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>>192738
Kira sees that the spear can, in fact, cut the tendrils. But they retire quickly. A more selective application of force is more likely to be fruitful.
Kira sees that the spear can, in fact, cut the tendrils. But they retire quickly. A more selective application of force is more likely to be fruitful.
>>192740
Considering the armaments of both creatures, Kira focuses her slashes towards freeing Posey first.
Considering the armaments of both creatures, Kira focuses her slashes towards freeing Posey first.
>>192741
>>192740
>>192739
After being freed, Posey proceeds to do the same for Cavalier, cutting the tendrils with her silver sword as she magically rots and withers the ones beneath her hooves with her Charnel Touch.
"Cavalier, go fly towards the herd and defend them immediately. We did not come this far just for monsters to pick off our meal tickets. We will join you later." Posey says
>>192740
>>192739
After being freed, Posey proceeds to do the same for Cavalier, cutting the tendrils with her silver sword as she magically rots and withers the ones beneath her hooves with her Charnel Touch.
"Cavalier, go fly towards the herd and defend them immediately. We did not come this far just for monsters to pick off our meal tickets. We will join you later." Posey says
>>192742
>>192740
The tendrils regrow, if somewhat slowly
>magically rots and withers the ones beneath her hooves with her charnel touch
That’ll do it. Posey at least, is able to maintain her freedom from the tendrils.
Outside, a sound akin to the sharpening of a knife. Then a “chic” sound between the high pitched call of a bird, and the failed ignition of a gasoline engine.
>>192740
The tendrils regrow, if somewhat slowly
>magically rots and withers the ones beneath her hooves with her charnel touch
That’ll do it. Posey at least, is able to maintain her freedom from the tendrils.
Outside, a sound akin to the sharpening of a knife. Then a “chic” sound between the high pitched call of a bird, and the failed ignition of a gasoline engine.
>>192745
Posey is right with her, slithering away for dear life. She waves her forelegs wildly in the air as she does so. "TRAVELER! TENDRILS! SCARY!"
Posey is right with her, slithering away for dear life. She waves her forelegs wildly in the air as she does so. "TRAVELER! TENDRILS! SCARY!"
>>192743
Id Posey able to reach the rest of the herd?
She runs the entire way, galloping at 120 ft per round.
Id Posey able to reach the rest of the herd?
She runs the entire way, galloping at 120 ft per round.
>>192747
>>192746
Posey may just run past them, in this long, thin street. There is nothing on the road. No visible enemies, and certainly no airponies. No sounds of whinnying or terror. Presumably they are holed up in buildings, though keeping track of them wasn't exactly Posey or Kira's job. There's a sound like something falling into the bushes that surrounds one of the houses behind her. Posey can feel the rocks of the pathway, and the now moistened dirt that starts to cling to her hooves. There is no light in the sky. She can feel the little droplets of water flitter down, and cling to her fur. Again, there's that "chic chic chic." It's not radically different from the yipping of a zebra, or maybe some other foreign creature, but it still sounds almost like an electric motor. There's the sound of something scraping against the slate roof of one of the houses. And then off in the distance, a definite "BOOM."
>>192746
Posey may just run past them, in this long, thin street. There is nothing on the road. No visible enemies, and certainly no airponies. No sounds of whinnying or terror. Presumably they are holed up in buildings, though keeping track of them wasn't exactly Posey or Kira's job. There's a sound like something falling into the bushes that surrounds one of the houses behind her. Posey can feel the rocks of the pathway, and the now moistened dirt that starts to cling to her hooves. There is no light in the sky. She can feel the little droplets of water flitter down, and cling to her fur. Again, there's that "chic chic chic." It's not radically different from the yipping of a zebra, or maybe some other foreign creature, but it still sounds almost like an electric motor. There's the sound of something scraping against the slate roof of one of the houses. And then off in the distance, a definite "BOOM."
>>192748
Kira, staying as close behind Posey as her slower speed allows, jumps, something which is odd to see a lamia do as it looks like her body just levitates in the air for a second. She holds her spear defensively in the direction of the explosion sound. "What was that!?"
Kira, staying as close behind Posey as her slower speed allows, jumps, something which is odd to see a lamia do as it looks like her body just levitates in the air for a second. She holds her spear defensively in the direction of the explosion sound. "What was that!?"
>>192742
Cavaliere remarks, "We will have to trust her. Kirafiki, with me!" He sprints in a semicircle pattern away from the source of the noises, toward the remaining buildings that had been identified as unsearched.
