cavaliere responds to Johan, still clutching his chest but looking determined. "They have squads crawling all over the island. Running off alone is a death sentence. We need to stay together if any of us are going to make it."
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