Cavaliere remarks, "We will have to trust her. Kirafiki, with me!" He sprints in a semicircle pattern away from the source of the noises, toward the remaining buildings that had been identified as unsearched.
>>192753
Kira follows Garv, but she clearly shows concern for the strange noises. "Um...okay, but...what are those noises?"
Kira follows Garv, but she clearly shows concern for the strange noises. "Um...okay, but...what are those noises?"
Once Posey reaches the herd, she draws her sword, climbing onto Monstro's back for a good vantage point.
"Enemies are approaching. Monsters may appear out of thin air at any second. Stand guard."
"Enemies are approaching. Monsters may appear out of thin air at any second. Stand guard."
>>192754
>>192755
>>192753
Kira and Cavaliere are presumably in the set of houses near the northern edge of the village. Posey is nearer the center with the herd. Silver is MIA but presumably also here, as is Mala.
There is more sound of bushes moving, and Kira believes that she sees the edge of something long and thin come down next to a house. You can't quite compare it to a flag pole - it is too bent. Nor to a tree trunk - it is too thin.
>>192755
Eh? The herd has been hidden inside buildings in the village, like the old tavern or the store. Isn't monstro hidden further away? You can't exactly fit it on Mainstreet in the middle of the line of buildings.
Be advised that if Monstro were present, if the GRU appeared for any reason, he would be spotted.
>>192755
>>192753
Kira and Cavaliere are presumably in the set of houses near the northern edge of the village. Posey is nearer the center with the herd. Silver is MIA but presumably also here, as is Mala.
There is more sound of bushes moving, and Kira believes that she sees the edge of something long and thin come down next to a house. You can't quite compare it to a flag pole - it is too bent. Nor to a tree trunk - it is too thin.
>>192755
Eh? The herd has been hidden inside buildings in the village, like the old tavern or the store. Isn't monstro hidden further away? You can't exactly fit it on Mainstreet in the middle of the line of buildings.
Be advised that if Monstro were present, if the GRU appeared for any reason, he would be spotted.
>>192756
Okay, Monstro is somewhere out of sight. Posey draws her sword and stands by the door as a choke point.
Okay, Monstro is somewhere out of sight. Posey draws her sword and stands by the door as a choke point.
>>192756
Kira takes one of her arrows and draws her bow, aiming at the weird tree trunk flag pole thing. She tries to sound confident despite being at pants-shitting levels of fear. "H-hey, show yourself!"
Kira takes one of her arrows and draws her bow, aiming at the weird tree trunk flag pole thing. She tries to sound confident despite being at pants-shitting levels of fear. "H-hey, show yourself!"
There's that sound again. "choc choc choc." Somewhat animalistic, but closer to an engine that will not start. "choc choc choc."
Kira is the first to see it. Long and thin, it bends down from invisible night above the roof of a home until it reaches he ground, between two houses and behind a bush. A tube-like object, not entirely cylindrical but composed of so many smaller, straight segments, each maybe three or so inches in width, and each segment perhaps just over a foot in length. To what, exactly, do you compare it? Trees don't bend that way, nor do poles. Even a rubber tube, or a probiscis, would curve. But it doesn't curve. It is composed of so many straight segments, like a straw that has been bent and chewed in far too many places. It is black, black as tar, and does not reflect any of the dim light. Presumably it leads upwards towards something, though what that is cannot be seen. This twelve or so feet can be seen only because of the lighter greys and browns of the homes behind it, and nothing can be discerned against the black sky.
Then there's a burning sound, and a small "pop." Another green light burns in the sky, bathing the village in a dim, green glow that illuminates the eastern roofs of the houses. A second and a half pass, perhaps two seconds, and there's another "pop" and burn, as a second light, slightly further north shines in the sky, and the whole village is lit as if under the light of a bright and full, green moon.
Now, it can be seen. The body is an approximately the shape of a cylinder on its side, the same as most animals. It is composed of a single primary segment, and it tapers off towards the rear in a way reminiscent of the familiar creatures of Euungulata, or Carnivora, albeit a decidedly sickly specimen. It's larger than any pony, and perhaps any griffin. Attached to this "barrel" is an elongated neck, somewhat thin for the size of the creature, and to that, a head. The head more or less takes the same shape as that of a pony. Indeed, most of the head and barrel take shapes that could be considered equine, but the shape is so basic and so abstracted that it could just as easily be said that it takes the form of a griffin, or a wolf, or near any carnivore or ungulate. A ring in the eye consistent with an iris reflects green light - green only because that is the tint of the magnesium-fire light - but both the center and outer portions are black, if slightly more reflective than the black skin, or maybe it's chitin that surrounds. At the end of this pony-like head is a long... probiscus. A several foot long beak-like mouth of a black color that curves downwards, like that of a hummigbird or perhaps a mosquito. It could be compared to a plague-doctor mask except it's much thinner. On the opposite side is a short, mop like set of skin that could be compared to a beaver's tail, or the matted fur of even a pony
But probably its most interesting feature is its legs. Like an ungulate or carnivore, it has four legs that protrude from its barrel at the edges and are a little shorter than the length of the barrel, though exactly where the knees and ankles are, and how they bend, cannot be discern. It would be like that, except that beneath the contortions of these "limbs," at the approximate location hooves or claws would be, each leg splits into three other, much smaller legs that extend twelve or so feet to the ground. One of these is the small "trunk" seen earlier, and each has ten or twelve - hard to tell if the hind leg has three or only two. These could perhaps be thought of like the fingers of a bat's wing, or extended claws, were they so obviously not at all like fingers. Rather than a simple knee and ankle of a leg, or the four points of a finger, these "legs" have at least twelve points of movement below the split. If anything, it looks closest to so many lengths of chain placed together. The creature is obviously using these long "legs" to place itself over a house. Near every part of the creature is of an oily black color, with no distinction in its legs above and below the split. This color, unfortunately, does not reflect light in the nighttime, though there are patches, especially on its "barrel" and "tail" that are closer to a charcoal grey, and are easier to see in the light.
There are two, with a second one at the end of the road, hovering between the houses.
Kira is the first to see it. Long and thin, it bends down from invisible night above the roof of a home until it reaches he ground, between two houses and behind a bush. A tube-like object, not entirely cylindrical but composed of so many smaller, straight segments, each maybe three or so inches in width, and each segment perhaps just over a foot in length. To what, exactly, do you compare it? Trees don't bend that way, nor do poles. Even a rubber tube, or a probiscis, would curve. But it doesn't curve. It is composed of so many straight segments, like a straw that has been bent and chewed in far too many places. It is black, black as tar, and does not reflect any of the dim light. Presumably it leads upwards towards something, though what that is cannot be seen. This twelve or so feet can be seen only because of the lighter greys and browns of the homes behind it, and nothing can be discerned against the black sky.
Then there's a burning sound, and a small "pop." Another green light burns in the sky, bathing the village in a dim, green glow that illuminates the eastern roofs of the houses. A second and a half pass, perhaps two seconds, and there's another "pop" and burn, as a second light, slightly further north shines in the sky, and the whole village is lit as if under the light of a bright and full, green moon.
Now, it can be seen. The body is an approximately the shape of a cylinder on its side, the same as most animals. It is composed of a single primary segment, and it tapers off towards the rear in a way reminiscent of the familiar creatures of Euungulata, or Carnivora, albeit a decidedly sickly specimen. It's larger than any pony, and perhaps any griffin. Attached to this "barrel" is an elongated neck, somewhat thin for the size of the creature, and to that, a head. The head more or less takes the same shape as that of a pony. Indeed, most of the head and barrel take shapes that could be considered equine, but the shape is so basic and so abstracted that it could just as easily be said that it takes the form of a griffin, or a wolf, or near any carnivore or ungulate. A ring in the eye consistent with an iris reflects green light - green only because that is the tint of the magnesium-fire light - but both the center and outer portions are black, if slightly more reflective than the black skin, or maybe it's chitin that surrounds. At the end of this pony-like head is a long... probiscus. A several foot long beak-like mouth of a black color that curves downwards, like that of a hummigbird or perhaps a mosquito. It could be compared to a plague-doctor mask except it's much thinner. On the opposite side is a short, mop like set of skin that could be compared to a beaver's tail, or the matted fur of even a pony
But probably its most interesting feature is its legs. Like an ungulate or carnivore, it has four legs that protrude from its barrel at the edges and are a little shorter than the length of the barrel, though exactly where the knees and ankles are, and how they bend, cannot be discern. It would be like that, except that beneath the contortions of these "limbs," at the approximate location hooves or claws would be, each leg splits into three other, much smaller legs that extend twelve or so feet to the ground. One of these is the small "trunk" seen earlier, and each has ten or twelve - hard to tell if the hind leg has three or only two. These could perhaps be thought of like the fingers of a bat's wing, or extended claws, were they so obviously not at all like fingers. Rather than a simple knee and ankle of a leg, or the four points of a finger, these "legs" have at least twelve points of movement below the split. If anything, it looks closest to so many lengths of chain placed together. The creature is obviously using these long "legs" to place itself over a house. Near every part of the creature is of an oily black color, with no distinction in its legs above and below the split. This color, unfortunately, does not reflect light in the nighttime, though there are patches, especially on its "barrel" and "tail" that are closer to a charcoal grey, and are easier to see in the light.
There are two, with a second one at the end of the road, hovering between the houses.
>>192766
Kira's grow very, very wide, with her pupils shrinking to pinpricks. She lets out a very quiet "...meep..." and starts literally shaking with fear.
Kira's grow very, very wide, with her pupils shrinking to pinpricks. She lets out a very quiet "...meep..." and starts literally shaking with fear.
>>192766
Posey readies and action to draw her sword and strike at anything that reaches into the building that she and the herd are in, abd strategically positions herself to be able to strike from behind cover.
She takes 10 on innuendo to silently order the ponies behind her to stay silent.
Posey readies and action to draw her sword and strike at anything that reaches into the building that she and the herd are in, abd strategically positions herself to be able to strike from behind cover.
She takes 10 on innuendo to silently order the ponies behind her to stay silent.
Has everypony gone into a building? I don't think Silver, Mala, and the NPCs have left, and Cavaliere and Kira have gone inside, but has Posey gone too?
>>192770
I'm a bit confused. I was having Posey stay behind and guard the herd from incoming monsters, particularly the airponies, while Kira and Cavalier used their superior tracking abilities to search the remaining buildings.
Idk where anything is or anyone is, tbh. My perception of the area has blurred somewhat over the week. I am wherever the airponies are.
I'm a bit confused. I was having Posey stay behind and guard the herd from incoming monsters, particularly the airponies, while Kira and Cavalier used their superior tracking abilities to search the remaining buildings.
Idk where anything is or anyone is, tbh. My perception of the area has blurred somewhat over the week. I am wherever the airponies are.
Choc choc. Chic Choc
Surely it must have seen them. Both of them must have seen them. It turned as they ran inside the old houses. Looking outside through a doorway that cannot open, the long thin blades of three... toes? stand in the roadway. chic chic
But there is a sound of a "tat tat tat" and a "dulupe, dulupe." And the toes hesitate. Through the window behind them, from the hill, a flash of light, and the abomination clearly hesitates
Surely it must have seen them. Both of them must have seen them. It turned as they ran inside the old houses. Looking outside through a doorway that cannot open, the long thin blades of three... toes? stand in the roadway. chic chic
But there is a sound of a "tat tat tat" and a "dulupe, dulupe." And the toes hesitate. Through the window behind them, from the hill, a flash of light, and the abomination clearly hesitates
>>192774
Cavaliere glances out the window, careful not to reveal himself to what may well be an enemy force. He draws his revolver.
Cavaliere glances out the window, careful not to reveal himself to what may well be an enemy force. He draws his revolver.
>>192776
Cavaliere pats the snake-pony on the withers and points to the hillside. "That's GRU," he states. "We need to search what's left of this village, and get out of here!"
Cavaliere pats the snake-pony on the withers and points to the hillside. "That's GRU," he states. "We need to search what's left of this village, and get out of here!"
>>192777
Kira goes wall eyed for a moment as her mouth opens up and she lets out a nearly silent, strained hiss sound, her tongue wiggling out in the air. She's still definitely freaked out about this particular Abomination.
Kira goes wall eyed for a moment as her mouth opens up and she lets out a nearly silent, strained hiss sound, her tongue wiggling out in the air. She's still definitely freaked out about this particular Abomination.
>>192779
What do they do indeed. The thought keeps running through Kira's panicking mind, causing her to freak out even more. She closes her poor eyes, and starts thinking to herself, "Come on, Kira, you can't panic now, people are counting on you! Come on, what would Mom do? Think!" Her thoughts pause. "Uhhhhhhh...she would...take note of the situation! Let's see, there's a super freaky beaked Abomination outside, there's 'gee are you' coming down the hill...where's that last airpony? Where are any ponies? Come on, Kira you noodle, use that tongue of yours, this is what you're here for!"
Survival: Calming down just enough to focus, she flicks her tongue out into the air to try to catch the scent particles of ponies and friendship.
[1d20+11 = (1+11) = 12]
What do they do indeed. The thought keeps running through Kira's panicking mind, causing her to freak out even more. She closes her poor eyes, and starts thinking to herself, "Come on, Kira, you can't panic now, people are counting on you! Come on, what would Mom do? Think!" Her thoughts pause. "Uhhhhhhh...she would...take note of the situation! Let's see, there's a super freaky beaked Abomination outside, there's 'gee are you' coming down the hill...where's that last airpony? Where are any ponies? Come on, Kira you noodle, use that tongue of yours, this is what you're here for!"
Survival: Calming down just enough to focus, she flicks her tongue out into the air to try to catch the scent particles of ponies and friendship.
[1d20+11 = (1+11) = 12]
>>192781
Oh no! The thought of those adorable creatures of friendship being in immediate danger stirs Kira out of her panic, letting her pick up her bow again and make to rush outside. "I'm coming, ponies!"
Oh no! The thought of those adorable creatures of friendship being in immediate danger stirs Kira out of her panic, letting her pick up her bow again and make to rush outside. "I'm coming, ponies!"
>>192784
"Those other ponies have guns; they'll get by. That airpony is in need of our help and we need to find him."
"Those other ponies have guns; they'll get by. That airpony is in need of our help and we need to find him."
I'm assuming Kira, Posey, and Cavaliere are in a different building than Silver, Mala, and Blackheel? If Posey is even in the same building
>>192787
Idk where Blackheel is. I assumed he was commanding his troops with the rest of the herd.
Posey is wherever the airponies are, whome I assume are in the same place as Blackheel and the other commies. Posey's goal is to defend the airponies, while Kira and Cavalier search remaining buildings for the airponies, even if it comes at the cost of exposing herself to attack.
I would assume that Mala, Silver, Dust, and all other characters are with the main herd unless otherwise specified.
Idk where the airponies are, or what the layout of this town is, but Posey is there.
Idk where Blackheel is. I assumed he was commanding his troops with the rest of the herd.
Posey is wherever the airponies are, whome I assume are in the same place as Blackheel and the other commies. Posey's goal is to defend the airponies, while Kira and Cavalier search remaining buildings for the airponies, even if it comes at the cost of exposing herself to attack.
I would assume that Mala, Silver, Dust, and all other characters are with the main herd unless otherwise specified.
Idk where the airponies are, or what the layout of this town is, but Posey is there.
>>192789
>search remaining buildings for the airponies,
*for the one remaining airpony
Can Kira detect his scent? It would be nice if we could at least confirm or deny that he is in this town before the monsters close in.
>search remaining buildings for the airponies,
*for the one remaining airpony
Can Kira detect his scent? It would be nice if we could at least confirm or deny that he is in this town before the monsters close in.
>>192789
>or what the layout of this town is
It's a line. It's just a line. There is a road. One and only one. To either side are houses. Near the center are the four public buildings
>or what the layout of this town is
It's a line. It's just a line. There is a road. One and only one. To either side are houses. Near the center are the four public buildings
>>192791
Okay, so, last I checked, the herd is in one of the public buildings near the middle of the line? Posey is there with the airponies, with her horn ready to draw to her sword and her ears perked as she watches out for predators. (I could not find the corresponding video for this).
We searched the buildings systemically, so then Kira and Cavalier would be on the opposite side of the line where we just searched, sneaking across to scout the remaining buildings for the airpony with their expert stealth and perception.
Okay, so, last I checked, the herd is in one of the public buildings near the middle of the line? Posey is there with the airponies, with her horn ready to draw to her sword and her ears perked as she watches out for predators. (I could not find the corresponding video for this).
We searched the buildings systemically, so then Kira and Cavalier would be on the opposite side of the line where we just searched, sneaking across to scout the remaining buildings for the airpony with their expert stealth and perception.
>>192790
>Can Kira detect his scent? It would be nice if we could at least confirm or deny that he is in this town before the monsters close in.
She tried and suffered a critical failure, unfortunately.
Cavaliere uses his survival skills to deduce where the remaining pony would want to hide: [1d20+3 = (2+3) = 5]
>Can Kira detect his scent? It would be nice if we could at least confirm or deny that he is in this town before the monsters close in.
She tried and suffered a critical failure, unfortunately.
Cavaliere uses his survival skills to deduce where the remaining pony would want to hide: [1d20+3 = (2+3) = 5]
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